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Cocoa West Chocolatier
Category: Food Specialty Food Chocolatiers and Shops Chocolatiers and Shops [Edit]
581C Artisan LnBowen Island, BC V0N 1G0
(604) 947-2996
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 10 am - 5 pm
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
10 reviews for Cocoa West Chocolatier
10 reviews in English
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Review from Jasmine O.
Vancouver, BC
5/22/2012 2 Check-ins Here
This review is 99% for the chocolate suite. Go the website and click on chocolate suite and check it out! It looks just like that....
This past long weekend the wife and I decided to discover Bowen Island, on a whim, aka no set plans and no bookings.
We arrived in the afternoon on Saturday and found a patch of grass, checked out a map and started looking for where we might find a B&B or lodging. The little cove was packed with tourists which we hoped were mostly there for the day (they were!!!!) so we didn't have to fight for a bed to sleep in...
We called a few places after finding the General Store and buying a cold bottle of wine and finding another grassy spot to sit in the sun. the 3rd place was the only one that answered and that was the chocolate suite in the Artisan square... We walked up the highway and found a trail. We were in the square in 10 minutes! Wow, another great part of the island!
They had a cancellation so they had the suite ready for US! We entered a luxurious room with modern everything, and chocolate samples. The room had complimentry drinks and snacks and movies that were choco-related. What a delight. The girls at the chocolate shop were adorable too. We got the place for the night and in the morning recieved a free cookie and a creamy smooth hot chocolate with expresso shots. So good. All for under $180. Super romantic. -
Review from Alexander H.
1/19/2012
Quick walk up from the ferry terminal. Take the walking trail rather then the road to have an enjoyable view and time.
Went for the small box of choose your own chocolates (6 + 1 bonus starfish). Should have made all 6 choices the "Unbelievably Good Egg!"
The plain chocolate (starfish and snowmen) were average. The Domino is a really cute idea and ranked about half way out of all the choices.
Truffles are really their signature items here. -
Review from Vincci L.
12/7/2010 4 photos
A chilly November day, accompanied by the smoothest, creamiest sweet hot chocolate, with a shot of espresso. A perfect accompaniment.
Visitied this cute shop recently and discovered their chocolates. There's some small tables so you can order one of their coffees/ hot chocolates and savour away. Gelato is also sold which would be great in the summer.
Back to the drink, my hot chocolate was made from real chocolate, and mmmm...thinking about it makes me happy. -
Review from Marc D.
Vancouver, BC
7/23/2009
* A chocolate shop where everyone just buys gelato *
Should I take it as a bad sign when I walk into a chocolate shop and everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) is just ordering from their small gelato section and ignoring the chocolates?
The chocolates looked like standard fare, and were priced higher than they probably should have been.
I took a pass (on both the gelato and the chocolate).Listed in: Bowen Island Getaway
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Review from Vanessa G.
7/10/2010
This is one of my favorite chocolate shops ever! Located in the Aritisan Square, a little of a stroll up from the ferry. The chocolates and truffles are not cheap but you only need a couple to be deeply satisified. My favorite is the Chai truffle. Flavors are always changing too. In the winter a Poblano hot cocoa will get your blood running, and keep you warm on a cold winter day.
They also double as a Bed and Breakfast, which i imagine would be sweet. -
Review from Roanna Z.
8/30/2009 3 photos
After our long but super pleasant "hike" around Killarney Lake, and hearing repeatedly about the cocoa shop in Artisan Square and all about "the BEST spiced hot cocoa" they have, we just HAD to see for ourselves.
At the end of our hike we were already tired, and now we found ourselves huffing it up a seriously steep hillside to Artisan Square, a very cute business area.
Okay, yes, they have deeeep daaaark chocolate here. and YES, people were buying boxes of Chocolate ! and yes, they do have gelato and sorbetto. It does get warm here.
What I thought was nice, was that they brought our drinks out to us on little trays with a small chocolate sample, mine being of the dark chocolate variety, and also little glasses of water. It was so pleasant.
I would have given them a fourth star, but call me greedy, I wanted there to be MORE chocolate in my drink. I think it should be almost "over the top" if you want to make a statement with a drink like that.
(But that's just me.) The spiced part was definitely there, and reminded me of a Mocha Chai, if you've ever had one of those.... mmmmmmmm..... -
Review from Ilona E.
Vancouver, BC
8/30/2010
As per my other reviews on Bowen, I said I would be giving them a minus sign for no good coffee on Bowen Island but Cocoa West has a morphed me into a believer! Remember that scene where neo from the Matrix is dead and with the kiss he's reborn? Well that's how my experience with Cocoa West's coffee was. I'm a believer!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, hot chocolate on a stick is amazing too! The Chocolates are amazing and a little pricey but well worth the indulgence! -
Review from Nestor B.
Vancouver, BC
5/28/2009
I've only been there once and over a year ago. However, I do remember both their signature hot chocolate (with various different choices of cocoa content) and their truffles and pralines to be absolutely excellent. We spent a weekend on Bowen Island in February and even though the weather was rather nice for that time of year, the hot chocolate at Cocoa West completely hit the spot. If you find yourself on Bowen one of these days (which is always worth even a day-trip, anyway), you should not miss stocking up here before you take the ferry back.
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Review from John S.
North Vancouver, BC
9/1/2011
This is an extraordinarily good chocolatier for an out-of-the-way place like Bowen Island. Chocolate fillings are imaginative without raising eyebrows. And the quality of the chocolates is high: If you're willing to pay for good chocolates (and lots of people aren't), these are worth the price. Gelato offerings were tasty, even if (strangely) light on chocolate flavours the day we visited. It's easy to miss in Artisan Square, but don't!
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Review from Tina H.
3/14/2010 3 photos
Yummy! We made friends with a nice old lady who lived on the island so it was an overall pleasant experience. You need the water that comes with it, don't say no to it.
