ChocolateBox Café

This the best little café if you love Illy espresso like I do. The service is great, they even remembered me from my first visit two months prior. The food is wonderful and the chocolate is out of this world.

Sue was visiting me from out of town and naturally wanted to take a trip to the beach. So off we went to Malibu and on the way home, we needed something refreshing to keep us cool on the interminable drive back on the 101. So we stopped into CBC for some delicious frappes.
Wish they had a location closer to the hub, but this is certainly worth the trip to Malibu!

The gelato lookwd yummy and the nice young man at the counter said there were only 80 calories in the small scoop. Nice! We each had a scoop of the stracciatella. Delicious and quite satisfying. We sampled the blueberry yogurt, salt chocolate and chocolate. All delish!

They have good crepes and gelato. The prices are high, but that’s to be expected in Malibu. Not a fan of their macarons — they’re very flat. Not airy at all.

Good on flavor but bad on texture. It’s suppose to be gelato; it’s not suppose to be icy. I got the apricot gelato and chocolate gelato. One worker was very helpful.

My favorite thing about eating a savory crêpe is the scrumptious mixture of melty cheeses with warm sauteed vegetables. This is decidedly NOT what you get when you pay upward of $ 10 for a savory crêpe at the ChocolateBox. I ordered the veggie lover crêpe. What I didn’t love about it was the canned mushrooms and olives I found inside. I also didn’t love the fact that the crêpe was served at room temperature. There was a fully intact slice of cold, low quality swiss cheese mixed in with raw tomatoes, avocados, and the aforementioned canned vegetables. Not the melty goodness I was hoping for, and definitely not the quality one would expect for the price.
Despite their extensive crêpe menu, the staff at ChocolateBox seemed very overwhelmed by the crêpe orders from our party of five. We actually didn’t wait very long for our orders, but the staff kept apologizing and blaming the slow service on the fact that they have only one crêpe maker in the back.
In sum, do not go out of your way to get crepes from this place. The sweet crepes were much better than the savory ones, but not worth making a special trip to ChocolateBox.

This review is based on savory crepes, not sweet ones. We got a Fresh From The Farm breakfast crêpe and a veggie crêpe with artichokes in it. The artichokes and some other veggies were definitely canned, sour and not what you would expect for a $ 11.50 crêpe. The breakfast crêpe was extremely bland and not worth it. The only redeeming factor of the savory crepes was that the crêpe itself was nicely cooked, although thicker than a usual crêpe. There were two workers there, one fairly welcoming and one very cold. It was like ordering from good crêpe maker/​bad crêpe maker.

This place was a bit pricey for my taste but then again we are in Malibu! It’s a cute little shop with sweet treats. We decided to try some french macarons but only got two since they were $ 4 each. The Salted Caramel was beyond amazing and the Raspberry was delicious as well. Perfectly made.

I really REALLY wanted to give this place a higher rating. But I was so disappointed by the customer service that I can not.
I really loved the concept of the business. I loved the different options available. They all went hand in hand. But since the moment we stepped in, the older guy was speaking to us as if we are unwelcome and that we owed him something.
The location was great.
The design was awesome.
The crepes were ordinary (I love crepes so it was good)
The gellato with our Apple Cinnamon Crêpe was great.
The waffles for the ice cream were old. They were so old that they were soft. They were the furthest thing away from fresh… might I add that for the price you pay here, I would assume they would make fresh waffles.
The customer service was a ZERO star. The guy was rude and didn’t belong on the register. He was angry and I don’t think it was to us because we were so nice I just think he was angry at the world that day. Buddy, don’t pour your anger at the customer especially when 2 crepes cost $ 25. I just couldn’t give a tip-​I am sorry.
At one point I thought his mood changed when he told us that he will bring the crepes outside so we obliged. He brought the 2 crepes with 2 forks, we asked to have one more please because we were clearly 3 girls and he again went back to the attitude so i told him i will get it and he walked away coming back with the 3^rd fork and yelled «here» from far away so I would go and get it. It was just so weird and uncomfortable in so many ways.
I will not be going back.

I got a great gift from here today. Chocolate crisps! They looked like Pringles but were similar only in shape. Crispy chocolaty goodness in every bite! I have been in the store before and sampled many of their chocolates. All are bites of melt in your mouth deliciousness!

Great place for coffee

YUM-​O!!! Hot chocolate has about 15 flavors, like sizzling hot chili to soothing green tea. The individual chocolates are also delicious, to die for. Cute little place in Malibu!

Don’t let the name fool you. Chocolate box offers really fresh, tasty lunches. They have great salads and wraps. And for Malibu they don’t soak you like you would expect.

I really like this place. It’d be 5 stars of it was cheaper.
I got the Nutelle Affogato. Their ice creams are very delicious and I want to go back.
Also got their lemonade. It was good, but not great. The jar was nice though.
The parking is a fair lot. The atmosphere outside is relaxing.
The service wasn’t bad, but it seemed not all the employees knew exactly what to do.
I will be back :)

Chocolate Box café is a cute little stop right next door to Malibu’s Kitsons in the Lumber Yard mall (or whatever it’s referred to… :)
The food is average –we ordered a strawberry-​and-​whip cream crêpe and a crêpe with avocado, egg, spinach and mushroom. Both needed a little more flavor in the crêpe itself –i.e. salt. I also had a cappuccino which was fine.
If you’re in the area needing a little snack while doing your shopping rounds it would be a convenient stop, though I wouldn’t go out of my way to seek out the food.

This place was pretty disappointing. Judging by the looks of the place, you would think that the food would be better quality. The crepes were mediocre and the affagato tasted horrible. Sadly, you can be a better drink at the Starbucks across the street.
Another thing that bugged me was the service. It wasn’t too friendly nor inviting to try again.
Long story short, I’m not coming back.

Kind of disappointing. I had my hopes up for this place because of crepes. Driving from West Hills and hungry I thought Good it’s gonna be so good and I was excited. I ordered the belgium chocolate which was ok but lacked something? I also for a chicken crêpe thinking oh yummy this one should be good… Wrong. It’s a Fail.
The only amazing thing that I would rate 5 Star is the Hot Chocolate… Yes! OMG! I said it Hot chocolate. That is what they need to focus on and forget the crepes. There I said it Chocolate stays Crepes go and go far away.
Oh before I forget I used a groupon deal and the sad part was I was told what I can get and what I can’t. Kind of sucks! customer service lacked hardcore. If I knew i would have never got this Groupon. and $ 4 for a mini Gelato come on I was in Italy and it costs less than that for way more.

Great gelato… I was hoping for macaroons on the same level as the gelato. Unfortunately, such was not the case. The passion fruit macaron had amazing flavor, but was too dense and cakey. The rose macaron was also very tasty, fortunately the consistency was better than the former. Still, they weren’t good enough to warrant going back for more macarons– even if they are imported from France, my meme’s are better!
As for gelato, we’ll definitely be back for more.

The service here is awesome! Try the mint macarons because they are delicious and different from your typical macaron flavors! I have never had mint macarons anywhere else. The first time I tried these cute and delicate French «cookies,» my mouth was in for a surprise! I didn’t expect the burst of minty freshness coupled with the perfect crunch and chewiness texture. The initial crunch was just what you would expect in well-​made macaron like at Laduree in Paris.
For the few times that I have been at this place, the employees were kind enough to treat me to a few macarons for free! I’m not sure if they do this with everyone that comes in but it was a wonderful customer service experience. This is one reason why I give them 4 stars. They lack in getting 5 stars because I have had better macarons elsewhere.
Tiny little fact of the day about this place: the macarons here are imported from a place name Brocard in France.

Did I mention I’m a BIG fan of Gelato? Haha.
If you know me, I am just an explorer for great gelato!
Even though this place is known for its imported Belgium chocolate, I would come here just for their gelato. It has the perfect consistency of creaminess, sweetness, and flavor. I believe their ingredients are also made and imported from Italy and made fresh in the store. How can you get any better than that!!!
They will also let you try their various chocolate flavors which can e made in to a hot chocolate. Ever had hemp flavored chocolate? How about lavender, green tea, chili, ginger? And many more that I can’t remember.
Their chocolate, truffles, ganaches are beautifully made, almost just too good to eat… but you for sure want to!
Macaroons too!
Only down, is that they are pretty pricey, but hey, what in Malibu isn’t? It sits a very relaxing and «fabulous» plaza. You might even see some celebs.