La Maison Du Chocolat

I’ve always loved their chocolates so when I walked in the shop at Picadilly and saw the French macarons, I just had to try it. It’s THE BEST chocolate macaron!!!

Fab chocolates, great presentation both in-​store and the box of chocolates as well.

the store is smaller than of years past and the selection doesn’t seem as large, yet the quality of chocolates is second to none.

I enjoy the experience of enjoying a hot chocolate, macaron or desert from this place. I have to say it is over priced which is my only criticism, I would go there more often but there is only a very small seated area and if 3 people are enjoying a drink there is no where to sit.

This place is the epitome of chocolate luxury. The gold standard. My wife and I rolled me in and we sat at the bar across from the various displays of what I could tell were decadent varieties of chocolates and truffles. We ordered hot chocolates for both of us and proceeded to sample some chocolates.
It was a unique and memorable experience. The tastes and aromas so lasting. We would have loved to buy some chocolates but our hotel room was not the best place to keep them. Maybe we would just come again before we left. We were here on 4÷10÷12 and flew home without returning to this wonderful shop.

Pricy and delicious. There is a wide selection of cookies and chocolates as well as an area to see the goodies being made and an opportunity (for a price) to join in and make delicacies with the chocolatiers. If you’ve never had a French, almond «macaron» with a center of a ganache, I highly recommend trying out a few of their flavors.

Been to both the London and the various NYC branches. Decent macarons but definitely love the champagne truffles. It’s a reasonable price for the quality you are getting,

I stopped in to get a few little goodies for a few of my coworkers back in the States and La Maison had EXACTLY what I needed. I adore the little brown boxes with ribbon. Perfect for gifts. As an added bonus, I got to sample a few chocolates, which were amazing and my sales person was literally the nicest salesperson I’ve encountered in years. If I lived in London, I’d be back far too often to not justify elastic-​waist trousers.

Sipping chocolate — 6 stars, a nice place to sit and indulge
Box of chocolates to take home with — 5 stars, the brown box with brown ribbon packaging is exquisite
Macarons — okay, skip them for little cakes/​tarts

Excellent ganache tart

Nice place
Nice chocolates
Nice staff
Not nice prices

La Maison Du Chocolat is like the Harrods or Hermes or *insert outrageously high end example here* of chocolates — very posh
Walking in from a sweltering hot day, last thing I thought I wanted was a hot drinking chocolate but boy was I sure glad I indulged. Plus it was a good excuse to enjoy the A/​C a bit longer
Lots of cases of chocolates stare at you, beckoning you to take them home but I knew that would have to be for later — I wanted something for NOW — walk towards the back to the tables & await your luscious chocolate treats
For now: Drinking chocolate w/​vanilla super yummy. Light & creamy w/​a hint of vanilla to accentuate the chocolate — 5 stars
Chestnut cake — only okay but prob wouldn’t get again. Very small cake made from phylo & chestnut mouse — not chocolaty — 3 stars
For later — Milk chocolate bar is so creamy & chocolaty & milky — 5 stars
I noticed most things had some kind of fruit paired with it & for those who know me, you’ll know fruit & chocolate is on my naughty list. I am a chocolate purist & there should never be fruit mixed… nuts? Now that’s another story…

The La Maison Du Chocolat is a beautiful, large chocolate shop which has outlets all over the world. I was at the Piccadilly Circus location just a short walk from the tube. It was a busy, buzzing beautiful shop with plenty of choices but I had decided to try just three chocolates (I ended up trying 4). In order to evaluate the flavours I wanted to trust the staff to be knowledgeable about the chocolates and select their star pupils. This way I also get to experience new flavours.
This heaving shop still had staff who were friendly, knowledgeable and willing to help. The woman who helped me took the challenge seriously, selecting for me what she felt to be the best of the best in the shop. She was patient as I tried one chocolate she graciously gave me to sample and very unhurried despite the huge number of people in the shop. I think of all the shops I went in to, this gave off the most posh atmosphere, with some of the best, most knowledgeable help. I tried one chocolate in the shop and a further three at home.
As an experience, I cannot rate it highly enough. As a supposed chocolatier I have serious reservations. I did not find these chocolates to be in the same league as William Curley or Paul A Young and yet I must say these are miles better than Theobromo and Auberge du Chocolat.

The best caramels that I have ever had. When I made my purchase and was getting ready to leave, the sales lady ran over to hold the door open for me. I felt like I was in Paris.
The cute La Maison Du Chocolat lady from Harrods told me to come here.
Unfortunately, there on no shops in the San Francisco Bay Area. I could not find the caramels in Neiman Marcus and nor any on the La Maison Du Chocolat website.
Still the best caramels you can eat. Yummy.

excellent chocolates (and i do not even have a sweet tooth: D)
i came here once, and it was quite a delightful experience. my brother is a big fan of Robert Linxe. anytime one of his friends are coming out to SF, they will bring him a box of sweetness from La Maison.
love the truffles. next visit to London, will have to bring back an extra box of chocolates for the bruvva.

La Maison is a high end chocolatier. They do the usual chocolate bars, drinking chocolate and truffles.
However, I want to mention them specially for their heavenly macarons. They come in 5 flavours and all do taste distinctly different although they’re all chocolate flavour. Possibly the best chocolate macarons in London.

La Maison Du Chocolat is second to none. Yes, Godiva’s very good, but this… this is the best.
The shop attendant offers my friend and I each a piece of dark chocolate rum raisin. My mouth is filled with sensation and flavor: the crackling of the dark chocolate shell, then the delicate, soft, rum raisin center.
But the bomb is their Fine Champagne Truffles: «the center is a smooth, creamy ganache delicately infused with Fine Champagne cognac covered with a layer of dark chocolate and dusted cocoa powder». My advice? Due to the cognac infusion, the truffle is best eaten within three days.
For you milk chocolate fans… don’t even try. Dark chocolate’s where it’s at, and it’s at La Maison Du Chocolate.

Next to the Paris location, this location rates at the top of my list for Chocolat. Sorry, New York, your service pales in comparison.
In the London shop I was treated as more than a tourist or someone with a passing interest and I was assisted through the store by a very helpful young lady who kindly gathered my requested items, packaged them nicely for our trip back to the states and then continued to do the same when I decided I wanted to buy more.
On a side note, I often order from La Maison Du Chocolat and delivery is always prompt and the chocolate always packaged with a cold pack to ensure un-​melted delivery to Utah. The only complaint with the online system would be lack of availability of certain items at different times. But I am sure that is to guarantee freshness.

The House of Chocolate. Need I say more? This place could be better if it was actually mortar and brick of chocolate, but its just a really building with chocolate in it. Shame, because I’d pull a Gretel and eat the walls away like a termite.
The options in this store are endless. Little geometric shapes of sugary joy filled with orange liqour, fresh ginger, fennel-​flavoured ganache, tea infused ganache, kirsch mousse, hot dog flavoured cream and other such lovely inventions. Don’t forget the pastries and chocolate spread. There is a small café area in the back if you prefer to do a tasting on premises.
Unfortunately like most chocolate shops and most places square in the West End, this place is no inexpensive world of delights. If your money tree is just a seedling, like mine, waiting to grow and flourish with bills of every denomination, then you probably won’t want to buy something large.
I tasted their chocolate spread though, it was yummy. Yummy yummy yummy in my tummy tummy tummy.

It’s not possible to make chocolate as delicious as this. Trust me. I can easily eat a large packet of minstrals in one sitting (should I be embarrassed?) or a mega bar of Brut Sao Tome but I surprised myself at La Maison du Chocolat. Here’s the story.
It’s not that I wanted to go inside the shop but like love, it’s something that pulls you in before you can stop it. The shop is suitably Parisian and smells deep and decadent. Then, behind glass cases, like precious jewels lie rows of truffles with ganache, nut, nougat and cream fillings. Ha, I smirked to myself, what a small piece of chocolate for a very large price. The assistant, in his smart black suit, waited patiently while I vacillated, oscillated.
I settled for a triangle of dark chocolate with a nougat filling. As if it was a bit of gold dust, I nibbled a tiny corner. I wanted as many bites for my big bucks as possible. I would be a fool to describe the absolute purity that was condensed into that small bite. It’s a bit like great poetry. Any unnecessary words are stripped away, leaving only essence.
Two bites later and truly I was satisfied. Did I say that? And that’s the magic of something that wonderful.