Schokolade Cafe

Truly home grown local chocolateir spot in Hastings Sunrise. They were setting up for this adorable mother day high tea which isn't even advertised, just sold to locals. Such a great idea which I plan to do for Mom next year. Their chocolates are amazing. Staff super friendly and bake goods are great. I loved the vegetarian quiche! Mmm.

Schokolade Cafe is the definition of cute and cozy. The staff were all warm and friendly. The chairs are comfy although there are a limited amount of seats available. Sit back, relax and enjoy the jazz music playing softly in the background. Definitely a good place to bring a date, especially if they’re a hot chocolate fan...

Perfect Mother's Day gift. Amazing service! The girl helping me was very honest and cute. She helped me on choosing good easy to eat chocolates.
It was also the day before mother's day and the owner (I believe) ran out and gave a lady sitting with her husband a free Mother's Day chocolate, she went on and saying how she loved her job and she's miserable when she takes a day off!

Decent and tasty Chocolates. I wouldn't compare them to Godvia but they're a pretty good match against Purdy's. I bought a box of 6 chocolates for around $10. I remember trying the a Jasmine Tea chocolate (good) and a Raspberry Heart (smooth and not very sweet, true to name.)
They also had samples right on the counter which was a plus.
I'm going again this week to try their hot chocolates and teas~

Nice pastries -- where's the chocolate?. Stopped in for some pastries to eat with coffee at home. I was surprised -- the only one they had with chocolate on it was a triangular Florentine with one half dipped in chocolate. Interesting take on the Florentine -- the nut brittle (mostly almond flakes) was sitting on top of a thin bit of shortbread. Not that there's anything wrong with that -- it always fascinates me to see the permutations Florentines go through. And Shokolade doesn't put too much candied fruit in theirs. I don't like the fruitcakey bits, but it's mainly because I'm a nut for nuts.

Schokolade has another pastry I've never seen elsewhere, something they call a hazelnut croissant, which looks like a twisty sausage roll, only the inside filling that looks like meat is actually nut paste. My wife reports it's good. She didn't save me a single bite.

I later tried their chocolates, which look good, although not as eye-catchy or extensive a selection as Xoxolat's on Burrard. Schokolade does some nice touches on their ganaches, intense flavours like the maple/blueberry, where both elements are noticeable. Not cheap -- $10.95 for a box of 10, so you won't be popping these into your mouth for a quick chew. Shokolade has an impressive red Conti espresso-maker, fabrique en France, and the counter woman was skilled at running it. My cappucino was acceptable, but like almost all coffee I've had up here, it was both weak and slightly burnt-tasting (but not over-espressed) compared to Australian standards.

Next time I'm by there, I'll buy one of those hazelnut croissants and I'll eat all of it myself ; )

They’re huge mugs of hot chocolate! Holy cow! Compared to the last place we went to, these cups of hot chocolate would eat the other ones for breakfast… anyways, this one is a white chocolate mixed with fresh ginger and matcha. If you love ginger, this is the drink for you because the ginger flavour is super strong – in the drink and also with ginger zest on top. Chimp liked it because he finished it with no problems and I thought it was good as well (being a ginger lover – of the flavour, not the hair colour LOL) but found it kind of sad that the matcha was overpowered by the ginger.

They have an assortment of hand-crafted chocolates and truffles, in addition to their baked goods. In the back of the cafe, you can actually see a Chocolatier making the chocolate goods