Chocolate the Restaurant

4.6

4,6

92 avis

De 31 $ à 50 $

Californienne

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2 personnes

31 janv. 2025

19:00

Réservé 6 fois aujourd'hui

La perle du quartier
Parfait pour manger en plein air
Charmant

Le restaurant Chocolate propose des produits venant directement des producteurs. Il met l'accent sur les légumes, les fruits, le café, le vin et les viandes. Pourquoi ? Car la nourriture bio et locale est bénéfique pour l'environnement, le corps et les papilles gustatives. L'établissement offre un cadre confortable pour les rendez-vous amoureux, les grandes familles et les groupes allant jusqu'à 20 personnes. Les jours de pluie, vous pourrez même prendre votre repas dehors sur la terrasse couverte et chauffée du restaurant. La salle privée côté rue accueille les groupes allant jusqu'à 20 personnes. Le restaurant est ouvert de 11h30 jusqu'au souper sans interruption, tous les jours. Il vous accueille également les jours fériés sauf pour Thanksgiving et le jour de Noël.

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Atmosphère
Élégant mais décontracté
Prix
De 31 $ à 50 $
Cuisine(s)
Californienne, Méditerranée, Dessert
Heures d'ouverture
Dîner Tous les jours 17:00–22:00
Numéro de téléphone
(831) 427-9900
Site internet
http://www.chocolatesantacruz.com/
Moyens de paiement
American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Tenue de VIlle
Chef de cuisine
David Jackman
Service traiteur
Offsite catering for up to 150 guests. Weddings, or any other kind of occasion. Wedding cakes, or other special desserts. Chocolate mousse truffles. We can work with you to design a custom menu, based on your comfortable budget parameters.
Installations pour l'événement privé
Rehearsal Dinners, Graduation Parties, Birthday Parties, Anniversary Parties are our specialty

Endroit
1522 Pacific Ave, 95060 Santa Cruz, CA
Quartier
Santa Cruz
Rue transversale
Cooper Street
Parking details
Large multi-level public lot one half block away. Also, several parking spaces in front of restaurant on the street.
Public transit
Metro bus station with links to San Jose, three blocks away.
Renseignements supplémentaires :
Accès pour personnes à mobilité réduite, Banquet, Bar complet, Bière, Café, Chiens acceptés, Cocktails, Droit de bouchon, Non-fumeur, Options sans gluten, Salle privée, Terrasse, Terrasse, Vin

Avis de 92 client·e·s

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4.6

4,6 d'après les évaluations récentes

4,5Plats
4,5Service
4,5Atmosphère
4,4Rapport qualité-prix

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Parfait pour manger en plein air

281 avis

J
Jennifer
Denver
12 avis
4.0
12 avis
Y est allé·e le 20 janvier 2025
1. Global 4
2. Plats 4
3. Service 5
4. Atmosphère 4
Fun, unique & really good selection of gluten free options. Awesome desserts!
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Eddie
VIP
Baie de San Fra
14 avis
5.0
14 avis
Y est allé·e le 18 janvier 2025
1. Global 5
2. Plats 5
3. Service 5
4. Atmosphère 5
We make a 75 mile round-trip from San Jose to Santa Cruz to eat dinner every Friday night. Been doing weekly since 2018 (pandemic disrupted the frequency but still did take out during that time). Our focus is on the desserts and our favorites are great - chocolate fantasy sundae, warm brownie, sin cake, truffles, Victoria hot chocolate with oat milk - these are chocolate artisan designs with more cacao emphasis than sugar and chocolate aficionados like us really enjoy it. Dinners are great as well - my longest go-to dish was Oaxaqueño Mo'le chicken plate - literally ate that dish for YEARS from 2018 to 2023. Then I 'discovered' their hand-rolled fettucine and salmon dishes - those are my new go-to dishes for 2023 onward. We are not drinkers so can't comment on the choices involving alcohol. Lastly, I read some of the more negative reviews here and respectfully disagree with most of them. The puzzling one is the recurring mention of 'dry' focaccia bread. We get that every week AND we were one of first to enjoy their switch to house-made focaccia bread. I do not find this to be dry at all - for me it's fresh and has just the right amount of moist texture. However, I understand others have different thresholds of dry. Regardless, this restaurant clearly is our favorite as we vote with our frequency of visits from San Jose for years.
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Eddie
VIP
Baie de San Fra
14 avis
5.0
14 avis
Y est allé·e le 11 janvier 2025
1. Global 5
2. Plats 5
3. Service 5
4. Atmosphère 5
Weekly visit 1/24/25 Pasta rosettes full order with marina Hand rolled fettucine with truffle oil and parmesan Amazing as usual - fresh pasta so tender. Foccacio bread was over the top - very soft and full of flavor Chocolate desserts - its why we make the weekly 80 mile round trip from San Jose every Friday or Saturday night. Sin cake with chocolate gelato and truffle Coconut cream pie with side of chocolate sauce Highly recommended. We vote with our weekly visit.
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David
VIP
Côte centrale
10 avis
5.0
10 avis
Y est allé·e le 10 janvier 2025
1. Global 5
2. Plats 5
3. Service 5
4. Atmosphère 5
Very good good and good ambience would definitely go again
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Eddie
VIP
Baie de San Fra
14 avis
5.0
14 avis
Y est allé·e le 4 janvier 2025
1. Global 5
2. Plats 5
3. Service 5
4. Atmosphère 5
We come here nearly weekly since ~2022 (prior to that year too but during pandemic it was spotty - once pandemic subsided, nearly weekly from San Jose, CA to Santa Cruz CA). This place is great - regular attendees every week (37 mile one way from San Jose every Friday). That's big endorsement for their chocolate desserts (we usually get ectasy sundae and warm brownie cake, chocolate gelato, etc). Our go-to entree dishes are past rosettes, Oaxacan chicken mole, hand rolled fettuccine, roasted pork. We don't drink alcohol so can't speak to that.
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Rebecca
Baie de San Fra
1 avis
4.0
1 avis
Y est allé·e le 1 janvier 2025
1. Global 4
2. Plats 3
3. Service 3
4. Atmosphère 4
They were out of lots of menu items but overall a good experience.
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Christine
Baie de San Fra
12 avis
4.0
12 avis
Y est allé·e le 24 décembre 2024
1. Global 4
2. Plats 4
3. Service 3
4. Atmosphère 5
Pasta Rosettes, pasta w bolognese sauce, pork mole, all desserts were delicious. Chicken parm was a little dry and chicken soup was ok. Service was slow and one of our orders came late but all of our servers were nice, attentive and kept water for the table coming.
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Camille
Baie de San Fra
2 avis
3.0
2 avis
Y est allé·e le 23 décembre 2024
1. Global 3
2. Plats 3
3. Service 3
4. Atmosphère 3
The food was OK but they were out of 2 of the 3 entrees we wanted to order. One pasta dish was in a pool of vinaigrette, perhaps spilled from the salad? The server brought out one drink right away but when I asked a few minutes later about my glass of wine, the server said he was waiting for the barista to come back from break (?). And restaurant customers must use a restroom in the bookstore next door, which seems awkward. Overall not a great experience.
Chocolate the RestaurantA répondu le 3 janvier 2025
Yes, during the Christmas rush we got a bit behind on preparation. My apologies. But there is no excuse for having to wait for a glass of wine. Please message me privately and we will get that refunded on your bill. Thank you!
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Christine
Baie de San Fra
18 avis
5.0
18 avis
Y est allé·e le 16 décembre 2024
1. Global 5
2. Plats 5
3. Service 4
4. Atmosphère 4
The roasted pork in a wonderful chocolate/orange sauce is soooooo delicious! The hot chocolate drinks make a great dessert… no need for more dessert as each hot chocolate comes with a lady finger swamped with whip cream. I especially liked the Frida hot chocolate.
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Kaitlin
Baie de San Fra
2 avis
3.0
2 avis
Y est allé·e le 8 décembre 2024
1. Global 3
2. Plats 3
3. Service 4
4. Atmosphère 4
Everything we ordered was fine, but the food was kind of mediocre for the price. The menu didn't have a lot of main menu options in comparison to dessert options, so it seems like our mistake was probably that we came for a meal when it might really be a dessert place. The hot chocolate we got was good, but nothing special. My expectations were higher for a place named Chocolate.
Chocolate the RestaurantA répondu le 3 janvier 2025
True, eleven main course options (plus our dinner specials) are less than the seventeen options on our dessert menu. I wonder what we could add that would seem special enough for a return visit. Please send a private message, and let me know what would have made your meal more special. Thank you in advance.
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Le restaurant Chocolate the Restaurant est noté 4,6 étoiles par 92 clients OpenTable.

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2 personnes

31 janv. 2025

19:00

Réservé 6 fois aujourd'hui

Google Map pour Chocolate the Restaurant

1522 Pacific Ave, 95060 Santa Cruz, CA

Informations supplémentaires

Rue transversale
Cooper Street
Quartier
Santa Cruz
Heures d'ouverture
Dîner Tous les jours 17:00–22:00
Prix
De 31 $ à 50 $
Cuisine(s)
Californienne, Méditerranée, Dessert
Atmosphère
Élégant mais décontracté
Dress code
Tenue de VIlle
Parking details
Large multi-level public lot one half block away. Also, several parking spaces in front of restaurant on the street.
Public transit
Metro bus station with links to San Jose, three blocks away.
Moyens de paiement
American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Chef de cuisine
David Jackman
Renseignements supplémentaires :
Accès pour personnes à mobilité réduite, Banquet, Bar complet, Bière, Café, Chiens acceptés, Cocktails, Droit de bouchon, Non-fumeur, Options sans gluten, Salle privée, Terrasse, Terrasse, Vin

Site internet
http://www.chocolatesantacruz.com/
Numéro de téléphone
(831) 427-9900
Service traiteur
Offsite catering for up to 150 guests. Weddings, or any other kind of occasion. Wedding cakes, or other special desserts. Chocolate mousse truffles. We can work with you to design a custom menu, based on your comfortable budget parameters.
Installations pour l'événement privé
Rehearsal Dinners, Graduation Parties, Birthday Parties, Anniversary Parties are our specialty

Chocolate the Restaurant

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