ROYCE Chocolate at Uwajimaya in Seattle — Local services in Seattle

This chocolate shop inside Uwajimaya sells Japanese-style nama chocolate, which is very sweet, mild, and soft—very different from an American-style dark chocolate. This chocolate has very little bitterness. Some flavors, like the coffee chocolate, offset this by introducing some bitterness, and I found this very refreshing. In addition to individual flavors, they also sell some pre-packaged tasting sets which are great as gifts.

The salesperson was very friendly in helping me decide what to buy. They are happy to offer free samples and tell you more about all the...

Had a good buying experience at Royce.

Friend had recommended it saying it was the best chocolate. I decided to stop by to grab some for my mom.

I ended up getting two Chocolate Bars "Almond Bitter" for $9.99 each.

Staff was friendly. Unfortunately, couldn't try any of the chocolates that I wanted, only the one they had open for samples.

Parking validation available too.

Mom enjoyed it. Not as "dark" as she would have preferred, and definitely would have liked more almonds, but was good to have her try...

Oh my gosh this was the best store experience I have ever had at any type of store in my entire life. The man that helped me was so experienced and super helpful. He let us sample the chocolate and it was amazing. He showed us what every single chocolate looks like outside of the box and they looked amazing. He had a tablet that he showed us pictures of the chocolates. The chocolate was amazing like the best ever and you absolutely need to go here if you are in the Washington state...