Anvers Tasmania — Restaurant in Tasmania

Chocolate was mediocre. In response to your query below: Thank you for reaching out for further information. We were genuinely looking forward to visiting your chocolate shop, but unfortunately, our experience at the adjoining restaurant influenced our decision to return to our car instead. The chocolate tasting plate we ordered was disappointing—the price of $9 resulted in us being served a product of poor quality. The chocolate 'taste' provided was stale and old. It tasted dry and musty and was crumbly; with an unpleasant texture and taste that didn’t melt on the tongue. Rather than delivering the creamy, decadent experience we would expected from a chocolate specialist, it left us unwilling to purchase anything further. The hot chocolate was drinkable, though not memorable. From a chocolate specialist, we’d hope for a richer, more indulgent flavour and texture. Even the tea was stale and of poor quality. By comparison, other chocolate shops we’ve visitedin our trips around Australia —including two different venues in the Hunter Valley and another on Bruny Island—have consistently offered smooth, melt-in-the-mouth products that truly elevate the chocolate experience. Even the mainstream chocolate chain San Churros' products and hot chocolate impressed us more with its richness and flavour.

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First impressions, atmosphere, service and quality are all part of the experience. Let’s begin….

The interesting historic old building attracts your interest straight up, with the antique museum and chocolate making viewing window there to offer an insight into modern and past practices.

The main entrance on our arrival was congested with other patrons, and the plastic doorway strips/ curtain that had to be pushed through kind of defeated the Covid sanitation measures that were requested upon entry.

Although no tables were available for a dine in experience, the friendly waitress offered a take away option which we accepted, whilst admiring numerous empty tables without a reservation label to say otherwise.

The turkey & cranberry toasted sandwich was good (but would have been fantastic if it were hot). We had to go searching for it as it seemed to have gone missing in action (left on the front counter for all the staff to see). The coffee & hot chocolate was delivered 10 minutes earlier to the location we were kindly asked to wait.

As I am sure you would understand, I enjoy my coffee. The coffee here was less than drinkable & made its way to the bin, the hot chocolate however was yummy & chocolatey.

Not the best experience overall, sorry only 2 stars, 1 for the lovely sandwich the other for the lovely & yummy selection of free Anvers chocolates that we got with our...

Situated about a 10min drive out of Devonport, on the Bass Highway, is this delightful little chocolate factory. It has plenty of off road parking, including caravan and RV parking, with a kids playground.

Housed inside a restored 1920s art deco bungalow, Wyndarra Lodge, is a combination cafe/choclate factory/museum. The cafe at the front of the bungalow, is homely and feeds like sitting in a federation style sitting room. The kitchen is only open until 3pm but you can enjoy coffee, tea and hot chocolate with a selection of cakes until 5pm. We enjoyed a nice cup of their chilli & spice hot chocolate and cinnamon hot chocolate for afternoon tea. The museum is really just a series of display boards, chocolate moulds and historical advertising, giving you the history of chocolate and the history of the Anvers family’s chocolate making in Tasmania.

It is fascinating to watch the chocolatiers through the glass windows hard at work making all the different types of chocolate.

The chocolate shop is located separately from the main building. They do provide samples in small white paper bags, very COVID precautionary. The chocolate on sale is relatively pricey compared to mass produced chocolate but it is all handmade traditional chocolate. We bought some of their Belgium truffle chocolate, which was melt in your mouth delicious. Worth making the stop if you’re driving through the...