Ki'Xocolatl — Restaurant in Mérida

Amazing chocolates. The chocolate frappe was delicious and refreshing and the quality of the chocolate bars come out in the flavors. The traditional hot chocolate with spices and hot water was ok. I originally asked for the hot cocoa with milk, however the staff suggested that the spices may not taste great with milk so I had it the traditional way with water. I saved what I couldn't finish and mixed with milk the next morning and it was actually better with milk for my taste. Unfortunately, you can't taste the chocolate bars in the jars without a minimum order of 100g. I wanted to try the white chocolate and over the course of 3 days, I bought hot cocoa, a frappe, a few hot cocoa bars, and a ton of other bars. It would've been a nice gesture to give us a small taste of the white chocolate but the rules are very firm on the 100g minimum. In any case, the chocolates are worth it. They...

I live in a pueblo an hour away from Merida. There is no good chocolate here, imho. But Ki'Xocolatl always comes through. They have chocolate everything and it's all high quality. The staff is friendly and the interior of the place is an over the top celebration of chocolate in every form. The bars that they sell are innovative and interesting and both milk chocolate and dark chocolate have excellent flavors and consistencies. You can get a killer chocolate drink here, something that can be addictive! And my favorite is the dark chocolate chunks that you buy by the gram. I buy these for presents when I go back to the US, great presents. Stop by the shop in the Santa Lucia...

I am writing this belated review as I was reminded (again) by my family members about this chocolate they received as stocking stuffers for Christmas. I am specifically speaking about the chocolate bars and candy sets that I purchased at this shop. It is a really nice place and great ambience but the chocolate was bad. The chocolate was not fresh and consistently not good flavor. Most of my family threw it out and said the product was stale and weird. I kept a few bars myself and didn't like them either. I'm not sure if I bought a bad batch but I was embarrassed considering the glowing reviews on Google. Do yourself a favor and ask for samples...