Cocoa Mountain Dornoch — Restaurant in Scotland

We stopped in Dornoch during a day tour on our way to Dunrobin Castle. I’d do the same if I returned and you should too! Our guide had planned to take us to Cocoa Mountain, but we arrived before they opened, so we stopped by another cafe in town. As I am not a coffee drinker, I got a hot chocolate at said café, and it was delicious! My mom, my sister, and I wandered around Dornoch Cathedral’s cemetery and grounds, sipping our hot chocolate happily and exclaiming how delicious it was. Some locals heard us and exclaimed, “the best hot chocolate in town is from Cocoa Mountain.” Well, that determined that I must try it, so I wandered on over and they did appear to be open!

I walked on in and waited as they helped a customer in front of me. Once they’d finished, they let me know they actually weren’t yet open (!!! not sure who that person was), but after much teasing, happily took my order. I got hot chocolate for myself, my mom, and sister, along with a box of every flavor of chocolate they had available. They have some great deals where you can do a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate with 4 chocolates, but I couldn’t settle on that few! They packaged it all up in a cute box with helpful flavor key, and I was on my way.

This hot chocolate was just as delicious as the previous hot chocolate we had, and I don’t think any of us could choose a favorite as they were yummy in quite different ways. It was thick and luscious, not too sweet, but never bitter, and just incredible. I don’t know how we all drank two hot chocolates in a row, but we couldn’t bear not to finish it! The chocolates were also all wonderful. My favorites were the unusual flavors: Orange Geranium and Raisin & Toasted Almond.

Additional offerings include baked goods like cookies and brownies, plus bars of chocolate, chocolate drops, chocolate shards, etc. The interior was quite large with a good amount of seating as well as picnic tables outside. Prices were very reasonable and a steal for exemplary treats. I don’t think they had a parking lot, but there was parking along the street, and I believe there were some lots in a different section of town. It’s a cute little area, so very walkable, and at least on our visit, not too busy.

I will forever be grateful to the two nice women working that day who probably secretly rolled their eyes at the American wandering into their store before opening time, but nicely took my order anyways. I hope to...

My partner wanted to treat me and splurged out extra cash so I could get the chocolates I wanted in a bespoke box - an extra £10 taking the grand total to £80, a fair but significant sum. We’ve visited the Balnakiel cafe on a few occasions and have always enjoyed this pilgrimage as part of our visits a bit further north. The quality of the chocolates are top notch and we’ve enjoyed exploring the range of interesting and delicious flavours on offer - something still couldn’t deny them. However, you certainly hope to get what you pay for when you’re paying extra but this was not the case, I got a lot of what I asked for but not all of it or some not in the quantities I asked. I appreciate some things might not be available or low stock etc. but given I’d especially paid for the bespoke box thought might have been made aware, or been consulted to ask for alternatives rather than have it decided for me or at the very very least a little apologetic explanatory note included with my order. Got nothing except my half bespoke order. My partner tried contacting them twice (only way we could see was by email) and they never ever responded - non-existent customer service. I’d advise against paying extra for bespoke mail order. Either go in person or just pay for one of the...

Lovely Staff, Lovely Cappuccino and really tasty Truffles.

The truffles melt in your mouth and taste so good. I highly recommend. Brilliant place to go to if in Dornoch

Must go to in Dornoch, Best Coffee Shop In Dornoch

Went Here for My Birthday Had the Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows and whipped cream. The Hot Chocolate is made with Belgium chocolate and is absolutely Delicious. So so Tasty. I highly recommend also they do Coffees and Hot chocolates for Vegans and offer oat milk etc. it's Dog friendly which is nice as with hot weather like today 24 degrees it's nice to have something and be able to have the dog with you. I had also a white chocolate and caramel Croissant and omg the more you ate it the nicer and nicer it got. It smelled amazing and tasted even better it's just a few hours after being in and I'm still thinking about how amazing my croissant and hot chocolate was. Staff friendly as well. Definitely a highlight of Dornoch and a must...