The Chocolat Bar - Downtown Boise — Restaurant in Boise

This place is GREAT!

First off, allow me a moment here, I found out through the news that today is National Chocolate day. So I figured to treat my coworkers with chocolate. I could have gotten regular chocolate but today is the day to splurge a bit for chocolate, right?

So I had been by here several times with my trips to downtown and the local attractions. I knew that they were a higher quality of chocolate that normal store bought chocolates. Not to put down Hersheys or anyone else. But they actually MAKE their chocolate delectables there. And they have quite the selection of chocolates as well.

So I bought a dozen chocolates from them, one a truffle. Got a variety of milk and dark chocolates. So far so good.

Took them to work and surprised my coworkers with them. Two I specifically chose for my assistant manager. She took the truffle and bit into it and was immediately surprised and incredibly happy with it! She said that it was the best that she had ever had! I had one that was dark chocolate and peanut butter, much like a Reese’s. Super good.

I will definitely go back and I recommend them for anyone else looking for a higher end chocolate that has the advantage of...

Purchased items for Easter gifts and brought a friend from out of town - together we spent over $160. Ordered a latte and was told I would need to wait a few minutes because the barista was finishing up something. It turns out she was cleaning both the men’s and the women’s restroom. After 10 minutes of waiting I asked her if she was going to make me wait until she had cleaned both the men’s and women’s restroom she told me yes and that she wouldn’t stop because then if someone came in, they wouldn’t be able to use the restrooms. (There were two restrooms and no customers in the store) When I expressed my frustration with her prioritization of bathroom duties over customer service she argued and raised her voice. I walked out without my coffee after she continued to argue with me, talking over the top of me insisting she was right and I was wrong for not wanting to sit and wait for her to clean the bathrooms. She had no concept of common sense and insisted the bathrooms were more important. I will...

I tried a Fleur de Sel Caramel and a Milk Chocolate Butter Crunch Toffee.

Unfortunately, the Butter Crunch was a disappointment to me. I was looking forward to sinking my teeth into the first layer of buttery-crunchy goodness, then into luscious chocolate enrobed piece of buttery toffee. Instead, my heart sank as I tasted the "crunch" on the toffee. It seemed a bit stale, and the toffee was not as "buttery" as I expected. The milk chocolate was...well...milk chocolate. If I had to compare, I would rather purchase See's Candy or even Russell Stover. Sorry....

HOWEVER... The Fleur de Sel Caramel was FABULOUS! The salt blended nicely with the dark chocolate. The salt, I learned, is from France. It's texture is fine and the flavor is light, but defined. The salt naturally heightened the flavor of the dark chocolate, and the combination paired with the buttery caramel offered my tastebuds a delightful mouthful of flavor....