Snake & Butterfly — Restaurant in Campbell

Fun, cute place to come spend a couple hours. Came here on a Saturday afternoon after the lunch rush and before dinner madness.

1. Free/paid street parking or a parking garage around the corner. hours parking validated by the restaurant at the lot around the corner.

2. We were the only ones there so the barista was very attentive and helpful. I couldn't decide between the drinking chocolate and hot chocolate so she gave us a sample of the drinking chocolate. It was really good but very heavy so I went with the hot chocolate. They have really cool flights--flights of gelato, or chocolate, etc. Definitely one of the most unique menus I've seen yet.

3. Ordering food was quick and easy and our hot chocolate and tea came out fast.

4. Full coffee menu to choose from. Extensive chocolates and gelato items, too. Some baked goods as well, like homemade marshmallows.

5. hot chocolate was awesome. Came with fresh homemade whipped cream.

6. Service was great. Nice, clean place. Not too loud and good central location in downtown Campbell. They had a lot of board games, so we hung out and played scrabble. Other customers followed suit and picked up other games. They also had decorative items for sale which were fun to look at and definitely really interesting! They also had jams, coffee, mugs, etc on sale, all local things, so that was nice.

7. Overall, good experience and would highly recommend to...

The chocolate leans dark, and bitter notes play. The hot chocolate is not particularly sweet, but the bitter plays nicely against the whipped cream. You could be forgiven for wondering if you had received a mocha instead of a chocolate, but both coffee and cacao are heavy on alkaloid compounds. The almond fig gelato was a sweet luxury. I had a blueberry balsamic truffle as well, again leaning dark, beautifully executed. I can't recommend anything but the gelato to milk chocolate fans, but if you play on the dark side, you will be happy. LGBTQ note: I was misgendered twice and corrected the barista both times. She did not want to acknowledge my complaint, and I was left feeling a chill. When someone tells you their pronouns, it's only a simple courtesy that is requested, not agreement. Who are you to police my gender? 4 stars, but it could have been 5. Update: Before I left the owner or manager had seen this review, apologized to me, and said they would be having meetings to address this issue. That means a lot to me, though I may be more careful in the future to leave establishments before I submit a review. Awkward! Boosted the stars 🌟 to 5 in the hope they will be more welcoming. Everyone makes mistakes. Good people...

I sampled six different chocolate truffles, including cherry & white chocolate, orange & dark chocolate and marzipan. Overall the look is 5/5 stars, the smell is inexistent (mostly because covered by other sugar coating, taste was quite below par, but the worst part was the texture: absolutely a piece of rock.

Whoever makes the chocolate truffles in that store hasn't tasted them, or tried what's it like to have them served to you from the shelf because are absolutely impossible to bite into.

Texture is enormously important to the chocolate experience. A smooth and creamy melt-in-your-mouth texture is so seductive, that many people are more influenced by texture...