Fleur De Cocoa — Restaurant in Los Gatos

After my initial review, I discovered the variety of their chocolate mousse cakes and never looked back. My all-time favorite is the Fleur de Lune (dark chocolate mousse with bourbon) - to die for. Ordered them for birthdays again and again: if you have a great bakery nearby, take advantage. The best things in life may not last! Also love their Tarte Normande: a different take on an apple tarte, for people who prefer not so much chocolate. Nowadays, we also order many things by the slice all at once, to appeal to different preferences.

The Cafe itself has very little seating, but they have covered outdoor space, nice in all but the most inclement of weather. Mostly, people stand in (sometimes long) line & do take-out. I prefer to order by phone & prepay. Then it's a breeze to simply walk up to the cash register and ask for my stuff.

Beautifully crafted desserts (expensive @ $10+ per). The mousse ones we tried (we bought 3, 1 to take away and 2 eaten on the scene) were light, airy and not very sweet. So if you're looking for "substance & weight" in your dessert, this ain't it. Must return to try the tartes, which look like the crust would provide heft. I'm usually very much a chocolaholic, but in this case I preferred the Mango Mousse (with passion fruit in the middle) made the deepest impression. I thought the Royal was meh, and the Raspberry Mousse w chocolate was scandalous (made with "white" chocolate). But overall I'd say we should return to try again, even after spending $40+ for 4...

Very unprofessional and stuck up bakery. Contacted them by phone asking if they make croquembouche. The girl on the phone was clueless and said no (she doesn't even know what it was). Then I told her the website of the bakery said they made it. She had to ask someone else and then told me I had to email them. Not a problem. I emailed them on Aug 28th to ask them about ordering a croquembouche and 3 cakes to be ready on September 12th. Aline, their manager, emailed me back on the same day saying they could make me a croquembouche for September 12th but they don't deliver. So from Aug 28th to Aug 30th I literally called so many delivery companies to ask if they would pick up and deliver to my event. During those 3 days, Aline was still in touch with me to answer questions about the croquembouche, stringing me along. Then on Aug 31st I told her I was ready to order. She didn't reply to me until 3 days later. Saying she could not make me a croquembouche because "the chef is already working on 2 other croquembouche." I don't know why she couldn't tell me this earlier but chose to string me along for 3 days, wasting my time calling literally about 20 delivery companies. No matter how good their cakes and pastries are, their customer service is horrible and I would not buy a single piece of...

The coffee was good, but the hand made chocolates were incredible.

I had intended to go to Great Bear Coffee to chat and catch up on life with an old friend I hadn't seen in about a decade. Having parked behind the north side of N Santa Cruz Ave, we entered downtown from the street where Mike's Bikes occupies the corner lot, dangerously placing this little gem between us and our destination... needless to say, we didn't make it to Great Bear that night.

Ultimately it most likely turned out to be a better choice in terms of being able to sit and chat, as it wasn't busy like the longer established coffee shops in LG. As a black coffee drinker, I have no complaints about the quality of the coffee and would stop for another cup if walking past again. But for the chocolates... this is the kind of quality hand made decadence that can establish itself as a destination all it's own.

If you have the opportunity to swing by this place and experience the sweets they have to offer, I most definitely recommend you do. The young woman who helped us while we took quite a while to choose a box of 12 was amazingly helpful and patient as well. Thankfully there wasn't a queue of others waiting for service or anything! 10/10...