Reviews of Cakebread Artisan Bakery & Hot Chocolates (Coffee Shop)

Carmie Dixon

The very best chocolate that I have ever had. I feel that the other companies do not even compare to there outstanding quality and taste. My favorite is the dark chocolate strawberry filled and the dark chocolate salted caramels. The selection of chocolate is incredible. They have a great selection of sugar free treats. The ice cream is delicious with lots of flavors to choose from. The staff are friendly and efficient. The store is always being updated and kept nice and clean. It is a very busy place, but you can always relax with a coffee or tea etc.. The owners are amazing people.

Judy Bood

I received a gift certificate for Hot Chocolates. Now I'm hooked! I got organic spelt bread today, sliced thick. Went home and toasted it with some butter and homemade raspberry jam. Yummy! I also accidentally bought 2 date squares and 2 iced walnut cookies. Can't wait to have tea!!

Fiorella Calderoni

Cute bakery and chocolate shop. Bought about 5 different slices of dessert and only loved one but the tea lattes were wonderful

Amy Cox

Not wild about their chocolates but the breads and pastries are absolutely perfect

Kelly Whiteside

Delicious sugar cookies! I always make a point of stopping by to grab a few when I'm in the area

Jason Kinna

Took my 3 nieces for some ice cream. What a fantastic treat on a hot day. I went with the cafe latte; it was a very strong coffee flavour, yum. I was surprised to see how many flavoured oils were for sale. What a score to find truffle oil!

Cynthia Owen

Popular , busy store. Good looking cakes and pastries.

W Sung

I love their dark salted caramel chocolate, I can’t tell if it’s the best in the world but definitely the best in my heart; whenever I go there, I always get at least 20 of them.

Mike Roze

The drip coffee is very dark and not very good. I love drip coffee without cream and sugar so I can taste the coffee, but this is not the place for good coffee. The hot chocolate was OK. The sweet scones were OK.

Chris Weber

I ordered a few things to be delivered to my Grandma in Courtenay and I can't express how grateful I am to the team at Hot Chocolates. Everything was wonderful - I ordered a sour dough bread, pecan bars, and a box of sea salt caramels (my grandma loves caramel) and she loved everything she received. Thank-you Hot Chocolates for adding some warmth into her life.

Alan P

Wonderful and delicious cakes, pastries, artisan bread, and of course chocolate chocolate!!

Lisa Hallgren

Update: I sincerely appreciate that the store has kept masks mandatory for now to keep their staff and customers safe. The sign at the door is clear, and they have an alternate place to order if you don't wear a mask, so there's no reason to fuss if you can't be bothered to put a mask on for 2 minutes. The staff are always lovely and the bread is the best in town. For everyone so fussed about the increase in price in chocolates, they switched over to fair trade, ethically sourced chocolate a year ago, so you can rest assured that your chocolate is not associated with slave labour - totally worth the cost, in my opinion.

Jeanette Anderson

Excellent service! I placed an online order in the morning and it was expected to arrive in 1-3 business days. However, they were so quick with the order that not only was it processed the same day, it was also delivered the same day! My gift arrived safely by that afternoon! Thank you so much for your quick, efficient service!

Peggy Henwood

Best homemade granola I have ever had and the best lemon tarts!

Grey Eyes (Greyeyes)

Went for sugarfree Chai Gelato mmm it was so tasty. Oh can't forget the chocolate dipped red licorice.

Black Fox

Absolutely great fresh bread... Best if you phone the day ahead to reserve, so you're not disappointed.

Mary Deighan

Delicious chocolate treats and they put chocolate shavings on your latte!

Lex Dunn

Chocolate heaven. Delicious milk and dark chocolate, lovely store, friendly and helpful staff. Great bakery, too. I wish I lived next door ...

Han Van Vugt

Our "go-to" bakery in Courtenay for many years. Great breads, sweets, cakes, chocolates, sandwiches, and even good coffee.

Mike

Locally created chocolates, pretty good coffee as well as cakes and baked goods. Just a few tables inside if you want to enjoy your purchase on site but it gets pretty busy on weekends. Worth a visit because... Who doesn't like chocolate?

Tharwat Eskander

Great desserts and coffee!

Vernon Brewster

Busy place. Good latte.

Yang Y

My No.1 go to place in Cumberland. Excellent chocolates and baking goods.

Ashley Kazakoff

Favourite place to visit on 5th! Best chocolate ever

Practical Spiritualism

Soooo delicious! The lemon meringue cake is next level!

Doris Sauder

Wow… these are top notch truffles… So incredible!!

Jason C

Was able to call ahead and pay over the phone. The layout is a little weird and confusing. Great products though. They could do a little better communicating but that's me being critical. Great shop

Doug Mason

Great shop featuring coffee, treats, and chocolates. Also sells flavoured balsamic vinegars - mix with a bit of Olive Oil for a tasty dressing on salads. Mmmmmm.

South Sea

What a FABULOUS bakery! I cannot say enough good things about this place. Where to start, their baked goods are amazing, they have a coffee bar, their chocolates and candies are the bomb and the store looks very festive inside! Go check …

Lovelife

Great place! Wonderful owners,very nice staff. They made us this beautiful wedding cake. It was perfect

Jim Senior

The lime cheese cake was a big hit as a birthday cake

Marc Archambault

Wonderful yule logs are available during the Christmas holiday.

Yarden Jordan Zilber

Amazing bakery! So.much variety and soooo tasty, the chocolate, the pastry (we tried the apple poppyseed danish, and strawberries danish....it was heavenly). One of the best bakery ever!!!

Geoff T

Wow! Excellent ice creams and desserts. I tried a chocolate "Cruffin" and it was amazing. Reminded me of something you might find in Italy. If you are in the area, don't miss it.

Rick Pritchard

Best hot chocolate anywhere

Scott Lyle

The best decadent cakes, cookies and exquisite bakery treat and breads. Hot Chocolates, which shares the premises make the best world class chocolate, a definite, must try delicacy.

Hugh Hospes

Very nice place employees were very helpful. Sent basket to my brother and sister in law and they love it thank you and would recommend them to anyone

Christine Garland

It was great. Really enjoyed my mocha hot chocolate and my husband liked his maple spice Italian soda. Although he said he didn't really taste the spice part too much, but the maple flavor was awesome ????????

Katherine Guerra-Zuniga

They were out of my favourit chocolate this time, but they are doing a pretty good job of making most things available! Love the chocolate and bread here! If I could it would be 4.5 stars not four. They also need to make online orders jsut a little bit easier and add the tequila chocolates to the online orders!

Samantha McAra

They supplied two of our three small wedding cakes and they were both delicious! The online shopping is super easy to use and quality is always high and consistent!

dan old

If you want a awesome cake or other delicious treats go here

D M

Very disappointed to see the size of the chocolates getting smaller. At the present price point, I would expect more! To be fair, they are very good chocolates.

Daryl & Janie Brown

Best chocolate shop in the Island! An added bonus is the attached coffee bar and bakery. A must-stop while in Downtown Courtenay!

Robert Johnson

Cake Bread and Hot Chocolate are a match made in heaven and are part of my weekly (sometimes daily??) routine. I'm not a regular review writer but this is one 'business' that I talk about often to petty much anyone who will listen. First of all the staff seem to be one happy family, so if it's not a great place to work they sure are good at faking it. They are always smiling and friendly and I often find myself talking to them and wishing there wasn't a person behind me so I could keep talking. The chocolates and hand packed ice cream on the Hot Chocolate side are exquisite and I have 5 or 6 must haves like the Berry Quartet and the Toffee Truffle. I find myself at the bakery every time I'm in town for a 'best ever' berry or chocolate berry scone - I would hate to know how many I have eaten. I can easily say that everything at the bakery is fabulous but their bread is the best - any where - including Europe. Ask someone how they came to be the amazing bread makers that they truly are. I tell every one what I think about their bread and they all enjoy it at our Christmas open house where among other things we cook a giant ham and serve it with a multitude of mustards and a dozen or more different loaves of Cake Bread bread - it's the best! I am reminded every season how much they look forward to the ham and bread. I'm sure there are other things they look forward too but I know the bread is really the draw. Check it out !! Sue from Fanny Bay

Charlotte Swanson

Their chocolates are pretty good, but the real reason to hit up this place (in my opinion) is the bakery and olive oil section! Really unique and high quality stuff that is so delicious! I come to Courtenay from Vancouver to refill on Basil infused olive oil on the regular!

Pamela Haugan

I have shopped here for over 10 years and while I will return to the bakery I will not be purchasing chocolates after the let down this holiday season. I found the truffles smaller in size, the chocolate was different and not as good a quality as in prior purchases and we found less variety in the choice of centers within the box as well as some that for my taste buds were down right nasty. I always purchase several boxes for hostess and Christmas gifts but won't be returning to this supplier. Sad...

Kristen Koepke

They were sadly out of bread late in the day, but I regretted not buying more than one Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bar for the rest of our trip!

annette

I've been fortunate enough to sample the chocolates from Hot Chocolates on special occasions for many years. They are the best I've ever tasted. I've actively sought out other shops to sample from, but none have surpassed these. My favourite ones are the Majorca and the Berry Quartet. I also buy their flavoured syrups, which are extremely hard to find on the mainland, and have sampled their fudge and ice cream too. And since they've opened their bakery, Cakebread, I and my friends have enjoyed some of their yummy layer cakes as well. I live in the lower mainland and get over to the island several times a year. A stop at Hot Chocolates is always a part of each trip. And now not just for me. As I've introduced friends and co-workers to some of their delights I am now supplied with "shopping lists" before I head to the ferry each time. Please keep doing what you're doing. You're obviously extremely good at it.

Kimrona M

Great lemon meringue cake amount other delicious treats. In addition to the great chocolate selection

Angie Woznow

The young girls are so sweet and friendly. We went on a good day. All breads were 2 for 1. Stocked up and looking forward to the fresh bread.

Dorrie Estlin

I always enjoy dealing with Hot Chocolates.lots of choices re.chocolates and a great variety of Bread.plus all that and a great service with friendly staff.

Diane Walton

I've always raved about their chocolates (to whomever would listen) my personal guilty pleasure. However, very disappointed with my recent order, the chocolates were tiny yet more expensive. In other posts they have mentioned they reduced their sizes to comply with industry standards, and now they have become just an industry standard. I agree with the others who mentioned they do not taste the same. Heartbreaking as it is, time to move on...

Travis Gingerich

We came in the first time and bought a discounted sourdough loaf, which was tasty. The next time we came, we bought one fresh. Words can hardly express the deliciousness. While some bread is but a tool to deliver toppings to the mouth, with this bread, the role was reversed: we put on toppings just to have an excuse to eat the bread! I have no idea how the rest of their goods stack up, but can only imagine they're just as good. Service was prompt and with a genuine smile.

Janet B

Try their cinnamon buns! They were great without being too sweet. Bread and cakes looked good too.

S

The cakes were exactly as advertised and were amazing

dan gillespy

Very good chocolates and other sweets and 100% very good customer service and Jordon has been running that shop for over 30 years.

Wheels Barrow

Very high quality dark chocolate varieties and the bakery has the best cakes as well, very deluxe.

Dawn Mitchell

We have been coming to the spa for over15years and when we get here Hot Chocolates is one of our first stops. What a disappointment this year. I don't know if they are under new management but it just wasn't the same. The staff was still friendly but they were out of 3 things we asked for, the chocolates are smaller and the packaging is cheaper. We bought 2 cookies and the oatmeal raisin was delicious but the gingersnap was burnt. I don't know how they could even put it out. Hopefully it will be better next year!

Brad Lohner

What a surprise! I toured several local establishments as part of a group tour, and this place was busy without our group showing up. Family business. Staff were pleasant and the product selection was overwhelming. They produce all product themselves and the staff are very proud of their work. Definitely stop by grab a cocoa and one of their tasty sandwiches.

Eunhee Park

Blue berry muffin's very delicious!