Margaret River Chocolate Company

I’ve been here many times as it’s just down the road from where I live. It’s always busy! Both in the chocolate section and in the café. I’ve tried a few things on the café menu and they always hit the spot. There is so much on offer from chocolate to truffles to nut clusters. Loads of giftware too. Another great feature of the chocolate factory is the free samples and the viewing window so you can see how some of their products are made. There is also a big lawn area outside for the kids to run around and you can watched them from the café verandah in a nice day. Also, it is right next door to Providore and Coward Black Wines. A great spot and worth the visit if you’re in the Swan Valley

Really disappointed and embarrassed to have been excited to bring people here. The toilets were absolutely filthy!
As much as I love the chocolate, I will never be back.

Hands down one of my favourite places in Swan Valley and it’s not just because of the free dark, milk & white chocolate button samples which you can help yourself too (no one watching. oh so dangerous!)
Fantastic chocolate variety, both prepacked and fresh truffles as well as viewing windows so you can watch the chocolate magic in the process!
There is also a café where you can grab a bite to eat or a nice hot drink to accompany a truffle or too!
Margaret River Chocolate Factory. I love you!
ps. it’s just as good as the real deal in Margaret River!

This place is huge. And there is so much chocolate. From peanut brittle to rocky road to massive almond clusters to gourmet chocolate to bath products and hand creams and candles. It is endless. You walk in and can help yourself to dark, milk and white chocolate buttons.
They even have ice cream.
I had their hazelnut toffee chocolate and balsamic strawberry chocolate from their display case. Only 1.95 a piece. Cheap and delicious.
It’s like willy wonkas chocolate factory without the oompa loompas.

I don’t know what heaven looks like, but I sure can hope that it is similar to Margaret River Chocolate Company (with a lot more puppies and kitties). I love this place. No, I L-​O-​V-​E this place. It makes me break out into song and dance and have a serious case of the giddies.
Walk-​in and voilà, free chocolate. Say what?! Please re-​read the first paragraph. Every thing else is gravy… chocolate gravy that is! MRCC really must be on to something, because it is one of the very few places that I can’t refain from spending. They have specialty bags of chocolate with various concoctions like coffee. I will buy not one bag but two. I rush home to delve into these bags that are worth every single calorie. (Okay, so heaven doesn’t have calories either.)
MRCC is the perfect place to take out of town guests. I really equate MRCC to the heartbeat of Swan Valley. I trip throughout the region isn’t complete without a healthy chocolate overdose.

Any business, and I do mean ANY business that has either;
A) Minimum charges for Eftpos or,
B) No Eftpos facility,
immediately gets added to my list of places never to visit again. Now, maybe an exception can be made for the little corner shop that has to compete with the likes of Coles and Woolies and needs to cut costs, but the MRCC has its venues down south, in the Swan Valley, a store in Hillarys (I think it’s still there) and a big one in the city (I know that’s still there), so these guys aren’t short of a couple of dollars.
Now, my girlfriend and I went and had lunch out in the swan valley, then decided to visit here for a bit of dessert. Got a couple of treats, some ice cream and milkshakes (fatties, I know!). I can’t remember how much it cost, but with the stuff I took home as well for later, it was around $ 50 or more. Paid on my card, as I usually do. There’s not exactly any ATM’s in the Swan Valley.
So we’re sitting there, eating our ice cream and I see they have some chocolate milk, which I’m a huge fan of (big kid, I know). It’s $ 4.95 for a 1L bottle, which is ludicrous, but it’s a treat, right? How often do I come out to the valley? So I get to the counter and I’m told that there’s a minimum $ 5 charge for Eftpos transactions, despite paying $ 50 on other stuff 15 minutes prior. I’m told I’ll have to buy something else to get the transaction up over $ 5. So, I don’t want to make an argument with a 15 year old girl when I know it’s store policy, so I just tell her not to worry about it.
This is more a rant about the fact that this is 2013! Minimum transactions shouldn’t exist! Especially in a company that can afford the merchant fees (obviously!). I know it’s not the fault of the workers, just the management who make decisions. But I hope they get the message here: If I’ve encountered this issue, how many other people went to buy that one extra chocolate bar for the kids and were told they couldn’t? I’m sure the extra profit from those sales would make up for the merchant fees. Also, at $ 4.95 a liter for chocolate milk, which is half as much as I’d get if I buy Brownes, also a WA company, they can bloody well pay for the transaction if you ask me!
I’m boycotting any place with minimum transactions and no Eftpos facilities. Who’s with me?
Greens & Co in Leederville, you’re next!

Even though I’ve only given a 2 Star rating I’m not sure it’s their fault since we went for brekky and they are really known for chocolate!
They have only 4 breakfast items so I chose a panini from the lunch item, it was pretty good but not anything flash and the other girls who got brekky items weren’t very happy.
The best thing was the hot chocolate made with real choc bits, pretty delicious! I also bought some chocolate on the way out of course…

OMG is the best way to describe this company, with the taste testing as soon as you enter the building to being able to watch the employees make some of the chocolates it’s hard not to love it. The large variety of chocolates with something for everyone and also varieties of jams and body related products and oils you can find everything here. It is so hard to decide what to purchase and while you decide you can enjoy a coffee and cake or even a small meal. And after that you can go back and try more chocolate or sit and enjoy one of their amazing ice creams.
This is one of my favourite places in Perth and will be going back again soon for more tasty treats.

The chocolate is outstanding here and I’m generally not a fan. Great selection and service with plenty of samples to dig into!

Last year, I had a chance to visit this place. I purchased couple of chocolates. They were a bit pricey but it tasted really nice.
I liked the chocolate machine at the back also :)

Holey moley, chocolate covered caramel and honeycomb!
A few years ago in a previous role, we ordered a heap of Margaret River Chocolate Co chocolate for a promo for work. Luckily we ordered slightly more than we needed because everyone in the office went loco for this cocoa!
It really is mind blowingly good chocolate. The cookies and cream is probably my favourite, but they are all so good.
After writing this review and it bringing back the creamy memories of the chocolate I have made the decision to head to the Factory this weekend!

The Margaret River Chocolate Factory is delicious chocolate at an astronomical price. You’ll pay twenty bucks for a few simple items. Having said this, I will return again, and again, and yet again.
Quality chocolate is worth it, as are quality presents. This place will provide you with mouth-​watering and much loved presents that are perennial favourites.
I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t believe chocolate is sent from the celestial heavens above. And, as a wise person may have once said, all chocolate is equal — some is just more equal than others.
This chocolate absolutely canes any other creamy confection I’ve tasted. Other specialty chocolate stores I’ve tried finish a very drab and uninspiring second place.
The almost warehouse style interior is big and a touch sterile. There’s nothing particularly cute, magical or whimsical about it. But it’s nice enough and the chocolate sells itself. No need for added extras to lure fanatic foodies.
The few times I’ve been here I’ve been surprised at the weekday crowds but I think this place rates highly on the tourist list, and rightly so too.
There’s a café in the joint and it looks divine. Creamy cakes and captivating cheesecakes beckon from behind closed glass. Indulgent ice-​cream is also available. With the amount of satisfying sugar around the kids would love a trip here next school holidays, me thinks.
There is a car park outside and although it’s never been full when I’ve visited in off peak times you might struggle to find a spot on a busy Saturday morning. Although, I must test out that hypothesis and continue my chocolate sampling experiment while I’m there…

Yeah look, I know this place is a chocolate haven, distant from the hustle and bustle of the city. But I really don’t know if the price you pay is worth it… I know, it’s amazing chocolate but it’s no Lindt, no Cadbury, nothing I haven’t tried before. My favourite part was the free samples and the chocolate flavoured body cream my cousin brought me.
Tip: Make your top into a make shift bowl and fill with free samples.

Set in the picturesque surrounds of the Swan Valley, the Margaret River Chocolate Company is a chocoholic’s dream. The focus of the place is on chocolate, of all kinds — dark, milk, and white — and there is a plethora of chocolate items for sale. Aside from edible chocolate, there are also items for your body.
The mountains of beautifully-​rendered chocolate inside the place is awe-​inspiring, although if you want to take home a piece of chocolate, it can burn a little hole in your pocket. Still, for an occasional indulgence, it’s not a bad idea to pay for quality chocolate.

It is a well documented fact that Martin Luther King ‘had a dream’ but I feel that he may have been misquoted, this may have been the intelligible quote of another soul, a chocolate obsessed soul. Somewhere in WA, someone had a dream, a dream to live, work, sleep and die chocolate. He dreamt that people would come from far and wide to sample, buy, eat, drink and even wear chocolate. This dream came true in the shape of The Margaret River Chocolate Company. Originally set up in Margaret River (of course) there is also an outlet in the Swan Valley pretty much the same size. Come and try the chocolate fondue for 2 at $ 14 with a selection of yummy dipping items. Try it in seasons other than summer, believe me the last thing you want to snack on when its 45 degrees is hot runny chocolate.
Chocolate merchandise is in abundance in the shop, from bath oils to dipping sauces and even lip gloss. If you decide not to spend any money here, there is always the welcoming bowls of white, dark and milk taster buttons. Mmmmmmmmmmmm.