SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier

The quality here is very good, but the prices are borderline outrageous. The gelato is decently priced starting at $ 4.50 for a small, but the truffles are $ 2.25 each and although they are good, are super tiny, about half the size of a Godiva truffle, possibly a little smaller even. You can get a single, regular sized marshmallow dipped in chocolate for $ 2.50 or an okay sized coconut macaroon dipped in chocolate for $ 4.75.

Great tasting truffles and great tasting bonbons! I personally only tried the Salted Caramel truffle and chocolate caramel bonbon, due to not-​so-​friendly prices, but it’s a small business making handmade chocolates, so I didn’t mind too much.
Also, if you’re looking for some scrumptious hot chocolate while walking the pier, this is the place to get it.

We had a great experience there. The woman working was rather informative, cute and fun. The gelato was very thick and tasty. We had a few truffles as well that are greater or on par with godiva.

As anybody knows the touristy spots everything is going to be overpriced but I was really feigning for some ice cream actually gelato so I stopped in to see what was up. The store is extremely cute and you can get samples of all the flavors they wasn’t going to look at you like you was greedy like most places. I took a sample of about 3 flavors and decided on the Coconut Almond caramel… tasted really good but for $ 5.50 the size didn’t match the price. They also sell different types of chocolate that cost like $ 2.50/piece and these candies are small… so I got (2) and they really weren’t as good as the names. I will come back to try more gelato and hopefully grab a better flavor of chocolate this time around!

Came here last November for the first time and was seriously impressed. I loved just about everything. The coffee was a bit too strong for my taste though — I’m more of a ½ coffee ½ milk with loads of sugar type of gal.
The gelato is delicious and the chocolate is equally delicious.
My only minor gripe is the price — but considering the quality of the ingredients & it being a small business I didn’t let it affect my rating.
Great for a date night!

To be honest if you think this chocolate is expensive then you must be out of your mind. What do you think they give you here? Melted Hershey’s bars into truffles? If you want real chocolate you have to pay for it you stupid idiots. Real quality chocolate is expensive. Morons.

This place is the truth! Everything is good but the white peach and mango are outstanding! Really it’s a chocolate place… how bad can it be.

Amazing gelato! Perfect texture and great flavors. Outdoor seating was great for people watching.

Great explanation of truffles and bonbons by the staff! Amazing chocolate and coffee. Glad they ship nationwide.

The chocolate is great but this place is expensive! $ 9 per chocolate for sampling! I find that to be ridiculous. So my coworker and I never been here before and ended up getting a sample on the expresso chocolate truffle which was like a expresso shot… it was so strong it took away the actual taste of chocolate I didn’t really find it pleasing. Since this is all we sampled I’m not sure if anything else is good. Perhaps?

Darn it! The hot chocolate wasn’t good. Overly sweet and luke warm. I asked them to reheat it, and it still wasn’t hot enough. The flavor wasn’t there either.

This is the worse hot chocolate I’ve ever had. So weak. I don’t know what else to say about how bad it was.

I live close to the Gaithersburg location and think it’s more cozy and customer-​friendly. This location doesn’t even have a public restroom?!
Their chocolate is well worth stopping by though. Prices are hefty but with chocolate, you get what you pay for.
This is a family-​owned business that makes all their chocolate by hand. The owners are super friendly and I’ve always had a really pleasant experience. Highly recommend to all my fellow chocolate lovers.

Great way to end a nice evening walking around the harbor. The chocolates can be purchased individually, and I believe the truffles were $ 2.25 each.
I tried the coconut truffle and the banana caramel truffle. Both were excellent. The coconut had a very rich dark chocolate flavor, with mild hints of coconut. The banana flavor was much stronger. I think it was described as a white chocolate truffle (it didn’t look white), so I thought I wouldn’t like that one as much, but it was actually very tasty with a thin crunchy exterior.
The guy behind the counter was very helpful, describing the owner, her chocolate philosophies, and how and where the chocolates are made. Great flavor, great service, and much more unique dessert than the other harbor options.

Great chocolate shop with original flavors and creamy insides. All pieces are expertly decorated and the blueberry bonbon is probably the prettiest with its true blue swirl throughout its chocolate shells. Also pretty awesome is the deliciously smooth gelato in more fun flavors akin to the chocolates. Impressive and pretty, you want to taste it all until you check the price and realize a 12 count of chocolates are almost $ 40 and after one bite realize it ain’t really work all that much now… I should know, we got a 12 count and I did the usual of taking a bite out of each chocolate. Definitely yummy and quite a nice treat while strolling about National Harbor, but not a place I would seek out, kinda just a nice happen-​chance when you get a little craving for soemthing small and sweet.
The service could have been a little better considering the price tag, the people behind the counter didn’t seem to have much to offer to the experience or any knowledge of what they were selling. I can’t tell you anything unique about the chocolates we bought because they had nothing to offer, just pretty much rushing to get our order boxed and us out the door. :(

I’ve never had the chocolate or any of the drinks here so this review is solely based off of their gelato.
They have a decent variety of gelato and yes you do get free samples so choose wisely after doing so. I wouldn’t say the gelato is anything out of this world, I’ve had better elsewhere but it is sufficient for a gelato craving.
There is also limited seating inside so if you come in while it’s busy, don’t expect to sit down inside and enjoy your gelato.

This place does not have the widest selection of chocolates but what they do have is wonderful! I have certainly had better but this was still quite a treat!

The chocolates are very good. The flavors, however, are not particularly distinct. The different truffles pretty much taste the same with the flavor coming from whatever is sprinkled on top. The gelato sample I had was very good. All in all, I’d skip this for either a bit more money and a higher end chocolate or a lot less and a lower end chocolate in the future.
Update: They billed me incorrectly, I ordered 9 truffles ($ 2.25 each) and 1 bonbon ($ 2.75 each) and they billed me for the reverse. To their great credit, they refunded my money the next day without question, and offered me a complimentary truffle… This good response to a mistake earned them an extra star.

The chocolates are delicious, the drinks are decadent hot or cold, and the gelato will make you swoon.
The flavor combinations in the truffles and bonbons are seemingly odd but work so well – the rosemary and olive oil in dark chocolate was surprisingly good.
The beverages are delicious – I get my chai here hot and iced and have never been disappointed.
And the gelato choices are out of this world. I still can’t decide whether I favor the Mexican chili chocolate or the Mango more, and there’s something new every time I go in!

Gelato, hot and cold drinks, super cute chocolatier!
They have multiple locations in Maryland. This one opened recently with all the new development in the Harbor area