The Cocoa Bean Reviews

Nice friendly staff and kids will love it here, even the big kids

Excellent place to let the kids run and burn some energy off. Staff are briliant.

A great day out for our tribe. Enjoyed by our 10, 7, 5, and 3 year old girls. Our 1 month old boy wasn't very impressed but he's got pretty high standards.

Great way to spend a day..... inside and outside activities plus picnic area
or eat in.

Amazing place. whole family had the best day visiting Cocoabean Company. Kids made chocolate Easter eggs then spent the rest of the day (5+ hrs) on the indoor/outdoor play areas. Food was reasonably priced and looked delicious (we ourselves took a picnic) the hot choc was too die for!!!! Staff were so friendly and nothing was too much trouble. The one thing I was really impressed by was when it was nearing closing they disinfected and wiped down the entire indoor play area. They do not do this in any local softplays near to us. Will def visit again and 100% recommend to friends/family

Kids loved it, staff were great, choc yum!and even though indoor soft play was closed and they had to stop mid construction on outdoor area work, there was still loads for kids to do and they had a blast playing in the castle, slides, swings and zip wire. Even ran away from the dinosaur

Very friendly and helpful staff maybe my daughter birthday a special day

Lovely place. Kids thought the chocolate making was fab and got to keep all they made.
The soft play bit was very well designed, lots of exciting features and novelty bits going right round cafe ceiling. The outdoor play was also fantastic, lots to do and quite exciting.
Staff were friendly and polite and did a good job of tidying. It s nice to see they disinfect the whole of the soft play every night.
The only slight negative is the seats- they have a soft seating pad which is not removeable and these were really stained and dirty- they need to invest in wipe clean seats.

This is not a tourist attraction, it is a soft play for small children.

So much fun and great food the haggis nachos are amazing.

Great day and great value for money... Didn't eat there but the coffee was great and the food and cakes looked great will defo go back and eat the next time

Cafe was good but the actual chocolate workshops are very very expensive

Spent a few hours here with kids although probably best suited for younger children.

Great place for the kids with both indoor and outdoor play areas, staff friendly and attentive. On a down side costs can get a bit pricey with pay in coupled with lunch etc as own drinks and food not allowed.

One of the best places to take kids in the area. Wonderful chocolate making 'classes'. A great indoor and outdoor play area. Also a yummy cafe.

Good wee factory tour. Soft play aswell. Good family outing.

Great place for the kids. Chocolate workshop, indoor and outdoor play centre and good food too. Was very busy though but to be expected during easter hols

This place is amazing. So much to do rain or shine. The food and cakes in the cafe are brill and prices okay.
My 3 year old done the messy play, made a chocolate lolly and a marshmallow train. The staff are really great with the kids. Defo will be going back

My Hubbie and I found this place when we were visiting elsewhere locally.

It looked to be a really good place to take children as there is a indoor soft play area as well as children getting a hands on handmade chocolate experience.

As for adults - well you can buy chocolates from the shop (no free tasters when we were there) and/or buy food and drink from the cafe.

Overall we both thought this was an expensive place to visit and shop at - hence the three stars.

As how good are the chocolates - I have no idea my husband consumed all of them!

C1 loved the chocolate workshop but with Covid the place was largely empty, the soft play closed and the outside play park part closed due to a refit. Quite sure this is better on a "normal" day and we timed our visit poorly. If you're planning a visit, adjust your expectations. Claire who did the workshop was great with the kids.

If you've got kids this is a great place to come and meet friends. Kids are happy to entertain themselves for a couple of hours while you and your pals can catch up uninterrupted. The workshops are great fun too. Lovely place to visit.

First time here for a wedding. Lovely set up thoroughly enjoyed the day.

What a great place kids are safe and can play or even go to one of the chocolate work shops that the staff run the chocolate is great

Well worth a visit for both the kids and the adults.

Amazing, the young man from Bolton in David Coulthard's museum couldn't do enough to help us, we can't wait to visit again in the near future

Excellent. The workshops are great fun, our children aged 1,2 & 4 all loved it and were so proud to bring home their creations.
Thank you!

A great place to bring the kids on a rainy day. They loved the chocolate workshops and running about like dafties in the soft play. The outside play area is extensive so I guess it's a great place to come on a sunny day too. A tad expensive but where isn't ?

Excellent indoor and outdoor playground, with really good prices, but the chocolate is really not good

Our wee one throughly enjoyed the chocolate workshop, where they make three chocolate items. Staff were fantastic and made what is already an enjoyable experience even more fun. We visited the David Coulthard museum which is literally next door and enjoyed immersing ourselves in some F1 history.

Excellent for the kids. Prices seem expensive at first, however you do get a lot for your money and can spend a fair amount of time in the play areas. Staff were excellent with my daughters.

Great for kids, with large inside and outside platform areas. Outside there are huge slides, a zip wire, climbing wall, climbing frame, life size dinosaur, and a really good maze, all built into a pirate ship and a castle. Inside it's climbing tubes and ball pits, they can climb up really quite high and there's lots to explore. There is also all the chocolate stuff - kids can make their own box, making the chocs from scratch. A really good afternoon.

Amazing visit again with our 3 year old and 10 month old. Lots there to entertain them both indoors and outdoors. Our 3 year old enjoyed making Disney themed chocolates in her workshop with Claire who was enthusiastic, encouraging and patient with our LG who was unusually shy. Excellent value for money and we are looking forward to visiting again next time we are in the area.

Kids loved it here, plenty to do and there is a David Coulthard museum on site. Yippee!

It's good for kids between 4-7 years in a normal day

Excellent place for all day entertainment. Great value for money.

Friendly staff. Chocolate making course was a hit for adults and kids. Good outdoor playground for the kids too.

Amazing place! Loads of fun for the kids! Some many different activities!

Good for kids and a few different things since last time. Clean the pond up...Stinking!

Kids love it so go all day to get your moneys worth foods good and to to expensive

I love this place and so does my daughter. The staff are lovely and friendly and the ones who help the children make the chocolate are very funny (the first time I visited they did one for the adults and it was brilliant I laughed from beginning to end and we did everything the kids do including the dance). The indoor play are is lovely and kept my daughter amused for hours. The whole place looks very clean. I haven't really been to the outside play area etc as it had always been too cold. I would recommend you take something to keep you entertained though as there is nothing for adults.

Great price and fantastic experience. Lovely play areas.

Wow great staff such a great atmosphere, our two girls 4 and 2 they couldn't get enough of the chocolate tutorial, so good to know these awesome Places exist !!!

Good fun for all the family. We went outside whilst the rain stopped for a while... it was fun, we will be back in the better weather to enjoy the outdoor space more.

The chocolate tastes horrible.
Nice soft play, good outdoor area. Cafe menu was great and reasonably priced.

We visited 2 years ago and can't remember anything negative about the chocolate then so they must have changed it, probably a cost cutting exercise. What a shame because there are other good soft plays not too far that are cheaper so if your not going for the chocolate what are you going for?

Mainly for kids,adults just seem to sit round,but we'll worth a visit,depending on weather,grandkids enjoyed it

The girls running the chocolate workshop for kids were brilliant, especially Chloe. Thank you.

Fantastic place for all the family,
highly recommended, friendly staff

Son loved making his own chocolates to take home with him

Great place. Very friendly staff. Very good value for money! Love it

Absolutely fantastic day out for the whole family. The girls doing the chocolate making were brilliant with the grandchildren. They made everything work for our grandson who is dairy intolerant and really looked after him.

A must if you're in the area. Lots of fun for both kids and adults.

First time I've ever left a Google review - brought my 4 year old Son here and he absolutely loved it.
Amazing value for money and a great day out for the kids.
Staff in the chocolate making area are great with the kids, cafe food very resonabily priced too.
A must visit.

Absolutely fantastic. Our 4 year old loved every second. Perfect day out.

Great venue for a workshop. Excellent staff, could not be more helpful

My boys absolutely loved it well worth the money for them

Chocolate + dinosaurs + pirate ship + space capsule. Quality afternoon. But only if you have kids. If you don't have kids buy your chocolates and eat them somewhere more serene.

We'd give this 6* if we could! Our kids had tons of fun making chocolates and playing in the soft play zone. The lunch was great too and there are so many desserts and ice creams too. The staff were wonderful and so helpful after we ran late getting there. This was such a lovely place to come

Good fun, indoor and outdoor. Very well priced as kids get to make chocolates