The Cocoa Bean Reviews

Chocolate making workshop is inclusive of all ages, was great!

Great day out for the family big play area outside and kids can make their own chocolate

Great place the staff are amazing with the children good food in the cafe and loads for the kids to play on !

Lovely day out. Kids took part in the chocolate making experience and throughly enjoyed it. Then burned some energy off in the outside play area.

indoor and outdoor play areas were thoroughly enjoyable. my daughter loved it. the chocolate making experience was amazing to watch. so many smiles were seen. and of course we got to eat the chocolate. was excellent value for money.

Bit pricey, nothing for parents but the kid's loved it

Great day for kids and nice chocolate for the adults!

Excellent family day out and a must for race car enthusiasts with the David Coulthard museum next door

This place is brilliant for kids. The cafe was fantastic and the kids enjoyed their food. There are outdoor and indoor play areas and of course the wonderful chocolate making room where children can have the pleasure of making there own chocolate creations whilst patents can watch all the fun. It's an easy place to get to with lots of parking and the staff were fantastic :)

Children loved it even on a wet day when we couldn't use the extensive outdoor facilities. A good 45 minutes was spent in the chocolate workshop and much more in the soft play. Staff were helpful and good cafe. Delicious chocolate too.

Great softplay and outside play area. Fab chocolate making experience for the kids and shop to buy lots of their chocolate too. There's a cafe for food and drinks too.

Loved it here made truffles the chocolate is yummy and staff friendly

Weve visited twice now and we love it. Especially the chocolate making

Great rainy day experience for the kids, they both enjoyed it, even my 12 year old who is at a hard to please age. Park was

The outdoor play area is massive, with custom built pirate ship connected to a castle. There loads of nooks and crannies, and a maze inside the castle for the little ones to explore.
The indoor soft play is for under 5's and looks very good. The chocolate goods from the cafe are, unsurprisingly, delicious.

Kids loved there experience making the Easter eggs, great soft play.

priced just right. great outdoor and indoor play areas for the kids plus chocolate.... nuff said

Amazing day, kids loved making Chocolate,the play area is great both inside and out.

Have been going there for years . Always felt good value but not this time .althought staff friendly . It was my grandsons 9th birthday they wished him happy b.day whereas 2 years ago at the enchanted forest nr pitlochry they sang happy More

perfect for chocolate lovers, great experience for all family

My little boy loved the experience. He got to make some chocolate treats and then take them home to enjoy.

It was really busy on the day of our visit with princess parties and soft play and chocolate workshops all being co-ordinated at the same time. There appeared to be enough staff to cope, and they were all really lovely and geared towards creating a fun experience for the children.

I didn t eat on site (I m on a diet) but when I got home after the weekend I had a meltdown day and tried the chocolate we d bought from the little onsite store, and it was AMAZING! So many flavours. Little parcels of delicious perfection.

Overall a great day out for kids

Called in on passing cost me a small fortune amazing chocolates presents for everyone if it make home yummy

My son loved it here. Was so much fun and inclusive even for quite a shy 5 year old who joined right in and had a great time

Special time with my grandson he loved it and so did i, so much so we are taking his mummy and his little brother back to do it again with them..

Fantastic selection of chocolates, watched children make chocolates, some ate as they worked. Will hopefully revisit with our grandchildren.

Kids loved soft play area . bit pricey for food and drinks but it was nice day out

Had a great time. My 7 year old enjoyed the workshop. Both indoor and outdoor play areas are fantastic. Best hot chocolate !

A fantastic day for the kids & they can make chocolate as well oh & eat it too

Designed for kids to mess around with liquid chocolate and other attractions.

Brilliant experience for the children, friendly staff and plenty to see and do. Indoor, outdoor play areas. Excellent chocolate factory experience.

Family friendly place with huge indoor and outdoor play areas, cafe and of course: plenty of chocolate!

Loved our visit great place to take children lots to do children can make sweets a small fee big outside area for play lots of slides would highly recommend for family's also serve delicious food

Popped in for the soft play. It's nice, clean, small softplay area, large outside play area, cafe, lots of seating, and an option to make chocolate decorations.

Wet day so only experienced the indoors. Children loved it (7 & 8). The outdoors looked great but to wet to try.

Lovely place with really friendly staff. We had a fab time with our selfie mirror.

I personally would say prices are a tad high. Ok to spend a bit of time if passing by.

Friendly staff, the kids really enjoyed their visit

lovely place, but a bit misleading calling it a chocolate factory. you could go into a room for a chocolate experience for an extra price, but we chose not to. the place is actually a play center. and wow, it was amazing. indoors and out, we could have spent all day here.

Fabulous place for adults and children. Outdoor play castle indoor soft play area chocolate workshop and shop cafe.

Bit over priced in winter time but in summer time there is large outside play area

Brilliant for kids. Indoor activities for when it rains!

Great place , lots to do and great food , our Grandchildren love to go when they are visiting . Entrance fee is very good , only have to pay for the children, which keeps the cost down . Facilities always very clean , the staff are very friendly too . Our Grandchildren haven`t done the chocolate workshop yet , as they are a bit young . I live in Twynholm and have noticed that they have now built a castle for the children , my wee visitors will be very excited at Easter .

Great place kids loved it spent four hours there and kids thought it was great

Great day out with rhe grandkids excellent luxury chocolates

We have been a few times now and it is a great place for a day out. They are really good with our daughter who is lactose intolerant and they can provide dairy free chocolate so dairy and lactose intolerant people don't miss out.

2nd time here, seemed like the kids got to make much more chocolate this time

Great facilities in what would be a rural area. Out door park is great for the kids and the chocolate making is a fantastic activity

Good friendly service, great play areas for the kids

We were there yesterday...fantastic wedding venue!!...Every attention to detail was spot on!.....would have been 5 stars but for the wasps!!...

Wonderful place for children, lots to see and do inside and outside and a chocolate workshop for them to get involved in which includes a little bag of goodies made by themselves. Quite a good cafe reasonably priced as well. Also a shop filled with a vast choice of chocolates to buy.

A great visit with brilliant indoor and outdoor play areas.

Great place for little ones! Lots of fun places to play and decent food. Would recommend!

Had my daughter here on more than once and she loves it. The chocolate making is the best part as they get to keep what they make, it's also fun to watch. Car park is big and has plenty of room to move around, with disabled parking bays at the main door which I use. The indoor soft play is big and keeps her happy for an hour or so, and the outside play area is fantastic and has plenty for all the family to do and have fun.

Chocolate was lovely! Cafe was disappointing food wise, but the service was good

Very well equipped place to take the children and of course the adults. The David Coulthard museum is the main attraction.

Great for kids especially working with chocolate and they also cater for children with disabilities, great indoor and outdoor play areas and a good choice of meals and ice cream well worth visiting

Great place for a day out with a toddler. Great indoor and outdoor play areas, fun looking chocolate workshops and lovely cafe and chocolate shop.

Really good, two amazing soft play areas (one was outside) food was delicious, theres a massive T-Rex, castle and pirates ship to play on

We visited the Dumfries branch and all I can say is please go. Don't charge for parents which is rare these days. The 16 pound entry gave our 4 yr old access to all the play areas and the chocolate workshop. We asked that they looked after her because she was nervous and the staff were amazing! We live in newcastle and would do the 3 hour drive just to go back! Fantastic and thank you all

Was expecting a chocolate factory, but found a playground for children. I found the chocolate offers inappropriately small. Not worth a visit for me.

This is a great place to visit with the kids. They hold make your own chocolate sweets. They hold events for each calendar season and holidays. They have a indoor soft play but there is a problem with adults taking the smaller kids round due to height restrictions. There is a under 4yrs area so not a big problem. The food is great. I have included some pictures if the food to help manage portions. There is also an outside area for the kids with a pirate's ship and castle. There is a massive slide but the path back up is loose and fairly steep. The pond out side could really do with some maintenance as it's over grown with algae. I never seen any fish in it so maybe with some maintenance they could stock some. Our experience was great so we will be back for sure.