The Cocoa Bean Review

Brilliant day out for the kids. Great food at the cafe, loads of choice & good value for money.
The staff were all super lovely & helpful, would give it more stars if I could
Thanks for a great day out

The girls that work at cocoabean factory were fantastic. We were a large group there for a hen party, we made 12 different flavored truffles and some more... Hen party items out of chocolate! Really fun experience would totally recommend. They also had an afternoon tea, which unfortunately I have no photos of as we ate as soon as it was put in front of us! Delicious food, and while the setting of the afternoon tea was near a soft play area, we totally forgot where we were and had so much fun! If you are down this area of Scotland definitely try it out!

Excellent place for family fun! Very clean, friendly staff ,good food!

Nice, nice place for kids. It is worth a visit, kids just love it!!! You can a have a quick meal and spend some time learning how to make chocolate creations. Go there and have fun.

The staff are amazing and make each and every child feel included during the chocolate making experience. Really good value for money.

Brilliant day,the kids went panning for gold,loved the soft play and the pirate ship x

Great place for families, indoor and outdoor play areas
Expensive if you make chocolate shapes but good fun

Good for for kids for about hour or so then boredom sets in.scruffy staff sitting about in the public area just chatting to family members and friends instead of even attempting to look busy. Asked if my horrible looking scrambled egg had milk in they said no! I told them it shouldn't be advertised as such and it was just a chopped up fried egg .

Very disappointed that there was no visual displays to show the production of cocaine. However the chocolate factory where kids make products under the watchful eye of their parents is a good starting point for any child wishing to go in the food manufacturing industry.

Good soft play for kids and extensive outdoor play area. Staff were inexperienced. The girl had not heard of square sausage, which in Scotland, is staggering.

Fantastic night at the end of Dumfries and Galloway business week!

Fantastic set up for kids and a well stocked cafe for both adults and children. Entry for viewing adults is free and you only pay for the children's activities. Their website gives more details on this. The indoor and outdoor play areas are great giving the kids loads to explore.

The David Coulthard museum is adjoined to the Cocoabean Chocolate Factory. I haven't been in myself, but it gives you further things to do, which may be at an additional cost?

Good place for kids but also their parents. There is indoor softplay and outdoor adventure area with a "gold mine", pirate ship, wooden dinosaur and suchlike. Good coffee and hot chocolate, fairly good cakes and OK hot and cold meals (of usual softplay standard; it's not a restaurant). For additional charge there is a chocolate-making workshop suitable for primary school age kids; parents not allowed into the workshop but can watch through the window or take the opportunity to sneak off for an undisturbed coffee. It gets very busy from late morning onwards, especially on rainy days (common in Galloway) so come early if possible.

Great day. Wee shop inside has great selection of sweets and treats. The kids can do a chocolate making class, which is good fun. Cafe inside pretty good. Play equipment outside is great and will occupy the kids for ages. Plenty of parking onsite. A good day out in Dumfries and Galloway.

Fantastic! Little one was enthralled from turning up to going home, and is so proud of the chocolate she made in the workshops. Set in lovely country side it has nice food, an amazing play area, and a stocked shop. Also has an electric car charging point, if you have need for it.

Great place for the kids to play with a massive soft play area inside as well as chocolate making and outdoor play in summer. Food in the cafe is pretty decent too

Lots to do for kids, the workshop was great! Food was good also

Lovely place, kids really enjoyed the chocolate workshop and there's a nice soft play and outdoor play area

Just a bizarre way to do business.

Went there today, fortunately on route to something else which I'm so grateful for.

No one at the main reception and no one in the shop on walking in. Okay fair enough, I'm not a demanding or needy customer but seriously. We were standing like a couple of plebs for around 10 mins wanting to buy some chocolates and nothing.

No staff acknowledged us, no one said be with you in a minute, no one came over at all.

The place wasn't even busy?

So yeah the chocolates looked great but we weren't able to buy any. Unless you have to look for a staff member and drag them to the shop.

Ended up walking out empty handed what a joke.

Won't be back, bought a bag of malteser buttons from tesco instead

Great place, first time visitors. outside and inside play areas are fab. food Olson really good would definitely recommend.

Very enjoyable morning...kids made lots of chocolate items and had fun doing it. Play area very good. Particularly liked the chocosaurous!

Great interactive activities for kids including workshops, indoor play and outdoor play. My daughter loved the chocolate Easter workshop - yum yum!

Outside play area is great for kids of all ages & the chocolate making experience is good fun too. Friendly staff.

Great for the children. HUGE play areas. Bit of a wasp problem when we went though. A tad expensive in my opinion.

Kids loved making chocolate, staff were amazing and very nice food

Brilliant, kids loved it, staff great, not much more to say really!!

Brilliant day out for pur children. Even through it rained. Did not stop the fun. Loved the chocolate experience. Mummy wanting to join in on the fun. Higly recommend to others x

Absolutely fantastic. Our son loved the chocolate workshop before exploring the amazing indoor and outdoor door play area. Can't believe everything he got, great value for money. Definitely want to visit again.

Really good workshops and outdoor and indoor play area.

Plenty to do for kids both inside and outside exelent home made food

We had an amazing time at the Cocoabean Company, the kids loved making their chocolate treats. The staff were very friendly and made it a fantastic day. Thank you for making our holiday. My Grandson said it was his favourite day all holiday.

Well situated just off the A75, not only is this an entertaining venue for children's play activities, it is also a good meeting venue.

Second time here kids loved it great way to start a Scottish holiday

Went with family for grandson's 3rd birthday. Lots for them to do. They loved the indoor and outdoor play areas, and had so much fun at the chocolate workshop.

Great place. All of us loved making our own chocolate . They got great out door playing area and restrictions gave stoped the use of the indoor play but cafe is still running via app.

Amazing experience, we had high tea which was amazingly prepared, after which we took part in a truffle making course. All in all it was a great experience would come again and would definitely recommend for a family day out, the price is well worth it

Amazing place. A good full day of having fun. The kids love the chocolate workshops. Then with both an indoor and outdoor play area, there is lots to do. The food is scrumptious. I definitely recommend it.

Great place to take children with great play facilities and they can have a chocolate experience. Every year we come to visit and we never get bored

Pleasant place for coffee and scones. Nice to walk there when we visit our daughter in Twynhom.

Kids love it... Apart from the Coulthard museum next to-adjoined I am less impressed. Superb play area out and inside for kids they'll run slide swing climb all day without fear of boredom.

Visit every time we are in the area, the kids love it. The new nerf war area was a hit with my 8 yr old. I'm sure we will return again.

Chocolate making experience is absolutely fantastic. You can't find anything similar and the teeny tots is really good value for money.
Staff are friendly and welcoming. Soft play area is also very good. Facilities outside weren't used as early in the year when visited.
Lost a star as car park NEEDS attention. Some cracking potholes which give a terrible first impression. Nobody wants to fork out for a new wheel after a family day out.... I would have also appreciated some signage so I could get to the car park easily. Was a little bemused that I could see the cocoa bean factory but not know where to park.
Parking issues aside the kids don't want to leave and it has a lovely little gift shop on site so the grown ups get to take chocolates home too. Great fun.

We only spent a few minutes there, the shop was really good with some unique finds but feels incredibly childish and felt a little bit uncomfortable visiting without any children.

An amazing chocolate wonderland full of surprises! Great restaurant, superb adventure playground both inside and out! The best part being the chocolate workshop for children which can't be missed!

I liked it because parents come free and children get to make lots of nice things and gets to play

brilliant day for the kids lots to do and good food plenty of room to sit

Great place for chocolates and the activities to entertain the small ones.

It was amazing! The tiny human really enjoyed getting to make her own chocolate and I was impressed with how large the chocolate things are that they made! We played for hours on the soft play unfortunately the weather wasn't on our side to check out the outdoor play area but from what I seen it was pretty large. It was nice and quiet too but I imagine during school holidays it would get pretty busy. For lunch we had the soup and sandwich deal, kids lunchbox and a sneaky piece of crispy cake. Everything was fresh and tasted homemade the cake was delicious. Can't wait till our next visit shame it's a good 90 minutes drive away!

Great for kids..has indoor and outdoor play area and lovely cafe can't fault it

I went here on a trip it was really good for kids and lots for them to do what ever the weather

Great atmosphere in the marquee
Lovely meal and friendly staff

This is absaloute trash if you have older kids because they dont get treated the same.But a decent day out if you have toddelers

This was amazing, my and my cousin had fun making chocolate, and going on the soft play area. PEOPLE WITH KIDS NEED TO COME HERE, IT'S ONLY NEAR THE A75 SO YOU HAVE ROAD COVERAGE ALREADY SORTED!!!!!!!

Fantastic location brilliant ,service was amazing would recommend 5 stars

Awesome for little ones, value for money, great indoor and outdoor play areas. Value for money cafe. Friendly staff. Willy wonka would approve!

We enjoyed our party at the Cocoabean, the children took part in a workshop and played both inside and out. The place is very clean and the food for the adults is great, tray bakes a bit pricy. The lunch box for the children was disappointing, the sandwiches seem to of been made with half sized poor quality white bread, my children are 8 and all of them turned their nose up at the sandwich and the shortbread biscuit . What could the Cocoabean do to improve, make a full sized sandwiches with a bit better quality bread and swap the shortbread biscuit for something that appeals to children like a cookie, if that pushes the lunch box price up, offer jugs of diluting juice at the table instead of prepacked juices. Would i go back, YES, would i order a lunch box again NO.

Had to wait a while for service. But the staff were very friendly and offered great service apart from this.

A surprisingly good experience for two child-free grown-ups in what is essentially an indoor play park. A slightly bewildering combination of pirate and dinosaur themed play areas with the usual ball-pools, slides and tunnels but with the added bonus of a chocolate factory. We spent a happy hour filling and decorating truffles and making a chocolate lollipop. The member of staff who supervised us (my husband does need to be kept an eye on where chocolate is concerned!) was great. I was also impressed by those who were wrangling the gaggle of small children behind us and managing to make it fun while not descending into chaos. The chocolates, I'm pleased to say, were delicious.

Great meal and great to have fun with my great grandson.the place is lovely well thought out

Enjoyable morning at Cocoabean. Enjoyed a hot chocolate and our son enjoyed the play area.

Just brilliant place to go with the kids If you like chocolate this is like the grotto food is great as well

Great place for children..value for money if you do the chocolate workshop