Dilettante Chocolates
Seattle, WA 98102-5010
Phone: (206) 329-6463
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- E Harrison Street
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 10am-12am, Fri-Sat 10am-1am
Editorial Review for Dilettante Chocolates – by Dorothy Liu
The Scene
The warm, Parisian-tinged ambience, a small menu of light fare and creative coffee drinks provide ample reason to linger in this cafe over a book or with a friend. Beautiful desserts, luscious chocolates in every possible form and a friendly staff make the search for a parking spot on Capitol Hill worth the effort.
The Food
Everything chocolate here is an elegant balance of bitter and sweet. Chocoholics aren't the only ones who find satisfaction: The Gateau Japonaise is a sophisticated blend of dacquoise (nut-flavored meringue) and génoise cake filled with hazelnut buttercream, while the Mocha Silk, a luscious flourless cake, is designed to make even the most discriminating chocolate lover weak in the knees.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasCheck out the selection of truffles, sauces, cookbooks and baking chocolate.
User Reviews for Dilettante Chocolates
05/15/2008 Posted by mesembrianthemum
Three friends and I went here one night during the big Broadway Blackout this past December, since we all wanted coffee and it was the only cafe with power. The boys ordered their drinks, then my friend and I each ordered a mocha. It was bland, somewhat grainy, and burnt at best. Mere hours later I was sick. It must have been the mocha, since that was all I'd had all evening. My other mocha-drinking friend was equally ill. I can understand a one-time fluke, but this wasn't the first time I'd been severely disappointed with the quality at this place (Borscht with a scalding-hot outer edge and an ice-cold center, clearly pre-made then microwaved.) I haven't been back since.
12/03/2007 Posted by heatherderick
We just returned from this place and were mournful we chose to go there. The german chocolate cake was dry (crazy isn't it, how do you manage that?!), the mocha mousse number my husband had was as he described "mocha flavored whipped fat" because it was so oily it coated your mouth with a fatty film, and the tall young man on staff at the counter wearing a beret was walking around the shop talking on his cell phone, loudly! To top it all of we paid $7 each for our slices of mediocre confections and $3 for 1 glass of milk. Corporatized crappy recipes, overpriced, and unprofessional staff. You are better of going to Costco for the goods, at least you'll get a quantity of mediocre confections.
Pros: none
Cons: bad desserts, overpriced, unproffesional staff
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