Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier Reviews Summary

Category: Chocolate artisan

Address: Grandtully, Pitlochry, PH9 0PL, United Kingdom

Phone: +441887840775

Rating: 4.5
based on 243 reviews.

Chocolate Quality

Pros:

  • "The chocolate is to die for!"
  • "Chocolate was very good, loved it ❤️"
  • "Fantastic chocolate, unlike anything I've ever tasted."
  • "Chocolate naturally was amazing."
  • "The chocolates are wonderful and with such an amazing variety."
  • "Absolutely delicious. Some of the nicest chocolate and desserts I've eaten."
  • "By far the best chocolate I‘ve everrrr tasted in my life!"

Cons:

  • "Nothing like I imagined the chocolate was like any other."
  • "Chocolates very expensive for the quality and the amount you get for your money."
  • "However the bars I bought from the shop were absolutely nothing special."
  • "The chocolates they've sent are tiny! They're very expensive for what they are and don't even taste as great as the hype created around it."
  • "The chocolate I bought was more than double the price of the best quality store bar."
  • "I discovered Iain Burnett's chocolates 2 or 3 times during event and tasting and I was rather impressed by his truffles using native plants. Unfortunately, I haven't been impressed by his chocolate we bought in his shop."
  • "Chocolates are bad value for money."

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Staff informative and friendly."
  • "Staff were exceptionally friendly, welcoming, professional and smartly dressed."
  • "Was welcomed by extremely friendly and helpful member of staff."
  • "Brian was so polite and attentive to the need of my disabled 94 year old Mother."
  • "The staff are friendly and knowledgeable."
  • "All the staff are welcoming, knowledgeable and make you feel at home."
  • "The staff were really friendly and accommodating - really knew their stuff."

Cons:

  • "But the customer experience does leave you with a slight sour taste."
  • "The service received makes the trip not worth."
  • "Our bill was delivered by another unhappy, unattentive member of the team who then went on to ignore me when I acknowledged them on the way out."
  • "We were served by a young girl who seemed really withdrawn and like she wanted to be anywhere else but there."
  • "Sadly last orders were taken literally a minute before we enquired after a round of hot chocolates."
  • "Could not get a drink in a cafe too. We were asked to wait for 20 minutes and then completely ignored. Not coming back."
  • "Stephanie is the most impolite employee I have faced in years."

Price and Value

Pros:

  • "Its definitely on the expensive end but proved well worth it as an end of holiday treat."
  • "Happy to pay for expensive chocolate."
  • "Fantastic place to come across! Although the chocolate shop is a bit pricey it's definitely worth it for the quality you're getting!"
  • "It looks expensive at first but the quality well outweighs the price."
  • "I would not hesitate in buying your products again regardless of the price as they are worth it."
  • "Worth every penny."
  • "The prices in this café perfectly match the quality of their desserts and services."

Cons:

  • "Very expensive so take plenty of money - £14 for 8 small chocolates."
  • "I didn't feel it was value for money."
  • "Unfortunately it comes across as a very expensive chocolate shop."
  • "Shocking prices."
  • "Well overpriced £80 a kilo for chocolate that in my opinion was no better than Galaxy."
  • "Underwhelming and very expensive."
  • "£10 for 4 tiny chocolates? Seriously?"

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

  • "If only they had a choc bath I would have stayed forever, such beautiful creations, wonderful atmosphere......expensive chocolate, but art costs!"
  • "Decor is very quirky and love it, personal taste so may find it too much too in your face."
  • "Cafe is a quaint mixture of crazy decor and cozy vibes."
  • "The building is lovely and beautifully renovated."
  • "The design of the shop was well frankly amazing."
  • "The decor at this place is awesome!"
  • "Loved the quirky decorations around the cafe with hints of Alice in Wonderland and other fantasy stories."

Cons:

  • "The parking was terrible, the roads down the side were full of cars so tight to get down and the parking had pot holes."
  • "Need to change opening hours on Google website. Wanted to visit for so very long. Arrived after a 2 hour drive. Got to door at 3:58 to be met with a sorry we close at 4pm, floors mopped and when I asked if I could just buy some chocolate quickly was told tills were cashed for the day. So disappointed, a wasted trip."
  • "Lovely chocolate but terribly pricey and offering little to appease the grumpy mister driving us off the beaten track to find the place."
  • "I was pull off by the strange boutique of junk attached to it."
  • "Sadly we were left disappointed after being completely ignored at the counter in the shop."
  • "Felt a bit of a rip off and then was expected to pay 85p for a small bag which I declined! Tourist trap. Not impressed at all."
  • "Considering the cost of the chocolates, £50 I would like to pick my own, not get asked do I want what's already in a box, I also felt rushed."

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