Information about The Chocolate Factory

26 King's Inns St
D01 P2W7, Dublin
+353863630939

Opening hours

  • sunday: 10h-16h
  • monday: 8h-16h
  • tuesday: 8h-16h
  • wednesday: 8h-16h
  • thursday: 8h-16h
  • friday: 8h-16h
  • saturday: 10h-16h
Arts and business campus with a cafe

Our comment from FitFit Ireland about The Chocolate Factory:

The Chocolate Factory in Dublin is a vibrant and unique hub that beautifully blends creativity, culinary delights, and a welcoming atmosphere. Visitors often rave about the delicious vegan food and great coffee available at the on-site cafe, Blas, which is recognized for its use of fresh ingredients and a cozy, dog-friendly environment. Many guests have enjoyed the lovely ambiance and the artistic decor, making it a perfect spot for both relaxation and inspiration.

The venue is praised for its spacious layout, suitable for various events and gatherings. It is conveniently located a stone's throw from popular attractions such as the Hugh Lane Gallery and shopping areas on Henry Street. Moreover, several guests highlighted the excellent service provided by the friendly staff, further enhancing the overall experience.

However, some users have raised concerns regarding inconsistencies in the venue's scheduling and highlighted issues with service speed during busy times. A few visitors mentioned experiences with double booking and chaos during events. Despite this, the positive aspects of The Chocolate Factory outweigh the negatives, making it a must-visit destination for those looking to enjoy a unique dining and cultural experience in Dublin.

Overall, The Chocolate Factory stands out as a hidden gem, offering tasty food, great coffee, and a creative space that encapsulates the essence of contemporary Dublin.

The Chocolate Factory: Opinions

4.4/5 (107 Opinions)
Rajesh Koti 4 months ago

Positive experience: I love it. .

Aisling Lyons 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely vegan food, coffee and art gallery and dog friendly

soy 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Not really chocolate factory but nice cafe

alex d 1 year ago

Negative experience: Very unprofessional company, hand an event lined up, did all the promotions and they wrote back that the venue was double booked and had to change. This after numerous followups. Had to move last minute resulting in a loss. Don't do business with them.

Act The Maggot 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Best cafe food this side of the Liffey - fresh ingredients, great prices, spacious setting & and lovely art. A stonesthrow from Parnell cinema, shopping in the Ilac & Henry Street and the Hugh Lane Gallery.

Peter Jones 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent friendly cafe in a cool industrial space. Good vegan vegetarian choices.

Vincent Scully 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic and the staff are excellent and thanks for the service

Roxane Lebrun 2 years ago

Negative experience: Double expresso et cappuccino avec un arrière goût bizarre... Difficile d'apprécier !!

Kaue Ueda Carvalho 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice ambiance, great coffee really nice dishes. All in all a great time

Carlos G 3 years ago

Positive experience: I checked on Google before going but it was closed due to a wedding. :(

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Blas Cafe run their own timetable. This is the buildings opening hours and not the cafes. Sorry.

Gonzalo Saenz 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Where Dublin meets cool

Rita Bencivenga 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place and also nice restaurant/bar.

Rian Lanigan 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: A hidden secret in Dublin... Brilliant venue

Patrick Mahony 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good service

Mary Macken 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: A real find, this delightful place is a great example of a former sweet factory, restored and now a busy space. A great café resides within "Blas". First class

Jennifer Roe 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely space, great atmosphere, nice café and a fantastic shop with loads of interesting products, like art, ceramics & copper lamps.

Kevin Lawler 5 years ago

Positive experience: NICE LITTLE COFFEE SHOP

Ueli Konrad 5 years ago

Positive experience: Nice cafe. One star less for the dirty bathroom.

Dympna O'Carroll 5 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely food. Good value. Quirky place

Diego Menendez 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super cool place

Tom O'Brien 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Home to some amazing creators, a hub of Irish innovation and a delicious coffee shop too

Daniel Anderson 6 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely venue (we were there for a wedding) with a very unique look and plenty of atmosphere. Nice cafe downstairs where we had our dinner after the ceremony. The staff seemed excellent and it's very close to loads of transport options, not to mention Cineworld cinema and it's large 24 hour car park.

Kate Gallagher 6 years ago

Positive experience: Went to see Moondog and Irene. Great spot for gigs. My niece Aoibhinn O'Dea was starring

tom buckley 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great exhibition centre in heart of Dublin.

jo hay 6 years ago

Positive experience: Hmmm ok

Sarragh Mc Cabe 6 years ago

Positive experience: Restaurant was lovely. Staff lovely. Was too hot upstairs though

Matthew Blyth 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great place for a spot of lunch. Highly recommend.

David O Keeffe 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant place

Ronald Hughes 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: It's just a wonderful place.

Richard Dowling 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place

jarrod cuffe 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: my home

Carlos Eduardo da Silva Gmeiner 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great place.

Cathy Power 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Loved it. I was at the best craic wedding ever!

Bridget Bermingham 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant venue

Emer Murphy 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Wonderful venue for a wedding!

Katie Murphy 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Splendid Wedding venue this past Saturday! The food and service was fantastic. We all had the best of times!

Dominica Queen Black 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice place. The vibe is everything, very relaxing. The breakfast was good and croissant it is amazing. The staff is funny and caring. Serving is quick enough and you can find usually a place to stay. The coffee could improve. See the pictures. Ciao. Really a nice place.

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

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Eoin Fitzsimons 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Perfect

Jayant Roy 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great location but no central heating

Brian Byrne 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super place

John Hayes 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice spacious place. Clean and hygienic.

Laura Smith 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great space for events and performance

Andrew Oates 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great hub to meet Business owners who share information and the coffee is good.

Corina A García Hernández 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place, delicious food, amazing staff!!

Ruben Silva 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place

Sam Wilson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful

Bernie Walsh 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place great food

Joseph Aiello Jr. 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great informal place for lunch. You can eat alone or share a large table with other people. The menu is on blackboards. You pick what you want, pay for it and it's brought to your table. Great food. Very reasonable prices. We hung out there for two hours today.

Iris Sasa 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great location, great events

Nellie H 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great organic food and a lovely breakfast option. They have a small menu with lots of egg dishes, though vegans can choose the vegetarian option without eggs. The tees and coffee are lovely and it's also family friendly. The meals are around 10 euro, with drinks at 3-4.

Ste Fro 6 years ago

Negative experience: The food is ok, but the place (especially upstair) is ugly. It need a full renovation and it could be a cool place.

Piotr Jankowski 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fajne miejsce. Impreza bożonarodzeniowa świetnie się tu udała. Jest sporo miejsca biorąc pod uwagę górne piętro. Dół z otwartą kuchnią robi święte wrażenie. Tam też odbył się początek imprezy jak i jej koniec. Góra zmieniła się w jadłodajnię.

Gurji محارب 6 years ago

Fantastic experience:

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The Chocolate Factory

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Stephen Cummins 6 years ago

Positive experience: A big, atmospheric industrial space upstairs, good for an exhibition.

Anne Harte 7 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely coffee and atmosphere

Dave Murnane 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Happening Hub

Robin Fox 7 years ago

Positive experience: Relaxed atmosphere and great food and coffee

Info tube 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fab

Alessandro Molulo 7 years ago

Negative experience: Legal

Stephen Whyte 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really liked the place. Full of character. It had happy and friendly staff, and the food was great too. I will be back here again soon.

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The Chocolate Factory

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Sacha Pakkiri 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A wonderful mix of affordable creative space.

Mags Duffin 7 years ago

Positive experience: We were at award ceremony here. Not enough staff running the event. Downstairs cafe was lovely.

Tata 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: In the past was a factory of chocolate but now it became a studios of a lot of things. In this place I'm doing yoga at Anahata Yoga Studio by Leo Harte, it's a lovely studio to practice Yoga I really recommend that, it's a worth a try and the Chocolate Factory is located next to Luas Station Jervis

Malachy Mathews 7 years ago

Positive experience: Blas cafe is a great place to meet for a coffee of lunch

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

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Joshua Olulana 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice

Andrzej Seferyn 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Wery nice

J S 7 years ago

Positive experience: Quite expensive for what it is

John Buckley 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place for a coffee in central Dublin

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

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Mr Atomic 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice food. But... very slow and chaotic service. Don't go if you have a short lunch break.

Maria Valente 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really good experience

Kristina Faber 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Delicious lunch and best oatie ever

Judy Wong 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: If you need a space for creative shoots or creative space. This is REALLY A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. Many an events have been held here and I've worked here alot on projects. Great cafe downstairs. A hidden gem or concrete and creativity. Nothing better than being here and being free to have space to do as you please. - Judy Wong Makeup Artist #CheckItOut

Lily Roche 7 years ago

Positive experience: The food is ok, the coffee is very good but they don't have alternative milk (at least the day when I was there I was informed that it was out of stock), what is a shame for a coffee shop located in Dublin.

Amjed Aldarweesh 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: its a big place and its expressible and organised it tells a long story and theirs a shop for chocolate and a gift shop and you get samples

bernard downey 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Hi Bernard, anything we could do to improve?

Pauline OCONNOR 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere and the irish craft Siopa has an amazing selection of beautuful craft items .

Kasiatko 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love Blas café!!! It's currently one of my favourite spots in Dublin. They serve wonderful, honest, freshly made food. I... There is a great selection of breakfast & lunch dishes + cakes... I love their scones & brownies... Coffee is strong but good. There is a lovely & relaxing atmosphere in this place, staff is super friendly and helpful. I cannot wait to visit again... (+ It's mummy&baby friendly: easily accessible with buggies, loads of space, changing facilities & high chairs)

Maura Brady 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Cool chill place to get a coffee and work in a nice space. Cool interesting art and start up business there too..

Parag Deshpande 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A lovely cafe with some great food and great interiors as well.

Satish Reddy 7 years ago

Positive experience: One of its kind venue for practicing art and situated right in the heart of Dublin.

aidenmaher883 0891920773 7 years ago

Positive experience: Very nice !

Thomas 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had our office Christmas party here - a lot of space and a great venue. Would definitely come back

Eric Bates 7 years ago

Negative experience: Terrible service... three items arrived separately and when questioned the server said "I am not a barrista " and "what can I say"... really poor attitude.

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The Chocolate Factory

Hi Eric, sorry for not responding to until now. We will pass this on to Blas Cafe and ask them to investigate further.

Trevor Bo 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food, great venure, great service. Love this place

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Thanks, delighted that you enjoyed your visit

Maksim Vinkarklins 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Thanks, delighted that you enjoyed your visit.

Matt Herlihy 8 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely space and nice cafe downstairs

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Thanks, delighted that you enjoyed your visit.

GSN CONSTRUCTION LTD 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for great time...

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Thanks, delighted that you enjoyed your visit.

sorcha farrell 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing place to visit

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Thanks, delighted that you enjoyed your visit.

Anna Olachova 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place in industrial style. Daily menu. Great stuff that is able to make for you vegan food even if is not in menu. Lovely coffee. Very recommend.

Brendan Tierney 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great spot

DADDY'S VAN - Europa 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Delicious

Edward M. 8 years ago

Positive experience: Bleak

Plinny Phoenix 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for creativity

Nature beauty with Atif 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Chocolate

Brian McGinn 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent upstairs area to hire for private parties..

Jean ní Bee 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Its fantastic..we need more spaces like it in dublin

The Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Factory

Thanks, delighted that you enjoyed your visit.

Oksana Vinkarklina 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing location.beautiful design.very city centre location

Lensmen 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great space, lovely food

Ray Kennerney 9 years ago

Fantastic experience: GREAT PLACE

Yasir Mehmood 9 years ago

Positive experience: Awsome

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