Coro the Chocolate Cafe - Frederick St. in Edinburgh, City of

I love this place so much, such tasty food and service is excellent. It is a bit pricey but for what it’s worth it’s great. Went here with my friends, they all loved it and definitely will be coming back.

After seeing a lot on the internet we wanted to go there too. What a disappointment, it just wasn't nice, I would never go there again. We also left everything, too bad. Disappointing just.

The best pancakes in Edinburgh. I do a sweet pancakes with Kinder Bueno and i love it. the best sweet breakfast here and the price is very good for this quality

The food was delicious and the staff was very polite and friendly. We had ordered the Nutella bubble waffle which was delicious. The ambience is cozy and beautiful

Abbiamo scelto questo posto perché avevamo voglia di pancake, ottimi pancake e gentilissimi. Ci hanno anche prestato una penna ed uno foglio per lavorare

Atmosphere and food was both amazing! Friendly and cheerful team. Absolutely loved the dripping chocolate from the ceiling - the designer deserves a raise! Don't even get me started on the waffles! Highly recommend visiting!

If you love chocolate, this is the place...

Very very worst service The staffs don’t bother even if you wait for several minutes There were many empty tables I don’t recommend this place You can get the same dessert somewhere else Very bad service

It’s so good! They open really late which is so good for a dessert place

Soooo good! Very rich but delicious treats. We had Death by Chocolate Cake and White hot chocolate. The waffles a table nearby had gotten looked HUGE, stacked with fruit and ice cream.

i love the food here, amazing service with polite servers :)

I absolutely love this place, I come constantly, Food is so lovely the staff are wonderful, I always feel welcome, and damn if i could only eat one food for the rest of my life it would be the Banofee waffle platter from Coro’s

So chocolatey and good🔥 amazing staff and beautiful food

They’re all sad I don’t know why also they ask me how’s everything and when I say the coffee taste bad they got mad 😂the girls there makes you feel like they’re going to hit you and they let people wait outside even though the place is empty it’s our last time I should’ve read the comments before coming because a lot of bad comments about the same thing and they still do it I’m pretty sure people only come here because It’s in the center and it’s their first time 100% no one do it twice 😂

We stumbled upon this place by accident and we were glad we did! The "Death by Chocolate" cake is aptly named. What a fantastic treat! The srvice was great as well.

I went to this cafe for a coffee and to read quietly. After I sat down, there were only two tables left available, so I wasn’t taking up space any longer than other customers. Still, within 40 minutes ( including the time I was waiting to be served and waiting for my coffee), the server came over twice asking me to leave because they had apparently forgotten to reserve a table for someone who called in. I was sitting alone at a small corner table, my coffee was still warm, and I hadn’t been there long. It felt like I was being targeted—maybe because I didn’t order food, or because I looked like an easy person to move. Either way, it was unprofessional and made me feel very unwelcome. If a customer can’t enjoy a simple coffee without being pressured to leave, maybe it’s time to stop calling it a cafe. Haven’t been treated like this in any other cafe…

Great dessert place, I liked the Belgian dark chocolate and fruits combination. Maybe I would have liked a bit more chocolate and a more intense darked chocolate. Can get pricey quickly.

Best chocolate cake I had in my life, the staff was amazing, super friendly and goes the extra mile. Especial thanks to Eugen, he was an absolute star and made our wee hen party time at the Coro cafe very memorable and fun, thanks Eugen! We will be back for sure.

That fondue was utterly dreamy, don’t eat before you go!

The desserts were very delicious. However, the staff’s indifferent and unfriendly attitude was very upsetting. Despite many empty tables, we were kept waiting for several minutes. Even though the desserts were lovely, unfortunately I won’t be coming back because of the service.

This place is an absolute dream for sweet tooths and chocolate lovers. Even my husband who is neither loved his pancake stack! Highly recommend! The venue was quite busy with the majority of tables reserved but our lovely host found us a seat to dine in with only a 5min wait. If I'm ever back in the UK I would make a trip to Edinburgh purely to go here!

This was a great chocolate experience, with gorgeous hot chocolate to drink. My husband got the chocolate fondue which was lovely and friend got the waffles, they were amazing. 🍫 🍫 🍫

Really tasty food, a good selection and you can customise almost anything, friendly staff and a nice atmosphere

The place is okey, not very expensive and the food is great. Unfortunately the service is awful. We waited 30 minutes for service, when there was only 3 more tables already served. I don’t know what is with them because I read a lot of similar reviews. Change the waiters or their attitude and slow moves.

Let’s start with the value of money and products, absolutely expensive, I paid18£ for this small waffle +coffee, 1. As a chocolate sauce, they put like some lines like fooling us, we paid for that sauce…. 2. For those fruits I paid around 3,4£ and that’s all… 3. Because the place is very small and they don’t have much people to prepare waffle, you need to wait outside or reserve the place which you think wow that place must be so famous or perfect but its not, it’s only small with less people working You should really go and eat waffles in Spain or Turkey to see what is exactly the waffle 4. It was not even tasty, just chocolate drops on waffle and pay that much money 5. Absolutely money wasting. All 18£ went to trash and wanted to share this with strangers like us to not pay to these kind of money traps.

The Death By Chocolate cake was honestly one of the best Cake I ever had.

We didn’t wait long at all for our dessert which was great, it was delicious and just what I needed after a long day around Edinburgh! Felt quite expensive for what you actually get!

The food is amazing, the service was a little slow even there were many people in when I got there. But the staff were friendly

Good lord, this place is mental in a good way, so much chocolate but also such a good selection of other things, the pesto crepe we had was superb!

Great experience at Coro today on my Easter weekend trip. Booked ahead to ensure we had a table and had great food and service from our server Katie. Would definitely return!

Absolute insider tip. Great little cafe. There are pancakes, waffles and crepes. You choose everything you want on it: sauces, fruits or sweets, ice cream, crunchies... everything your heart desires. Reservation is strongly recommended. Everything was super tasty. Service was ok, atmosphere was nice but very cold because the door was open.

We got the three chocolate fondue. It comes with marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, pancakes, waffles and three types of chocolate sauces: milk, dark and white chocolate. It was a yummy dessert for two people. The only issue I had was that service was extremely slow. When the waitress finally came around to help, she helped a table that had been sat down almost 15 after us. It took about 15 minutes for us to get service and take our order. I do recommend it if you are in the area.

Lovely place with really nice staff. The bubble waffle was delicious, with gorgeous strawberries. The dark chocolate hot chocolate was amazing.

We went once and they told us to wait half an hour even though they had empty tables. The chocolates that were served to us were completely cold and the crepes were very cooked and with almost no chocolate, not recommended at all.

Queued to be seated for 15 mins as you are ignored by the staff. Shown eventually to seat. The guy picked up menus for us and then put them down and went to interview someone. 5 mins later the other staff still not helping anyone. So went and got them ourselves. Waited another 15 mins to order. Nobody came over so we just gave up and left. Genuinely 6 hours later think they won’t have noticed we had left!!

We came around 9 PM after dinner and were really satisfied with the service by Prashit. It was definitely worth coming here

Had a really good experience..thanks to Prashit. Was really helpful with the food recommendations, and everything tasted great.

I always enjoy deserts here in this cafe, manager Prashit and his team are superb, impressive service!

Eugene was very friendly, attentive and a great asset to the cafe! Fab food, and great atmosphere.

upon arrival we waited a short period of time despite there being numerous free tables. after being sat we waited around 15-20 minutes for our order to be taken alongside 3 other tables around us with the same waiting time - one table even left due to waiting so long. the food had no complaints - the only thing i would say is i have came here numerous times and it is definitely not up to the standards it used to be. overall short and snappy staff. probably won’t be back

This is genuinely my favourite cafe in the world - I come to Edinburgh from Ireland largely just to visit this cafe 😍 The pancakes are insanely delicious - heavenly 🤤 Most recently, I brought my mam and nanny to Edinburgh for the first time and had to bring them to Coro twice in 48 hours 🤣 And the staff are so friendly and lovely - am absolute must when in Edinburgh!! ❤️

Apart from the absence of the fruit on the menu, it is above all the feeling of disturbing the waiter/manager which is the most annoying…

We stopped in after dinner for a desert treat. I wish we hadn't. Service was slow to terrible. The couple next to us was served before we were. Worse, the Belgian hot chocolate was thin and tepid and that was the best part about it. I ordered a melted chocolate chip cookie dough desert which finally arrived "hot" but it tasted like the chocolate had been microwaved to within a millimeter of its life.

Delicious Nutella pancakes with ice cream (you can add strawberries/ bananas, etc…) and hot dark Belgian chocolate cream on top with marshmallows. Was lucky to go there during non busy hours. Place is cozy. Staffs seem a bit tired but they still did a good service. They are friendly and helpful. I wanna go back there again soon hoping it will not be busy (probably on a weekday).

Met a friend here for a quick bite. I had the Millionaire Shortbread waffles and they did not disappoint!

Very tastier food Staff nice Price performance also fits

The options here were great and the food was excellent

perfect place for chocolate lovers, the customer service was great, special thanks to Prashit.

Wonderful place. Has amazing desserts. Great and quick service by Prashit.

Dropped in before leaving Edinburgh, the wife had chocolate brownie, I had egg & beacon on 4 pancakes 🥞, and a drink each. 👍 Only comment would be that the cup of tea was really small.

it was fairly busy when we first arrived, so we made a reservation and returned a few hours later. we were seated and given menus, and then waited about 40 minutes to have our order taken - and that was only because I flagged down a server, who seemed entirely surprised that I was asking him if I could order. it was not particularly busy by this point, and several other groups of people were seated, served and had finished up in the time it took for us to even be acknowledged. I was also entirely ignored when I went to pay, and a busy staff member had to prompt someone to take my payment after 10 minutes of standing at the counter. the food and drinks were excellent when they arrived, good portion sizes and good prices, loads of options too — but I would not wait that long again for it.

I'm sorry to say it but not great. The service was no good and for a chocolate cafe the amount of chocolate on the crepes was pretty singy. The crepes themselves were thick and heavy like pancakes. Wouldn't recommend, especially for quite high prices. One positive note: the coffee was really fantastic and the baristas were very friendly and polite. The best part of our visit.

Lovely place, nice staff, sweetness overload. 💕✨

I have been a loyal customer to Coros for a long time now and i absolutely love it the food is fantastic as well as the quality and service.

Delicious waffles and Iced hot chocolate.. Amazing service by Prashit and the rest of the staff.. would definitely recommend Coro if you’re craving something sweet 🧡🧡

Had the most amazing food and service. Thank you to all the team 😇😇😇😇

Had an amazing time today. We had the sharing fondue with three types of chocolate and could not fault it. The staff were all lovely! We will definitely be back. Best start to a birthday day out !!!

Delicious desserts and very friendly although a little expensive

If chocolate is your thing, then this place is a must

Went to Coro for dessert this afternoon and was very disappointed overall. The staff was nice enough but very slow, and the food itself was completely average. We will not be back.

I got the chocolate cake with ice cream. The cake was, frankly, rubbish. Cake was tasteless, I think it was gluten free or vegan or something, but it was lacking/missing something. The vanilla ice cream was the same, tasteless and gritty, not at all smooth and didn't really melt that easy. I think Asda's own ice cream would be better. The chocolate sauce was pretty good though, but that really shouldn't have been the highlight

Came here for Valentine’s day with my partner during our stay in Edinburgh and it did not disappoint. My partner got a cookie skillet and I got the death by chocolate cake. The portions were huge and they were definitely very generous with the amount of melted chocolate on top of the desserts! The staff were lovely as well. We will definitely be back on our next visit to Edinburgh, can’t wait to try this lovely café again 😊

We wanted to try the thick Italian hot chocolate but it's a weekend special, so had the Belgian milk hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows. It was lovely and smooth. The Death by Chocolate Cake looked incredible and tasted amazing. We couldn't finish our slice. Service was friendly but a bit slow. Apologies were given for the delay and we would return

I ordered the make your own waffle with strawberries, Oreos and Belgian chocolate. The waffle was a little bit dry because there wasn’t a lot of Belgian chocolate on it. You should definitely get a little more melted chocolate for what you pay for the topping. Otherwise staff were friendly!

Ordered a delivery, pancakes arrived packaged upside down so everything had leaked everywhere. Called Coro and they said they had been busy, was told to raise the issue with the delivery company and phone was put down. Awful service.

Lovely desserts, tastefully decorated and presented. Our very first time, son’s friend from UoE mentioned the place, and it’s truly delightful. He has the pictures ! ( Dearh by chocolate cake & XL stack of fererro rocher pan cakes ).

A couple of months ago, I dined in at Coro and ordered pancakes with nutella and some other stuff, lovely presentation and taste but found like 3-4 strands of blonde hair, did not make an issue, just casually let them know when I found them, they were polite enough to offer a fresh one. I refused because I did not want anyone to be in trouble because of it. Fast forward today, ordered the same pancake and guess what I found, you guys seriously need to start wearing a CAP! SORRY.

Food was delicious and we didn't have to wait a long time for it to be delivered to us

Delicious food. The chocolate is the star of the show but the savoury dishes are nice as well for those accompanying sweet-toothed people!!!

The food was amazing. The cookie jar waffles are great if you have a sweet tooth and good value for money. Hot chocolates are also really tasty.

Great and friendly staff- incredibly helpful with respect to allergies. Food was fresh, flavoursome and delicious 😋 A hidden gem.

People say it's one of the good places, and it was really fully booked! I was so excited to give it a go! However my experience earlier today was so terrible! I was patiently waiting for my order in which was LATE for just over 50 minutes! the point where the two tables nexts to me were served though they came after us! Post 50 minutes of being patiently waiting, the response was that my order disappeared from the system! Yet none of the staff have checked on us during that time! Such a terrible experience! To be fair, the quality of the food was good and I liked it, however the TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE today have ruined our experience! And my mood! So thank you but I don't reckon that I will ever return to such a BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Excellent food and coffee with a great vibe. Eugene was awsome and very attentive to our special requests.

Great atmosphere, Friendly staff and amazing waffles!

Great food at a good price. Friendly staff too. We will be back if we’re in the area again.

The food was really good, definitely worth the price, and service was also very good. I recommend this place over big places like Starbucks and Costa. Coffee was tasty. Overall, it was an enjoyable experience, I will definitely be back!

Food was absolutely delicious and staff were so friendly and helpful! Would defo visit again!

Had a lovely time at Coro! The fruit fondue and cakes were absolutely delicious—everything was so fresh and beautifully presented. The atmosphere was cozy, and the service was fantastic. Aiza, our waitress, was so friendly and attentive, making the experience even better. Will definitely be coming back!

Sat for 15min, dumped in a corner with no menu and forgotten. When no one came to take our order we left. 6 staff on with as many tables so not a case of being busy! Atmosphere was very uninviting.

Got recommended here by a friend and definitely worth the hype, got served by the lovely Katie who was great and very friendly. will definitely be back!

I've probably never given a review this bad. I've been a customer since there was a Coro near the botanic garden, many years ago, I used to go there with my best friend who no longer lives in Edinburgh. The last time I was there was in October 2024 and I already noticed a fall in business, although I thought it was maybe they were just having a bad day! This weekend my friend came to visit Edinburgh and we went to Coro on Saturday, our special place. From the moment we walked in everything was different. A group of 4 people walked in ahead of us and weren't seated, despite there being free tables and no reserved sign. Strange... We had booked in advance and the guy at the door (tall, thin man with dark hair) gave me the menus and said ''menus'' ''that table'' and he pointed to the table from the entrance and went back to his tablet, he didn't accompany us or anything, not what you would expect from someone who works face to face with the public. We sat down and after a while a girl came and we told her we needed a couple more minutes and she left, very nice, she was great. 30 seconds later the man from the beginning arrives and with his tablet he asks us for our order...we tried to tell him to give us a minute but he simply ignored us and asked for our order again. One of my friends was ready so she ordered. I don't understand how this man is facing the public because his social skills are -10. The order didn't take long to arrive, the truth is that the only thing that was acceptable were the pancakes with bacon and egg that one of us ordered. The other 3 orders, which were waffles, were simply disastrous. I'm going to put a photo with an example on the left of what I ordered the last time I made at Coro in October and on the right what I received on Saturday, being exactly the same order. The photo says it all... Each extra sauce costs £2, the extra strawberry £2.95, those 2 pieces of poorly made waffle with missing dough cost £6.95, I paid almost £14 for something that could have been made by a 3 year old child, not by supposed dessert professionals, you only have to see the photos on their Instagram. And not only the presentation but the quantity...and the quality of the product...disastrous. We didn't say anything, in the end this is not the fault of the staff but of who hires and trains them, that's why I decided to put this review. On the other hand, now there is a kind of self-service area where you can get your cutlery, glasses, etc. but it is empty and you have to be bothering the staff because they don't answer you in a nice way. When going to pay, Mr. Nice guy also tells us on the dataphone that if we want to leave a tip...NO. I felt disappointed and as someone who has worked in the hospitality industry for many years, I felt that the management/owners no longer care about this business anymore, because I don't understand how it can change so badly... They need to train the staff and, above all, choose them well! Afterwards, I read reviews and I'm not the only one who thinks this way, the reviews in general are horrible, a shame because you have a place with tremendous potential!

Lovely little find on our first day in Edinburgh! Nice food, nice option for a smaller portion. Was a little pricey and when we went very quiet with no music this made the atmosphere a little odd.

Ordered the Pistachio Pancake and it turned out really good. Special thanks to Lauren for being extremely helpful and kind, she’s a gem🫶🏻💞

Wonderful food made by chef KATIE and I’m in love with the food. Thank you Coro!

Best dessert place in Edinburgh for sure, with affordable price. The Death by Chocolate Cake is so delicious. Service is really great.

Nice pleasant coffee place with excellent chocolate cake

We found it by accident and had fun! Expensive indeed, but I don't think you will find such nice sweets anywhere else in Edinburgh. 27 euros for 2 sweets. Death chocolate is incredible!

Had a great experience, our server Prashit was great :)

Got the new chocolate pistachio cake and death by chocolate cake both were amazing and will 100% be back, staff were helpful and very welcoming

Abbi served us and she was extremely delightful, and Coro is my go to whenever I’m craving a good hot chocolate! Totally recommend the Belgian Milk chocolate with all of their toppings.

Love this place, been here for the 4th time today for my sisters birthday and they brought her a little brownie on a tray saying happy birthday it was so sweet 🥹 can only recommend. (Btw we already ate the brownie by the time I took the photo)

Felt like karen's diner. Service was uninterested in customers

We had a great experience, the staff are so friendly and welcoming. They take great care in making everything so nice.

Lovely cafe! Portions are big and well presented. Breena was super helpful and we had a great time.

The service was good but the food was not that great. Definitely a no for waffle, but can give a try to their cake. The ambience is good.

Delicious food but appalling service 😕 such a shame as I have been here before and service wasn't an issue. However, there was no hesitation when we asked for the bill 😂

The food was not good. The sweets were mediocre . The service was late and rude and the food was expensive! We waited 30’ for pancakes .

After seeing this on Instagram we decided to check it out while on our Hogmanay visit. Staff left us waiting around by the door without acknowledgement for several minutes. Before a guy walked past us, gave a table a quick wipe and finally asked us what we wanted. We asked for a table for 2. Said guy, grabbed a couple of menus, slapped them down on the nearest table and walked off. So I'm left thinking "this menu better be good". Well, it wasn't worth the treatment put it that way. We walked out, and went next door. Honestly, you couldn't pay me to eat at Coro's.

Only edible item in this place... Although the porcelain plates are nice

Nice food and drink but portions too big and bordering on sickly sweet and a little lacking in atmosphere. Otherwise nice though with friendly staff