Brussels Choco-story Chocolate Museum Visit

Had a great time worth the visit very informative about how chocolate is made and the history of chocolate with some tasters throw in

An unexpected delight amidst old town Brussels. Both informative and engaging with enough interactive exhibits to entertain. The audio guide was also well done. Perfect experience to accompany strolling through the streets of chocolatiers.

went with kids 8 through 15. they definitely recommend it - we love the format of self guided and the tasting! we learned a lot and it just 1hr. we didnt get to do the fries museum but i hear its a nice combo

The tour was fun but lengthy, kids got bored after a while, need more chocolate activities, demonstration was very short but the chocolate was good.

The experience was okay, not the best. The guided remote smells chocolate and a bit sticky from the previous users. Too many children and everything is not so in order. The demonstration of how to make chocolate was fun. As well as the photobooth. Wish we booked the workshop as well, maybe we will be more fun and satisfied of the experience.

Good tour with a lot of history provided. Very interstellar & enjoyable. The chocolatier making the praline was fun. Definitely recommend this tour

Well done, but glad we used Brussels Card vs paying full price. Mostly reading of displays; a bit stale; some off topic history, but one certainly learns where chocolate comes from and how it's made. We entered the chocolate making room late in the demonstration; decided not to wait for another session.

We found the museum very informative and having an English audio was very helpful. The chocolate demonstration was great fun and also had the opportunity to test some delicious chocolate. We stayed for 2 hours so it was good value for us.

Everything very interesting, chocolate is fantastic, we tasted a lot of different types and the master chef's show is so amusing. A young lady was so funny during her demonstration of praline.

The museum experience was both educational and interesting. Not what we expected. Much better. Mary the demonstrator was so fun. Can you say WOW!

We enjoyed this experience. You are provided with what can be described as an old school mobile phone that you scan as you go through & listen to the info. It can get a bit busy in certain areas & ppl unfortunately stand in front of where you need to scan which is annoying. Was interesting learning about the origins of chocolate in Belgium. You get to watch some chocolates being made & to also taste some too.

This is a great way to spend a couple of hours in Brussels. The information and items on display are very informative. Learnt a lot about chocolate, the history of, the use of, etc. some great interactive games in every room & we really enjoyed the demonstration at the end! We got lucky going during the week at 11am, as it wasn’t busy & gave us time to go through at our own pace.

It was so interesting to know how the beans are harvested first before they are turned into delicious chocolate

We enjoyed our time at the chocolate museum. It had many interactive elements, the audio guide was nice and we could also taste some chocolate there! At the end of the visit we could also see how Belgian pralines are made and liked tasting them. The museum shop had many souvenirs, so we bought a few nice things there for family and friends. A really fun museum to visit.

Nice place to visit in Brussels funny if you are with kids.

Great museum very interesting and the chocolate demonstration at the end was very good. The lady giving the demonstration was so funny and enthusiastic. the audio guide is good and very informative if a little long at points

Interactive, informative. Good value for money. A fun family afternoon- would have liked a little more tasting but the chocolate was amazing. Enjoyed going at our own pace so doesn’t get to crowded. The video was good

Awesome historical education on the history of chocolate from South America to present day. Do not pass up the free samples

We booked this as an escape from the sunshine and heat. We prebooked the 2pm slot. The email said go to the I have a ticket line which we did. However no one was at the desk and about 9 people just walked in and got tickets. Then we were all entering together which meant we were all on top of each other so had to rush a bit to get some space. They should time the groups a few minutes apart. Lots of unsupervised children - this is the parents fault not the museum but they were annoying. My 2 teenage children enjoyed it and so did I only for the overcrowding at the start and near the end

Shoolvisit with the class. Very interesting and ageappropriate. Some games made it very fun for children to comprehend chocolate making. Tasting was great!

A great experience overall. A lot of history and you will learn a lot. The chocolate tasting is delicious. The short videos were informative. We came in at the end of the cooking demonstration but what we saw was cool, unfortunately he wasn't speaking English so we didn't know what he was saying.

Well laid out and imaginatively presented. Could be appreciated by young and old Lots of information available via audio guide, video, touch screen, static displays and demonstration - up to you how much you take in. Everything from early beginnings to the chocolate bar we know today. Starting with the pod growing on the tree all the stages in making the chocolate we buy and enjoy. Platform lifts made it possible for wheel chair users to see everything.

Very interesting and knowleadgable experience

We had a day at Choco with our staff . All enjoyed learning about how chocolate is made from the Cacao beans . You get to try chocolates and there was a demonstration of making praline which you can try . All enjoyed the visit .

We saved this for the very last morning of our trip before heading to the airport, and it was a phenomenal send-off. We’ve been to a few food museums, but Choco-Story Brussels really gets it right for families. It traces the history of chocolate from the Mayans to modern Belgian masters, but the real star is the live demonstration by the master chocolatier. Watching pralines being made right in front of us (and getting generous free samples!) was fantastic. They even set up a little treasure hunt for the kids to complete as we walked through the exhibits. A highly recommended, sweet experience for all ages.

Loved the museum and self-guided tour. By the end, you will be very knowledgeable about chocolate! The gift shop was disappointing.

Very informative and well set out tour. My wife is a huge chocolate fan so she took me along with her. My favorite part of all of this was the interactive games…I had fun.

Absolutely fantastic, highly recommended and must visit

Very good experience. We all really enjoyed it. The final demonstration and chocolate sample is very good. Advise to buy tickets in advance.

A very enjoyable and informative tour. The audio guide was really helpful and we learnt a lot about the history of chocolate, with opportunities to sample the different grades of chocolate.

We enjoyed this visit and learnt a lot. You are given a small audio guide in your chosen language and each display or attraction had a number on that you put it against and learnt information from. There was a chocolate demonstration and chocolate to taste. Well worth a visit.

2 of us went (age 55/19) and both of us found it fun & educational without being boring. It was about €14 for adult but young adults are cheaper. You don’t get loads of choc to taste, but it was enough given that it is free and nice quality. It recommends 1:30hr but I would allow a bit longer if you like playing games. We cd have easily spent 2hrs there as we had to rush ourselves towards the end as we were on a tight timescale. There are lots of interactive games to play as you go round which only let you have one go each which is fair. It was quite quiet when we went (10:15 on a Thursday) and we had no problem seeing everything including the chocolate demonstration & the short film. Everything is very accessible for English speakers and the audio guide was great. Some of the numbers to follow were harder to find than others, but we liked that & we were racing each other to find them. The gift shop is small but nice, The toilets were very clean, they have an area to leave bulky bags ( not supervised though) Booked a jnt ticket with the Friet Museum (opposite & recommended) and got a discount. The Manequin Pis is right near it so tick that off while you are there. I would definitely recommend this if you are in Brussels.

The audio guide is a great way to learn more in the museum, however mine only worked OK the fact placards and didn't work on any of the activity centers. You get 2 chocolate tastes- dark or milk chocolate barrels. If you attend a chocolate demonstration you will get a third tasting. I walked slow and whole museum took 45 minutes. If you have spare time to go, it had interesting points, but otherwise your time is better spent exploring Brussels

Way more informative than I'd imagined! Cute museum, love that you can move at your own pace. We all had a great time and the chocolate samples were sooo good!

It was a great walkthrough tour with a provided translation device. The chocolate tier maker was only 10 minutes with pre-made mold and fillings. He appeared irritated and said his English is not well. It is a good tour for history independently as a tourist.

Audio guide given but personally found it long winded. Would suit someone who likes lots of history. Lots of chocolate to try and the demonstration was also good.

i was just an audio tour if youre into that. only a few tasting options. if youre into the history of chocolate there is a LOT of info about that too

The chocolate was good and the show so fun. Some of the staff where wearing some adorable pins to support palestine wihich I found absolutely adorable and it made me feel like good people still live among us. The staff members where so kind.

I visited quite a while ago and usually never write reviews, but while planning another visit I noticed a comment accusing one of the staff of “promoting terrorism”, something I just couldn’t stay silent about. When I visited, I was struck by how kind and genuine everyone was. I especially remember one woman who wore a small badge showing support for peace and dignity for Palestine. As a Palestinian, that small gesture meant a lot to me, it showed empathy, courage, and humanity. It’s sad that such compassion could ever be misinterpreted. The whole experience was warm, memorable, and the chocolates (and the demonstration at the end!) were absolutely wonderful.

Our Brussels trip ended on the sweetest note at Choco-Story. We had fun with the kids’ interactive games and listened to stories about chocolate’s long journey — from royal hot chocolate to praline-making. Tasting different percentages of chocolate was delicious. It's so impressive to see the chocolatier demonstrate the praline, and also we had a great end of the tour by having a tasty praline!

The audio guide provides additional information alongside the various artifacts which trace the history of chocolate across the world as well as in Belgium. There are so many artifacts and so much history to explore up to the present day. I found it interesting they included molds they use for chocolate for various occasions as well. There are also small samples you can choose to grab at the start and towards the end of the tour. I thought they might be given to people as they walked in or out, but they were in dispenser, which I found unsanitary so I did not grab any. I would have liked to have seen the demonstration, it's an area near the end, but there are specified times and I had a schedule so unfortunately I missed it. This was an interesting museum to visit and I would recommend to any chocolate lovers.

Audio tour was not well done…many audios didn’t match the items you were looking at or were too long winded to stay and listen in a tiny space. The mannequins and fake trees were super old and dusty. The actual chocolate making demonstration was so crowded and to wait for the next one would have been a long wait. Demos should be ongoing. Would not recommend and this is the first time we didn’t love a trip advisor recommendation.

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Honestly the worst museum I’ve ever been to. The little hand held voice thing barely works. The video they play is pathetic ! The chocolate demo just finished and it was a 35 min wait till the next one. The demonstrator just completely ignored us. They give you three plain options to taste the chocolate and honestly was horrible cheap and tastes old . What a waste of money ! Borderline scam business !

Quality facts. Loved the lesson and samples. Many of the games did not work. So that was a bummer but we made it all the same. Not to mention 49 scanner did not work.

Great tour, a must-do while in Brussels if you are a chocolate lover. It was also a nice break from the heat and they have a nice restroom and gift shop at the end of the tour.

This was a horrific waste of time. Barely informative and incredibly boring. The chocolate wasn’t even that remarkable. Would not recommend this to anyone!

Very Informative, can get a voice language translator based on your language preference. Good for kids, adults even as a family. Cost about Euro 14 per person. Also, found out that chocolate is good for you in all ways. Wife was right next to me. So, she can’t say anything here after.

Insightful and very easy to navigate. It was quite an interesting hour. Would recommend if you’re traveling with kids. Lots of games and activities during the tour to keep them occupied

We had a great time, the tour was interesting for both kids and adults. The audio tour was convenient as we could do it at our own pace, the interactive displays were great for kids and we enjoyed sampling the chocolate and praline making demo at the end was great. The price was reasonable also.