Leonidas is a Belgian Chocolate shop inside the Convention Center near Waterfront Station. They sell lots of signature chocolates, macarons, waffles, drinks, and other chocolate goodies. The interior is quite small, but can fit a few small groups.
M and I were in the area and we wanted to redeem our Social Shopper deal good for 2 waffles, 2 hot chocolates, 2 chocolate covered strawberries and a box of 6 chocolates. Since it was Valentines Day, it seemed like a good day to redeem it.
Dark Hot Chocolate was good! It was very smooth and had a nice rich chocolate taste.
Leiage Waffles were not good at all. The waffles were pre-made and reheated. I found this very strange since I’ve heard lots of good things about their waffles. Perhaps they made them ahead of time since they knew the shop would be busy during Valentines Day. M and I really thought the waffles were hard and bland.
Chocolate Covered Strawberries were good. The strawberries were big, plump and juicy with a good coating of milk chocolate.
The chocolates you can choose any 6 from their display case. I chose anything with dark chocolate and they were really good!! If you have no idea what to get, you can always ask them for advice. They have tons of choices to choose from.
Overall, the chocolates are the best items here. I would go back just for those. As for this experience, M and I felt that the service was quite poor. Some customers were ignored when there was no line up, so they just left. Our table was left dirty for a long time and as I went back to get the chocolates, they forgot I was already dining there. Granted it was a busy Valentines Day, I can understand the staff was flustered by the amount of customers. Since they are still quite new, I am sure they will improve on their service.
Words of Wisdom:
- Delicious Dark Chocolates!
- Under $10
- Closest Skytrain: Waterfront
We Rate Leonidas: 
Address:
#29 – 1055 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC
Website:
http://www.leonidaswaterfront.com/
5 Comments
I’m surprised to hear that you didn’t get good service. When I was there for #TastingPlatesYVR, the service was superb. The chocolates were great, too!
I’m definitely coming back to this place soon!
I love your blog and I will definitely try this place. Thanks!
Thanks for reading! Hopefully you guys will have better service than I received!
Had the hot chocolate during the Hot Choc fest. OMG, terrible. Waffle was awful as well. Altho in all fairness, we didn’t try their chocolates.
I’ve heard the same thing too from others. 🙁