Alexeeva & Jones is a new ‘Salon du Chocolat’ at 297 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill featuring exclusive, luxury handmade chocolates by leading artisan chocolatiers from the UK and abroad including Centho Chocolates and… full details >

Artisan du Chocolat’s new flagship shop opened in 2009 in Notting Hill, just 5 minutes walk from Melt (hint: go to both). Billed as a ‘chocolateria’, the shop has a seating area where… full details >

Cocomaya is elegant, slightly quirky and surprisingly relaxed among the capital’s chocolate boutiques. Situated next door to a fantastic cafe run by the same people, you can buy your chocolates and then sit… full details >

For the past thirty years, La Maison du Chocolat has linked passion, expertise and savoir-faire to create new chocolate collections.

The great Parisian artisan has become an international luxury chocolatier with excellence as… full details >

Paul A Young’s Islington shop is a short walk from Angel tube station. It is a little bit dark inside, but you are compensated by some delicious chocolate smells. There was a decent… full details >

Rococo was started back in 1983 by Chantal Coady, then a punky ex-student who wanted to start a chocolate company in order to fund a career as a photographer. Almost three decades later… full details >

This shop is on Fulham Road, just a block up from Rococo on the Kings Road (so if you’re doing a tour you might want to visit both). Demarquette’s has a slightly less… full details >

Melt is a pleasant, airy shop with a marble counter along one of the walls. Here you can browse and choose your own chocolates with the help of wooden trays and tongs. The… full details >

Montezuma’s was founded in 2000 by Helen and Simon Pattinson. Having both previously been lawyers, they started hand-making chocolate at a small shop in Brighton. Things have grown a lot since then and… full details >