Max Brenner Chocolates Union Sq not so good?

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Hello:

Had a bunch of people hungry for chocolate and thought we would try Max Brenner. What a mistake! The short story is overpriced and not nearly yummy enough.

We had the fondue (watery, not rich chocolate), the brownie (dry and crumbly), and the mess ( it really was a mess and not worth getting dirty over).

Was this an off day or is it always this bad?


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i was so disappointed in this place. i had the spicy hot chocolate which was neither spicy nor chocolatey. everything was just off. we had a varity of dessrts none of which measured up. there are too many great chocolate places in ny to waste time (or calories) on a repeat visit to this place.

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Ate there for the 1st time on Friday (lunch). The food was ok, but nothing special. I thought the desserts looked great but tasted just "good". There were 6 of us, and the only rave reviews came from my 8yr old. By the way, just be warned: the service is terrible.

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just there this weekend w/my wife and friends. i had high hopes with its convenient location, but i'm come to accept that it's cheesecake factory of chocolate--accessible middlebrow fare. ok pricing, but really unexceptional quality. so of course, if they're looking for american investors, i'd queue up! :P

and yes, it's quite the college scene. i imagine that many nyu dates will be held there.

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Cheesecake Factory of chocolate!! I wish I had though of that. It perfectly describes it. I went there and couldn't believe how expensive everything is! I had a hot chocolate and though it was pretty good. Bitter and creamy, just how I like it. But to paraphrase John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, "That's a $4 hot chocolate? You don't put any bourbon in that or anything? It's pretty good. I don't know if its worth $4, but its pretty damn good!"

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Max Brenner is opening a new store on 2nd ave. and 10th st--had a sample of their italian milk hot chocolate-was yummy-tasted like choco pudding

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What's a good place for bakery goods and hot chocolate then that's below City Bakery? Is there any?

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I love the hot chocolate at Jacques Torres.

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Financier for chocolate cake.

I went to MB and got their spicy hot chocolate too. It was decent but not worth $4, Jacque Torres was $2 and far better.

And there's still Claude's, which I have yet to visit b/c everytime I'm there it's after 9pm...

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I had really good Jacques Torres at a tree lighting in DUMBO last week and it was like thick, chocolately velvet wrapped around my tummy! Amazing! Right after that, I went to their shop and got a Wicked Hot Chocolate. I was underwhelmed. It seemed thin compared to the original and didn't have much of a bite to it. I was really expecting it to be spicy.

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