ManicMammy’s Blog

Yesterday was lovely, a typically crisp Winter’s day. The boys all had school but Sibéal had finished pre-school the day before, so herself, myself, Síofra and DH headed into town to do a wee bit of last minute shopping. Thankfully nothing urgent, so all were relaxed and enjoying walking around taking in the Christmasy atmosphere around the shop and festivities.

We decided to go to O’Conaills for coffee/hot chocolate. The shop itself is a chocoholics paradise. So many different varieties of chocolate, so little time. Drinking chocolate packages made up which would make great presents aswell as plenty of standard boxes of chocolates, bars, select your own etc etc. Would highly recommend it.

We headed to the back of the shop which is the cafe. As we had the buggy, upstairs was too much hassle. Luckily there weren’t any other customers downstairs so we got seats immediately.

Lattes for us and Sibéal ordered the kiddie’s hot chocolate. Unfortunately, there did not appear to be any biscuits, scones, buns on sale, just drinks which is a bit of a pain, as Síofra is a smidge partial to a fruit scone every now and then!

Service was pretty slow, the waitresses were more interested in having a chat amongst themselves than serving the drinks, it would seem. After a while, they did arrive and yep, they were worth the wait. The lattes were yummy, warm, not bitter, hitting the spot. All the drinks were served with a tiny paper cup of mini chocolate buttons, a variety of dark, white and milk chocolate. Yummy.

Sibéal’s kiddie hot chocolate was pronounced to be “delicious” and she appeared to thoroughly enjoy it.

Will definitely pop in again, there’s a fine list of hot chocolates and coffees on the menu that will just have to be sampled!

Edited 01/04/08:

I returned there this morning and had a fabulous hot chocolate. The staff couldn’t have been more helpful or attentive as I bought some chocolate goodies on my way out too. Would definitely recommend a visit if you’re in Cork.