There are so many reasons why chocolate makes people happy that it’s difficult to know where to start, but let’s begin with the simpler explanations. Think about the last time you ate a piece of chocolate. Did it make you happy? The chances are that it did. Chocolate makes people happy because it tastes good and provides a moment’s respite from busy, and often stressed-out, lives.
For some, chocolate is a guilty pleasure, and we are are believers in the old adage that forbidden fruit is always the most satisfying. Just seeing chocolate, or inhaling its wonderful aroma, has quickened the beat of many a chocolate-lover’s heart.
Fret not, SGMYTRIPS have prepared a short list for you on cafe hoping for an indulgence chocolatery desserts moments during your getaway in Johor Bahru.
Indulgence Chocolaty Desserts Moments in Johor Bahru
- Molten Chocolate Cafe (Chocolate Lava Cake, Crepes and Waffles)
- Dip n Dip (Triple Chocolate Crepe, Chocolate Coated Biscuits, Chocolate Hotcakes)
- Godiva (Chocolate Soft Serve)
- Cheotnun Korean Dessert Café (Chocolate Bingshu)
- Barn 81 Café (Chocolate Bear Hot Cake)
- Lemon Tree (Lava Cake With Ice-Cream)
- Wafu Kitchen (Hot Chocolate Lava Cake)
- Bliss (Turn Back Time, Sugar Sugar)
- By Grace (Chocolate Molecular, Chocolate Explosion)
- Shakespeare Milkshake (Kinder Bueno Speciality Shake)
- J.C Cafe (Devil banana Chocolate Milkshake)
- KOONE (Henna)
- Creamery Boutique Ice Cream (Hot Chocolate Cookie In Pan)
- Sorella Cafe (Dark Chocolate Orange Mousse, Chocolate Eclair)
- The Replacement Lounge and Kitchen (Chocolate Churros)
1. Molten Chocolate Café (Chocolate Lava Cake, Crepes and Waffles)
If you love chocolate as much as we do, you’ll definitely travel a lot to look for any dessert that made with chocolate. Good news for chocolate lovers out there, whether you’re from Singapore or Malaysia, there’s a new chocolate cafe in the heart of JB and it’s none other than – Molten Chocolate Café! Molten Chocolate Café is well known for their chocolate lava cakes, crepes and waffles. You’re definitely spoilt with choices and you won’t leave the premise without a happy tummy. Everybody loves a good European confectionary.
Molten chocolate café is inspired by Central European and American flavours. The menu offers a full range of exclusive chocolates, as well as innovative ones like the sizzling brownies.
There’s chocolate in almost everything and the range of desserts offered include waffles, crepes, pancake, waffle, brownies, ice cream and fondues. For the chocolate waffle, it actually coated in a thick layer of chocolate which gives it an almost biscuit-like crunch, yet light and chewy inside.
For Brownie crepe which is one of the famous dessert that people will usually will go for it, it has fresh folded crepe filled with brownies and topped with three kinds of chocolate. Although it looks rich, the sweetness felt just right to the palate and never cloying, as the flavor emphasis in on the chocolate.
Creative hot chocolates, smoothies and milkshakes can also be found in this Molten Chocolate Cafe. For those who still prefer to have coffee, Cappuccino, latte, Americano, mochaccino and Espresso will be your options.
If you are looking for something different, you can try the fettuccine crepe. It’s basically chocolate pasta, pasta and chocolate actually go very well together. Molten Chocolate Cafe must be every chocoholic’s dream come true. Whether you are looking to satisfy your sweet cravings, a nice cup of coffee or take your little ones to indulge in the chocolate that they love most, Molten Chocolate Cafe should be on your radar.
Additional Information:
Address: Aeon Tebrau City Shopping Centre, Taman Desa Tebrau, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor
Phone: +603-7733 5522
Operating Hours: 12:00noon – 1:00am
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2. Dip n Dip (Triple Chocolate Crepe, Chocolate Coated Biscuits, Chocolate Hotcakes)
Dip n Dip is a Canadian based dessert café that serves some of the most premium quality chocolate dessert cafes. When you visit a dipndip store, it’s a true theatrical experience. They have open kitchen so that the customers can watch their master chefs’ skills as they whip up chocolatey creations for you. There are quite a lot of famous desserts you can find in Dip n Dip. Triple chocolate crepe is one of them. It is served with all three of the signature chocolate flavors on top.
Next, dipndip crepe which is served with a selection of fresh seasonal fruits, vanilla bean whipped cream and your choice of chocolate topping is also one of the most wanted dessert in Dip n Dip. Both chocolate mousse crepe and crunchy triple chocolate crepe also one of the famous dessert that you cannot miss.
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Chocolate mousse crepe is a crepe that come with dark chocolate mousse and fresh strawberries, topped with candied pistachios, sprinkled with icing sugar and served with your choice of chocolate while crunchy triple chocolate crepe is crepe served with all three of their chocolate flavors, and their signature chocolate coated biscuit crunch with your choice of ice cream.
Lets not forgetting waffles and chocolate indulgence. The famous waffles that can find in Dip n Dip are dipndip waffle, Alaskan waffle and cherry cheesecake waffle. Dip n dip waffle is a waffle that served with a selection of fresh seasonal fruits selection, vanilla bean whipped cream and your choice of chocolate topping.
Alaskan waffle is a waffle waffle that topped with chocolate caramel cream, toasted meringue, crispy chocolate chunks and served with your choice of chocolate while cherry cheesecake waffle is a waffle that comes with cream cheese mousse, Amarena cherries, candied pistachios, and your choice of chocolate.
In the category of chocolate indulge, the most wanted are dip n dip pancakes and chocolate fondant. Dip n dip pancakes consist of five mini-pancakes, served with a selection of fresh seasonal fruits, vanilla bean whipped cream and your choice of chocolate topping while their chocolate fondant is served with your choice of ice cream. Dip N Dip is primarily a dessert place so you can expect plenty of sweet treats here.
Additional Information:
Address: 3F paradigm mall, Taman Bukit Mewah, 81200 Skudai, Johor Bahru
3. Godiva (Chocolate Soft Serve)
Godiva, the world’s finest chocolatier is finally landing in Johor Bahru City Square. Godiva Chocolatier was founded 80 years ago in Brussels, Belgium when master chocolatier Joseph Draps founded a chocolate company that was named in honor of the legend of Lady Godiva. Godiva Chocolatier’s soft serve is available in 3 flavours (Dark Chocolate, Chocolate Twist and Vanilla White Chocolate) whereas their Chocolixir is available in 5 flavours (Dark Chocolate Decadence, Milk Chocolate Decadence, Dark Chocolate Earl Grey, Dark Chocolate Raspberry and Dark Mint Chocolate).
Recently, Godiva has introduced a limited edition matcha soft serve in two types of swirls – matcha and matcha with dark chocolate.
The matcha is sourced from Kagoshima, Japan, and each soft serve is served in a waffle cone dipped in chocolate and a praline almond mix before being topped with a Godiva chocolate square.
Additional Information:
Address: Johor Bahru City Square, 106, Jalan Wong Ah Fook, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor
4. Cheotnun Korean Dessert Café (Chocolate Bingshu)
Cheot Nun Korean Dessert Café was opened in 2016 and it is located at Kim Teng Park. The Korean Dessert Café is located next to Sprout (fine dining restaurant) and a short distance from City Square JB & Komtar Mall. Basically the café is owned by a couple – local husband and a korean wife. They serve a variety of flavours of bingsu and price of Bingsu here is very reasonable too. The chocolate bingsu at Cheotnun Korean Dessert Café is very delicious and special because it’s fine and smooth.
Besides that, it is very tasty as it served with cookies too. If you want to try something different, you can try green tea bingsu which also one of the famous desserts here.
The green tea (matcha) flavoured shaved ice is fine and smooth in texture. The snowflake like texture easily disintegrates in your mouth. And the combination of red bean paste and a scoop of green tea ice-cream are just perfect.
It is recommended to try out their snacks. Cheese Sausage is highly recommended to order as a snack as it is served in a round hot iron cast pan where the sausages are placed in the middle and the cheese is all over the pan. Cheotnun Korean Dessert Café is a good choice for you if you want to try something new.
Additional Information:
Address: 62 Jalan Tebrau, Kim teng park 80400 Johor Bahru
Phone: 016-512 7168
Business hours: (Monday closed) Tuesday – Sunday (2p.m. -11p.m.)
5. Barn 81 Café (Chocolate Bear Hot Cake)
Barn 81 which located along Jalan Cengai in Taman Melodies in Johor Bahru (just off the Tebrau Highway on the same side as Kue Teow Meng and Tapai Tang restaurant) is one of the must go cafes in Johor Bahru. Barn 81 Cafe is in a re-purposed single storey bungalow offers a variety kinds of food and desserts.
One of the famous desserts that you cannot skip in Barn 81 café is their chocolate lava cake topped with Oreo crumble. It is flamed with Italian Sambuca liqueur before serving.
There is another famous dessert serve here which is called as cute Bear Lava Hot Cake. It is made with real Hokkaido melon and chocolate. You should try it out because the taste of refreshing sweetness of fresh melon layered with sweet chocolate you definitely will miss it. They also offer Mango Lava Hot Cake which is made with real mango and topped with Oreo crumble. It is served with a scoop of ice cream, blue berries and marshmallows.
Other than desserts, they also serve main course to fill up your tummy. The famous dishes can be found in Barn 81 Café are Cheezy Fried Chicken Chop, Grilled Pork Belly and Tiger Prawn Aglio Olio. For Cheezy Fried Chicken Chop, the thick slab of chicken with skin and mozzarella cheese are coated in thick grainy batter and then deep fried to a golden brown crisp outside. The fried chicken chop is topped with thick dribbles of cheese and egg sauce. For Tiger Prawn Aglio Olio, the spaghetti is tossed with a blend of olive oil, garlic, herbs and chili flakes. The tender-chewy pasta is well greased with savoury, spicy, herby flavours. The crunchy juicy tiger prawns add a bit of natural sweetness to the dish.
If you have no idea where to eat with your friends or family, please do come and visit Barn 81 café.
Additional Information:
Address: 61, Jalan Cengai, Taman Melodies, Johor Bahru, Johor
Tel: 012 728 8158 | 07 362 6445Business Hours: 1:00pm to 10:00pm
6. Lemon Tree (Lava Cake With Ice-Cream)
Lemon Tree Restaurant is a simple little eating place in Taman Melodies, a quiet, leafy part of Johor Bahru. The boss, Jeffery Bong, had worked in Grand Hyatt hotel in Singapore and Thistle hotel in Johor Bahru, before opening his own restaurant, Lemon Tree. He said he picked this shoplot 11 years ago because he loved the old large trees outside the shop. The restaurant however, was named after one of his favourite songs. It’s the classic Western selections which friends and courting couples have enjoyed since the 1970s – chops, steaks, fish and chips, pastas, pizzas and sandwiches – all these at reasonable prices.
If you craving for some dessert, you can go for their Lemon Tree’s chocolate lava cake with ice cream. The lava is made of 70% chocolate giving it an addictive bittersweet flavour wrapped in a warm soft, spongy cake. The warm bittersweet chocolate lava complemented the icy sweet ice cream, making it one of customers’ favourite desserts.
Besides that, Lemon Tree makes their own pizza crust from scratch with just flour, water and yeast. Lemon Tree’s crust is the thick, bouncy kind with a slight crisp on the outside and spongy, chewy on the inside. The crust is topped with prawns, calamari rings, canned tuna, chopped capsicum, onion rings, pineapple cubes and enveloped with melted mozzarella cheese. It’s an interesting blend of tangy, sweet, and savoury flavours with many textures from the different ingredients.
If you like Western food in a simple, old style ambience and a quieter place in JB, check out Lemon Tree restaurant.
Additional Information:
Address: 18, Jalan Bedara, Taman Melodies, 80250 Johor Bahru, Johor
Phone: 07-335 5688
7. Wafu Kitchen (Hot Chocolate Lava Cake)
Wafu Kitchen is conveniently situated within the walking distance of Sunway College Johor Bahru and Austin Heights Private and International Schools. Wafu actually means Japanese-style which is what Wafu kitchen is representing in their culinary.
The restaurant serves up cheap Japanese food at Mount Austin with casual dining environment by breaking the stigma that “Japanese cuisines are expensive”. In this restaurant, you can fill your stomach without breaking your wallet.
If you are craving for something sweet, you can always order chocolate lava cake in Wafu Kitchen. The delicious chocolate lava cake is drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with fresh strawberry. There are always a boundless amount of people even during the non-peak hour. Hence, this is a great place to have a hearty meal or even an afternoon snack for family and friends!
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Not to mention, the variety of choices they offer in their menu, from curry rice, ramen to octopus balls and other delicious snacks. You can opt for set items which are definitely value for money!
Additional Information:
Address: 18, Jln Austin Heights 3/2, Taman Mount Austin, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor
Phone: 07-352 2357
8. Bliss (Turn Back Time, Sugar Sugar)
It’s quite easy to miss Bliss Café as it is located above IT Roo Cafe. Bliss café is opened in November 2015. This spacious café serves brunch menus, cakes and of course coffee. They also recently launched the chocolate lava cake adding into chocolate desserts.
The most famous chocolate desserts can be found in bliss café are ‘Turn Back Time’ and ‘Sugar Sugar’. ‘Turn Back Time’ comes with chocolate ice cream topped with brownies, milk chocolate curts and hot fudge sauce on the side while ‘Sugar Sugar’ comes with chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream topped with brownies, cookie dough and hot fudge sauce on the side.
Not only food and drink, conducive environment is also one of the special of Bliss Cafe. There is a special corner for people to take photo together with an attractive background.
This cafe is strongly recommended and the price is also available, what are you waiting for? Action speaks louder than words, come visit here whenever you free.
Additional Information:
Address: No, 18, Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/4, Taman Sutera Utama, 81300 Skudai, Johor
Phone: 012-710 3278
Operating Hours:
Sunday – Thursday: 12.00 pm – 12.00 am
Friday – Saturday: 12.00 pm – 1.00 am
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9. By Grace (Chocolate Molecular, Chocolate Explosion)
By Grace is a dessert bar run by Grace and her boyfriend Gio. Grace is in charge of brainstorming all the ideas and creating the taste of the desserts while Gio works on the techniques, especially the Sous Vide method that he specializes in as he was previously a chef in Singapore.
This is a must-visit place especially to those dessert lover. The dessert menu is displayed on the wall with chalks writing.
There are two categories-explosion and molecular. Explosions are basically a molten cake with ice cream, while Molecular desserts utilize the principles of sciences to develop desserts that are presented in new and interesting ways.
If you are a first timer, you can gauge what to order from the menu. Thus, it is best to consult the staff for suggestion and explanation. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable which made the dining experience even pleasant.
Additional Information:
Address: G-01, BLOCK A, JALAN JAYA PUTRA 1/1, Bandar Jaya Putra, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor
Phone: 011-1067 3337
Operating Hours:
Thursday-Tuesday: 12:00noon – 7:00pm
Closed: every Wednesday
10. Shakespeare Milkshake (Kinder Bueno Speciality Shake)
Shakespeare Milkshakes is a wonderful addition to the hipster enclave in Johor Bahru. As its name mentioned, this Scandinavian-style café specializes in decadent milkshakes.
It is considered as is a great stop over for a sweet fix after a long day of shopping and feasting on street food in Johor Bahru. As we all know, there is always room for desserts.
Chocolate lovers can go all out with the café’s Kinder Bueno Specialty Shake (RM18). The milkshake comes with a chocolate dipped glass encrusted with nuts on the outside, filled to the brim with a rich dark chocolate shake and topped with a savoury cheese stick, salted cookie, and a mini Kinder Bueno Chocolate. The shake is simply delicious and not overly sweet too.
Besides sweet treats, look forward to a range of savoury croffles, which is a croissant pressed between a waffle iron and a wide selection of hot beverages and iced tea that will keep you coming back for more.
Additional Information:
Address: 9 Jalan Trus, 80000 Johor Bahru
Phone: +60 16 421 8530
Operating Hours:
Monday to Friday: 12pm – 11pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12pm – 12am
11. J.C Cafe (Devil banana Chocolate Milkshake)
J.C Café is about a 20-minute drive from City Square Mall. This café is located along Jalan Serampang is a charming cafe tucked on the upper floor of a bridal studio. The cafe itself is separated into an outdoor and indoor dining area. It’s outdoor dining area is the perfect spot for you and your date to enjoy the beautiful evening, where there are few tables, chairs and a cute horse which you can take great Instagram photo.
Following the recent craze of over-the-top milkshake in Singapore, JC Café introduces it in its menu and at just a fraction of the price.
The café has recently added a chocolate milkshake and a matcha milkshake to their menu. This mug of Devil Banana Chocolate Milkshake (RM 18.90 ~ SGD 6.30) topped with brownies, caramelised popcorns and pretzel. It was rich and the sweetness level was just right. It definitely makes for an Instagram worthy picture here at the gorgeous white space.
Additional Information :
Address: 39, Jalan Serampang, Taman Sri Tebrau, Johor Bahru, 80050 Johor Bahru
Phone: +60 11-2771 1955
Opening Hours:
Monday-Tuesday 12pm – 10pm
Thursday-Sunday 12pm – 10pm
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12. KOONE (Henna)
This nice modern cafe which is famed for its large pink wall out at the front serves soft serve ice-cream with varieties of toppings such as cereal, popcorn, fruits and chocolate sprinkles. Located just a few minutes walk from The Replacement Cafe, Koone offer an additional chic atmosphere along Jalan Dhoby and creating another great place to have some POTDs. KOONE is two storeys high but have limited seating.
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You can choose your seat from both storeys to enjoy your ice-cream. The best part is, this cooling and comfortable cafe provide free WiFi too.
As mentioned, KOONE serves delicious soft serve to their guests. It is a must to try out their Henna, which is a semi-sweet chocolate soft serve served along with diced brownies, molten lava cake, chocolate feuilletine and passion fruit puree. Spoonful of almond bits are also added for better texture and also an additional decoration.
If you demand for something simple, then you should try out KOONE’s premium dark chocolate softserve, which is the most basic soft serve available in KOONE that is made with 66% dark chocolate.
Upgraded it to a topped softserve by adding RM4 then you can get toppings like chocolate cookie crumbles, crunchy chocolate popcorn and chocolate sprinkles.
Additional Information:
Location: 30 Jalan Dhoby, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
Mon – Thu 1pm to 10pm
Fri, Sat 12pm to 11pm
Closed on Sundays
13. Creamery Boutique Ice Cream (Hot Chocolate Cookie In Pan)
You have probably tasted chocolate cheesecake or chocolate ice cream, but have you ever seen a chocolate hot cookie served in a pan? Never? It’s okay because Creamy Boutique just launched their new menu – Hot Chocolate Lava Cookies! It is delicious, soft, chewy and it’s certainly going to make your taste bud happy. More surprisingly, this hot chocolate cookie is not an ordinary one. It is actually a delicious lava cookie with overflowing creamy chocolate sauce after breaking it into half.
You might be WOW-ed after seeing that your hot cookie dessert being served on a saucepan along with your choice of ice-cream topped on the hot pan-fried chocolate brownie cookie. Scooping some ice-cream and a chunk of cookie from the pan and savour the sweetness on the palate was simply awesome!
It is so enjoying having bit of chill from the ice-cream, and a bit of warmth from the cookie that tantalized the taste bud.
If it is the first time you attempt to visit Creamery Boutique Ice Creams, do remember to check out their black boards called Hot Cookie Map for instructions on how you place the order. Well, the instructions are simple, you just pick your cookie type and flavor of your ice-cream then awaits for the desserts to be served.
Additional Information:
Location: 33, Jalan Austin Heights 8/3, Taman Mount Austin, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor
Business Hour: 2:00pm – 10:00pm
Closed on: Wednesday
Phone: +607-3621300
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14. Sorella Cafe (Dark Chocolate Orange Mousse, Chocolate Eclair)
Located near AEON Bukit Indah Shopping Centre and Miyakori Cafe, Sorella Cafe could be reached within 10 minutes drive. Operated by two sisters who have passions in Japanese and French patisserie, Sorella Cafe serves enticing homemade french pastries and desserts. All of their desserts served are 100% prepared accordingly to Japanese bread recipe that might possibly be your next favorite dessert shop in town.
One of the signature chocolate desserts of Sofella cafe would be their Dark Chocolate Orange Mousse. This recipe is a labour of love, and it is something that you might find in a Parisian patisserie. The combination of dark chocolate and soft fluffy beaten mousse are the key to make this desserts to be such delicious. In additional, there are dashes of orange providing a refreshing touch to the mousse. The texture is smooth and seriously, it would just melt in your mouth.
Another recommended chocolate dessert of Sorella Cafe would be the Chocolate Eclair. This traditional chocolate eclair recipe uses vanilla pastry cream as a filling and rich, almost ganache-like chocolate glaze. By using a super simple choux pastry dough for a base, it provide a soft texture to the eclairs, making it easier to be consumed.
Additional Information:
Address: No.48, Jalan Indah 28/1, Bukit Indah, 812000 Johor Bahru
Phone:+607-231 7104
Operating Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday: 1:00pm – 11:00pm
Closed on every Monday
15. The Replacement Lounge and Kitchen (Chocolate Churros)
Designed similarly to the European style cafes, The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen would totally offer every of their diners an experience to dine just like being in Melbourne, Australia. With their white and marble interior design, this cafe is always the primary choice for every Instagrammers and even food bloggers to have OOTDs or spending their time there, since every corner of the cafe are insta worthy background. Upon arriving, you would be able to notice the big pink LED light hanging beside the cafe entrance.
Besides the exterior and interior design, The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen also serves great main course and desserts. SGMYTRIPS would like to recommend the cafe’s Churros with Chocolate Sauce. Their Churros have the right amount of softness and crunchiness at the same time. It is best eaten with their chocolate sauce that is made with dark chocolate, which is less sweet. Coated with a layer of powdered sugar, the Churros also taste good if eaten alone.
For your information, The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen also provide affordable accommodations which inclusive of one free breakfast. It is something like bed and breakfast that getting viral recently. No jokes but again, every corner of the cafe is an Insta worthy spot for beautiful OOTDs.
Additional Information:
Location:33, Jalan Dhoby, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru
Operating Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Friday to Sunday: 9:00am – 11:00pm
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