This is Why Our Toothsome Chocolate Emporium Review Will Make You Cry
Our Toothsome Chocolate Emporium Review actually started with a request from a reader. It was a simple question, really. He wanted to know who makes Orlando's Best Milkshake.
There are a few places in town that are creating really over the top milkshakes in the style of Black Tap in New York City. I looked at our options and I honestly thought that Toothsome Chocolate Emporium had the most interesting options and was likely to be the winner.
I was half right.
Despite the many positive reviews we've seen of the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium and Savory Feast Kitchen – that's the full name – our group left more than disappointed. It was an expensive blunder of a night and a colossal waste of time. Worse, we invited friends visiting from the UK to join us. So not only did we waste our own time and money, but we put a dent in their Orlando vacation.
Let's get into the review.
Parking
Toothsome Chocolate Emporium uses the Universal/CityWalk parking garages for those of you arriving by car. There is space for guest drop-off for those who have a ride, but don't need to park. Universal Resort guests have a water taxi service. Parking is free after 6:00 PM, which causes a bit of a rush for cheapskates like us.
I'm not fond of parking at Universal Studios. We experienced a problem with another visitor who had the driving skills of a 3rd world country. No need to worry about lanes or traffic control devices. He drove sideways across traffic lanes right in front of me.
If you enter from Kirkman, there is a traffic loop that goes a long way to the left, and then turns you around to drive a long way back to the parking garages.
Arriving just after 6:00, no employees controlled  parking by the gates. Basically, drivers jockeyed for position in ever narrowing lanes to get into the garage.
My biggest gripe is how the parking attendants handled filling up the spaces when you get to your row to park. It's really a nit, but it's festered into a gripe.
When they start filling up a new lane, the first car has to go all the way to the end and then they start filling toward the front. Reverse order. It guarantees that the people who arrived later than you get a better parking spot than you do. It seems incredibly stupid, since people who walking away from their cars are heading into oncoming traffic.
Once you get to the area that leads to the parks, you have to go through security. Honestly, it's not bad. The line moved quickly. Everyone goes through the metal detector and all bags get scanned.
After that, you have a long walkway to get to the opening maw of CityWalk.
Atmosphere
We thought that Toothsome Chocolate Emporium really nailed their atmosphere. The outside looks like a factory, complete with smokestacks spewing steam. Note to some guests. Stand under the wrong pipe and that steam turns to hot water and drips on you.
Inside, the SteamPunk atmosphere is everywhere. Almost everything looks like it was made from copper. There are video screens in the dining area that show various gears & cogs in motion.
Staff wear uniforms in keeping with the theme.
It's a very loud restaurant. I noticed that the sound system plays turn of the century brass band music. You'll probably hear it better in the restroom than out in public areas.
We went in the evening and the place was packed. The wait was 1 hour, 20 minutes. No place to sit, so we stood in the gift shop. So did many other people and their screaming children.
You don't have to wait on site, though. Instead of giving us a buzzer,