Hot Chocolate Tanning Studio

17 Carlton Mews, The Carlton Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4FJ

About us

Hot Chocolate has been established for over 19 years and is situated on the Carlton Centre in the North of Lincoln.

We have 10 sunbeds; 7 stand-up and 3 laydown and cater for all level tanners. All our tanning units are serviced and maintain to the highest standard so our customers are guaranteed fantastic results, every time you tan. Our friendly staff are fully trained and are always happy to help. We provide convenient tanning with free parking outside, 7 days a week.

To achieve deeper, darker, longer lasting results we recommend that customers always use a tanning lotion before their tanning session. It is essential for your skin to be moisturised before you tan otherwise your skin will reflect up to 60% of the UV light. We offer a wide range of tanning lotions to suit all skin types including tingle, bronzers, maximisers and accelerators. Our fully trained staff are happy to advise on a lotion to suit your skin type and requirements.

We look forward to welcoming you to our salon!

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Opening hours

Monday 10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 10:00 - 19:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 19:00
Thursday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 19:00
Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 10:00 - 16:00

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Debbie Grant
27th May 2018
5.0

Always friendly staff and very clean

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Tantastic

Nikki Croft
23rd May 2018
5.0
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Absolutely love coming here. Clean and welcoming and the staff are so lovely. Its my 9 minutes of get away from everything

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Amazing sunbed shop

Claire Harpham
22nd May 2018
5.0
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I have tried several tanning shops but not as good as hotchocolate .. I have had 10 sessions on the 0.5 blue stand up and i have a fab tan already .. well worth the extra travel time to get to the shop .... A star

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Colin Hinton
22nd May 2018
5.0
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Another excellent experience, everything clean & immaculate as usual. Combine that with the friendly helpfully service - what more could you want.

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Louise Murphy
22nd May 2018
5.0
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Amazing

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Karen Armstrong
21st May 2018
5.0

Best salon in town

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lovely shop and staff

Dawn Barnes
19th May 2018
5.0
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love going here clean friendly and efficient

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All ways clean and all ways courteous staff.

Russ Stripp
18th May 2018
5.0
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Does exactly what you'd expect, booths are all ways clean and the staff are all ways helpful and courteous. Location is easy to park up and on my home so ideal. Staff being pleasing to the eye is just a bonus.

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So clean!

Shona Brumpton
18th May 2018
4.5
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Lovely staff who are very friendly and welcoming - amazingly hot sun beds which do wonders. Very clean would highly recommend!

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Great, well-rounded salon

Olivia
17th May 2018
5.0

The staff are so lovely and the salon itself is impeccable!

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Donna Powell
17th May 2018
5.0

Lovely friendly staff and clean sun beds

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Lynn
17th May 2018
5.0

Had a small issue but was resolved very quickly and to everyone's satisfaction colleagues always friendly

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Lauren Jugg
16th May 2018
5.0
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Amazing service and so clean. The staff are so helpful with answering questions too.

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Hot chocolate

Debbie Grant
13th May 2018
5.0

Have been going to Hot Chocolate for a few weeks now, always friendly and clean

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Great Service

Karen Cooper
11th May 2018
5.0
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Staff Always greet you with a smile and hello.

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Fabulous!

Wendy Martyn
11th May 2018
5.0
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As always, clean, tidy and the staff always happy and helpful! BRILLIANT!

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5 *****

Dan Sharkey
6th May 2018
5.0

Great clean place, amazing staff

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Hot Chocolate

Dan Sharkey
6th May 2018
5.0
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Great clean place, amazing staff

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Really nice place

James Tiger
2nd May 2018
5.0
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Friendly staff, no waiting, excellent facilities. Highly recommended.

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Great tanning shop

Ella Latham
30th Apr 2018
5.0

Every time I come in the salon it’s always clean and tidy. The girls are always very friendly and welcoming. I would recommend hot chocolate to friends and family!

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Free session on rainbow ???? tubes

Anonymous
30th Apr 2018
5.0

A wonderful experience thank you for my free 10 minute tanning session..., always the very best experience at Hot Chocolate Tanninibg studio

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Jenny Collins
20th Apr 2018
5.0
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These beds are absolutely 100% the best by far!
5* Staff 5* Cleanliness 5* Help & Advice 5* Overall pleasant experience
I have used this salon for a while now & never been disappointed Hot Chocolate All Day Long! ???? We'll Done!

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Great

Catherine Johnston
19th Apr 2018
5.0
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Lovely place with super friendly and polite staff. Very clean and tidy

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Nicola giles
19th Apr 2018
4.5

Lisa is very friendly along with the other staff, always clean and good location

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Great Experience & Value !!

Anonymous
18th Apr 2018
5.0

Always very polite and efficient. Very straight forward to use and very pleased with the results. Thank you

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Great service!

Viktorija Chlopotinaite
18th Apr 2018
5.0
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The best tanning salon, great service, friendly staff!!

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Weekly visit

Liza Mawer
18th Apr 2018
5.0
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I have been going to hot chocokate for some time now maybe a year and I can’t say a thing wrong with the place...:the service is always friendly and non pushy and very polite....the premises is always spotless with all I need to freshen up after tanning session....a pleasurable experience every time

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Top quality

Marek Gajowy
18th Apr 2018
5.0
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Great service, very friendly staff, spotlessly clean and excellent Sunbeds.
Highly recommended to everyone with no doubt.

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Hot chocolate

Sharon Holdich
18th Apr 2018
5.0
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Very friendly very knowledgable would highly recommend I enjoy going

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Jenny Collins
14th Apr 2018
5.0
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These beds are absolutely 100% the best by far!
5* Staff 5* Cleanliness 5* Help & Advice 5* Overall pleasant experience
I have used this salon for a while now & never been disappointed Hot Chocolate All Day Long! ???? We'll Done!

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Excellent

Dave Scott
13th Apr 2018
5.0
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Happy friendly welcoming staff makes it worthwhile !! Hygiene is paramount cleanest beds ive ever experienced hats off to Lucy and her team !!

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Excellent

Simon Smith
12th Apr 2018
5.0
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Best tanning in Lincoln

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Efficient and Professional

Paul Langdon-manning
11th Apr 2018
5.0
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Great advice from the staff member, polite introduction and efficiently dealt with

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Great place

Wayne Cavanagh
7th Apr 2018
5.0
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Always spotless. Staff are lovely. Wouldn't use anywhere else in the area.

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Staff polite

Anonymous
5th Apr 2018
5.0

Staff always polite

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Perfect ????

Anonymous
3rd Apr 2018
5.0

Perfect ???? ????

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Hot Chocolate Tanning

Luiza Childs
29th Mar 2018
5.0
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Excellent beds & service as always
Just wish the lay down bed was a 1st come 1st served basis no bookings.

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Tanning at it's best

Luiza Childs
27th Mar 2018
5.0
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Great service always polite & professional. Keep up the good work ladies. ❤

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Very Disappointed

Gemma Richardson
26th Mar 2018
2.5
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Completely disappointed in my visit today. Arrived at the salon at 6.30pm to be told they were no longer accepting customers as they close at 7pm.. I really like your salon and travel 11 miles from my home just to use your sunbeds.. After a conversation the assistant agreed to let me use the beds, but for only 5 minutes! I usually have 12 on the high performance beds..
I have arrived later than this before and never been turned away. Totally shocked this evening. What a waste of my diesel and time. I always look forward to popping into the salon after a long day at work.

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Response from Hot Chocolate Tanning Studio

Hello Gemma, thank you for your review. I can only sincerely apologise for your experience in the salon this evening. I have spoken to the staff working at the time and they have reassured me that the salon was very busy before we closed at 7pm and there was a long wait for the bed you requested. We do take incidents like this very seriously and try our hardest to minimise the queues, however sometimes we have to shorten tanning times to cohere with our closing time. Our Summer Opening hours start from April to help manage the rush of people who commute to us after work so we hope there will be no future issues.

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Luiza Childs
25th Mar 2018
5.0
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As usual a fantastic & professional service. Always leave with a smile on my face. Keep up the good work ladies ????????????????????????

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Excellent

Sam Boulton
23rd Mar 2018
5.0
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Always clean and very friendly helpful staff x

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Fab!

Claire Duffield
22nd Mar 2018
5.0
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Fabulous as always... clean and lovely staff

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Excellent

Sharon
18th Mar 2018
5.0

Always clean and great service

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Great place

Roxanne Whittaker
16th Mar 2018
5.0
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Always friendly salon always spotless

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Always a pleasure

Gemma Haines
15th Mar 2018
5.0
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Used the tanning shop for years, wouldn’t go anywhere else. So clean and always feel comfortable here.

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The best

Simon Smith
14th Mar 2018
5.0
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I have used a few tanning salon’s around town and hot chocolate is the cleanest happiest salon I have used

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Hot Chocolate

Michelle Bullard
13th Mar 2018
5.0
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Brilliant service, very friendly staff, spotlessly clean and excellent Sunbeds

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Anonymous
11th Mar 2018
5.0

Brilliant service, kind friendly staff always willing to help, lovely shop!

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Fantastic

Anonymous
8th Mar 2018
5.0

Fantastic

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Lay down sunbed

Anonymous
8th Mar 2018
5.0

Friendly staff happy atmosphere very clean everyone happy to help

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