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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Superb!

Jenny Collins
20th Apr 2021
5.0
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It's been a good while since my last visit, but the salon's extremely high standards never faulted to amaze me! Staff & salon is first class!

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Great experience

Eve Russell
19th Apr 2021
5.0
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All the staff are Really friendly and helpful,lovely salon, highly recommend

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Amazing

Deborah Scarborough
17th Apr 2021
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Amazing service by new assistant. Very clean. Very safe. Very much recommended.

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Brilliant Massage after a long break

Kevin Baker
17th Apr 2021
5.0
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Liza is a brilliant for a massage

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Happy Happy happy

Emma Quincey
17th Apr 2021
5.0
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Absolutely loved my 20 minutes of sunshine today. Awesome service and fantastic place to go. So so super clean as always. Can't wait until my next visit. We'll done ladies ???

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Great to be back

Gavin Ward
17th Apr 2021
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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It is brilliant to be back again, first class tanning, super clean and safe, all the girls are amazing, thankyou so much x it would be nice to have music in the tanning booth ?

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Fabulous

Ann Evison
16th Apr 2021
5.0
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Glad to be back, salon spotless as usual

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Feeling good

Sara
16th Apr 2021
5.0

Treated myself to a course and a lotion, was great to feel the heat on my skin. Very clean and staff were friendly and helpful.

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Highly recommend

Linda Colman
15th Apr 2021
5.0
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A very warm welcome as always at a wonderfully clean and well organised salon.

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Excellent

Lesley Cook
14th Apr 2021
5.0
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Always friendly, very professional, lovely atmosphere when you walk in, its nice to see after the times we've been going through. ?

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Definitely recommend

Ben Rhodes
14th Apr 2021
5.0

Friendly top quality service!

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Tanning

Molly Louks
14th Apr 2021
5.0
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It feels so good to be back, if anywhere is safe right now its here. The girls are amazing at keeping the place clean and hygienic and very friendly :)

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Safe, friendly and professional

Fiona Purdy
14th Apr 2021
5.0
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Staff were really friendly, new system works really well I just waited in my car until my beeper went off. Sun beds were sparkling clean and Sofia distancing managed well.

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So nice to be back

Anonymous
13th Apr 2021
5.0

Lovely and clean as always and lots of hand sanitizer

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Amazing

Amanda Holmes
12th Apr 2021
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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It was lovely to be back. Nice new machines. Kept very clean. Well done.

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Amazing visit

Gavin Ward
30th Dec 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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I was bought some tanning minutes for Christmas and have been twice now on the high performance beds, and Wow!! Absolutely amazing, and all Covid safety measures in place, couldn't feel any safer whilst visiting this amazing salon!
Thankyou so much

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Sunny shop

Sharon
29th Dec 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0

Brilliant as per

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Sun bed

Stuart
22nd Dec 2020
5.0

Excellent

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Great Service

Jessica Tarrant
15th Dec 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Immaculately clean, variety of different sunbeds to use, friendly and helpful staff. Great first impression.

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Awesome

Amanda Holmes
12th Dec 2020
Team Member: Chloe
5.0
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As always the salon was clean and tidy, and chloe was friendly and helpful. I can't praise the staff enough for there hard work keeping us safe.

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Odi

David Byrne
11th Dec 2020
Team Member: Chloe
5.0
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Awesome should have had 20 mins

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Wamazing

Deborah Scarborough
11th Dec 2020
Team Member: Chloe
5.0
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Great staff. Very welcoming. My fav taning place.

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Great to be back

Lynn Hind
9th Dec 2020
5.0
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First time I have had opportunity to go since opening again. Ultra hygienic and lots of things in place to protect the customers and staff.
I don’t catch the advisors name but she was very helpful in terms of creams and really friendly.

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5+ as always

Tracey Cook
8th Dec 2020
Team Member: Chloe
5.0
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Lovely clean and welcoming so pls to be back , thankyou ?

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Great tanning

Mark Gregory
4th Dec 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0

Great as usual

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Can’t beat a good dose of Vitamin SUN ?

Darren Holt
4th Dec 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Just get yourself in and beat those ‘non holiday 2020 blues’
Thanks Guys

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Fabulous

Claire Duffield
4th Nov 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Fantastic as always... Its a lovely salon.. A little upset its going to have to close again.. But hopefully not for long... Xx

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Odi

David Byrne
3rd Nov 2020
Team Member: Chloe
5.0
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Always a pleasure

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Warm & Friendly

Cara Oakley
3rd Nov 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Every visit you are welcomed like a friend, the place is spotless, the owner and her staff are lovely. Cannot recommend them enough.

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Amazing

Anonymous
31st Oct 2020
5.0

As always the booths were clean the shop was spotless and the staff helpful and friendly. I love coming here for relaxing.

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A happy visit, very pleased.

Phil Swales
27th Oct 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Enjoyed my visit. Love this salon. It is very clean and hygienic. Safety measure regards Covid are in place and well run giving you peace of mind with Track and Trace. The staff are very friendly, knowledgeable and so helpful. I'd recommend Hot Chocolate 100% to anyone looking to visit a tanning salon.

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Very Clean & Friendly

spencer coffin
27th Oct 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0

Hot chocolate is not only hyper clean (always has been) but the team are always very friendly and offer help and advice.

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Sunbeds

Shane Cutter
26th Oct 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0

Not sure of the girls name on to night,Very helpful very friendly salon is really clean hundred percent for me

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Great service

Tomasz Gnoinski
26th Oct 2020
Team Member: Chloe
5.0
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Chloe was great, she recommended me some lotions that I think were the right choice for me, she also recommended me a different type of sun bed which after talking to her I also think suit me more.

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Excellent tanning experience

Caroline Meredith
25th Oct 2020
5.0
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Always spotless no matter what the circumstances.

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Sunny

Sharon Behan
23rd Oct 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Polite and friendly as per

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Great service at hot chocolate

Anonymous
22nd Oct 2020
5.0

As usual great service

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Fabulous

Ann Evison
22nd Oct 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0

Fabulous salon, spotlessly clean. Always a pleasure to visit and all staff very friendly

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barbados

Tracey Morris
14th Oct 2020
5.0
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lovely clean tanning salon ...very friendly staff ...never had to wait for a tanning booth ...thanku

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Sunny shop

Sharon Behan
14th Oct 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Lovely girl, polite and friendly. They all are

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Perfect place to visit for some sunshine

Lesley Fishwick
11th Oct 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0

So pleased to have Sundays back! Always spotless, well run and lovely range of lotions and extras. Thank you ladies for all your hard work to make my visits safe.

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Fantastic

Suzie W
11th Oct 2020
5.0

Fantastic tanning salon. Always spotlessly clean & friendly.

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Brilliant service

J Molinario
7th Oct 2020
5.0

Very helpful assistant

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Couldn’t wish for better

Julie Evans
4th Oct 2020
5.0
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I can’t think of anything Hot Chocolate could do to improve their salon ? it’s bright, clean, professional and you feel really confident knowing everything is well maintained and managed - I wouldn’t go anywhere else ?

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Quality service as always

Paul Swaby
3rd Oct 2020
Team Member: Chloe
4.5
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Awesome as always, need on a miserable drizzly day ? thank you!!

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Great service

Tom Milburn
29th Sep 2020
5.0
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Great service, would highly recommend. Friendly staff, very clean, and a really good atmosphere.

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Another pleasant visit.

Simon Carter
28th Sep 2020
Team Member: Beth
5.0
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Always clean and welcoming, enjoy a few minutes of sun a couple of times a week after a hard day and wouldn’t go anywhere else.

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Probably the best in Lincoln

Sarah
28th Sep 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Clean and well run with friendly staff.

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Odi

David Byrne
25th Sep 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Always awesome ?

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Clean and safe

Stacey Smith
25th Sep 2020
Team Member: Lucy
5.0
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Great service. Very clean. Covid procedures over and above expectations.

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