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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Jayne Smith
30th Jul 2022
5.0
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As always a pleasure to go in to the salon & use the sun beds

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Lovely 8 minutes

Lisa Bailey
29th Jul 2022
5.0
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Quiet this morning, have a cheeky lay down bed
Perfect atmosphere as always

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Sunny

Sharon Behan
28th Jul 2022
Stylist: India
5.0
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All the staff I've met are lovely and helpful

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Faith O’Callaghan
28th Jul 2022
5.0

She was really helpful and explained everything to me really well. Super friendly :)

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Perfect

Lisa Bailey
25th Jul 2022
5.0
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Perfect as always, cheery and pleasant and happy to help you and always a bye when you leave

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Jayne Smith
24th Jul 2022
5.0

I’m not sure if that’s the lovely ladies name.. but it’s always a pleasure to use the tanning machines

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Friendly and immaculately clean

Angela Wright
24th Jul 2022
5.0
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As always you are greeted with lovely smiles , efficient and friendly staff. Salon as ever immaculately clean. It’s a pleasure to visit Hot Chocolate. Xxx?

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Lovely Girls as usual

Steve Janney
23rd Jul 2022
5.0
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Always pleasant always a laugh with the girls

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Excellent

Anonymous
15th Jul 2022
5.0

5 star rating through and through. Cubicles always cleaned after each customer.
Staff are always friendly and helpful.
There are always good offers on.
I wouldn't go anywhere else.
Well done ladies!

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5 star tanning salon

Martine Heal
13th Jul 2022
5.0
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It’s lovely to walk in here and be greeted by such smiley, happy and helpful people. The salon is always spotless and the service impeccable.

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Jayne Smith
13th Jul 2022
5.0
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As always A pleasure to use,

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Nice place!

Joe Heathershaw
13th Jul 2022
5.0
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Lovely clean place, friendly staff, highly recommended

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Excellent

Sally Marsden
13th Jul 2022
5.0
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This was my first time using the beds at Hot Chocolate, was met at reception with a lovely lady, very polite and acknowledged me, gave me lots of information.
When I went in my bed room, the area was lovely and clean, there was deodorant, wipes, tissues, a full length mirror too, I thought the deodorant and the wipes was a really lovely touch.
The actual beds were incredibly clean, all tubes working.
My first experience was so positive I would highly recommend Hot Chocolate to others without any problems.

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Susan Dommershunizen
12th Jul 2022
Stylist: Abby
5.0
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Lovely friendly staff great environments good tunes

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Unmatched

Anonymous
11th Jul 2022
Stylist: Jasmine
5.0
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Best salon around, so clean, girls are extremely knowledgeable and smiley, good vibes every visit.

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Excellent- as usual.

Sam Goodman
7th Jul 2022
5.0
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Look forward to my visits to build my tan ready for holiday. Always met with friendly smiles and good advice. Always spotlessly clean as well. Thankyou x

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Excellent as always

Mr
6th Jul 2022
Stylist: Zoe
5.0
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Girl on desk was very helpful and full of smiles. Shop was very clean. Happy customer.

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Amazing

Emily
6th Jul 2022
Stylist: Eilisha
5.0
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So clean and the girls are so friendly. I’d never go to another shop in Lincoln - easily the best of them all.

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Great salon and staff

Jill Day
6th Jul 2022
5.0
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Great salon & staff..lots of laydown sunbeds it would be perfect if you had a choice of different radio stations or CDs to listen to whilst tanning.

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Sally Gullidge
6th Jul 2022
5.0
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Absolutely enjoy coming here ?

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Holiday feeling!!

Kelly Drew
4th Jul 2022
5.0
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Love using these sun beds
I’m getting a lovely colour with help of recommendations of creams from the girls
Lovely friendly staff
Super clean sun beds
Always able to get on a bed with little or no wait

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Joann costin
3rd Jul 2022
4.5

Staff are very friendly and helpful every wear was extremely clean

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5*

Joshua Jackson
2nd Jul 2022
5.0
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Friendly staff who helped me work out which bed would suit my skin type. Very clean beds, good music and great offers!

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Tropical

Deana Bunn
1st Jul 2022
5.0
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Emaculate salon. It's styled tropical. All the staff so helpfull and friendly. So enjoyable . Highly recommend

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Fantastic as always

Emma Dakiniewicz
30th Jun 2022
5.0
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Another fantastic session. The team are always so friendly and polite. I never seen them not smiling. Thank you.

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5 stars

Rosie
29th Jun 2022
5.0
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Super friendly staff that always make you feel welcome, spotless salon and well kept sunbeds that give amazing results! Wouldn't use any other tanning salon in Lincoln, keep doing what your doing!

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Jayne Smith
29th Jun 2022
Stylist: Celia
5.0
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As always a pleasure to use the beds & the lovely staff

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Wouldn’t go anywhere else <3

Ella Davis
27th Jun 2022
Stylist: India
5.0
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Thank you to India for making my experience so enjoyable xxx

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Hot chocolate

Catherine smart
27th Jun 2022
5.0

Absolutely loved it thankyou see you soon xxx

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Perfect session

Lisa Bailey
27th Jun 2022
5.0
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Lovely service as always, very friendly team

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Excellent!

Nicola Smith
25th Jun 2022
4.5
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A polished and clean environment. Easy to get to and park. Always offers on the beds and there’s toiletries in the room, which is a nice touch. Sometime there’s a queue outside but the max I’ve waited is only ~15mins.

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xxx

Heather
25th Jun 2022
5.0

Great salon very helpful staff....

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Friendly girls

Emily
21st Jun 2022
Stylist: Zoe
5.0
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Lovely girls on reception, so welcoming and always happy to help. Spotless as always

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Sunny

Sharon Behan
21st Jun 2022
Stylist: Lucy
5.0

Brilliant as per

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Tropical

Deana Bunn
20th Jun 2022
5.0
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As soon as you walk in tge salon it's like that 'on holiday' feeling.its very tropical like ,themed. Absolutely spotless immaculate salon. All the staff are very friendly and helpful. Very uplifting as soon as I walk I. Great offers on.

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It’s been a couple of months

Dan
18th Jun 2022
2.5
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Back after a couple months and there’s been a turn over of staff, the new like to apply more pressure to purchase their packages and standards seems to have slipped slightly, no wipes in the booth and the shop had an odd smell inside. Welcome not as warm as it was.

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Jayne Smith
18th Jun 2022
Stylist: Adele
5.0
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As always excellent service

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Great Salon-(Hot Chocolate)

Jill Day
18th Jun 2022
5.0
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Clean, bright, lovely staff, and plenty of lay down sunbeds now.

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Brilliant front desk service

Sally Gullidge
16th Jun 2022
5.0
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I love coming here on the recommendation of my dear friend Emma Padden, who has been using your salon for years. The girls are always so helpful and knowledgeable of the beds and products, and make you feel so welcome! ?❤️

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Jayne Smith
16th Jun 2022
Stylist: Adele
5.0
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As always a pleasure …

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Retube needed

Chris Howlett
11th Jun 2022
4.0
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Very clean, very professional but the sunbeds are desperately in need of re-tubing! Please can they be done soon, it's costing us the user a fortune in minutes

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Response from Hot Chocolate Tanning Studio

Hello Chris, we are very sorry to hear you are not happy with our Sunbed tubes. We are a salon that complies with the tanning regulations and the manufacturers advised lifespan on tubes. We check the lifespan regularly and they are not in need of changing. We hope this reassures any concerns you may have.

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Rob Nield
10th Jun 2022
5.0
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Really lovely environment and great staff, highly recommended.

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Extreme

Micheal Hambrook
10th Jun 2022
Stylist: Jasmine
5.0
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Views in the sunbed were quite disturbing but everything else was spot on.

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So friendly

Chrissie Dickenson
10th Jun 2022
5.0
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Girls are so friendly always busy and attentive to your needs it’s a pleasure to go even if you have to wait for a bed

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Very helpful

Shelley Grosse
9th Jun 2022
5.0
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All the girls are so lovely and helpful. Today I wanted a new cream with a dark tan. The young lady told me to have a tingle sachet and she wasn’t wrong! Love it! Thank you.

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Too hot . Sun bed no 3. This isn’t the first time either.

Jessica Young
8th Jun 2022
2.5
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Way way too hot! As soon as I stepped into the stand up Collagen sun bed.

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Response from Hot Chocolate Tanning Studio

Hello Jessica we are very sorry to hear you was not happy with your tanning experience today. Number 3 Collagen Sunbed is one of our hotter beds compared to Collagen number 1 or 2 . This should have been mentioned to you before use, we apologise if this did not happen. If you prefer a cooler Sunbed please inform one of our members of staff and they will happily put you on a different Sunbed of your choice.

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Mirek
8th Jun 2022
5.0
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Great service. Great place to go and have nice glow tan.

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Good

Adam Pullen
8th Jun 2022
Stylist: Zoe
5.0
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Zoe was nice

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Best sun beds in Lincoln

Anonymous
7th Jun 2022
5.0

Amazing service lovely girls and good sun beds

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Beth Taylor
7th Jun 2022
Stylist: Zoe
5.0
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Always friendly and happy to help! Love this place and wouldn't use anywhere else!

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