One of my favourite shops to peruse in the Glebe. It hosts an eclectic yet practical selection of…read morealmost any kitchen tool, dish, or décor piece that you could possibly need or want. From adorable themed ceramic salt shakers, to linen aprons, hand blown glasses in many colours, wooden cutting boards, or the tiniest most elegant set of gold cutlery -- they have it. It's the perfect shop for anyone looking to spend $15-25 on a simple gift, or to fix a problem you didn't know could be solved (like finding the perfect mess-free cookie scooper). The staff are usually friendly, though as a younger shopper I notice they tend to be more willing to chat with older shoppers rather than me. Perhaps to be expected in a home décor shop, haha.

I am a bit embarrassed that I have been in this store several times and had no idea what it was…read morecalled. I had to Google the name since I just think of it as "the other kitchen store" in the Glebe across from the Glebe Emporium. (Not counting CA Paradis, which is a whole different league altogether.) J.D. Adam is a gem that is easy to overlook. I went looking for a nutmeg grinder. The Emporium had one type, JDA had three (!) that were specifically for nutmeg and a range of other graters that would also work. If you are a cook, you will understand how important it is to have the right tool. If not, well, then none of this review makes any sense to you anyway. Price are good. Service is terrific. Friendly and helpful without being in your face. However, with the amount of stock they have in a small space, it is a good idea to just ask for what you need rather than hunt around. Nutmeg grater with cheese grater, not nut cracker, for example. I ended up buying microplanes and tea towels and thoroughly enjoyed my visit. (If you understood what I bought, then you should visit JD Adam yourself.)

A variety of affordable Asian dish and kitchenware, including more unusual things like clay pots,…read moreand a special dipping pan for soaking rice paper wrappers. It was fun to poke around in, and my stepsister left with a new blender and pot. It doesn't seem to show up on Google Maps at all currently, but it's right beside the restaurant Sea King. I'm currently in the process of leaving Ottawa, but if I get my own place here and need to stock the kitchen I'm sure I'll be back.

I can't believe tonight was my first visit ever. This place has a lot of Asian kitchenware: fancy…read moreor cooking quality chopsticks, knives, cooking ustensils, rice cookers, a lot of woks, bowls, hot pots, tea pots, bamboo steamers, etc. Some are for home use and some are kitchen/industrial quality. There is also an aisle of canned and dry food. I would say the prices are pretty competitive. I'll definitely be back!

Laurysen Kitchens, on Carp Road near the exit for the 417, has been in business since 1970, so they…read morereally know what they are doing. If you are looking for something better than a hardware store box kitchen (which would be fine in some circumstances, but sometimes you need something a little extra), this is a good place to look. Their displays are beautiful, and incorporate good use of space. It's those little, finishing touches that make such a big difference, such as: access to the back of a cabinet that divides rooms, like an island, or an L-shaped counter where the back is exposed to another room. We are looking for some way to add a little more storage to our house, specifically the kitchen, without losing the integrity of the space. We wandered around Laurysen looking for ideas; it would be very tempting to replace the kitchen entirely! I need to go back again, to look at the selection in the lower level. This is an excellent show room for anyone who likes to see things in person, as opposed to shopping from a catalogue.

The designer was fantastic and the functionality of our renovated kitchen is top notch…read more Unfortunately, Laurysen has been installing my kitchen for 7 weeks (it was supposed to take 2 days), and there are still a number of outstanding items ... with NO end in sight. Heck, I still don't have the correct nobs on my drawers (and I had NO nobs until I got pissy and they sent someone out to slap random handles on until they can get their act together)! Multiple days taken off work - and at times, for some guy to come out and literally do nothing ... seriously. Nothing. I would expect this from a low budget company, but Laurysen isn't cheap. 60% down payment over 5 moths ago to get it all started, and they WOULD NOT even unload the cabinets from the truck upon delivery without the next 30% deposit. I haven't even mentioned the 3 garbage cans (which I filled) of material that was left in my garage after installation. Love the look of the kitchen, but in hindsight, I would have negotiated the payment plan better to withhold 20-30% of final payment ... that might actually motivate this company to be a little more punctual with finishing its job.

There are bugs in the building that literally eat my skin at night. I will not know until I look…read moreand see something buried under my skin. When I pull it out my skin will start to bleed and there will be a hole in my skin where I git bit. I'm tired of complaining. If I do they will.tell me to pack up everything in my house to prepare for a spray..trust me it is a very tedious task and after doing all that the problem is never solved and the bites continue.

It's a DOG friendly complex, if you are afraid of dogs this is not the place for you! Some dog…read moreowners don't take their responsibilities of picking up the fecal matter & the groundskeeper refuses to do it, so we have stinky surprises & watch where you are walking ewwww!!! The rental office hardly ever gives us 24 hour notices when doing repairs or before entering our apartments. It's very inconvenient & against the law. There is a pool with a lifeguard, though, in my humble, opinion we don't need it supervised. Under 16 has to be accompanied by and adult. There rest of us are all adults capable of responsibilty for ourselves. The newcomer muslims swim in the our pool fully clothed & that is not what a pool is intended for. If you want to swim with your clothes on go to the beach or take a shower. A pool is not for washing your clothes. It deters everyone else from using it, believe me we all talk about it & stopped going. The apartments are cold & drafty in the falls, winter & spring because they are so old (1975) They have recently installed individual electric meters for these apartments as well as highjacked the rent since Doug Ford took away rent control! The rents have doubled in the last 3 years or more. It's cockroach infested, but not in my apartment, but they do try to keep it under control. The company they hired took extreme measures recently to rid us of them, but they make you take everything out of every cupboard in the kitchen & bathroom. I didn't realize how much work it is to do that. A bunch of us tenants did not appreciate that little stunt. We were all infuriated with this much work on a week day! Grrr... We have a cleaner who does his work really fast & then goes to hide in his apartment. He doesn't even pass the mop in front of the elevator properly from floor to floor. if it doesn't look dirty he just does one streak of the mop & leaves He only vaccums once every two weeks & what you can't see he won't clean. We do have a good competent responsible superintendant at our building as of this writing ( July 09, 2024)! That's something!

Shty service. Very rude staff. And not helpful if you need a return using a gift card. No…read moremulticultural staff also. For a country that has so many visibly variation of different cultures how could an entire store not even have one staff member be from a different culture? In the 20 times I went staff was not helpful products were over priced and pretty much anything I buy does not last. It's like a dollar store only better marketing.

I have been here twice in the past week. I got to experience shopping here during the weekend and…read morethe weekday, and boy, what a difference. Since the store is pretty tiny, it can feel pretty crowded, especially during the weekend, which was not very pleasant, but the lines were not too bad. I knew exactly what I needed to get, so I got in and got out in a matter of 10 minutes. I have to say the cashier serving us that day was so friendly and cheerful. Bonus points for that! It is quite opposite during the weekday. I stopped in again on a Monday evening and it was pretty quiet. The cashier asked us if anyone had helped us during our visit, and that really made me think. We were never asked if we needed help finding anything on both visits. That can be a good or bad thing; if you like to shop in peace without the hassle of sales associates then rest assure, you probably wont be getting any sale pitches during your visits. The down side is, if you are having trouble finding an item and nobody has offered assistance, I can see that being frustrating; especially if there is not an associate in site. From what I noticed the associates usually keep to their selves, stocking or cleaning, so the only customer service you will probably receive is at checkout. The store carries EVERYTHING that you can possibly imagine for your home, but it will cost you a pretty penny! They do have a lot of high end items, but also have some bargain items set up at the entrance of the store. Their return policy is awesome. Apparently you can return anything, anytime, no questions asked. My advice, avoid this store on the weekend if you hate crowds. P.S.I believe they have a larger store in Barrhaven!! :)

As indicated by the sign, this store is family owned and operated, which is I absolutely…read moreappreciate. They sell a bunch of different kitchenware items, from knives, to pots and pans, to salt and pepper shakers, cutting boards, and other small items. They don't really have a wide selection, though. They only carry two brands of knives - Henckels and Wusthof. The store is way overpriced! And I don't mean just certain items, I mean the whole store. A small, metal tea strainer was $6 and a wooden spoon was $8, and it was made with porous wood, which is low quality. The space is also quite crowded, though this might be because of the liquidation sale they're currently having. But if they're having this huge sale, why were the prices so much higher than they should have been, ESPECIALLY during a liquidation?! I visited the store with my brother, who is a cook at a fine dining French restaurant in Toronto. He was unimpressed with their selection and prices as well, even for a small store, so I know it wasn't just me that thought so.

I went to the Cookware Centre to purchase a knife set that no one else in Ottawa seemed to sell for…read moremy sister for Christmas. The Ex Boyfriend knife set to be exact. For being a display model it seemed overpriced but I bought it anyways. The gentleman put it in a similar box to what it came in and promptly ripped the box to make everything fit. I brought it home and examined it more closely to notice that one of the rubber pegs to make sure it doesn't slide off the counter was missing and my husband saw that it was scratched. I brought it back to the store to get a refund seeing as how it was the last one and the response I got from them was that all of the knife sets come scratched whether they are new or display and that they would only give me a store credit. I responded with that even though it was damanged they wouldnt give me my money back and that even though they gave me a $10 discount for the box being ripped they still wouldn't budge as its store policy. I paid $150 for this knife set. This store seems like a rip off to me. Now Im stuck with a store cedit and nothing in the store I want to buy. So unless you are positive you NEED something from this store and triple check to make sure it's not damaned, I would not shop there.

I'm a fan of the section and quality of their offerings. A refreshing change from the pedestrian…read moreofferings found at big box stores. Prices aren't outrageous, but a little beyond my wallet at this time. I realize that one's budget can sometimes be restricting. If I was building a new house, I would certainly visit Mondeau for fixtures.

My wife and I drove across the US from Oregon and brought back a lot of Oregon wine. Canada Customs…read more(the b@$&%ds) confiscated all of it. From that moment on, I decided I would make my own wine and beer just to screw the government from LCBO tax revenue. So, since then, I have been on the lookout for make-your-own wine places. I stopped by J&J to see how it compared against some of the others I had tried. It is a very tiny place with a very limited selection of wines. It is okay, if you are looking for wines as diverse as white wine or red wine. If your tastes are more complex, you need to go elsewhere in town. Don't get me wrong, it is a cheap and cheerful place. But, when it comes to wine, you really do get what you pay for.

I have been going to J & J Wines since 2005....love the owners, love the experience but most…read moreimportantly love the wine. They have tastes for every budget! I'm a lifelong customer!

Great service, very knowledgeable! Good variety of stuff I can't find elsewhere. Great location.read more

A fantastic (and surprisingly well-stocked) little kitchen store! They have everything you could…read moreneed in a kitchen, save the stove itself, and from what I've seen, everything appears to be made outside of China. The attendant was very understanding when I had to exchange a flawed item, and was exceptionally pleasant throughout.

A nice store with a great selection and really helpful staff. I had a shower/tub/tiling job done by…read morethem and what was a 3 day job took 7 days straight - they sent someone who had clearly not really done this before. Even the shop came by to take their sign off my front lawn by day 3 since they didn't want to embarrass themselves. Do your research before you commit to a reno with them - find out exactly who will do it and how much experience the person has because they contract out the work.

A tip of the hat to Kitchens and Bathrooms First on Industrial Ave. They remodeled my mother's…read morekitchen and bathroom. They were very professional. They provided a very competitive and comprehensive quote - which they stuck to. Timelines were speedy and adhered to; products were first rate and the service was fast, efficient, and pleasant. They listened, knew their products, gave good advice, cleaned up well and wanted me to be happy. Both my mother and I were completely happy. Thank you.