This place is beyond crap! Hollister is the cheaper brand of the Abercrombie and Fitch fame in America where you can pick up their T-Shirts for about $20. However they seem to think very highly of themselves here in Belfast charging more than double that for a T-Shirt here. And they're nothing special either, they say Hollister and come in different colours..well done guys. This is by far not the worst aspect of this place! Imagine going into a nightclub, its dark, badly lit up and smells a bit awful, well this is what it's like shopping in here! You can barely see the products let alone the prices and they spray every item of clothing with some putrid smelling perfume stuff which gets stuck in your nose for the rest of the day. Truly awful stuff. Hollister...home of the pretentious Box bound people of Belfast and those with more money than sense.... read more

Hollister - Women's Clothing Near Me - Belfast, BFS

Well as far as I know the fact that Belfast has a Hollister store is good goin. I have been to a couple Hollister stores around the world and this one in my opinion is exactly the same!!! Now I don't mean similar...I mean carbon copy. What I like about this shop is that there is a definite atmospheric shift when one walks through the doors. What I don't like about this shop is that you need night vision goggles to get three feet beyond the door. Why oh why do they keep it so dark... again this can either add to take away from the shopping experience... some people must like paying for expensive clothes whilst never actually seeing the clothes on them properly. I would think the changing rooms could be an interesting experience... is there someone else in this cubicle with me????maybe not sure... Another thing I like is the name of the brand... Hollister!!! and I like how easy it can be used as an adjective...e.g one can get well and truly Hollistered ...draw your own conclusion and make up your own context. read more

Hollister - Women's Clothing Near Me - Belfast, BFS

God I hate this place with a passion. The most part is jealousy because I am a poor student and anything that costs more that a couple of quid is a no. Also, the people speak with a fake American accent (at least one does I'm sure of it) which I'm sure is verging on the racist at some point. Plus the shop is way too dark and they've put trees in the way so you can't really move around without having to make it into some George of the Jungle type routine. The clothes in it are kind of 'beach-cool' like someone has watched too many episodes of the OC and thinks Belfast has a similar potential. A small point of note is that Belfast doesn't get the weather like California, and even when it get marginally hot, people put on that much suncream they end up looking as white as they started. I accept some people love this shop and "like oh my gosh its like totally wicked like" but those people are idiots. The shop is small, expensive, too noisy and has trees in the way. Not a fan as if you haven't already guessed read more

Hollister - Women's Clothing Near Me - Belfast, BFS

Wondering around Belfast today I saw too many male toes, what is it with lads wearing flip flops in Belfast when it is raining, this does not make you cool, it makes you look silly! This is not California, its Northern Ireland, im not saying everyone should wear thick woollen socks and Nike Air max but be practical at least. This leads me to Hollister in Victoria Square, it is way too try hard, it wants to be super cool but by doing this it is making a lot of people detest what is a fine clothing company. When you enter the shop the low level lighting makes you feel that you have put a pair of sunglasses on and if you actually want a proper look at the clothes I hope you have a torch with you or at least have downloaded a torch app on your smart phone man! One positive of this place is that the girls who work here are smoking hot but I feel that there customer service quotes are being read directly off a script. But there will be no Oscars for the acting. read more

Hollister - Women's Clothing Near Me - Belfast, BFS

I am about to show you what this place thinks of itself, but as Public Enemy used to say - Don't Believe the hype. "Welcome to Hollister, the coolest destination for genuine Southern California style. Check out the hottest new looks to hit the pier, and see what's new in store. It's all about chillin' with friends on the beach, surfing, and having a good time. We offer Southern California inspired lifestyle clothes for the laid-back, free-spirited Dudes and Bettys. "Hollister is the fantasy of Southern California. It is the feeling of chilling on the beach with your friends. Young, spirited with a sense of humour, Hollister never takes itself too seriously. The laidback lifestyle and wholesome image combine to give Hollister an energy that is effortlessly cool." None of this is true. This place is truely awful with a real sense of entitlement. Its dark, false and the clothes and entire atmosphere of the place reek of trying far, far too hard. Dreadful. read more

I know it's in a mall and I am aware that it's part of a chain, but I've recently been to Hollister Co. In Victoria Square, Belfast and wow, hand on heart, a truly unique store with a unique concept - I defy you not to think so! From the outside it looks like a particularly cool bar or club (the sort that would be for invitees only), inside - more of the same. In the entrance way there is are vintage leather chairs, and an accessoried room mock-up, complete with chandelier. You are torn between planting your bum and waiting to see if someone offers to bring you a drink and hoping that's it's really an undiscovered home wares shop that might actually sell the wonderful trinkets you're looking at. Of course, neither dream comes true, although the achingly cool theme carries on throughout the store, it's really selling aspirational clothes, jewellery, bags, shoes and body products store (guys and girls, both) that will make you feel a little bit more southern Californian just from buying something. You need fully fit credit cards and good eyesight to shop in here - the lighting is very low and moody in the extreme. Also, try not to trip over any of the displays (guilty as charged!). I was with my teenage nephew and left some £90 down in very short order - it has some very pricey bits, but nephew left with a new striped, knitted hoodie, and a huge grin that I swear was a just a little bit whiter... read more

I previously thought that no shop could annoy me more in Victoria Sqaure than Urban Outfitters with its try hard indie ways, but then Hollister came along to blown the pretention of UO out of the water somehow. I will firstly start out by saying I think Holister clothes are good quality clothes. I was in America for a month when I was 16 and over there Hollister was actually an affordable brand with good quality products. Bringing home and wearing their products was a thing to boast about because items were cheap but great quality. Unfortunately this Hollister store is a travesty. As pointed out by others, Northern Ireland is not a sunny place, so this abundance of fake trees and low lighting is disgustingly pompous. Everything here is overpriced and goods are poorly merchandised. I also hear stories of them employing people solely on how they look, and making their staff say "Welcome to the bay" to every customer who enters their store. They could turn this greeting into something far more endearing like " Wadda bout yeee, welome to Hollister in Norn Iron like!" but this is another example of the pompous nature of this dump. AVOID unless you are overly rich and superficial. If you are both, you will love it! read more

Not a fan of this place at all. It reeks of pretentiousness and you could imagine the girls from The Hills shopping in here. The store inside is weird and is really dark. Clothes are of the preppy variety and would appeal to college guys and gals. But seriously, it;s more of a pretentious lifestyle to tap into if you shop here. Overpriced and over hyped. Be smart and go elsewhere. read more

Jeeeeze Louise - what is this place? Dark, depressing, adorned with weird surfer props - I canny even tell you what the clothes are like because I didn't even look! Maybe they are good, maybe they are nice - who knows I couldn't bear to be in the place for longer than 2 minutes! I walked into the dark and the noise, did a lap and walked straight back out again into the air and the light! This is one of those places that might work if it were in LA or San Fran but seriously, you're in Belfast and if there is one thing Belfast folk don't like its places that are up their own rear ends. I might go in again and actually look at the clothes but i'll need earplugs to kill the loud music and a bloody torch to see the flipping outfits! read more

*Takes a deep breath* What is up with this place?! I have never went to a more annoying shop in all my life. First off, this aura it tries to put across as exclusive is the most arrogant, pretentious thing I've ever came across. When it first opened it had a red carpet and what could only be described as 'guards' at its front. Am I walking into UN headquarters? Stormont? NO! I'm walking into a clothes shop. Second, who the hell is going to pay £45 for one T-shirt? Alright, we've established I'm as cheap git, but if you pay £45 for a piece of fabric, I will punch you in the neck (who am I talking to?). The staff believe, nay, endorse the hype this shop tries to promote to a sickening degree. I've just had some nice stew and wish it to remain in my belly, so I'll move on. read more

It's been too long since Hollister Belfast has had a review on Yelp, i.e. none of the other reviews do the present-day shop justice. I'm not going to review the clothes here - their website will tell you all you need to know, plus, when talking about fashion/clothing, you need to have a bit of sense, i.e. complaining because the clothing isn't your style, or that you can't afford it, is as senseless as giving Ann Summers a bad rating because you were looking for a winter coat for under a fiver. (The Ann Summers shop should never get a bad rating). I've been in this place maybe a dozen times in the last year (Hollister, not the Ann Summers shop). Yes, years ago the darkness of the shop was ridiculous, and having staff wear flip-flops was a misguided effort to promote a certain image. And, yes, the wrong gender of staff was being selected to walk about topless (if memory serves). The shop is now adequately lit, and the shop, which is a good-sized retail unit, utilises its space well. But the prize in this shop is its staff. The staff in Hollister are excellent. I wouldn't be in it frequently enough for anyone in there to know my face or my name, and even if I were in that often no-one would know my face or my name because it's so well staffed. The reason I mention this is to highlight how good the staff are. I don't think I've ever spoken to the same member of staff twice, yet every time I ask for a different size, or a different colour, or have any type of query at all, the staff are excellent. They always seem eager to help; they are approachable; they are friendly. If something isn't in stock, they'll check the website. If they don't have an answer to a query, they go and find out. If it's something they aren't authorised to resolve, they'll involve a supervisor/manager - on both occasions that this has happened to me, the approach and effectiveness of the supervisor/manager exceeded my expectations, and they deal with queries with ease. Nothing seems to be too much trouble. And after any staff member has answered your query and asked if there's anything else they can help you with, they'll also invite you to feel free to approach them if you have any more questions. They genuinely are the pinnacle of customer service. I think the only other place I've seen a level of customer service like this is (randomly) Marks & Spencers food hall in Lisburn (when you're going to McDonald's in Sprucefield you occasionally just have to divert to a healthier option, lest you become best buds with Morgan Spurlock). Yes, there are queues for the tills sometimes. This could only be used a criticism if there were tills not being used. But when all tills are in operation then I don't really think you can complain, as you would effectively be complaining that the shop is too popular. In a nutshell, the staff are world-class, and I sometimes wish I worked there (which, unfortunately, is impossible for a number of reasons...). read more

After having my first look around the Belfast Hollister shop I was actually quite saddened as I came to the conclusion that this clothes shop was actually getting in the way of a brilliant nightclub venue! Its design is completely different from any other neighbouring shop! From the outside it looks like an old American style boutique but the inside is really what makes it different. How many shops do you know have palm trees, surf boards and one way systems? Everything in this shop has been carefully thought out and that's something I admire about it. The most striking detail for me though is how dimly lit the shop is. The lights are turned down irritatingly low, making it hard to grasp the detail of their expensively priced clothing and generally causing more annoyance than anything good. This lighting however, coupled with the pleasant aroma of Hollister perfume/aftershave (varying in men's and women's sections) helps to create the desired aura of a brand trying to be distinctive. This being the home of Hollister, they market their product very well with cool, good looking staff modelling the latest clothing line while helping you out in any way they can. A great place to go if you want the latest clothing but make sure you bring your credit card as it won't come cheap! read more

I'll have to reiterate as to what has already been said about this place - it's a little poor to say the least. Before getting on to the actual style and clothing on offer the main gripe I have about this little bizarre hole of a place is - people on numerous occasions actually queuing to get in. I noticed it for the first time shortly after it opened, but several months down the line and at 4.30pm today, a busy Saturday shop.... 50 people outside? Madness. The junk inside is the usual nonsense - college kid look, Abercrombie and the like, numbers and college names plastered on things. Not cool. read more

WE CAN SEE!!! I just went into the new and improved holister and I can move about and see things and don't freak out when someone pops out in front of me! Good job holister. The staff still are slightly intimidating, I work in Jack Wills and we make sure we are level and friendly to every person in our store, holister, take note read more

Hi... I went to Hollister and the shop was great... I was however disappointed by the sales person. He was ignorant, unhelpful and sarcastic. I asked him for his name. He said it was Chris Hughes. He is a really unhelpful person and has made me want to never go back to that shop again. Such a shame... Everything/one else was really nice read more

HELLISTER .... 1) You have to queue to get in - to spend your money 2) You can't see clothes (or quality) coz it's so dark - I'm thinkin the 'atmospheric' look is more like 'cover-up' 3) The floor is covered in rugs -which you can't see in the dark ... Claim anyone? 4) You then have the priviledge of queuing for ages to hand over your hard earned cash for the low quality clothing. 5) You leave with a happy teenager and feel like you've been done ! read more

I lasted about 5 minutes in this place.... Total horseshit....never again. I hate shopping at the best of times but this place is shopping hell......Its like going to a night club to buy clothes. WTF??? i thought the basic premiss of high street retail was to provide a well lit comfortable spaces to showcase your products. This does the exact opposite of that....you have go hunting in the dark to find over priced under sized boring clothes. Its the crystal maze of shopping and you feel robbed by the time you get back out the door. read more

After working in the textile industry for 15 years I can honestly say this shop is rubbish. The fabric used in these garments comes from the far east and is probably made for a few pence and then sold on to the public at high prices. My daughter bought a t-shirt for £20 in it last week and the quality of it is terrible. The stitching on the logo is comming off and it has not even been washed yet. RIP OFF. BEWARE???? read more

Travelled to Belfast today with my sister and our three teenage daughters. As we live almost 100 miles from Belfast and to be practical we decided to take a back pack each to carry our purchases instead of carrying plastic bags. We had just entered Hollister in Victoria Square when a nice loud announcement came over the handheld radio for the staff to be aware that four girls had just entered the store with back packs. I assume when we heard it all the other customers could too. To say we were embarrassed would be an understatement. Hence to say no purchases were made in Hollister, nor will be in the future. Unfortunately I had to award you one star to be able to post this review. read more

Delighted to see this place scores poorly, try's way too hard. Plus clothes are vile.

this shop is brilliant and the clothes are great and the prices are fair but the queue is always massive and the shop is very cramped and small. read more