What a wonderful store! My grandchildren love visiting all the wonderful items they carry. Such a…read morespecial place and such a special town!

Adorable little kids store! Great service! My kids are older now but I just wanted to visit and see…read morewhat they offer. We ended up getting some temporary tattoos and the value was very good for the quality. Highly recommended for families with young kids. High quality selection of kids toys and books!

Took a trip to see what Max & Lily's Closet was about. It was a small, cute, and very clean…read moreconsignment shop with items from baby to tween clothing, maternity clothing, toys, books, decor, and many other treasures for kids. The shop is very well organized, toys are well kept and wrapped nicely together, and there were a lot of luxury brand clothing, gently used. They coin themselves they are West Hartford's finest children's consignment shop. The pricing was fair for most items (toys, decor, etc), but clothing seemed a bit high. They do have a rewards/loyalty program which I signed up for--I got 10% off my first purchase AND $5 off. Also, if you are local or close by they have 10% off Tuesdays. The young ladies that rang us up were very nice. I'd likely visit again since the shop is very clean. A lot of second hand children shops are cluttered, disorganized, and have a strange smell. I do love Max & Lily's Closet's mission to go green and reuse.

I absolutely adore shopping at and consigning with Max & Lily's! Michelle and her team are…read morewonderful, and I always leave with something that both of my children just have to have! I've been a customer for almost seven years now, and will continue to shop and consign for years to come!

Awesome place Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable a lot of Funko pops comic books and designer…read moretoys definitely a place to check out

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The service at this location is stellar. Everyone is exceedingly helpful. I called to reserve a…read morebook (for Father's Day) and the line moved quickly. The displays were well done and included all the current titles and best sellers, prompting me to purchase a book I hadn't intended. My uncle appreciated and enjoyed it!

Browsed around before a dinner reservation. Pretty clean and spacious with a nice variety of fun…read moreand unique games (pictured below)!

This place is filled with video games, figurines, plushes, game consoles and accessories. I had to…read morebuy the Pikachu plush, it was so cute! They do accept trades so feel free to bring in your used video games. The Westfarms mall was lacking in the video game department for awhile, but not anymore! Lastly, it's locally owned and the customer service was stellar.

Had a very poor interaction with their staff yesterday and ended up leaving a bad review here…read more Fortunately, someone from their management team reached out to me personally to apologize in person. Gestures like that go a long way and it proves that they care about their customer interactions. Along with this, their selection of games and merchandise are pretty cool. I will be coming back to this store as a returning customer as long as I am treated fairly. Shoutout to the guy who always helps me out there and came to apologize to me, it meant a lot since i do like the selection at your store. p.s you get 20% discount on everything at my store for working in the mall!

My wife and I are driving around Connecticut (we grew up here, but many many years ago) and are…read morehitting up some local book shops while in the area. We were making our way through West Hartford when we stumbled across the River Bend Bookshop and just had to check it out. This shop is super cool looking because it's basically just inside of a small apartment. The shop itself has a cozy New England vibe and has a small to large section of pretty much every genre. Sadly, the horror section seems to be one of the smaller sections but hey, I don't live here, so clearly they know what their customers are looking for. Near the cash registers they have a nice selection of merch for the shop (sadly, no River Bend Bookshop Magnet) and a cool section dedicated to local authors and stuff like that. Overall, River Bend Bookshop is a super nice little book shop for the area and definitely a place worth checking out. Sadly, I didn't make a purchase on this trip because I can only fly back to LA with so much stuff, but I very much enjoyed checking this place out.

This is one of those places I wish I had growing up in CT. I make it a point to try and stop in…read morewhenever I'm back. This place just has that cozy, local charm that you won't find at other bookstores. The selection is great, the prices are fair, and their selection of bookmarks is pretty amazing. Could'a left with ten, but I need to cut back.

The owner, Fred, is trust worthy, knowledgeable, pleasant, honest, fair and made selling our gold…read morecoins a very simple and comfortable experience. We highly recommend KC's Gold and Collectibles!

"In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields…read moreof gold" (Sting) Our post-retirement household de-cluttering mission continues. I've had a blast selling off my old baseball cards (my kids don't want them) locally and on-line, A few months ago we also sold off our stamp and coin collection, except for some commemorative Canadian coins minted for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. I contacted KC's Gold, as well as a coin dealer in Toronto to gauge their interest in those Olympic coins. Fred from KC responded right away but his Canadian counterpart never responded after two e-mails. How un-Canadian of him!! Anyway, I visited Fred today to accept his very fair offer. The store is awesome, with baseball cards, coins and vinyl LPs everywhere. Fred was one of the very nicest shop owners I've ever met. He was a real pleasure to work with.

This place is great! It was so nice to try out strollers and get to see the furniture in real life…read more Everyone in the store was super friendly and helpful. We mostly worked with Joseph and he was great! I was also pleasantly surprised to see most of the items were slightly cheaper than Amazon.

Absolutely love walking and shopping in here to look for baby stuff. Prices are somewhat…read moreexpensive, especially since most items can be found on amazon or online for cheaper. Regardless I like that all the baby things is in one store, and I can shop around easily to find things I need or want. If I can't find it elsewhere, I would buy it here. Pros/tips: -sign up for baby registry to get a welcome bag at the front entrance area. -gift cards for here can be used at many locations/stores (bed bath and beyond, cost world market next door). -complimentary self gift wrapping section upon check out is super handy when dropping by to buy last minute gifts. Parking is easy. This plaza is convenient especially since it has so many shops. I can go to Trader Joe's, Carter's, total wine, REI, all in this same convenient plaza. There is the escalator and elevator as well so if you want to bring your baby in. The cost world market is right next door and usually fun to go to both to shop and look around.

When I used to live in CT (over 10 years ago at this point) I used to frequent this Retro Games…read morePlus location on the turnpike whenever I had the chance. A few weeks ago I was back in the nutmeg and when I realized I was in the area, I made it a point to check this shop out once again. Strange enough, I now live in Los Angeles so I frequent the SoCal locations when I can and was stoked to see what this one had to offer. This shop has some arcade machines in the front, a very solid movie selection, retro toys for sale, and of course, a bunch of retro video games, accessories, and consoles to pick up if thats what you need. My current "looking for" list is pretty much just Gamecube games and Criterion Blu Rays, so I was super stoked to stumble across a copy of The Graduate when I didn't see any Gamecube games I was looking for. Like all retro stores, prices here can vary and can sometimes be good and sometimes be bad, things were pretty reasonably prices on this trip and I left a happy camper. Overall, Retro Games Plus is one of the better game stores in Connecticut and thanks to Game Exchange becoming a slop factory, definitely the best in this area. The staff here is knowledgable, the selection is great, and even if you can't find a game, you are sure to find something else when you stop by.

It's a nice place for retro fans to browse. I think it's a cool place to explore. They have…read moreeverything from video games to VHS tapes to Funko Pops. They also sell shirts mimicking nostalgia. They even have arcades that are blast from the past that patrons come to play classic games on. Arthur is a good guy. They may not have many video games from some video game consoles to sell but they have everything. They do have cool GameCube controllers here. Movies are really pricey though. They don't have too many kids films but those shelves are filled with mainly feature films for everyone of all ages. I like Retro Junk in Manchester better just because they have some really cool stuff that I think are eye appealing and are fun to browse there plus DVDs are somewhat cheaper there.

Do not sleep on this candy store! I wish I was able to take pics but with a toddler in hand…read moremesmerized by this place there was no way I was whipping out my phone to pause the fun and amazement my whole family had. Every candy here is curated from all over the world. You can find amazing Swedish candies to Italian hard candies. Everything is so organized and so fun to look at! It was so fun to ask questions about where all the candy comes from and even try a piece to see what to get! You can scoop your own bag and feel all the nostalgia or buy a prepared bag or individual pieces. There is so much to choose from it can definitely be overwhelming but the woman at the counter was so patient with us and gave us some really awesome suggestions! My daughter loved their play station and it was a serious relief she was occupied with that so I could focus on finding some goodies for the fam. We opted for a variety of their sour Swedish candy and a bag of Italian hard candies. We even got this gigantic gummy worm and my daughter was just mesmerized at us pulling it out of the container! Though it's definitely pricey you are getting high quality candy from all over the world. This shop is incredibly unique. You do get a discount if you shop at their bakery first so definitely do that because I'm telling you are about to spend a lot because everything is just so good! Definitely will be here again!

When you first walk in, you are met with the most delightful sugary smell! The staff was so sweet…read moreand welcoming--and since we mentioned we came from the BouNom Bakery, we got a discount off of our purchase. BouNom Emporium is a small candy shop, offering candy from around the world from Sweden, UK, Spain, and more. There is an awesome variety of gummy candy that you can scoop into your own bag. Raspberry Lemonade Skulls, Watermelon Gummy Sharks, Pineapple Grapefruit Rings, and other fun flavors and shapes. If you love Peach Rings, you would literally be a kid in a candy store here. My husband likes this kind of gummy candy and hand picked a few different types for him to try. Since I visited around Halloween, there were a lot of fun Halloween shapes like vampire teeth and candy corn. I was also really excited to find the Sakura Matcha Pocky. They also had some of my favorite Kit Kats too. This place is truly unique and I haven't been to another candy shop like it. I loved the fact that they weren't wall to wall full of candy because it gets overwhelming. I highly recommend stopping by if you are in the Avon ares.