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    The Velvet Shoestring

    4.4 (29 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Maria T.

    If you're on a shoestring budget, but have Prada heels taste, you don't want to pass this eclectic consignment shop in Williamsburg! Fabulous furniture and fantastic home décor await you within these walls! Speaking of walls, this store carries amazing paintings and wall hangings, antique shelves and wreaths. As you meander through this space, each vignette is tastefully designed and staged. You may want to purchase the whole display! The inventory spans from classic, luxury and elegant to modern, simplistic and trendy! There's something for everyone's taste! Boho chic? They have it. Asian flair? Got it! Antique hound? Eureka! Rustic country? Done! Classic colonial? Score! Some shops have the same things on their floor forever... not here! The merchandise is ever-changing and because of the reasonable pricing, terrific selection, and impeccable styling, their stock flies out the door! I scored some amazing items here... I left with a trunkful of "new to me" additions for my home. My favorite find?? An unbelievably awesome quilt for $20!! It's one of my best purchases ever! I collect quilts and the supply of here is off the chain! (See pic!) I also found a cute plaid couch for $100! It was in excellent condition! My haul included a gold painted wooden side table, a pretty silk floral arrangement, some wrought iron urns, a mermaid figurine, and cute signage. I was also impressed by the helpful staff, the pristine environment, and the express check out. They also offer shipping if you find that perfect piece but can't bring it with you! Love this shop, they certainly have the velvet touch!

    (As a Cavalier owner, I had to get this painting.)
    Alyssa E.

    My absolute favorite store in Williamsburg--like Disney World for home decor addicts. I stop in often because the inventory changes constantly. I've scored everything from an artificial plant to an antique oil painting, and my son got a deal I could barely believe on a leather sectional. They'll even let you take home a chair cushion or a rug for a day, to see if it works with your existing decor before you commit to a buy. The staff is friendly and helpful, so I don't know what the Karens who are awarding one star are going on about. This place is a GEM!

    Sarah K.

    Love this place! We bought an older home (built in 1922) last fall and are trying to decorate it traditionally. We found a dining table and chairs, a couch, and a painting here so far. The prices and selection are great. Can't wait to go back!

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    So fun to look around at all the treasures. Looking forward to being a regular customer.

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    5 years ago

    Wasted my time and didn't pick up a sofa that she saw and sent movers to pickup. Could have told me that a week ago.

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    A wonderful consignment shop with tons of high end pieces if furniture and decor. Constantly rotation of product.

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    9 years ago

    Lots of items for sale. It's a very high end second hand furnishings store as one would expect in Williamsburg. Easy to find.

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    10 years ago

    It was ok but we noticed they have a lot of new things and we thought they were of inferior quality.

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    10 years ago

    Wide variety, often have unique pieces, and very easy to be a consignor as well as a buyer

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    John Greenhow Store

    John Greenhow Store

    4.3(4 reviews)
    0.9 mi
    $$

    One thing to understand about Colonial Williamsburg is the naming of the buildings is not by…read morecoincidence. John Greenhow was a merchant that operated a store on Duke of Gloucester during colonial days. The history of the man is as important to me as the current day store which I do enjoy browsing. John Greenhow was born in England 1724. He has been described as enterprising for the day, a real go getter. He operated a three man eight ton Schooner named "The Robert" along the James River from Virginia to Philadelphia carrying butter, pork, peas and lard to Pennsylvania. His return trips to the Old Dominion brought back coffee, chocolate, flour, bread, skillets, soap and even furniture. Williamsburg was not his only store as he operated a second location in Richmond. Mr. Greenhow passed in 1787 and is buried close to his mercantile at Bruton Parish Church. His stone is visible to this day. The present day store instills some of the old past of products like soap and housewares among lots of other items that may, or may not have been carried in the shop like home decor, clothing and even wine that seemed logical for the colonial time. Visitors can also purchase, or rent period wear. I have shopped at this store dozens of times in the past 30 years. I seem to always find something for purchase. The last time it was a few bottles of Williamsburg Winery Wine. Other occasions it's been soap which is fantastic. During Summer months when mobbed it can be a tad crowded to navigate. Staff typically is not in the floor to assist, but is more than willing to help when asked. It's no fault of their own, it's CW's staffing needs adjusted during the height of tourism. The clerks working the store are super friendly and knowledgeable about their goods and the history of Greenhow. It's fun to throw them a question, or two about the old day store. I would recommend a visit to The Greenhow store when strolling down DOG.

    I'm not a shopping person and sadly I've become not much of a CW person but if you're in CW and if…read moreyou're going to shop, the Greenhow Store is not a bad place to do it. My Yelp brother JD did a great job covering the history of the man who's name is on the building. I have nothing to add other than the current store is not one of the original 88 CW buildings but it was built on the site of the original and on land that Mr. Greenhow owned. Back in the day you could easily see the yard over at Bruton Parish but FWIW this is the final resting place for Mr. Greenhow: makinghistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mr-greenhows-tomb-bruton-parish.png Usually I'm in here because I've got people in my family who love the soap balls that they sell here (maybe they have them in other stores but usually I find the bars everywhere - not the balls), the vanilla beans, the musket balls and a few other odds and sods. The other reason I like to shop here is because of the one "sales interpreter" who normally works here. When you walk in he's usually at the register on the left side. He's a taller older guy who wears small round wire rimmed glasses. He's the one guy in the store who usually will engage you in sort of a quasi-in character demeanor. He's hysterical and I always enjoy seeing him and I remind him of that whenever I'm there. While this store is normally very crowded on my most recent visit we walked in to find we had the whole place to ourselves. Three employees in there with just us. After a few minutes another couple came in but that's how dead it was on New Year's Day. One brief negative note regarding that visit. While there were three sales interpreters there. Cluelessly, there was also a supervisor/manager present who kept having a little meeting with the group over in the one corner out front even though they could see that I was at the register ready to go. Experiences like that are the types of reasons people say "Never Again" to CW. It's small but it also shows you a small spot of where management's focus truly is at. That singular visit aside, normally it's a decent experience here and it's always worth a visit to see what they have when on DOG Street.

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    HomeGoods - More items not on sale the morning after Christmas - according to management a customer must have put up Sales Sign!!!

    HomeGoods

    4.5(8 reviews)
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    First thing on morning of December 26, we were greeted with signs of 50% off Christmas merchandise…read moreat the front tables at the entrance of the store. We picked 2 items and went to register - by the way there was no line as the store was empty. Cashier looks at the gift box of chocolate and other Christmas item, and states she needs the manager to approve. Manager then comes over to yell at us about customer reclamation project where he accuses every customer of moving merchandise to sales table. I'm sure everyone woke up the morning after Christmas to rush to Homegoods to move merchandise. We asked for them to call District Manager, at which point he again lectures us, but refuses to walk 25 feet to look at the sales table. In my opinion, the way he treated us is because of our race. Maybe it would be in the customers best interest to actually put clearance stickers on the clearance merchandise instead of blaming customers for them not doing their job. Incidentally, don't fall for their credit card - 34.99% interest rate is highway robbery, plus they offer no promotional financing for large purchases.

    This Homegoods is NOT at all like my Homegoods... meaning it's not as crowded with merchandise (but…read morestill well-stocked), it's not as crowded with people, and things don't (necessarily) go in the blink of an eye. I was in town on an early Friday night, and the store was EMPTY. Friday late afternoon and early evening in my store is swamped because people want to see what's new. By the end of the day Saturday, whatever you wanted Friday and didn't get is gone! I saw a cabinet on Friday that I made myself a deal with -- if I came back after work Saturday afternoon and it was still there, I'd get it. Well, it was. So I did. Yay! There was second piece that I was eyeballing... it was waiting for a customer to pick up when I got back Saturday!

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    HomeGoods - According to management on the morning of December 26, a customer must have put up sales sign as these items are not in sale!

    According to management on the morning of December 26, a customer must have put up sales sign as these items are not in sale!

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    HomeGoods - Fresh Market, World Market, and Earth Fare have nothing on Home Goods when it comes to pasta and other Italian stuff.

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    Fresh Market, World Market, and Earth Fare have nothing on Home Goods when it comes to pasta and other Italian stuff.

    Lazy Daisy Gift Store

    Lazy Daisy Gift Store

    4.1(21 reviews)
    3.5 mi

    This store is chockfull of quality goods from a variety of makers. It's in a great location on…read moreRichmond Road and part of an overall local chain that I really like as a whole. I just wish that the folks working were more efficient and friendlier. I don't love that they take the tags off when you buy things. I know that's their process and it's all final sale anyway, but it'd be ideal to have an itemized breakdown. I thought the sweatshirt I was buying was $26 because it was situated in the same display as other sweatshirts that were $26 (display pictured). My fault for not taking note of the specific one I picked up, which was $38. The price difference felt a bit outrageous for the same brand of shirt and I had to email them to confirm the price. The line to check out took about 25 minutes. I am in my 30s, but I do have a bad back, so standing in place hurts. I listened as they gracefully apologized to all the older folks ahead of me, but they barely said a word to me when it was finally my turn, much less an apology for the excessive wait. I just wish that, being that it's nearly 2025, they'd consider a more efficient check-out system. I included that feedback in my email to them, though they didn't acknowledge it sadly. That would've been a great time to apologize and confirm that they will do a better job of treating guests equally regardless of appearance in the future. Five stars for the quality goods; one star for the service, but I'm rounding my review up to be kind.

    I love Lazy Daisy's Richmond locations so I decided to check this one out while in town. Their…read morebuilding is beautiful but I felt like lacked alot of luster and merchandise that the other stores bring. My mother and I were the only ones shopping and the saleswoman did not greet us ask if we needed any help. While, thats not a must, good customer service can go a long way and this location was lagging far behind than some of their other locations.

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    Williamsburg Revolutions - Bookstore side

    Williamsburg Revolutions

    3.8(5 reviews)
    0.9 mi
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    Huge selection. Great gift ideas and souvenirs to bring back home for family and friends…read more Patriotic themed! Pleasant staff and service!

    (I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for a "review" to come back to this place.)…read more Sadly, the song remains the same here at Revolutions. If you come to the CW Visitors Center more than likely you're walking in the main entrance door from the parking lot and this place is what you first encounter. Overall the store (it's not really one store as it's more like two or three depending on how you want to count things but technically Revolutions is the one on the left side when you walk in) is indeed massive. Lots of stuff everywhere. On the left side it's a lot of things like stuffed animals (anyone for a stuffed walrus in a CW shirt?), wine/beer, some snacks, lots of CW branded clothing along with a ton of reproduction items and a lot of Chinese plastic junk. The right side is technically the bookstore and it's loaded down with a mountain of titles but also has a Christmas section and even sells things like bird feeders. The two overriding issues are that you can still find too many things here the same as you can find at the shops on DOG Street. While that might sour you the other kicker is of course the pricing. The pricing is very much theme park-esque in terms of how whack some of this stuff can be particularly the apparel sections. The t-shirts and sweat shirts are priced in a way that could make Bob Iger at Disney blush. Speaking prior about bird feeders. The one things CW had a bit more of last time was a clearance section on the book store side. Small as it was for whatever reason the lovely wife insisted upon picking up a double bird feeder for her mother for Christmas which at the time was seven months away. Le Sigh... While I wanted to protest a quick check of The Interwebs said that the thing usually retails for well over a hundred dollars and with the clearance pricing that day it could be ours for around fifty bucks (Oh, Boy - Spoil Me!). So we bought it. It was the first thing we had ever bought at Revolutions in probably a dozen visits. Great place to shop if you're one of those people who likes "stuff" or if you've got more money than God to piss away on BS that likely you'll never use but personally I don't see the appeal which is why we usually just cut thru the Visitors Center and then go right out the back door to hit the trail to the Historic Area.

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    The Mole Hole - Strawberry Salad

    The Mole Hole

    4.3(20 reviews)
    2.3 mi
    $$$

    This very very small restaurant that looks interesting. It's very quaint. It's not family friendly…read more Service was great and the place was nicely decorated. I would say it's for more older adults wanting a very quiet lunch. Great place to have tea and a dessert. Selection of food...well..lunch menu is small. Not much to choose from so I would say it's really just fair. I was disappointed in the quiche and you don't get any choices. There's so many quiches to make these days. We only had one choice that was a big disappointment and it tasted just OK if it had a better menu or a little bit bigger menu that expanded to have some real choices we might be back but I don't think so that's why the three stars is for the fact that it's a lovely place to have a very nice cup of tea....

    We enjoyed lunch at The Gathering Place at The Mole Hole today, and it was delicious! The cafe is…read morehoused within The Mole Hole boutique, which sells gifts, decor items, jewelry, purses, and ladies clothing. Today's review really is about The Gathering Place cafe, which is why we went to The Mole Hole. It's absolutely lovely. They have about 4 to 5 tables that could accommodate 4 people. Plus they had a cute table for two. The tables are elegantly decorated with linen floral napkins on pretty placemats. See photos. The food is light fare, but with ample portions. We started with iced teas (they also offer beers, wine, and champagne). For entrees, we ordered the spinach salad with salmon and pecans as well as the ham and spinach quiche with the southern pea salad. The pea salad contained peas, corn, pimento, and shredded cheddar cheese -- quite unique and very good. My husband can't stop raving about it. We really enjoyed our meals. All food is made in house. See photos. Service is prompt and friendly. You pay at the final checkout up front so you can pay for food and any shop purchases together. Bring cash for your tip, as their receipts don't include a line for a gratuity since they are primarily a shop. The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday for lunch until 3 p.m.

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