I love this store. It is one of the most welcoming and comfortable businesses to visit. True Bijoux…read morealso has beautiful merchandise at very fair prices. It's a joy to do business with Lindsay and staff.

True Bijoux is one of the best jewellers I have worked with. Their customer service is fantastic,…read morewith an honest and caring approach. Their products are of excellent quality (I really like their estate jewellery), and their craftsmanship is stunning. Most importantly, it is a joy to visit. The staff always make me feel like a guest, rather than just a customer. True Bijoux has to be one of Ottawa's finest locally owned, and run businesses. --J.E.C.--

I would like to compliment Barbara, service associate, at the Bayshore Home Sense store. I called…read moreto look for a complimenting mirror to the one I bought at turbines Road store and that other Ottawa stores didn't have in stock. Barbara was patient and helpful taking the time during the busy Holidays to search the floor. She found one and held it for me. when I arrived to pick it up later in the evening, she was as happy as I was to find exactly what I needed and celebrate it being on Sale. Barbara was professional, service oriented and pleasant. She literally made my day. Thank you Barbara, you deserve a service award. Megan

I am a big HomeSense fan, and this happens to be one of my favorite locations snuggled right into…read moreBayshore Mall. I find that during the week their selection is fantastic, and the store is relatively cleaner compared to some of the other locations that I have checked out. If you stop in during the week, it is not that busy and is usually pleasant to browse and shop in. I cannot say the same for the weekends. They are well stocked with a larger selection of furniture, rugs, and seasonal items that are rather in better condition than other locations. I find items are nicely displayed here, and not just thrown on a shelf. The employees at this location are friendly, and the lines are rarely an issue. I can spend hours at this HomeSense!!

I love the store on hazeldean Road, it is my favorite of all the homesense stores, they have a…read morelarge verity and very often changes the stock, whenever I go they have a different stock them what I saw last time. I have always found the employees kind, friendly and helpful, wether it be someone assisting me find something or a cashier at the checkout or employees processing my return. Whenever I go to homesense it reminds me of how much I love the store. Greats products for great prices and great service offered by the employees

This is a newer Homesense and even though it has been open for a while now, it still has that…read morerather organized sense about it. Some of the Homesense/Winners/Marshals stores get a little chaotic after the shoppers have had time to go through everything and shuffle the clearance items around, but the staff at this store seem to be working really hard to keep this location spiffy. This shopping area of Stittsville has been really well planned out - the parking lots are well organized, there is a good use of roundabouts to separate the areas and help to prevent that "I Got Here First" Stop-Sign issue, and the assortment of stores is very useful.

It was fun.. clean.. smallish. Lots of things but easy to look around…read more Old Consumer's counter? My friend brought me in here.... Had no idea about it. Lots of parking.. right off the Queensway. Camping. Kitchen. Gadgets. Planter's dream. I guess if you need service, you presss a button and get a number! Like the old days! We spent a long time looking. Didn't buy anything but I have a feeling I'll be back. It was fun. Dog friendly too.

I can't believe I've never reviewed Lee Valley Tools! This store is one of my husband's favourite…read morestores. It sells tools, gardening supplies, and gadgets for the house. They have a limited amount of inventory that they display in the store. The rest of their items are in their warehouse. You look through their catalog using their on-site computers and it will tell you if the item you want is on display (if that's the case, you just find it and get it and check out) or in their warehouse. If it's in their warehouse, you jot down the item number and bring it to the staff and they will get it for you from the warehouse. I am totally going to date myself by saying this, but the set up is a little bit like the now defunct Consumers Distributing. Does anyone remember that store? Lol. They were much more low tech back then of course, you'd have to look through an actual paper catalog to find the item number, lol. Staff here are always very pleasant. They genuinely seem like they enjoy being there. They are easy-going and have a calm demeanor. The vast majority of them are in their golden years and it appears to me like it's their post-retirement gig to get out of the house and make some extra money, lol. I could be wrong, but this is my perception. The prices are on the higher end, but I find the quality of their products are also high and they have unique items that are hard to find elsewhere. They have lots of free parking on-site in their private parking lot. If you love innovative gadgets or tools that are a bit nicer than the ones you'd find at your average hardware store, give Lee Valley a look-see.

Very impressive store! It has a great selection of different things to buy, very clean and…read moreorganized. The customer service was outstanding. Highly recommended.

We were at the BB to check out some Legos, but I also took a sneak peak in other areas. The store…read moreis clean. Associates are friendly, saw many of them helping customers. Apple, Microsoft, Samsung areas look fantastic with many different products on demo. TV and Theater section is also big with lots of TV of different brand are on display. I saw many different TVs are on sale for the beginning of NFL season. Also was impressed with huge Dyson corner, home security section, speaker and headphones section. Checkout lane had no wait time, associates were taking care of the customers pretty quickly.

We've been here a few times, and it's our go-to place for comparison shopping on electronics. They…read moreoffer a better choice than Costco, and a larger selection of electronics than Chapters. Sometimes they have the best deals, and sometimes it's just.... meh. The clerk was helpful and cheerful, but really couldn't help us much. Best Buy has a few readers on display, but not what we were looking for. I can say that their prices on Apple products were pretty much the same as what we saw at the Apple store this week - you can get an Apple tablet the size of a reader for about $330, so I wouldn't hesitate to consider an option here and it might just beat having to go to Bayshore (where I hate the parking!) What I found odd about our visit was the lack of clientelle! It was dead quiet in there, and we had the place almost to ourselves! So the staff was attentive. No problem there! We are looking at alternatives for potentially replacing a Kobo Arc. Too bad, too, because that Arc got a LOT of use! It's the best reader we have ever seen (we really lucked in with it), but I think in the long run readers are getting hard competition from tablets, which you can read on but you can also do other stuff. And therein lies the problem: this Kobo was a pioneer among readers in that you could download other apps, like Kindle, email and Google - even chat through Google hangouts while in Wifi! Tres cool. The newer Kobos stick to being readers and have less options. So, we have been searching around to compare, and Kobo does not even make the Arc any more! That is SOoooo too bad! But our experience with this one is disappointing in a way, because it's only just over 2 years old and it just crapped out - it died. Unfortunately, Kobo help (live people) were not a huge support, suggesting a couple of things to try (to no avail), or a discount on replacement! So we are looking for a work around. We did try dropping it off at a repair shop. The technician tried plugging it in and it seems to be working now. Maybe our charging plug has bit the biscuit? In any event, I hope it will revive. It would be nice to get a couple more years of use out of it before purchasing a tablet. Yes - a tablet! That would be the alternative, because once you have all these gadgets, you are hooked!

Went to Rona to get some paint. We dealt with Gabe, Gabe is super helpful. Knows what he's talking…read moreabout when it comes to paint and had lots of great suggestions. If you need paint or you need advice on paint, I definitely recommend talking to Gabe in the paint department! P.s Steer clear of Home Depot because they're not knowledgable and very unhelpful

TL;DR/The Short Version: Used to be a Lowe's now a RONA+…read more Good for hardware and home improvement stuff. The plants in their garden centre aren't in the best shape :( The Long Version: I don't know the full history, but once upon a time, Lowe's, RONA and Home Depot were the big box home improvement stores in Canada. Then Lowe's bought RONA and converted some RONA stores into Lowe's stores, then Lowe's decided to pull out of Canada and sold its Canadian stores to a firm called Sycamore Partners so some Lowe's locations in Canada became RONA+ stores and the rest closed down. So there are still RONA stores around, but the ownership is different from the RONA of days past. This RONA location used to be a Lowe's. Home improvement/hardware stores are not my favourite types of stores, but my husband and father love these types of stores. However, I recently got into houseplants, so whenever my husband and I go to these types of stores to look for home improvement stuff, I go to the garden centre to check out the plants. When I went in March, the plant selection was small and they had some small succulents that were in really rough shape. All etiolated and some leaves were yellowing/browning really bad :( They had some larger succulents in better shape and some cacti that seemed to be doing well. Selection was small in general and in general the plants were in poorer shape here than at other big box stores. The rest of the store looked fine and my husband found what he was looking for. So overall I would say this location is good for home improvement stuff, but not indoor plants from my experience. Lots of free parking. Review #87 (2025)

I find them expensive and their hardly have any sterling silver findings. I was told a charm was…read moresterling but at closer inspection it was not. I've worked with sterling for a very long time so I know what sterling feels and looks like. If you use a credit card they charge you a fee. I was not that impressed with service and quality of their items. Shopping on Etsy is way way better!!

Terrible owner! Went in today to purchase a bag of fragment…read morerock pieces. Store had multiple boxes all listed at $12. I confirm with staff this is what I am purchasing and came to the store for but would like some time to look around at other items. The owner then tells me the price of rock fragments has changed from $12 to $20 that very moment. Me: that feels personal. Now that I expressed interest into this item you are increasing the price? Owner: yes, my cost have gone up. Me: Then it should be listed at $20. This is false advertising. You couldn't do this if you were walmart. Owner: im not walmart. And it's $20. Me: no, that feels personal and poor business practice. Owner: Fine, I can sell it to you for $12. Me: okay, I will purchase at $12 but again this feels personal and poor business practice. I dont feel welcome back here. Owner: Fine get out! Me: I'm going to post about this. Owner: go ahead. No one will care. Considering I was buying the leftovers from the tumbler and no labour cost was incurred. I stand by this small business owner making poor client care choices. Do not suggest going to this store.