The smell of scented candles and incense wafts over you as you make your way through the crowded maze of trinkets that make up Eastern Flair.
The shop is an eclectic mix of cooking equipment, Eastern-inspired homewares, cushions, teapots, furniture, Halloween costumes (all year round), tatami screens and cheap womens accessories. Upstairs is the "50% off" section, which mainly consists of more Eastern-inspired furniture, particularly cabinets, mirrors, draws, lamps and hat-stands.
The teapot sets here are my favourite item and for an entire year my friends could count on receiving an Eastern Flair teapot set Japanese style teapots with 2 - 4 cups) for any given occasion. Their Moroccan tea glasses are beautiful and affordable too, as are their ornate selection of tajines.
Clothes make up only a small section of the store and are not the reason most people come here. They do sell a good range of fisherman pants though, which seem to be an 'at-home-essential' wardrobe item and they have beautiful scarves with pretty good deals (one for $10, two for $15). The jewellery is mostly tacky/gothic inspired, but they do have the one thing that sells it for me - Lava Lamps. Sold. read more