A lovely little shop. For me too Firkins is the place I go to buy that special gift... for myself :)

Firkins is the place I go to buy that special gift. The shop is tucked away in a little alley called New Buildings off of Gandy Street which in turn is a beautiful cobbled street just behind the High Street and running parallel to Queen Street. It has amazing jewellery at fantastic prices. It has clothing and handbags and accessories mainly sourced from asia. You can always find that unique special item for a gift, the trouble is I always end up getting something for me as well as I have no willpower! The prices of the jewellry items in particular are very competitive and I have found that it is even cheaper than buying certain things online. The staff are very helpful and can tell you lots of information about the items for sale. They sell a lot of body jewellery too at very good prices. Unfortunately the shop is not disabled friendly as there is a small step into the shop and it is too small for wheelchair access. It also has a little mezanine area and there are tiny stairs down to another clothing area. Although the shop is very small I find I can spend quite a bit of time in there as it is crammed to the gills with beautiful items. read more

Firkins is a teeny weeny shop in New Buildings passageway off Gandy Street, selling (mostly Indian) jewellery and accessories - bags, some clothes, mirrors etc. It is quite a hippy style shop and doesn't seem to have changed much since I was buying nose studs and stripy tights there in the 80s! Despite being tiny it manages to have both a downstairs section and a mezzanine floor on the ground floor, giving it a higgledy piggledy ambience and making it even more difficult to move around when the shop is busy! Still well worth supporting though. read more

I love this shop, i've been there countless times since I discovered it a couple of months ago. A total goldmine of jewellery (including piercing jewellery too), accessories, bags, hats, lanterns, clothes, mirrors, statues, and other vintage items. Warning: you will leave this shop smelling of incense and your wallet a lot lighter! read more