I'm probably going to be repeating myself a lot throughout my antique reviews for York, but I'm…read moregonna say it anyway. Love love love the vintage stores here, cuz in London, everything is so expensive, and the market is so much more saturated that I feel like the cool things worth buying (to me) are snapped up. Anyhow, this little basement store is amazing because.. Well, not many people seem to visit it, I think?! The owner mentioned not too many people come through here. It's easy to miss - lack of advertising, just an old sign board that said antiques pointing into an old cellar. But that's where I finally bought my first teacup set (and I've gone through so many stores in London). So cute, pink purple and gold, and I was over the moon to get it. There were so many other things I would have loved to buy, but I have space and weight restrictions since I'm sadly moving back to Canada soon. Some things seem a bit pricey, but I think you can try haggle. But again, due to the low traffic, I think there are some spectacular finds. This is the original location, but there's another around the corner on Piccadilly above a wooden furniture store, which has way more selection and larger furniture pieces, and an immense painting /picture / embroidered &patchwork collection.

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Got lucky & found this amazing shop on my travels last week. I bought several items & shipped them…read moreto the US, they arrived today & I'm so happy! The shop is full of beautiful things , Holly & Jane we're very helpful & friendly. Will definitely stop in next time I'm in the UK!

Be aware this shop does not offer refunds, only exchanges. Whilst they have a very small sign on…read morethe desk of the counter (and one on the wall, which is not visible to read at all), it is very misleading. My partner bought a Christmas gift (globe) which wasn't accurate for £85 without the staff notifying him to the no refunds policy, which you might expect they would at Christmas time. There is very little of substance to spend £85 on in the store, so very disappointed.

What a lovely little cafe we found on the Shambles! We had the perfect hot chocolate with fresh…read morestarters in a quaint, Victorian setting.

I'm probably going to be repeating myself a lot throughout my antique reviews for York, but I'm…read moregonna say it anyway. Love love love the vintage stores here, cuz in London, everything is so expensive, and the market is so much more saturated that I feel like the cool things worth buying (to me) are snapped up. This store is above an old wooden furniture shop. The original store started off in a tiny cellar at 1 Foundry Road, much smaller but with some really interesting things! Anyhow, this place has lots of large furniture pieces, tons of paintings and embroidered pieces, china (of course I bought another teacup), suitcases, books.. I was salivating! Again, not much traffic here for some reason. But it's incredible, make sure you visit both stores! :)

From the owner: HELLO We are BBC-Antiques.co.uk our shop in 44 Piccadilly is often refered to as like Castle…read moreMuseum but with every exhibit for sale at affordable prices , we have furniture architectural salvage pottery porcelain glassware silver and plated ware , a weird room with curios and quite exciting , we specialise in vintage and old art and have a wide selection of paintings prints and other art and minerals and fossils , visit today !