This is a proper shoemakers shop that does every conceiveable type of repair to shoes. I believe…read morethey have been in business in Carrick for half a century or more. Nowdays they have shop in Market Place offering a bespoke shoemaking service so the repair business compliments and supports the after service side of the business. Good shoes deserve the best of care and Robinsons can certainly offer this service. Support them with your business craftsmen are becoming scarce.

Totally agree with 4myview, from getting my wifes heels replaced to a pair of hand make shoes…read moreRobinsons is the place.

Keys cut and they didn't work. Second time in a row it's happened, won't ever be going back. Avoid.read more

went and got 2 keys made and even got a lovely little keyring, very quick service keys of good…read morequality, cheap and efficient and even though it was early morning was still very welcomed and treated with utter kindness, massively reccomend to anyone in a pickle

Twice I have shoes re-heeled in this place, having first found it by looking it up and discovering…read moreit was convenient to whatever else I was doing at the time. The repairs were carried out promptly both times while I waited and a good job was made of the heels which had been worn down to the main part of the heel underneath the rubber part or whatever it should be called - anyway they were pretty far gone and I'm quite sure you shouldn't wait that long! With that satisfactorily accomplished I returned another time with other shoes and the repair was just as good, again costing about £5.00, but I haven't had the opportunity to test a more complicated cobbling requirement such as getting a zip mended or heel lowered.

Fast efficient friendly service at its very best…read more Dropped a jacket off here to have a zip fixed and was pleasantly surprised that it would be ready the same day which was a surprise as it looked quite busy on the day I dropped in. Extremely happy with the repair job and the price was really reasonable too. This gem of a repair store is located on Lisburn Road just a short stroll past the Tesco walking away from the city.

very friendly staff I need a new heel and a bow fixed on a hight heel and the man did it then and…read morethere he put 2 new heals on and fix the bow he even put a stitch in the bow to make sure it won't fall off again this is all in under ten mins for a very affordable price over all grate service highly recommend

A classic cobbler like this is now so rare. How has such an incredibly useful profession almost…read morecompletely disappeared from our cities streets? Thankfully the city heel bar has remained and is now one of the very few left in the city. It really is surprising how much longer you can make a decent pair of leather shoes last if you re-heel them often enough. The city heel bar is fast and convenient if you work in town and need some shoe repair done as soon as possible. They can, if you ask politely enough, fix or re-heel your shoes while you wait. As well as this they are cheap, and compared to buying a new pair of shoes, it is a steal. They have a key cutting service too.

The name sounds like some kind of watering hole for down and out losers, but the Heel Bar is…read moreactually your best one stop shopping if you ever need to get your new shoes stretched and get a new key cut at the same time. Key service is always prompt and reasonable. Both times we've had keys cut, we were in and out of there in less than five minutes. Among their other services are engraving, shoe repair, shoe stretching, and luggage repair.

Victoria Heel Bar is a little independent shoe repair and key services shop in Church Lane. Now,…read moreits not the 1950's. So if I own a pair of shoes and the sole has wore out on them, I'm gonna throw them out, not take them here and have them repaired. But there has been more than one occasion where I manage to completely lose my house keys and need to get a new set cut. The people who work here are always pleasant and very helpful. More importantly, their always cheap. Getting keys cut in Belfast has became an expensive business but here its still very reasonable, a few quid per key. So to save my thrifty bake some pennies, I go here instead of staying local where if I get my key's cut, I'll be able to get into my house, but not stock its fridge or pay the bills. Now that is a magical over exaggeration, but you know what I mean.

This place is great! Thought I'd be stuck with expensive boots with very high heels but I was able…read moreto get them lowered at a very reasonable price! They also fix handbags and repair soles- not your average heel bar! The passion involved in this work was evident from my visit today- thank you so much for helping me out- I really appreciate it!

Timpson's is the place to go in the Abbeycentre for all your shoe/boot repair, key cutting, keyring…read morebuying, engraving needs. I've used them a lot in the past for getting keys cut, they do the fancy coloured metal keys with patterns on, so as time has gone by, I have replaced all my boring silver keys for these colourful interesting looking ones. They also do engraving, for the likes of name badges for your dog/cat, to signs for your door, and the prices are pretty reasonable. I have only used them once for their shoe repairs, which is their mainstay. I'd bought myself a pair of boots, and when I tried them on in the shop, I knew they would be a bit slippy and not wanting to take any risks, I took them round to Timpson's as it was the nearest place, and asked them if they would put non slip soles on them for me. That was no problem, and they asked me to call back for them later that day. I duly went about the rest of my shopping, and did the other few errands I had to do that day before calling back to collect them, only to find that one of the boots was really badly scuffed, and when I pointed it out to the guy who served me, he denied all knowledge, so needless to say, not impressed with that side of the business!

Timpson is a great shop for getting your keys cut , lots of key shapes and designs to choose from,…read morealso offer good quality shoe repairs etc heels redone, resoled shoes etc, also engraving service, pet tags can be personalised and door plaques etc. Great store in a bust shopping centre, quite a tiny store but they offer good service for anyone needing keys cut or shoes repaired etc. Prices are decent.

We have used speedy shoes a few times to cut keys, which have always worked. Service has always…read morebeen grand. Today though the owner really above and beyond good customer service. I am disabled and depend on mobility scooter to get anywhere out of the house. My husband decided to get a spare key cutcut since we only had one. Unfortunately, he lost the the original on the way to the shop. He was really upset and went out searching for it coming home to search the house. He couldn't find it anywhere. The gentleman from speedy shoes actually went out and searched the mall and found it! I really can not thank him enough. He also cut a second key, which fit perfectly, and cost considerably less than buying a replacement key online...which we had tried before and got a key that did not work. Thank you so much!

Like most units in the Kennedy Centre, this business has suffered with Sainsbury's acquisition of…read morethe grocery and retail unit that was formerly Curley's (Sainsbury's, in my opinion, being notably more expensive than its predecessor - see my review on Sainsbury's and the Kennedy Centre). Of course, the Kennedy Centre now has a Poundland store (whose seemingly inexorable rise and expansion is becoming something of a phenomenon) and a few other big names which, it is hoped, will bring footfall back to its former levels (I don't see that happening). Anyway, I haven't had any shoes repaired - I'm not sure how many people still get shoes repaired, although I know that women getting boots re-heeled is still a steady business - but I was in here to get a key cut. It was costing about £2.80 to get the key cut and, as the guy was cutting the key, I realised we'd be needing a few more keys in the coming months, so I asked him if he'd do four for a tenner, which he did. OK so it wasn't a huge saving, but I like places like that that will give you a bit of discount if you brassneck it. The keys were done in a matter of minutes and I was on my way. They weren't wrong about the 'speedy' bit.