One day when I have heaps of money I will by this shop, or at least everything in the store. So…read moremany great products and clever little gadgets to make your entertaining and cooking needs so much more palatable. I haven't had the chance to buy much. This is almost entirely due to the fact that when you enter you really need to concentrate on a few items otherwise $1000 later and little Timmy isn't eating that night. You'll have the means to cook them but not the food. I'm keen to buy a white handled set of knives (the European brand escapes me) but at $800 for the set they have a while to wait to be in my kitchen. But there really is everything here and it's a big store so it's a lot of stuff. From traditional copper cookware, the type the French love to quirky shapes for the cookies that you'll make once you have food again. Pricey but with everything you'll need I can support your culinary adventures in Homewares Direct.

Homewares Direct has a few locations, including Unley Road, Parkside…read more It offers a great range of good quality, well-priced kitchen items including, top notch saucepans, electrical goods and other great gadgets. There are also oodles of gift ideas here. The best thing about Homewares Direct is the fantastic service. Unfortunately many customers are making use of this service by asking for advice on products and then purchasing them online. I fear for the future of small, locally owned business like this if people continue to do their research at boutique stores and then shop online to save a few dollars. I guess we'll see if stores like this can survive competing with the department store 40-50% off sales as well as online stores with lower overheads. There is plenty of parking on-site. Keep an eye out for there occasional sale sign out the front. If you get in when the time is right, you'll get an even better bargain.

Wow. That's probably the best word I can use to describe Ecotel…read more The store is designed for people working in the restaurant industry - and any of those cool products you've seen used on cooking shows or in magazines can probably be found here. Machines, silicon moulds, strange powders. They're all here. So even if you are just a home cooking enthusiast, you'll probably find something of use here. I didn't even know if existed before I started studying patisserie at TAFE, and now it seems they mention Ecotel at least every week. There are plenty of products that I've always wondered where I could buy them in Adelaide; apparently the answer is Ecotel. Plus if you're hungry you can always pop into Dolce & Co. next door for a sweet treat.

House is the quintessential kitchen utensil and homeware store. It has everything you could never…read moreneed in a kitchen in the one place, ranging from knives, cooking utensils and cocktail sets to vases, decorative ornaments and practical living accessories. This makes House not only a one-stop-shop for kitchen necessities, but also a great place for gift ideas. The staff is very friendly and helpful when it comes to assisting in picking out gift ideas. They also exercise an incredible amount of patience - even when my girlfriend and I took up to half an hour deciding between two different kinds of vases! Though it was bought as a gift, we were very appreciative of the shop assistant's attempts to make an informed decision based on our home decor and preferences. He also gift-wrapped it as soon as we committed to buy - I commend that sort of enthusiasm!

It may be called 'House' but it would more aptly be re-named 'Kitchen'…read more Yep, it's got kitchen-y goods of every variety you can imagine and then some. I love a bit of practical ornamentation, and you can definitely find that at House. They've got gorgeously designed kitchen utensils, lovely vases, teacups and mugs... you know, all the stuff you can generally find in well-stocked kitchens! If you're looking for gifts for the foodie in your life definitely head in here - I bought a lemon zester thingy (yeah I'm not really good with the lingo, I'm no Nigella Lawson....sigh) for a friend and he acted like it was the best thing ever. I've also bought some china here too, gorgeous modern designs.

Fantastic kitchen supplies store. Its a little bit on the pricey side but not to bad considering…read moreits a smaller retailer. They stock all the quality brands like scanpan.

House and Garden is another of those great shops in Unley where you can just about get anything and…read moreeverything you need for the house and / or garden - funny about that! This place is another of my local haunts and is usually my first port of call when I'm looking for a birthday present for friends or family. The way the store is set out is with kitchen / dining room items in the back and living room pieces in the front. They stock larger items of furniture like buffets and bookshelves and of course the smaller pieces like occasional pieces and footstools. Sometimes things can be a little pricey but there are also times you'll find a great bargain. The black and white ottoman in the centre of my living room is just one of those pieces. It goes without saying there's a great selection of decorating pieces right through the store. Even if you're not buying, I find this place full of ideas - a little like a home decorating magazine come to life. I always manage to find a bargain there when it comes to things like their Maxwell and Williams dinner set range. A good bargain always makes me smile. I love buying something that looks exy but I've actually paid very little for House and Garden staff are always helpful. If you're looking for something and they don't have it, they will always call one of their other stores and attempt to get it in for you. When they're not run off their feet with a line of customers at the counter or gift wrapping someone's purchase, they're always up for a chat and a laugh.

This is probably one of my favourite home wares store, it's large, it has a big range, it's not too…read morecluttered, there are a lot of unique stuff, and things are decently priced for what they are worth. There's some pretty good quality things available. What I didn't like were the staff. The girls there seemed pretty rude, not acknowledging me one little bit, even when I walked straight past them. Anyway, I really like what the store has available, and I would even drive the distance to Unley Road just to go to this store if there was some thing I wanted/needed.

The General Trader has so much to offer everybody. It really doesn't matter what kind of taste you…read morehave when it comes to kitchen and homewares, because you'll probably find something here that you like. It's not the biggest store but it definitely doesn't lack in a wide variety of stock. The General Trader see a range of cookware, kitchen appliances, cutlery and all these other adorable things that you know you don't need but you really want. Things like a pancake maker and a popcorn machine. Due to The General Trader being an outlet store, everything is quite cheap considering the quality that you're paying for. It's definitely worth checking this store out first before you go ahead and buy new items for your kitchen.

As far as the old saying 'kid in a candy store' is applicable to adults, Hillbilly's Country Living…read moreis my jam. I LOVE IT!!! So much fun poking around the narrow aisles looking at all of the cool kitchen-y things and wishing I had a squillion dollars to buy the whole shop! Every time we need something for the kitchen (be it a proper meat thermometer, new oven mitts, egg rings for the perfect fried egg on Sunday morning) we have hit HCL. WIthout fail they have come through with the goods too. That's a strike rate I can get behind as a customer! The service is helpful and friendly and as far as a one-stop shop for gifts to give hard-to-buy-for people, HCL has got you covered. Nicely. I can't imagine something that HCL DOESN'T stock! Honestly, the range is phenomenal. I went in to buy a meat thermometer just before Christmas last year - Bam! 4 choices of different digital thermometers and a couple of cheeky analogue numbers in case you wanted to rock your temperatures old school! Love your work HCL! You know I'll be back!!! \m/

Hillbilly's were once located in Blackwood on the Woolworths shopping centre side of Shepherds Hill…read moreRd but have moved to a much larger premises and a very suited one. I haven't been to their new location until yesterday and I definiltely approve the move, it's light and airy with a good all round range of kitchen and cookware and plus plenty of gift ideas to choose from, which will never go out of fashion. For the past few months I've been carrying around with me in my bag, a rubber seal for my s/s stovetop espresso in the hope someone will stock the size. No luck to find a replacement until Hillbilly's came to the rescue for a grand total of $2.20 and now I can once again enjoy my espresso coffee. I also purchased a mini grater because sometimes it comes in handy as I don't want to use a huge grater for a small piece of chocolate or nutmeg, etc. And a mid size preserve jar for my homemade lemon curd. There's a primal urge to cook and provide food for the family whenever I enter a kitchenware store, thinking of all things I can make and bake but it's the cleaning up I hate!