Latest reviews for Shops & Amenities in Chelsea, London, United Kingdom

OnlyRoses - The best roses ever! by Angie4114

Angie4114 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:58:04 +0000

Review by Angie4114

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 02073739595

Website: www.only-roses.com

What a amazing shop! The best roses I ever seen! These roses are not just beautiful (full of colours, long stems, etc)....they're high quality too....last ones I bought lasted more than a week in my flat....! I definitely recommend this place!What a amazing shop! The best roses I ever seen! These roses are not just beautiful (full of colours, long stems, etc)....they're high quality too....last ones I bought lasted more than a week in my flat....! I definitely recommend this place!

French Sole - pirouette attraction by mazphd

mazphd — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:27:50 +0000

Review by mazphd

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7730 3771

Website: http://www.frenchsole.com

Tags: rare finds, exclusive boutique, helpful staff

Take a walk, or faire une promenade as the French say, across Sloane Square and a little further on past Chelsea's in your face fashion capital and then a right into Ellis Street you will come across French Sole.

5 stars! why such high acclaim for what basically is 'just' a shoe shop? well this is not any old shoe shop. French sole sell only ballet pumps, in as many imaginative variations, colours and styles as can fit into the tiny shop.

Being a customer here is actually an experience in itself. Hosted by the young tweeny Chelsea set the assistants are always polite, smiling and attired in their own French sole'd footware to admire and to covet.

This is exclusive decadent and boutique footware that has been seen 'out and about' on the pages of vogue and associated with all manner of celebrity from the royals, models and has escaped the riff n raff of Z-list BB reject status. Unless you count Amy Winehouse in those stakes...

Sole's are a tad pricey. Be prepared to pay a minimum of Â£55 for per pair of ballet pumps. Having said that I am prepared to fork out this costly sum as 1. the designs are devine, 2. all are fabulously comfortable and 3. i wear these little delights until they rip apart and completely wear out.

The shop itself is stacked floor to ceiling with shoe boxes. It's also fun watching the Chelsea tweenies run down and then up again the stairs in search of your perfect right size and colour. Slightly antiquainted, but 'quaint' is the payment procedure when the receipt is written out by hand. Cute.

Be prepared to be seduced by more than one pair. It's happened to me, but i've always loved the experience of shopping here and skipping away with my prize purchases. If you can, stay away from a saturday afternoon when the shop is too full to be fun.

Much better to pick a rainy afternoon to pirouette round the shop by yourself. Take a walk, or faire une promenade as the French say, across Sloane Square and a little further on past Chelsea's in your face fashion capital and then a right into Ellis Street you will come across French Sole.

5 stars! why such high acclaim for what basically is 'just' a shoe shop? well this is not any old shoe shop. French sole sell only ballet pumps, in as many imaginative variations, colours and styles as can fit into the tiny shop.

Being a customer here is actually an experience in itself. Hosted by the young tweeny Chelsea set the assistants are always polite, smiling and attired in their own French sole'd footware to admire and to covet.

This is exclusive decadent and boutique footware that has been seen 'out and about' on the pages of vogue and associated with all manner of celebrity from the royals, models and has escaped the riff n raff of Z-list BB reject status. Unless you count Amy Winehouse in those stakes...

Sole's are a tad pricey. Be prepared to pay a minimum of Â£55 for per pair of ballet pumps. Having said that I am prepared to fork out this costly sum as 1. the designs are devine, 2. all are fabulously comfortable and 3. i wear these little delights until they rip apart and completely wear out.

The shop itself is stacked floor to ceiling with shoe boxes. It's also fun watching the Chelsea tweenies run down and then up again the stairs in search of your perfect right size and colour. Slightly antiquainted, but 'quaint' is the payment procedure when the receipt is written out by hand. Cute.

Be prepared to be seduced by more than one pair. It's happened to me, but i've always loved the experience of shopping here and skipping away with my prize purchases. If you can, stay away from a saturday afternoon when the shop is too full to be fun.

Much better to pick a rainy afternoon to pirouette round the shop by yourself.

Cremorne Launderette - Swish Launderette by Frankie

Frankie — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:24:07 +0000

Review by Frankie

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7352 4201

Tags: friendly, launderette, clothes

Launderettes often have interesting names like 'Washeteria Cafeteria'. This one doesn't. But it's a very good place to get your washing done.

You can drop off your washing or chuck it in one of the digital super drums. And check this out! There's change on tap! You go round to the other side of the smart glass dividers to the dry cleaning counter and you can change your notes into washing machine food.

Other features are the attractive blue glass vase arranged in front of a Dali print and a 'What's On' leaflet holder. It's really clean, the water is actually hot and it's great if your washing machine broke down and flooded the four flats below! While you're waiting you can go to the Chelsea Bun or the Mona Lisa or push the boat out and visit the Bluebird.

Tip - they close quite early at the weekend and last wash is about an hour before closing time.Launderettes often have interesting names like 'Washeteria Cafeteria'. This one doesn't. But it's a very good place to get your washing done.

You can drop off your washing or chuck it in one of the digital super drums. And check this out! There's change on tap! You go round to the other side of the smart glass dividers to the dry cleaning counter and you can change your notes into washing machine food.

Other features are the attractive blue glass vase arranged in front of a Dali print and a 'What's On' leaflet holder. It's really clean, the water is actually hot and it's great if your washing machine broke down and flooded the four flats below! While you're waiting you can go to the Chelsea Bun or the Mona Lisa or push the boat out and visit the Bluebird.

Tip - they close quite early at the weekend and last wash is about an hour before closing time.