Inadvertently, the employee in question called to give us bad news about the availability of our order. I thought he was calling to follow up after the negative review on Unilocal.He was shocked when I explained to him about his behaviour. And very apologetic. He worked hard to upgrade our order — better, available BBQ for the same price. His efforts were much appreciated. Also, the two delivery men could not have been kinder and more accommodating.
Alex M.
Classificação do local: 4 Seattle, WA
Hey do you need something while on vacation? Like hardware store, or kitchen goods, or a new coat and warm hat? This hodge-podge store is 3 stories tall and right on the waterfront. The basement has a Christmas store. It’s that kind of goofy mashup store that excels in tourist towns. They have a dedicated parking lot. Lots of things that would make your vacation place nicer. Maybe there are better options in Victoria, but for carless vacationers who aren’t bargain hunting? Swing on by. It’s decent and we didn’t see a lot of general stores.
Bill M.
Classificação do local: 4 Victoria, Canada
Always something different here. Their new store in Langford has a much broader selection from camping to cooking. Over the years we’ve always been able to find some good deals here on some unique items.
Stuart K.
Classificação do local: 2 Victoria, Canada
Some very good items, and good selection. The staff on the other hand — where did they get some of these people. I tried returning something 3 times and was given so much run around and such an argument from the housewares staff, that I won’t shop there again. They act as if they own the stuff and that customers who have a faulty item are nothing but a bother. Terrible customer service.
Sean T.
Classificação do local: 3 Victoria, Canada
Capital Iron is a disappointment to me these days. Ten years ago they had the entire basement of the store devoted to odd and useless trinkets, and there was great stuff to find. I got several antique books, railroad souvenirs, and military surplus from there. It was my favorite place to go. Then half the basement got converted to garden supplies like you can find in a dozen other shops. Five years ago another quarter was changed into barbecue supplies, like you can find in dozens of other stores. Then a few weeks ago I found
Stephanie P.
Classificação do local: 2 Seattle, WA
Maybe I’m missing something, but I just didn’t get what other Unilocalers loved so much about this store. OK, yeah, the pink pig-shaped grill outside the front door gave me high hopes, but nothing inside really lived up to that. The ground-floor level is mostly home and kitchen stuff, with lots of cooking/baking supplies and kitchen gadgets. The lower level is the garden-supply department, and the upstairs has camping/sports equipment and apparel. I didn’t see any especially good deals browsing through the home stuff and wasn’t interested in the rest. The space is pretty interesting and it’s, uh, definitely got a lot of stuff, but if you have limited time in Victoria, I wouldn’t waste your time walking out here from downtown unless you have an urgent need for sleeping bags and cookie sheets.
Dan D.
Classificação do local: 4 Victoria, Canada
It’s kind of like the scruffy cousin to London Drugs. How did they ever manage to achieve a near perfect balance of useful and weird? And have it work so well? Imagine going into a bank to get a loan to start Capital Iron. One look at the business plan and they’d laugh you right out of the place. But it works!
Guy N.
Classificação do local: 5 Vancouver, Canada
Great assortment of useful(and absurb) goods on several floors. I found the variety of camping gear rivals MEC and REI in some respects(cooking gear especially). You can shop for marine hardware and garden goods all in one convenient stop. Where else can you buy a giant, vintage mercury arc rectifier in Victoria?
Inga K.
Classificação do local: 4 Aldergrove, Canada
Capital Iron is the defining experience of a leisurely shop… There are floors and floors(OK only 3 but feels like many) of every damned thing you could want… and a whole lot you didn’t even know you needed! In one place… outdoor wear, tools, weather vanes, tents, portholes from an old ship, plants, garden gnomes, fabric, lawn statuary and best of all table linens… While we are on the topic, I have a shoe thing, and it is only matched by my pictures thing and my table linens thing. Capital Iron allows me to absolutely relish my table cloth and napkin ring habit. The ONLY reason that this review is one star short of a royal flush is because in recent visits I have been unable to find that perfect $ 12 table cloth any more, their linen area has been subject to gentrification. The basement however continues to be rummage worthy and interesting… because after all, who doesn’t have the perfect spot for a ships steering wheel?