Hannah’s Children’s Resale

I love this little gem on Solano Avenue! It’s bright and airy, and the curated selection of high quality children’s clothes are all affordable. The owner is really sweet and fun. A word of caution: I never leave without buying more than I plan to because, even though it’s a little store, I find so many things that I know my daughter will love! Love Hannah’s!

I can not say enough wonderful things about this business. I have been coming here a long time and have met all the different owners. The new owner is really welcoming and I like the fact that she actually works in the store (as before her I was sometimes greeted by teenagers who although nice, were really engaged in the buying/​selling process). The new owner is great and although she could only offer me store credit today, I respected the fact that it was because she is working to payoff the loan for the store early so she can become profitable sooner and hopefully continue to offer great bargains for everyone for a long time. I love supporting local businesses run by hard working neighbors. The clothes she selects are all high quality, gently used. I love coming here because I can splurge on cute items for my daughter who loves girly things for the same price as run of the mill items at Target. I usually leave with some beautiful embroidered jeans or tops with great style or a darling dress that my daughter just loves, all for less than $ 10. Im sooooo sad I am moving states and wont be able to come here any longer. Hopefully they’ll be a shop with great clothes at super prices in our new home.

Hannah’s has great clothes for very reasonable prices. Loads of great deals! Definitely worth checking out.

This is a great example of a wonderful store with great bargains run by an honest, hardworking merchant. I love this place!

I love this store and I’m a guy who hates shopping. Great service and people and great selection ! I got clothes for all 3 of my kids ages 2, 5 and 9. I’ll definitely keep shopping here and also was able to sell some stuff too !! Win win !!

The store is now on the 2^nd owner since Hannah and it has changed dramatically for the worst. The new owner is rude and refuses to buy anything. The store used to be wonderful and both Hannah and the past owner were kind and easy to work with. I do not recommended going there.

Hannah’s was a great store when Hannah owned it but not anymore.
Since the change in ownership I went there 3 times to sell beautiful, expensive Halloween costumes. The first time I was told to come back at the beginning of the month. The second time there was an unexpected sign on the door saying be back at 2:30. The third time the owner acted as if I was insulting her by coming in. She was full of excuses as to why she wouldn’t buy clothes
without even bothering to look at what I had.
Her loss.
We miss you Hannah!

Score. I look at consignment as a place to browse, not a go-​to for specific items. A good mix of items up to size 10. The owner is very nice, spotted a stain on a shirt and gave it to me for free. (I happened to be desperately searching for a brown dress, found one !!! and a possible back up. I can return if my daughter doesn’t like it.)
Not really consign: 50% store credit or 40% cash when you drop off clothes. They buy all seasons (!!).

This is truly a niche store. It’s a place to go if you’re a parent of a young girl, you live in the Berkeley/​El Cerrito area, you want to support local business and you snarl «corporate scum!» if someone even breathes «Marshall’s», and you don’t have a lot of money to spend.
Well, for us, that’s two out of four. I’ll take good clothing whether it’s from a resale shop or Marshall’s. We were on our way back to Adventure Playground, Mom wanted to buy an Easter dress for our daughter. Burlington Coat Factory is large, but we haven’t found much there that would work for our girl, even at the huge store in Milpitas (much there was quite skanky). Oh, let’s try Hannah’s.
I was surprised at how small the store is. But if they have what we need, no problem. It appears that they specialize in younger girls; there wasn’t much over size 5 (our first grader wears 7). It didn’t take long to find a great dress for her, and for only $ 10, a little more than half of the typical dress at Tarjay and with higher quality. This being a consignment store, there are no guarantees that we’d have a repeat performance; they can sell only what they get in.
I’m pleased with our visit, but with its size and its small selection of sizes we need now and over the next few years, I have this nagging question about if we’ll make a trek out here only to find nothing for our girl. But if you live in the area, go for it.

The store is well-​organized, the clothes and shoes are in good condition, and prices rival the Albany Goodwill. Turnover of clothes is pretty quick – I once went here 2 days in a row and found a couple more pants in my daughter’s side that weren’t there the day before. I’ve gotten some toys from here and they’ve withstood over a year of abuse (think chewing, throwing, running into walls) without losing functionality.
I’ve found the employees to all be friendly and helpful. They’ve also seemed unfazed when my older daughter attempts to relocate every item in the store. Every once in a while they do a dollar rack sidewalk sale with proceeds going to charity. I’ve found some really cool stuff off the rack.
Definitely check this place out!

I’m a big fan. Fun stuff, great deals. Friendly, helpful, community vibe. Highly recommend!

I just had a great experience here. The service was efficient and very friendly. The prices seemed fair. And I was able to use my credit to walk out with two pairs of rain boots, one used and one new. Happy customer — I’ll definitely be back.

Hannah sold the business last summer. The store still pretty much looks the same but the employee (not new owner) was sooooo rude — she told my child to stop playing with a sample toy: A sample toy! in a children’s store! I remaindered where she was and she claimed to be worked about them breaking it. I’ve never seen a train broken by driving it around in circles on the floor. I was going to return to buy some presents for my kids but not now. She was also unfriendly to the people bringing in bags of stuff for resale. I’m not returning or recommending anyone else to. However I have sold & bought stuff at Hannah’s for 9 yrs a I do hope the new owner finds better employees.

Super cute but small and functional consignment store! Lots of items to choose from and in very good condition. Found several dresses for my daughters ages 2 years and 7 years. Brands such a tea, mini boden, GAP, Hanna Anderson, etc. will definitely be back for more vintage finds and reasonably priced as well. Don’t think I bought anything over $ 10!
They also had a nice assortment of brand new Melissa and Doug type toys for kids (wooden puzzles, blocks, new kids backpacks, umbrellas and other toys. As well as a little toy box the kids can play with while mommy shops, new kids watches, balls, and play broom and dust pan for kids.

Love this place, and the owner is always so cheerful. Best way to go green — reuse! And she only stocks good quality clothing. Also she’s got the best, cheapest selection of rain boots in town.

I am happy to be preparing with my son and his wife for our first grandchild.
We looked online to find some names of consignment places in the Berkeley/​Oakland area. Hannah’s was our first stop.
The owner is very welcoming and knowledgeable. This trip was a fact finding mission to get the skinny on local shops more than to buy specific items but now we know where to go when the baby comes. Not sure of the gender, we are just scoping out places and what is possible.
We bought several little clothing items like onesies and jackets that are essentially unisex for the first few months and everything there is clean and well presented.
I am returning to work from home this fall in the Bay area when the baby comes, so definitely will be returning to Hannah’s.

I’ve been here a few times and just recently went a couple of days ago. Yes, the customer service is spotty but when — I believe it was the owner of the store was in, the customer service is great & friendly. She kept telling me if the stuff I got didn’t work out, just bring it back. Yes, this store IS TINY and yes, they do have more stuff for girls but I was able to buy my toddler boy a nice jacket and some rain boots (that happened to have matched his rain coat we got at another resale store!). I also got a barely used (you couldn’t even tell it WAS used) ergo for a third of the cost of a new one. As with any resale shops, prices are spotty including what they have to offer but that doesn’t stop me from checking them out cause you just never know. *Oh and FYI — Solano Kids is closed until Sept. 2012 as per the sign on their empty store door.

Great!
It’s a super small store (300 square feet) but they make the most of it… good selection of used clothing in good condition for very reasonable prices.
Since it’s such a small store they sell mostly clothes so don’t expect to see any furniture, strollers, etc.
I visited 3 consignment stores today and purchased the most from this little one.
Very friendly customer service… will be back!

I like that they have a 1 dollar rack outside. I found 1 boy item in the rack & it had stains all over it. I went inside & to my surprise this shop is smaller than expected. Being so tiny means that customer service should be friendly! The service gal didn’t even look up, smile or say «Hi» to me when I was right there in front of her.
I looked at the sizes I am in need for my son & found nothing but girl clothes. All the pants are for girls, all the tops are for girls, all the jackets are for girls. This shop should be called «Hannah’s Girls Resale» as they just don’t stock boys items. Being that I don’t have a girl I have no interest in the items they offer.

A decent resale place with a nice $ 1 rack outside where money goes to local charities. It’s a bit hit or miss of course on what you might find. I got some nice shoes and socks here for my little girl. I found the woman working there to be rather abrasive though. Maybe I am an overly sensitive mom but she implied that I was buying the wrong things for my daughter. I would probably return but would avoid conversation.
Things are priced ok, but kids clothes are actually rather inexpensive to buy new so you can get much better deals. I would go to Good Will or a decent rummage sale first. For things you could buy at Target you aren’t getting much of a deal. For some higher end brands, you can get them much cheaper here.