Dr Hermans

Great Place & Great Guys

For starters, this shop is not entirely devoted to weed, Sam. You can also, if you’re so inclined, buy legal highs and laughing gas paraphernalia here.
Yes, there’s a lot of bongs and pipes and whatnot here, but I always think those big old bongs look a bit ridiculous, and have never known anyone actually use them, outside of American teen movies and anti-​drug educational videos.
As Sarah-​Jane points out, this is a very strange shop, it feels like a hippy tardis and the lava lamps etc put me in mind of the average teen pot-​smokers bedroom. Not cool, guys. Still, it’s fitting, I suppose.

It’s simple. If you like weed a lot, you will like Dr Herman’s a lot.
If, like me, you don’t really like weed, then the existence of Dr Herman’s will be totally inconsequential to you. It is to me.
In Dr Herman’s there are loads and loads and loads of bongs, pipes, papers and other accessories to help you smoke the green stuff in all kind of ways. The whole shop is dedicated to the weed. Apparently there are enough people in Manchester that like weed that much to fund its existence. Fair enough, I guess.

I think somebody picked this store up by helicopter from amsterdam then dropped it in the northern quarter after making the 40 minute flight journey. This place deals in «legal» substances quote and quote and all those legal highs. For you who like your space cakes and wacky backy then it has lots of «smoking» accessories for all your «tobacco» wants. In fact I should place this whole review in quotation marks.
One of those generally grey areas there seems to be a strong market for these peps in the northern quarts. Never met the doctor herman himself though sadly. The doctors though have no intention of inciting you to break cannabis law though it must be mentioned.

I guess the Dr isn’t receiving quite so many patients since the once legal magic mushrooms that they sold were converted to class A drugs.
However, he still sells a range of ‘souvenir seeds’ with names such as The Flying Dutchmen, Buddha Seeds, Paradise Seeds and Serious Seeds. According to their website these seeds are for 1) historical reference, 2) educational reference, 3) scientific reference and 4) souvenir value. Hmmm. You can also order from their website unless you live in the USA or another country which doesn’t like cannabis seeds being imported.
The other week I was on the bus next to some students who were dosing up on Pro Plus for their night out. Some scallies told them in no uncertain terms that Pro Plus was crap, and they should get themselves down to Dr Hermans for some legal highs. They proceeded to say that they had bought some extra-​magic weed which doesn’t show up on their drugs tests in open prison! From looking at the website I guess they were talking about the specimens listed under the ‘botanical samples’ section!

Kratom
Chacruna
San Pedro
Blue Lotus
Jurema
Yopo
If you’re already familiar with some of the above, chances are you already shop at Dr. Hermans! For those folks who draw a blank, Dr. Hermans specialises in a wide range of smoking paraphernalia from tobacco seeds to seed banks, grow bags, grinders, pollinators, vapourisers, roaches and blunts.
The reason I’ve only given them three stars isn’t because their shit isn’t good — it’s because the shop looks and feels like a hippy tardis. Everywhere you look, there’s horrible flashing lights, crappy lava lamps and cheap looking bongs. I know most customers are probably too high to notice but the décor makes me think of migraines! Personally, I’d also be extremely reluctant to smoke something called Fly Agaric but hey, it’s your lungs!

introduced to this little place by a friend a couple of years ago. Intresting and eye opening.
A place of in sight. staff always friendly and knoweledgable.
Advice for the good times highs and lows.
I catch my kids in here id kill em.
A bit sordid and dingy but atmosphere calm and unsordid.
Definately colorful!!!