Add a review about the John Lewis department store in London

John Lewis is a very famous department store: everyone in Britain knows it. This is not surprising: it is a traditional place of purchasing gifts. In this regard, the store is almost indispensable - good quality combined with not too high a price level and irreproachable reputation is not so common.

John Lewis is a chain of department stores, there are more than forty in the country, but the very first store opened in London on Oxford Street as a drapery store in 1864 and still works. At first he traded only household goods, but now he sells clothes.

Trendy models and new collections there are not found, too expensive brands like "Chanel" is also small, but if you need something calm and quality, what you can go to work, or good, but not too expensive jeans - it's better places for shopping can not found.

"John Lewis" sells men's, women's and children's clothes, specializing mainly on the popular items of everyday wear.

There are products under their own brand "John Lewis" (rather good), but there are clothes produced by some model houses (usually - quality, but not too much "promoted", and there are world famous brands such as Christian Dior and Chloe ).

Also this department store offers a variety of household products, from bed linen and dishes to home appliances and furniture, and again - there are goods under their brand, and there are design ones sold under the name of the manufacturer.

The store is famous for small household goods under its own brand - dishes, bed-clothes and other cute household trifles. It is usually bought as a gift by the British: this gift looks decent (the store has a good reputation), has a good level of quality, but it is not too expensive, in general - convenient.

Also in the store there is a small but pleasant book department, a small grocery department, several cafes (good) and several departments with cosmetics.

Practical information

This is a great store, and finding it is very simple: it takes a whole block at London's most famous shopping street, Oxford Street. Official address: London, W1C 1DX, Oxford Street, 300, John Lewis.

Two metro stations are close at once: Bond Street and Oxford-Sulfur, but Oxford-Sars is much closer (and this is important, because this street is always very, very crowded, and go for it for 10 minutes extra - it's quite tiring)

"John Lewis" is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9:30 to 20:00, on Thursday from 9:30 to 21:00 and on Sunday from 12:00 to 18:00.

The price level is reasonable: prices are slightly higher than the average for Oxford Street, but not too high, so "John Lewis" is available to most tourists.

Around the shop

Oxford Street is a place for democratic shopping, always very crowded, so it's not good to walk here. But you can go shopping, look at sales, and when you get bored - turn to some nearby street, they are all much quieter, go to Piccadilly with its old shops or walk to Hyde Park.