Shiekh Shoes

One Sunday morning as I was about to go to my first interview as a sophomore, I suddenly realized I had nothing close to acceptable businesslike shoes. I came to Shiekh right when they opened and the guy who helped me was really nice and understood that I was in a huge rush.
However I think the flats I bought that day may have possibly been the worst, most cheaply made pair of shoes that I had ever purchased. As I was walking home from my interview not even an hour after I had purchased them, the insoles of the shoe started to fall apart and become unglued. I think it was a record for me at how fast they broke. I wore them a few times again out of necessity but by the third time I could see the seams that held the entire shoe together starting to rip and the fit wasn’t even that tight on my foot.
Basically the customer service can be good depending on who is working, but the shoes (at least those flats) are not worth the $ 15-​$ 20 you will spend on them. Don’t waste your money and find something of better quality.

I have seen some horrible retail, but the three people manning the store on Sunday January 12 define gross incompetence. I was purchasing shoes for my nephew and niece. My nephew found a pair he liked and we told the salesperson that we were purchasing and awaiting my neice to make a decision on a second pair. A pair my neice wanted were «claimed» by one of the sales agents on duty and were told they were not available for sale, despite the fact that she had not paid for them. By the time my neice had selected a pair she wanted, they had gone ahead and sold the pair my nephew had chosen. Just disgusted.

I went here on a whim looking for some pretty Vuitton copies I just had. to. have. but I had no idea that what they were really after was some kind of sadistic roleplay…
I rarely wear heels so I let the tall, overly made-​up lady working in the shop help me try them on. I usually wear a size 7.5 but she kept insisting, «in heels, you’re a size smaller.» She forced a pair of 6.5’s on my feet and after much pushing and shoving, she actually got my feet into the miniature torture chambers. Pleased with her handiwork, she fawned over how pretty my feet looked in them, causing me to blush profusely as I attempted to escape from the store with the shoes I originally planned on purchasing. However, my grip on reality was too weak; I was blinded by the mirage of black velvet Vuittons as she thrust the 6.5’s into my eager fingers. Due to her cunning exploitation of my insatiable desire for Vuitton, I got the 6.5’s instead. Although she kept reassuring me that it was for the best, I never wore them again due to the fact that my feet go numb from lack of circulation after a mere 5 minutes.
What kind of sick games are they playing here?!?

This store is probably the worse store I’ve ever been to. I came in here on Tuesday asking about whether or not a pair of shoe would be sold in this store, the employee said yes and seemed to know what he was talking about. Saturday, the day the shoe was released, I walked into the store and asked the same guy for the pair of shoe. He gave me a completely different one and tells me the one I want is limited edition and only one store got them. He even asked me who told me that they were going to get them. I told him that he was the one who said the shoes would release there. All he said was that he doesn’t have them. It didn’t seem like the employee didn’t know what he was talking about so I don’t understand why shiekh in berekely would just blatantly lie about the release. Terrible experience with this store, huge disappointment.

2011-​11-​16 Chris was amazing and super sexy!

It was very empty today. They had just what I needed, water-​proof spray for my shoes.

As a former «sneakerhead,» I used to LOVE Shiekh, mainly because I had a friend who worked there that would hook it up with the joog on everything. So for about three years, I did not buy my shoes anywhere but Shiekh. When he quit, though, I had no choice but to go elsewhere. From then on, I was just uninterested in going to Shiekh, as the workers have never really been helpful. Since my review is specifically on the Berkeley location, I’ll get straight to the point.
I came here a few weeks ago, hoping to cop a pair of Jordans for my cousin, who had told me this particular location would be getting shipment of this LE shoe. I got there upon opening time, and homeboy who unlocked the door said he was not sure if they had received the shoe. Um, I know for a fact that places get their shipment at least a day before a release so how in the world does homeboy not know if they received the shoe or not? After a few minutes, he let me in and told me they actually did not receive them. 1) Why did whoever answered the phone the previous day say they received them? 2) The worker that day tried to feed me some bs excuse as to why they did not receive them, stating that their roof was leaking so he had to push all his shipments back to the following Saturday and that they would FOR SURE have them then. 3) I left, annoyed at wasting my time driving out to Berkeley for nothing. My cousin then called the store back and was told that they in fact had the shoes in stock. When he called back a few hours after, they were supposedly sold out. A couple of hours later? They had them in. 4) We called back later that week to see if they would be getting them and they kept saying yes. 5) Did they ever get them? OF COURSE NOT. I swear that 99% of the time most Shiekh employees do not know what the hell they are selling, or what they even get. I’ve had instances where I called ahead to see if they had a certain shoe in stock and was asked to describe the shoe. 6) My cousin even physically went into the store after calling and being told that the shoe could be ordered but what happened when he went? The employee thought he was talking about a completely different shoe. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME COMING HERE UNLESS YOU ENJOY DISAPPOINTMENT. This place either needs to get their act together– and quick, or hire some people who actually know wassup. And oh hi Shiekh employees, if you plan to lie to your customers, be prepared to lose them too.

This store is really small and stock is pretty limited. The prices are alright for shoes on sale but some of the asking prices are off the charts.
Reliability is a major issue here. An employee told me and my friends to come back at 12pm to pick up shoes we ordered a week ago. Thank goodness we didn’t do that; we went at 10am and they told us that the shipment hasn’t arrived. And so we waited 20 minutes, and still nothing. The employees stand around when shipment comes in and fail to serve customers. It takes forever to get a pair of shoes. The final cherry on top was when the manager said that inventory would take an hour after the shipment is unloaded, which was counter to what the cashier said, facts need to be set straight. It was such a bad experience! Never coming back.
The only thing that deserves the 1 star is the Levi’s canvas Vans rip-​offs.

I’m extremely picky about shoes, but when I needed a specific kind (for instance, comfortable sandals with rubber bottoms), I found the perfect one at Shiekh that I couldn’t find anywhere else. They have pretty good deals from time to time as well.
What disappointed me the most about this particular store is the customer service. The staff always seems unfriendly and intimidating; they never offer you help even if they see you trying on different pairs, and when I ask for a different shoe size they act as though it’s the most tedious job in the world to grab another pair. I’ve tried coming back to the store hoping they’d be more welcoming, but it’s the same atmosphere each time. To say the least, they’ve scared me from buying a pair of shoes I’d wanted more than once. Hopefully other stores will provide better service than this one.

I always passed by this store on the way home from school without going in. Everything seemed a little ghetto and flashy from the outside so i never bothered.
But one day I was wandering down telegraph and I stepped inside. Almost all of my cheap-​ass shoes have started to fall apart all at once and I need to replace a bunch of them. Shiekh is great for this. The shoes are reasonably priced and look way nicer than they probably are. They staff is a little stand-​offish, at first, but when you engage them they are very friendly and helpful.
Shiekh has some amazing shoes! They are colorful and bold. These are not shoes for wallflowers. I walked in and found tons of pairs I wanted to buy. Unfortunately I couldn’t afford them all. Its always a good thing when you just cant decide due such to an excellent selection! I love platform stiletto shoes. They make your butt look toned and lifted and your legs look so long. I tried many pairs on and settled with an luxurious pair of blue suede Mary Jane stilettos and black and white peep toe stilettos with a silver buckle. They both are HOT.
I put both to the test and wore them to work where I have to stand on my feet all night. The Mary Janes had to be removed by the end of the night but the peep-​toes stayed relatively comfortable! I was shocked how well they both stood up under the pressure!
Shiekh also has a huge selection of beautiful flats and boots. My plan is to come back each time I get paid and get one new pair of shoes to replace a pair I have to throw away. I cant wait for that next pay check…