Dawah Bookshop

I love this store — It’s a rustic black history time capsule. There a photo of Lincoln (Abe Lincoln) and Sojourner Truth (btw — What a great name Sojourner Truth). There are album covers of Hugh Masekela and posters, photos of athletes, and of course several of The Greatest — Muhammad Ali. The guys that work here are super cool — very friendly and knowledgeable. I watched them interacted with other customers and I got to say everyone seen satisfied. Thank you, Dawah Bookshop and staff.

Came in looking for raw shea butter… First, I’m not sure where all these excellent service reviews are coming from or apparently whom I dealt with at this shop wasn’t Amir. *kanye shrug* doesn’t matter crappy service is a no go for me. Anyway, I walk in… No even so much as a hello… There is one other person inside in the process of checking out and because it’s so much stuff everywhere I simply ask where their raw shea butter is. Fat dude looks at me like I asked for something foreign while saying it’s right there… So I look and everything on the counter looked dusty as hell. So the other guy with dreads goes outside I suppose because they’ve got fresher containers outside. I ask to open the one on the shelf and no lie looked like it been sitting for quite some time where something that’s oily has sat that it looks dries out up top. So I mention it and state it look like it’s been sitting for a while and the response given was all Shea butter sits– when it’s shipped and on its way here… No as in been sitting and needs to be thrown out. So because I didn’t know any better and 6 $ ain’t shyt– I paid for it and mind you he wanted to be smart about that too talking about its only 6 $ we are very simple here… The hell is that supposed to mean??? I guess I ain’t look «ethic lovin’» enough to receive the service all these other folks that claim excellent service got either way… Because that Shea butter looked suspect to me anyway I went to zam zam down the way and picked up some more which was VERY fresh. Top it all off, get home and open up Dawah’s Shea butter only for it to have this smokey nasty odor to it opposed to a very bland but clean scent FRESH Shea butter has. So I within 2 minutes of smelling it– tossed their shyt straight in the trash can. Never again will another one of my BLACK dollars be spent in this establishment. crappy service and crappy product.

Amir was amazing. I will be coming back, he was super helpful and took his time answering all the questions I had.

Ok look. Dawah’s is not a place I expect to go and have someone greet me as soon as I walk in and cater to my every beck and call. Not to say that they are not pleasant, which would be a lie, but it’s the kinda place that you go — knowing exactly what you have in mind to get.
With that said, all the butters, all the oils, all the incense, all the ayurvedic herbs — YES. this place is aromatic, moisturized heaven and I love every inch of it. I hope it never goes anywhere.

I come here to get my oil (body and burning oil), oil burners, soap, and Shea butter from here. Been coming for years. Staff is always nice to us.

I still love this place! Amir was awesome. I wanted to start taking care of myself again starting with my skin because I’ve backslid so hard my skin is like sand paper while my allergies and sensitivity make it worse! Anyway, Amir was knowledgeable, kind, and helpful. I told him I need to get my skin back to «soft» or close enough, and I’m super allergic to everything… and I fell on my knee so I was all scarred up on my knee… Amir put Emu Oil on my knee for healing. I told him I’m dead broke, but hoping he can help me out somehow. He hooked it up! Got pure Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, a little extra Jar all for exactly $ 10. The good thing about this stuff is it lasts longer than lotion you buy in the store and it’s a lot cheaper! Check it out! Still good!

Excellent customer service. I appreciate that the staff is patient and answers questions and refuses to shy away when I ask for recommendations. Quality products that keep me coming back. One of my favorite places to visit.

First time going here even though I’ve driven by hundreds of times, glad I stopped in. They have so many oils to choose from and the service was great, others have said service was bad I don’t think so. Just to the point.

I L0VE this place! They helped me start my business in skin care.
The young men are very knowledgeable about everything they have in the store.
They have the ability to really give you what you want!!!
That is what I love most with my spoiled self haha! :-)

Almost wasn’t going to go here and it’s right down the street from my place JUST because of the reviews but I was already here so I went in anyways and let me say idk what the negative comments are for. I came for raw shea butter and they were very friendly and accommodating. Great service and they had just barely opened and it was people already waiting and they served us in a timely and kind manner. LOTS of scents to choose from and burning oils and natural body oils for great prices

4 star ONLY because they aren’t the best professionally, but I’m able to look past that. Their product is the best!!! We run a fragrance business in Seattle and everyone loves their stuff. I wanna give 5 star but they messed up my order a time or two and since we run a business it set us back a little. But I still will only order from them. Gotta take the good with the bad right?

although this place does have quality oils & natural soaps. the customer service suxxx. the staff are rude & condescending. it was a horrible experience & i will never patronize them again-​ever!!! {my 2¢} i actually give this place zero stars but Unilocal made me select one.

I was not looking to stumble upon this place but I am happy that I did. The amount of oils they have is unbelievable, the prices are great and while the service wasn’t exactly the fake, I want your money so ill be nice to you type, it was still good, especially considering how busy they were and how clueless my girlfriend and I were :)
If you want quality oils for a crazy good price, go here. If you want to continue to be ripped off, go to whole foods or something. .
Also, they have a wide selection of NOI books, which are also quite interesting.
All in all, I say just go here.

My first visit to Dawah was cool. I purchased raw shea butter for a decent price. The cashier even joked around with my husband and I. When it came time for a refill, I decided to try cocoa butter. Before returning to this store, I placed a call just to make sure they sold cocoa butter. An employee answered and confirmed they carried it. When I got to the store, I asked the cashier about the cocoa butter. She informed me they didn’t carry that item. When I told her that I had just called in, she responded in sort of a nasty way saying «well its the same thing.» I replied «excuse me?» but she didn’t say anything. At that point I made the decision to walk out. Besides, I was just in the market for cocoa butter, not for poor customer service with an attitude. The woman didn’t even bother to address the fact that an employee had given out the wrong information. Don’t think I’ll return… which is sad because they have a massive inventory of so many items that I love.

I have to say the service here is terrible. It’s a very unfriendly environment. I agree with all of the below comments that are not good about this store. This is the truth and nothing but the truth. I will never do business with these ingrates again. How do you completely ignore a paying customer? This was a long time coming and now the knife has found it’s place.

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly…
They provide QUALITY OIL (s) too… not that watered down stuff #Salute

This shop is small, they have items all over the ground as you enter the store, they also have so many different oils, books and other Items inside too, service sometime is not cool, what I mean is you get service but not with a friendly smile, I keep going here because of the choices and prices. In this neighborhood be sure to keep both eyes open wide.

You’ll find the best Oriental fragrant oils (attar) here. Prices are cheap and service good. Try Egyptian Musk, Pearl of the Nile, Nubian Musk, White Musk, Oud, African Musk, Arabian Musk, Honey Musk, Rose Oil or any other perfume oil from hundreds of different fragrances available at this store. Quiet honestly, I’ve never seen such a huge variety of attar oils anywhere!

First and Foremost:
Great Customer Service!
I’ve been coming here for 3 years now since I moved down here from Athens, GA
I was so use to the designer colognes until one of my good friends referred me here and never alcohol based colognes since. The employees there are very knowledgeable and respecting they have so many selections of the natural scent body oils they sale for example to name a few of my favorites: Egyptian Musk, Roberto Cavali (Men), and Gucci Guilty; all last long and harmless to the skin/​clothes. I also recommend the Fragrance Scent for households or place of business and Oil Burners they have wide selection I these items. Hopefully others will go down experience Dawah like have numerous times and at the same time purchase NATURAL HARMLESS FRAGRANCES.

TERRIBLE servie I made the HUGEEEE mistake by going here. When I pulled up to the driveway. Some guys were out sideand looked at me like I was some kind of alien. Then I went inside asked one of the ladies a question and she answered me but didn’t look at me. I proceeded to buy my oil after all the bad treatment. Honestly I felt like I was coming into KKK meeting with the dirty looks I got. NEVER AGAIN!!!