Crate & Barrel

Stopped by with my mom to look around. I’m getting married and wanted to find a store to start my registry so I thought I’d check out crate and barrel. The prices were less than I expected and an associate was kind enough to give us a tour and explain how their registry works. She gave us some brochures and told us about the Sunday registry gatherings they have. I’m very impressed with their down to earth friendly customer service skills and it’s very refreshing to be able to talk and ask questions openly without feeling judged or rushed. I’m very impressed and will be returning, plus I found some goodies I want to purchase asap! That I would not have found if it wasn’t for that fabulous associate who helped us!
I wish I would of asked her name!

Beautiful bed linens and frames artfully presented at this location with a friendly staff…
It was easy and free to park.

Not a bad store. They have great Christmas decorations, furniture and frames. The quality is a bit better than Pier 1 Imports. I tend to like the the furniture and glassware.
Pros:
–This store has a wide range of items for sale. I tend to shop for the furniture and Christmas ornaments.
–The service is friendly and quick.
–Clean store.
–Good location in West Hartford center/​Blue Back.
Cons:
–No free parking available.

Besides loving Crate and Barrel in general, I especially love this bright, two level, spacious store in the middle of blueback square. For being such a large store, it seems to flow well and be pretty organized. All the larger furniture items are found on the second level and its great to walk around the showroom.
I have always had pleasant experiences with all of the staff and if you can catch a good sale then its even better! The down side, like with most places in the square is the parking. I would recommend parking in Isham or Memorial Garages. They are inexpensive and save you from circling the store for 30 minutes trying to find a spot on the street.
I used Crate and Barrel for our wedding registry and have been nothing but pleased with them. If youre doing a registry they really give you a lot of hands on help if you want it and make good recommendations. Its definitely one of my go to places for home items.

We registered here for our wedding and had a positive experience. We went to one of the registry events — they opened the store early for couples on a Sunday morning, and they served drinks, snacks, paninis made on their own panini makers, etc. It’s a little disappointing going there now when the red carpet isn’t being rolled out like it was that first time. But we loved everything we for from there, and when we selected our flatware, the woman was really helpful — hey, we’re probably going to eat with that for the rest of our lives right? Pretty important.

Based on yesterday’s customer service experience alone, this is a 5 Star review.
We went to order gifts from a wedding registry, quite a few gifts, actually. We were absolutely blown away by the trio of helpful people that buzzed around us working as one giant efficient team. They scooped things off the shelves, wrapped them in tissue, boxed them into cartons, slapped on handles and gift tags, taped the boxes shut, and assured us about everything on the way.
We went to the shipping dock a few minutes later, and everything was waiting for us,
The entire process from start to finish was easy as can be,
I want to acknowledge our helpful sales reps by name Lindsay, Lisa, and Jess. They and their manager Matt were an absolute pleasure to deal with.
I’m really glad we came into the store to conduct business instead of ordering on-​line. It was so much more pleasant dealing with these folks face-​to-​face, knowing things were packed and boxed safely, and knowing they reached our home in one piece.

One of the bigger Crate & Barrel stores; very neat and organized, but then again, West Hartford is a ghost town so I can’t imagine how it could ever get disheveled. I was actually the only one in the store at the time and though I must mention the very sweet and perky woman who greeted me at the door, the woman in the glassware section was such a snob– the reason for the dropping of the 5^th star.
I’d obviously come back because it’s hostess heaven.

We had a delightful experience compiling one of our wedding registries here last night. This store is beautifully decorated and well organized. The staff was incredibly helpful and went out of their way to explain everything to us. At first I thought to myself, you scan the items you want, big deal, but she explained the complete layout of the store, not to select discontinued/​limited quanity items/​seasonal items, etc.
I have never shopped much at this store, considering the prices of some items, but doing the registry was so much fun. This store really had a little bit of everything, but the layout doesn’t make it overwhelming. Since I have owned my own home for going on 6 years, I thought there wasn’t much I needed, but we really found a lot of items that will be of great use to us.
Once we were done selecting all of our items, we placed the scanner on a dock at one of the many kiosks. We entered all of our personal information and ta-​da everything was there for us to see. We could make changes to the registry in store or from home. Once I returned the scanner, we received a gift for registering there! How awesome is that!

Exquisite glassware and furniture! And the glassware is not as expensive as some of the other merchandise in the store. Whoever decorates the store should get a pay raise because the layout is absolutely stunning.
I was there to pick-​up an online order for a wedding registry! I am glad I did that because it saved me the hassle of finding the items or asking a sales associate for help. Free shipping and E-​bates money helps too!

This is a decent-​sized C&B store with a fairly good selection of furniture (2^nd floor) and housewares (1^st floor).
The sales staff is very friendly, hands-​on, and helpful.
Prices here vary from reasonable to moderate to over-​priced, so know the market and have a good idea of what you want and how much you are willing to spend.

I have never bought myself anything from the wedding registry giant Crate & Barrel because I always thought it was too pricey for my extremely thrifty tastes… basically I’m cheap as hell.
However, finally living alone without the fear of the massacre of kitchenware by roommates and after slicing my finger with a pathetic steak knife… I decided to get some nice knives.
There it was… a discontinued 5-​piece set of Wusthof german knives for $ 60 (originally $ 188) and despite being sold out online and not having them in stock anywhere within 200 miles from the state of CT, Aja at the store took the time to find a location in Virginia that might have a few on stock. She went above and beyond to help when she could easily forced me to continue to self-​mutilate myself with insufficient knives and just tell me they were sold out.
She searched the computer, gave me the SKU and phone number as well as offered to continue the search if they were unavailable. YAY customer service! When I called the other store, they did a phone order and are shipping my knives for only $ 8 S+H. So I’m a fan now. I too will wedding register the shit out of this place when the time comes.
Thanks Aja, thanks Crate & Barrel.
Note: Convenient bike rack outside the front entrance by Isham Rd. near Munson’s chocolates/​Barnes & Noble. Meters and parking structures are 0.75 per 30min or $ 7 max for the day. (that’s pretty much standard for W. Hartford).

Friendly, helpful, and attentive staff in a decent sized location. Nice Burgundy style wine glasses for $ 4, whenever one breaks, there I am. Lots of glassware for people who dig the sause and a large selection of kitchen items. SOme stuff pricey, other stuff not so much, just be mindful of what you can get elsewhere for cheaper.

its crate and barrel. i walked thru here looking to see what coffee grinders they had and found one half price in the clearance section and was happy. if you are looking for something for you house and are picky you may not find it here, but they have some nice stuff.

upstairs is furniture, downstairs is home décor and kitchen stuff. I love popping in here when I’m in west hartford center. It’s fun, modern and totally makes me look forward to decorating my own space. Prices are reasonable. Reminds me of IKEA if it actually put time and effort into its designs/​creation. I’ve bought duvets from both places as well as pillows and IKEA can’t even kneel next to C&B.
Check out the bathrooms. I’m obsessed with the sinks.

A Crate and Barrel is a Crate and Barrel anywhere. Joe C. does a good job describing what Crate and Barrel is to those that never been to one so I’m going to review the store itself here.
The staff are courteous and helpful. Clean storefront. Definitely exudes that upper middle class aura. Check out the upper level for furnitures.

This is my favorite home décor store in the state of Connecticut.
For those not familiar with Crate and Barrel, they have home furnishings that are slightly contemporary in design. However the inside of your home need not look like the Guggenheim to purchase something from here. I found they have many nicely designed items that would look good in any traditional home. For ultra modern looking décor, Crate and Barrel operates a separate division and website called CB2.
Some items are pricey, but they occasionally have good bargains on their discontinued stock. Plus, their website sometimes lists sale/​outlet items that can’t be found at their brick ‘n mortar stores.
The downstairs floor contains home décor/​kitchen items and the upstairs floor contains strictly furniture. I really can’t speak for their furniture, but I did purchase a really interesting lamp for $ 60 (discontinued, regular price was $ 99) and it was built very solid. Most of the home décor things I have purchased from Crate and Barrel have been of good quality.