Sur La Table

This is located at Eaton in Woodmere right next to Trader Joe’s. I love this kitchen store, it’s a bit high end but not exorbitant-​high-​end like Williams-​Sonoma. You’ll find whatever you need here whether you cook a little or a lot. I spied some cooking lessons going on too.

Massive gadget/​appliance selection and massive price tags to go along with them. But, I will admit, I wanted one of everything when I was walking around in there. I was convinced my kitchen was lacking. I did end up buying quite a few items, mainly because I just couldn’t leave empty handed with such polite sales associates helping me.
I will be going back, but only if there’s a great sale.

Chances are you love to cook or bake or you wouldn’t be in this store. They have a great selection of linens, glassware, grilling accessories, baking items, sauces, mixes, pots, pans and gadgets galore. I am a gadget girl and could hang out all day here. The staff is very knowledgable and helpful. My brother says this place makes Williams Sonoma look like Walmart! Kinda true!
I recently took a much needed (and deserved) cooking class. It was fantastic! It was a Thai cooking class and we made spring rolls with peanut sauce, shrimp and tofu pad thai, cucumber salad with fillet and sticky rice with mango and coconut ice cream. It was amazing and I learned so much! Feel free to grab drinks at Trader Joes and be prepared to make a wonderful meal. You get a 10% off coupon good for a month that can be used over & over and can even be used for another class! I am on the waiting list for a class tonight– Brazilian date night!

Looking for some incredibly specific and overpriced kitchen gadget? Sur La Table is your best chance of finding it. Whether you need a ceramic ginger grater, a battery-​powered pepper mill, or just a new knife, it’s probably hiding somewhere in amongst the jumbles of kitchen implements here.
It’s lots of fun to browse, but if you’re in a hurry, it’s best to ask one of the staff to help you find whatever you’re looking for – otherwise, you could easily waste a half hour. Luckily, most of the employees seem fairly knowledgable about what’s in stock and which fondue pot it’s hiding behind. Compared to the Williams Sonoma over at La Place in Beachwood, Sur La Table has a better selection, better prices, and better staff.
Still, I’ll generally stop here only if I’m in need of something quickly or just feel like looking around. If you can wait a few days, it’s almost always a good bit less expensive to order whatever you need from Amazon or some other online retailer.

WHAT A FUN STORE. If you need a kitchen gadget, and you can’t find it here… IT DOES NOT EXIST. Now true, this store breaks a lot of Alton Brown’s rules (of which, I’m honestly an advocate) no uni-​tasking devices! But honestly, it’s so much fun browsing through here!
What a great place to get gifts for the cook in your life! Or, for yourself, for that matter!
My friend and I have played the game of «guess the gadget» prior to reading the label. Lots of fun in this store.
While we were there, there was a cooking demonstration/​class being held. it seemed like a cool class, with good information. I kind of milled around right over there, eavesdropping.

Every time I go in I always find something to buy. The staff has always either greeted me or acknowledged me. If I had a question they either answered it right away or I waited my turn for an associate. They charge top price for their products but the products are top class. In the back of the store they do have a small clearance section. I received a Kitchen Aid item bought at this store and did not have the recepit. After explaining that I used it once then leaked (the antifreeze in the ice cream maker) they exchanged it for me with out any hassels. The only thing I hate about the place is the parking. Its in a busy shopping plaza with Trader joe’s and other stores and parking can be really hard to find at certain times of the day.

Regarding the Cooking Class «Mastering Seafood» with Chef Sallie Ferlotti.
I’m now hooked on their cooking classes and will for sure be back for more
From 6 – 8:30 and a little beyond we got hands on practice in groups of 4 of 5 cooking:
— Seared Scallops w/​Tarragon Butter Sauce
— Grilled Salmon and Arugula Salad with Orange and Shaved Fennel
— Seafood Saffron Broth (Bouillabaisse)
— Pan-​roasted tilapia with capers and meyer lemon
We got a hand out on all that we covered to take with us and a 10% in-​store coupon on anything, including sale items. From all the food we made there was plenty for each person to sample everything that was cooked — I didn’t eat dinner and was full when I left. There is a Trader Joes next door as well so if you want you can go buy wine next door and bring it over to drink during class.
Chef Ferlotti was amazing! Her personality was wonderful; she was wonderful to work with and be around. Nothing seemed to frazzle her and she answered on and off topic questions knowledgeable and pleasantly. I will definitely look her up on the schedule when I go to sign up for my next class. She was assisted by one other and the director the cooking class program was also there.
Check the website for class listings, menus and chef assignments.

I mean, it’s a chain store and all, and in probably the bourgiest shopping center in all of Northeast Ohio, but I really do like Sur La Table. It has your standard run-​of-​the-​mill kitchen gadgets, a nice, drool-​worthy selection of Le Creuset items, and some pretty basic decorative pieces. Their prices tend to be surprisingly affordable, too — not deep discount, bargain basement, but affordable and realistically accessible for the everyday home cook (like me).
I find it a lot less off-​putting than Williams-​Sonoma, perhaps because the salespeople tend to leave you alone here.

Don’t get me wrong, I love cool kitchen stores like Sur La Table, Williams Sonoma, and Crate & Barrel. But this particular Sur La Table is as low as it can get in terms of customer service. Each time I visited this store, I was always left feeling somewhat upset and disappointed because of the people who work there. The clerks are condescending, rude and unfriendly. And they have no problem thinking that the busier they get, that they can treat you even more rudely. If you think you will get any helpful, friendly answers back to your questions, forget it. For instance, I was shopping for a spatula, and asked one of the clerks which one she would recommend. She practically barked back at me with «oh hon, that’s your personal preference.» Helpful much? And «oh Hun?»
More recently, I called the store to ask if they had a particular item in stock. Instead of taking less than a minute to check their inventory, I was put on hold more than four times by a couple of clerks, and one of whom (Nancy) rudely hung up on me while I was asking her to put it on hold. She literally hung up on me while I was still talking! When I called back and made it clear that I was not happy that she hung up on me, she did not bother apologizing or changing her attitude.
Other workers there are all similar in their rudeness and bad attitudes. Sure, Sur La Table has tons of cool kitchen things, but this is not the only kitchen store around here. I’d rather spend my money else where, because when I shop, I expect friendly service, rather than being hung up on, barked at, or being sarcastically «oh Hun”-ed at.

Now, Sur La Table is a new concept for me, I had never heard of it prior to moving into Cleveland. So when I got here and needed to stock up my kitchen I headed over to Williams-​Sonoma. I love cooking in Le Creuset and was underwhelmed with the offerings at a couple of their stores in the area so I finally asked one of the sales associates if there was another store in the city that sold them. She thought about it for a moment and then pointed me in the direction of Sur La Table. The moment I walked in the door and saw the shelves piled high with every type of kitchen implement imaginable, I knew Williams-​Sonoma had lost a customer!
Every time I come in this store, I walk out with some new baking item, it’s very hard for me to resist grabbing something new to take home and try out. In fact, I think my breaking point has almost been reached since my poor little kitchen can’t really hold that much more… but I’m sure I could find room for that candy thermometer… and the madeline pan… oh and I could probably squeeze in a baking stone for my bread too (haven’t looked to see if they actually carry these but I wouldn’t be surprised!).
I bought one sauce pan from the Sur La Table line, and I must say that it has served me well. Nice design, good heat distribution and works well for everything from gravy to chocolate… best thing about it? Cheap! I like to save money when I can and their own line allows you to do that with ease, it’s more realistic than customers going and buying the copper-​clad pots at Williams-Sonoma…I don’t even want to look at some of those price tags, Yikes!
If you like cooking or baking, be sure to make this a destination for some jaw-​dropping browsing, if you don’t walk out of the store with something in your hands, you’ll definitely walk out with some new ideas for your time in the kitchen. –1 star only because I’m not a huge fan of their dinnerware section… if you’re going to have plates and glasses, do it right or just get rid of it.

I absolutely adore this store. When I shop here, I get giddy like a pubescent teen fawning over the the latest Hollywood starlet. Sur La Table is basically Mecca for food geeks.
Some people enjoy shopping in eclectic vintage stores for clothing and nicknack’s while others can spend hours on end at indie record stores hunting for that one special vinyl. Me? I get my shopping fix browsing at kitchen gear.
Sur La Table really has it all. Any piece of cutlery, bakeware, cookware, kitchen tools, bar tools and electronic gadgets that you could imagine. You name it, Sur La Table probably has it. It’s like a more realistic and approachable Williams Sonoma.
Sur La Table sells an assortment of brands and from various price ranges. Splurge on an All-​Clad Copper-​Core 10 piece set or save money by going with an alternative stainless set from a less expensive competitor. Dreaming of that elusive colbalt blue 7−¼ quart Le Creuset French oven? They have all shapes, sizes and colors here to ogle at. Do you envy the way Sushi chefs cleanly slice through raw fish like warm butter with no effort whatsoever? They have plenty of gorgeous Japanese steel here. Want just as good of a brand, but at a fraction of the cost? They also carry Global and Forschner by Victorinox.
I have spent plenty of money at Sur La Table in the past and come back to visit quite often. I like wandering around the store, dreaming of outfitting my dream kitchen or for the time being, picking up the latest utensil I just have to have in my arsenal. For me, there is no better place in the area to satisfy that need than Sur La Table.