Alice's — Local services in London

What a fantastic place , this shop takes you back in Time atleast a hundred years back. The items here are unreal in a fantastic condition that you can never find any where else in London or even in the UK. There such nice antique items like cashiers, dispensing machines, coke machines, old signs and advertisements that you will never find any where. I can spend the while day here and could easily buy the while place if i could afford to or have the place to put them. Also, the owner is so kind and friendly and takes care of the customers. The rest of the staff are also friendly and attentive and they go out of their way to show you around. I will definitely go to this place and buy more things from here. I have an eye for one very nice very old mirror sign that i have to get...

Let me start with the reasoning for the 4 stars: exclusively because of the grumpy old man who owns/works (?) there. Photos are not allowed inside the store and it is filled from top to bottom with the most random stuff. It is very narrow and tight inside and full of porcelain, glass and other breakable things, so be careful when moving around in there, especially with a backpack. The shop is truly a gem, if you have seen the movies Paddington 1 & 2, the front is where the scenes from the "Mr. Gruber's Antiques Shop" were shot. Worth a visit despite...

Went here with my mum on 9/9/2023 when we had the heatwave. Very crammed and the owners are rude. Everything we asked about was not for sale and just a prop?! My mum really wanted this umbrella stand that was in the shape as an umbrella said no its damaged (only a tad and you would not expect antiques to be 100% perfect and it add's character to the item ) and used to prop the door open (it was no where near the door?!?!). Was the only reason we were going to portabello road for but ended up finding better shop and where actually...