Notting Hill shops
Your guide to great shopping in Notting Hill
Head to the famous Portobello Road Market for everything from antiques and vintage accessories to street food and fresh veg stalls. If the hordes of people put you off the market, Notting Hill is also home to designer shops, like the French boutique Aimé. Discover some of the best stores in the area with our guide to shopping in Notting Hill.
Think we've missed a great shop in Notting Hill? Let us know in the comment box below.
The Merchant
Fashion: Designer
Ledbury Rd, London, W11 2AB
The Merchant is a celeb-favourite with brands including Lanvin, Chanel, Hermes and Dior – all at bargain prices. The Merchant strives to keep as up to date as possible...
Books for Cooks
Books: Specialist
4 Blenheim Crescent, London, W11 1NN
The astute book shopper will have noticed the number of London bookshops opening coffeeshops to attract customers. Books for Cooks puts them all to shame...
Portobello Road Market
Market: Fashion, vintage and antiquities
Portobello Road, London, W10
Portobello is actually several markets stretched out up one long strip of road: antiques start at the Notting Hill Gate end; further up are food stalls; and emerging designer...
Honest Jon's
Music & entertainment: CDs & records
278 Portobello Rd, London, W10 5TE
This legendary record shop's owner had the foresight to lend former hired hand James Lavelle £1,000 to set up Mo' Wax records in the early 1990s. Prints of old blaxploitation...
Dolly Diamond
Fashion: Vintage & secondhand
51 Pembridge Rd, London, W11 3HG
One minute you're in the twenty-first century, then you step through the door into the 1940s. The shop has a delightfully old-fashioned feel, with its neat displays and vintage bra mannequins.
Odabash
Fashion accessories: Lingerie & swimwear
48B Ledbury Rd, London, W11 2AJ
Slink into ultra-glam Odabash (unbelievably white, white carpets, driftwood lamps) and even if the best you can hope for this summer is a week in a caravan in Wales, you'll feel like there's a yacht with your name on it somewhere.
Comments
Provenance
Provenance is a butcher’s shop in Notting Hill run by a bunch of young enthusiasts who gave up desk jobs to train as butchers and charcutiers. Struan Robertson is the founder, an alumnus of the School of Artisan Food in Welbeck, Nottinghamshire. The rest of the team – Tom Gibson, Guy Gibson, and Erin Hurst – are all Kiwis, which partly explains the grass-fed wagyu beef burgers from New Zealand that are flying out the doors in barbecue weather. A lot of the meats are value-added, such as marinated whole chickens and lamb kebabs, to offer what Struan calls ‘meal solutions’ for local shoppers (well, he is a former advertising man). The meats are all free range, the charcuterie supplied by British makers. Give it a look.
Harvey Jones kitchens is another one I'd recommend. Large shop near Notting Hill - http://www.harveyjones.com/our-showrooms/notting-hill/ - great for browsing kitchen ideas.
I think that you should include Ceramica Blue at 10 Blenheim Crescent. For over 25 years selling owner Lindy Wiffen's individual, varied and usually colourful selection of ceramics and other tableware.
Sub Couture Notting Hill
www.subcouture.co.uk
Sub Couture is the most established women's fashion boutique in Notting Hill stocking designer labels Patrizia Pepe, Twin-set, Hale bobTara Jarmon, Oneseason and many more. With 23 Years of experience and free personal styling and expert tailoring it is no wonder this independent shop is a firm favourite with the locals and london celebrity set. Nestled between Ladbroke Grove and Portobello Road amongst an array of fabulous restaurant it is a true jewel in the crown in the heart of Notting Hill.
Hello, I'm working at a fashion boutique (SubCouture) on Kensington Park Road and would be very interested in having a description on the TimeOut website. How do you go about that? Thanks very much! Isabel Gilbert
Portobello Green has wonderful quirky shops, from the gorgeous handmade handbags at Verde's, to the rich variety of teas of the Chinese Tea Shop.