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Good selection, good price... good selection of toys, the best shop for bondage gear,

Staff just left me to it until I approached them. Don't have to ring a bell or anything for entry, (Oh, and the sales assistant was incredibly good looking!) Ranks 2nd.

  Thanks to Bellinda, May 2006: Cheery Shop

The proprietor was really nice and explained all kinds of stuff, there was plenty of choice of toys, DVDs, videos, and even kinky underwear. I would have thought this would be embarrassing, but it really wasn't.

The guy explained the workings of all sorts of gadgets, including vibrators and all kinds of things for men. The selection is really good, and my friends tell me that it's price wise the best in Galway too.

All in all: Cheery shop on three floors, huge selection, nice guy working there (good looking too! ;-) ) - not the least bit sleazy, I give it a definite thumbs up!

2pm-2am

Hit the news with claims that there is a cinema on the premises showing unclassified films. There are also video viewing booths

  Review by Krystal, Jan 2008: Aimed More at Guys

Huge selection of DVDS, some lingerie (in some larger sizes), reasonable selection of toys, but everything seems to be slightly overpriced. No bondage gear (unless you include handcuffs).

Not a bad shop, but definitely aimed more at guys than girls! Ranks 3rd.

Very small shop, lots of DVDs and Mags, but not much of a selection of anything else!

I felt really uncomfortable in here! Kinda has a sleazy feeling about it. I felt like I was being watched the whole time! Least favourite.

Definitely my favourite shop, didn't feel at all embarrassed, was just like doing grocery shopping!When I entered, the sales assistant asked me to leave my bags at the till, and said if I needed any help to just ask him, the left me to it until I approached him again.

Wide selection of toys for both guys and girls, and lingerie (though no large sizes.) Some bondage gear. Sales assistant was very helpful, opening packaging for me etc. Ranks 1st.

Pulse & Cocktails
Blaydon Business Park
Tundry Way
Gateshead
NE21 5SJ

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun & Bank hols: 11am-5pm

shop details at
www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk
 

Pulse & Cocktails' sex shop licence was revoked in April 2008 in a ludicrous response to complaints about posters for the shop.

Pulse & Cocktails has appealed and the case will be heard in September. In the meantime the shop is continuing to trade.

  From Pulse & Cocktails, April 2007: Massive Superstore

This is now a newly licensed and fully refurbished massive superstore and is split into two departments

This first department is Cocktails, which has an excellent range of sexy lingerie, costumes, PVC, latex and hosiery in a variety of styles ranging from sizes 8-26. This department also has a huge selection of naughty novelties, gifts, games and hen and stag night products.

Pulse is where the shopping adventure really begins! The sex toys department is huge with literally thousands of toys from every corner of the globe with many items available to touch in the 'switch on and try before you buy' display area. This store also has an exclusive range of erotic furniture.

This store has one of the largest adult film departments with over 5,000 different DVDs covering every type and subject imaginable. This department also has a 42" plasma screen showing trailers of the latest films. The store also has an excellent, Gay DVD section with over 300 titles. The DVDs are very competitively priced and Pulse & Cocktails offers an excellent exchange system on all films.

There is also huge range of XXX books and magazines, none of which are sealed and all at very competitive prices.

Pulse and Cocktails is situated at Blaydon Factory Shop near. There is ample free parking outside and around the store on the industrial estate.

Shop at Pulse & Cocktails for sex toys, rabbit vibrators, sexy clothing & lingerie and sex dolls or Hardcore Films from our sex shops.

Sister shop to that in Sheerness

Mon-Wed :10.30am-6.30pm
Thurs: 10.30am-7.30pm
Fri-Sat:10.30am-6.30pm
Sun: Closed

Tel: 0141 221 2538

Unlicensed

  Review from The List, Oct 2007: Busby Berkeley

Entering the newly-opened Agent Provocateur  store on Glasgow’s Ingram Street, with its complex, splendid set pieces, concept lighting and legions of housecoat-clad glamour girls, is a bit like shopping in a Busby Berkeley musical. Busby probably wouldn’t have got the display cases of glittering whips past the censors, right enough.

‘The Agent Provocateur experience is about avoiding that very British prudery, where we insist on categorising anything to do with sex as sleazy or smutty,’ said their spokeswoman Jacqui Soliman.

Sat-Sun only: 9am - 4pm

Tel: 07985 607470

sales@glasgowbarras.co.uk

News from the shop, July 2006: Busted

The Baras has been busted for not having a licence, (Glasgow have a rights abusing policy of refusing licences anyway)

Still operating for now though.

From the shop, April 2006: Ben Dover Toys

We are now selling a large range of adult toys and we also run adult promotions such as speed dating, and adult party nights, also we will be stocking the new range of Ben Dover toys

Our new special offers are
3 DVD's for £25
10 DVD's for £75

From David: Cool Smoking Section

They sell a wide range of products from toys DVDs and also a cool smoking section

Mon -Sat 10.30am - 7pm
Sun 12.30pm - 6.30pm

Tel: 0141 553 2666

Not licensed

Review required

Tel: 0141 552 0070

Review required

This shop was housed within the Gay and Lesbian Centre but that has now relocated to new premises but I don't know if Joy 4 Us went with them.

The Glasgow LGBT Centre moved to 81 Bell Street Glasgow G1 1LQ but no mention of Joy 4 Us at the new location

Boutique

Review required 

Tel: 0141 552 8300

Any reader of the Melon Farmers Website will be entitled to 10 % Discount on all DVDs, videos, toys, shoes, boots, lingerie, rubberwear & lube.

Reader review:

My girlfriend and I went into the shop we found it great. we were very welcome. They had a good selection of toys, DVD, outfits, lube, magazines and a lot more. We bought some toys and they were great, the staff were very helpful and you get a 10% discount if you mentioned you were on the melonfarmers web site. I would recommend this shop to any one. Best one in Glasgow.

From Aly & Shelby, November 2005:

My wife and I have been living in America for a few years and are used to huge sex superstores, so we were a little worried about finding quality toys, outfits etc on our return to the U.K.....

We need not have worried, Party Times may be a smaller store with a more limited range of products but this little gem has all the essential...even our favorite brand of lube!

The staff are very friendly, the prices are great (yes they do give the10% discount too!) and they have all the toys you will need for lots of fun plus a nice line of sexy lingerie too.

We have been twice already and Shelby has found 2 great new toys and we will keep going back for more! Please try this shop everyone, they deserve our business!

Reader's review, October 2005:

I've never been too keen to go to a sex shop before and it's only after finding this list that I would give it a try. I had a little drink to get up the courage but needn't have bothered. Party Times in Glasgow was a treat to go into. Nobody bothered me when browsing, but were quick to help when I needed it. Top class. I will go back with no qualms. Don't listen to the quote above that states you wouldn't know it was a sex shop - It does mention on the door over 18's only.

I didn't even mention reading Melonfarmers to claim the 10% discount. They did it anyway!! A really nice experience. Cheers!

From Gus:

I found the staff very helpful and chatty. I bought my wife 2 toys which she enjoyed very much. It's a shop which we will go back to in the near future

Reader's review

My wife and I found this great sex shop in Glasgow. From the front it looks like a fancy dress shop with wigs and costumes in the front window. Inside it has a great range of videos, DVDs, sex toys, pole dancing shoes and boots.

The staff are friendly and very helpful. My wife bought a pair of pole dancing shoes, Rampant Rabbit and I bought a DVD. My wife and I will definitely be going back in the near future.

Status is a bit Hazy

Review required

308 Argyle Street
Glasgow
G2 8LY

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 12pm-5pm

Exotic wear, lingerie, shoes, DVDs and more...

Tel: 0141 5522594

Soho Books has had a complete revamp and looks brilliant! Still the buzzer for staff safety but you just have to see the place.

344 Victoria Road
Glasgow
G42 7RP

Mon-Sat: 10am-8pm

Tel: 0141 423 1199

The shop was raided in mid March by the mean minded authorities of Glasgow who thrive on denying adult entertainment from their citizens

  From Temptus, March 2008: Novelties

From drinking games great for birthdays, to naughty novelties and hen essentials, the perfect gifts are in Temptus.

It's cheeky, cheerful fun at the cheapest of prices…and with over 130 novelties to choose from.

Its not about sex, its about great sex.......and thats what we are about too!! We might be a very small shop, but we are packed with naughty fun goodies, and look forward to welcoming you.

Temptus also has the full Anna Span range of DVD's, a selection of erotic fact and fiction books, and lots of sexy DVDs and magazines.

Mail Order catalogues available free to over 18s

Mon-Sat 9.30-6pm (Fri. 8pm)

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The shop is located in a small precinct of shops next to the cattle market.  A general market is held there on Wednesday's and Saturdays so parking could be a problem.

The shop itself is relatively small, only a medium sized room for a selling area.  It is run by a man and woman, presumably husband & wife who are quite friendly.  They stock hardcore magazines at £15 each or four for £30. Their hardcore VHS format videos are £40 each or four for £100.

(videos are generally £20 in London, magazines <= £10)

I didn't price the DVD's but I presume they will be more expensive than the videos.

They sell the usual range of dildos and sex toys at the usual sex shop prices.

Pulse & Cocktails
Chase Lane Ind Estate
Eastern Avenue
Gloucester
GL4 6PH

Mon-Fri: 10am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun & Bank Hols: closed

shop details at
www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk
 

Previously Adult Warehouse

  From Pulse & Cocktails, April 2007: Relaxed Shopping

This large store in Gloucester is an excellent, one-stop shop and offers a very relaxed shopping environment with sound advice available from the shop manager.

The store has an excellent range of sex toys, games and novelties along with a good assortment of lingerie, stockings and uniforms.

The store has a large, separate film department on the first floor, which is DVD heaven with over 3,000 XXX DVDS. The DVDs are very competitively priced and Pulse & Cocktails offers an excellent exchange system on all films. There is also a good selection of XXX books and magazines that are unsealed and very competitively priced

Turn off Eastern Avenue opposite the fire station into Eastern Avenue Industrial Estate. Immediately turn left and then onto Chase Lane, do not head for Eastern Avenue Industrial Estate, follow the road for approx 100 yards running parallel to Eastern Avenue. The road swings right past an MOT centre and we are in the square of Industrial units called Chase Lane Industrial Estate. This is a perfect location for a discreet shop!

The industrial estate has a shared car park so customers can park anywhere in the car park

Shop at Pulse & Cocktails for sex toys, rabbit vibrators, sexy clothing & lingerie and sex dolls or Hardcore Films from our sex shops.

Opened August 2006, applied for licence which was rejected on October 2006. License rejected again 2008

Currently selling sex toys and lingerie.

Mon-Wed: 10-6
Thurs: 10-8
Sat: 10-6

Licensed

From Andy, March 2006:

A subtle shop on the outside I didn't even know it was there. Its fully licensed and although a little on the small side its well presented and had
a good range of stock.

Prices were very good for toys and the normal £30 for DVD's and 2 for £50

The staff were very polite and willing to give assistance when asked. All
packaging was discrete and even gave me free batteries! I'll definitely be visiting again with the girlfriend.

Pulse & Cocktails
43 London Road
Grantham
NG31 6EU

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun & Bank hols: closed

shop details at
www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk

This spacious and newly refurbished, modern store in Grantham offers a very relaxed shopping environment with excellent advice available from the shop manager.

This store has a separate clothing and novelty section, which stocks a good assortment of sexy lingerie, stockings and uniform.

The range of sex toys is excellent and many are on display to touch in the ‘turn on and try before you buy’ area.

The store has a separate film department, which is DVD heaven with over 2,000 XXX DVDS. The DVDs are very competitively priced and Pulse & Cocktails offers an excellent exchange system on all films. There is also a good selection of XXX books and magazines that are unsealed and very competitively priced.

We are on London Road, only one minute from the town centre, opposite Farm Foods and Choices Video.

There is plenty of free parking outside the shop.

Shop at Pulse & Cocktails for sex toys, rabbit vibrators, sexy clothing & lingerie and sex dolls or Hardcore Films from our sex shops.

Tel: 01474 331 944

Review required

Mon-Thu: 10am-6pm
Fri: 10am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm

Review required

Mon-Thu: 10am-6pm
Fri: 10am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm

Review required

Great stock of DVDs, all possible topics covered! Not many toys, but friendly staff.

Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm

Tel: 0870 62 60 819

Opened in 2006 selling toys and lingerie

Mon-Thu: 10am-6pm
Fri: 10am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 10am-4pm

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Poor and always closed

The shop is now closed

  January 2006: From Michael:

A new shop. Huge store a reasonable selection of everything, toys, DVDs and costumes, East Anglia's largest stockist of BDSM furniture. Staff ok if a little bit untidy!!!

Review required

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm (Fri. 8pm)

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