March 2024 by Douglas Anderson
Great shop. Nice staff -apart from the old guy-and loads of books and cds
September 2021 by Jack Lee
Great store with very helpful and friendly staff!
September 2020 by Owen Clark
Wonderful shop! Got some Harry Potter and Pokemon posters which I'm very happy with!
May 2019 by Michael Campbell
Rude staff. Took our dog in, held in someones arms, to buy a poster. Member of staff was unduly rude about the dog and made several audible comments under his breath. Real shame since ot's an excellent shop I have fond memories of.
April 2017 by Marita Fernández
Great selection of products. You can also find natural beauty products. Really nice shop.
December 2016 by Peter Lyall
Great shop. Great selection of items all reasonable prices. Great book shop next door.
November 2015 by Alisa R.
Oxfam is a wonderful Charity! They do great relief work and bring social justice into the political forefront. Their charity shops are half like a normal charity shop with the regal clothes and nick backs. But then they have a section with fair-trade items that support projects they work with. I pop in their shops here and there to get small gifts, fair-trade cards and they always have a great selection of divine chocolate! They also have great record shops!
March 2014 by Graeme W.
If it is one thing I love more than a bookshop, it would need to be a charity bookshop. Some of my favourite reads have come from this shop and it is all thanks to the readers of Morningside & surrounding areas. Situated near the bottom of Morningside Road, this wonderful little charity shop that isn't much bigger than an average sized bedroom is home to some of the best organisational skills that l have ever come across. As you enter the shop you realise that your trip here is going to be a very easy and stress free one which can sometimes be the case when it comes to visiting new bookshops. The staff here are very friendly & if you can't see the book you're looking for then feel free to ask one of the staff members that have always been happy enough to go and check for me. For you collectors out there, this Oxfam charity shop is also the beholder of a pretty impressive "rare, old and signed" section which isn't even remotely called that but the books are there all the same. Also for you "comic geeks" there is a spectacular collection of comic issues and graphic novels.You'd think that would be enough but there is aIso a beautiful collection of CD's & vinyl's for you to browse through too. they have it all! All in all this is probably the best charity shop in the Bruntsfield/Morningside area if you are wanting something new to read or are just wanting to spend an hour or so browsing through one of the many wonderful things this shop has to offer (there is another part to this Oxfam next door that sells just about anything else you can imagine). Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area!
March 2012 by DJ Benetti
stupidly expensive
August 2010 by Neal W.
I love the Oxfam bookshops. In fact, I almost never buy new books unless I have to. It's all a completely affected and superficial thing, so I can be seen reading a battered copy of Kafka on the train and frown at people reading new Dan Brown books. What's so nice about this Oxfam in particular is the organisation. Everything is exactly where you would want to find it. Sitting near the bottom of Morningside Road, it's a tiny little shop. No bigger than a normal sized bedroom. But it's so well stocked, and so well catalogued it's hard not to be impressed. They also have a decent little music bit in the middle. Bowie's Aladdin Sane was £4 on vinyl, in great condition. And my absolute favourite thing about the place? All the Harry Potter books were in the children's section, where they bloody well belong.
July 2010 by Robert L.
This is one of the more comprehensive yet not excessively priced bookshops in the area - you get an extensive range and reasonable if not cheap prices. The fiction section here is reasonably large and other than its biography section (which I consider to be its centrepiece) is the highlight of the shop. There are other bookshops that cover a similar range, but they are all very expensive. It does also have areas that are not matched elsewhere, for example it's cooking and gardening sections are both very good and you just do not get these quality of books elsewhere very often.
November 2008 by Qype User (bob7?)
This is a real gem of an Oxfam shop, even more so since they purchased the little coffee shop next door and converted it into a bookshop. The main shop is well laid out with a good selection of both secondhand and new fair trade goods set out in a logical fashion. The best thing about this shop apart from the range is that they now stock fairly traded clothes from business such as a People Tree - not cheap but very good quality and you know the producers are getting a good price for their work. The bookshop next door is excellent with a great range & staffed by helpful, knowledgeable and friendly people. My only criticism of the main shop is that occasionally the staff are slightly on the slow side, however it is always worth the wait for a bargain or a lovely fair trade gift.