Places to buy glassware (specifically port/sherry glasses) in London?

September 5, 2013 3:52 AM

Places to buy glassware (specifically port/sherry glasses) in London?

I've looked in John Lewis where they have this set of four for £25 and this set of two for £45. I want a midpoint - a set of two for around £25 - in this style. Any ideas?

It's great if you can give me links to specific glasses but I'll want to be able to actually visit a shop so I can see them before buying (so online only is out).

posted by ninebelow to Home & Garden (5 answers total)

There is a catering supplies shop called Nisbet which I think is on Shaftesbury Avenue. They sell to the restaurant trade - do you just want the glasses to drink from yourself or are they to be a gift?

Also, Ikea do very very similar glasses to those. I'm not a port/sherry drinker, so apologies if those are hideously wrong, but they look similar to me.
posted by mippy at 4:04 AM on September 5, 2013

Response by poster: do you just want the glasses to drink from yourself or are they to be a gift?

They are for me but I want them to be nice so I'm afraid Nisbet and Ikea are much too cheap.
posted by ninebelow at 5:25 AM on September 5, 2013

I have bought Riedels at TK Maxx before for about £10/two. No guarantee of stock, of course, but you could look and see what they have.
posted by katrielalex at 6:10 AM on September 5, 2013

Oh aye, the biggest TK Maxx for homeware I know of is in Hammersmith. You could also check out HomeSense, which is the homeware only version of TK Maxx, but they tend to be on out of town retail parks which are tricky to get to in London. There's one at Brent Cross at least.
posted by mippy at 7:48 AM on September 5, 2013

Response by poster: I'll pop into TK Maxx and see what they've got (Charing Cross Road is the only branch anywhere near me. I've also looked at Riedel's cheaper Overture range but they don't have a similar port glass.

These Western House glasses might be what I'm after but I can only find them online. Might just chance it.
posted by ninebelow at 8:59 AM on September 5, 2013