Note: This is a review for the Irish Design SHOP. For tea-room specific reviews, make sure to visit their Unilocal page: . Niagara-on-the-Lake is a all about the shopping, history and lake time(it’s named for a reason!); and as far as shopping goes, Irish Design should be one of your stops. Beautiful store chalk full of Irish(no surprise there!) products, many made from beautiful Merino wool: socks, hats, blankets and the most beautiful, thick sweaters you’ve ever seen. Also, a large assortment of scarves, jewelry and all your Irish needs. Whether you’re looking for a present for yourself or someone else, if you’re willing to open your pocket book VERY wide, this might be just the stop for you. Like most of the stores directly on Queen Street(the main drag in Niagara-on-the-Lake), Irish Design has its prices set high. Although, they DO have a «sale» section and remember, everything is listed in Canadian dollars. They accept credit, cash and US currency and have a lovely tea room, which I did not visit, in the back of the store(bathrooms only available for tea room patrons, no public store washroom!) Irish Design is also located near the [shopping] end of Queen Street, right before the residential strip, couple shops over from King George Theater. Great hours, opening at 9:30am during the weekday. Overall, a cozy shop and unique enough that it should be on your list of places to visit.
Jennifer K.
Place rating: 3 Markham, Canada
4 star for fun and browsing factor 2 star for prices(freak me out prices but I know how Euro VS Can$) Irish design has anything you can think of that you wish you have got and more when you less visit Ireland. Nice selections of Guinness novelty items, Irish traditional more conservative clothing. those nice sweaters, overcoat would certainly keep you warm and toasty. but just don’t look at the price tag. Make sure you go to the back and have some Irish cuisine, irish tea and desserts. It is a delight to see a little tea shop inside of the store where you can enjoy some Irish home cooking!