World of Shoes

Bought my first shoes here in 1986. Walking in instantly takes me back to being a kid! Great selection, great pricing, why go anywhere else?

I ordered some shoes from Zappos and wouldn’t you know it, two days later found them for $ 5 less at World of Shoes. I discovered that World of Shoes sells name brand shoes at least $ 5 less than most department stores and on-​line sales.
At World of Shoes the boxed shoes are on shelves where you help yourself. If you need assistance with sizes or stock, the friendly staff is there to assist.
World of Shoes is owned by a family that has lived in Dublin for generations, which makes me want to support this locally owned business even more.

I love this store! So helpful and great choices and prices. I take a special trip to Dublin when I need to buy shoes. I took my kids there and they are now in their mid 40s.

Better prices than the outlets. Great sales and selection. Our go to shoe store for the family.

We like this store because we can always find hard to find large sizes. If you have a hard to find shoe size, this is the store for you-​great selection and its local-​family owned!

Bought a pair of shoes at DSW, then two days later visited World of Shoes and found the same pair of shoes for like $ 5 – 10 cheaper!
The selection at WOS is great! They’ve got some clearance items that are worth looking at as well. They have great solid brand name shoes-​quality shoes. I’ve found a few things I’m going to keep my eyes on. Will return again!

Great for kids! A very large selection for kids with a remarkable price discount on name brand shoes. Clearance section was very well organized and isles were clean. I did not find anything that suits my style (I was looking for dress boots) for myself but I will be back for the sandals and sneakers! Very helpful and friendly staff a major plus+!

It’s the only store that I can walk into and expect to find half a dozen to a dozen pairs in my size. Highly recommended. (Good prices, too, and great brands like Keen and Merrill)

Talk about an exercise in futility and frustration.
I have committed a terrible crime. I am a woman with wide feet. Last December I went to 7 stores searching for a pair of boots. Department stores, shoe stores. The salespeople acted like wide feet were akin to having Ebola, «We don’t sell shoes for wide feet!» in tones of horror.
After 7 stores I finally found a pair. The catch was that they were also for wide calves. Now, there is absolutely no relationship between foot width, a function of bone structure, and weight. A person could be dangerously anorexic with wide feet, or morbidly obese with narrow feet. I got the wide calf boots even though I did not have wide calves. Since then I have dropped 30 lbs. and the boots look like clown shoes.
I Googled boots for wide feet and got 6 pages of links to boots for wide calves. I tried an online chat with a «shoe lover» who sent me a link to 6 pages of links to boots for wide calves; she used the same Google I did.
But there was hope! DSW and World of Shoes, quite close to each other and near where I work, advertise they sell shoes for wide feet. I tried both yesterday.
First, DSW — I saw a pair of gorgeous boots, only available in medium width. Found another pair I liked, only available in medium width. After a long search, I found a store employee and explained I need boots for wide feet, NOT wide calves, wide feet. He said they had none. I asked why they promote themselves as selling shoes for wide feet. He explained they carry a few specialty items, for example, here is a pair of boots for wide calves. Good grief. He then said that manufacturers vary and I should try on mediums in hopes of finding some that I could get my feet into. Clearly he neither knew nor cared about the painful and frustrating HOURS I have spent trying to cram my feet into pair after pair of shoes that were too narrow. No thanks.
So, World of Shoes. At least they had staff easily available. They told me they don’t carry anything for wide feet. When I asked why they promote themselves as selling shoes for wide feet, the man explained they carry a few pairs of athletic shoes for wide feet. I can get those easily, by buying men’s shoes.
After a very frustrating waste of time, I went home, without shoes.
Department stores won’t sell shoes for wide feet, shoe stores won’t sell shoes for wide feet, even shoe stores that advertise they sell shoes for wide feet won’t sell shoes for wide feet.
A few years back I saw an article in the New York Times about a doctor who amputates part of women’s feet so they can fit into narrow fashionable shoes. That seemed to epitomize a sick society; instead of making shoes to fit feet, mutilate feet to fit shoes. But that is exactly the attitude I saw at both stores. You with wide feet, get out.

One star because the young staff is nice Shoes not very fashionable at least woman’s and very high prices. Better selection and prices at DSW

Great staff!!! I love the service here. No one creeping up on you following your every move, but nobody ignoring you either. Pretty decent selection of trainers here and I almost always find my size (7.5 or 8) in the clearance section.
Other shoe chains may be bigger, but the staff here is excellent! Prices are average.

I came here looking for Vionic brand shoes, referred from the Vionic website. The Unilocal reviews were really promising for this store and I’m glad I tried them out. Although they didn’t carry every shoe I was looking for from the Vionic brand, they did have a good 10 styles or so. I was offered help by at least four different employees and had positive interactions with each one. The fairly high prices were comparable to Amazon for the shoes I was considering (it’s just an expensive brand no matter where you go), with some even available in the back clearance section for $ 50. I’m kicking myself for leaving behind one pair that was on sale, but then the pair I did buy turns out to be $ 20 less on Amazon. Go figure. Anyway, good selection, great staff, I will go back.

great shoe store, great selection, especially high quality, comfortable shoes. Sometimes the prices are on the higher side, but they have a great sale selection, way better in selection, quality & price than a big chain shoe store across the way, and service is great, I was asked at least by 5 people, some several times, if I was doing okay & finding everything. Support your local stores! Just got a pair of way comfortable, quality sport sandals for only $ 20 (arch support & memory foam). When my aunt visits from out of town she always wants to go there.

I had a couple of good experiences here, decent prices for name brands. HOWEVER, I bought a good pair of sandals from here 2 years ago. They were so comfortable (And $ 65.00) and were good on my feet, worth the money. I went back 2 weeks ago wanting the same exact pair. I couldn’t find my size, so an associate looked in the back. She said «Sorry, we don’t have it». She didn’t offer to order any. just «Sorry». I added a bar coding APP to my phone and scanned it, it told me Amazon had it. I ordered them right there for only $ 4.00 more, got them 2 days later. My wife was impressed, so she showed me a pair of shoes in this store that she wanted. i scanned them, found them $ 20.00 cheaper elsewhere. We left and bought them.
Had the associate offered to order these, I would have never thought to scan all of these shoes. They lost business by not properly training the worker.
Overall, good prices, nice staff. But I also recommend getting the APP and scanning their shoes before you buy them, you can save some serious money.

My wife and daughter readily like this place. They get in and out without a lot of hassle, the folks are usually helpful and they have a good selection of shoes.

I been going to World of Shoes for 36 years. Best prices and always have my size socks and shoes and always friendly staff and owners. Far more personal and cheaper than those Outlet Stores are! I always Support the mom and pop stores!

Got me some sneakers and everything was great. Only problem was they didn’t have my size for one of the shoes i wanted but it all ended up good because i got two other pairs.

This place is really great. They have hard to find sizes too such as 12.5 and 13. The prices are competitive too. Their sales staff is friendly and knowledgeable about their products. I am sort of a shoe snob and shop for particular shoes but they will be one of my stops on my next shoe run for sure.

I have bought many pairs of shoes from here over the years and am always very happy with my purchases. All shoes even the regular priced ones are a touch cheaper than you can get anywhere else. This was helpful when I bought my first pair of really nice Uggs. They also always have some pretty good sales going on the back wall that you should definitely check out if you come in.

I’m size 5 in shoes.
My bf is size 14.
Different ends of the spectrum, but we share the same struggle. Imagine how stressful it is for the both of us to find a store that carries our sizes. Most of the time he gets the typical «we don’t carry bigger sizes because people don’t buy them» and I get the «sorry, but these shoes start at size 5.5 or 6». Come on, short and tall people need shoes too! :(
I came in today looking for some wide width running shoes. I knew that it would be a little difficult to find since my feet are so small. While browsing around, Daniel came up to assist us. He answered our questions and was very helpful. After measuring the width of my foot, he let us know that he can order a customize pair of New Balances if I didn’t find anything at the store. However, I didn’t need to because I was able to find a pair. I’m so happy bc my shoes have been killing me at the gym lately. I can’t wait to use them tomorrow!