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Harrods Review
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Harrods 
- Address: 87-135 Brompton Rd., Knightsbridge, London, SW1 | Map It
- Phone: 020/7730-1234
- Category: Department Stores
- Location: Knightsbridge
Fodor's Review:
This Knightsbridge institution is an encyclopedia of luxury brands, with at least 500 departments and 20 restaurants packed onto seven floors across 4 1/2 acres. In 2000, Harrods lost its Royal Warrants and some of its luster as a "top people's store." If you approach Harrods more as a tourist attraction than a fashion store you won't be disappointed: focus on the spectacular food halls, the huge ground-floor perfumery, the marble clad accessory rooms, and the outrageous Egyptian escalator -- at the bottom there's a tacky shrine to Diana and Dodi. Be prepared to brave the crowds, and dress nicely, please -- scruffy visitors are politely shown the door.
- Tube: Knightsbridge
Member Reviews & Ratings:
An experience
Posted by shorebrau from Brookfield, WI on 7/31/08
That every tourist to London must try. We shopped the food court (and many other floors) for our in room picnic the last night we were in London. What a grand old store!
Bloom off the Rose
Posted by JoanNH from New London, NH on 7/31/08
While the Food Hall has maintained its "Harrodness" the remainder of this icon has fallen sadly from its former glory. I lived in London in the late 70's and would spend a Saturday afternoon roaming the store for inspiration, and of course to pick up a small item from the food hall. I returned to London for a visit with friends and immediately told them I had to go to Harrods....they just smiled and said you'll be disappointed...sorry to say I was
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