Aw you guys are so kind! I’m so embarrassed you saw this video from 3 years ago 😂🙈 I promise in my other Harrods vlogs I show the prices slowly, explain more and in 4k. The Christmas food shop you might enjoy. Keep up the great work!
I've never seen you before but I love that you responded to them reacting. I'm from England and would never step foot in harrods due to price. But love that you've updated and showing prices
@@charleyblack101 Yes there is high priced stuff, but I don't think some things are too badly priced.. I think i saw the sausage roll for £6, which is about what you expect from a bakers
You’re by far the best vlogger for these “tour” videos, get a good glimpse of everything, you’re informative and so relaxed with it. I’m from the UK but still find your videos interesting even though I know most of it😂
Hi Steve & Lindsay. Recognised as one of the world's leading department stores, it is visited by 15 million people per year. Founded 1849 175 years ago. There was 4,000 employees in 2019. The store occupies a 5-acre 2 ha site and has 330 departments covering 1.1 million sq ft (100,000 m2) of retail space. It is one of the largest and most famous department stores in the world. The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique, which is Latin for "all things for all people everywhere.
oh here we go, first Harrods, then Harvey Nicks, Selfridges, Fortnum & Mason, Hamleys, Liberty, Royal Exchange, Savile Row, Kings Road, Carnaby Street, Bond Street, Mount Street, Connaught Village and the Burlington Arcade. Time to get out a second and third mortgage, you'll never be the same again!!!
When I worked there years ago you could buy a bag of “reject” chocolates for £1 on a Saturday morning, oh boy were they great! Still proud that I got to work there in many departments (agency), it was fantastic, the store is enormous and is a well-oiled machine, the staff & security were fantastic, it’s really a beautiful place to work & play, even the staff area is a penthouse roof garden with plants etc where you can look out over the skyline, I’ve worked in all the big London stores but nothing beats it
@@reactingtomyroots Harrod’s always used to say that you could buy anything that existed in the world from their store. If they didn’t have it in stock, then they would order it in for you.. back in the day you could even order wild animals etc.
My sister took me to the toy department in the late 70s. I brought my favourite doll from there. Not sure but I think the stormtroopers from star wars were also there
Back in the 60s, two students bought a lion cub from Harrods. They named him Christian. Fortunately, after a year, they realised a London flat was not suitable for a rapidly growing lion!! He was sent back to Africa and rehabilitated to live (might have been George Adamson who worked with him) A few years later the two men travelled to where Christian was now living wild, a fully grown male and called him. The results may still be on UA-cam!
Oh I just said that, maybe I should have read the other comments before typing mine LOL. The videos ARE still there, I like to watch them from time to time. The reunion one always brings a tear to the eye. Christian actually brought his 'wife' and cubs to meet his ex-owners as well.
A big thank you to London taxi drivers. One got my wife out of a major travel difficulty when she was only 19 and newly arrived from Spain to attend a university course. She still talks about it warmly.
Harrods is very expensive. Michael Jackson would shop with the store closed so he could shop in peace. The building is Harrods. Hamper's here (UK) are usually for picnic and Christmas, they contain food. I remember the time when they had doormen (commissionaire) to open doors for customers.
@@DiovanlestatI was just thinking the same thing 😃 It’s amazing, especially at Christmas when it’s magical 🪄🧚✨🔮🎄🎅🏻 Harrods is a must, even just for browsing❤️
@@nicolaanne4787 My mother got a Hamley's Bear as a present. She took the Bear to the London Olympics announcement. She was 73. I can still see her and her Bear. She died within a year after that. But the memory makes me laugh. Hamley's bears are for everyone,. 😂
The great thing about Hamleys is they sell mostly branded toy items and therefore at the normal RRP so there is less price gouging. You won't get a discount but neiether are you going to pay double what you would online.
Harrods is spectacular but I am a Fortnum & Mason guy. It’s the same sort of thing in their food hall but smaller. Some of Harrods food is exceptional but lots is very ordinary and priced purely based on the name. Fortnum’s has probably the biggest and best selection of teas and preserves in the UK. Harrods shouts and Fortnum’s whispers! Hannah has done some great videos on Fortnum’s too, especially her Christmas ones when she looked at the toys and decorations in there. My London ‘happy place’ is The Parlour in Fortnum’s…. The ice cream flavours are so creative and very fair priced… 3 scoops for £9 and 50p for toppings.
The Royal Family shop at Harrods, its a tourist attraction in itself with its signature green background and gold writing there is also a history behind the shop as it was founded in 1849
Hi Steve Lindsey In Harrods you can buy anything in the world that’s any thing. In the past they used to have a pet section where you could buy alligators tigers panthers elephants and most exotic animals. this section is now gone and is now a clothing section
Fortnum and Mason is another high end department store you would love from the food hall including hampers to having afternoon tea! There are also videos on here to investigate.
My dad was a civil engineer and my mum used to get all our material to make us kids clothes from here! Then moved to Cornwall and brought a hotel! One day a guest asked if he could buy a Spitfire airplane! Dad phoned this store and asked if thy had them on there books and Harrords said"Yes sir! We have three on our books! That's just how special Harrods was! That was in the early 70'S That building is all of Harrods yes it does 😉😊
In their current Christmas range you can buy: 6 Christmas crackers for £700 A 8ft Christmas tree £1500 Various tree ornaments £999 each Advent calendar £640
3:18 the doors open both ways I believe - for fire safety reasons they have to open outwards (so if a crush of people escaping a fire push on them they can get out easily) but they may just swing in both directions to make ingress easier.
I've been to Harrods four or five times when travelling to London for the Chelsea Flower Show, it is indeed the whole building. Harrods sell everything,of quality if there is not a price tag on a item don't ask, it means you cannot afford it it saves your blushes.But having said that there are items you can buy just to get a Harrods bag. The best time for me to go to Harrods is Christmas, it's so magical. I think it would be a lovely special time for you to see for yourselves.
When we lived in the Netherlands we asked a friend visiting from the UK to bring us some English sausages, they were from Harrods and without a doubt the best sausages we have ever had.
Every street name in the centre... And main roads outside and routes across... But not the name of every tiny road in Greater London (particularly in south London! )
Great video guys. You should do a part 2 video for Harrods and check out the whole store. Just the internal architecture will amaze you alone, never mind the jewellery, fashion, make-up and toys departments. 🙂
That was so funny! Comparing Harrods to a cafeteria!!! Sorry but I bet it's the first time anyone said that. 🤣🤣🤣 Not laughing at you because you weren't to know - but it was funny! Fortnum and Mason, Harvey Nichols and Liberty still to go. 😀
A food hall is an area set aside for take-away food places and sit-down restaurants within a building. Normally several food dispensing shops or stalls surround the seating area, and it is usually somewhat away from the other shops because of the noise and/or the smells of food cooking. The entire building is Harrods. You can buy almost anything in Harrods, from cakes to cars!
I was once refused entry to Harrods because I had my wheelie overnight case with me. I was asked to go to the side entrance and leave my bag there. I dined out on the story of being “thrown out” of Harrods for ages 😁
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe. According to google.
I bought a small piece of cheese from Harrods once when I was a student in London. It was a gorgeous cheddar but definitely a one time only purchase. Love your pretty blouse, Lindsay.
Fortnum and mason is known for its hampers . Buy them and fill with food treats and then people save the basket to use in their homes . For instance to keep clothes in, store toilet rolls , all sorts of things
Harrods is very very up market! But believe me though it’s fascinating to walk through, don’t unless you are pretty well off even consider getting your purse out, it is dreadfully expensive! When I was down from the North visiting London some years ago, I wanted to visit Harrods, I was after one of their famous shopping bags, just to prove I’d visited, but even the price of that small basic item was beyond me at that time. I wanted to buy a present for my husband, but in the end the prices were so high, my friend and I went into the food hall and I just bought him a pork pie! Something I could afford 😊 he loves pork pies anyway! Now I’m older and not as cash restricted as I was then, I could maybe afford a couple of things, but still not a lot! Wow it’s expensive! One nice touch though, as we came out we needed to take a black cab to where we were going and the Harrods uniformed attendant ushered us to the taxi’s and opened the door for us 🤭 it’s another world. x🇬🇧
8:15 I went to Harrods a few times and it’s a great way to make you feel poor. A pen will cost you about 1 month of rent. So you can quite reasonably shop there, as long you’re willing to sleep in a cardboard box while protecting your new pen…or pen and pencil if you’re really willing to commit to the homeless lifestyle
Harrods is like Aldi compared to the Ka De We in Berlin. They had a range of Marlene Dietrich Montblanc pens starting at £220,000 when I was there once.
I bought my Amiri tracksuit from Harrods, it cost me over 3 grand. There’s a famous quote that is if you have to ask the price then you can’t afford it. That’s Harrods to a tee
You wanted to know if the store takes up the whole building so I found this: "The present Harrods building, constructed in 1905, houses roughly 300 departments, 20 restaurants, a bank, and a beauty salon". Years ago you could literally buy anything there as shown by the story of Christian the lion. You really should look it up as it's a lovely story, there is a book (of course) but there is also a full length documentary here on YT called 'A lion called Christian'. He was born in captivity and bought as a cub from Harrods department store in 1969! He was raised in a Chelsea flat and antique shop as far as I recall.
I'm sure I once read that 10,000 people work in Harrods and after Selfridges its the largest department store!, yet Charles Harrod started in a tiny shop on the other side of street! However Fortnum and Mason is the oldest Department store!👍😃
Harrods is bigger than Selfridges. At one time, the three biggest department stores were Harrods, Selfridges and Allders of Croydon (which is now closed down)!
I have a entire family of black taxi drivers , I remember doing the home work for my dad HOURS AND HOURS of calling different routes, yes every street , every monument ,every theatre and they are police checked , It takes on average 2 years , and then uber arrived and ruined it .
Hi guys. On a visit to London you would visit Harrods as a "tourist" destination. Buy the cheapest thing you could just to get the iconic Harrods bag so everybody knows you can afford to shop there!!!
Used to know a girl who worked at Harrods. Told a story of someone walking in and inquiring about buying an African Elephant. As the story goes, it was delivered some weeks later.
Harrod’s is a department store with the legendary food hall. The prices can be staggering though you can get bargains there. Sophie Shohet (London UA-cam) says that Harrod’s is not always expensive. You can get bargains there. I have been in there a couple of times. The whole building is Harrod’s. London has a huge number of tourists who all want to buy there! Thank you for the video. Hannah is a fabulous UA-camr! I am not a UK resident but when I visited in 2012, no VAT on things like sandwiches or cakes unless you ate them in the cafe. Then you had to pay VAT! ‘Recce’ means, I think, ‘reconnaissance’! You also need to try Selfridges and Liberty.
If you want to know anything about shopping in London (especially luxury shopping) Hannah is the 'go to'. Harrod's IS that entire building! It is a huge department store with all things luxurious. Hannah has other videos where she tours other departments in the store.
I was a student at Brunel University in the 70s. The university is in Uxbridge (near Heathrow Airport) on the western edge of London and it was an occasional weekend treat for me and some of my student friends, to go into central London and have a day just sightseeing. It became a bit of a mini "tradition" for us to go to Harrods, look at all the expensive toys, technology and musical instruments and then go down to the food hall to buy a can of Coke (this being the only thing we could afford) each, which would then be placed in a nice Harrods carrier bag by the shop assistants. We could then get back onto the tube (London Underground ) for the return trip to Uxbridge and, with a great air of being "posh", we could ceremoniously open our Harrods bags and drink the Coke. Ah happy days!
Most buildings in the UK have doors that open inwards, into the building. It’s not very common to have doors that open outwards, onto the street. This is deliberately designed to stop the wing from catching the door and damaging the door. 😉
Though I think those doors will open both ways because they are recessed into the building AND fire doors have to open out as well to prevent crush panics
@@JamesLMason Fire escape doors open outwards others are either inwards or both ways for the most part. This is why the credit card trick for opening a door catch rarely works here as the outside will have a door jam that blocks access to the catch.
A hamper is a wicker basket full of food (cheaper hampers might be a cardboard box), Harrods is famous for their christmas hampers- which could contain everything you would need for the christmas festive period, food drinks, and other, cost in the hundreds of pounds. Hampers originate from the basket of food taken for a picnic. Harrods is a posh ersion of one of your biggest department stores- like maceys
Yes, hearing you talk of a picnic basket had me yelling 'that's a picnic HAMPER to us' at the screen. Although a picnic hamper also has all the crockery and cutlery (silverware) needed to eat the food with all neatly strapped into the hamper.
Those doors open both ways. Also, a while back you could buy anything there - as in lions and elephants! In terms of where the food is made, they tend to buy it from specialists. The point is it's the best of the best, so their staff can't make it (although they do with a few things).
One year, I was on a school trip. We took the students to Harrods before a theatre visit. I was surprised to discover that Harrods Food Hall had prices similar to Sainsbury. I did my weekly shop for about the same amount as normal. I was, of course, not buying the luxury products. I did buy some treats, my particular favourite being the cheesecake, which is to die for. BTW what you call a food hall, we call a food court.
If you've seen the film Hostel, you will remember the line "If you go in there, you will spend ALL your money". Harrods is like that. There's a definite premium for shopping at Harrods that has no relationship to the value of the products you buy. They also have a personal shopper service, and even a top tier to that, where you get an assistant who will basically just organise things for you. (like American Express with certain cards offers PA services like booking flights and hotels for you) But reportedly Harrods goes one stage further. It may be an outlandish myth, but one example I've heard is that if you decide you want an elephant, just tell your Harrods rep. They will organise getting an elephant enclosure built at your property, arrange all the necessary licences for keeping /importing exotic animals, find an elephant seller, arrange shipping etc etc. At a price, of course!
Harrows is one of the most expensive stores in the UK. An amazing building. Mostly the very well off shop there. But it's a lovely place to go to just to walk round. And buy something special for somone. A must see at Christmas.
Hi guys, I passed the knowledge of London in 2012. It took me 3 years to pass ( and I did it 7 days a week) You have to know all the streets from a 6 mile radius from charing cross. And on top of that every hotel, government building, parks and open spaces, train stations, shops, restaurants you name it. All the best . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Harrods takes up the whole building. It is a top end department store. You can get carpets, furniture, kitchenware etc. They used to say that if you wanted to buy an elephant, Harrods would find you one.
I think the last time I went to Harrods was about 20 years ago when a friend came over from Australia. Unfortunately, even though the food looks amazing, we had nowhere to store it and besides I had already spent far too much money on Christmas decorations most of which I still have I don’t know if it’s still the same but you could go into Harrods and buy absolutely anything (and yes it is the whole building). I don’t think they kept elephants in stock 😂 but if you were desperate to own one I’m sure they would get one for you Looking at the entrance doors I think that from the outside the left hand doors opened inwards and from the inside the left hand door opened outwards Fortnum and Masons is also a must to visit in London as well as Liberty’s and Hamley’s toy store
A "Food Hall" IS usually found in higher end shops and is used to describe a specialist food section (usually a complete floor) in a DEPARTMENT store (or in M & S, which is basically a CLOTHES shop).
My first mother-in-law was a live in housekeeper for a retired stockbroker. When she came to visit, she would usually bring treats that were always in Harrods or Fortnums bags.
We are quite lucky in the UK , there are lots of lovely places to go to buy artisan food.The ingredients are top quality,I don't realise until I watch your reactions to this video.
Harrods is the whole building, a department store with 13 levels and parking on the roof, the ground floor is the 18 food halls and then there are 20 small restaurants, quite good fun a day there.
Ive actually jumped on the train to London a few times just to go to Harrods, for years my child would only eat their sushi and macaroons. They also get exclusive perfumes so worth the day trip.
Harrods is one of the world's few single-site department stores, occupying a prime five-acre site along the Brompton Road. So yes, that entire building is Harrods. The store has eight floors showcasing the finest products in food, fashion, homeware and technology. The most expensive item ever sold by Harrods, priced at $165 million, was Project Mars, a luxury, mega yacht - the height of bespoke luxury - and was designed by the renowned Italian shipbuilding firm, Fincantieri Yachts. Before the 1876 Endangered Species Act it had a pet department and sold exotic animals like the famous lion, Christian (there's a documentary about this called, predictably, A Lion Called Christian). Apparently, (could be rumour) Ronald Reagan once ordered an elephant.
That entire building plus all the floors are Harrods. You only got to see about half of it in the opening shot. But remember it is not just all shopping areas. There are the offices and storage and kitchens etc. But it is worth a visit just to take a look.
Around 100,000 people visit Harrods every day, which ramps up to a staggering 300,000 people a day in the run-up to Christmas. so yes the whole building is Harrods.
Harrods is a ‘must do’ when you come to London. It is that whole building but it has various ‘halls’ for anything and everything you can think off. The food hall is famous for is quality produce but there are places to eat and drink within the various areas. For the ‘normal’ person it is very expensive for food, however, having been to Orlando myself lately, I’d say the prices are on par with the US, which we found expensive. You should watch more of Hannah’s vlogs as she visits Harrods quite often, especially when the Christmas shop opens in July or August. She also shows other areas of London for food shopping, clothes, architecture, etc. And she has a fabulous sense of humour too!
Harrods has over 6 acres of selling space plus more for admin. There are eight floors Inc the sub basements (staff only). The deli dept in called Traiteur (which is French for delicatessen) There are approx 11 thousand light bulbs illuminating the exterior. They have their own electricity generating sub station and artesian well for water, one of only 2 in London. It is the largest dept store in Europe and only Maceys (may not be spelled right) was bigger when I worked there. I am proud to have been trained there. 😊
You can visit Harrods but if you want to buy something take your platinum AMEX card😉 Just remember that our prices already include the VAT, so the price you see, is the price you pay.
I visit every time I'm in London, and buy a little treat - the food is always great...I got my Christmas cake and pudding their last year and they were SO MUCH BETTER than anything else I've had, so it's gonna be an annual thing now
As well as Harrods (it is the whole building and two floors below ground) look up Fortnum & Masons, Selfridges, Hamleys, Liberty etc. All pretty expensive but good quality.
I don't know if it's still a 'thing', but as a kid - late 70's early 80's, the aim was the experience of visiting Harrods and buying something small to get a Harrods bag displaying the logo. I remember my parents purchased some colouring pencils for me when I was around 5 years old, just so I could keep the bag as a token of the visit. The pencils were a generic brand - not Harrods specific. I believe they also do Harrods branded stuffed toy bears at a reasonable cost - which are popular in a similar way. Proof of visit. 😂
Brit here, Harrods Food Hall is something else. Its not a cheap place to shop(something priced at £5=$6.51) but everything here is the very best, of the highest quality. To really appreciate it, you have to be here physically, its truly amazing. As you can see, there are areas for different foods, Fresh Fish/Chicken/Duck/Partridge /Pheasant/ Pork /Beef/ Bread/Cheese/Delicasessen/Dairy/ Sandwiches/Fresh Flowers /Sauces and Relishis. etc etc For less money but still in the grand food arena, Marks and Spencer food halls are very good. So if you ever visit London and want to buy food, depending how deep your pockets are-you know where to go!! P.S. Harrods is a and very Famous Department Store and the Food Hall is within it. Come visit- see for yourself, your more than welcome!
Aw you guys are so kind! I’m so embarrassed you saw this video from 3 years ago 😂🙈 I promise in my other Harrods vlogs I show the prices slowly, explain more and in 4k. The Christmas food shop you might enjoy. Keep up the great work!
I've never seen you before but I love that you responded to them reacting. I'm from England and would never step foot in harrods due to price. But love that you've updated and showing prices
@@charleyblack101 Yes there is high priced stuff, but I don't think some things are too badly priced.. I think i saw the sausage roll for £6, which is about what you expect from a bakers
@@theshiftybloke4672They are only £1 in Greggs
You absolutely should do that Hannah xxxx
You’re by far the best vlogger for these “tour” videos, get a good glimpse of everything, you’re informative and so relaxed with it. I’m from the UK but still find your videos interesting even though I know most of it😂
When Steve said "I want to see the prices of stuff", I was thinking, no you really don't 😂
If you shop in Harrods you don't worry about costs.
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That's exactly what I thought😂😂😂
Lol I said that too 😂
Same🤣 I think i said uh oh 😂
I was outside of Harrods myself the other day, as that's where I do all of my shopping.
Outside of Harrods.
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Bwahahahaha!
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😂 Literally laughed out loud.
I tried that. Even the street dealer outside Harrods is too expensive for me.
The whole building is Harrods.
Yeah, toy floor, clothing, electrical yadda yadda yadda
@@kiddcapri1711don’t forget the Christmas shop and the different teas and the cafe for ice cream. Menswear etc
Slightly damaged in the blitz and was one of the first buildings to be repaired in London.
@@Burglar-King oh yeah the Christmas shop😖
They used to sell exotic animals too. I think someone once bought a lion from them.
Hi Steve & Lindsay. Recognised as one of the world's leading department stores, it is visited by 15 million people per year.
Founded 1849 175 years ago. There was 4,000 employees in 2019. The store occupies a 5-acre 2 ha site and has 330 departments covering 1.1 million sq ft (100,000 m2) of retail space. It is one of the largest and most famous department stores in the world. The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique, which is Latin for "all things for all people everywhere.
oh here we go, first Harrods, then Harvey Nicks, Selfridges, Fortnum & Mason, Hamleys, Liberty, Royal Exchange, Savile Row, Kings Road, Carnaby Street, Bond Street, Mount Street, Connaught Village and the Burlington Arcade. Time to get out a second and third mortgage, you'll never be the same again!!!
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When I worked there years ago you could buy a bag of “reject” chocolates for £1 on a Saturday morning, oh boy were they great! Still proud that I got to work there in many departments (agency), it was fantastic, the store is enormous and is a well-oiled machine, the staff & security were fantastic, it’s really a beautiful place to work & play, even the staff area is a penthouse roof garden with plants etc where you can look out over the skyline, I’ve worked in all the big London stores but nothing beats it
Recce is British military shorthand for reconnaissance. The American equivalent is recon.
Harrods’s is probably one of the few traditional big department stores still open, it’s honestly remarkable
We have a couple here still in Lincolnshire that just sell literally everything you can think off.
@ we used to have a relatively small one in Scunthorpe called frenchgate I believe, but I don’t think it’s open any more
Apart from the food, the best thing about the food hall is the architecture and design. Absolutely stunning.
You should watch someone going around Liberties in London if you enjoy special buildings.
The quality is superb, this is the shop for local millionaires in Central London and tourists
Harrods is a high-end department store. The whole building is Harrods. The "food hall" is just a small part of the store.
That is shocking, honestly!
@@reactingtomyroots Harrod’s always used to say that you could buy anything that existed in the world from their store. If they didn’t have it in stock, then they would order it in for you.. back in the day you could even order wild animals etc.
Check out Fortnum and Mason, in my opinion it's slightly more luxurious than Harrods.
Harrods is a department store and the whole building is the store.
I worked there in the 1970’s in the toy department. 😊
I had a girlfriend who worked in cosmetics in the late 70's!
I worked there in the perfumery in the 70's!!
My sister took me to the toy department in the late 70s. I brought my favourite doll from there. Not sure but I think the stormtroopers from star wars were also there
Every Christmas! It was so exciting as a kid in the sixties to go to that department as there was no other like it! I say thank you
That blows our minds!
You ought to see Harrod's jewellery section ,and the make-up department !🙄A completely different way of life.👍🏼🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️
Reccy is short for reconnaissance. The activity of getting information about an area for military purposes, using soldiers, planes, etc.
Back in the 60s, two students bought a lion cub from Harrods. They named him Christian.
Fortunately, after a year, they realised a London flat was not suitable for a rapidly growing lion!!
He was sent back to Africa and rehabilitated to live (might have been George Adamson who worked with him)
A few years later the two men travelled to where Christian was now living wild, a fully grown male and called him.
The results may still be on UA-cam!
Oh I just said that, maybe I should have read the other comments before typing mine LOL. The videos ARE still there, I like to watch them from time to time. The reunion one always brings a tear to the eye. Christian actually brought his 'wife' and cubs to meet his ex-owners as well.
A big thank you to London taxi drivers. One got my wife out of a major travel difficulty when she was only 19 and newly arrived from Spain to attend a university course. She still talks about it warmly.
Most of them use sat nav's nowadays - The knowledge isn't required like it used to be.
Alot of black cabs don't charge families taking children to great Ormond st childrens hospital.
I have a local bakery which is just as good quality not as much choice but about half the price
black cabs are the best, and so are the drivers.
Harrods is very expensive. Michael Jackson would shop with the store closed so he could shop in peace. The building is Harrods. Hamper's here (UK) are usually for picnic and Christmas, they contain food. I remember the time when they had doormen (commissionaire) to open doors for customers.
You should look at Hamleys, it's like Harrod's but a toy store, Sophia we love it...✌️♥️
Hamley's is magical. Kids love it.
@@DiovanlestatI was just thinking the same thing 😃 It’s amazing, especially at Christmas when it’s magical 🪄🧚✨🔮🎄🎅🏻 Harrods is a must, even just for browsing❤️
@@nicolaanne4787 My mother got a Hamley's Bear as a present. She took the Bear to the London Olympics announcement. She was 73. I can still see her and her Bear. She died within a year after that. But the memory makes me laugh. Hamley's bears are for everyone,. 😂
The great thing about Hamleys is they sell mostly branded toy items and therefore at the normal RRP so there is less price gouging. You won't get a discount but neiether are you going to pay double what you would online.
I used to love that place as a kid, it was like the toy store in Elf.
Harrods is spectacular but I am a Fortnum & Mason guy. It’s the same sort of thing in their food hall but smaller. Some of Harrods food is exceptional but lots is very ordinary and priced purely based on the name. Fortnum’s has probably the biggest and best selection of teas and preserves in the UK. Harrods shouts and Fortnum’s whispers!
Hannah has done some great videos on Fortnum’s too, especially her Christmas ones when she looked at the toys and decorations in there.
My London ‘happy place’ is The Parlour in Fortnum’s…. The ice cream flavours are so creative and very fair priced… 3 scoops for £9 and 50p for toppings.
Completely agree. Fortnum's is just more classy, stylish and frankly better quality. Harrods is for tourists.
We're absolutely going to have to check out Fortnum & Mason as well! We prefer whispers :)
I love Fortnums. Haven't been for years
More of an Aldi guy personally 🤣
the price u see is the price u pay with EVERYTHING in the u.k.
The Royal Family shop at Harrods, its a tourist attraction in itself with its signature green background and gold writing there is also a history behind the shop as it was founded in 1849
Harrods lost it's Royal warrants years ago, due to the conspiracy ramblings of its previous owner. The RF shop at Fortnums.
Hi Steve Lindsey In Harrods you can buy anything in the world that’s any thing. In the past they used to have a pet section where you could buy alligators tigers panthers elephants and most exotic animals. this section is now gone and is now a clothing section
Fortnum and Mason is another high end department store you would love from the food hall including hampers to having afternoon tea! There are also videos on here to investigate.
And it's older than the USA!
My dad was a civil engineer and my mum used to get all our material to make us kids clothes from here! Then moved to Cornwall and brought a hotel! One day a guest asked if he could buy a Spitfire airplane! Dad phoned this store and asked if thy had them on there books and Harrords said"Yes sir! We have three on our books! That's just how special Harrods was! That was in the early 70'S That building is all of Harrods yes it does 😉😊
I would have loved watching you folks bring an hotel to Cornwall from London. It didn't even make the news.
@@etherealbolweevil6268 I can't imagine what route they could have taken to transport it.
@@pumbar 🤣🤣🤣it was with great difficulty 😉🤣
@@nigeldewallens1115 🤣
In their current Christmas range you can buy:
6 Christmas crackers for £700
A 8ft Christmas tree £1500
Various tree ornaments £999 each
Advent calendar £640
What the fuck is in those crackers? I'd want a car
3:18 the doors open both ways I believe - for fire safety reasons they have to open outwards (so if a crush of people escaping a fire push on them they can get out easily) but they may just swing in both directions to make ingress easier.
I've been to Harrods four or five times when travelling to London for the Chelsea Flower Show, it is indeed the whole building. Harrods sell everything,of quality if there is not a price tag on a item don't ask, it means you cannot afford it it saves your blushes.But having said that there are items you can buy just to get a Harrods bag. The best time for me to go to Harrods is Christmas, it's so magical. I think it would be a lovely special time for you to see for yourselves.
Lindsey looking lovely - all dressed up nice for virtual visit to Harrods
I live in wales, UK n my local taxi driver said that all taxis do knowledge for thier areas so for example, Swansea, Bristol, etc
When we lived in the Netherlands we asked a friend visiting from the UK to bring us some English sausages, they were from Harrods and without a doubt the best sausages we have ever had.
I'd be happy with a rookworst from HEMA 😊
@@frankhooper7871 It's the satay sauce I miss the most, never found one as good back in the UK
The black cabs do the knowledge, every street name.
Every street name in the centre... And main roads outside and routes across...
But not the name of every tiny road in Greater London (particularly in south London! )
@@sarahclapp505 and every hotel, pub, nightclub,restaurant,theatre,cinema. Even shops not just the big department stores but the specialist ones too.
It's not just knowing every street name but they have to recite to the examiner the quickest route between two points.
Great video guys. You should do a part 2 video for Harrods and check out the whole store. Just the internal architecture will amaze you alone, never mind the jewellery, fashion, make-up and toys departments. 🙂
That was so funny! Comparing Harrods to a cafeteria!!! Sorry but I bet it's the first time anyone said that. 🤣🤣🤣
Not laughing at you because you weren't to know - but it was funny!
Fortnum and Mason, Harvey Nichols and Liberty still to go. 😀
The price you see is the you pay here in the UK so the tax is already added. Those chocolates work out at a ridiculous £3.90 each 😂
I think the label for the chocolate box was £19.5 rather than £195
A food hall is an area set aside for take-away food places and sit-down restaurants within a building. Normally several food dispensing shops or stalls surround the seating area, and it is usually somewhat away from the other shops because of the noise and/or the smells of food cooking.
The entire building is Harrods. You can buy almost anything in Harrods, from cakes to cars!
Its the whole building and yes you can spend the whole day and your life savings. lol
Quite easily, I'm sure! 😅
I was once refused entry to Harrods because I had my wheelie overnight case with me. I was asked to go to the side entrance and leave my bag there. I dined out on the story of being “thrown out” of Harrods for ages 😁
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That would have been security related, especially after the IRA set off a bomb outside it in the early 80's
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe. According to google.
Sounds like you could get lost in there!
1.1 million square feet
@@reactingtomyrootsyou can and I have. Twice 😂
I bought a small piece of cheese from Harrods once when I was a student in London. It was a gorgeous cheddar but definitely a one time only purchase.
Love your pretty blouse, Lindsay.
Fortnum and mason is known for its hampers . Buy them and fill with food treats and then people save the basket to use in their homes . For instance to keep clothes in, store toilet rolls , all sorts of things
Worth watching Christmas at Harrods video, I'm sure this lady made this too❤
Harrods is very very up market! But believe me though it’s fascinating to walk through, don’t unless you are pretty well off even consider getting your purse out, it is dreadfully expensive! When I was down from the North visiting London some years ago, I wanted to visit Harrods, I was after one of their famous shopping bags, just to prove I’d visited, but even the price of that small basic item was beyond me at that time. I wanted to buy a present for my husband, but in the end the prices were so high, my friend and I went into the food hall and I just bought him a pork pie! Something I could afford 😊 he loves pork pies anyway! Now I’m older and not as cash restricted as I was then, I could maybe afford a couple of things, but still not a lot! Wow it’s expensive! One nice touch though, as we came out we needed to take a black cab to where we were going and the Harrods uniformed attendant ushered us to the taxi’s and opened the door for us 🤭 it’s another world. x🇬🇧
8:15 I went to Harrods a few times and it’s a great way to make you feel poor. A pen will cost you about 1 month of rent. So you can quite reasonably shop there, as long you’re willing to sleep in a cardboard box while protecting your new pen…or pen and pencil if you’re really willing to commit to the homeless lifestyle
Harrods is like Aldi compared to the Ka De We in Berlin. They had a range of Marlene Dietrich Montblanc pens starting at £220,000 when I was there once.
I bought my Amiri tracksuit from Harrods, it cost me over 3 grand. There’s a famous quote that is if you have to ask the price then you can’t afford it. That’s Harrods to a tee
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Harrods is the shop i just walk straight past 😂😂 my budget could never!
Nothing wrong with that! We prefer the thrift store, honestly. 😂
Yes but it great to just look. The food hall is fantastic. And my husband likes, looking at the cars outside Ferraris, etc.
I was in ALDIs,Asdas and Primark today!😂
@@reactingtomyroots A thrift store for food items sounds kind of weird though! 😂
You wanted to know if the store takes up the whole building so I found this: "The present Harrods building, constructed in 1905, houses roughly 300 departments, 20 restaurants, a bank, and a beauty salon".
Years ago you could literally buy anything there as shown by the story of Christian the lion. You really should look it up as it's a lovely story, there is a book (of course) but there is also a full length documentary here on YT called 'A lion called Christian'. He was born in captivity and bought as a cub from Harrods department store in 1969! He was raised in a Chelsea flat and antique shop as far as I recall.
I'm sure I once read that 10,000 people work in Harrods and after Selfridges its the largest department store!, yet Charles Harrod started in a tiny shop on the other side of street! However Fortnum and Mason is the oldest Department store!👍😃
Harrods is bigger than Selfridges. At one time, the three biggest department stores were Harrods, Selfridges and Allders of Croydon (which is now closed down)!
I have a entire family of black taxi drivers , I remember doing the home work for my dad HOURS AND HOURS of calling different routes, yes every street , every monument ,every theatre and they are police checked , It takes on average 2 years , and then uber arrived and ruined it .
God Bless Uber. 👍
Taxi drivers are angry all the time
Hi guys. On a visit to London you would visit Harrods as a "tourist" destination. Buy the cheapest thing you could just to get the iconic Harrods bag so everybody knows you can afford to shop there!!!
Used to know a girl who worked at Harrods. Told a story of someone walking in and inquiring about buying an African Elephant. As the story goes, it was delivered some weeks later.
Harrod’s is a department store with the legendary food hall. The prices can be staggering though you can get bargains there. Sophie Shohet (London UA-cam) says that Harrod’s is not always expensive. You can get bargains there. I have been in there a couple of times. The whole building is Harrod’s. London has a huge number of tourists who all want to buy there! Thank you for the video. Hannah is a fabulous UA-camr! I am not a UK resident but when I visited in 2012, no VAT on things like sandwiches or cakes unless you ate them in the cafe. Then you had to pay VAT! ‘Recce’ means, I think, ‘reconnaissance’! You also need to try Selfridges and Liberty.
Yes, a hamper to us is a posh picnic basket filed with goodies. They’re popular at Christmas.
If you want to know anything about shopping in London (especially luxury shopping) Hannah is the 'go to'.
Harrod's IS that entire building! It is a huge department store with all things luxurious. Hannah has other videos where she tours other departments in the store.
I was a student at Brunel University in the 70s. The university is in Uxbridge (near Heathrow Airport) on the western edge of London and it was an occasional weekend treat for me and some of my student friends, to go into central London and have a day just sightseeing. It became a bit of a mini "tradition" for us to go to Harrods, look at all the expensive toys, technology and musical instruments and then go down to the food hall to buy a can of Coke (this being the only thing we could afford) each, which would then be placed in a nice Harrods carrier bag by the shop assistants. We could then get back onto the tube (London Underground ) for the return trip to Uxbridge and, with a great air of being "posh", we could ceremoniously open our Harrods bags and drink the Coke. Ah happy days!
Most buildings in the UK have doors that open inwards, into the building.
It’s not very common to have doors that open outwards, onto the street.
This is deliberately designed to stop the wing from catching the door and damaging the door. 😉
Though I think those doors will open both ways because they are recessed into the building AND fire doors have to open out as well to prevent crush panics
Nope they don’t the doors swing both ways
Most buildings with mass congregation will now have doors open outwards, for safety reasons.
@@JamesLMason Fire escape doors open outwards others are either inwards or both ways for the most part. This is why the credit card trick for opening a door catch rarely works here as the outside will have a door jam that blocks access to the catch.
@andyjdhurley not all final exit fire doors open out. It's dependant on the volume of traffic likely to use them.
Also there are miles of tunnels underneath the building
My friend worked in one of the warehouses in the early 80s
Have a look at Liberty shop in London.
Harrods is amazing but especially so at Christmas
A hamper is a wicker basket full of food (cheaper hampers might be a cardboard box), Harrods is famous for their christmas hampers- which could contain everything you would need for the christmas festive period, food drinks, and other, cost in the hundreds of pounds. Hampers originate from the basket of food taken for a picnic.
Harrods is a posh ersion of one of your biggest department stores- like maceys
Yes, hearing you talk of a picnic basket had me yelling 'that's a picnic HAMPER to us' at the screen. Although a picnic hamper also has all the crockery and cutlery (silverware) needed to eat the food with all neatly strapped into the hamper.
@@grendel1960a more a posher version of Marcus Nieman. Macy’s isn’t near Harrods standard. More House of Fraser.
Those doors open both ways. Also, a while back you could buy anything there - as in lions and elephants! In terms of where the food is made, they tend to buy it from specialists. The point is it's the best of the best, so their staff can't make it (although they do with a few things).
One year, I was on a school trip. We took the students to Harrods before a theatre visit. I was surprised to discover that Harrods Food Hall had prices similar to Sainsbury. I did my weekly shop for about the same amount as normal. I was, of course, not buying the luxury products. I did buy some treats, my particular favourite being the cheesecake, which is to die for.
BTW what you call a food hall, we call a food court.
Interesting! We use those terms interchangeably.
If you've seen the film Hostel, you will remember the line "If you go in there, you will spend ALL your money".
Harrods is like that. There's a definite premium for shopping at Harrods that has no relationship to the value of the products you buy.
They also have a personal shopper service, and even a top tier to that, where you get an assistant who will basically just organise things for you. (like American Express with certain cards offers PA services like booking flights and hotels for you)
But reportedly Harrods goes one stage further. It may be an outlandish myth, but one example I've heard is that if you decide you want an elephant, just tell your Harrods rep. They will organise getting an elephant enclosure built at your property, arrange all the necessary licences for keeping /importing exotic animals, find an elephant seller, arrange shipping etc etc. At a price, of course!
Harrows is one of the most expensive stores in the UK. An amazing building. Mostly the very well off shop there. But it's a lovely place to go to just to walk round. And buy something special for somone. A must see at Christmas.
Harrows?????
Hi guys,
I passed the knowledge of London in 2012. It took me 3 years to pass ( and I did it 7 days a week)
You have to know all the streets from a 6 mile radius from charing cross. And on top of that every hotel, government building, parks and open spaces, train stations, shops, restaurants you name it.
All the best . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great job! That sounds intense, for sure 😅
Thank God Uber came along, stopped the Black Cab Rip off Prices. 👍
Harrods takes up the whole building. It is a top end department store. You can get carpets, furniture, kitchenware etc. They used to say that if you wanted to buy an elephant, Harrods would find you one.
I only slum it at Harrods when I have food to buy and Fortnum & Masons is closed!
A Food Hall is generally a designated area within a department store that sells food.
I think the last time I went to Harrods was about 20 years ago when a friend came over from Australia. Unfortunately, even though the food looks amazing, we had nowhere to store it and besides I had already spent far too much money on Christmas decorations most of which I still have
I don’t know if it’s still the same but you could go into Harrods and buy absolutely anything (and yes it is the whole building). I don’t think they kept elephants in stock 😂 but if you were desperate to own one I’m sure they would get one for you
Looking at the entrance doors I think that from the outside the left hand doors opened inwards and from the inside the left hand door opened outwards
Fortnum and Masons is also a must to visit in London as well as Liberty’s and Hamley’s toy store
Oh what it must be like to shop at Harrods. Us mere mortals will stick to M & S. That's luxury I can afford. 😂😂
A "Food Hall" IS usually found in higher end shops and is used to describe a specialist food section (usually a complete floor) in a DEPARTMENT store (or in M & S, which is basically a CLOTHES shop).
My Dad did the knowledge I used to test him it was mind blowing😂
u could test them about anything in the world and they would know or at least give there opinion🤣
@@craigmitcham2619 he’s handy for a pub quiz haha
Fun fact. If you look at the roof of Harrods on google earth it’s truly amazing. It’s like they have a small town up there.
you can check out their website for a bigger prespective on what they do. it's not just food
My first mother-in-law was a live in housekeeper for a retired stockbroker. When she came to visit, she would usually bring treats that were always in Harrods or Fortnums bags.
Ooh you should look at harrods christmas department
There used to be a lending library. They had their own livery vans which would collect the books and deliver new ones.
You’re going to be amazed! Enjoy Harrods. The son of the Owner was with Princess Diana when they both died in a car crash in Paris. Regards MG.
Mohammed sold it many years ago to the Qatar royal family then onto the state of Qatar, so still plenty of money there😂😂 Guess who shops there💰💰
Wasn't Princess Diana's boyfriend Dodi executive producer on Chariots of Fire?
@@russellfrancis6294 Think he won an oscar????
@@mariannesyrett7759Even though they banned him off set for handing out snow.
@@Diovanlestat Naughty!
We are quite lucky in the UK , there are lots of lovely places to go to buy artisan food.The ingredients are top quality,I don't realise until I watch your reactions to this video.
Humans Greatest Creation.. Cake - The Top Technology of Food - Im english but all of us here in the UK loves Fresh made food up & down the country
Harrods is the whole building, a department store with 13 levels and parking on the roof, the ground floor is the 18 food halls and then there are 20 small restaurants, quite good fun a day there.
You could shop there every day, or better yet have your staff do it.
Only if you own an oil company, though.
Ive actually jumped on the train to London a few times just to go to Harrods, for years my child would only eat their sushi and macaroons. They also get exclusive perfumes so worth the day trip.
Harrods is one of the world's few single-site department stores, occupying a prime five-acre site along the Brompton Road. So yes, that entire building is Harrods. The store has eight floors showcasing the finest products in food, fashion, homeware and technology. The most expensive item ever sold by Harrods, priced at $165 million, was Project Mars, a luxury, mega yacht - the height of bespoke luxury - and was designed by the renowned Italian shipbuilding firm, Fincantieri Yachts. Before the 1876 Endangered Species Act it had a pet department and sold exotic animals like the famous lion, Christian (there's a documentary about this called, predictably, A Lion Called Christian). Apparently, (could be rumour) Ronald Reagan once ordered an elephant.
That entire building plus all the floors are Harrods. You only got to see about half of it in the opening shot. But remember it is not just all shopping areas. There are the offices and storage and kitchens etc. But it is worth a visit just to take a look.
Around 100,000 people visit Harrods every day, which ramps up to a staggering 300,000 people a day in the run-up to Christmas. so yes the whole building is Harrods.
Ā hamper is a basket container, so you can have a picnic hamper or a clothes hamper etc.
Harrods is gorgeous. Harrods is the whole building. Also check out Fortnum and Mason's.
Yes the cab pass is called the knowledge it takes about 2 to 3 yrs to pass you have to know the quickest way from a to b in the whole of london 😮
A ''recky'' just means checking the place out, i live in the midlands of the UK and i was having a heart attack at those prices haha
Short of reconnaissance
It comes from the word "reconnoitre" which is a military term for observing or "checking out" an area or installation.
Harrods is a ‘must do’ when you come to London. It is that whole building but it has various ‘halls’ for anything and everything you can think off. The food hall is famous for is quality produce but there are places to eat and drink within the various areas. For the ‘normal’ person it is very expensive for food, however, having been to Orlando myself lately, I’d say the prices are on par with the US, which we found expensive. You should watch more of Hannah’s vlogs as she visits Harrods quite often, especially when the Christmas shop opens in July or August. She also shows other areas of London for food shopping, clothes, architecture, etc. And she has a fabulous sense of humour too!
My auntie D went to high tea there once when she was in the country (she emigrated to Australia) so it was a big day.
Harrods has over 6 acres of selling space plus more for admin. There are eight floors Inc the sub basements (staff only). The deli dept in called Traiteur (which is French for delicatessen) There are approx 11 thousand light bulbs illuminating the exterior. They have their own electricity generating sub station and artesian well for water, one of only 2 in London. It is the largest dept store in Europe and only Maceys (may not be spelled right) was bigger when I worked there. I am proud to have been trained there. 😊
You can visit Harrods but if you want to buy something take your platinum AMEX card😉
Just remember that our prices already include the VAT, so the price you see, is the price you pay.
I visit every time I'm in London, and buy a little treat - the food is always great...I got my Christmas cake and pudding their last year and they were SO MUCH BETTER than anything else I've had, so it's gonna be an annual thing now
@@danieldunlavey6901 Didn’t their Christmas pudding lose out to one from an ordinary supermarket on a blind tasting on a consumer program last year?
As well as Harrods (it is the whole building and two floors below ground) look up Fortnum & Masons, Selfridges, Hamleys, Liberty etc. All pretty expensive but good quality.
Hampers we tend to make up for trips out, gift baskets etc ❤
I don't know if it's still a 'thing', but as a kid - late 70's early 80's, the aim was the experience of visiting Harrods and buying something small to get a Harrods bag displaying the logo. I remember my parents purchased some colouring pencils for me when I was around 5 years old, just so I could keep the bag as a token of the visit. The pencils were a generic brand - not Harrods specific. I believe they also do Harrods branded stuffed toy bears at a reasonable cost - which are popular in a similar way. Proof of visit. 😂
I remember doing the same with my Mom, but I bought a little doll dress as a Queens Guard. I kept that bag (and doll) for years 😍
Brit here, Harrods Food Hall is something else. Its not a cheap place to shop(something priced at £5=$6.51) but everything here is the very best, of the highest quality. To really appreciate it, you have to be here physically, its truly amazing. As you can see, there are areas for different foods, Fresh Fish/Chicken/Duck/Partridge /Pheasant/ Pork /Beef/ Bread/Cheese/Delicasessen/Dairy/ Sandwiches/Fresh Flowers /Sauces and Relishis. etc etc For less money but still in the grand food arena, Marks and Spencer food halls are very good. So if you ever visit London and want to buy food, depending how deep your pockets are-you know where to go!! P.S. Harrods is a and very Famous Department Store and the Food Hall is within it. Come visit- see for yourself, your more than welcome!