Outstanding customer service!

Maybe I'm missing something, but I just didn't get what other Yelpers loved so much about this store. OK, yeah, the pink pig-shaped grill outside the front door gave me high hopes, but nothing inside really lived up to that.

The ground-floor level is mostly home and kitchen stuff, with lots of cooking/baking supplies and kitchen gadgets. The lower level is the garden-supply department, and the... more

It's kind of like the scruffy cousin to London Drugs.

How did they ever manage to achieve a near perfect balance of useful and weird? And have it work so well?

Imagine going into a bank to get a loan to start Capital Iron. One look at the business plan and they'd laugh you right out of the place.

But it works!

I love Capital Iron, mostly because it reminds me of home. Like all small towns, the hardware store is also the toy store, the giftware store, the household goods store, the garden store, the sporting goods store, the furniture store and the small town fashion mecca, all rolled under one roof. The icing on the cake is this piece of small town charm is in the heart of the city and it's bigger.... more

If your looking for a BBQ these guys are the best! The give you the information and let you make the right choice!

Great assortment of useful (and absurb) goods on several floors. I found the variety of camping gear rivals MEC and REI in some respects (cooking gear especially). You can shop for marine hardware and garden goods all in one convenient stop.

Where else can you buy a giant, vintage mercury arc rectifier in Victoria?

Capital Iron is the defining experience of a leisurely shop... There are floors and floors (OK only 3 but feels like many) of every damned thing you could want... and a whole lot you didn't even know you needed!
In one place... outdoor wear, tools, weather vanes, tents, portholes from an old ship, plants, garden gnomes, fabric, lawn statuary and best of all table linens...

While we are on the... more

Another piece of true Victoria! It's got that weird mishmash-of-a-million-things-that-you-never-would-have-thought-would-be-sold-under-the-same-roof vibe. This is the best place to find reasonably priced Carhartts, premium quality kitchenware, cool chinese antiques, gardening supplies and of course, ceramic pots and containers of every shape and size. When you are there, don't forget to check... more