selfridges Reviews 3,806

Outstanding customer service from the team at Prada, including the personal shopping team.

I would highly recommend a visit to Selfridges.

Shout out to Dean and Mekel!

Less than helpful from the Customer “Care” team. Wish i’d have looked at Trust Pilot before order but you would’ve thought with a ‘reputable’ company, you wouldn’t need to! Would never buy from them again, nor recommend them.

Purchased a pair of very expensive shoes for a wedding. The return too almost 2 months and customer service were useless. Do not buy from them.

Was served by a wonderful young man at the Hourglass make up
Counter. Geo was incredibly helpful his customer service is second to none. He had so much knowledge about the brand. I was looking for particular products to address some concerns . Geo gave me a demonstration before I even bought anything his work of art paid off . Above all Geo is a lovely, caring and most patient young man. I am totally sold to the hourglass range . He truly is a credit to selfridges in London if only the staff on the byredo perfume counter were more like him thank you for boosting my confidence Geo and making my visit to selfridges by far the best ever and I do visit London selfridges every weekend. Geo I will be back next weekend for some more products and to see your beautiful smiling and most welcoming face keep doing what you do me and my friends adore you thank you so much once again

Appalling ecommerce set up. Doesn't work on a phone and incredibly clunky on a laptop - if you pay by PayPal you lose the opportunity to add non-billing delivery address or any extras. Customer service entirely apathetic and uninterested in helping me recreate the order manually. Not worth a normal price, let alone their brand-inflated nonsense prices.

I placed an online order with Selfridges for delivery to South Korea in November 2025.
The order contained 9 items. Of those, 7 items were ultimately not fulfilled by Selfridges. For 5 of them, I received cancellation emails stating: “We are sorry to tell you that the below item from your order has been cancelled. Unfortunately, when we went to dispatch the item to you, it didn't pass our quality checks.” I only actually received 2 items. One of the 2 items I did receive was a MAC eyebrow gel with batch code A82, which indicates a 2022 production date. The formula was so dry and unusable that it also had to be refunded. This meant that I effectively paid KRW 42,500 (£25) in shipping just to receive one item.
As a result, 8 items were supposed to be refunded in total. However, I only received 6 refund transactions. Two refunds, worth around £77 in total, are still missing.
What makes this especially frustrating is that Selfridges’ own transaction report only shows 6 refunds, and my bank’s overseas transaction record shows the same: one original purchase from Selfridges and only 6 refund transactions. In other words, there is no sign in my bank record of the “pending” refunds that Selfridges claimed were still with my payment provider, and no record at all of the remaining 2 refunds.
I contacted customer service multiple times from December through to 31 January. I explained the discrepancy clearly and pointed out that their own records did not match what they were claiming. Instead of properly investigating, I kept receiving repeated replies stating that all refunds had been processed and telling me to wait or contact my payment provider.
Other than the file showing 6 refunds, they could not provide any valid evidence for the remaining 2 refunds. On 3 February, they gave me an AUTH code and told me to ask my payment provider about it. However, the AUTH code 310515 was already shown in Selfridges’ own file on the original purchase transaction. It was not a refund reference for the 2 missing refunds. This was not a meaningful response: giving me a code from the original purchase transaction and presenting it as if it were helpful for the missing refunds, then telling me to take it to my payment provider. Being a foreign customer does not mean lacking basic understanding! I no longer knew what else to say to them.
This has taken a huge amount of time and energy over a very simple refund issue. I still have not received the 2 missing refunds. I also never received proper refund notification emails for those 2 items, and their order status still showed as “in progress”.
In fact, this order did not necessarily have to be placed with Selfridges. The reason I chose Selfridges again was that, during a previous purchase, I had already experienced a quality issue with one of their products. At that time, I bought several palettes of the same product from the same brand in different shades, and only one of them was missing the protective film on the mirror. I had to go through a great deal of effort and communicate through multiple channels before any after-sales action was taken. Even then, their attitude was ambiguous, as if it were not really a serious problem. They initially only offered £10 in compensation, even though the price at that time in 2024 was KRW 87,542.09 (around £51–£52). Only after I insisted did they finally issue a refund. They did not arrange for the product to be returned. One reason may have been that they would have had to bear the international return shipping cost, and they also mentioned hygiene concerns. But if the product was not normal to begin with, why was the customer first expected to accept only £10? Would the customer not also have hygiene concerns? They never clearly explained what had caused the problem with the item. I am not saying it was necessarily second-hand, but they never clarified what had gone wrong or properly acknowledged where the issue may have arisen. The issue may have been resolved in the end, but it still left me feeling as though I was the one causing trouble or trying to take advantage of them, simply because I was not willing to accept a £10 compensation offer as if the item could still reasonably be kept and used. That discomfort stayed with me for a long time. That is why I placed another order with Selfridges, mainly for that item. The price had increased somewhat to KRW 92,000 (around £54). I also wanted to prove that I am an honest customer. I even sent customer service photos showing that the product had not been used and had been discarded.
I never expected to run into after-sales problems again with this order. The way this company handles problems honestly does not reflect the standards I would expect from a company of this size. No matter what, I still need to share my experience.

Paid £10 for next day delivery and is being delivered 7 days later. Anna from the complaints department is so sorry apparently, so sorry that she has sent me the small print, explaining that I should not expect next day delivery even though it is paid for! She has declined to refund next day delivery. I think Jelly cat should be aware how you treat customers and take your rights to sell them away too!

I was unfortunate enough to visit "medicine bakery" in Selfridges Birmingham.
Our server was abrupt which descended into rudeness. We were told that we would be served in paper cups, which at the prices charged I think is cheeky. No explanation was given as to why.
Only one piece of cutlery between 3 people and one napkin.
To be honest this falls well below my expectations.
The only positive point was that the food and drink was adequate.

I truly cannot believe Selfridges today is the same one I used several years without any problem. I can see that the score that barely goes over 1 reflects how good they do.
I am ashamed of how much money I spent there, I bought something every week, probably more several times a week. I have bought makeup exclusively with them if not in physical shops in my country.
Well, one day they just decided Serbia is not good enough for their makeup, so I can buy expensive shoes and dresses etc, but nothing beauty related. I should have escalated that, but just could not believe that discrimination I was facing. What changed? owners, or something else, maybe I will never know. But I am sure with that company policy they are falling face down very fast.
Now, I would not get something from their fas*ist hands if they were paying me.
Date mentioned is one I used to check if everything is as it was, and it is. Happy free-fall.
Re: To the one replying. I gave you screenshots, emails, evidence that suddenly I cannot buy what I bought last week. It lasted months. I have sent 100 or more emails like that. You asked specific products, I sent that email, different one another email. If you want to let me buy, let me buy. If not, don’t. I don’t have anything more to discuss or I wish to.

My purchase of £499 stopped working properly after several months. Selfridges customer services said they couldn’t help & sent me to contact the manufacturer of the item they sold me!! In short if you buy faulty goods from Selfridges don’t expect a refund or exchange. Poor all round .

An extremely useless company. Received a personal shopping experience voucher after switching banks. This is to be booked by april. Multiple phone calls, live chat and emails to customer service and personal shopping experience have yielded no response. The customer service team assure that the Manchester Trafford Centre have the details and will reach out soon. Still waiting for that reaching out. The links in the emails don't even work, sends you to an oops page. The WhatsApp numbers dont exist. I come on here to see how do I get a response. Seems like you're all in the same boat. Unbelievable that this is an international well known brand, more like a Temu experience!
And no, please don't reply to me saying you're sorry for my experience and direct me to email you and you'll reply to me shortly. As I have already done so multiple times and
Zero response from customerservices at selfridges.com, phone calls or live chat.

Useless company, and even worse that there is no incentive to change this by the higher ups. Is this not embarrassing for such a large company

We spoke to a guy called Robbie in the Birmingham store. My dad is gluten free. This guy checked on line for us checked some biscuits for us and went above and beyond to help. He was so nice to us.

I ordered a dress from Selfridges and this ripped the first time I wore it up up the back, leaving me completely exposed at an event. I raised my complaint via live chat within 7 days and the agent ended the chat with me. When I raised a new complaint a couple of days later, Selfridges claimed they never received my first message and now refuse to price match the cost of the replacement dress as it's now outside of 7 days and the original dress has doubled in price.

Given I complained within the extremely small 7 day window, and had such an awful experience with the product I feel I am well within my right for Selfridges to price match the cost of replacing the dress with a non faulty item, and I'm very disappointed this will not be done. I've lost all faith in the brand, for such a huge iconic store I really would expect more. Nadia and head office has not been able to resolve my query, so any replies to this review will be fake and I won't take it down unless I get the price match I am entitled to.

I spotted the Crisps Easter Egg by Torres on their website. Packaged and delivered great but the price of delivery was almost £8!!!!! shocking!

The product was tiny, the size of my phone. Was expecting something bigger than what arrived but, it did arrive on time and I should think so for £8 delivery, and not next day mind!

They should put some size comparison on items that are small so you are not shocked by a large box arriving with a tiny egg inside.

Other than that, service was great as usual.

Great selection of brands, but too busy.

Terrible customer service. Ordered something as a gift, wrong item was received. Contacted Selfridges to send the right item. They refused to resend item or give refund. They kept closing the chat before I could respond. Avoid buying from Selfridges online.

I would give this company zero stars if I could.

If you’re ordering from the U.S., don’t. They charge $35 for “express shipping”—which is the only option they even offer—and then completely fail to deliver on it. The estimated delivery date they promise at checkout is misleading at best. In reality, expect your order to arrive at least a week later than what they claim.

To make matters worse, they won’t refund or take any responsibility for the delay, even though you paid extra specifically for faster shipping. It feels dishonest and frustrating, and I definitely won’t be ordering from them again.

Useless customer service. Bought a pair of trainers in store (Arne trainers), wore them once and cracks became present, with the material peeling off.

Told I couldn't return online so went in store. Store staff (Manchester) told me I'd worn them in the rain, so non refundable. Funny part 1. They were worn in Seville - No rain. 2. Are trainers not meant to be worn outside and in different weathers?

Store staff took my details and said head office would be in touch. Still heard nothing and going round in circles with no refund in sight.

Avoid at all costs - Purchase direct with the brands, shop at John Lewis, or any other competitor. Because you'll be sure to get a far better customer service.

Been a customer of Selfridges for 10+ years, won't be using them again.

Ordered a gift for Mother's day - which was to be delievered to my home address. It was not delievered. Instead - it was sent to a DPD pick up. I went to the DPD pick up point and it was not there. I complained and was told that someone would update me in 24-48 hours. No one did. Meanwhile, I kept getting messages to say that the item was at the DPD point. I went there twice more and it was not there. When I rang to complain a week later, I was given a refund. When I asked for an explanation I was told that I would not be given one as it would be dealt with internally. So what's the point. Mother's day was ruined and they don't have any explanation.

I’ve had many parcels delivered by Selfridges, and never had an issue
Today I had one delivered, and it was packed so well, all wrapped in tissue, and the chocolates carefully wrapped so they don’t get damaged