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Williamsburg General Store
1656 Richmond Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185, United States
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Williamsburg General Store
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J
Review №1

A must stop if you need any souvenirs from your Williamsburg visit. This General store also has all the fun stuff you would expect from a General store. The Best part is its a family owned business!! We always try our best to support Small Business whenever and wherever we go. Bubbas Ice cream is also a part of the General store. It was very good ice Cream with a nice portion for a fair price. I would highly recommend the Williamsburg General store during your Visit.

Ga
Review №2

Mainly typical tourist merchandise made in China. Dont waste your time stopping.

St
Review №3

STOP HERE BEFORE YOU LEAVE! This is an awesome little gift shop located on the main strip in Williamsburg. They have tons of merchandise in all different types of genres. Lots of collectibles and clothing are all over the store. Me and my family were able to find plenty of cool items for us and as gifts for our other family members. Especially check out their selection of Williamsburg and Revolutionary memorabilia.

Ri
Review №4

We love this store. We travel to Williamsburg every 2-3 years and a trip to this store is always a must-do! So many neat things for all ages. And Bubbas ice cream shop inside is beyond yummy with their homemade waffle cones!

Ke
Review №5

Good variety of items from souvenirs, wines, tshirts, kids toys, etc. If I didnt have a long road trip home, I would have bought more stuff. When I return to the area, I will revisit.

Re
Review №6

Our daughter picked out a sloth toy at this store and the tag showed a price of $12.99. We go to checkout, the cashier states that they didnt have a chance to update the new price and that it is actually $16.99. He did not offer to honor the price on the tag, just asked if we still wanted it. Very disappointed. We are locals and will not be returning.

Br
Review №7

Expext a crowd at this shop most of the year. What a great way to listen to the fife and drum. Great porch for shade and eating an ice cream. Lots of various souvenirs from shirts and hats to knickknacks toys and snacks. Plenty of parking behind the building too. Friendly helpful staff.

Er
Review №8

Awesome little store full of awesome gifts. Also the Ice cream 🍨 is great

Ly
Review №9

We are easy going people with moderate expectations unless its food. This place is fun to stroll through and offers amazing variety with items for all budgets. We bought garden flags, scented soaps, peanuts and souvenirs at reasonable prices. They have military items for your favorite heroes. Its clean and well lit with fair room in the aisles. Parking was plenty and if you park in back vs side there is an access ramp. The bathrooms were clean. The staff was friendly, they gave you space and were accessible for questions. Afterwards we went to the Trading Post HINT, when we cashed out there they gave us 10% coupon for the General Store and a buy one get one ice cream across street. NOTE its off season. There is a semi wrap around porch with seating.

Ta
Review №10

This is a good sized shop with souvenirs, gag gifts, specialty foods, gifts, and more. It pretty much has all the touristy things you are looking for under one roof as well as the typical items you would find in a general store. There is also an ice cream shop inside, Bubba’s Ice Cream Shack. With all the rave reviews of the ice cream, I was disappointed to see it is just Edy’s ice cream that is sold in every grocery store.

Jo
Review №11

Lots of stuff to choose from! Didn’t really like how crowded it was (the stuff not the people) and how things were kind of just thrown around and left that way. What really bothered me was the huge political section, as it kinda ruined the fun.

sh
Review №12

Really nice selection of trinkets, food and anything you might like

Ha
Review №13

It has the atmosphere of a true general store and has a gamut of items to give the general store ambiance. The prices are reasonable, especially considering Williamsburg is a tourist destination. Its a great place for the entire family and enjoy some ice cream while youre there!

Ch
Review №14

Loved the store. And all the different things. But very pricey.

Sa
Review №15

If you cant find something to buy here then you dont want to buy anything. This store has it all!

Fr
Review №16

Stopped for ice cream. Was good. A novelty store. Some cute things but best use of this place is ice cream only.

Je
Review №17

Lots of souvenirs to choose from, its clean and well organized. They dont have name plates tho.

Sa
Review №18

Bubba ice cream was very good. Open a new tube for my daughter who has peanut allergy, very allergy friendly

He
Review №19

Omgoodness! Need a souvenir? This is the go to of Williamsburg, no joke.

An
Review №20

Really cool but very crowded and the bathroom was awful

Pa
Review №21

If I could they would get zero! We love going to Williamsburg. Its quaint, cozy, and a laid back place to us all. We wanted to end our day with some ice cream before we headed back home. As soon as we walked in you could see confederate flag items. I didnt say anything and we continued to the back. The staff was not friendly. So I would not recommend this place!! I dont see me going back. We will find another spot to make traditional for our family where we feel welcome!

to
Review №22

The General store had plenty of unique and fun gifts. If you are looking for political gifts you must stop. There was also quite a bit of simply southern and civil war stuff. The ice cream shop inside had delicious ice cream with a largeSelection. The kid cup was really about 2 scoops and all you needed. The cost for a kid cup was about $5. We had wild cherry and vanilla bean. The guy at the register did a great job in tuning into his customers and was able to carry on conversation with each. They had CBD gummy’s for $15 and CBD for pets. I’ve never tried any of it and didn’t purchase it. We purchased a gag gift and got a ten percent discount for military which was nice.

Je
Review №23

The icecream here is delicious. Word of caution, the big waffle cone popped my jaw it was so hard. I thought I tore a muscle it was that bad lol. However, I ended up fine and it was worth it🤣. So caution on the thickness biting into the waffle cone lol

Do
Review №24

A little pricey but had a lot of interesting items.

Jo
Review №25

Cute store for nick nacks and touristy stuff. Friendly staff.

Mi
Review №26

Great place to walk through after dinner

Jo
Review №27

A very fun and eclectic store. Very enjoyable to browse through. Anyone could find something they like in here. For tourists, this is good place to get Williamsburg merch. For locals, its a good spot to waste a little time. I like it.

Ra
Review №28

Little bit of everything in here. Worth the walkthrough

St
Review №29

Fun place, LOTS to look at and buy. Good for a rainy day or very hot day.

Ro
Review №30

In the store with no other customers and the employee felt the need to yell across the store to my elderly, hard of hearing mother to pull up her face mask over her nose as it kept slipping down. When my mother couldnt hear her she just kept yelling at her over and over again. It was embarrassing and completely unnecessary.

Br
Review №31

This and Wallace trading post are AWESOME. I could spend hours in them. They have so much and the people that work there are very nice helpful. They are right across the street from each other in Williamsburg VA.

ja
Review №32

A little over priced for all of the items. Plenty to choose from.

Jo
Review №33

Great store with lots of little things to look at

Ha
Review №34

Rude staff, nobody around there can do there job right...Blondie thinks shes inspector gadget & the brown haired girl is mrs prissy. first time and last time Ill be going there cant even run a business right, Very overpriced junk!!

R
Review №35

Lots of things at a higher price than most other stores

De
Review №36

Great place to visit and shop. I can always find something for anyone on my list.

El
Review №37

Very clean. Exceptional customer service. Hilarious gifts

Ry
Review №38

Love the ice cream. We had the banana split and cookies and cream shake. More than enough to share with your family. Very generous portions and very delicious.

Sa
Review №39

Love this place. So many awesome and unique gifts and the atmosphere is cozy and welcoming.

Me
Review №40

A little over priced but a cool shop to walk around and find souvenirs. Friendly service and delicious ice cream but the ice cream is also pretty expensive for what you get.

Kr
Review №41

Lots of cool stuff for everyone

Da
Review №42

Very unique country store/souvenir shop. Everything you can think of as well as many things you never would have thought of. Fantastic & friendly service....will definitely return here !!

Jo
Review №43

Neat little knick nack shop that basically amounts to a tourist trap for anyone looking for souvenirs. There were a few neat items located throughout the store but a quick price comparison online and you will see atleast a 40% savings on most items with free prime shipping.

Ad
Review №44

The General store has some very interesting items for sale. Lots of Williamsburg memorabilia for the tourist. The ice cream was rather expensive, two scoops and a shake cost $16.30 and to be honest it was nothing special.

As
Review №45

I was seriously in love with this place! It felt like a hometown store even though it was in a city. Theres also a ice cream parlor inside. I always try to go to places where they say they have the best ice cream in town. I love how they make their own ice cream and they decorate your favorite Sundae anyway you want. I had a Sundae that had three different flavors and sprinkles and whipped cream and extra sprinkles and extra cookie for about 10 bucks! That may seem high to some; it was enough to split between two people though. When things calm down (mainly this virus at some point), I will definitely come back again!

Da
Review №46

Fun place to shop. Cool verity too choose from. Novelties of all sorts.

Je
Review №47

Touristy type of store if your from out of time....very nice people work there

J
Review №48

Ice cream is good. A single scoop is quite generous.

Ga
Review №49

Typical huge variety of souvenirs and trinkets, but I love these kinds of tourist traps.

Ca
Review №50

A large variety of novelty items and souvenirs. Be sure to visit when in Colonial Williamsburg.

Sh
Review №51

Its just another souvenir shop and everything was overpriced.

Jo
Review №52

Fun place to shop

Cr
Review №53

Great store and great staff!

Sh
Review №54

A little bit of everything from kids to older folk. A must see.

D
Review №55

Stop in for a souvenir t-shirt and dont forget to grab a #MAGA coffee cup to piss off a whiner.

D
Review №56

If youre going to visit Williamsburg you need to go to this store. It brings you back to better times in life. Friendly staff and great selection. Simply outstanding.

Je
Review №57

Love it and went to ice cream store and it was great to

ar
Review №58

Ice cream was awesome!❤

Sp
Review №59

Super friendly customer service and so many goodies for sale! We got several flavors of peanuts and my highlight, the apple butter and apple pecan butter!!

Ta
Review №60

Great variety of souveniers and gifts...served up with friendly customer service!

te
Review №61

Nice place. Sold nice things and best of all. Ice cream./ milkshake... Yum

Wi
Review №62

Pretty neat place

Tr
Review №63

This is a really neat place to stop if youre in Williamsburg. They have a little bit of everything, even the kids loved it! Some of the items seemed a bit overpriced hence the 4 stars otherwise the place was awesome! Ill be back regardless. Lots of fun and unique items to check out.

Ka
Review №64

Awesome store has those perfect hard to find items for birthdays or stocking stuffers

Jo
Review №65

Place is amazing. I always stop by here whenever Im in Williamsburg. Staff is always friendly.

Ta
Review №66

They have everything here, very nice astomphere

Na
Review №67

Its not your typical souvenir shop. There are unique items for people of all ages. Old-fashioned candy you dont see everywhere. We even went twice to browse and realized how much we missed in the first trip. Also, theres an ice cream shop right inside.

El
Review №68

Williamsburg General Store is wonderful! The ice cream we bought was the very best. Not only do they have chocolate chocolate on chocolate, the strawberry ice cream was a to die for... Please check it out when you visit the area!

To
Review №69

Great store. We always make it a point to bring guests there.

Ka
Review №70

Old timey general store feel complete with rocking chairs out front.

Br
Review №71

The price is wrong. You see something and think maybe it should cost about 4 bucks. But then you remember that you are in a foo foo place and add a 100% premium and then think the price will be 8 bucks. But here, better add 150% because that 4 dollar item that you dont need will be priced at 10 dollars or more.

An
Review №72

We love the General store!! Weve been here twice this week already!! Great gifts and the ice cream is awesome!!

wi
Review №73

Didnt like it much because felt its a bit of a conservative place with an area full of Trump stuff & some confederate stuff in store

Ni
Review №74

Great shop lots of signs, shirts and trinkets, ice cream shop is good and has all flavors you would expect, although I will say It will be crowded like 90% of the year.

La
Review №75

Nice store

Vi
Review №76

SUCH A CUTE STORE!! Even if I dont need to buy anything, I stop by just to see what cute things they have. Its part souvenirs, part home goods, all Virginia ❤️Their ice cream is delicious!

Je
Review №77

Wonderful experience. Great selection, friendly staff, & will definitely be back. Been coming every year last 10 years.

sh
Review №78

Fun place to shop inWilliamsburg..nice merchandise.

Je
Review №79

Good ice cream and stuff,

Ke
Review №80

Large store. Fun gift ideas. Friendly and accommodating sales staff. Manager very helpful taking a gift order by phone. Thanks!

Ma
Review №81

Their customer service is lacking, rude and talks down to customers

Br
Review №82

Enjoyed checking out the store. Pricing varies: some reasonable, some expensive. They have a great variety of stuff. Nice place to check out.

Ha
Review №83

Not impressed as I have been at other wonderful shops in Williamsburg. I would go back to the other shops in a second but not this one. I love a unique store with a hospitable staff who have personality. In my opinion,a common overpriced souvenir store and a manager with a personality to match.

K
Review №84

It smells sweet when you walk in like hot cinnamon apple waffles. Anything you want to buy for a gift is there. Reasonable prices. Friendly staff. Ice cream counter inside. Fresh toppings. Generous helpings. A must see if youre on vacation.

Lo
Review №85

Great selection of souvenirs, there is something for everyone.There is also an ice cream shop in the store and plenty of outdoor and indoor seating to enjoy your treat.

De
Review №86

Great place for browsing and buying Colonial Williamsburg memorabilia without the high prices. Great amicable Staff.

Lo
Review №87

There is a little bit of everything here. We spent a good bit of time just looking around with the kids and having fun looking at the novelty items. It was a good break from all the other things we had been doing.

Ca
Review №88

This store has literally everything!! If you take the time to go here make sure you go and enjoy their ice cream shop and sit on the picnic benches on their porch. Nice enjoyable time after we spent the day at Jamestown seeing the museum and ships!

je
Review №89

I love this store. Always filled with great little must haves.... The store clerks are so friendly and helpful. I like to come to Williamsburg for the day just to get away, and this store always puts a smile on my face and ever disappoints.

Mi
Review №90

Lots to look at, something for everyone. Must see list.

Ke
Review №91

Quaint. Everything you would expect from a general store.

No
Review №92

Always stop in when were in the area. Just a fun place to browse and pick up something unique !

Mi
Review №93

Amazing place. Went in for some ice cream, which was amazing! And the store itself was amazing!

Al
Review №94

We went here to go Bubbas Ice Cream Shack. The homemade waffles with the ice cream was delicious. The buy one get one free coupon made it even better.

As
Review №95

I had really high hopes for an old fashioned general store, but this is really just a junk store aimed at tourists to sell them cheap stuff. I feel like no stores in an area like Williamsburg should have such political wares, such as Trump stickers and Civil War memorabilia. Revolutionary war area stuff would be much more appropriate. Ill never be back.

Ky
Review №96

Great little place to visit. Ice cream is delicious and they give to a lot. There is a lot to look at. Although walkways are small if youre a bigger person its still a nice place to visit.

Li
Review №97

Good variety of souvenirs, but expect to pay typically high prices as is the case in most places like this. Friendly service. The best part is Bubbas Ice Cream inside!

co
Review №98

Nice service. Decent pricing on items. The ice cream looked amazing but did not try none

Sh
Review №99

Staff was a bit lean but it is, after all, New Years Eve. The gentleman who was cashiering was delightful. Couldnt find all that I was looking for but didnt leave empty-handed. This place has been here for a long time. My son loved it when he was young and I went in specifically to get a goodie for his son. Generations continue as time marches on. Fun store!

Ki
Review №100

No complaints. Big variety of youre looking for souvenirs

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  • Address:1656 Richmond Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185, United States
  • Site:http://williamsburgshops.com/
  • Phone:+1 757-564-5800
Categories
  • General store
  • Gift shop
Working hours
  • Monday:10AM–9PM
  • Tuesday:10AM–9PM
  • Wednesday:10AM–9PM
  • Thursday:10AM–9PM
  • Friday:10AM–9PM
  • Saturday:10AM–10PM
  • Sunday:10AM–10PM
Service options
  • In-store shopping:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
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