Hi there, my name is Connor and I have been asked to provide a Customer Review for the Adult Lifestyle Center at Kogarah. This is also the brick and mortar location for the Adultsmart online store.
DISCLOSURE
I am a regular customer at this Store so am bit biased having been spoilt by the staff here. The offered me a $100 credit voucher to write this review as they said they needed some customer reviews for blogs and advertising. They did tell me to write an unbiased review with the good, the bad and the ugly which I have tried to the best of my ability to provide. It was also brought to my attention that they have made the same offer to some other customers in order to advertise this store.
OVERVIEW
The Adult Lifestyle Centre is situated at 12 Production Avenue, Kogarah in the middle of an Industrial Area. Kogarah is in the St George District and is about 20 minutes drive from the CBD and an hours drive to Wollongong (dependent on traffic conditions). The adult shop has been in existence for 15+ years and looking at and in the store there is no reason to believe it will not be there for another 15. It is conveniently located.
STAFF
In all my visits to this store the staff have been exceptionally friendly and knowledgeable. My wife and I have been frequent visitors for many years and it has been awesome to witness the ‘evolution’ of this store over the past 5 years. The majority of times there has been a female staff on duty but even when males are on they are not sleazy and it is comfortable for a couple to talk with them.
Although they always approach me or us to offer assistance it is not overbearing and they are not ‘pushy’ but rather helpful.
THE SHOP
The shop is massive. There is no other way to describe it. Having been to many adult stores before in Sydney they are generally limited to 150-200sq meters. I am not sure how big this is but it has to be over 500 square meters of retail space. It is huge, clean, decked out in modern fittings and well lit. There is no ‘sleaze’ attached to this store at all and is inviting. You can literally get lost in this store. I stand to be corrected but do not believe there is a store of this size in the Greater Sydney region and would hazard a guess it is one of if not the biggest store in Australia.
The shop is carpeted at the front and has timber floors at the rear.
THE STOCK
One is spoilt for choice in this ‘mega-outlet’. There is row upon row of sex toys in floor units as well as those being displayed on the slatwalls. At the back is the lingerie area that is well stocked and had timber floors added to them a couple of years ago. It creates a real designated area for those wanting accessories like costumes, bdsm gear and lingerie – to the rear of the shop – and the front portion which is adult toys, lubricants and such.
MOBILITY FRIENDLY
The sales staff I have spoken to tell me the proprietor is very liberal and is LGBTQ friendly as well as catering for those with mobility impairment or mental disabilities. This can be seen with the street access with no stairs and the wide aisles. Good on them – it is sex positive too!
THE GOOD
I think my description says it all. The store is if anything overstocked. Whatever it is you are after you will find it there in a friendly clean environment. There is nothing that I have found that will compare.
THE BAD
I spend too much money in this store! Sorry, have to say it. Limiting my visits to a maximum once a month helps, but because the bring in so much new stock there is always something that I want to try. Personally I do not think I am oversexed or anything like that and it is better than spending my hard earned money on gambling or something like that. My wife and I like to explore new things and the Adult Lifestyle Center helps me do just that.
THE UGLY
Business hour parking. You may as well forget about convenient parking out the front. Either get parking on Rocky Point Road and walk the 150 meters or so to the shop or parking at the end of the street near the ovals (if you can find some). The parking Monday to Friday 10am-4pm is atrocious. This is a weekend destination shop.
