Williams Sonoma Store

«Rude» is the word I use to describe all but one of the staff I encountered (3 in total) on the day I went in to purchase a few of my usual Williams Sonoma kitchen staples for my new house. I just moved back to Spokane so I hadn’t been to this store until last Saturday and I was floored at how rude the manager and one other employee (who happened to be very sick, coughing, etc.) were to me. Manager was icy cold and acted put-​out when I asked if we could try the pumpkin bread they had made up and also if there was another option for the grease guard I was holding, and the sick person blew our minds (and her nose) when I asked if she wouldn’t mind getting one of the other staff to ring me up (please, kindly) because I didn’t want to catch whatever she had. She very rudely snatched one of the items I was purchasing from my hand and asked another person (who thankfully turned out to be very nice and attentive) to get me another one and ring me up. My friend and I looked at each other and both said «Wow!» at the same time. My friend then said to the nice young lady who was ringing me up that if she were a regional manager for W.S. she would fire the lot of them except for her. I shop W.S. a lot so I hope this isn’t the only one in Spokane!

I attended the «Perfect Sides» Techniques class that provided make ahead and vegetarian ideas good for the Thanksgiving table. Chef Christian Cally shared his tips and tricks of the trade with the home cook in preparing side dishes that shows flare. The preparation of two recipes resulted in attendees having the opportunity to sample the demonstrated foods. They were delicious! Good, useful information was shared, a hard copy handout provided, and there was minimal amounts of hard selling the store products. I look forward to attending another class.
It’s always fun for me when visiting kitchenware shops. Many of these shops tend to squeeze too much into a small space but not WS. Their stores are very neatly laid out and so well-​organized. The brightly lit sections of the stores truly invites leisurely exploration.
You will certainly be welcomed and offered help here. Staff are quite knowledgeable about their products and are very customer oriented. A splendid store to gift shop at.

This place is the Nordstrom of anything kitchen related items. Kind of spendy or if you want that «premium» item (s). Its a very nice store, glad Spokane was able to land and keep this W-​S in River Park Sq Mall. In addition to the cookware, they also have cook books and a myriad of sauces, pasta, etc, that are also premium. I believe, don’t quote me on this, but they also hold infomational classes on the weekends.

Pricey but a good place to purchase some higher end kitchen needs. Came in to purchase two new wooden cutting boards. All the staff were personable, knowledgeable and patient; I need to mull over a purchase for a long time. We left with two very nice Boos maple cutting boards and they’ve been a delight to use. Interestingly enough we’ve usually been largely ignored by staff at other WS stores in other cities, but the staff here were friendly an approachable.