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I wish Jenners would sort their staircases out. Don't get me wrong, the original features and layout of the beautiful old building do give a lovely elegant feel to the place, but it's really annoying when you're trying to find the loos/exit/shoe department and no matter which route you take you always end up in the bedding section. That aside, this place is gorgeous. If I had to sum Edinburgh up in a single shop, it would be this one. It's right on Princes Street (or Rose Street if you're coming from that direction and want to be picky), so you can't miss on the city centre skyline. Although it doesn't have the same degree of internationally-reknowned street cred of nearby Harvey Nicks, I much prefer it. For starters, you can walk through the door and be greeted by a smile and/or hello from the nearest member of staff, as opposed to being looked up and down from underneath an overly-groomed eyebrow and then ignored because you're clearly not rich enough to be worth serving, as is usually the case in Harvey Nichols. If you were extremely lazy, and had the credit card limit to allow it, you could literally do all your shopping that you'd ever need to do in Jenners. They have huge clothing departments for all shapes, sizes and genders, and the shoe lounge and cosmetic hall are great (and conveniently close to eachother too!). But the best thing about here is their food hall - if you're looking for a gift for one of those annoying people who re impossible to buy for then you'll definitely find soemthing here. In particular, you should go to their chocolatier counter and make up your own box of chocolates - you get all the flavours you do like but none of the orange cremes. A definite win-win situation in my book. Yes, it's pricier than smaller shops, but then department stores usually are. If you're a student though, you get 10% off with a valid student ID....pick from the following. -- negative; -- positive; I think the answer is
positive