The Entertainer Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.6

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Evaluating 790 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Consumers frequently commend the direct assistance provided by certain staff members, describing their interactions as efficient and exceptionally helpful. Many people find that staff members successfully resolve issues, for instance, arranging replacements or processing refunds quickly. However, some customers also noted significant problems related to order fulfillment and delivery logistics. Reviewers have pointed out errors such as incorrect item shipments, wrong addresses being used automatically, and items failing to arrive or being lost. Additionally, there are comments regarding the unreliability of click and collect services and instances of poor communication during tracking.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Ordered something by mistake and although the journey to contact was a bit confusing (no 'cancel' as an option, no confirmation my ticket had been raised so did it 3 times), Refiloe sorted out my canc... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I ordered online and wanted item to do to a different delivery address to billing but when I got the confirmation email both addresses were mixed up. So I contacted customer services by WhatsApp and... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The experience only rates 3 stars, but Sharnee who helped sort out the problem via their live chat, bumps it to 4 stars as she was super efficient. I'm not sure what happened, but the billing address... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I was emailed an offer on the item I had been looking at. I had difficulty getting the price from the email to work in my basket. After a day of chats with Refiloe who tried to resolve the problem, I... See more

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  1. Toy Store

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With all your favourite toys and games, TheToyShop.com is the online store of the UK's largest toy shop - The Entertainer


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My order never went through but payment…

My order never went through but payment was taken so got in contact and got help from Refiloe was very helpful and polite and got the issue sorted out great customer service.

1 June 2026
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Glad to hear this :)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

so much hassle

Customer service is rubbish. I ordered 2 items. Only 1 turned up. Had to send proof of this to which I did. Kept requesting a replacement, to which they kept closing my email tickets. Honestly they have made the process so slow and unprofessional. They were happy to close the ticket and let me be without my item and a refund until I kicked up more fuss.

So much hassle.

Really wish I hadn’t bothered

31 May 2026
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Thank you for your feedback. We'll address this with the team.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wrong item sent, slow and unresponsive support

Wrong item sent. I ordered a play house and the parcel is too big for the house. Phoned customer service to request for 1) the wrong item to be collected, and 2) the right item to be sent in parallel. Customer service agreed but was so slow. 3 days later and still no action taken other than “ticket raised”. Disappointing and not sure I’d order again in the future.

28 May 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered something without the knowledge…

Ordered something without the knowledge that it was out of stock, with no idea when or even if it will be back in stock.
Will not be buying from them again and will be looking to take it further.

29 May 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Issue with a refund

I had an issue with a refund from a product i ordered. I contacted cusomter service and spoke to Sharnee. She was excellent and sorting my issues out and providing me my refund promptly. Great service.

28 May 2026
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Really pleaed to see this was all sorted :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not buy anything online from The…

Do not buy anything online from The Entertainer.

My order was never dispatched and I have spent almost a week trying to get a refund. It's 10 days since I placed the order and I still only have a partial refund.

The humans you speak to on the phone do not action anything or get back to you despite promising to.

The online form opens a ticket that is then handled by multiple different people who do not immediately solve the issue.

I don't understand how they function as a business, they are an absolute shambles. Just go to Smyths instead where the customer service is amazing!

18 May 2026
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Thank you for your feedback. I can see that my colleague has been in touch with you this morning to resolve this for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer service is really good

Kyle N from Customer service is really good and quick responses via email. Purchased Disney Pixar colour changer which had a issue and didn't change colour so via customer service last week managed to get replacement sent out but had the same problem which makes me think it's a production issue. However Kyle understood and allowed me to exchange for a different colour changer car. So can't fault the customer service at all 😊

28 May 2026
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Thank you for your feedback.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had several items arrive damaged due…

I had several items arrive damaged due to improper packing. I got one item refunded as it was out of stock and was promised replacements for the other two. It’s been over a week of trying to confirm whether or not this has been actioned and I haven’t been given a straight answer.
They replied to this review requesting details which were provided and still no resolution almost 3 weeks later

21 May 2026
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So that we can look into this can you please share more information?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unprofessional

Unprofessional, unreliable and not trustworthy. I purchased the items on the 20th May with an expected delivery by the 25th May. I chased all day 26th May as the items had not arrived to be informed that a manager would call me back and the items would be delivered by 9pm on the 26th May. However, I had to chase a further three times to chase the manager but I didn’t receive a response back. The items did not arrive again therefore, the next day I contacted the company again and spoke with the manager who confirmed they would call me back by 3pm to inform me of the expected delivery date. However, I did not receive a call back and was told that the manager was too busy to speak with me but had refunded my items. The presents were for my 5 year olds son birthday present and the lack of empathy, compassion and customer service is inadequate. The professional courtesy to agree to contact myself multiply times and all levels throughout the company and not fulfil the expectation is deeply disappointing. I will never be using this store again and will revert to other toy stores.

27 May 2026
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Thank you for your review. We'll pick this up with the team.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Refused service to a autistic 12year girl

I took my autistic daughter down to this shop Coventry lower precinct today to spend some of her money on Pokémon cards, but was met with discrimination by the manager and til worker, because she was talking to the lady in front of her who also had a disabled child they refused both of them service under nonsense reasons such like
"They were seen talking in the queue, they are together" which wasn't the case I went in to show it was my bank card and physical id because of my own physical disabilities not being able to stand in qué I had my daughter stand and wait, and we didn't arrive there til 8:46am and was lucky to be 3rd in qué or so we thought, this then changed to my behaviour on challenging the staffs blanket accusation then it was they had apparently been given phone calls before they opened saying that my daughter and others had been reported to been seen in groups and my daughter apparently was with this woman and child which again is nonsense we had literally just arrived in the city centre and had just come from raymans and this lady was already there.
Shop policy is per customer not "we can say who is or isn't in a group" and then make excuses not to give service.
This experience has also been reported to corporate office overall a negative experience that didn't just effect me and my daughter but entire qué of people that had been in qué from 8.46 onwards for the shop opening at 9.30am just to be refused on baseless grounds. I would avoid this particular branch of the shop and go elsewhere. This isn't customer service it's discrimination and after being a shopper there for nearly 13 years I won't be returning there. Workers like them destroy good businesses with this terrible power tripping behaviour. It needs to be addressed asap before people stop shopping there altogether. Normally my experience in this shop is positive never a bad word but today sealed it for me. There are better options like toytown to go to and get the same products with better staff attitude, energy and prices.

22 May 2026
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Thank you for your feedback. This is something for us to address with the store. We hope you change your mind and shop with us again.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I ordered a slide for my granddaughters…

I ordered a slide for my granddaughters birthday
When It didn't arrive when stated I messaged customer service to enquire to be told it had gone to the wrong hub someone had printed the wrong label but it was sorted and now on its way
My parcel finally arrived after her birthday to find missing items
We can't even put it together its just sat in the box
After messaging again I'm told I have to wait for the warehouse to respond to see if they even have the parts
So unprofessional !!
I won't be ordering again

18 May 2026
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Please get in touch with more information so we can chase this up for you.

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