Sex Shops List

Review from Claude, April 2006: Throwback

I visited Temptations in Halifax a week ago. I was enticed into the shop with the promise of 1/2 price DVDs, Upon entering I found a throwback to the 70's! This dark and moody shop stocked DVDs and videos that covered EVERY topic you could imagine at a price of £40 each or 3 for a £100. There were about 3000 titles to choose from.

The guy behind the counter wasn't a modern shop keeper but a surly guy who offered me a Bully Boy Vibrator for £45 - no discount but he'd give me Free Batteries! I asked about the 50% discount and he told me the prices had been cut in half already.

I found a very strong German film and purchased it. Not a couple friendly adult outlet, just a seedy sex shop full of porn!

Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, April 2019: Tidy

Tidy and mostly well presented with a friendly manager.

News January 2012: Side door

The shop made the news after it installed a discreet side door. The main street front door was apparently overlooked by a pub, where the locals would raise a light hearted cheer every time the sex shop door opened.

Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, April 2019:

Not badly presented but a lack of attention.

Review from Pulse & Cocktails: One-Stop Shop

This is a good sized, one-stop shop in Hitchin and offers a very relaxed shopping environment with excellent advice available from the shop manager.

The store has an excellent range of sex toys, games and novelties along with a good assortment of lingerie, stockings and uniforms.

The store has a separate film department, which is DVD heaven with over 2,000 XXX DVDS. The DVDs are very competitively priced and Pulse & Cocktails offers an excellent exchange system on all films. There is also a good selection of XXX books and magazines that are unsealed and very competitively priced.

Free private car park at this store

Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, September 2017: Lacklustre

Lackluster with plenty f clearance lines.

News December 2009: Taboo

Brighton based Taboo have taken over the shop and it will re-open under the new branding on 18th January 2010

News September 2013: Fees reduced

The shop will benefit from a licence fee reduction. A court recently ruled that councils must base licence fees on administration costs and cannot be used to raise cash for other purposes.

From Empire X, January 2013: A wide variety of adult films

The main adult cinema studio 1 also offers striptease on Monday and Thursday. Our second adult cinema 2 studio shows a wide variety of adult films.

Our facilities also include a coffee lounge & 2 smaller rooms showing a wide variety of adult films.

From Empire X, 2003: The cinema club shows R18 videos.

The shop is new only 10 weeks old the cinema club has been here for 22 years. We have a large stock instore approx 300 titles in Video and DVD with a further 500 titles to order 7 Days turnaround.

The cinema club shows R18 videos.

Reader Shop Review: A Class Act

Large selection of DVDs and Videos which are all £20 each, £10 trade in on each disk when you buy another so it can be used just like a rental store.

Staff are great, do not hassle and there is never any pressure. A class act.

News January 2018: Set to close

The owner of John's Books has announced that he is retiring and that he will close the shop in June 2018 when the sex shop licence is due for renewal.

News September 2013: Fees reduced

The shop will benefit from a licence fee reduction. A court recently ruled that councils must base licence fees on administration costs and cannot be used to raise cash for other purposes.

News November 2018: Moved

Ann Summers closed at Whitefriargate on 28th November 2018 and re-opened on Jameson Street on 29th November.

See review of new shop from hulldailymail.co.uk

From ETO's Mystery Shopper, February 2017: Lacklustre

A clearance branch that was somewhat lacklustre

From ETO's Mystery Shopper, February 2017: Average

This 'classic' Private Shop is very average.

Most R18 DVD's were £25 each or 3 for £60. There are also £10 clearance lines.

Press review, July 2018: Hull's biggest sex shop

See review from hulldailymail.co.uk

From ETO's Mystery Shopper, February 2017: Impressive

A large floor spaces allows for a wide variety of products, eg for bondage furniture.

Standard R18 DVD's were £25 each or 3 for £50, 7 for £100. Premium titles are £5 more.

A very impressive shop.

Review from Pulse & Cocktails: One of UK's Largest

This massive superstore is split into two departments

This first department is Cocktails, which has an excellent range of sexy lingerie, costumes, PVC, latex and hosiery in a variety of styles ranging from sizes 8-26. This department also has a huge selection of naughty novelties, gifts, games and hen and stag night products

Pulse is where the shopping adventure really begins! The sex toys department is huge with literally thousands of toys from every corner of the globe with many items available to touch in the 'switch on and try before you buy' display area. This store also has an exclusive range of erotic furniture.

The store has a separate film department, which is DVD heaven with over 3,000 XXX DVDS. The DVDs are very competitively priced and Pulse & Cocktails offers an excellent exchange system on all films. There is also an excellent selection of XXX books and magazines that are unsealed and very competitively priced..

If you are after the ultimate sex shop adventure then this massive store in Hull is the one for you. This is an absolutely amazing store and can only be described as an erotic theme park; many customers browse for over an hour and still only see a small amount of the thrilling products on offer.

The store is very easy to find – it is the large yellow building on the right hand side, 500 yards further along from Mount Pleasant Retail Park.

Large free private car park at the store

Offsite reviews, August 2019: Inside a giant sex shop

See review from hulldailymail.co.uk

From ETO's Mystery Shopper, February 2017: Accomplished

Ample parking includes 4 disabled spaces close to the front door.

A very accomplished shop.

From press reports of the opening

The refurbished Little Chef building is now serving up a menu of sex toys, lingerie, adult DVDs and a range of hen party costumes, novelties and games.

Boss Graham Kidd said: Our new store is aimed at couples wanting to spice up their sex lives. The store has been specially designed to create a modern, spacious and female- friendly atmosphere for couples to shop together.

From ETO's Mystery Shopper, February 2017: Strong offering

This shop scores highly for a great manageress.

Most R18 DVD's were £25 each or 3 for £50.

A very strong offering.

Review from Al, May 2009: Best in Hull

This is in my opinion the best adult shop in Hull. It is situated directly opposite the train and bus station and has the best prices.

The best thing about this shop is that the woman who runs it REALLY knows what she is doing...sadly she employs a woman who often has trouble finding the DVDs for the empty case you've chosen, and an irritating man who asks if you're alright every 2 minutes without fail which gets very annoying. The owner is extremely friendly though, you can ask her anything and she will not embarrass you and make sure you know that she's heard much worse!

The amount of toys is quite small compared to Pulse & Cocktails, but they are generally far cheaper and the buy 2 toys, get 1 half price deal is hard to beat.

There are also fantastic deals on pre-owned DVDs... £15 per dvd or 3 for £30 on most used DVDs and £10 per DVD or 3 for £25 on the others.

I would definitely recommend all Hull residents who are interested in this sort of thing visit it before anywhere else!