Maison Empereur

One of the best stores in the world. It is nearly 200 years old and has retained most of its charm. It is a trip back in time for hardware, kitchenware, clothing, stationery, candles, fabrics... there is no other store like it in the world and it is a must-visit if you are in Marseille.

The oldest (or at least one of the oldest) hardware stores in France. Great selection of hardware, houseware, and cookware items. Nice little cafe. The staff are all very professional and very nice. Definitely a fun visit!!

Very cute and well curated goods, you find everything there the staff are also very helpful. Unfortunately there is no photo inside policy so could not share any photos, but it is a must. It is very cute and quirky Oh, and there is also a hidden café inside

one of the most amazing AND beautiful store I found for ages! and the staff is OVER PROFESSIONAL, helpful, knowledgeable, friendly (yes in France!!!) 😂🤭 amazing choice. Paradise for cook, worker, knife lover, or simply if you want to be stunned 😜❤️

The Maison Empereur is a special location. A very classic store where you can find almost everything for your house/ apartment or it’s outdoors (from clothes to soaps, tableware to Christmas stuff (seasonal), kitchenware to garden stuff, etc.). The shop for self is a kind of labyrinth. The atmosphere is very unique. It reminds me of Harry Potter’s shopping spots 😉😃 in additional there is a café house included.

This amazing hardware store dates back to 1827 and has clearly grown over the years. I believe that most products they sell today are all made in France. They have the most amazing range and the quality is very high, but you pay for it. There is a coffee shop inside the hardware store and there is a winding staircase that leads you to the museum above. It's well worth a look as there are family photos and many of the original items they sold. A fascinating way to spend an hour. Please note that photos are not allowed within the shop.

Incredible what a beautiful amazing store that has everything you need for a good living. from handmade, qualitydriven articles to continous joy for kids with many articles especially amazing dollhouse interieur. merci beaucoup!

I had an unpleasant experience with the staff of the shop. Most of the staff members are arrogant, overstimulated with the number of customers coming in and incompetent. They are probably just overworked and underpaid. I was struck by the contrast between quality of the products and very mediocre service. Please don't save money on staff and make sure you have qualified and well paid people who are happy to help their customers. It’s a shame to sell such beautiful things and have bad service that ruins the whole experience. As long as the quality of service remains like this, I do not recommend this shop. To give you more detail: I wanted to buy a frying pan and I needed advice. I first approached a staff member at the entrance to ask whether someone could help me with that, the guy started to correct my French, which I found quite inappropriate. He showed me where the cookware section was and the salesperson there said they didn’t have the pans I needed (ceramic ones) in stock, and that I had to come back the next day. When I came two days later there was a different person at the cookware section who told me they actually did have some pans in stock for one week already, so their colleague wasn't aware that some items were in stock (which could have saved me some time). But it’s just the beginning of the story… Today they indeed had some new ceramic pans in stock, but the salesperson was not proactive at all and not willing to help me choose the right item. I solicited her twice, but every time she left in the middle of the conversation while I still had questions, and no other people were waiting for her advice. Then I went to a different section to see whether there was someone else to help me, the person I found simply brought me back to the woman I talked to at the beginning and she wasn’t happy that I complained about her quality of advice. She started telling me that she'd already spent ten minutes talking to me, which is simply not true (she barely spent two minutes). She then said that it’s not like I’m buying a house and that I'm a big girl who can choose a pan by herself. I was surprised by her arrogance and found her way of speaking quite passive aggressive. I decided to leave and said “Thank you, goodbye”, she then complained that I put the pan I checked out on the wrong shelf. I'm sorry, but it’s not my job to keep things in order in this shop and take care of the logistics while on top of it I'm being treated badly 🥴🥴🥴

Amazing provençial home store in the neighborhood. They have everything from tools-cleaning products to french linens and vintage children toys.

Spotted on the way back to our Airbnb from mono prix. Had seen this place listed in frommers or fodors and stopped in. Very cool kitchen store, with five or six interconnected sections, including a vintage style toy store that I only noticed on our way out. Imagine an old general store with hardware, knives, kitchenwares including the stuff you REALLY WANT (Opinel, le crueset etc). And those you had no idea existed but now you want (German shopping trolleys, massive paella pans) Fantastic. Wish we had this at home! Great friendly knowledgable service beautiful store.