Poland House

"I will not go back. I do not like being followed around and being treated like a thief! He also told my daughter to put her cellphone away because she was texting on it. He was very rude! He made us feel so uncomfortable in his store!"

"My sister and I went into the Poland House a couple weeks ago (Sept, 2023). We enjoy shopping at antique stores and were initially excited to see this one. We went in and started looking around. As we were smelling some candles, a gentleman came over (he appeared to be the owner) and told me what the most popular candle was. I thought that was nice of him. The candles were $20 and smelled so good, so my sister asked if it was cash only so we could plan ahead. He said it was cash or check (we didn't have cash on us, but I had checks). There are a ton of antiques in this store, but it can make it hard to see the prices or thoroughly look at an item (things piled high on top of one another, things hanging from the ceiling, etc). I saw this little doll sized bench I liked for $30, but wanted to keep looking. We kept walking around and the gentleman did check on us several times which made us feel like he thought we may steal something, but we understood that as he has a lot of valuable items in there. The reason for the one star is his comment towards the end of our shopping. We had almost finished looking through the store and he said "it's no fun shopping without money, is it?" My sister politely responded "Yeah, it's still fun." We looked at each other confused by what he just said. I wanted to believe I heard it wrong or perhaps he was trying to be playful, but it didn't sound like that. It felt insulting, like he assumed we had no money. We were both dressed down for a casual Sunday (jeans, leggings, t-shirts), but I hope that's not why he assumed we didn't have money. Perhaps it was because we asked if it was cash only? I don't know why it was said to us, but it didn't make us feel welcome. We were thinking of buying the doll bench, a candle, or some halloween decorations (as we often feel bad shopping in a local place without buying SOMETHING), but after his comment, it just felt like we were wasting his time and we wanted to get out. We went down to The Willows Flea Market in Mechanic Falls and bought some things there instead."

"One could easily spend hours as there is so much to see! The shop keeper was extremely helpful, and knows his inventory …. I will return!"

"So many beautiful treasures and the owner was a delight."

"The owner was super nice and had some great stories to tell! Every room is amazing! If your looking for an antique lamp this is the place to go! Cant wait to go again! This was the far the best antique shop we have ever been too! I cant imagine anyone giving this place less than a 5 star."