DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse

NO HOLIDAY SHINE TODAY!
I usually prefer to travel south to the Atlanta stores to purchase shoes because they have such an extensive selection. However, this was not the case today as the store just did not have what I was looking for, sport sandals.
While I know that we are heading into the Christmas Holiday, I consider sport sandals to be stocked year round and readily available. They certainly had the flip-​flops in stock!
Today my husband and I found nothing that we wanted to purchase and we were disappointed by their selection.
The store was relative quiet and customer services was ready and willing to provide support.

This shoe store is conveniently located in Atlantic Station. It’s been the only store that I get my shoes from while studying in Atlanta. I’ve always found a shoe that I like there and I am a size 6 – 6.5. The sales associates try to be helpful but I don’t really ever need their help. They will keep popping up on you to tell you about their rewards membership which is great for getting discounts and gift certificates if you shop there enough. I like to shop there particularly on days when I can get double/​triple member points on my purchases. The clearance rack is located at the far back but I don’t think I’ve ever found a shoe I liked from there.
I just wished there were more full body mirrors around since that’s how I can make a better judgement of the shoe’s appearance on myself.

This Atlantic Station oasis is definitely a shoe lover’s dream from pumps to flats and everything in the between. I love escaping in the aisle for an hour or two to find the perfect shoe to complement my new outfit. What I love about DSW is the fact that not only do they have a great selection of shoes their accessories are great as well. I found so many cute purses the last time I was in the store.

DSW isn’t exactly a place I’m ever jonesin’ to get to on any given day. Nor is it really a place I’d go to for shoes in general. However, our first visit with DSW in Atlantic Station was a full-​on success! I came in with my wife, who was looking for a new pair of flats, and I decided to peruse the men’s section while she checked out the women’s selection.
The selection of men’s shoes is actually pretty extensive. As a man who buys a pair of stylish shoes once every 3 – 5 years, their stuff is pretty awesome. As of late, it’s pretty easy to tell that everyone is pretty into boots of all kinds. Being the curmudgeon that I am, I «bah humbugged» my way through trying a few pairs on and didn’t end up finding any I truly loved. They do carry Minnetonka moccasins, though. I know they are meant to be house shoes, but the day they become more casual for around town… yep. That’ll be me.
We scored some really great flats for my wife — a gray pair and a black pair. She is very happy with them. Prices were super low, too. Really nice to see so many great options on sale.
I’m sure we’ll be back when she needs another pair of shoes or when I finally decide to buy a pair of decent boots for myself within the next millennia.

The selections in here suck! I have tried to come to this location and see what they have quite often. Ok let me be fair … their boot selection is pretty decent, but their heels selection isn’t even worth browsing. Save yourself time and frustration and just shop their online selections.

One of the frustrating things about DSW or any shoe store is how hard it is to find size 5.5 shoes. But frustration no more, I learned today if they don’t have your size, they will check with the other stores and if available, ship to your house for FREE!
I also love DSW b/​c they really do have the best and widest selection of shoes. And call me crazy but I like to walk up and down almost every single aisle and call it my exercise for the day, haha! :)
Another tip, join their loyalty club b/​c after earning certain # points, you’ll get $ 10 certificates. They’re also great about returns — no time limit.
FYI they’re located next to Publix. Atlantic Station parking is free for up to two hours.

When it comes to shoes, I have a hard time finding something I like because I have huge feet AND am very picky. I didn’t even know this store existed at Atlantic Station until my husband told me about it.
I went one weekend and did have to sift through the many styles of boots, but I found a pair I liked. The lines were sort of long, but they moved quickly. I would give this store 5 stars if they had more larger shoes — they were definitely lacking in size 10s.

Though I LOVE DSW, this one is really hit or miss. I may go in one month and want to buy out the whole store but then others days I am in and out in 10 minutes with no shoe calling me back in. The Buckhead store has an awesome inventory, I need them to share some of that with the Station so I don’t have to pull my hair out in that 400 traffic that magically appears and disappears.

Great customer service both in-​store and over the phone. They really helped me return my shoes and re-​order them for a bigger size. They even upgraded me to 2-​day shipping and waived my shipping fees for re-​ordering… all done with awesome C.S. reps who were super friendly.
Aaaaand I found a cute pair of bedazzled sandals for $ 15. Everybody wins.

I’m pretty ambivalent about this DSW, though I have found some of good shoes here. It’s very hit or miss — I can go in and find several pairs that I like for the right prices (as was the case for my most recent visit), or I can walk up and down every aisle, seeing absolutely nothing appealing, even for the wrong prices. I’ve almost never found anything when I’ve gone in with the intent of getting new shoes for a specific purpose.
The store itself is big and open, clean, well-​organized, and decently well-​maintained, though the floors near the escalators are starting to show some wear. They do have a large selection of all types of shoes — dress shoes, flats, loafers, boots, running shoes, casual shoes, etc. Their clearance section doesn’t seem as large as the one at Lenox. There is plenty of staff wandering around to help, and the lines at check out have always been reasonable.
It’s worth a look if you’re in the neighborhood, but I wouldn’t count on finding what you want here, particularly if it’s anything unique.
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I really like this location. Its right in Atlantic Station, and, once you go up the wonky escalator set-​up, they have a great selections of shoes. The employees helped my pick out a new pair of shoes for work, and it was a pretty painless experience.
No parking except for the meter on the street or in the parking garage, per usual for Atlantic Station, FYI.

Shoe Heaven. This is the best DSW in the area. This location has designers that the others don’t. Plus I love how you can combine a ton of coupons.
The last time I went to DSW I found a pair of shoes that were originally 179.00 retail on the clearance rack. After all of my coupons plus the clearance price I walked out paying $ 17 bucks and I got a free beach bag that was really cute. My sister got these really cute Rock & Republic wedges that made my heart palpitate.

The selection of clearance shoes has decreased greatly over the past few years and the accessories section looks even worse. I’d rather go to the Buckhead location than waste time even looking here anymore. Also there’s hardly anyone working in the store that greets you or offers assistance.

What a downer… a huge warehouse of shoes and they all pretty much suck. I mean I *LOVE* shoes and I have the hardest time finding a pair that I even relatively liked at this location. I even had a $ 10 coupon that they sent me in the mail and STILL couldn’t find anything to buy! I don’t even bother going anymore b/​c I know it will just be a big disappointment… or maybe I should just lower my expectations.

Okay good. I thought I was imagining this store was smaller, but it’s not just me.
I agree with the other reviewers. DSW is great. This DSW is not. The Buckhead and even the Kennesaw and Camp Creek locations have a better selection with a wider variety (and the Kennesaw location has a Starbucks next door… yay!). I went this weekend and was met with a lot of empty spaces promising new selections on the way. We can only hope.

I LOVE dsw, but I must agree with Lauren S. the DSW in Buckhead does have a better selection… with that being said, I can still go to this DSW and spend hours, and tons of money.

When I was shopping at this store and finding very little that I was interested in buying, I began to think that maybe it was because I simply had too many shoes already. Maybe there really was just no place in my wardrobe where another pair of shoes could possibly add something. Maybe my mom was right all those times she told me that I didn’t need another pair of shoes.
No, that couldn’t possibly be it.
All the «maybes» above were very quickly dispelled when I bought four pairs of shoes off the clearance rack at Dillard’s on this same trip to Atlantic Station. See? I really do still need shoes!
Basically, this store just doesn’t have a selection that appeals to me. They have tons of shoes but not much that I had to have, although I did find a pair of boots that I liked and bought. It is not DSW, in general, either; some DSW stores have a fantastic selection, where I need more than one of those giant mesh bags to carry around my intended purchases. This is, unfortunately, just not one of those stores. It’s worth a visit if you are in Atlantic Station already, but I wouldn’t make this a primary destination if you are really seriously looking for shoes.