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March 2024 by Naval Shah
Beautiful stationary store. Even calling it just a stationary store is underselling it. Highly recommend, especially if you like paper and pens or you need a fancy card for an occasion.Update from March 2024. I went here to get a new pen and it was an excellent experience. The associates helped me narrow down my choices and ultimately helped me find a perfect match.Highly recommend, even to just window shop and browse.
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January 2024 by Jill Roias
If you are a stationery lover, you will appreciate the thoughtfully curated selection of products at Take Note -- from wonderful paper products like Hobonichi, Rhodia, Stalogy, and Leuchtturm to a useful variety of writing tools from brands such as Pilot, Sailor, Kaweco, Blackwing, and Caran d'Ache.This is a great place to pick up a gift and your purchase can be packaged in a bag with blue tissue paper (no extra charge), all ready to go!I love the expertise and kindness of all the staff here. For a small store space, they are always very helpful and accommodating when I bring my son in his stroller too. Recommend a visit!
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January 2024 by Laura Proctor
Beautiful store and nice people
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January 2024 by Corrine Casal
I'm giving five stars because I think they succeed very well at what they do, but this store is not for me personally. It's one of those shops that doesn't actually have a ton of variety in stock and just does one specific thing well, that specific thing being contemporary, chic pens and notebooks. Do not expect cozy academia vibes. I would say it's well suited for gifting and more *serious* hobbyists rather than your average "I like collecting pretty notebooks even though I never use them" person, both due to selection and price point.
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December 2023 by Cheryl Madeira
Great shop for gifts.
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May 2023 by Andrew McConnell
Lots of great note items, amd pens. It's a good place for picking up special gifts.
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May 2023 by Irene Chen
Nice selection of Japanese paper goods and fun cards, pins and board games. I got my midori 5 year journal from here. Prices are comparable to other stationery shops in the city.The owners were very nice and helpful. They also had some fun cards from local artists and a wide range of fountain pens and inks. They also have 0.4mm gel pens, which can be hard to come by locally.
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March 2023 by Gemini Cheng
I placed an order online and it was shipped immediately and delivered the next day in Ontario! Can't get much better than that for an online order from a different city!
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March 2023 by Marco De Ciantis
Full disclosure, I was not prompted to leave a review, however, I felt obligated and moved to, not because this store has an amazing selection, being integrated into the neighborhood, with pleasant vibes all the time...I was moved to write this review because of how awesome each human who works here truly are! Every interaction I've had for years has always been genuine and meaningful. Please support local. Please visit this shop. Please, Take Note, keep doing what you have been. The fine-black ink-space pen-refill-guy, salutes you!
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February 2023 by Emilio Zingone
I love this store for many reasons. Firstly the staff has always been friendly, patient and accommodating, which is important when you're browsing for a long time. Secondly, the products are excellent, and I wouldn't bother visiting if you are looking for dollar store stationery. This store carries interesting and unique products at a reasonable price, sourced internationally.Great fountain pen selection from all over the world, high end pencils and lots of beautiful stationery, fountain pen ink and writing and art journals. Personally my favourites are the Japanese Writing Journals with their excellent paper quality for fountain pens . Lots of street parking and located in an interesting part of Toronto, great shops and good restaurants all in walking distance.
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February 2023 by Rick Blechta
I visited this store for the first time yesterday, looking for an ink I knew they had in stock and browsing for a note pad. It's a nicely laid out small store with a decent selection of pen things and paper.The one jarring note was they had a display of pens (Sailor?) with different nibs set up to try. These were fastened into a holder, and I went to pull it out of the cap (the part fastened down). It didn't come out. The sales person who'd just put my ink on the counter told me it unscrews, not pulls out. I felt sort of foolish for not realizing this. I told this woman, I thought it would pull out -- since this would make sense in a display of this nature. I was told rather condescendingly, "Good pens unscrew. They don't pull out." Ouch. I already felt foolish. This just unnecessarily drove that home. And no, dear, not all good pens unscrew. I own two that have caps that pull out.I may return, but we'll see. In this market, the shopping experience is very important.But unlike a few other reviewers, I was not ignored by the sales staff, so that's a good thing.
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February 2023 by Augusto Amaral
Very nice pen, paper and ink store. Lots of different and cool items. Just bought all of the above, by the way. I really recommend this store.
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December 2022 by Martha Roam
The staff is so welcoming. Nice place to visit at the junction
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December 2022 by Joshua Pong
Best in class! Great selections from European and Asian stationary. The product is well curated with good taste.
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November 2022 by S. Lloyd
Love shopping local but unfortunately my experience was dreadful. Although staff were pleasant and products interesting, the owner and my particular purchase were the opposite. In early 2020 I purchased a Lamay fountain pen with a refillable reservoir. Over an 18 month period it malfunctioned four times; three with the same issue. The first repair was done while I waited but the following three each took 6-8 weeks for completion. It felt as though the pen was gone more than I was using it. When I took it in for repair the fourth time, I suggested to the owner that perhaps this particular pen was a “lemon” and should simply be replaced. My comment was ignored and I was advised that she needed to hear from her supplier first. The e-mail I sent requesting an update was also ignored. After eight weeks the pen was finally returned to me and is functioning fine (so far). Would not recommend this store.
