poltronesofà - Carlisle Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.7

Unit 2, Kingstown Retail Park, CA3 0JR Carlisle, GB


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant experience in store, Charlee helped us find our sofa and talked through all the colours and fabrics with us so we could choose the one we wanted! Great service and felt personal and relaxed.... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We were attended to Primarily by Norris. It was such a pleasant experience, we were left alone and not pounced upon as we had been in other stores we’d gone into. Norris was so knowledgeable, fr... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From start at showroom this experience was awesome. Nothing is too much bother for staff and they are so friendly. You are kept well informed about your delivery and on the day of delivery you can tra... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Throughout the process of purchasing our items we have been kept up to date with delivery information. This information was via text and clearly outlined the expectations with regards to being availab... See more


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poltronesofà is a leading European sofa and armchair specialist, founded in Italy in 1995. With over 30 years of experience and more than 300 stores across Europe, we’ve spent decades perfecting quality sofas - bringing together inspirational Italian design, hand-selected stylish fabrics, and a relaxed in-store experience, we call it the Italian Touch
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You can explore the full collection online at www.poltronesofa.co.uk. Prefer to talk it through? Our team is on hand at 0800 7310048.

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  • Unit 2, Kingstown Retail Park, CA3 0JR, Carlisle, United Kingdom

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant experience in store

Brilliant experience in store, Charlee helped us find our sofa and talked through all the colours and fabrics with us so we could choose the one we wanted! Great service and felt personal and relaxed. Definitely recommend!

18 July 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delivery of furniture

Throughout the process of purchasing our items we have been kept up to date with delivery information. This information was via text and clearly outlined the expectations with regards to being available on the identified delivery date. Once the date for delivery had been confirmed a text was received highlighting a time slot for delivery and included in the text was a link enabling the position of the delivery van to be tracked. When the guys arrived with our items the guys quickly unloaded the items and brought them into the house. They were very careful when bringing the chairs & sofa in and added the gliders to the chair legs when the chairs were in situ. The guys were polite and helpful and the whole delivery process took approximately twenty minutes.

16 July 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Sales and Delivery

The store assistant was very helpful and patient when we were choosing the chairs as this took a long time to decide on our choice. We were emailed our order and an expected delivery date immediately. Although the length of time to delivery was far ahead we were kept up to date with the delivery date. I had to change the date when the chairs were first expected but this was easily changed to a date when I was available.
Before the day of the delivery I was sent reminders well in advance and running up to the date. On the day of the delivery the delivery men phoned me to let me know the exact time of their arrival and they were on time. The delivery people were very professional with excellent customer service. They were very helpful and showed me how to use the switches and the power pack. They were very tidy and took all packaging away with them. They put the chairs in the place that I instructed and left the area clear. I am delighted with the chairs and they look exactly as I had thought.

12 July 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

New furniture Delivery

Our new furniture was delivered on Saturday on time and the two people who delivered it were very good and did an excellent job. Items look good and are comfortable.

11 July 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We were attended to Primarily by Norris

We were attended to Primarily by Norris. It was such a pleasant experience, we were left alone and not pounced upon as we had been in other stores we’d gone into.
Norris was so knowledgeable, friendly and helpful and didn’t try to push us to buy the most expensive option.
We described our needs (all whilst drinking a tasy Italian coffee) including having 2 lively dogs and he pointed us in the right direction.
He then checked on us and told us we should take our time and just find him if we find any we want more information on.
In the end I feel we have bought the right sofa and can’t wait for it to arrive.
Thank you for your excellent customer service.
I will be recommending the store to everyone A***

15 July 2026
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Beautiful Sofa, Appalling Customer Service

The positives - the sofa is absolutely perfect, very high quality and just what we wanted.

Then, the negatives... the Delivery and Aftercare (or lack of) from SCS Carlisle.
Originally we were contacted to say our sofa would be delivered on 04/04/26 - perfect. So I duly arranged for our old sofa to be collected by the local council on 06/04/26 (was the earliest they could do). A week later we were informed by text from Poltronesofa that the delivery was cancelled and we would hear once an updated date was available. After speaking to te delivery arm of the company on numerous occasions we were told they did not have a date for it being available to deliver. Weeks passed and our old couch was taken away (council was booked up so we had to go with this date). We had no sofa for weeks until finally we were informed that we could expect delivery in May. We looked forward to receiving our sofa...

The team turned up on the day and were concerned that the sofa would not fit through the front door. They asked my partner to confirm it would not be possible to deliver due to door frame size, my partner said he only had their word for it so had to accept this, and the sofa went away again. The delivery team said they thought we might be able to get the couch delivered if we had one of our downstairs windows popped out of the frame, so this was a possibility.

The manager, Norrie Boag, called and was very helpful, he recommended having one of our windows removed, stating that he knew the team who attempted delivery and that they were 'very reliable', and sent us the name of a local glazer who had been one of their previous customers, and estimated it would cost about £80 for the window works.

We arranged for the glazer to call round and when he arrived he stated that due to how our house was constructed, the window frame would need to by physically broken and a new one fitted, ball park £400. We then contacted a glazer who has done work for use previously and he said to get a matching window, would be around £600-700. Not wanting to have a mismatched window, we agreed to the work and organised a new sofa delivery date.

This is where things went downhill... The glazer called round and removed the old window and frame, ready for the 2nd delivery team. the 2nd delivery team arrived, took one look at our sofa and said 'why was this a redelivery, it'll fit through your front door no problem if the headrests are removed'. At this point our old window and frame was broken up, and there was nothing we could do to avoid the cost of the new window. The delivery team were wonderful, but we did notice that they were a subcontractor, and this makes me wonder if the first team were too, and if the first team had little knowledge of the sofas they were delivering. Anyway, sofa delivered, window replaced, job done.

I called SCS Carlisle immediately to explain what had just happened and that obviously we were very upset that we had had to pay for a window we didn't require. The women on the phone took our details and said Norrie would call us back, and also told us to contact the customer complaints team.

We called the complaints team, only to be told by recorded message to raise a complaint on the web. I did so and waited for almost a week - no response either from Norrie or SCS.

I called the store a number of times and each time was given random reasons why Norrie was not available - 'you're on his list to call', 'he's doing staff reviews', he's not in'. Even when I did get through to the complaints team on the phone, they attempted to get him to call me but again we were hit with 'he's in a meeting'.

I attempted one last time to call the store, by now this was early June, and the person who answered the phone (same person who told us to go ring the complaints team) again uttered the 'he's not in today, would you like to leave a message?'. i said there was no point as Norrie appeared to be avoiding us and she LAUGHED.

To date we have had no communication from SCS, other than an automated email refunding us for a charge of approx £120 for the second delivery.

What started out as a very good in store experience has just descended into a complete joke. We will not be dealing with SCS again and will seek to take this up with the furniture ombudsman, whom SCS / Poltronesofa are a member of.

12 July 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from poltronesofà - Carlisle

Good Afternoon Heather,

I hope you are well and thank you for your message.

I am very sorry to read about your experience and can completely understand how frustrating this must have been for you, especially with not receiving the call back as expected.
This is not the service that we would expect for our customers and I will certainly pass this on to the store, and ask that they follow this up with you as soon as possible.

Again I am very sorry that your delivery was not as straightforward as expected, and for any inconvenience caused following this.

Kind regards,
Poltronesofa at ScS
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delivery men…

Very pleasant and asked where I wanted my sofas also told me how to dismantle my old recliner and if I had any problems who to get in touch with

12 July 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Comfortable sofa

From start at showroom this experience was awesome. Nothing is too much bother for staff and they are so friendly. You are kept well informed about your delivery and on the day of delivery you can track where they are the a quick phone call to customer giving you a better time slot. Cannot say enough about the delivery drivers friendly and helpful.

12 July 2026
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

It was ok

It was ok, good sele tion of sofa, customer service is ok

7 July 2026
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Reply from poltronesofà - Carlisle

Good Afternoon Jude,

I hope you are well and thank you for your review.

We’re pleased to hear you had a positive experience with us.

If there’s anything we could have done differently to make it a 5-star experience, we’d really appreciate your feedback.
If you feel happy to update your review, you can do so in your TP account by going to ‘My Reviews’, locating this review, and selecting ‘Edit’, where you can amend both the rating and review content.

Kind regards,
Lynsey - Poltronesofa at ScS
Social Media Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great delivery before time stated only…

Great delivery before time stated only issue a leg on the sofa is not straight. Captive nut in fame not square. I will report this to the store when next visiting the shop. Staff were helpful.

3 July 2026
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Reply from poltronesofà - Carlisle

Good Afternoon Mr Park,

Thank you very much for your time today, it was lovely speaking with you.

As discussed I have sent over the email with the link to our contact form if you would like us to look into this further.

Kind regards,
Lynsey - Poltronesofa at ScS
Social Media Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5* experience today

Went today and ended up getting a lovely leather sofa. Jordan walked us through every step and answered any questions we had. The moment we walked in he gave us sound advice on basic options e.g colour and style. Left us to walk around and when we were ready he was very happy, friendly and helpful. Would recommend both the store and Jordan to our friends and family. 2 very happy customers!

5 July 2026
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