Hillcrest Thrift Store

I have a thing for thrift stores.... So when I happened upon this one, got very excited!Store is clean and very well organized. Some furniture selections were top notch with a NON thrift price. That was a shock. Big selection of wedding gowns for $20 each. Not much in the shoe section; that was a letdown. The home decor section was almost nonexistent. Usually "trinkets" in most thrift stores are busting at the seams. Was really impressed by the book selection. Books were organized by topic like a real book store. Even the fiction section was alphabetized by author. So depending on what you're searching for, this store might just have it and makes it easy to find rather than digging and hunting.Three stars for pricing and smaller inventory. Five stars for organization and no "thrift smell"!

One of the better thrift stores in the KC metro area. They have a wide variety of clothing, furniture, home decor and other items. Staff is nice and definitely worth a visit.

I've shopped at the Hillcrest Thrift Store a few times prior to the poor customer service that I experienced yesterday, Saturday 12/15/18. After watching the cashier give the woman in front of me 75% off for a pair of Coach shoes when the discount only applied to Christmas related items I asked for a Veteran discount of which I had received previously. Her rude response was "Not Today!" Really?! After giving the lady in front of me 75% off an item that she should not have, she would not give me 25% off?!

Although we didn't find a bookcase that we were looking for they have great furniture, clothes, books, even computers for a great price. This place is HUGE showroom. Goodwill is good and so is Red Racks but this hands down has the most variety and amazing prices! Tons of furniture to look at if you've just moved in the area, Goodwill also is great for that. Whole little floor area for clothes.

I went to Hillcrest Thrift Store on a mission. I needed a statement shirt, blazer, & some accessories for a concert that night. I had no idea this place existed until the Yelp phone app let me know where all the thrift stores were at in Lee's Summit. I was impressed when I first walked in. The place is large & spacious unlike many thrift stores which are usually cramped. There is a nice women's clothing section immediately to the left when you enter that is organized with regular store displays & racks. A note - the items on the mannequins are not for sale. Strange.Hillcrest Thrift Store's strongest feature is its organization. Everything is in its place. I learned later that this store is ran by Hillcrest Ministries which makes sense with all the sharp-mouthed older ladies walking around. They run that place like a tight ship.The furniture section is clean. Most of the pieces were ordinary run of the mill furniture. Not any unique pieces. They have a "Retro" section that I got really excited about at first but it turned out to be mostly plastic ware. I saw a Garfield lunch box. That was cool.There is a book section that looked well organized. I didn't venture over there - that's usually my husband's go-to place. So I don't know if they have any DVDs (another one of my Hubby's hobbies). It looked clean & not messy.I noticed they have a cute toy section. Its carpeted & contained with white picket fencing. All the toys are within kid's reach and the section is next to women's clothing so you could potentially let your kids play with toys while you shop nearby. Women's clothing was organized by size, of course. Each size had its own rack which I think is a step above normal thrift stores. So, why a 3 star rating? Why is this place just "A-OK"?Honestly I was completely underwhelmed by the lack of clothing. There were literally only two circular racks per size in the Women's section & maybe 20 blazers. This narrows down variety drastically since I didn't have much to choose from. I felt most of the pieces were hand picked by the Ministry that runs the place. Most of the items were not on trend for women under the age of 60.The same goes for shoes, purses/bags, housewares, & men's clothing. I'm sure as a thrift store they get tons of donations. I don't understand why they didn't have more clothing out on the floor. They didn't have much of anything. I was quite disappointed. Its like they drastically limit the items on the floor to keep it organized but in doing that they are also limiting the selection of items to choose from.My expectation of a thrift store is rows & rows of clothing so I can sort through to find that perfect gem. I like the hunt. Hillcrest Thrift Store is still worth a look. I ended up finding a soft vintage radio station ringer tee & a sheer scarf.

Good clean store. Nice selection. Nice restrooms. Very well organized! Takes credit cards.

This place is a joke. People try to come donate and they pick through everything only to take maybe half. Beggars can't be choosers. If you are donating items, plan on coming back with half of it. Go anywhere else

Love love this thrift store ! Reasonable pricing - fun place for me to find clothing and toys for the grandkids! There's a constant flow of donations so there's always a new treasure!

Very rude customer service at the item drop off. Items on the curb were very similar to those in my possession, but I was turned away. Multiple employees spoke over my attempts to communicate, and I'll never be back.

Nice and clean. A little on the pricy side for used but goes to a good cause. Good place to look around