it is so cramped in here and it smells bad. make a quick stop if you need knick knacks for souvenirs but thats it! oh, and if you want fake bags- they have a bagillion of them! thank god that i didnt make an effort to go to the straw market in a farther area because it would have definitely... more

I recently returned from Nassau, and I remember the old straw market. This one was a joke! As soon as I walked in I was greeted by a lady putting a necklace on me then asking for money? I told her to take it back as I never asked for it! They are very pushy there! I agreed to buy... more

I have been to the Straw market at least 6 times - each time we go to Nassau we go there - now it is crowded and hot and the people are pushy but that is how they make their living. Cut up with them and get them laughing and the prices always go down. My husband and I have... more

If you are looking for knockoff handbags and a dime a dozen trinkets, than this is the place for you. Snug within the wonderfully commercialized and overly generic downtown Nassau, you won't find any one ofs or handcrafted nonsense in this place. It is 100% warehouse purchased, mass produced Chinese wares sold at an increased touristy price. more

I was sorely disappointed by the Straw Market. Half the stuff in there is not straw, it is knockoff purses. Do not come here if you are looking for unique, local Bahamian goods. There are a few straw bags but nothing special and you can get those elsewhere on the island that is not so hot and crowded. This place... more

What a trully horrible place! Dirty smelly and very unsafe full of aggressive stall holders selling tat from China. There were very few craftspeople making straw baskets and the ones that were there did make some very pretty pieces, but generally a rip off. And don't try and complain!!!! My husband bought a watch which promptly fell apart a few... more

Called straw market because of handmade straw items. A lot of the booths now have the same stuff. There's a lot of knockoff merchandise now, Coach purses, Rolex watches, etc. More expensive than when we visited in 2006, and vendors don't bargain like they used to. The booths by Fort Fincastle had better deals. There's a new permanent structure being... more

Me and my boyfriend went to the straw market and bought 2 straw purses for our daughters for christmas i just took them out to wrap them and there was little black bugs with wings in them there was black eggs. the bugs must have ate threw the cloth on the inside of the bags now i have little black... more

This place is great if you have been window shopping a lot at your local Louis Vutton, Gucci, Prada, Kate Spade, or Coach Store. You can get a wide selection of I would say "replica" bags for an extremely good price. Of course the value is gained or earned in your bartering technique. One example I was bartering on a... more