We were to the straw market 30 years ago and it had an island flea market feel, then. It has been totally redone and now it feels like you are at a small scale outlet mall. It was a cloudy weekday with a few showers and only a few of the vendors were open. There were no real 'bargains'. I had hoped to find a woodcarver and buy some locally made items, but none were open. Lots of stuff from China!!! A thin tank top was $35 in one shop and $15 next door. We had some gelato and left.

I'll never go back to Nassau again. as soon as we got off the cruise ship there was a crush of vendors hawking rides, tours, hair braiding, directing you to a trinket vendor. then we went to the straw market, touted by many tourist websites. the straw market was many stalls containing the same cheap trinkets. and for those trinkets the initial quoted price was entirely outrageous, I guess expecting one to negotiate down. The positive part of the time in Nassau was when we found a taxi driver to drive us around to the historical sites at a reasonable price. I'm sure the fenced off all inclusive resorts are nice. there are many places I can have that experience.

This market was difficult to shop at. The vendors are constantly trying to get you to look at their stands and demanding that you buy from their stand. There is a lot of heckling going on. Although it is a great place go buy souvenirs, be prepared to have vendors coming at you left and right. If you do not like getting hassled, consider a different place to shop.

We were not impressed with the straw market. There are rows of stalls but they all have the same things for sale and none really look handmade. There are some stands in the alley outside that look like they maybe carve their own products but no one was doing anything while we were there. We did not buy anything and next time we will skip going there or anywhere in Nassau. We saw it and can check the block.

Unfortunately the market has pretty much the same things at every stall. And in the unlikely event you cannot find what you want at one stall the vendor will walk you to another that has it. Convenient, but the lack of variety means that once you see one stall you saw the entire market! Most products seem to be the usual imported stuff and the prices were not necessarily lower than the other stores in the area (even after bargaining).

A lot of the same things in each booth. They encourage and welcome haggling to negotiate prices. Some are aggressive, but will walk away when you say no thank you. It is very hot inside, but there are a lot of unique items. I would suggest stopping by and looking around.

It is a lot of the same stuff, most of it looks like it is purchased from China. A bit pricey. Forgot my flip flops on the ship and ended up paying $10 for some dollar tree shoes. Oh, and I did deal. The stuff that they say is hand crafted is not. I did not see any. Now, with that said, they do have some very nice shells in here and I got mine for $7 each. They wanted $25. It is very overcrowded and as for the air conditioning. I did not feel any. lol Easily walkable from the ships so if you need a few junk/souvenir gifts, this could work.

Wasn't a fan of this place. Way too closed in and crowded together. It was hard to distinguish the items bc they were all crammed in and I felt claustrophobic. We did purchase a hoodie that I haggled down the price on but we made a quick exit

We left our cruise ship to see the straw market. The vendors are too aggressive. I understand that’s how they earn money, but not a good experience and almost nothing straw that is nice. There are souvenir stores on the street. Nothing great. We didn’t do much else. I realize there were excursions we might have enjoyed but all very expensive,

There were a lot of vendors here. It's sort of an indoor flea market. The isles are really tight so if you have claustrophobia it might not be the place for you. If you're in Nassau and like to shop, it's worth a visit