Burlington Coat Factory

I really like this location compared to the other ones. The store is massive. literally huge. I’ve always had luck finding good deals in the home clearance section. I’ve never really looked to hard at clothes, but they seem fine. I always stop in when I’m passing through.

I just found out last week that they have a man big and tall area. I buy all my clothes from Rochester Big and Tall and I have my dress shirts made. But I thought I would give this place a look around. The following is what I encountered.
First the place is an absolute mess. There are clothes all over the place and ½ of them are in the wrong size sections.
Second, I have to believe that most of these clothes are at Burlington because they have serious manufacturing defects. I found several shirts/​polos in my size and they were a good price but not one fit properly. These were shirts that were actually labeled the size I wear but were ridiculously small. Or they were sewed in a way that did not allow them to fit properly.
Thirdly in my size at least, all they has was Ecko or some other so called designer. Bottom line it all looked Hip Hop.
Fourth, I noticed some Ralph Lauren men’s coats but they did not have any in my size but that is not why I am mentioning it. The reason I bring this up because the coats had a Ralph Lauren tag pinned on to the lapel but there was no actual Ralph Lauren label seen into the coat. Which seemed very odd to me.
There were other things about this store that bothered me so I do believe this visit was my last visit.

I was in this store on ¹²⁄₁₀ — what a joke this store is…
It was in such disarray — coats throw over the racks — not even on hangers, shoes thrown all over what they call the show department and other stuff just thrown on the floors…
Does this store have any store personnel other than the 2 RUDE women running the check outs…
Needless to say I will NEVER EVER return to this store…

I totally have a love/​hate relationship with Burlington coat factory. I hate this particular location, but the chance of finding something cool always draws me in. I’m finding that weekdays are a great time to come in. Weekends the place gets completely trashed. I mean annihilated. Clothing and coats everywhere. Seriously like Call of Duty war zone like! Nothing is on the correct hangers or in the correct sections which makes trying to find a coat obnoxious. They also seem to have sizing issues. I am a 2x shirt, but I’ve tried on some of their shirts that had 4x on the label and they were too tight. I’m not that damn big! #OhNoSheBettaDont
Shoppers can be such pigs I tell you! But, maybe Burlington needs a few more people reorganizing the aisles. Once in a great while I’ll find something nice I can wear as far as shirts go if I’m willing to invest time into looking! Burlington does carry a lot of nasty ghetto fabulous fashions that I can’t deal with. Rocawear, South Pole etc. yuck. Burlington is the place to go for dress socks, gloves, scarves, gym shoes (yes! You can find some great deals on shoes!), and coats!

I’m currently on the hunt for a new winter coat. Burlington Coat Factory has been around forever and I don’t recall ever purchasing a coat from this place myself, but I’m sure I have had coats purchased for me in the past when I was younger. I live between this location and Villa Park so I decided to head to this one first in my hunt for this new coat. Unfortunately, my first attempt failed… I will explain why.
Well, I didn’t want to just settle. Yes, I was really digging the $ 100 Michael Kors down coat, but it was on the thin side, and wasn’t 100% sold on it helping in my daily train commute all winter. I also found a nice Calvin Klein coat, but… again, I didn’t want to buy something I was uncertain of. Getting to these two «maybes» was quite a hunt. For starters, shopping on a weekday night — these coats are not even close to being in order by size, nor style… leather, ski, all weather, etc. It literally drove me crazy to sort through these. That is a reason I tend to stay away from these discount stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls, I don’t have the patience to really look, I’d rather go straight to the area of what I’m looking for.
In addition to my failed attempt to walk out with a new coat, I checked out the accessories — that’s where the third star came from on my review. You can get name brand accessories from names like Betsey Johnson, Kenneth Cole, Guess, and more at a reasonable price… they had a lot of nice purses! I probably would have walked out with a purse, but that isn’t what I was shopping for.
I’d probably come back here, but seriously… the coat area (their specialty) drove me crazy!

The most organized of the Burlingtons in the area (villa park, Bloomingdale being others). The selection for coats is great. The prices are reasonable for attires. I compare this chain to the likes of Stein mart, tj maxx, etc. Will shop again.

I always forget about Burlington. In the past, it’s messy set-​up and boring merchandise is what made it so forgettable. But this store has cleaned itself up since my last visit. The accessories department was noticeably organized and made for easy browsing. Most of the costume jewelry is bulky, sparkly stuff that Fergie would wear, but I almost purchased a pair of GUESS? earring studs for $ 6. So, yes, the deals are aplenty here and I didn’t see anything I’d call «overpriced.»
The selection of handbags is noticeably better too. It’s a lot less XOXO and more Nine West, Steve Madden, and Betsey Johnson. Again, I almost made a purchase here: a bright yellow Nine West hobo bag for $ 25. But no, I do not need another handbag!
My great finds were in the home décor and ladies clothing. I purchased a white, shabby chic collage frame for $ 13. The wall décor is amazingly inexpensive. A lot of the home décor shelves were bare, and there is now a small pet section where dishes and glassware used to be. The few Waterford crystal pieces really classed the place up a little.
My second purchase was an ivory lace tunic for $ 17. It fits perfect, and doesn’t feel cheap as if it’ll tear the first time a hang nail or ring prong catches. I tried on some other tops, all between $ 15 – 25. The ladies clothing goes on forever, and I was shocked to see such nice cocktail dresses for only $ 25. There are a lot of juniors and plus size clothing as well. Oh, and the fitting rooms are clean! Free of hangers, tags, and discarded clothing, and the fixtures themselves are clean and modern.
Coats? Oh yeah, they have a lot of those. You would think that a namesake item would be at the front of the store. Nope. Keep going back, you’ll find them. The coats and shoes are still messy areas of the store, but there’s a variety to choose from. I saw wool coats from Bebe and Jessica Simpson, so the styles are up to date and in season.
Now I will just wait until someone asks me where I got that shirt or picture frame. Because then I’ll remember Burlington and it won’t be so forgettable!

The largest selection of coats you will find anywhere. I have purchased several coats and jackets here, all of high quality and at reasonable prices. I found some beautiful holiday dresses here for my girls. I see the same or similar dresses at department stores nearby, and the prices is much less here even after all the coupons and sales elsewhere. They have some nice Christmas gifts at the front of the store at Christmas time. I have bought some of the home items. I also like that they collect donated coats in the the wintertime for local people in need, and they will give you a coupon in exchange. I have bought dress pants and workout clothes too. Great place for bargin hunting, although sometimes you have to go through lots of racks, as they do have quite a selection.

Not bad… It has been a long time since I have been to a Burlington Coat Factory. We where able to find some really nice things at a great value. We were able to find some mens dress shoes and some new kitchen glasses under 15 dollars. They were Libby, not the best, but still decent quality. Was surprised to see Waterford crystal there as well. It was a small selection, buy the price was right.

It’s actually Burling on Coat Factory (as my bf pointed out, the «t» in Burlington was burned out on the sign).
We walk in, and there’s an Ultra Diamonds kiosk next to the door (ok, seriously? I can just see it… «Will you marry me? I got your ring at Burlington Coat Factory, baby!») and a lot of clothes… where are the coats? Nowhere to be seen. So I ask the girl at the diamond kiosk if she knows where the coats are, and she says straight back.
We head straight back towards the middle of the store, and finally see a wall on the side of a dressing room with maybe 3 or 4 styles of coats (that’s it?!) next to t-​shirts. Keep wandering, turning corners, (careful! don’t trip on the ripping carpet!), navigating through aisles, and found a large sea of coats towards the far back of the store. There’s no way we would’ve found it without wandering. Now… to find a coat I like? in my size? Hahahaha! That would require some sort of organization on the part of the store. There were size S coats on hangers that said L. There were XXL coats on hangers that said S. And they were allll mixed together. Found a Kenneth Cole that I liked, but needed 2 sizes smaller, found it maybe 4 aisles over, and by that time I was so tired and frustrated that I said forget it.
Tried to look at jeans on our way out, but again, the styles, sizes and colors were all mixed in together, and I didn’t have all night.
They keep the one star for the low-​ish prices.
p. s. If you’re in a wheelchair, forget about trying to navigate their aisles…