Dancewear Central Reviews 

122
TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.7

While we don't verify specific claims because reviewers' opinions are their own, we may label reviews as "Verified" when we can confirm a business interaction took place. Read more

To protect platform integrity, every review on our platform—verified or not—is screened by our 24/7 automated software. This technology is designed to identify and remove content that breaches our guidelines, including reviews that are not based on a genuine experience. We recognise we may not catch everything, and you can flag anything you think we may have missed. Read more

See what reviewers are saying

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant value quality product. When I realised I’d got the wrong colour shorts, a quick exchange was done for me, a phone call to check the sizing as I’d also gone up a size, then really fast deli... See more

Company replied

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I always struggle to find shoes that fit, so was especially apprehensive about ordering the Fuegos online. I gave the customer service team a call and spoke to a lovely lady called Laura who provide... See more

Company replied

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered multiple times from dancewear central and the service has always be 10/10. Just ordered another lot of exam clothes and some were out of stock so they quickly sent me links to items I could ha... See more

Company replied

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Purchased dance shoes but too small. Returned using the postage slip provided by this company but apparently delivered to the wrong address. Not our problem they said unwilling to do anything to help.... See more

Company replied

Company details


Contact info

3.7

Average

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

122 reviews

5-star
4-star
3-star
2-star
1-star

No recent history of asking for reviews

This company hasn't invited customers recently, so reviews may not be representative

Replied to 100% of negative reviews

Typically replies within 2 weeks

How this company uses Trustpilot

See how their reviews and ratings are sourced, scored, and moderated.

3.7

All reviews

(122)

16 reviews in the last 12 months

Write a review
Companies on Trustpilot aren't allowed to offer incentives or pay to hide reviews. Reviews are the opinions of individual users and not of Trustpilot. Read more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company!

I ordered some LHP tap shoes from Dancewear Central and had to send them back to exchange for a different size. I was incredibly impressed with how easy the system was to use, and the wonderful customer service I have received (this time, and previously) from this company. Cannot recommend them enough!!

25 February 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I’m amazed by this company.

I’m amazed by this company.
First of all they were the only one having the character shoes that I need from Bloch in my size and it was the last pair in stock.
I contacted them via email to make sure they were still in stock and that it was the product that I need.
In this occasion I had the chance to get to know Danielle, very helpful, caring and patient. A true professional.
She answered to every email (and were lots) super fast and very understanding.
Followed me through the whole process making sure I got the shoes confirming my purchase till the very end.
Dancewear central prices are really competitive and the product arrived well packed.
The box of the shoes is immaculate and the shoes inside are perfect! No damage, not faulty. Inside the box I found also the fabric bag that comes with the shoes.
Within your order you will receive an invoice and also an additional form to fulfill in case of a return is needed.
Their website works brilliantly and it tells you how many of that items is still in stock in what size (you just need to read before you buy!) so you can make your calculations.
The delivery was crazy fast! I ordered it the night before and the morning of the next day they were at my door (and I didn’t pay for fast delivery), CRAZY!
I will definitely use this website for my school and I will absolutely purchase again in future!
SUPER SATISFIED!!! 100!!!

25 February 2022
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Thank you so much for your lovely review Jessica. We will make sure we pass your feedback on to all of the team. Thanks, DWC

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience with this company

I ordered a few shoe sizes as they state to size up, all arrived quickly and good quality. It was really easy to return the sizes that were too small, communication was fantastic and refund processed really quickly. Great experience with this company

23 February 2022
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Thank you Patricia for your lovely feedback. We will feed this back to our team. The DWC Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Out of stock

Don’t believe their buy before to receive next day. Ordered tap shoes, three weeks later I had to email them only to be told they were out of stock. Would not have minded if they just simply let me know. Reading the other comments it seems a regular thing. Let’s hope I get my refund quickly. Will write another review if they don’t!!!

9 February 2022
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Thank you for your comments. We are very sorry to hear you are disappointed. We can confirm that your refund for both the tap shoes and postage has been processed.

For orders of in-stock items placed before 2pm, we do despatch the same day via Royal Mail first class. Customers are advised of out-of-stock items at the point of purchase (once the size and colour is selected on our website) and this is also advised on the email order confirmation. Most of our out-of-stock orders are fulfilled with 14 days, but occasionally this is longer.

The dancewear industry has been struggling with tap shoes in particular over the last 12-18 months. And whilst we do try to update as many customers as possible about out-of-stock items, we are afraid it has not been possible to proactively contact every single one recently due to this unprecedented supply issues with tap shoes.

Best wishes, the Dancewear Central Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

terrible customer service

Sent wrong size, was ignored for 3 weeks after sending many emails. eventually, i rang them and they would not send new my actual order for 10 working days after id returned the item that i'd already payed for !

2 February 2022
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello. We are very sorry to hear you are unhappy with the service you have received. Please be assured that we check emails every week day so that is exceptionally unusual you have sent a number of emails that have been missed. Can you please call or email us so we are able to rectify this and check how your emails were missed (info@dancewearcentral.co.uk 0344 561 6664).

Just to clarify our exchange policy. If an exchange is required, we will post out the new item/s you require, and cover the cost of postage, once we have received the returned item/s into our warehouse.

Best wishes
The Dancewear Central Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Top customer service

Top customer service. Staff go the extra mile to help. I needed something delivered ASAP and did their very best and kept me fully up to date. Definitely ordering from here in future. Genuinely recommend this team

10 January 2022
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Debby. Thank you very much for your lovely review! We will pass this on to the customer service team. Thanks again, the DWC team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Agreed to pay my return postage but…

Agreed to pay my return postage but then didn't pay me

9 December 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello. Thanks for your feedback. We are sorry to hear you are not happy with our service. Please can you contact us with your name so we are able to look into this further for you? Thanks, the Dancewear Central, 0344 561 6664 info@dancewearcentral.co.uk

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Poor customer service

The prices are competitive, and if you know what you want it's fine and delivery is fairly fast. However, I've asked for guidance on sizes and received no reply; got sent the wrong size on two occasions; and received faulty goods. As other reviews have said, customer service is non-existant. If it's faulty goods they have to refund the return postage, but I haven't had a refund and I really can't be bothered chasing them. No apology over the wrong sizes either. I've shopped with them for 8 years now, but the mistakes they've made and the poor service mean I'm now going to shop elsewhere. It's just not worth it to save a few ££.

23 November 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Rachel. Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear you are dissatisfied with our service. We have reviewed your tap shoe order details and our email correspondence. We are only able to find one email from yourself (11th August) plus a reply from our customer service team (11th August), which advised that you send back the faulty shoes for investigation and specify which product you would like to exchange for. We can see you had an exchange order sent out on 19th August. However we are unable to locate any correspondence relating to sizing queries I am afraid. We have noted that you have a postage credit on your account, so we have refunded this for you today. Best wishes, the Dancewear Central team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Misleading stock availability

Showed stock when ordered but they were actually out of stock. Customer services even admitted it was misleading as they still wanted people to place an order, no apology was offered. Double check stock before you send any money people.

22 October 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Paul. Thanks for you feedback about our website.

Our website is set up to allow backorders, which is quite common within the dancewear sector. Once a specific colour and size is selected our website does update to show if that specific item is in stock. This is also shown on the email order confirmation once the order is placed. We do apologise if this was missed.

Usually items that are out of stock at the time, do arrive into us swiftly and we then post these out at no extra postage cost to our customers. But of course, if a customer does not wish to wait for an item we are able to offer an alternative in-stock item or a refund.

Best wishes
The Dancewear Central team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very misleading seems like their…

Very misleading seems like their priority is to sell thats all! After looking around for weeks decided to shop here as it seemed they had the sizes in stock well wow that was a mistake. I placed my order i got one item out of 4 real quick so i was still oblivious, after waiting a couple of weeks i decided to phone and enquire to my shock i was told they were out of stock and waiting and when they restock i will be sent my items! Why on earth would you mislead people into thinking you have stock and taking their money?! Am still waiting by the way my little one is having to go classes with no uniform still and its almost half term! Never again! Thank you so much for that.

16 October 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Filiz.

Thank you for taking the time to leave this review – we appreciate all feedback to ensure we can improve our service. We’re sorry you missed the out of stock notices, which are advised on the product once a colour and size have been selected, and once more on your order confirmation email. Please do contact us if you haven’t received your emails so that we can double check your email address. Dancers are often particularly loyal to certain brands, for reasons of fit and colour continuity for uniforms. The majority of customers prefer to reserve stock to ensure delivery as soon as they become available from stock. If you are unable to wait, we will of course refund the goods not yet despatched, or can offer similar alternatives – whichever you prefer.

Best wishes, The Dancewear Central Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Very pleased with the product and especially the customer service, which is exemplary. I left a message on the website yesterday morning, was called back that day, and today my parcel arrived. Can't beat that! Normally in "covid" times, everything takes forever, but not this time. Big thank you!

12 October 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Alison. Thank you so much for your lovely review! Our customer service team were delighted to read this. Thanks again. The Dancewear Central team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Take care that out of stock items aren't added to your basket and charged for!

I placed an order for 3 items at a £43 total - I was happy to pay the £4 postage.

I got my confirmation and waited - only 1 item arrived! When I checked my confirmation 2 items were out of stock - but I had still be charged the full amount.

When I queried this and asked for the out of stock items and postage to be refunded, I was told that the postage would not be - £4 postage for a pair of tights is pretty excessive and I wouldn't have paid had I known.

How can you charge people for out of stock items - what if they don't come in stock for months?

Terrible service and even worse customer service

23 September 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Claire. Thank you for taking the time to feedback about your experience with Dancewear Central.

We strive to provide a high level of customer care, and so when a customer feels that we have fallen short of their expectations, this gives us the opportunity to reassess the customer journey and improve our processes moving forward.

We have reviewed your query and our customer service communications. Our website is set up to allow backorders, and it is quite common within the dancewear sector. Usually items that are out of stock at the time, do arrive into us swiftly and we post out separately at no extra postage cost to our customers. We understand you do not wish to wait for your extra items so have issued your refund for these 2 items. On this occasion, as a gesture of goodwill, we will also refund the delivery cost for your tights.

Kind regards
The Dancewear Central team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Dancewear Central have been extremely helpful and professional. An item I ordered was out of stock and was not delivered with the rest of my order however after speaking to them, nothing was too much trouble and a refund was issued straight away.
The quality of their products are lovely and I shall definitely be ordering from them again. Such quick delivery speed too.
Thanks Dancewear Central

15 September 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Thank you Laura for your lovely review! We have passed this on to the customer service team. Thanks again, the DWC team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not a good experience ordering from…

Not a good experience ordering from Dancewear Central.

Update following response.
The warehouse, returns dept and customer services all seem to be in entirely different counties and have no way of communicating. I ended up paying £8 for postage and return postage and have no dance shoes. You weren’t prepared to send any more out, insisting you would only refund, because the returns department had already processed it. I got a very abrupt phone call to tell me there was nothing you would do to help. Waste of time and money.

26 August 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Jo-Anne. We have investigated your order and communications with our customer service team, and can see that there was some confusion surrounding the returns form and that a refund was issued rather than an exchange. We are very sorry to hear that you are not happy with your overall experience. The Dancewear Central Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional service.

I have been a dance teacher for many years and used different dancewear companies over that time but I am very impressed with Dancewear Central for several reasons but mostly the speed of the orders. I have had confirmation that an order has been dispatched within half an hour or placing the order. I have also found them very helpful over the phone with queries. I will certainly stick with this company for my school items.

1 July 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Lorraine. Thank you for your lovely review! We will pass this onto all the relevant team members as it means so much to everyone when we get such great feedback. Thanks again. The DWC team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service and quality goods

Great service and quality goods.

I received the items that I ordered online very quickly. I had to return an item as I had the wrong size and I also received the refund efficiently. Many thanks. I would certainly order again!

29 June 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Thank you Helen for taking the time to write such a great review! We will pass this on to our Customer Service team. Thanks again, the DWC team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

I had a problem with my order, I contacted via email and had a got a response very quickly. They rectified the problem for me very quickly. Extremely satisfied and would definitely use again.

17 June 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Thank you for your lovely review Sammy! We will pass this onto the customer service team. Thanks again, the Dancewear Central team

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Ballet shoes are tiny! Not to proper UK sizes

I ordered a bag and ballet shoes for my daughter. The bag was fine, but the ballet shoes were so small (even though as requested on the website I ordered half a size up from her usual outdoor show size). They honestly could have been used as a keyring. Their customer services team told me I would have to send them back at my own expense and if they found the size was wrong I would be refunded up to £5. They were really unhelpful and if the shoes had been a bit out size-wise it wouldn't have been so bad, but when I measured them they were a size 8.5! I would deter anyone from buying their ballet shoes as clearly they are not standard sizes

19 May 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Joanne. We appreciate that it can be difficult to order footwear online, particularly ballet shoes, which should fit snug to the foot like a second skin. We always compile customer feedback so we can advise as best as possible for each brand/style, as all differ, and of course dancer’s foot width, instep and general shape can all have an impact on which style offers the best fit for each individual. Please be assured we will check the size carefully when we receive your return.

As you mention above we will complete a full investigation of the shoes upon their return to us.

Kind regards
Dancewear Central

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely DISGUSTED with this company…

UPDATE 19TH MAY . SO YOU DID NOT EVEN ASK ME FOR AN ORDER NUMBER . SHE JUST ASKED MY NAME AND SAID SHE WOULD TRY AND NOTHING ELSE . Shame it took a bad review here for you to do something but hopefully I will now get my shoes for Friday...............Absolutely DISGUSTED with this company and will never order from them again .If I could rate them minus I would I ordered ladies ballet shoes by mistake instead of child's . I sent them back asking for an exchange . They received the shoes back a week ago on the 11th and in my covering letter I stated that I MUST have them by this coming Friday the 22nd as I was going down to see my granddaughter this weekend who I had not seen for a year . That gave them a whole 11 days to send the replacement out .These shoes were part of her birthday present as I explained in my letter and she is only four . So I telephoned them and said if they could not guarantee them by this Friday then I request a refund so that I may order elsewhere . They then told me that they would TRY THIER best to give me a refund but that as I had requested an exchange they could not guarantee it . So now I am stuck as cannot order elsewhere and have no idea if my granddaughters birthday present will arrive in time . I am beyond disgusted with them . ZERO customer satisfaction. The girl on the phone could not care less and had no interest in trying to help but just said returns were taking 14 days at the moment.

18 May 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Karen,

Thanks for your message. I am afraid we weren’t able to resolve your exchange query following your call yesterday as we didn’t have an order number, which would have allowed us to investigate this further.

Following your email last night we have responded and advised on our next steps. We are particularly busy at the moment, and still working within strict workplace Covid restrictions, which has meant our exchange and returns process is taking slightly longer than usual. As advised this morning, we have managed to track down your exchange request and actioned this accordingly.

Kind regards
The Dancewear Central Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

faulty product and terrible returns policy

I received my parcel in good time however the leotard has a thread loose right in the middle so looked cheap. I spent 30 mins trying to figure out their vague returns policy so now I have to pay full return for a leotard that is faulty. terrible service!!!

7 May 2021
Unprompted review
Dancewear Central logo

Reply from Dancewear Central

Hello Jess. Thanks for your message. We are sorry to hear that your item is faulty and we apologise for the inconvenience. We do need to see the item to assess the fault please. If the goods are faulty we will refund your returns postage and of course the cost of the item. We do have a number of ways you can contact us - we’re available to speak to via telephone, email, our website or messaging on social media. Kind regards, The DWC team

The Trustpilot Experience

Anyone can write a Trustpilot review. People who write reviews have ownership to edit or delete them at any time, and they’ll be displayed as long as an account is active.

We use dedicated people and clever technology to safeguard our platform. Find out how we combat fake reviews.

Learn about Trustpilot’s review process.

Here are 8 tips for writing great reviews.

Verification can help ensure real people are writing the reviews you read on Trustpilot.

Offering incentives for reviews or asking for them selectively can bias the TrustScore, which goes against our guidelines.

Take a closer look