Head Shop. probably the longest in business establishment in Hicksville. I rememebr cooming here in Jr. High, and now - took my daughter there for her 'industrial" piercing (ear) . Â Nice too see that it is CLEAN, and sanitary. needed a parent there (she's 16) - needed a notarized permission letter. Â good for them.
Not crazy about the pipes and pot paraphernalia or the other off-center crap - but there's a market for everything I guess.
You gotta buy your Doc Marten's somewhere.
The store is vast and incredible, high ceilings tons of selections for the scene kids, some good stuff for raves, and a crazy sex shop downstairs if you're into that. I was interested in the knives upstairs and the dude helping people was fairly patient with my bad knowlege of knives. The "awesome headshop" looked fairly awesome, but as an 18 year old they wouldn't even let me look. Understandable but they had no need to be rude about it. The staff downstairs are complete snobs, and I asked about buying something on the counter, they said sarcastically "yes", however it didn't come out that way because they're complete spergs, and when I asked to buy papers they got very angry at me, then ignored me like complete retards. Probably why they're 22+ and working behind a counter. Can't wait to come back when I'm 19 and tell them off. That's why 2 instead of 3 or 4.
Review Source:Good selection of body jewelry, alternative clothing and music, etc etc. However, prices reflect that they are the only game in town and if you want good customer service, forget about. Every time I go there I'm always standing around a counter with 5 other people waiting or help, while the worker assists one person, finishes and then simply walks away, never to return.
Review Source:This place went through a HUGE change since I first started going in highschool. I understand its hard for a mom and pop type business to keep going with the economy the way it is but it seems like they aren't really going in a great direction with what they've done.
You can still get your waterpipes, incense and body jewelry I guess so thats good. The staff was friendly enough when I went with a friend to get a last minute birthday gift while being in town. Â The prices are a little expensive now and the layout isn't as great as it used to be. Â
I'm not psyched on the fact that their fazing out their records. I used to be able to come home with good local stuff and beyond.
Head shop / sex shop / stuff.
This interesting place has you covered for incense, bongs (um, I mean hookahs) and an assortment of sex toys that would make a deviant smile...
Banging around one day I get a random text from an ex about meeting for lunch and escorting her to Utopia as she had a bachelorette party to hit and wanted the usual dildo gag gift and off we went to Utopia.
The place is two floors- upstairs they have a lot clothing: bathing suits, beach wear, t-shirts and the like. Â There was a good selection of incense for you patchouli sniffers but the real fun is in the basement. Â
We headed down and there is a selection of tame sex stuff - stockings, dick shaped drink stirrers and the like. Â The real fun stuff is beyond the door near the register... that, my friends, is where a good time can be had by all. Â Sex tapes, rubber fists and more vibrators, dildos, and lube than you can imagine would be needed or even existed can be found on the left side of the back room. Â We had great fun playing with all the toys and imagining just why in the hell would you want to stick that big rubber fist up your cooter? Â Indeed.
The other half of the room is devoted to pipes, bongs, hookahs and assorted paraphernalia for those of you who smoke. Â I don't judge - it is interesting to see and there were some magnificent creations in there to help you get your smoke on.
Let's just say her cover story was blown and she left there about $200 lighter and maybe only one of those items was a gag gift ;)
Worth a visit. Â Have fun, be discreet and pick up some toys!
Parking in front.
I almost did'nt go based on other reviews, but I wanted to see their selection of  belly rings. Their jewelry selection is great and better priced then other places on long Island ,especially on the  14k gold .The manager Frank was so friendly and very helpfull he explained all about the jewelry and took his time showing me everything, even offered to order from a catalog if they did not have what I was looking for. The selection of jewelry is the largest I have seen on Long Island and the store is filled with all kinds of interesting things.I was told the old piercer is gone and that they have 2 new piercers to replace him. the parking was good and over all I highly recommend giving this place a look., or second chance. I will definetly shop  at utopia for my body jewelry.
Review Source:This was my first time here (to most people who know me, this is surprising news). I went here to get a much-needed change of jewelry for my ear piercings.
When I arrived, the place was undergoing some kind of construction. Either that, or half of their ceiling had caved in. It was a mess.
Regardless, I found my way to the piercer and engaged the seemingly cocky (or aloof?) piercer in conversation as to what I was looking for (and asking what I could and could not reasonably get). I don't pretend to know sh-t about jewelry for a tragus or a helix, and so I asked him instead. All I got were one-wordy replies and comments that he couldn't see my piercings at all, because "your hair is in the way." Well, sorry, let me go walk to where you are sitting, because you can't get up from your perch.
Furthermore, they charge you $5 to change jewelry for you. Most places in NYC do it for free, as long as you buy the jewelry there. Hence the reason I did not tip him for the minute it took him to change the jewelry in three spots.
I don't know, maybe I'm being harsh, but I like people to engage me in conversation, instead of acting cool, bored or too good to do so.
Oh, and the jewelry is way overpriced. I would have spent less in NYC.
Their pipes are over-priced, if your willing to spend more you can get a quality piece but why bother when you have better options? They actually had a good selection of essential oils last time I was there. And I found a pretty sweet hat once. I...would not buy vibrators from this place. I just don't like the selection they have. Â *shrug* It is what it is, and its on LI.
Review Source:this place is ok. The sales ppl down stairs r funny not afraid to answer even the strangest sex toy questions. They have a lot to choose from and they don't mind look-see-lues like me.Other than the sex shop, this place is a waste of time. The people are rude, dirty and have no clue what their doing. I would never ever get anything tattoo or pierced here. i've hear 2 many horror stories about things getting infected.
Review Source:I only ever go here when I get something pierced, mostly because its pretty pricey, obviously because this store is the only place you can get a lot of these things and we have nothing else to base their crazy prices on
Parking is kinda crappy
Piercing dude is nice, sometimes comes off a bit cocky, but so do 99% of people in everyday life
A lot of the staff is super nice, and like many places you get a rude person here and there, I just chalk it up to them having a bad day
Of course it seemed much more intriguing when I was younger
Overall its an ok place
Defenitely not the best place ever
Utopia is the entire East Village all crammed into one store, with an infomercial about swords thrown in for good measure. Their shoe selection = 99X + Trash. Their clothing selection = Trash + Search & Destroy. Their music selection is to punk and metal what Kim's is to independent and foreign film.
Their staff has been trained to flirt with your boyfriend right in front of you to convince him to buy things. And that is funny. And you can put up with that because they always have enough people on staff that they never make you wait for anything.
Here's some crap I don't really care about that they also have here: large piercing station with large selection; swords and other nerdy weapons; incense, candles, tribal things, wiccan things; drug paraphernalia.
Negatives/neutrals: Parking lot is insanely small given Utopia's size (but there's plenty of parking around the corner). The whole place smells very strongly of incense. Prices reflect the fact that there are relatively few alternative stores on LI.
Positives: Clearance prices are actually pretty decent. You can pretty much guarantee that you can do all of your holiday shopping for all of your alternative friends all in one place if holiday shopping isn't your thing. Staff is helpful and generally friendly.
I remember Utopia fondly. Â I went as a teenager often and procured many of my concert t-shirts, stickers for my car (oh, I thought I was really, really cool!! :) ), and I'm pretty sure I bought a few lava lamps there. Â Heh. Â Now that I think of it, I'm not really sure why my parents didn't just cry themselves to sleep each night, commiserating over the perils of having such a lame-ass daughter. Â Â I recall I also bought incense there, and a pair of purple boots. Â I think I'll stop now. Â You get the picture. Â And it is not a pretty one.
About five years ago, I brought a friend of mine to Utopia when we were back on Long Island for some function, and we decided to get pierced. Â I got a standard cartilage piercing, but my friend got something on a part of her ear that the piercer even called 'extreme'. Â I have to say, it was a great piercing and it was done beautifully and my friend was tended to professionally and didn't seem to be in that much pain either. Â I never expected Utopia to step it up in that department, but they really did. Â Â Impressed.
I really think that whoever started Hot Topic went to Utopia as a kid and thought "Someday, I will have a store like this, only it will sort of suck and be in a chain in malls"
I've used to go here all the time when...14? 15? Whenever I was a little wanna be alterna kid growing up on Long Island, this was where I went to get cloves, Doc Martens, Dead Kennedys patches, indie cds, incense, incense oils, club clothes, etc.
I can't speak for the quality of piercing here (though I did speak to the piercer about their extensive  and gorgeous collection of body jewelry and found him to be rude and abrasive, though maybe he was having an off day)
I took my husband there today out of nostalgia, and they've really expanded the place (and added the aforementioned body piercing)
It's 3 floors, the first being sex toys and head shop stuff, the second being clothes, pewter stuff, all sorts of things for your practicing wiccan or pagan, club clothes, shoes, body piercing, jewelry, cheesy swords, sculptures, Â etc.
The third floor covers band shirts, cds, posters, and random cutesy hipster crap.
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