A Sydney Bunnings has been named Australia’s lowest-rated hardware store, scoring just 3.70 stars from 1,189 Google reviews in a new nationwide ranking.
Located on Clovelly Road and Kemmis Street, Bunnings Randwick ranks last among 306 stores analysed across the country.
However, it’s not the only NSW warehouse attracting low customer ratings. Rose Bay, Carlingford and Lithgow also feature among the state’s 10 lowest-rated locations, while Rose Bay recorded an even higher share of one-star reviews.
Here’s where to find NSW’s lowest-rated Bunnings and how they compare nationally.
Randwick has NSW’s lowest-rated Bunnings
Located at Clovelly Road and Kemmis Street, Bunnings Randwick sits at the very bottom of the national rankings. Its 3.70-star average places it 306th out of 306 stores included in the study, making it Australia’s lowest-rated Bunnings warehouse in the dataset.
The store also recorded a one-star review share of 13%, meaning more than one in 10 of its Google ratings awarded it the lowest possible score.
Rose Bay came in second-lowest in NSW, with a 3.81-star average from 449 reviews. Interestingly, it recorded an even higher one-star review share of 14%. Carlingford followed with 3.85 stars from 992 reviews.
Here are the 10 lowest-rated Bunnings stores in NSW:
- Bunnings Randwick — 3.70 stars from 1,189 reviews
- Bunnings Rose Bay — 3.81 stars from 449 reviews
- Bunnings Carlingford — 3.85 stars from 992 reviews
- Bunnings Lithgow — 3.87 stars from 426 reviews
- Bunnings Erina North — 3.88 stars from 505 reviews
- Bunnings Narrabeen — 3.89 stars from 606 reviews
- Bunnings Thornleigh — 3.98 stars from 2,144 reviews
- Bunnings Ashfield — 3.99 stars from 3,273 reviews
- Bunnings Katoomba — 3.99 stars from 532 reviews
- Bunnings Umina Beach — 4.00 stars from 577 reviews
How does NSW compare nationally?
NSW features heavily at the bottom of the national rankings, accounting for five of Australia’s 10 lowest-rated Bunnings stores.
Moreover, Rose Bay ranks second nationally, followed by Carlingford in fifth, Lithgow in seventh and Erina North in tenth. Queensland contributes three stores to the bottom 10, while Victoria and Western Australia each have one.
Also, the findings are based on Google Maps data collected on 20th October 2026, with the research examining 306 open Bunnings stores and 482,084 customer reviews.
The analysis calculated average ratings from individual one- to five-star review counts, excluding trade centres, frame and truss sites, offices, closed stores and duplicate listings.
