The worst service EVER! The people who work there are rude... Bastos talaga!!!
My fiancé and I walked into the shop looking for a barong for him and our two boys. At first they were nice and helpful, but I guess they didn't want to show us the different styles of barongs. My fiancé was looking to buy a barong for our wedding, so he wanted to make sure he found the right style. (He wasn't going to buy the first "nice" barong he saw that cost $250). They insisted that the 2nd one they showed us was the "nicest" one. We still wanted to see more styles to be sure that there wasn't something we were missing. You aren't allowed to try on the barongs that they have. Instead you're only able to try on the plain samples for size.... After trying on a few, it seemed like they were rushing us to make a decision so that we can buy and go... 1 lady helped us while the other was behind the counter eating. When we wanted to look at the different styles for our boys, we asked to see what different embroidery work they had cause we wanted to find the same style if not closest to their Dad's style barong. Instead the lady eating her food stood up and said in a RUDE tone, "what style are you looking for?" I told her that we don't have a particular style in mind because we're not familiar with the "STYLES".... If we were, obviously we wouldn't have asked. The other lady who was helping us rolled her eyes.... JERK. So I told my fiancé, "LET'S GO!"
I didn't understand why they were rushing us, we were the only people in the store (2 adults and 2 kids) and there were 2 of them to help us. The other one ate and the other one (kind of) helped us. The other one who was eating only put her 2 cents in I guess when she felt like she had to get off her butt and work.
I would give this place "NO" stars, but yelp wont allow it. So I guess 1 is good enough to show that this place is "TERRIBLE!!!!!".... If you just want to buy a barong and not care too much about what your buying, then this is the place to buy... Basically buy and go....
There are 2 other places to buy barongs in the bay area.
1.) www.weddinggownsuperstore.com / Wedding Gown Superstore located in Fremont off of 880/Stevenson. It's a bridal store that sells wedding gowns, but they also sell barongs there. The lady who owns the portion of the store that sells tuxedo's and men's wear, sells the barongs. She is really nice, patient and HELPFUL! You can try on ALL their barongs.
2.) Pioneer's Tailors & Alterations 2963 Mission Street, San Francisco (415) 334-6034/ We went to this store after we left Vallejo and the man who helped us was SO nice. Gil & Beck are the owners of this little alterations shop that sells barongs. They were actually closed that day but saw my fiancé walk up to their door, and they were kind enough to open their shop to us. They live above their little shop, and they have a nice selection of barongs. They were helpful and patient. Not only did they tell us we can wait a while to make a decision, but they told us they'd hold my fiancé's barong and my 2 boys barongs for a couple weeks. If you buy your barong from them, they will do the alterations for free if there is any needed. Needless to say, we decided that we are going to purchase from them. My fiancé liked their service so much that he's going to buy 2!!! read more