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    Esme's Essentials

    4.5 (20 reviews)
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    Sam C.

    This is the final dress that she said yes to for prom 2023! Thank you Esme's! Truly the dress gem of West Covina. Such an honor to shop with you!

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    I ordered my daughters prom dress and they altered it to perfection... I'll be going back for all my formal needs!

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    Purchased a prom dress and received it in no more than a week, along with the perfect alterations fit to my liking.

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    I had a wonderful experience at Joli Bride. Zina was absolutely amazing to work…read morewith--knowledgeable, patient, and genuinely invested in helping me find the perfect dress. She listened carefully to what I was looking for, offered thoughtful suggestions, and made the entire experience enjoyable and stress-free. The boutique has a beautiful selection of gowns, and I never felt pressured. Zina's attention to detail and personalized service made me feel valued and confident in my choice. I highly recommend Joli Bride to anyone looking for a special dress and exceptional customer service. Thank you, Zina, for making the experience so memorable!

    Really disappointing experience. I was very clear from the start that I only needed one alteration…read moredone before moving and would handle the rest elsewhere. The seamstress Garine was kind and helpful, but another employee Zina was so incredibly rude. She came off very kind in the beginning but she is a very hostile woman who made the entire experience a very sad one for me and it's still on my mind. When I went to pick up my dress, she called me and immediately accused me of being "disrespectful" for not doing all my alterations with them--something that was never stated to me as a clear policy. In person, she continued to speak to me harshly and said I wasted their time and what I did was not acceptable. She said it so many times and so aggressively I started to cry, and only then she felt bad for being so ridiculously harsh. I even offered to apologize to her seamstress who she claims I was wasting her time, to which she then told told me "it's not a big deal" To make it worse, I was quoted $50 but charged $75 with no clear explanation. I did not want to further argue so I paid what was asked. I went in to pick up my wedding dress, an experience every girl wants to remember for the rest of their lives and left feeling upset and honestly in tears. No customer should be treated this way. Would not recommend doing business with someone like her.

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    Wow!! I read through the reviews after having had a good experience at the store. I was…read moredisappointed by the reviews because everyone deserves great customer service especially if you are a purchasing customer. No matter how much you spend. Having said that though, my experience was the complete opposite, keeping in mind that I did not get anything altered or ordered anything. What I purchased was this beautiful back up dress for my daughter's baptism. It was simple and elegant but most importantly the quality was what I was looking for. The sales lady that helped me was Celine. She was amicable. Not pushy. Understood what I wanted. She found the dress that I wanted and even paired it with some cute shoes. She has a good eye for pairing items in my opinion. I had went to a different location and the lady was selling me an off white pair of shoes with an ultra white dress. Hate when the sales person disregard details like that as if they are minor. However, with Celine I felt she knew and was not trying to sell me something simply because I was there. The ease of our conversation, her manner of servicing was awesome. I was expecting to buy a 2nd back-up dress but I did. Mine you she offered great service despite knowing that I had already purchased a dress. She didn't ignore me and pass me off as a "looky look". I think it paid off. Anyhow, my summary: Pros: Great variety of dresses Reasonable prices and everything is priced on tags (I spent $60-80 range) Quality material is there Other Things to know It is conveniently located in the Mall (I like that, accessible and safe for my daughter 5 month and me) May order if necessary (need a week) May try dresses (and you should) ALL SALES ARE FINAL! (Not a fan of this one but important to know) Overall happy to see a family operated business. Sadden by the disappointments expressed but hopeful that the business listens and makes improvements. For that I have given it a 4, for redemption. Will definitely come back to see if I get 5 star treatment. Lol Here is a picture of what we purchased. :)

    Terrible customer service. If you're unsure about a dress don't even bother leaving a deposit…read morebecause they will keep your deposit if something goes wrong on their end. My mom went and tried on a dress on Monday and the manager, Irma, told her that she needed to leave a deposit and that it had to be half of the amount of the dress. My mom left the deposit and since they didn't have her size Irma told her that she would order her two sizes that she could try on when she came Thursday to pick up. An XXL and an XL. We got there Thursday and another worker was there and brought out only the XXL but the dress was stained with grease. Then when we asked her about the XL she said it didn't arrive. We never received a phone call from anyone telling us that only one of the dresses had arrived and why would we take a dress with a black grease stain on it? I asked the girl if my mom could just have her deposit back because we didn't have time anymore to be driving back and forth, the dress didn't even fit her and it was dirty. The girl just blankly stared at us and said she had to call her manager Irma. She called her manager in front of us and the manager told her that if we wanted the deposit we had to drive to their location in Buena Park and get it from her. The girl said she could not give a deposit back herself without a manager present. I find that odd, most stores can give deposits back why does a manager need to be present? I asked the girl when her manager was available at each location, and she wrote it down for me and everything so we could stop by another day. We had already wasted time and gas getting to that location. Irma agreed over the phone to give us the deposit and we heard it too because they talked in front of us. Forward the next day and Irma calls my mom telling her that she can't give her the deposit anymore and she can come instead Tuesday to try on the dresses because she would be ordering them. We told her she had literally confirmed yesterday that we would get a deposit back, then she played clueless and said who said that? I took the phone and said you said that, we heard the call when your worker called you. She got upset and said she would need to see who we were talking about and said she would call back. I'm pretty sure she will not be calling back. Please avoid this shop at all costs.

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