Charlie V.

SCAMMERS!!!!! This place will RIP YOU OFF!!! They'll rip off the younger generations who are not familiar with fabric prices! My sister came for a sheer lace fabric and only wanted 1/2 yard. They said they don't do 1/2 yard and that u have to buy minimum 1yard and it's $20/yard! Being the younger naive generation my sister went ahead and bought it! She goes home to tell my mom the price and my mom got so upset!! Said that should NOT have costed that much!!! She went back to the store to UNDERCOVER shop and asked for a few prices on a few fabric pieces! My mom asked about that EXACT piece my sister bought earlier in the day and was quoted ANY CUT FOR $10/YARD!!!!!! My mom then CONFRONTED them " THEN WHY DID U CHARGE MY DAUGHTER $20?!" SHOCKED!!! They were SPEECHLESS!!!! and made up some BS excuse saying that type of fabric is normally sold at $45 for 2 yds.. BUT my mom said BUT YOU JUST QUOTED ME 1/2 YD And FOR $10/yd EARLIER!!! My mom was hoping they'd refund the difference from my sisters quote to her quote but they refused! Saying for u we can make an exception but for her we don't normal cut small pieces like that! Such BS! Wtf?! SCAM!!!!! Clearly they try to RIP OFF younger people who aren't familiar with sewing and fabrics!! DO NOT SHOP HERE!!! Plenty of other HONEST Vietnamese fabric shop owners in the Little Saigon Area!! SAD that they would RIP OFF their OWN PEOPLE!! DO NOT SUPPORT!!!!

Annie H.

I needed an ao dai for a tea ceremony but I learned that pregnant women do not typically look amazing in a traditional ao dai. I went through shops at the asian garden mall, hoping to find the biggest ao dai that the stores had and was hoping to just alter it but I looked so bad in every single one. I was able to stop by this little shop because there was a lot of fabrics to choose from. I did not know what I really wanted in a dress but i knew I wanted something that looked semi-traditional. The ladies here just custom made a dress for another client and showed it to me and said this could work. So I trusted them and gave my fabric of choice. Took a month to make and about 2 alterations after to get it better fitted since I really wanted to accent the maternity bump and did not know how much bigger I would be at 8 months pregnant. I received so many comments on my dress and for being 8 months pregnant. It was such a hit! What I recommend if you do plan to come to the shop for a customized dress: 1. Have a photo ready with the style that you want 2. Choose a fabric of your choice from the store and if you need help pairing it, they are really good about trying to find the right colors to match 3. Give it about a month for them to work on it 4. Expect anywhere from $100-200 depending on the style and fabric 5. Expect to have 1-2 alteration fixes so it can better fit your body type

Samantha T.

We flew from Texas to Cali and this was one of our purpose is to find some Ao Dai for my SIL wedding that is coming up in November. We have been searching from one shop to another but didn't find what we were looking for. Either other shops selections were very minimal or the shop owner were rude. After 5 shops we finally walked into this one. WOW... They selections of fabric were unbelievable. Aisles & walls of all type of different colors and materials of fabric. Minor problem is that it's not the neatest store you can walk into. There's even fabric tuck into showcases also. There were two ladies there that was very very helpful. They cater to all of our needs and showed us every fabric we wanted to look at. They even gave us suggestions and ideas on what we should for and type of styles we can create out of these fabric. Needless to say we ended up purchasing all of the brides & grooms family Ao Dai here. The best thing is that you can get yourself measured & the Ao Dai made here. Best Part.. We lived in Texas and they're willing to ship it us for free. I highly recommend this place.

Trang L.

I just had my Dam Hoi this past Sunday and I could not have been any happier with my custom ao dai. My mom, aunt, friend and I drove up to bolsa 3 weeks prior to my date which also happens to be a week after Vietnamese new year. And if you're Vietnamese and live in SoCal- you know that this area is intense and all ao dai shops are incredibly busy and prices are marked up a bit more. We traveled to 6 different shops before choosing this one.. It was a long day. They had a good selection of fabrics and were incredibly friendly compared to our other experiences at the other shops. My dam hoi was on 2/14 and they said it would be ready 2/25 and told them unfortunately that would not work, but they weren't pushy and made an exception to have it done the day before (2/13). They just told us to call them 3 days prior to remind them. I chose my fabrics and they measured me and we were were on our way home. The price was a total of $170 for a custom ao dai and I am perfectly fine with that because the other shops were $250 for the same selection of fabrics. ALSO! They gave us the price $170 prior to them knowing that this needed to be "expedited" and did not charge us extra. The women there were very nice and incredibly helpful. If I had a custom ao dai made here in SD-- it would have cost $250 with fewer selection of mundane fabrics. Anyway.. I was nervous picking up the day before my dam hoi because what happen if it doesn't fit?! Right?! Especially reading the other reviews of having to go back 2-3 times to get the right fit! I didn't have that luxury since I live in SD and they were busy due to the NY... Luckily though, I'm fairly proportional and my body is not weird lol.. So I tried it on and it fit like a fckn glove! Success!! It was so beautiful!! I definitely would recommend this shop- they were easy to work with and absolutely delightful and especially accommodating.

Donna P.

My mom, sister, and I all had our custom made ao dai here at Lua Dao. Everything came out perfect and on time. They really listened to what I wanted and helped me pick out the best fabrics for it. We also had my wedding dress and our american bridesmaids dresses altered here with a quick turn around time at a reasonable price.

Lani L.

Too bad Yelp won't let me give negative stars because seriously, DO NOT GO HERE!! Go anywhere (ANYWHERE!) else but here! The employees are super nice until after you pay them. Then you will receive damaged, ruined, untailored dresses. The women told us to return at 3pm. At 4pm they were just starting to work on it. We were there until 4:30pm and ended up just taking the ao dais and leaving with them worst off. One of them was so bunched up at the arms yet the employee kept telling us it's supposed to look like that. Then our other ao dai was too tight. The third was not even completely sewn and the zipper just came off. There was even a stain that was not there before. Super unprofessional employees. I will never return here EVER again. They told us they were late on time because we wanted it fixed.....well that is the point of us leaving it there for hours and having it tailored. If we would have known that we were paying for ao dais that slightly fit then we would have never purchased them to begin with. Even when we tried it on and it didn't fit, they were working on other people's clothing instead of fixing it like they should have hours ago.....not when we were there again and waiting. Good luck with trying to get any sort of apology from them. They just ended screaming and yelling at us like uneducated fools. This place is a complete joke! Hopefully they go out of business soon because no one deserves to be scammed and treated like this!

Daisy O.

I'm sharing with you my experiences (positive and negative) as a customer coming here in the past few years. PROS: Most of the fabrics in this Ha Lua Dao shop are imported from Vietnam with decent quality and has a decent selection to choose from. Tailors/ seamstress can do a variety of clothes alterations. Bring pictures (in magazines or phones) to show them EXACTLY how you want your clothes to be sewn or else they will mess them up. CONS: Must call SEVERAL TIMES before coming or else your clothes will NOT be ready for pickup as they frequently give out false promises. Try on your clothes b/f leaving this shop - Asian policy NO RETURN/ NO EXCHANGE ALWAYS BARGAIN for the best price for any purchases or alterations. The two sisters who look almost like twins owned this shop and tend to make up the prices as they go along. The fitting room near the back door has a terrible stench smell which has been there for years and "no restroom" for emergency situations. They demand you to pay them the full amount before they begin working on your clothes. ALWAYS ask for a receipt with the word PAID on it and present it to pick up your clothes or else they will force you to pay full price AGAIN even for their long time customer(s). NOTE An employee by the name "NGA" (short curly hair w/ glasses in her late 50s-60s) is a horrible, paranoid, obnoxious, low-life scumbag person who tends to trash talk about her customer(s). She stalked on her customer(s) and their family relationship; added her salt-and-pepper and gossipped false info. When being confronted, she lied about it, a very coward person!!!! Stay away from this woman with low moral and virtue. Why bother coming here when you as a customer is NOT getting the respect and the good service that you deserved?

Jules T.

The ladies were so nice and accommodating. I was extremely happy with my customized Ao Dai. The turnover was about a month. I went for my final fitting and they had to tighten the waist a bit, which only took about an half an hour. I had a lot of compliments on my red lace dress and was so in love with the back train. Thank you to these ladies for making the Ao Dai I had envisioned on my wedding day!

Jade F.

My recent visit was actually a good experience, this new lady that works there went beyond and over for me, finding the best fit ao dai for me also fixing it and trying to find the pants that fits and match . I was there almost an hour and she did everything in her powers for me to leave happy ! I don't know if this store is consistent and 100% reliable though .. just a roll of dice I guess. So over all I will give it 3 stars combined with the horrid wedding situation I had with them in the past .