Store: This place is small. You go in and you feel claustrophobic. Maximum occupancy is probably the same amount of people as you can fit in an elevator. It's the #1 smallest store within Fashion Valley. Selections: Simply put, Lids has a nice collection of fitteds and snapbacks. Service: Bad service. Walked in to purchase a hat and without my consent charged me an extra $5 for their Lids program. I told them I didn't want it but the three employees working replied they can't do anything about it since it already went through. Overall impression: Bad. Don't go here for service. If anything place an order online and pick it up here but then get out. read more

I am very surprised to see so many negative reviews. I had an excellent experience at this lids with both customer service and selection. I just walked by today and saw some of the coolest lakers hats I have ever seen. I went it ready to buy a few fitted hats and started looking for my size. At first I was disappointed that I couldn't find one of the hats I really liked in my size, but the clerk Craig helped me find it really quick. Then he gave me advice on how to fold the bills of my hats so they would fit better. Then the proceeded to fix the hats I was buying so they fit perfectly, as well as the hat I wore into the store. I signed up for the lids card and I plan on taking all my hat business to this lids all thanks to Craig's customer service. read more

Lids - Hats Near Me - San Diego, California

Was interested in embroidery for a bunch of back packs. I spoke with an employee a few days ago here that confirmed they could do everything I described and was friendly and showed me past work. Today i called to ask one last question and was rudely received by the "store manager" Allen. He alone will be the reason I am not going here and turning to T-shirt mart instead. Three stars only because the first employee was nice read more

I was informed the hats arrived and were ready to picked up in the Fashion Valley Store, when I arrived, only two of the hats were there. I was promised they would be shipped to my home. They never arrived. I called today, a full month later to check on the status and the manager, "Allen" at the Fashion Valley store was rude, and said he would "check the mail" today and "if they didn't arrive today, we could discuss a refund." He was condescending, interrupted, and raised his voice. It is ridiculous to have someone with this attitude in customer service. When I told him, I highly doubted that if the hats didn't arrive after three weeks, that it was unlikely, they would arrive today, he interrupted again and said he would call. He didn't seem to listen or save the time and patience to understand or solve the problem. read more

HORRIBLE service. Tried to buy two hats but the three employees just stood there talking to each other while me and three other customers tried to get them to pause and make eye contact so we could ask them for something. Finally one of the other customers just asked them and they looked super annoyed. After a few more minutes I just left. What a joke. read more

I usually don't post reviews but today is my exception. I went to the fashion valley lids in San Diego to exchange a padre hat and encountered Pat. Pat was one of the worst I've dealt w in customer service ever! Today they opened at 11, I got there at five after 11 the doors were locked but there was a guy behind the register so I figured they'll be open in a couple minutes waited till 11:15 they still weren't open so I tapped on the window and asked when they were opening and he yelled through the window when I get around to it!!! When you get around to it???? finally at 11:20 he swung the door open as hard as he could and glared at me as he did it. When I went up to the counter not a hi not a sorry for opening late not a word just glared at me. I asked if the padre hats behind the counter were the only ones in the store and he said yep. I didn't like them for myself so called my husband in to see if he liked them (because online purchases need to be exchanged not refunded) and the whole entire time Pat was trying to look at me all hard like he was a tough guy and I should be scared of him! HA the only people that should be scared of Pat are the people he works for!!! Pat is a detriment to your business! All him trying to act hard and tough did was make me write this review and go somewhere else like Sports Fever or a Dicks sporting goods next time I want a new hat! Actually Pat should work at Dicks the name is fitting for the kind of employee he is! read more

Got matching lids. No shame. These are made of leather, and the caramel color looks surprisingly nice. This place had a ton of selections, although I wish they had a lot more SD hat varieties. Oh well! I'm satisfied with my purchase. read more

Lids - Chi town - Hats Near Me - San Diego, California

The service was actually VERY friendly and helpful, and we felt that they had a great selection of warmer hats. Unfortunately, they charged us $5 without our authorization as follows ... "hey, do you have a Lids card?", no, "it'll save you 20% on everything today", great. Hours later and reviewing the receipt ... they charged $5.00 for this stupid Lids card we'll never use again, and we only got the 20% on a couple of the hats. We saved $4.30 over all on four hats, because we weren't expecting the $5.00 charge. Boo to you, Lids! read more

This place is aweful. I was looking for a certain size hat, I called them to see if they had it. The guy that answered the phone said yes. . . I dont think he even checked. A 45 minute drive late, I walk in and there are 2 guys working (probably stoned of their ass) They did not have the size I asked for. I was really annoyed so I called and asked to speak with the manage. The guy said "I AM THE MANGER" Dude. . . .No you are not!!! Instead of taking responsibility for making a mistake they tried saying I called the wrong store. I said, no I called this store and YOU answered the phone. . . . Then he tried blaming it on the computer, thats when I hung up. F this place!!!! read more

horrible service. waited outside for over an hour while they kept embroidering hats for customers and kept them waiting inside to receive them for 15+ minutes at a time. seemed like they wanted to work as little as possible. when it was my turn to enter after waiting for an hour or more they said they had to close the store but were still allowing people inside to browse. i can't believe i waited over an hour to buy one of their hats and contribute to their sales just to get the door slammed in my face lol. read more

esteban is your go to when wanting to know about hats!! great service and they definitely have a lot of patience!

Pretty good hat selection at this lids. Sadly this is he second time I have been where they didn't have a San Diego hat in 7 3/8. The staff is pretty decent but the store is small and they haven't had my size twice which has been a bummer. read more

If I can give this place NEGATIVE stars I would! Their customer service is awful. I understand there is a store policy but dang can one think outside the box. They are a bunch of robots working at this store. They would not even accommodate my request and I did not think it was unreasonable. This would be my very last purchase. GOODBYE! read more

There were two people working here. The woman was really stand offing and arrogant. Not helpful an made me feel uncomfortable there. However the man there was nice and did the exchange for my hat. The girl gave a very strong "go away" vibe. Last time I go there. An extra star bc the guy was OK. read more

Went to the All Star game but they were sold out of the special edition LA hat that I wanted. Stopped by Lids the next day and they had several in my size alone. I tried on a few to make sure I got the best fit possible. They give you a 2nd hat for 1/2 price so I found something cool and unique that I probably wouldn't have purchased otherwise. In and out in 3 minutes. read more

Went to this location looking for a certain hat. The hat I was looking for was at the store and I asked the worker Craig if they had my size. He handed me a stack of hats and not knowing that my size was the first hat I sat there with a puzzled look waiting for him to help me. He finally gave a gesture of pushing the hat towards me with no words spoken. I tried the hat on and thought it was a bit snug. I asked if there was one size up just to try the difference. Craig replied "That hat already looks too big for you man." So disregarding his opinion I went to purchase the hat. Immediately Craig started bending the bill of my hat telling me I need to "shape" it. How about your employees don't touch a customers purchase without first asking if its ok to start bending and misshaping a hat. Also was asked if I had a Lids card. I replied "yes, a long time ago." Craig preceded to look up my account and then went ahead and directly charged my card an extra $5.00 without consent. Get these f**kin kooks out of here and send them back to the lame town they came from!!! read more

This store is great. They have a great selection of hats and the employees are very helpful and kind. I came here after having a bad experience at the San Ysidro store. We got a few hats. When we left we realized we didn't get the discounted price we were supposed to on one of the hats. We went back, they apologized and refunded the difference without any hassle. They were very happy to help everyone in the store and made sure everyone was finding what they were looking for. I will get all my hats from this store from now on. Thanks guys. read more

Great selection like any Lids store. Employees need some etiquette though. There were two guys, one of them was helping another customer (he sounded helpful, but needed to learn enthusiasm).The available worker to did offer his assistance, all while on his iPhone though. He was knowledgable on sizes, pretty helpful. I was looking for a SnapBack but ended up with a fitted. 3 stars for being on the phone. It's the little details that count. read more

I should have read the review prior to going to the store to buy a hat, called first to make sure they had what I wanted, I got a coupon from Google offers and when I went to purchase the hat the clerk took the coupon ripped it up and said that it was expired. I didn't get my $5.00 off that I was expecting and they were making rude comments about the team hat I purchase. Never again will we go to Lids this is a poor representation of a corporation. read more