If there was a time to just put zero stars as an option I would. When we walked towards the door of this location, three staff members (three thin men) were in a heated argument. To avoid the awkward stares, we curved and walked into the men's area. When we stepped in we were shocked! After all these successful years in the United States, I know this company must adapt to the insane sales offered by competitors. Today I witnessed the true downfall of this company in the US. In Bellevue; especially Bellevue square, cleanliness means it's an attractive place to shop. Instead, this store reflects the chaos of poor management, no direction, staffing concerns and evidently cleanliness isn't a focus! I am APPALLED, and after today, I will not shop in a Zara again! read more

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This Zara store opened up last November at Bellevue Square along with Uniqlo across from it in the former JCPenney wing. I am glad that Zara opened up here as it gives me another men's clothing retailer to shop at on the Eastside. Zara has been slow to open stores in the Seattle area as this is just its second store after the one at Westlake Center. Zara is a Spanish fashion chain that is similar to Sweden's H&M and UK's Topshop/Topman. Their prices are above H&M and Uniqlo, but their clothes are a bit more upscale and fashionable. I have liked this chain since shopping at one of their stores in SF several years back. I stopped by this store a couple months back as I saw that they had a big sale. The men's section here seems comparable in size to the Westlake location. They had a lot of items discounted heavily that were good deals. Though a lot of clothes here are darkly colored, probably because it is the winter season. In my experience with Zara, I have noticed that the sizes run small, at least on the men's side. So I would recommend trying out a medium if you usually wear a small. I found a jacket that I liked and wanted to try on. Unfortunately, there was a long line for the fitting rooms so I just tried it on by one of the mirrors. The zipper of the jacket was a bit faulty as it wouldn't zip up right, but I liked the design enough to get it. The fit though was perfect and it had snap buttons to cover up. As for the checkout line, I found my experience here to be leisurely slow. H&M and Uniqlo seem to do a better job of getting customers in line checked out. While the prices are good when they have a sale here, I think the shopping experience could be improved. Particularly in the service area. read more

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If I could rate this 1/10 of a star I would. Went in for the first time in the bellevue location. I saw they had a sale so my daughter and I went In to check it out . Long story short , we found some denim pants that are priced at $45.90. When associate scanned it, it rang up at $49.90. I told the sales associate she said "it's probably $49.90 w tax" so I waited to see my receipt, sure enough it rang as $49.90. I told the associate again she said "it's probably mis-priced" I told her "then you should have put $49.90, you need to honor the price that is on the tag" the associate then says "I need to get my manager I'm just an associate " . I tell her to call a manager. Once a manager comes she's just as rude as the associate. I tell her about it the price then she says it's probably mis-priced. Once again not my problem. She does the exchange then says "if you want to return this it has to be w the 2nd receipt " DUH obviously. Unfortunately this will be the first and last time I shop in this store . I will provide you guys w a screenshot of this tag and receipt so you all know I ain't making this up . I will definitely be bringing this up to corporate. The service is unacceptable! Me and my daughter wait in line for almost 30mins and this is the crap service we get. read more

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The worst customer service ever both in store and online. I came to return items and the employee just didn't care to see the long line on return/exchange line by doing another task on the floor instead taking care the customer in return/exchange line. Also when I call and chat customer service with my return problem they promised to email me with the solution but never emailed me even after I tried to contact them couple of times. read more

They wouldn't even let me try on anything or check what size of pants I have on (wearing their pant) to know what size I wear. 0 help. They claim they have not enough employees to let me use the fitting room. Bummer I won't be back read more

The return policy is rubbish! Given the current circumstances of holidays and shipping issues you would hope they would be more relaxed on their 30 day return policy. THEY ARE NOT! Even with the receipt and tags on they will not return, exchange, give store credit, or do anything to help meet their customers' needs. This review is both for the store and the company. Customer service was horrendous at both places. After complaining about the same on social media, they asked me to DM them, which I did and received the same lack of help and same answer... anything over 30 days won't be accepted as any type of return/exchange. It's a shame because they have cute clothes! Unfortunately, this is my first and last time shopping with Zara. I feel Anthropologie has similar clothes, better quality, but higher prices. I'm always treated with respect and care when I shops there. I recommend almost any store over Zara. Zara's customer service is so wretched that I just won't ever shop there again! read more

employees are RUDE as heck!!! they act like you asking them anything is the biggest inconvenience and make customers feel like such a burden. While doing an exchange/return the employee tried to make me feel so dumb even though I specifically showed her what was what. the only plus is the store at the most part is pretty clean/organized during the week as it can be with all the craziness, but they don't let you try anything on in store so either have to come back and return (which SUCKS because the line takes 20-30 min) or humiliatingly try it on in the middle of the store. yeah nope imma stick to buying stuff online read more

Updating - the fitting rooms are open during the busy hours now! They do close like an hour before the store closes, but it seems to me they are consistently open otherwise. The staff can be soooo slow at the registers its like no one is on a mission whatsoever but they have some new self checkout kiosks that are honestly pretty amazing. Impressed with the updates read more

I love the clothes in Zara but the experience is always a nightmare. I've been to this store 3 separate times in the past week for various reasons. The first was on a Saturday afternoon and while I'm always prepared for the mall to be busy on a Saturday, Zara always happens to be busiest with a check out line that took an hour to get through. I went back Tuesday afternoon around 4pm to return some of the items I purchased on Saturday (no fitting rooms of course!) and yet again had to wait in line for more than 30 mins to return. Today I was back to try and find a specific item for a wedding I'm going to this weekend and went at 1130 am thinking I could beat the crowds. Guess what? Waited 35 mins in the check out line at 11:30 am on a Wednesday! Their cashiers are slow as hell and they always have only one or two at the stand despite lines out the door and the rest of the employees just walk around the store aimlessly organizing hangers. Luckily for Zara this is a mass market retail brand that people won't stop shopping at but honestly the experience is just horrifying and often I wonder if it's even worth it. The managers of these stores desperately need to make a change. Reopen your fitting rooms to cut back on the amount of people holding up the lines for returns for starters. I guarantee that will make a difference. read more

Like others have said, long wait to get to the registers. Like, I'm literally writing this while standing in line. Been in line for 20 minutes already. Almost at the registers. So, basically, plan that you will need an extra 30 minutes to purchase or return. Recommend buying online and then waiting in line once for the returns. It is Friday morning at 11:45 am. Told by employees that they wouldn't open more registers because it was morning. read more

Rude staff and horribly long lines. I was in line for 30 minutes. Absolutely ridiculous. Will not be coming back to this location again.

The quality of clothing went really down in a couple of years. High turn over rate of employees means they are not properly trained. Bell he once had a professional store director . As of right now it's Lea . She is absolutely unprofessional in every way. Very disappointed in this store read more

Love their clothes my only problem is the line they never open all the cashier's always takes forever to buy something at the store

The customer service at this location is abysmal. I purchased a sweater in September and the first time I wore it, the seam at the shoulder split. I attempted to exchange the item within 30 days, however, I was denied my request. The manager said because I had worn the item, I was not able to exchange it. That is true, I did wear the item. However, there was a defect in the sweater which caused it to come undone at the seam. I would think that they would stand behind the product they sell and offer me the opportunity to exchange it in person at the store. I am very disappointed. read more

I was here again today and they actually closed the men's section because they did not have enough help. Unbelievable.

This store is not worth time: They keep fitting rooms closed seemingly 24/7 forcing people to literally be changing in the middle of a store. What's the point of having the fitting rooms? I ll take my money to another store. read more

Had an armload of clothing I was trying to purchase and the line was literally from the cashier all the way to the opposite end of the store, same situation in kids and mens. Why they had like 2 cashiers on a weekend is really poor planning, and based off these reviews, this wasn't the first time so not sure why they haven't improved. The fitting rooms were closed so perhaps they could've used those sales associates to ring and presumably shouldn't have needed as many floor staff putting away clothes since there were no go-backs. After waiting in a line that moved just 2 people over 10-15 min, I had to leave to go to the bathroom. I asked a (bored) sales associate on the floor if they could hold my purchase and she just looked at me and flatly said no. I ended up leaving the many items I was going to purchase with her to put back. What a waste of time...do not recommend unless you love lines comparable to that of Disneyland. read more

Miserable overwhelmed unhelpful staff, manager runs around super occupied and does nothing to help reduce the customer line, always walk out in frustration for zero below average shopping experience, read more

loving the new faces at Zara.Especially the young man with the tattoos I think his name was Hayden? He was very helpful and kind. He repeatedly apologized and asked us to bare with him that it was his second day but he did an absolutely wonderful job. I had a great conversation with him. read more

Horrible horrible service and staff. One of the managers here was so out of line with customer service. Zara you need to up your customer care game at this store atleast. read more

Very nice and fascinating clothes! Which does make sense since they are QUITE expensive. Not only that, it is very clean, and usually easy to find items. One thing though, is that they could do with more employees. But that's not that bad since the store is already clean itself. This store has very nice clothes, so definitely come! read more

Disgraceful disgusting company. Ordered a dress online. Couldn't fit it over my head and return it ASAP! They sent it back to me and said it was not in good return condition? What!? I didn't even wear it. I called customer service to complain. They were suppose to call me back for a 2nd review. By this time they sent it back to me. I called 2 weeks after and they decided without even seeing the product new with tags, they declined a refund? WTF!!!! Called again to speak to a supervisor and again no call 2 weeks later nothing! They obviously do not care about their customers. Disgusted and disappointed!! I will never ever buy anything from this company again and post this experience everywhere I can. read more

They have very cute clothes, but you will wait in line for up to 25 minutes at times. The line to get inside is often long and the line to check out is just as bad. I've literally left before because I couldn't stand to wait any longer. Where are all the staff members? It really seems like they are understaffed....pretty terrible experience, but cute clothes. read more

Poor customer service. I don't understand why these employees are so snobby, the employee who did my return today doesn't respect the customers time she slowly put every item back on to each hanger and at the end just looked at me and said okay your all set like why was I still standing there? She didn't communicate to me that the return was complete, I asked if I could get a receipt for the refund and she told me I would receive an email. It would be great if she told me that. Returning two items shouldn't take so long especially with the line growing. It's no wonder every other review says lines are outrageous. Does the owner not see these reviews and think I need to fix this it's infuriating. read more

The lines here are a mile long. Cashiers are extremely slow and they are annoyed of customers. Fitting room always closed ( when in other stores have been open for a while). read more

Severely understaffed. We were waiting in line for 38 mins to pay for the items. For the amount of business they do they should hire more people and open all the registers. read more

This store can't even get 1 start from me. They have poor customer service. The manager is horrible and rude as well as the little workers. This company will soon go downhill because of its return policy. Every other company in America allows returns with tags attached even if you don't get full value for it but nope May Zara. I've been shopping with Zara for year around the world but it stops today. I know loosing one customer isn't a big deal but the way these reviews look I'm not the only one. read more

If I can give a ZERO star I absolutely would, Ross my cashier was absolutely disgusting. I asked him if he can recommend a sweater for my special night and he looked at me like a dangerous insect ready to be smashed. I don't know if the long line behind me was intimidating or simply his zero his patience for customer service. He does not belong in customer service, cashier or even ZARA where I spend so much of my money! I will never go back to this location because of him. read more

Clothing is great. The staff doesn't know how to teamwork, I see two employees walking back and fourth trying to look busy instead of jumping in to help out check people out. One poor lady is trying her best to keep up while the others are abusing her kindness. I've been in line for 40 minutes now to buy 1 item. Management needs to do something about this. Just watched an employee hold his phone in his hands responding to a text while carrying 3 hangers from the register to the back and he did that 3 times while there's a line of 20 people. read more

This has nothing to do with covid blah blah blah. This store was always a one star. Employees have 0 knowledge of their product and all of the two cashier working on a busy Saturday looking into a a computer like they've never seen a computer screen before. read more

This place has cute clothes sometimes but you cannot even try sizes on. They don't have fitting rooms open. And there is literally employees standing around in the dressing rooms doing nothing. Covid is over. Open the dressing rooms. read more

This store fits my style and budget for the quality that it provides. I get anxiety walking through the mall for too long, but still need retail therapy from time to time so this is one of my to go stores. I wouldn't get any shoes here because they don't seem that comfortable, but I love the clothes here. I enjoy collecting blazers and the choices here are fashionable enough that I don't look like a middle age politician. Zara carries clothes that I can either wear to work, a business meeting, a day in the park, or night out partying. Tell me about your experience if you've been here or is going to after reading this review:) read more

Good spot in Seattle, much needed for Bellevue! Seattle Zara has been great for the past two years. But this was a great addition to Bellevue. Came here yesterday for their opening. It was busy as expected. The space is much bigger than their Seattle store. Love the separation between men and women store. Their items are the usual: some pretty, dressy, florals, casuals and laid back. Dressing rooms can use a little more cleaning as they seem dusty. They also seem to have a lot of sale items for the opening. Overall, love the transformation of this space. A lot better lay out than Seattle store. Same pretty stuff. read more

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Very bad customer service !!! please avoid Zara store !!! I explained 2 times my issue with a purchase I did for a friend! I bought a wool coat for 169 dollars for my friend, but she had covid and she was not able to return my gift to the store on time! She has not used this coat because it was too small ! running to small definitively! I can proof my honestly with her test result of the covid! they sent me 2 times the same answer: I had 30 days to return or exhange! I was not expected a refund but just an exhange or gift card!!!! Very upset ! please avoid this very bad company!!!!!!! Stupid customer service read more

If you come here, expect long lines (20-30 minutes at a minimum), no dressing rooms and general lack of customer service. There is a serious lack of competent management here. read more

On 08/15 I went to Bellevue store to return an online kid clothing purchase that made during Covid lockdown which Zara company doesn't allow online return until store reopen. The two items have all the tags attached as original and purchase receipt. I understand and accepted now I was informed that it passed the return window and need to contact Zara customer service to explain the Covid situation. I was suggested to talk to the manager by the sale person. I didn't even say anything to the manager, he showed up and looked at the receipt and straight yelling me with big no. He was extremely angry, rude and speak in super loud tone. Any further questions I asked he just said I don't know I don't know. Wow the manager seem so miserable to work here！ read more

By far the worst zara I've been too all over the world! Other than maybe one in London that's pretty busy. There are always insane lines. Today there was a giant line for the checkout which is normal for this location but it had almost an equally long fitting room line. Blows my mind how people keep coming to this store. I've been to this location 2 times. First time I walked out instantly from how messy everything was it gave me anxiety. This time I had to return a few things and didn't want to have to drive downtown to skip waiting in this line for probably a similar long line in DT as well. Next time I'm shipping my returns lol. I really try and avoid going in person to Zara's in Seattle. They're always insanity busy. Not something I enjoy. Also, just to be fair. It's not just the long lines, the store is always a mess and I feel bad for the very few workers there ever is. The whole store looks like go back racks/tables. I'd hate to be an employee at this location. I think I'd go insane. Lastly, the inventory at this store isn't even that great. Will definitely be avoiding this location from now on. read more

They had one person working at the cash register and the line was about 20 people long. Decided to leave and not wait in line for 30 minutes. read more

I would give 0 if I could. It takes an hour to check out every time I'm here. I understand understaffed but so many workers are putting clothes away when they could be checking people out. There's no point of coming in because no one helps you and you have to wait too long to even get your stuff or return read more

I purchased a pair of jeans a week ago (1/3/2020) at the Bellevue store. I was going to wear them a few days ago so took off the tags. I then noticed a tear just below the waistband. I still had the receipt so took it back to the Bellevue store to return as it was defective. After waiting forever in line (usual for Zara even just after they open in the morning), the cashier was processing my return when she called over the manager for an authorization. The male (Asian) manager came over and started getting agitated and said that I needed to get authorization from Customer Service and only after I received the authorization, I could come back to the store to return the item. I was a little confused about this process (my first time returning a defective item), so I asked him why I had to contact customer service. He then loudly started accusing me of wearing, washing and attempting to return the jeans (please note this is one week after I purchased the item). I was taken aback by his unnecessary aggressiveness and decided to deal with this with customer service. What I'd like to point out is even if I did wear and wash the item (which I did not), it should not tear like that one week after purchase. This would be a textbook definition of "faulty" or "defective". Zara should not be selling products that can't hold up for at least a week. This review is being written one week after purchase date. read more

ZARA - Defective jeans - Women's Clothing Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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