Tomato

After going to many dress shops in LA, we decided to check out Tomato. It doesn’t look very big from the outside, but the inside is beautifully designed and such a wonderful place to try on dresses. They had a great range of selections, and I ended up renting two dresses from there. I cannot say enough about Vivian and Mrs. Kim, who were so patient with me and my mom. They went above and beyond, suggesting dresses that would suit my venue and wedding, and most importantly my body type! As another reviewer mentioned, Vivian put up my hair in a flash and accessorized me– that’s when it really felt like I was getting married vs. just trying on pretty dresses. They also altered the dresses so that they fit me like a glove. I cannot say enough about this place, I was so thankful to have found them!

at first i tho price would be too much, but for the quality of work, service u get, this place much much much better.

This review is not for the dresses, and not the flowers. Both of which were lovely. This review is for the photography which is by the same company. I worked along side them at a wedding where we were doing video (I was the second shooter). Over the many years we have filmed weddings I have NEVER worked with someone so rude, inconsiderate and slow. We were tight on time and the photographer would randomly disappear while in the middle of shooting the getting ready shots and everyone would have to stop and wait. Apparently he was changing his lenses but couldn’t he just have a sack for the lenses on him like everyone else? It wasted a ton of time. Also he would not let moments happen. He would pose everything and continually step into the frame to repose people, which ruins the video footage. His second shooter didn’t appear to know what he is doing and would just stand around a lot. Finally when we got to the portrait location he would always use very wide angle lenses which hindered others from getting shots (wide lenses mean that you have to stand really close to the subject) and we had to ask 4 times to get a wide shot so we would have something to work with. He took 2 photos of the bride and groom then 2 or 3 of the bridal party. He again «checked out» mentally and while he did nothing, we grabbed the bride and groom for more video. We did a few more bride and groom after we told him we needed more and he almost didn’t let us because he said he needed to do family. If he hadn’t wasted an hour shooting like a tortoise then we wouldn’t need it. Long story short, he was all over the place at the ceremony, standing in the way, going right up next to the couple to get close shots and being downright rude. The officiant mentioned it, and the wedding planner too. During the reception they stood around a lot and would walk in our shots. Please… if you are getting married do not hire them for photography. They do not work well with others, their work ethic is bad and from what I saw on the back of the camera, it wasn’t even good footage. BUYER BEWARE.

The best service ever… nice people and lots of beautiful dresses. They were so professional in their business and they have affordable price. This place was very comfortable and luxurious. I strongly recommend this wedding shop for future brides. Of course, there might be better shops in the neighborhood but I am leaving my own experience.

I had recently found out I was pregnant 4 months before my wedding date and needed to buy a dress I would look good in at 6 months pregnant. I was also on a budget. they had dresses available for me the day I came in and was so friendly and accommodating. I walked away with the best dress at a really great price! Thank you ladies:)

Don’t get me wrong – this place has all the «essentials» to manage a basic wedding, but that’s about as good as they are: basic. I was a groomsman for a buddy’s wedding. I went in to get my measurements, and the staff was fairly friendly (BEFORE they take your money, then the attitude changes). Their selection of fabrics are honestly just mediocre and the same cheap Chinese made stuff you can get anywhere in downtown LA. Everything you need will be «nickle and dimed». I’ll admit, as a guy, whose groom is also getting married for the first time in his life – we are completely «clueless» as to what is needed, and what is not. The staff basically throw together your typical «tux» set, without giving much explanation as to what we are renting (cuts, styles, slim fit? regular fit?) – nothing was explained up front. As a «bridal and wedding» professional, I would expect a little more expertise in explaining the options (as well as costs). When I arrived for the fitting, I was charged for my portion (which was fine) – but when I inquired about shoes, vests, cuff links, etc – they told me they were an «extra charge». When inquiring about a possible silver-​colored vest to go with a silver bow tie – the answer was «no you dont need vest – it’s too hot!». Shoes were an extra $ 20, and everything else. Essentially a $ 100 rental was actually well over $ 180+. None of this was explained up front. I would also admit that it was perhaps the grooms’ fault for not «properly going over everything” – but as a tux rental company, you should’t tell the customer what you need and don’t need. We also did not receive any itemized list of what we were getting, nor a list of services to be rendered – simply just a blank piece of paper, with a dollar amount. When we finally realized that our «deal» was actually anything BUT a «good deal” – we decided to venture out to explore other rental shops, one being Friar Tux. The staff at Friar Tux sat us down (like any wedding planner), and showed us their different lines, the colors, the fabrics, and a basic «do’s and don’ts» for any person is getting married for the first time in their life. What most rental shops rent is not simply just some «cheap ol tux», but rather their knowledge and expertise (it’s not everyday you just get married). After only 15 minutes at Friar Tux, our entire group knew EXACTLY what we wanted, our colors, our sizes, and cuts, etc. Friar Tux provided us a very detailed and itemized list of what we were renting, and it’s cost. After everything added up, Tomato was actually a lot more expensive than Friar Tux. Expressing our discontentment to Tomato, we still wanted to see if they can maybe put together a «better» package based on our newly-​acquired knowledge – and they just couldn’t do it. I am never the type to just act like an «entitled customer», and I tried really hard to try to «work something out» and give Tomato the business (as they were «referred» to us by a good friend) – but business is business, and at the end of the day, we decided to go with Friar Tux instead. Not only did Tomato refuse to cancel our order (nothing else was done other take some measurements, nothing was actually «made» or delivered), they would NOT give us back ANY of the money we paid. I was charged $ 109 on my credit card (was supposed to be just a hold/​deposit), but they would not refund any of the $ 109. After contacting my credit card company to dispute the charges (as NO product nor service was ever delivered, NOR was there any real contract), the charge was reversed and I thought we could all simply move on and focus on planning the rest of the wedding.
Instead, the staff at Tomato wedding DISPUTED and APPEALED my chargeback – demanding the $ 109 for my «phantom» tux I never received nor even laid eyes on. I am not sure how these guys do business. Granted – if they had actually «customized» and tailor a tux for me, and I decided I didn’t want it anymore, I can relate to their appeal. But – all they really did was take measurements. I don’t ever recall getting a charge for the FULL amount of a tux/​suit I purchase by simply taking some measurements. I really did not want to write this review, but after receiving some letters from my bank indicating a merchant appeal – I had to make this post to let people know that they are thieves. I’m sure there are many of you readers who have had good feedback, and a happy wedding – but I just want to warn those «shoppers» to GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING! After looking through their store «policies», on the bottom of their invoice, there IS small print regarding cancellations – which is a 30% charge (which I can relate) – but for them to try to keep ALL our money, without delivering, that is just plain shady business. To the readers, beware of this place, do your own research, and if you do opt to do business with Tomato – get everything itemized and in writing. UNPROFESSIONAL

Vivian is such a talented designer. I called for an appointment after my mom and I happened to drive by her store on our way to a different bridal store. The store itself is so beautiful and relaxing. I tried on a few dresses and she was excited when we suggested some alterations and additions on our dresses — she added an off-​the-​shoulder covering to the ceremony dress I chose, as well as some straps and neckline details to my reception dress. This basically meant I got to wear one-​of-​a-​kind dresses that she tailored to my body as best as she could :) It was wonderful. I always felt so paid attention to and taken care of when I went into her store.
I also was able to get my bridesmaids’ dresses from her. She allowed us to ship one bridesmaid’s rental dress over to Boston, since one of my girls lives outside of California, so that she could tailor it herself. She was very understanding and considerate of my concerns. She was also very creative and organized.
When you rent a dress from Tomato, you also get to rent all of your accessories & veil from them too, included in the price. All you have to bring are your wedding shoes.
The only down side was that I wasn’t allowed to take pictures of my dresses to show my friends before the day — but maybe that was for the better :)
Street parking was always really easy to find, right in front of the store, for $ 1/​hour.

I went with Tomato for the wedding dress, bride’s veil, jewelry, bridesmaids dresses, groomsmen suits, and the wedding flowers. It was a one stop shop for everything for a very good deal!
Vivian helped me pick out the wedding dress according to my face+body type. She has a knack in choosing dresses and styling the bride. She took apart the laces on my arms to fit my body, it took a lot of work, but she patiently listened to our concerns and made it look amazing.
Mrs. Kim tailored our bridesmaids dresses very carefully, we had some friends who live outside of LA, she made corset for the bridesmaid who couldn’t come in for a fitting. What a brilliant idea that saved so much time!
The photos will say a thousand words… please see my photos!
Ria the florist is so talented, she is meticulous and went above my expectations! My flowers were gorgeous and just the way I wanted. She even drove out with me to see the venue weeks before the wedding to visualize for the day. I really appreciate her kindness and genuine desire to deliver quality.
Thank you so much to Vivian, Mrs. Kim and Ria for you hard work, and making my wedding day perfect!!! They are passionate about what they do and you will enjoy working with them. I will miss going to the shop.

rented two beautiful dresses from tomato and I couldn’t be happier! I checked out three other shops in ktown and tomato had the best selection. the dresses at other shops looked a little cheap. can’t say why, but tomato has a beautiful selection and I couldn’t choose one so i got both for a great price!
Vivian is an excellent seamstress with an eye and skills to have the dress confirm to your body. can’t say enough good things!

I rented a couple of dresses for my Prewedding Photoshoot from Tomato. They are STUNNING! Vivian also provided free accessories with the dresses. She also altered the dresses to fit my size. I wish they have more colorful gowns. Unfortunately, most of their selections are white wedding dresses or simple bridesmaids dresses. I recommend checking their dresses out if you need a dress to rent.

Tomato Tomato!
For my first visit, I came here to wait for my then-​boyfriend to get fitted for a suit for as best man. The suit sleeve was short and they had promised they would address the issue but one the day of the wedding I noticed they did not even fix the short sleeves… so it looked unproportional.
My bridal experience was nothing but awesome-​sauce! I went there for my appointment and the place is pretty swanky to me for a koreatown bridal shop. Vivian there was a sweetie she is the stylist she can in and waved her wand in my hair and put a few bobby pins in and BAM! My hair was in an up-​do faster than I could blink. Both me and my girlfriend were like WAHHH 0.0! We played the game. we picked a few then they suggested a few. Vivian and the assistant Kim would just look me up and down and then but a sash here or a bow there and Ta-​da! Beautiful dress, Beautiful bride-​to-​be. They really know how to sell you on their services! Loved my treatment but like some maybe when the big day comes something might not go as plan with the dresses.

I went to Vivian to due my dress. Overall, it was a great experience and my dress came out fabulous! She basically mimicked a dress that I always wanted and I felt so beautiful on the day of my wedding!
She also gave me package deal where she threw in the tuxes with my dress to rent.
And she rented out a beautiful sash to go with the dress.
Great job!

I can say without question that I had one of the best experiences of my life. With the service and professionalism of Tomato. They absolutely took care of me and my wife. We did the engagement photos which came out awesome and was fun. They helped my wife choose a dress, Which they have quite a lot I thought. Groomsmen tux. And bridesmaid dresses, flowers honestly we did it all here and they took care of us. Tomato Thank you Love Chris & Jenny

So one star is for my beautify wedding dress. One star is for the okay price.
They were all super nice before I did the contract but after I was locked in, I could see the attitude change.
But I wouldnt write a negative review just because of that.
Vivian’s assistant Mrs. Kim took care of me after the contract was done.
She was not happy when we requested changes and revisions. With attitude, she would say okay but I learned that she didn’t actually fix anything.
On my wedding day, my maid of honor’s dress had a problem where the zipper was. This was an already discussed subject and it came as we saw in the dress shop. It looked ugly on the back. I texted Vivian and she sent a new one in the morning of my wedding day but what a stress on the big day. Also they sent a wrong size for bestman’s shirt and it wouldnt close. The right one was sent with the maid’s dress but even my husband was freaking out since we got it.
This was my experience with this shop.

I got my wedding dress here along with all of my bridesmaids dresses. Vivian who is the owner is amazing! She’s all about making sure you get the wedding dress you want and she will work with you to customize the hell out of the dress until it’s your style. She will tweek this and that, add this and that, cut this and that out of your dress to make it perfect just for you. I wanted a mermaid style dress with a long semi dramatic train. My first visit there… I tried on a mermaid dress she already had and she was able to add more material to the bottom of the dress to show me how it would look. She knew exactly what I wanted and I really didn’t have to say much… she totally amazed me. Compared to other wedding dress boutiques in ktown… tomato has the best selections and prettiest dresses for sure. Vivian is an excellent designer and I’m so glad I went to her for my dress. Her prices are amazing too.

Tomato was great! Got our groom, groomsmen, fathers tux from here! The ladies who work here are so sweet and professional!
Went to other Korean bridal tux places (there’s ALOT) and prices were all roughly the same! The only difference with this place that caught my eyes were that the place itself looked very modern/clean…and…the ladies who worked there brought good vibes when we walked in! Thanks tomato for a great smooth experience!

The entire wedding party (4 bridesmaids, 4 groomsmen, bride, groom) got all our dresses/​tuxes custom made and rented from this place. In short, worst dress-​fitting experience I’ve ever had. The ladies who work here are completely unprofessional and rude. Here are a general list of complaints:
1. All the bridesmaids were scattered from different parts of the state, so rather than try to accommodate all of our schedules separately, they request we measure ourselves and email in our sizes. It was unnerving to have to rely on measurements taken on your own, especially if you have no experience in such matters… and sure enough…
2. They ended up getting 3 out of 5 girls’ sizes wrong. One girl’s dress wouldn’t even stay up because it was so loose. The MOH and THE BRIDE’S dress, however, were way too small. Rather than admit that it was their mistake and remake/​fix the dresses…
3. They told us to lose weight! To top it off one woman would inappropriately GRAB, SQUEEZE, and SLAP (not even exaggerating) at the muffin top coming out of the way-​too-​small dress OF THE BRIDE commenting who-​knows-​what in Korean while laughing. It was traumatizing to witness, especially for people unfamiliar with Korean language/​culture.
4. Furthermore, they cannot speak English very well, and very obviously treat Korean-​speakers with better service than non-​Korean speakers. As someone who is not Korean, it was very difficult to communicate with them to make appointments and such.
5. They completely forgot to make one tux, and did not finish it until THE MORNING OF the wedding.
6. They gave the bride rental earrings with a stud missing.
If I could give them 0 starts out of 5, I would. They are completely unprofessional and flat-​out rude. I was not involved in the payment process, so I cannot comment on the price, but my opinion is that no amount of price-​discount is worth such horrible customer service and treatment for someone’s big day.

We had the worst service possible. The ladies here lack patience and don’t know how to treat a new bride. They want to rush you out. They kept telling us not to try on dresses just because they thought they couldn’t make a sale. One of the benefits
Of this place is the ability to customize dresses but we looked at a dress that had sleeves added and the workmanship was horrible. You could see all of the seams. It did not look good. Horrible place, worst service, few options. Bella down the street is a much better option if you are looking to rent.

All brides looking for a place to rent their dress and their bridesmaids’ dresses should steer clear of this place. My friend got married in April of this year and had purchased a package from this place to rent her dress and all the bridal party/​groomsmen attire.
My friend does not live in Los Angeles so she basically had good communication with Tomato through the phone. Vivian had assured her that the bridesmaids could come in a couple weekends before the wedding and they will have it fitted and ready for us by her wedding day.
This is unbelievable news to me since I didn’t even know a place could alter things so quickly. Three weeks before her wedding I had called him to make my appointment, when they asked me for my size… they sounded a little bit worried and asked me to come in ASAP. I know I am not a stick thin person but jeez.
When I got in for the fitting, they showed me the dress and had me try it. They altered it a bit and I thought, simple enough. The maid of honor came with me but did not try hers at that time and scheduled her fitting for the weekend after.
The weekend after came and the MOH came in to try her dress, she came in and they brought out… just the top part of the dress, the corset part and fit her with that. They said that they didn’t have enough dresses to fit our party so they told us that one bridesmaid will have to wear a different dress but same color.
Really. We don’t come in to pay for a rental and have them not have the dress we paid for, AND furthermore there were only 4 BRIDESMAIDS, how can you not have enough dresses for the 4 of us.
Not only did we feel fat after coming here, but they told one of the bridesmaids to do some arm exercises so she can «lose some arm fat», the bride came in for a fitting a week before the wedding and they gave her the wrong dress to try then when they found out they didn’t even touch the one she picked, they frantically altered it that day; AND they gave the wrong sizes to the bridal party and groomsmen. A complete MESS.
That’s not even the worse part. The MOH did not get another chance to come in and get sized so they just gave her whatever size they had and even though she fit it, it was so tight that it was stabbing her in the rib. 30 minutes before the ceremony… the dress zipper busted wide open and we literally had to sow her into the dress.
Please for your special day, save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else.

Okay, so originally, I wanted this Vera Wang dress and my fiancé said NO. =(LOL. I guess spending $ 10k on a dress I would only wear once does seem a little crazy (although if you gifted me $ 10k dress, I would take it in a split second). Many of my friends who got married before me told me to rent a dress since they regretted buying theirs. They have no use for it again and it’s just sitting in a box in storage.
So onto Koreatown I went! I found myself at Tomato Wedding at the recommendation of my coordinator. I showed Vivian the dress I wanted and she pulled out a dress that looked almost exactly like it. I tried it on and fell in love: of course they had to make a few adjustments. For example, I wanted the ruffles to start a little higher on the dress (to hide my belly! LOL). She was super nice about it and very accommodating.
I went to 3 dress fittings, the last one being a week before my wedding. My weight tends to stay the same no matter how much I work out, so not many alterations needed to be made. Vivian provides everything from the dress, sash, veil, jewelry, under garments, etc., all inclusive in the cost. During my last fitting, I told her I wanted a sash… she was very patient with me while I went through every sash she had. She was also very nice when I changed the sash I wanted when I picked up the dress. She was easy to work with, nice, and professional. What more can you ask for?
I received compliments, comments and questions throughout the entire night about my dress… and not just the expected, «your dress is gorgeous», but people actually asked about the details of my dress… like where I got it, where Tomato is located, etc.
In the end, I was super happy with my dress and my fiancé didn’t have to kill me for going over budget. Kekekeke.