David’s Bridal

I Went to David’s Bridal with my wife and daughter to look at wedding dresses for the first time. My daughter had made an appointment and we were cordially greeted and introduced to Ala, our assigned consultant. Don’t settle for just any consultant, ask for Ala. This young lady knows her craft. She interviewed my daughter on what she was looking for and guided us to a selection of dresses for her to try on. Ala made several wonderful suggestions and helped find accessories that completed that perfect look. I was pleasantly surprised at the prices, especially with the sale they have going on right now until the 22^nd of March. I think this was very much a «Say Yes To The Dress» experience and we owe it all to Ala. I think we will buy the bridesmaid dresses here also!

I went to David’s Bridal just to look and see what they had for wedding dresses. I wasn’t expecting on finding anything or buying one for that matter. I tried on at least 4 dresses, nothing really sparked my eyes. Then one of the associates brought out a couture dress, tried it on, I walked out and immediately started crying and I knew it was the one! It pulled on my heart strings. I didn’t even want to know the price, I knew it was mine. The associates helped me with every dress giving me their undivided attention. When I told them this was it, they gave me a bell to ring and I rang that bell like there was no tomorrow and didn’t want to stop! David’s Bridal is the place to go for getting that special attention while looking for that special dress. I will definitely refer them to my family and friends. Thank you David’s Bridal!

Amazing people & amazing customer service. I went in knowing only the colors I want for my wedding. Javier went the extra mile in helping me find the perfect dresses for my bridesmaids. He was very patient and kind and gave a lot of insight. I’m so thankful that he was there! After he helped me pick the dresses, Liz helped me set up a wedding profile and Wishlist so when I come back with my bridesmaids, my visit will be stress free! I am booking my bridal fitting and specifically asking for Javier. Thank you for being so professional and kind!

if i can give a 0 stars. but here is not an option, we show up yesterday at 9:55am for my daughter app at10 am.
the girl at front say Javier will be theone helping us. and he was going to be there at 10 am. so we start looking around the store, by 1015 no Javier and no one else helping us. i ask the girl at front to getme some one else, well by 1025 another girl came over and start helping us. that poor girl who was also helping some one else,
usually they give to the brides a bra for the fitting. my daugther did not get one, they help to fit the dress so they can picture it w/​vail and all, they did not, my daugther was given the dress and thats it, the talk they give us did not match w/​service horrible service my dauther got so stress she cry 1 hour 3 dresses 0 attention. my girl was crying because you did not give her the time and ignor her, not because she think she is not a beautifull bride. (thats wat the girl at david bridal toll her) to be my girl first wedding and first place to look for a dress it was to say the least horrible. fyi Javier show up and did not even try to help us. what a Diva.

I bought a wedding dress from another boutique and at the last minute I realized I hated it. I went to David’s bridal in Oxnard frantic-​I needed a new dress and fast! Liz and her girls came through for me. They helped me find the dress of my dreams on a tight budget. They also had the alterations done perfectly. I really appreciate what they did for me! Thank you Liz and your girls!

I’m not sure what’s with all the negative reviews. Granted, I went on a Monday night, and there was only one other girl trying on dresses, but I had a great experience! If you’re expecting a «Say Yes to the Dress» experience, this is not your bridal shop, but that’s not my style and I thought this was perfect!
I had «favorited» dresses on their site, but when I arrived, I told my consultant, Javier, that they were a bit out of my price range. Using the pictures, he initially pulled 3 dresses for me to try on, all well within my budget. Each one was really beautiful and so fun to twirl around in, but the first one I put on is the one I’ll get to wear for my groom!
Javier was more than willing to help in every way, but not hovering or intrusive like I’d come to expect based on those horrible shows. Javier and the manager, Liz, also picked out a veil and headpiece which went perfectly with my dress. (Yeah, I realize this is upselling, but you can’t blame ‘em for doing their job and now I don’t have to worry about picking out a veil.) I was able to enjoy the moment of finding «the one» dress with my mom and sisters by my side, and David’s Bridal made it so special for me.
I’m typically an incredibly indecisive person, but this was the most fun and easiest part of wedding planning so far! Thanks for such a great experience, Javier and Liz!

The initial person helping me was very sweet and helpful. Unfortunately it was very busy and she was split between me and someone else so there was a lot of time just standing in the dressing room waiting. When my salesperson became super busy with the other group, the manager came over and helped me but I felt very pressured by her to buy something that day. She kept asking, «what could we do to get you to take this home today?» I really wasn’t planning to buy anything that day because it was my first time buying a wedding dress. I did not like feeling pressured by the manager and I left feeling let down.

I can’t even tell you how wonderful Sam was! She was so very personable and helpful and beyond sweet! Love love love her! Thanks Sam, for making my dress buying experience perfect!

While the dress was beautiful and they had it in time for my wedding-​the day of the wedding it would not zip up (when I went in for my final fitting they warned me it would stick-​but not zip up!) we had 6 people try plus a pair of pliers-​so we gave up-​then 5 minutes before the ceremony the eye and hook broke off the dress-​so I ended up with an open back and nothing to help hold it up. Thankfully my grandma and sil were able to rig it with a safety pin and the hanger straps. I still have yet to go talk to them but I doubt anything will be done.

Not a good experience at all. Why in the world would anyone in this day and age demand that I give out my personal email, my phone number and the date of my event? I’ve had my identify taken and it’s not a fun situation.
Also there were very few dresses in later sizes plenty of size 2 and smaller.
The salesman was new and I felt like there was a parrot in the room. I would say how much I’d this please? His answer was polite but repeated my question then had to go and ask.
Why not have him shadowed?
It was VERY fustrating.
Not a good shopping experience at all.
It’s NONE of David’s business what my personal phone number is or my email!!!

About two months ago, I visited the Murrieta store (located in the Village Walk Plaza). I tried on a few dresses, but knew the second I tried on wedding dress, WG3482, I found MY dress.
I contacted the Murrieta store and spoke with Kori, September 28. Unfortunately, MY dress was sold out at this location. However, Kori was able to find MY dress at another location…145 miles from my home. I contacted the Oxnard store (located at 1865 East Ventura Boulevard). MY dress was there!
I made the purchase over the phone and asked if the store could possibly hold MY dress. Natalie said, «No problem and that MY dress will be in something called «Manager’s Exception». Since I was coming to Simi Valley to visit my family the next day (September 29), to ship MY dress to me was not necessary.
We arrived at the Oxnard location and I was on cloud nine! I was filled with so much excitement, that when I walked in my store, I think I was I was actually skipping!
There were two women at the front counter, checking out a woman who found her dress. There was a woman with her small child and two other associates in the store. After the woman made her purchase, Ashlee walked her out with dress in tow. The other woman (store manager) went back to finish with the other customer.
When Ashlee came back in the store, she greeted me, was friendly and asked how could she assist me… I explained why I was there. Ashlee appeared to have a question. She excused herself and went to speak to the store manager. From where I was standing, I could hear how the store manager was speaking to Ashlee. The conversation was totally inappropriate. I could hear how disrespectfully Ashlee was spoken to.
Ashlee came back and she was obviously shaken by the conversation she had just encountered. A store manager myself, I was surprised the store manager, didn’t take this opportunity to coach Ashlee in the moment. What a wonderful opportunity to coach her. But instead, the store manager, belittled Ashlee and made my excitement, turn to complete disgust.
I was so upset and taken back, I approached the store manager, as she was standing with a male associate and expressed my disappointment. Yes, the store manager apolgized. But the damage was already done. She took my excitement and turned it upside down. She ended up helping Ashlee and appeared like she cared.
MY dress was presented to me in a plastic bag on a hanger. However, I was not asked if I wanted to try it on, nor was I shown the dress. MY dress was in a plastic, none see through bag, hanging on a hanger. I was not asked if I wanted to see MY dress, instead, it was just hanging there.
I grabbed the dress and walked to a dressing room, where I proceeded to try on MY dress. I wanted to show my mother and daughter MY dress. It was about 7 minutes until the store closed and yes, I understand the store associates wanted to leave. But I knew I could get MY dress on, change back into my clothes and be out the door by 9:00.
When I took MY dress out of the plastic bag, it was soaked in some chemical. I wasn’t told that the dress was treated with something, nor did I know the dress was WET! I feel MY dress was possibly damaged with what ever was sprayed on the dress. I will have to take MY dress to a dry cleaners to see if there was any damage.

So in my previous review David’s Bridal called and said one of the dresses would not arrive on time, update that dress arrived in the wrong size. Today one of her Bridesmaids had appointment at one of their stores when she arrived she was told the dress had not arrived and in fact would not be available by August 17^th 2015. So as of today two of three dresses have been received, which does us no good without the other two dresses. Thankfully Nordstrom’s had 5 dresses in stock today and will be here by 6^th of August, provided tracking numbers to confirm deliver.
Stay away from this company they cannot deliver what they sell.
Thank you

Samantha was absolutely amazing with helping me find my dress today. My wedding is coming up in January and I also found out I was pregnant. Because my family doesn’t know this Samantha kept this very private between us and she helped me find a dress that would fit me perfectly when I am 6 months pregnant when I have my wedding. Thank you so much Samantha.

When I went back to the store for the bridal dress fitting I was warmly greeted by the manager. She was very accommodating. My maid of honor and I did continue our shopping and found a dress at a different store. When my maid of honor and I came in to pick up the dress we ordered we stated that we had found a dress that we liked better at another store. The manager knowing we were disappointed with the dress we ordered refunded our money. That is good business. She was extremely helpful and friendly. She just wanted us to be happy. She made a bride and her maid of honor very happy and satisfied. Thank you for going the extra mile. By the way everyone loved my wedding gown that I purchased at David’s Bridal in Oxnard! I got so many compliments and felt so pretty in it.

Title: «WHERE ARE YOUR BOOBS?»
I held off writing a review but after sharing my experience with my bridesmaids they said I should do it to help other future brides…
I walked in early to a weekday afternoon appointment I made for trying on wedding dresses. They told me it would just be a minute until someone could help me… one minute quickly turned to twenty. I didn’t let it bother me too much but felt bad for my bridesmaid that had asked for a longer lunch break just to be kept waiting with me.
When my consultant finally introduced herself she wasn’t as bubbly or friendly or excited really that I was getting married. Which was kind of a disappointment after trying gowns at two other bridal salons where they at least pretended to be.
I still didn’t let that get me down because I was there to find the dress for one of the happiest days of my LIFE! What really kind of made matters worse was she assumed my bra size (tiniest sz). So that really shouldn’t bother most woman unless you are like me and as flat as can be. On the opposite side if you were a heavier girl would you like someone guessing your size? Smaller sized girls still do feel self conscious about some parts of their body for those who obviously don’t know. Okay whatever, she assumed my bra size no biggie right? Well it turned very insulting after she put the bra top undergarment on me and asked «WHERE ARE YOUR BOOBS?» I WISH I was making this up and trusted previous reviews. Needless to say I didn’t end up getting my dress that day. And guess what my future husband loves my tiny boobs.

I’m sorry but the service was horribly well managed. I was helped by 4 different people… 3 of them were «new» and the other one had to be some sort of manager. Place was dirty. The employees were acting too «snooty» for what it was. The wait time is horrible too. So not organized. I’m glad I spent my
Money elsewhere.

I wish I could say this store is awesome, but I found it had much to be desired. While my consultant, Sam, was very nice and helpful, the overall operation needs work.
First of all, coming from SB and never having seen David’s Bridal in Oxnard before, I assumed it would be bigger than it actually was. It’s in a strip mall and is one of the smaller stores. This fact alone is worth looking elsewhere — I found their selection was very limited.
Their computer system looks like it belongs in the 1980s. They printed out my «favorites» that I had chosen online in tiny thumbnails in black and white that I could barely distinguish.
I had an appointment for 12:30 and had to wait over an hour to begin because they were backed up. This made sense when I walked to the back of the store and realized there were only like 4 dressing rooms.
A lot of favorites I wanted to try weren’t in the store, and many dresses they put on me were not my size and had to be held together with clips. I was disappointed in their lack of overall selection.
I would give a different David’s Bridal location a second chance, but only after I check Unilocal reviews and find a bigger store with a better selection (in LA).

This location may be small, but that doesnt mean they dont have plenty of dresses and staff willing to serve your needs!
A friend and I went in needing a last minute dress after both our ball-​gowns turned out to be duds! (i ordered online from a separate place)
not only did we find PERFECT dresses, (I’m plus size and pregnant. not an easy person to find a dress for!) but I am now very excited to go to the Navy Ball!
David’s bridal is not JUST for wedding dresses! They have special occasion dresses for every occasion.
I will only go to them for my dress needs !

I really had high hopes for David’s Bridal… but this location disappointed. I made an appt for 2pm on a Saturday, on 2÷28÷15. Why oh why did I do that?!
Arrived 5 min late and learned that my Sales Consultant was busy. Ok, no prob.
Looked around and was surprised at the limited size of the building — smallest DB I’ve ever been to… little did I know how much this would aggravate me later…
In the meantime, the Manager pulled up my online profile and printed my favs (with very tiny thumbnail photos for each dress) — in black & white. (Their website is broken, and won’t allow you to print, unless you just hit «print page»). 10 – 15 min later, my Sales Consultant found me, seeming hurried and rushed.
Found a dressing room and had the Consultant start pulling dresses. Tried to pull 1 more chair over to my dressing room area, so each of my 3 friends had a chair, and was told we couldn’t move chairs. Um, ok??? There were no mirrors in the dressing rooms, so I had to walk out and show my friends, even if I knew I didn’t like the fit.
Thirty minutes in, my Consultant would start vanishing for long periods of time??? I later saw that she was helping others. Again, ummmm, didn’t I make an appt for 1 – 1.5 hrs? If you had others booked, perhaps you should’ve told me? Also, about 45 min in, the place started looking like a zoo. Bridezillas everywhere — representing every color of the rainbow, every width and height (all running into each other) since the dressing rooms were so close together. Again, no chairs for friends/​family — wayyy too many hens standing in the aisle ways. Each time I walked out, I didn’t want to show the entire place my dress and get that female up-​down look over from 20 sets of eyes!!! «She looks better than me», or «that dress looks like $hit on her.» Oy vey!!!
It was a clusterf#% to say the least. Similar to shopping at Costco on a Saturday — horrible and irritating.
To get the H$&@ outta there, I tried on the dress I liked the most and got all «jacked up», and was «meh» about it, mostly because I didn’t ENJOY the experience. I was tainted and crabby as hell. Yes, it’s an affordable wedding dress venue, but customer service should NOT suffer, no matter what is being sold.
Recommendations: keep more folks on staff for appts made, and/​or staff up on Saturdays. Also, spreading out the brides in the dressing rooms would’ve helped relieve some of the aisle congestion.
If you make an appt, ask if you will have a DEDICATED SALESPERSON. Ask to be placed in the furthest dressing room possible. Otherwise, I wouldn’t go. You will leave feeling disappointed and aggravated as I did.
Good luck out there, fellow Ventura County brides-​to-​be. I’d check out a certain bridal shop in Camarillo instead if I were you. (Read my next review!)

Both my daughter and my future daughter-​in-​law purchased their wedding dresses here. Couldn’t be happier!
Professional staff. Never made us feel rushed or bothersome.
The alterations woman was amazing.
We all felt very pleased with the cost of the dress.
The experience couldn’t have gone any smoother.
Very happy Mom.