Minguita’s Bridal Shop

DO NOT buy anything from this place. My wedding dress was a disaster. They promised me that my dress would here on time. I ordered it 5 months before my wedding day. I ended up getting it the day before my wedding date. It was two ! Sizes smaller
I am lager breasted. The owner is a lier and a story teller.
I regret ever setting foot in that place.

This has got to be the most unproffessional business I ever dealt with. I lost $ 300 in deposit. The quality of work on our dress was extremely unacceptable and they refused to work with us. They wanted more money for issues they were responsible to cover on the first place. I decided to cancel instead of losing more money and time. Save your self.
A parking attendant around there gave us a warning about them the first time we went and we made the mistake to not listen.

Este negocio es de lo peor no hacen bien las costuras de los besttidos cuando les pides q te agan un cambio se hacen las locas te dicen q si y cuando vas a ver el vestido esta todo igual te lo quieren entregar desilado y sin planchar. Estqn bien caros y no tedan nisiquiera el velo mi experiencia fu horrible.

do not buy from minguitas or emilitas bridal.
they take your money and you get no product.
i am out 600.
look em up on bbb 10 complaints only responded to 4.
i want my money

I found this place as one of the authorize sellers for Maggie Sottero. Order my dress and when it was time to pick up they didn’t have it ready, mind you I was going out of the country to get married. After calling everyday I finally got my dress 1 day before I was leaving, they kept me waiting for 3 hours for alterations, rush out of there and didn’t get my certificate of authenticity. They were suppose the provide the thing that goes under the dress, but of course they didn’t and I found out hours away from the wedding so my dress was long enough that I had to carried it. Two weeks after I came back they call with an offer from the company to clean my dress for free. Dumb me, accepted it. Six months after I’m still calling to get my dress back, because they don’t know where they send it and the owner is on vacations for months. I just got a call from one of the brides who ordered the same dress (she was there when i tried mine and ordered it) and told me they r giving her a stain dress which magically has the same stains mine did. Seems like they r giving her my dress. Do not go here they have a very bad reputation. I wish I had read this before. I’m going to take them to court because it is not fair what do to people specially on ur wedding dress

I bought my wedding dress there and it was the worst mistake. At first they were very nice but once I gave them a deposit I never heard from them again! I ordered my dress 8 months before my wedding, they said it would take 3 to 5 months to get there, but it never happened! long story short I got my dress 1 week before my wedding after threatening to involve a lawyer, and to top it off it was the wrong size! there were VERY Very rude and unprofessional please do not wast your money and time.

I’m with Ann K.
After purchasing my gown, I Unilocaled them and saw these terrible reviews. So naturally I want to give my experience with them…
(It’s a little weird they came from ppl that don’t Unilocal much too?)
Anyway, Since I live in NCal my mother took the Southern region to look for my dress. This place had the lowest price! I walk in on the 4^th of April… Check out the dress and try it on (without appt) it was a bit too big around the waist, but the SA Emelita (I believe) assured me they could take care of it.
I didn’t care if I got it taken in or if they ordered it in my size. My MAIN concern was finish time. My Wedding is about 50 days away and I needed this dress fast! I had a major case of dress regret and cracked last week, so this place totally took care of me in less than a week alterations and all! It fits perfectly. They did a good job considering how much fabric they needed to take in and this was included. What? in L.A. Yeah right I thought… Totally blown away with how simple/​quick it all was.
I got THE dress I should have gotten when I began searching for a wedding gown. Seriously brides to be, DON’T get the «2^nd gown because it’s cheaper» …get the gown YOU want. I learned the hard way, I’m just really glad that I got it! Oh man, I would have had 2^nd rate on my wedding day, I don’t know what I was thinking?!
By the way, I’m really stingy with my stars 5 is waiting on you hand and foot status. Just so it’s not a reflection of the business, but of MY rating system. lol.

I was one of the happy ones who did business with Minguita’s. I see some negative reviews out here so I feel compelled to share my opinion. I was taken there by a friend of mine who is a wardrobe designer and had already had some good experience in the past with other brides-​to-​be. After perusing some catalogs, I gave the ladies some ideas on what I was looking for in a wedding gown. The owner of the place went in the back and returned with six gowns. She pointed to one of them and said, «That one will be the one you will choose.». I laughed lightly and shrugged and proceeded to try on the entire lot of what she brought out. Well, she was right! I did choose the gown she thought I would. I had NO TROUBLE with getting my gown on time. They did a GREAT job on what little alterations were needed. No worries, ladies. I was so thrilled with that gown that I never even changed out of it on my wedding day! Give them a try!

I recommend you NOT to even enter the store very rude employees… i swear they treat you like if your asking THEM for money! the only reason i even came in to the store was because it was the cheapest place i found my wedding veil compared to $ 500 dollars in pasadena… so i was like whatever im in a budget ill just order the veil i placed the order the second weekend of july they told me it was going to take 2 weeks for it to arrive an they would call me…2 weeks later no call! so i called they gave me the run around for 2 days saying the person that was in charge of that order wasent in so when i finally got a hold of her (her name is erendira) she told me that they had to do a rush order wich was $ 75 dollars extra wich i did NOT pay bacause she didnt even bother to call me and let me know if it was ok with me so it was going to be ANOTHER 2 WEEKS!!! so 2 weeks later she calls and tells me the veil a purshed was backorder and it will be ANOTHER 2 WEEKS!!! so i went nuts and was like hello idiots isnt that why you did a rush order in the first place i mean i now planning a wedding is a little on the stressful side… but this bridal shop only make it worse for you… i really dont even know how this shop is still in business!!! but i did get my veil after 6 weeks when it only should have been 2!!!

Horrible Customer Service! I ordered my daughter’s prom dress from Minguita’s and they gave me the run-​around about when the dress would arrive. When it finally arrived (4 days before the prom) the dress did not look like an authentic Maggie Sottero dress! It was poorly made! The seams didn’t even line up! I believe they copied the dress and passed it off as a $ 380 Maggie Sottero Flirt. DO NOT ORDER YOUR DRESS FROM THIS STORE!!!

Don’t go here if you want a custom dress made! They ruined my wedding! I lost my deposit and had to scramble a week before my wedding to find replacements for 6 bridesmaids! The owner turned on me and was rude and even yelled at me as I’m crying because it was a week before my wedding! They didn’t offer any suggestions or consolation… their attitude was «ah, your assed out… so sue me bitch!» I was going to take them to small claims court, but I decided «KARMA IS A BITCH» so watch out! They’ll get their’s!

OMG! I wish I had read these reviews before I ordered my dress from them. Seriouly, like everyone else said, DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!!! If I had read the reviews, I would have paid the extra $ 500 it cost to get the dress from a reputable seller than from this place. They are liars, do not do anything they say they will do, and rip you off left and right which pretty much makes up for the extra $ 500 it costs somewhere else. Please, please, do yourselves a favor and don’t buy from here. No bride should have to go through this stress. Things got so bad that I had to get my attorney involved. That should be enough to warn you.]
My story… I ordered the dress from them for $ 500 less than it cost at Mon Ami in Costa Mesa (one of the most reputable bridal stores in CA). I was told alterations were included in the fee. I paid 50% of the deposit for the dress when they only ask for 30% so my balance would not be as much. They told me that they would do a rush delivery (which I paid for) since my wedding was months away. I called a month later and my consultant told me the dress would be here next month. Called the second month and they told me the dress would be here in 2 weeks. Called in 2 weeks and they told me the company is has held production on the dress because of the economy. This got me fired up. I found the manufacturer’s phone number and called them to find out… the dress IS being made. No production was being held. I called Minguita’s and told them that I have this information, and that I was going there on the weekend to pick up my money and that I did not want to do business with them. This scared them and I had one sales rep after another calling me apologizing for the «misunderstanding» and they told me that they would do a rush order that same day. Long story short, after all this mess, I went to try on my dress the day it came for 1^st fitting. Then they tell me alterations are NOT included and that I probably did not understand them (I have 3 witnesses who were there and heard all of this the day I placed my order). Then, they tell me that I need to pay for the rush fee as well, so that was another $ 400 and that if I did not pay them that same day, they would not alter my dress (even though their invoice says the remaining balance needs to be paid the day the dress is picked-​up). I paid them by check and they tried to cash it the same day. When I went for my second fitting, I was told the check bounced and they could not alter the dress. I paid by credit card right away and asked for my check back. I was told the owner had it and he was not in. I was assured by them that they were going to call him and have him rip-​up the check. The very next day they cashed the check as well. SO, they took out twice the amount. Called them for my refund and overdraft fee, Alex assured me that he was going to call his accountant and have him reverse the credit card payment and that he would call me back within a half an hour. Didn’t hear from him and every time I called he was unavailable.
As you can see, this too much of a headache for a measly $ 100 savings. I rather pay another $ 1000 and know that I will not be dealing with a bunch of liars and thieves. Oh, and the Better Business Bureau has been notified about this place and how they operate. I am also in the middle of legal battles with them so they are shut-​down.

I had searched through 9 different bridal shops in LA, both the city and the valley, and could not find an affordable (under $ 1,500) dress that I loved and didn’t make me feel like I was headed to the prom.
I happened upon Minguita’s after searching different designers and seeing this shop carried their dresses. It is in downtown, near the garment district, not the greatest neightborhood. And when I first walked in I thought it was a prom or quincenera shop.
Then I spoke to one of the women there, told her what I was looking for, and she pulled our 3 of the most beautiful dresses that were well priced. Get this, alterations are included in the price. So no suprise $ 400 alteration bill after spending over $ 1,000 on a gown.
I hope you find your own beautiful dress somewhere, this was my great place that no one I know had ever heard of, so I am passing the word along.