M Daskal

This is a one of a kind store! There is a wide variety of clothes, jewels, and assorted trinkets and most things are handmade by local artists so you find pieces there that you won’t find anywhere else! Everything in the store is beautiful and I really think there is something fun for everyone to find

Had to post a great review after our experience in the boutique this morning and seeing all the negative feedback left.
My husband and I went here on our last day in Cali before getting lunch at Georges at the Cove and heading home. We were looking for a few specific home items for our kitchen as souvenirs, and although Milan didn’t carry these in her shop, she directed us where to go and look for them. She gave great detail on the beautiful and unusual items on her lovely shop, the background of where they came from and the story behind the designers. Her merchandise is rare and exquisite!
We just returned from India and her shop is the only place we have seen several authentic items we purchased there as well.
Her boys were also in the shop, who were polite and welcomed us into the store, adorable and respectful, engaging with us as we shopped.
I bought a beautiful cotton and bamboo blend scarf that we hadn’t planned in our vaca budget and she gave us a very gracious deal on it.
Thank you Milan, u were a blessing to us and brightened our day! We will definitely be back on our next stay in LaJolla.

Most Unique and Amazing Boutique in La Jolla! Milan is an «all hands on» owner that cares and brings the best of the best to her shop. I love supporting local business’s and finding something cool and different. This is the place to do that… you won’t be disappointed.

The stars were completely aligned when I went to Unique Boutique yesterday. Milan had just closed up shop and was heading out with her little boy running down the alley, when I stopped her and asked if she knew the location of a shop I was looking for — Unique Boutique. She graciously opened the shop back up for me, AND allowed me to exchange an item, something typically against store policy that she again, so graciously last week offered my husband when he purchased a gift for my birthday, but needed to make sure I could exchange it (because he knows whatever he chose would probably not be what I am currently into :)
For these two reasons I couldn’t imagine a better transaction. I am grateful for her today, and I hope others who may read the negative reviews here please take into account that owners and salespeople aren’t always perfect. They have complicated lives too, and often our expectations of what that «should» look like, makes us react and post in anger. I am in no way making excuses for anyone’s experience of subpar customer service, I just want to suggest that a «horrible store owner,» would never ever offer what she did to both my husband last week, and to me today.

Super nice boutique with some really unique stuff. The front desk gal was attentive and to the point and she didn’t try to push anything, just answered all my questions completely. I’m very particular and liked the very nice assortment of high-​end clothing. I read some other Reviews before writing my own and simply don’t believe what others have to say. As they say, point one finger and three will point back. I truly believe that people who write negative reviews are just plain mean.

Great experience at M. Daskal’s. The owner, Milan, was so kind and helpful, I find her wonderful! There was another customer in her boutique at the same time I was there and this customer was raving about how special Milan is. It was fun, felt like a real community. And of course, the items in the store are incredible, lots of special pieces that are just beautiful. Thank you Milan! You made my day.

HORRIBLE — stay away from this place. I would give my money to another small business without a horrible store owner. There are bad reviews for a reason!

I have to write a positive post here after reading all of these negative posts. First of all, I am a tourist who went into her store dressed in gym clothes and the owner had no idea who I was. She not ou was respectful, she was helpful to me with business outside of her shop that was completely unrelated to her. I purchased a necklace from her in 14k rose gold and with a special type of Swarovski pendant. I always have my eye out for these, literally all over the world, and can never find them anywhere! The owner is an incredibly smart, independent woman who is very knowledgable in her trade. The fact that she has signs in her store to not touch, is not a sign of rudeness. It is her store and it is to protect one of a kind items that aren’t able to be replaced by 1,000 others just like it from the back storage closet. When someone shops at a retail store and buys the «floor model,» they typically receive a discount because of the wear and tear, scratches, etc that the item has. Her do not touch signs are there to ultimately serve the customer. If you were to buy something there, would you really want to have to buy something that’s one of a kind, yet damaged because it was on display in her store? Its only respectful to treat her store like you would another persons home. «Look, but do not touch.» Didn’t we learn this as young children? Why is this such an inconceivable notion? When I buy something, I expect it to be in good condition when I buy it. What has happened to people’s common sense these days? Why is it rude for someone to protect their things and keep them in good condition for people who actually appreciate them?
Having said all of this, her boutique is much higher quality than most and yet reasonably priced. She’s been there 15 years and has an incredible selection. Her location is ideal and I appreciate her taste. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but don’t let a few disgruntled people deter you from a fantastic boutique!

My family and I stopped into this «boutique» this afternoon and were met with a ridiculously racist and rude shop owner who called the police on us for speaking our native language.
Some of our family friends were visiting from Canada so we were all speaking in a mix of English and Persian (a very common language to hear in San Diego, and California at large) and catching up, having a great time.
We stopped into this shop after visiting a few vintage and antique stores, so we were wondering if this store carried secondhand items as well — especially since the shoes showed signs of wear and there was only one of each item in the store. My mom asked the shopkeeper if the items were secondhand (not in any condescending manner) and the shopkeeper shot back in the *rudest* tone «Are you wearing secondhand clothing?»
We were pretty surprised and thought maybe there was some confusion. So my mom clarified the question and the shopkeeper rudely hissed back «Well??? Are your clothes secondhand? I’m the owner here and I don’t know if these are secondhand.»
Pretty confusing, so a family friend (who happens to be a retail buyer) asked where she bought the items from. She said her daughter does the buying and that they don’t talk about it. That was sufficiently awkward for us, so most of us headed to leave. I told her she was being rude.
My aunt had missed the entire interaction because she was browsing a different part of the store. She was considering buying something and stayed in the store. The owner of the store invaded her personal space and said «This is me showing you the door. Get out of my store.»
So incredibly rude, and we were already on our way out.
As we left, the owner (if she even is the owner) followed us out and told us we were «the rudest people on Earth» and that we were rude for speaking in our own native language in my store. That is absurd! Everyone walking around at that hour was speaking a different language. Multiculturalism is what makes California so unique and beautiful.
I told her to expect a negative Unilocal review from me and she said «if you leave me a negative Unilocal review, I’ll sue the crap out of you». Bring it on, bitch.
She also started laughing at us, mocking us for supposedly wearing Pink Zone clothing. But none of us were wearing Pink Zone or had a Pink Zone bag on us. The out-​of-​towners didn’t even know what Pink Zone was. She, on the other hand, looked like an escaped animal from the San Diego Zoo with her mismatched zebra and cheetah print clothing. She had no business owning a shop with such piss poor style and horrible customer service skills. We were perfectly polite until she screamed at us to get out for no reason we could ascertain.
Just ridiculous.
The clothes were crap too.

I was window shopping while on vacation with a big group of women of all ages a few months ago and found this beautiful boutique. We were welcomed and encouraged to look around. I found a beautiful unique clutch and while I was making my purchase the sales woman pointed out that belts were free with the purchase of a hand-​made buckle. I couldn’t pass up that deal so I tried on some belts and chose my favorite. Once I got back home (in another state), I discovered that the belt and buckle I’d chosen didn’t quite fit together. I called the store back in California and spoke to Milan who wanted to fix the problem. I texted photos of the belt to her and she guaranteed that if I mailed it to her, she could get it fixed and returned at no cost to me. It took a couple of months to sort it all out. But I now have my original belt and buckle plus several more that she sent to me as gifts to apologize for the original problem and the delay. She made sure to get my size right and even had some extra holes punched just to ensure it would work for me. If I lived in the area, I would shop here as often as possible. I have rarely encountered such personal and caring customer service.

This is such a stylish boutique with really unique and special stuff. I bought my wife a handmade Kelly Haas necklace which she absolutely loves and shows off to her friends! Milan knows her products and she has great style, and helped me to decide on the perfect piece once I explained kinda what I was looking for. The window display is striking and the store is very well merchandised and cool to walk around, although not really for kids. Pricing is not cheap, but quality is great, so well worth the effort! I’ll be back for Mother’s Day!

I wish I could give this ’boutique’ zero stars. I’m not sure if the lady MILAN who works there is the owner or just an employee. If she is the owner she is THE dumbest business owned I’ve ever met, if she is the employee she should be fired immediately. It’s really sad because they do sell cool and unique products but they treat the customer like shit. Please do not bother its really NOT worth it.

I love this boutique. I live in Sunset Cliffs but drive to La Jolla for this boutique because they carry one of a kind, high quality clothes, jewelry, accessories & lingerie. I have only received warm welcomes and great customer care when I shop there. But the most extraordinary experience I had was, with no questions asked, they repaired an item I purchased from them TWO YEARS EARLIER! It was my favorite bracelet — 24 karat Gold Vermeil with turquoise stones wire wrapped around it. I would highly recommend this place and this experience has confirmed my loyalty.

I have never written a review before and this will be my first because I had such an amazing experience at M. Daskal! This is one of the best and hip boutique in La Jolla and they have the cutest and unique apparel and inventories. Their price is also great for the premium selections they carry! Things they carry will be even more expensive in Los Angeles and Orange County. They also have things that you would never find anywhere else. I visited La Jolla recently and saw the cutest Lotta Stensson top in the front window of this boutique that I had to have, however they did not have my size. The owner Milan and her staff went out of their way to personally order me the top in my size and ship it to me within the same week. Their stuff is amazing and their customer service is superb!!! They did not hesitate to call me whenever they could to keep me updated on the purchase and shipment. I have never had such personal attention and great customer service. I know they have a lot of customers coming in and are very busy, but their personalized attention is amazing and I will definitely come back soon. The owner Milan is so down to earth, warm and makes you feel so welcoming and at ease. I love to shop in LA where there are a lot of hip boutiques but I have yet to find the kind of tops, dresses and jewelry that M. Daskal carries. I have told all my friends and am so glad to have found this boutique in SD!

Great place– I asked if I could come in with my dogs and Milan was just so appreciative that I asked we immediately just connected. She helped me find a great, locally made piece. Ill definitely be back. I cannot understand that one bad review as my experience was such a good one.

I stopped by this gem of a boutique after several times of window shopping. The owner Mylan is fabulous and direct with her styling suggestions. She will not send you out there looking less than perfect! I suggest calling ahead because the boutique is usually open by appointment I just luckily wandered in! Unique pieces command a price tag but she will work with anyone’s pocket! I took home some wonderful pieces and didn’t break the bank.

Ditto. This is a difficult economy to have a negative, condescending and controlling employee managing a store. My advice is to avoid this store. I am not an easily ruffled person but she managed to put a damper my mood & 1^st impression of La Jolla.

I couldn’t agree more with the previous reviewer. I had two very similar experiences to hers.
I love shopping in La Jolla boutiques; they offer great, unique finds. The first time I went to this store, I actually had a positive experience. There was a man working there who was actually very friendly and kind, and who made my shopping experience there pleasurable. I purchased a gorgeous ring.
However, my second time there, the woman working there was totally rude, as described by the previous reviewer. I also happened to be with my twin 6-​year-​old girls (who had been with me the first time as well!). She made a few comments to them about not touching anything, which I found rude, but I tried to be polite by telling my girls to be considerate.
What really took the cake for me was when I asked about a pair of earrings. Because they were in locked cabinet, I asked to have them taken out so that I could try them on. However, the woman’s reaction was a very dismissive, «Oh, those are $ 900,» and she just looked at me without moving.
I have never been so insulted in my life. Do I look as if I cannot afford the earrings? Everyone deserves to be treated with respect.
Finally, today, stupidly, I decided to drop by, since I was next door at Sigi’s, which is a great boutique. My daughter correctly said to me, «Mama, not this place again!!!», but I said, «Let’s give it one more try,» hoping that the man working there the first time would be there again. When we entered, there was a different woman working there, who greeted us with a quizzical hello. There was another customer. The employee or owner then said strangely, «Are you together?» indicating myself and the other customer. We both looked strangely back at her, and said no. Then she said, «Well, we’re actually not open today.» I said to my kids under my breath, «This is the last time I will ever come here!» as we walked out the door, and said to the woman, «We are so sorry for bothering you.»
What kind of a place is this boutique?

I have traveled throughout the world and never had this type of experience. There appeared to be some nice items in the store, but the woman working there was awful. We had just walked in when the remarks started, and I honestly don’t know what set the attitude off. I don’t know if she is unhappy, crazy, snobby or just an inept communicator, but it still nets the same result — another lost customer. The global market is so easy to access today, she needs to learn that customer service matters more than ever.

Was just in La Jolla on vacation and discovered M Daskal. What an utterly charming boutique! I have been looking for a stylish, high quality hand bag for ages and finally found an absolutely gorgeous one. The owner, who is absolutely lovely and very helpful, walked me through her selection until I found the perfect bag. I normally dont write these sorts of reviews, I just had such a pleasurable shopping experience, I felt compelled to say something. I can’t wait to return to San Diego in a few months and go back to M. Daskal. What a gem!