Rana Bridal

Ok, I usually do not write any reviews. But Rana Bridal has made my life (and the last minute wedding planning so much easier for me). I had to plan my wedding in 3 months. I’m actually getting married this weekend! I will definitely be posting pictures. So anyways back to Rana. She is unbelievably attentive. She never double books. I was recently speaking with her and she was telling me how she likes to run her business. Her main thing is to provide the best of service by giving her customers her undivided attention. My DRESS was perfect. It was a brand new dress, fresh out of the box, and I insisted I must try it on. Tried it on, and of course… PERFECT. Instead of her giving me the speech of what other boutiques would say somewhere in the lines of «well, if i order this. it will take like 2 months. for this and that.».blahblahblah. But she looked at it. Asked me if this was «THE DRESS», i replied «OH MY GOD YESSSS» and she responds with «Great.it’s yours then~».
But keep in mind how bridal shops work. They live off of showing their clients the next best thing, then ordering new ones (which takes weeks, even months), and making alterations. Basically what I’m saying is, she lost the chance to show future customers this dress to make greater sales. That meant the most to me. She was loyal. She immediately put my name on the tag, and took it to the back. I stood there in shock, and so were my bridesmaids.
Let’s go onto her alterations. PERFECTION. You try on the dress, and she literally cuts every layer of the dress. My dress definitely had like 10+ layers. She even booked me several appointments to spread out the alterations because she didn’t want to rush. I mean, who on EARTH does that!!! By the way, depending on the style of the dress, my dress took an hour, each session.
She will never know how grateful I am for her service and her attention. I’ve been so busy running around making sure my wedding is going perfectly. Definitely, Rana has to be the Go-​To person for all your wedding needs.
OH GOD! I almost forgot. My bridesmaid dresses. We ordered all 5 in cobalt blue, we added a junior bridesmaid at the end and she was STILL able to rush deliver and filled modified her own schedule to make alterations. She even came in on a Sunday… because my two bridesmaids lived far, and there were no other days.
Excuse me for my language, but she does not BS any of her stuff. She never pushes her sales. Her idea is — you try it on, you love it, she will make it work.
I just cannot believe it.
I am sorry I have to say this, but I doubt anyone else would get better service anywhere else.
Bold statement, but very true.

What a great job Ranna did for my daughter’s wedding! Ranna was recommended to me by a friend. We first tried a larger salon but they didn’t have the sophisticated look that my daughter wanted. We got an appointment with Ranna that same day and Cassie immediately found several dresses she liked and ultimately selected a lace Augusta Jones dress.
Ranna has a unique assortment of beautiful dresses that are perfect for your dream wedding. She has the big pouffy dresses, as well as the sleek, low back, all lace dresses that my daughter picked. Ranna was very patient and her alterations were absolutely perfect. She showed me how to bustle the dress and it was easy enough that someone did it for me who had more nimble fingers. Ranna also took the extra lace from the hem and hand cut and sewed it onto a shawl I bought elsewhere for my daughter for a small charge.
Our appointments with Ranna were always on time and she was so patient and helpful to us. I bought satin shawls for the bridesmaids online and asked Ranna the best way to get the wrinkles out. She said to bring the shawls to her and she did it for me. She is such a sweet and gentle woman. I was so glad my fiend recommended Ranna and I pass that recommendation forward.

Rana is the best! I found my perfect dress here — the first one I tried on. It was a bit out of my budget but Rana worked with me to find the pricing that worked best for both of us. Although there was a slight hiccup (I actually ordered the same exact preowned wedding dress online for cheaper after trying the dress on at Rana, but it didn’t fit nicely and had stains so didn’t work out), Rana was very patient with me and still gave me the original pricing we had worked out. You can tell that she really handpicks the dresses that she has because the quality of them are on a different level (this is why you should never try on dresses you cannot afford by the way). TL;DR: Buy your dress from Rana. Don’t buy your dress secondhand.

I went to a davids bridal a few times, and some other boutique places around, but I was having trouble finding a dress that I really liked within my budget. We tried this place out from a recommendation from a friend, and I found my dress the first time I went! It was really elegant and something that I didn’t know I even wanted until I tried it on. Its true, its pricey, but really after going to davids bridal so many times and trying on dress after dress, this place was amazing to find. The dress fits my style and Rana tried her best to give me a good price for it. She does amazing altering too. In the end at Rana Bridal, you pay for the high quality service and gowns.

This was the first place I went to try on wedding dresses but it was located close by to where I live. However, I did not have a good experience. They have a limited selection but I was open to trying on different styles. I know I am picky but when I expressed that I did not like a dress, the salesperson would ask «what is wrong with me?» and «how can you not like this dress?». This made me feel really uncomfortable. On top of that, the salesperson left me in the dressing room (with no dress on) to go take her medication. Very odd! Left there pretty upset for my first wedding dress experience.

Rana is the sweetest ever. Every time I went there we shared so many laughs. She really knows what she’s doing. She was so honest as any wedding person should be. It was such an easy and pleasant experience. Only thing was she forgot to teach me how to bustle the dress, so fast forward to wedding day my sister/​MOH and bms were stumped. But we figured it out. Save yourself many trips and if you want a laid back experience bridal dress shopping come here! Just note, there’s not as many designers/​dresses here that you would find in a bigger store. And most of the dresses here is the one you get off the rack. I, myself, chose a beautiful Augusta Jones dress for my reception.

I would like to give no stars for this bridal boutique. From the moment we walked in, the woman we had an appointment with was very standoff-​ish. She told us to have a seat and then called us in to see dresses. When the bride said what she was looking for she laughed and said nothing would fit her. My friend (the bride) has already been to bridal boutiques and has tried on sample sizes and thought the experience at RANA would be similar. It just so happens that it was an awful experience. The woman had NO interest in helping us whatsoever and kept tending to other people. She kept saying nothing would fit and showed no interest in our brides interests in needs. We did not feel welcomed from the moment we walked in. Our bride had no specific budget for her dream dress so price was not an issue. It was as if the woman looked down on us. But for that we will be taking our business elsewhere.

What a pleasant experience. Rana is an absolute sweetheart and understands what I am looking for. She literally bends over backwards for you, and it’s appreciated! A lot of other bridal shoppes I have gone into do not give me that same «warm impression.» She had made my experience much more enjoyable than what I thought it ever could be. Thank you, Rana!

*Warning the following review may be over-​dramatic, but unfortunately true. Please proceed with caution*
I had visited Rana Bridal this weekend in hopes to find a dress for my friend who is getting married in 2014. Our previous appointment ran a little late so I called the salon to let them know that we would be a few minutes late for our 3:00 appointment. Clearly that did not matter because when we showed up around 3:05 we were not seen until 3:20. I completely understand that things happen and appointments go over, and I probably would have let it go if the rest of our appointment didn’t go as badly as it did.
I think the owner finally came up to us and started asking my friend what she was looking for. We gave her all of the details we were looking for, sweetheart neckline, mermaid and trumpet style dress, no ball gowns or anything with tulle or crinoline. She then asked when the wedding was, and we told her it was this upcoming April. She scoffed and then asked why we waited so long. Uhm Ma’am, none of your business to judge why we waited a little longer than usual to get a dress. But we politely answered her question, and the reason being is that my friend was finishing up nursing school and that was her top priority. She then told us to pick dresses we liked and showed up where the dressing room was. I was a little beyond myself because after we told her what we liked she didn’t give us any type of direction to go in to find what we were looking for. We were completely lost and didn’t have a clue what we were picking because everything we so smushed together we couldn’t differentiate what was what, and of course our owner pal had disappeared during this entire process.
So after breaking our arms while reaching for these extremely heavy garments, owner chick found us and brought us over to the fitting room. I sat on the couch and waited for the first dress to be revealed. She pulled back the curtain and I was staring at my unhappy friend in a puffy tulle ball gown. Immediate no, the next dress, same thing but in satin. After the 3^rd dress that was completely wrong I asked if she is going to try on any of the trumpet or mermaid dresses. Her response to me was «No, she doesn’t look good in them. too tight, no point» I was beside myself. I was done. What a rude bitchy thing to say. Now, my friend looks gorgeous in that style dress as I just saw her try on 30 dresses in that style in the place before. I told her we were done here, and didn’t want to see anymore and we left.
I’m not quite sure what kind of place you’re running here Rana, but I don’t think clients like to be insulted before buying a 3,000.00 item. Oh and the best part of this catastrophe was when we were done my friend was just curious about the price of one of the dresses, and Rana said it was 3,000.00 but she would give her 50% off. I didn’t realize we were shopping on Canal street, but by the looks of it, clearly we were.
*Bonus* there is a bar next door, so should you decide to make the terrible decision to visit this underprivileged, awful excuse of a business you can have a cocktail after wards to wash away the poor judgment.

Rana is AMAZING and I cannot sing enough praises about her. No, seriously, she is a-​ma-​zing.
The entire wedding process can be very stressful, but she helps to make it stress-​free and is definitely someone you can trust! She has an unmatched ability to bring your your wedding dress visions to reality. Truth be told, I went to three other salons before I ended up at Rana Bridal (Kleinfeld’s, Jaehee Bridal, RK Bridal). Many brides think they know the style/​type of dress they want, come in with a clear vision (or in some cases, not), and often times are disappointed when what they think they want doesn’t quite match up with what it looks like in reality — I was definitely one of those brides.
Despite seeing numerous dresses at a number of different price points, I just couldn’t find THE dress, until my florist recommended Rana (who she had used for her own wedding). I walked into Rana’s with a portfolio in hand (Type A bride, I know) and explained to a very attentive Rana what it exactly was that I was looking for. She looked through my photos, looked me up and down, and then disappeared into the racks of dresses and picked out four dresses. Except I didn’t need 4 (though I still tried them on haha). The very first one she picked out for me was EXACTLY the kind of dress I had been looking for! Up until then, I had tried on about 20+ other dresses. While some were okay, some pretty, and some really nice, nothing had that WOW factor I wanted and none felt like MY dress. I actually didn’t believe other brides when they talked about that moment when you find your dress — I thought it was all BS… that is, until Rana helped me find mine and I had my own moment! She helped me combine everything I liked about a number of different dresses and helped me find the perfect dress, veil, and belt.
I actually lost about 30 pounds throughout the entire wedding prep process and Rana was more than accommodating to the weight loss. She is so meticulous and is definitely a perfectionist herself — she will give you nothing short of everything you want (but let’s be reasonable…). She was able to adjust my dress GORGEOUSLY — even last minute alterations up to the week before my wedding! I am SO thankful to have found her and HIGHLY RECOMMEND her to anyone who is as picky as I am. Chances are, she’s even pickier than you! She brought to life my wedding day visions and if I could do it all over again, I would not change a thing! She helped me pull together the entire look in an exquisite way, helping to achieve balance and always giving me really great tips along the way. I’m not sure how accurate this, but based on my observations, her bridal salon does have a certain «style» — it’s feminine, sophisticated, and pretty, and less princess/​poofy or glamorous/​sexy. It holds both the classics and current trends, and a lot of dresses inbetween too.
I will say that in the beginning she was a bit stand offish, which may come off as rude, but that is definitely NOT her intention and she warms up to you really quick! Also, even if you go with a group (including bridesmaids, family, in laws, etc.), she makes sure she listens to YOUR voice and not anyone else’s. I am super grateful to her for dealing with my Type A bridezilla-​ness in such a professional manner. I can tell that she takes great pride in her work. She doesn’t pressure you to order everything else through her either (bridesmaids dresses, accessories, etc.). But I did end up buying my flower girl’s dress on her clearance rack for $ 20!
She has years of experience and sophistication, so when in doubt, definitely defer to her years of wisdom and taste. But trust me on this — GO SEE RANA! :)
If you are interested, please private message me, and I will be more than happy to share photos of my dress with you.

I just bought my wedding dress here this weekend, after a LONG search that brought me to a bunch of wedding stores in NJ and to Kleinfelds. I left a salon in a neighboring town this Saturday with my mother, mother-​in-​law, and sister-​in-​law, frustrated that once again I wasn’t able to find a dress that captured exactly what I wanted. On a whim my mother-​in-​law suggested we try a new store, and after googling «Bridal Salon» Rana popped up. I called and asked if we could come in, and she asked if we could give her a half hour. I thought this was very reasonable given I called in the middle of a Saturday afternoon.
When I walked in I honestly didn’t expect much — the salon is small, and they don’t carry nearly as many gowns as, say, Kleinfeld. But the manager who helped me was so easy to work with — no pressure, very calm, and patient with my very opinionated family. She graciously let us look through the racks and pull whatever we wanted, and helped me into 8+ gowns that my Mother in Law picked out. Even knowing that I really didn’t like those gowns, and was only trying them to appease my mother-​in-​law, the manager was patient and helpful. I’ve worked with plenty of other bridal store consultants who would have been nasty or at least disinterested with my Mother-in-Law’s picks, but this woman acted like we had all the time in the world, and she had no problem at all letting me try every gown in the store. I can’t possibly overemphasize how unusual and wonderful that was.
After trying them all on, she asked me if she could pick one out for me. I’m SO GLAD I said sure, why not, because despite the lowest of expectations (after just trying on a series of gowns that I hated), as soon as she put that gown on me and I looked in the mirror, I melted. It was my dress! Finally! At that point I had tried on dozens of gowns, at 4 other stores, and worked with 7 consultants at other stores. The FIRST dress that the manager chose for me was PERFECT. She didn’t rush me at all (unlike Kleinfelds — truly awful how much pressure they put on brides to «Say yes!») so I walked around in the dress, keeping my thoughts to myself and looking in the mirror, for a good 10 minutes. When I finally said yes I want this one, I was so comfortable with the decision because it was mine — not the result of caving into pressure from the salesperson, but my own suggestion. The sales transaction was easy, as was the measuring. After I had paid and gotten my receipt, she even let us sit there and hang out for a little bit while I processed what had just happened. No rush, no pressure, no attitude.
I haven’t picked up the dress yet, obviously, so I can’t speak to the rest of the experience. I am very hopeful it was be as calm and pleasant as the purchase was.

Several years ago when I got married I found a dress in a magazine and Rana Bridal carried it. I made an appointment and all went well, I liked the dress and ordered it. Rana was really nice, congenial and inviting. The salon was cozy and nice. The problem for me had more to do with language issues and I found she brushed off important things I wanted. When the dress arrived it wasn’t sized properly. Rana told me she was going to add fabric which would’ve changed the style and not to mention I was paying over 2k for a dress and didn’t want substitutions at that point. She made good and ordered a new dress which came a day before the wedding. She rushed me out of the store and wasn’t as nice when I went to pick up. I was disappointed in the way she treated me. I feel she could’ve made a bad situation good, I would’ve sent people to her. Maybe if she was more through with details or took the time she would be better.

My experiences at Rana Bridal have been nothing but pleasant and memorable. Rana (owner) is absolutely accommodating to her customers, along with her staff. Her selections are up to date, various, and all beautifully selected to meet everyone’s tastes as opposed to other bridal shops that are quite overwhelming and ‘factory like’. She is understanding to a bride’s needs and concern, and has given me only very honest advice & patience, unlike other bridal salons that seem pushy or wanting a sale.
As a bride to be, i HIGHLY recommend a visit to Rana Bridal. You will not be disappointed with their boutique, dress selection, service, and experience.

I find it so strange that all these girls are having all this problem at this place. I checked out
and the reviews were amazing there. I’m not sure if the girls that reviewed on Unilocal were just too picky or what not, but sometimes when sales ppl at Kleinfields run out of ideas (since you don’t like anything they pulled for you) they tell you to look through the racks too. So I don’t see the difference. The owner Rana was super nice, looked through everything for me and found amazing dresses for me to try on. They were decently priced and the selection was great. They helped me on with the dress and even helped with matching jewelry, headpiece, and veil.
I would definitely recommend coming here. Make sure to call beforehand just to see if they are running behind. That’s what I do with every appointment I have with anyone. They are honest here and don’t rush you to buy. No one is following you around the store so you can just browse at your own leisure.
Ask for Sarah, she’s the assistant and does an amazing job with making you feel comfortable. She was super sweet to me and helped me by answering all my questions. Rana the owner does a great job at alterations.

I read other reviews about this store that were quite positive, so I decided to give it a shot since I saw some designers on their website that I like. We arrived, walked in, and there was no one there to greet us or tell us where to go or what to do. We stood there awkwardly for a few minutes just looking at racks of bridesmaids dresses, when one of us poked deeper into the salon at about 2:10, and finally someone asked if we were the 2 o’clock. There were two people working the store, the owner and an assistant. The girl and the owner snipped at one another right in front of us because she ran over her last appointment. I understand waiting a little, but didn’t think it was professional to see them gripe in front of us.
The assistant was nice enough and I know she meant well. I showed her a bunch of pictures of gowns I like (ballgowns), and what details I preferred. She pulled two gowns, which, sadly, she could hardly help me into. She’s a small girl, and she complained that each one was really heavy. Luckily, I’m used to putting on elaborate costumes, and I had no trouble with the gowns, and we worked out a system to get me into the dresses.
When I asked for corseted dresses, she told me that they only have one or two, which seemed odd. Then I realized that their selection is quite lacking. She brought me one corsetted gown, which was pretty nice. But after that, she was out of ideas and asked us to look at the racks ourselves. We found a bunch more corseted dresses to try (at least 5), and found a couple winners. However, the store didn’t carry anything under $ 1500. Averaging around 2.5k it seemed.
Also, ¹⁄₃ of the sample dresses wouldn’t keep closed enough to leave the dressing room (just a curtain, not a room), or would not fit over my hips, which I admit are child-​baring size. If you’re size 14 or up, or a curvy girl, you might have trouble trying on a decent percent of their selection, which is already limited. I’m not sure if this is standard or their fault, but I’m just giving a heads up.
If you’re going to spend 1.5k+ on a dress, go to Kleinfelds, because even though that’s on the lower end of what they carry, they’ll STILL have more selection and give you much better service.
By the end of it, the owner was helpful, giving me info about a particular dress I liked. So at the very least she was informative, and gave me instructions about what to do next if I wanted the dress. However I don’t think I’ll be going back, the whole experience was so lack-​luster, it’s not worth the trip for me, even though I’m just a few miles away.

So disappointing — I had an appointment to look at dresses here yesterday, and the whole experience was awful. The girl «helping» me told me to pick out dresses — which is not my forte. I couldn’t tell the cuts of the various dresses and she was not available to help me. When I put them on, I realized the dresses were each not at all what I was looking for. To make the experience much worse — she didn’t help me put on or take off any dress, just basically focused on taking the dresses off the hangers for me. The whole experience was exhausting and a waste of time. I think this bridal salon should more seriously vet out their employees before assigning them to a customer for the appointment.

I decided to go with Rana (after running around Flushing /​Queens) because of her collection of dresses. Although she does not have as much as some of the other bridal shops I’ve been to, her eclectic selection sticks to the styles I was looking for — simple /​modern /​sophisticated. It was a relief to work with the owner (Rana) directly during the entire process, and was impressed with her consistency and professionalism. She did not try to persuade, convince or push me into purchasing my dress which I actually preferred. Overall picking Rana was a great choice — my dress was in good hands. Although it depends on your ‘style’ of wedding dress — I would highly recommend this shop to any bride!

I came here originally because I tried on a dress at Kleinfeld Bridal that I absolutely loved but was out of my budget. I read on other review websites that other brides who specifically wanted August Jones dresses came to Rana’s because she is the nearest boutique to NYC that carries her dresses and her prices were better than Kleinfeld…
That was all wrong. Rana’s bridal was wrong from the moment I walked in. I booked an appointment a week earlier, drove all the way from Queens to come to this half-​ass shop. I told Rana I wanted a specific Augusta jones dress. Granted I should have asked if she had it before I made this trip out, I didn’t…and of course Rana didn’t have it. I was so gutted… I then showed her pictures of other dresses I wanted. She then told me to get up, find my own dresses and bring them back to the fitting room myself? Excuse me? You want me to sort through all your racks? Isn’t that what I made an appointment for. I looked through her selection of HORRIBLE gowns and I gave up after 10 min. She didn’t even offer to help me.
Before I left I asked her what the price of the gown was that I originally wanted, she came back and quoted me a price that was way above Kleinfelds! AND she wanted alterations on top of that! She then has the audacity to say «look around» and I said «I already did, and I don’t like anything, I thought you were going to help me» and all Rana could say was «oooooooooooh»
OHHHHH?! Oh yea better believe I’m not coming back to your stupid boutique nor would I recommend it to anyone! STAY AWAY!

I went to Rana Bridal to purchase a veil since I had already purchased my dress and swatches wouldn’t be available until it arrived about two months before my wedding. I explained this to Rana on the phone and she said no problem. I chose Rana since she carries the style of dress I already purchased at Kleinfelds. Rana turned out to be EXTREMELY rude during my appointment. So much so that I had trouble concentrating on the veils that my mother, sister and I had driven 45 minutes to see. She snapped at me about why I wasn’t buying my veil where I bought my dress. Luckily her very nice assistant Yolanda helped us choose a veil. She is a saint for dealing with Rana. I cannot imagine what it must be like working for this tyrant. As soon as I decided to purchase a veil Rana’s demeanor changed from nasty to semi-​pleasant. I was considering having my dress tailored here but no way am I giving that woman anymore of my business.

I am getting married 11÷21÷10 and having a destination wedding in Mexico. I stopped off at a Rana’s Bridal which is right around the block from where I live. I found 2 dress that I loved. I asked my fiancé to please come up and help me decide. I don’t care for traditions — obviously. He viewed both and said they are nice but asked if I had seen the one in the window. I said no. I was kind of flustered when I walked in because I had a bad experience from a nearby bridal store in Englewood. Rana brought me the dress in the window. I tried it on and said WOW. I came out and my fiancé smiled. Rana walked by and I gave her a thumbs up and said this is it. Honestly it feels like a Vera on– it’s light weight, simple and delicately designed with a bit of embellishment… and best of all it fits perfectly — I love it! I am happy bride to be — Kisses to Rana!