Banana Republic

I usually go to Banana for work clothes. I ended up buying a casual blazer but decided to return it because it was ridiculously hot. It had been 2 weeks since I purchased the jacket on my debit card. It cleared my account and I asked for a cash refund. My original debit card was cancelled due to fraudulent charges. The short haired manager told me the best I could do was wait for a new card and hope that it was within the 45 day period! Wtf? I know that they CAN do it because they’ve done it before regardless of what the receipt says. I went to South Coast Banana and got my cash refund with zero hassle. Thanks for wasting my time and my gas. Usually the sales people are really nice here. I didn’t see any I recognized. Needless to say I won’t be back to this store. Also I’ve worked in retail and I’ve worked for an affiliated company of Banana. I know bad customer service when I see it.

Most of the staff are really nasty, they have a fat woman manger is a big b**ch woman with an attitude, and yesterday I found out that they a really terrible new sales man very feminin and stupid

Friendly and knowledgable staff. Came in with Husband to see about some slacks for him. Husband knows nothing about fashion or shopping for clothing. The gals here helped him find the perfect fit. :)

I like Banana so this review is primarily about this particular location. This store is on the smaller end and has a rather small selection. It feels kind of dead inside and I helped myself to a dressing room which was a little odd for Banana. I was able to score final sale jeans for fairly cheap. Overall this location is so so. The one girl who was working there was nice. There was another guy who seemed to be rushing around and couldn’t be bothered.

I went on this store right before 4^th of july asking for patriotic shirts, the worker said they didnt have any of that and didnt carry any. I asked not even a U.S. flag handkerchief? she said nope!
how sad…

I will never step foot in this store (let alone probably any other Banana Republic store) again. I thought this might have been the perfect place to find a great work-​appropriate dress for a giant corporate visit my office was having the following day. They had the dress, just not the service I planned to shell out over $ 175+ for. I wasn’t greeted at all, I was more-​so glared at by a particular flamboyant male sales associate with glasses. He made me feel like I just «didn’t fit in» with their store by his looks towards me and when he noticed I had more then 3 dresses in my hand. (Sorry I’m not all glammed up, I just came back from a 10 hour work day. Sue me.) He didn’t ask to start me a room nor if I was doing ok, he simply said «I’ll take these“and walked away. I felt like he thought I was going to shoplift or something! I thought heading here would be a good idea, especially since I live a block away, but boy was I wrong. I took my business to White House, Black Market where I had one of the best customer service experiences ever and bought more then I expected to buy. Don’t bother coming to this place unless you’re dressed to the nines and/​or have a stick up your butt. :)

The staff was nice, attentive and friendly. We got socks on sale at 40% off for St. Paddy’s sale.

Another one of my favorites!
Banana Republic has always been able to stand the test of time along with their clothes. I love that they sale in pieces and not full outfits. So it makes it really easy to mix and match.
Another great thing about them is they get items in several colors like cardigans and button front long sleeve shirts. I always grab my basic colors because you can never have too many basic colors then I will grab a few different colors so I can expand my wardrobe.
I once bought a couple replacement cardigan sweaters in the basic black and white and they STILL look great and have held up. I also continue to get complements when I wear them. On a cardigan sweater mind you. It’s not like I’m wearing something flashy.
All their clothes are made of a real nice quality. I also like some of their jewelry and I like when they have little wallets or extra things as well. I can’t remember ever buying any shoes from them but they are cute too, just not my style for the most part.
There pants I usually have to take to my alterations person because I have to tailor them in the waste but I still buy them.
They also don’t get too over the top with the trends. They stick pretty close to classic basics which I have always appreciated about them.
Please don’t change!
There are females that DON’T want to look like hoochie-​mammas!

Had to exchange clothes the next day an absolutely no hassle — Super staff great location good attitude

I stopped by the Belmont Shores location a few months ago and received exemplary service from Ruben. At many retail clothing stores, the staff is trained to ignore you, but the salespeople and management at this BR were warm and professional. Many props for my former home store.

Nice easy access place to go get cloths. Kind of a small selection for guys but still a good place if your in a pinch.

The 2^nd Street BR has become one of my go-​to local shops for dresses and work skirts. The sales reps are always helpful and nice, and they generally have my (very common) size, which is not true at a lot of the 2^nd street shops.

Smaller Banana Repubilc than others I have been to. The women’s clothing collection is pretty wide ranging and they have big sale selection in the back. When I went, it was post Black Friday so a lot of things were picked over and there did not seem to be a lot of stuff left over. I wish there were more shoes available on sale. My fiancé found some khaki shorts for $ 16 on sale with an additional 25% off at the register so he pretty much got good quality shorts for $ 11! Good buy! If only I can find the same deal for women size 4~

They have a great selection of stuff in the sale and clearance area towards the back… lots of tops and pants that were full price only a few weeks ago… they also have accessories like jewelry, scarves and handbags on sale {but they still seem a little pricey for the quality}
fun place to shop and usually easy to find parking since there’s a «pay through the slots for your parking space» lot out back

The staff is amazing!
I wish I could remember the two gentlemen’s names who helped me because they deserve praise!
The store had a 30% off promotion for your entire purchase. I did not have the coupon, so they gave me an extra one. But in addition they were both lovely people who were incredibly helpful.

I hardly ever go to BR but I happened to be in the area so I popped in to see if they had anything interesting. It’s a nice store, very clean and well put together, what you’d expect from any BR. The few items I’ve bought at this store in the past have all been high quality and I think their stuff is nice, if a bit conservative. The reason for my low rating is the utter lack of customer service from the employees on this particular visit.
I think there was maybe one other person in the whole store when I walked in. There were three salespeople, two women at the register chatting, and a third guy folding pants in the back. NONE of them greeted or acknowledged me the entire time I was in the store, and they had to have seen me, it’s not like I was trying to be stealthy! At one time I was like 3 feet away from the pants-​folding guy and NADA. This was very disturbing to me. Hey, I’ve worked retail, I know it sucks, but come on, on your worst days don’t you mumble out a «hello» to whoever walks in the door? Silly me, I guess that’s for losers who actually want to sell stuff. I was truly astonished and bewildered – I can’t believe any sales staff, in this economic climate, would be able to get away with this. Guess they feel good about their job security, which is a good thing, because they’re not getting any more of my business.

It’s always interesting to me when I see a big name brand store along the street of independent boutiques.
I usually pick up one or two key pieces or signature jewelry from Banana Republic. I also adore their tights.
This particular store is very small. They didn’t really have a jewelry section. And unlike other BR’s I’ve been to, this one had sale and discounted clothing throughout their store. The clearance section was extremely small. I just stood outside of it and watched a woman flipped through the clothes.
I saw a couple of things I’m going to keep my eye on throughout the season but otherwise, nothing really caught my eye.
The sales staff was very pleasant although one seemed a bit overtired and was sighing heavily.
My fave BR stores are still the one at the Grove in LA followed by the Santa Monica store and then Pasadena.

I would say about 90% of my clothes are from here, I just don’t buy dress shirts here because I don’t think they are worth it. So that’s why the other 10% of clothes of dress shirts and a few polos are from Polo Ralph Lauren. Usually I would wait until their clothes goes on sale before I buy it. I don’t think they are worth it full price. I mean $ 300 for a monogram sweater? Too much, but if you wait for 1 month, it’s like $ 150. Their quality varies too, try to buy the monogram stuff, because it’s much better quality than the other ones.
This place goes on sale way too much. And many of you will think why is this a bad thing? The answer is simple, it devalue your clothes. You don’t want to spend $ 300 on a blazer and a few months later you’ll see a person spending $ 129 on the exact same item. Think of the Gucci complex for example; people buy Gucci at $ 800 or above because they know it will never go on sale; it gives their customer piece of mind that their purse will hold its price; same goes for Rolex and other high end brands. Yes I know Banana Republic is a tier or two lower than Gucci, but you get the idea. Even J. Crew does not go on sale as much as BR, and I believe those two stores are in the same tier.

Quick & Dirty:
BR is my type of fashion… BUT, I’m getting tired of the V-​neck sweater. This BR has a small men’s section if you ask me, and NO SHOES!
Long & Argyle:
BR is a decent place for clothes. Their mens clothes are nice and their sale items are pretty cool. Tonight they didn’t have much except v-​neck sweaters in abundance. I’m over the v-​neck, over argyle, over the large buttoned sweater. What’s up with that? I don’t want a sweater with buttons the size of a silver dollar that come up to my chin.
I ended up buying cologne tonight. «Classic» they call it. They also had newer version of «Classic» which I guess is Classic-​ier? I opted for the original Classic. It smells. you guessed it… classic.
My buddy bought a shirt and jeans all for 20 bucks! What a deal. I wanted to check out their shoes, but they don’t have shoes at this BR which blows.
Customer Service here is pretty good and they are nice. The girl totally explained the history behind the colognes that they make. Not necessary but I listened anyway.
Will I shop here again. Yes. Why? Because I like to feel pretty. Oh yes, you heard me correctly, pretty.
Classic!

A cute little store on 2^nd. Though reduced to boutique size, this Banana Republic works just right for this area. On the corner of 2^nd and Granada, BR is a great place to visit if you are having a meal at the various places to eat on the Belmont Shore.
For its small size, this BR naturally has less stock than the mall stores and the flagship stores of Santa Monica and Costa Mesa. But all BR are inter connected: meaning if the 2^nd street store does not have the item that you are looking for, you can have a sales person call another and have them look for that item.
The only reason I ever visit this store is so I may look through their sale section. Most clothes in the GAP franchise usually go on sale a month or two after the just arrive. So always keep a eye on the sale section, it’s usually the most busy section of the store.
Last, they offer alterations… they will measure you to make sure the are correct. But it takes about 4 to 7 days until they are done. But check with the salespeople there, the process might have changed for the better. The speciality of this particular store is in clothing, their stock in home goods is small to non existent. Cute place, cute area… and BR fragrances really smell great.