Venice Vintage Paradise

This is a fantastic store, i used to visit it’s previous location going back many years. It is now bigger and better and a feast for the eyes upon walking in.
Jeannie is always warm, welcoming, and helpful. The prices are fair, and she has a little bit of everything. Cute vintage dresses (there are not tons but i still bought 8!!), boots, paintings, rugs, taxidermy, tables & chairs, tons of vintage globes, jewellery, beautiful pieces big and small.

If you have a lot of money to spend on expensive $$$$ vintage furniture go here; however, if you don’t, shop elsewhere like Target, Ikea, or Walmart. I thought this was a clothing store, but it’s only furniture.
Pro: Reserved parking for customers

This place has super cute stuff. I felt the prices were a little inflated but it is probably the location. They have an amazing selection of wool and Mexican Blankets. Interesting clothes section too. Staff is great. Parking sucks.

I don’t know why anyone would give this place anything but 5 stars. I recently decorated a loft in MDR and Venice Vintage was my «secret spot» for scoring the coolest mid century furniture at bargain prices. I’ve been to almost every furniture store in the area, and unless you have time to hunt yard sales for a year, VV is by far the most reasonable. The owners, Jeannie and Sal, are incredibly nice and go out of their way to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Their selection doesn’t stop at furniture, either. Art, sculpture, clothes, and trinkets from around the world make this place absolutely fascinating. You could spend hours in there and still not see everything. Do yourself a favor and go check it out. Just don’t buy anything that I might want…

Venice Vintage Paradise is a gem of a store just a block or so away from the main Abbot Kinney shopping area. It’s a huge space filled with beautiful antique furniture and unique home décor pieces but my favorite part of the store is the vintage clothes and accessories. They have hats and costume jewelry and purses and racks of incredible clothes in either perfect or near perfect condition. The owner was lovely and welcoming. I will definitely be back especially to shop for gifts for the holidays.

This is a fabulous store with so many treasures– heavy on items from the sixties and seventies. I never make it out the door without making a purchase! I find that they have a lot of unique vintage items– more so than other stores that I frequent. They have a solid piece of real estate here, so that helps! And the owners are quick to offer help or suggestions. My favorite visit was when I walked in wearing some reproduction sailor pants, and one of the owners pulled a vintage pair from the back for me to try on. They’re now one of my favorite items of clothing!

The comments made by the previous reviewers are way out of line. Admitting you said «F*!@ This place» is so unacceptable, the store owners reserve the right to REFUSE service. This is a small business, and a great one. Nothing justifies that type of attitude. If you’d rather be allowed to say/​do anything you’d like, where the customer is always right, no matter what they say/​do, go to Crate & Barrel or some other massive store who cares more about your money than they do being treated fairly.
The comment wasn’t said in private. It was said loud enough, obviously, for anyone, owner or not, to hear. That is disparaging, and you are allowed your opinion, but expect a proper response. Kudos to the owners for sticking up for their business and themselves. I have worked in retail at all types of stores, and have myself had GOOD managers refuse service to people they felt were acting inappropriately.
I was not there, and yes, I do know the owners, and know them to be extremely kind people with the BEST and most FAIR business practices. I buy furniture and other items from their store. I would recommend others do so as well. For those reviewers upset about the reaction from the owners, I would say maybe apologize for saying what you did, and buy yourself a nice chair.

My friend and his partner were relocating to the east coast and had a house full of antiques, funky furniture and décor they’d accumulated over their 25+ relationship and couldn’t take with them. They called up, and Sal and his partner went to the house, cherry-​picked the biggest and nicest pieces that would be the most profitable for them to move first, and hauled it away right then and there. Sal was really knowledgable about the furniture from the eras he bought, and he told them where it came from, when it was popular, what other pieces they had from the same era. After my friends cleaned out a bit more, they planned another visit to have Sal select more items. They had a great experience with Sal at Venice Vintage.

I love this place and wish I could visit it more often. I first met one of the owner’s at the Santa Monica flea market last year, and he made such and impression on me and my 2 friends that we talked about him for days after. He waited for us to return with cash and held pieces just for us, when he was supposed to have been closed, and that is just great business. He’s fair, genuine and truly kind. I highly recommend this place and hope to return soon!

Great place. Friendly owner that was more than willing to help. Lots of selection and cool items. Great location as well.

I absolutely love this store! The variety of treasures is really something to experience. I have purchased everything from a beautiful vintage leather travel bag to an amazing handmade soy candle– which smells faaaaaantasfic! The owners are friendly and knowledgeable and quick to answer any and all questions. If you’re looking for a one-​of-​a kind shop– look no further than this gem.

This place is the bees knees! Great customer service and the BEST finds! One of my favorite shops on Abbot Kinney. Bonus points for being so close to the French Market Café…

I was welcomed in an extremely cold manner by a young man claiming to be the owner. Regardless, I decided to look around as I’m trying to furnish my new home with mid century furniture and décor.
The condition of most of what I saw ranged from bad to fair, but the worst thing besides the ‘owner’ and his bad attitude were the prices. If you’re going to charge prices like that then please have better quality wares. I did like the variety, but the pricing and customer service absolutely sucked. Make the drive on a weekend to somewhere else and get much better condition, lower prices and superior customer service.
EDIT: FYI, David A. is an employee of the store and was definitely NOT a customer. How do I know this? Because there was NO ONE else shopping in the store, no one other than the self proclaimed owner and my girlfriend were even on the sidewalk, and I saw David A. working in the rear of the store. I also find it extremely odd that for a business that claims to have been around for ~10 years and immediately following my critical, but honest review that there have been several positive reviews by others within mere minutes of my posting. Strangely coincidental? I may just be speculating, but I smell a rat and feel that they are using friends to employ some damage control. This could have all been avoided with a modicum of customer service.
It is true that I made a private remark in regards to the pricing of a watering can displayed on the sidewalk to my girlfriend, but that was never meant to be a personal insult nor did I ever cause a scene. Instead it was the gut feeling I had when I saw the exorbitant price of the first item displayed on the front sidewalk. Am I not entitled to my opinion? Isn’t Unilocal here in order to document customer experiences good or bad? I have left many reviews for many businesses and thankfully they have mostly been extremely positive in nature, but either way and more importantly, they have all been honest which is more than I can say for a store that uses employees (and friends?) to write contradicting reviews to manipulate reality.
In the future, I would highly recommend that the owner and his employees use some tact in order to gain business. You heard a potential customer with money in hand make a disparaging remark? Please don’t insult him/​her. Ignore it and win them over with kindness and an aim to please. Show them around. Ask them if there is anything in particular they are looking for. Basically, just do the complete opposite of what you are doing now.

Jeanie and Sal are a vintage match made in heaven! The two have joined to offer a vintage lovers paradise in lovely Venice, California. I have been a customer of Jeanie for over 10 years and followed her to her new bigger and better location because she offers tasteful selection of vintage clothes, accessories, and furniture pieces, beautiful home furniture and décor at fair prices. I highly recommend visiting often!