David’s Bridal

I went to David’s Bridal for a bridal appointment on a Friday in the morning (I signed up for the first appointment offered in the day). I was greeted warmly and immediately met my consultant, Christina. Christina was friendly. patient, helpful, not pushy and attentive from start to finish, she only left me briefly a few times to assist another appointment and get more dresses for me. She also genuinely seemed interested in helping me find a dress that would fit my budget and style. I would recommend Davids Bridal with the suggestion to go on a weekday if you can

David’s Bridal is a good place to go if you are just trying to get an idea of what kind of dress you want as a bride or a bridesmaid. They have a large selection with ranging prices. The store is pretty well organized, and it is large, so you could try on an array of sizes (that run small).
In terms of treatment, David’s is lacking.
The sales associates are overworked, juggling multiple groups of people at a time.
We called and made an appointment with 5 bridesmaids. The day we arrive the store was chock full of people, and they gave us a room the size of a teeny powder room that barely fit two people in there. You had to be careful with opening the door because so many people were standing around from other appointments, and there were racks with reject dresses on them everywhere. Our associate was nice, but you could tell that the whole process was disorganized, and it wasn’t her fault.
When we came to look for dresses for the bride, our sales associate was not pleasant. She obviously was not happy to be there. She was rushing us along, and only having an hour to try dresses on is clearly not enough time.
You can’t bring champagne here like they do in the movies, and you will feel like you’ve been bossed around and shoved here and there after you walk out.
Skip it.

Great service and selection. They were wonderful helping me pick my dress and get it altered. I love the level of customer service they provide!

I came here with a group of girls to look at bridesmaid dresses. We had an appointment but showed up early. They wouldn’t let us check in because we were too early but we went through the store and pulled dresses. Once it got a little closer to our appointment time we checked in and someone promptly found us to show us to a fitting room.
We are a pretty self sufficient set of girls so we didn’t really need a lot of attention which was good since the person helped us was busy with other people.
The fitting rooms are incredibly small. I imagine it is that way so they can have more consultations but it is annoying. You can barely move to try on a dress and when there are 5 girls who all need to try on dresses things can take a little while longer.
In the end we found a dress that is super flattering on all of us. It was also a very good price.
Our dresses came fairly quick and it was an easy process to pick them up. I am happy with it.
Overall, if you are looking for a super personalized experience, i would skip this place but if you okay with being on your own, make a stop here. The dresses are a pretty good price for the quality and I would come back again.

I had a HORRIBLE experience at David’s Bridal. When my maid of honor and I walked through the door, we checked in. Naturally, I assumed that we would be helped. Nope! We waited for about 5 – 10 minutes in front of two women who didn’t say a word to us (it was like we were invisible!). Finally, a bridal consultant showed up. While she was friendly, she pulled dresses way past my price range that she was told. Not only were the dresses too expensive, they were significantly lower quality than cheaper dresses I had tried on at previous stores. The attendant kept pulling more dresses, with the price going up and the quality going down. After trying on a white-​white dress with yellow ivory appliqués that made the dress look sun damaged, we decided it was time to go. Needless to say, I will not be going back to David’s Bridal.

If you go during the evening make sure you have an appointment. There were probably hundreds of people crammed into this building. With how busy everything was here I was expecting not to find my dress and be rushed through my hour and a half appointment. This was not the case, the bridal specialist got inside my brain to find the best dress for me. She was so helpful and I found the dress of my dreams for not such a bad price either. They have lots of options for payment. They have 6 months interest free credit card or a layaway thing where you pay off your dress within 90 days. There’s lots of things you wouldn’t expect to need with your dress so keep this in mind when you come up with your budget. You’ll need at least an extra $ 500 for the veil, slip, corset, shoes, and headpiece. Don’t forget about alterations :)

We went on a Saturday at 11am. I guess we didn’t have crazy high expectations & we are pretty low key on things. But it was crazy busy. There were 3 of us. At first we were lucky to get 1 chair then more opened. Many people complaining out loud. BUT I’m giving it a 4star because the girl we worked with Christina was awesome & funny which always helps! We made a little progress with dresses but either way we had a fun girls day. Thank you Christina for staying positive & keeping the humor going.

I came here to try on a bridesmaids dress, for a friends wedding. I walked into this store on a Saturday afternoon and it was super busy, which I kind of expected considering the time of year it is and all that. The woman at the front desk was very brusque with me, and barely even looked at me when she spoke to me. Again, I understand they were busy so just let it go.
The girl that came to «fetch» and help me, wasn’t really pleasant at all. She was kind of just going through the motions, and the whole thing felt really rushed. I got to my dressing room, went in to try the dress on, came out and she had disappeared. The dress I had on was a little big so when she came back, I inquired as to whether or not I should go down a size. She then kind of poked at me and basically told me I was scrawny. Yes, I’m small, I get it, but scrawny is a bit of an insult. I did get the answer to my question though, and then she went on her way again. After changing, I came out of the room and she was nowhere to be found, so I hung my dress and left. Never did she ask if I actually wanted to put in an order for the thing or if I needed anything else, so I left.
This would’ve been a one star review, but later in this process I did work with people that were actually pretty helpful and much more pleasant. I found the dress I needed online, but completely out of my size and had a minor freak out as I had waited until the last minute and the bride was going to kill me. Called the store, and the woman on the other end was super helpful and understanding (guess this kind of thing happens a lot). Got the dress ordered and all of the information I needed in under 10 minutes.
I dreaded going to the store to pick it up, but the second time around was much more pleasant. The girl that helped me was really friendly, and actually pretty understanding of the fact that it was pretty obvious that this was the last place that I wanted to be. I even thanked her for being way nicer than the last girl. and she apologized that I had a poor experience. I feel like that’s how customer service SHOULD be.

This was not a «Say Yes To The Dress» moment, but the bride found a gorgeous dress! Tara knows what she wants and landed on a beautiful gown from the designer collection: Oleg Cassini. I suppose the saying is true. When you know, you know! It was clear she found the one.
Before the appointment Tara picked out a handful online as «favorites.» Beyond strapless, she wasn’t sure exactly what she wanted so she picked out some tulle-​rific gowns. The difficult thing was that Tara looks good in everything, but there were a few dresses that just weren’t her style. The first 4 – 5 weren’t winners so us bridesmaids went to sift through the selection. I got an arm workout. Those dresses are heavy! Anyway, it’s tough to see what looked good in the plastic bags. I also don’t know if we were breaking any rules. They didn’t tell us otherwise, but they also didn’t look pleased at our searching through the gowns. Regardless, we found a few sparkly numbers.
The attendant was also doing her thing and picked out a dress that wasn’t on the list or strapless. She knew what she was doing and it ended up being the winner. The fit was great, it was the designer Tara liked, and had just enough sparkle so she looked like a princess.
Here’s the short and sweet lowdown:
It’s not a boutique so special treatment is limited.
— No one in our party really knew what was happening or how it was all going down.
— Our consultant was working two appointments at the same time.
— We had to share one catalog to find dress options… IDK if this was just a one off weird thing or if that’s actually a «rule.» We were trying to be efficient.
The pluses:
— Lauren was wonderful to work with and was sweet.
— We made friends with the family next to us and helped each other confirm the brides dresses were winners.
— Great for brides on a budget, but there’s also a designer selection to pick from. The Cassini dresses were the only ones I saw on display so if you wanted to rock Vera Wang’s White collection you may have to order (?).

I went into the store and had a 6:30 appointment, the woman who I had an appointment with was late, she was helping two other people so told me to pick out some dresses on my own, guessed I was a size 6(I’m a 4) so none of the dresses fit. She clipped them all instead of getting them all in a size four so none of them felt right obviously because they were too big. Even though I felt rushed and unimportant I found two gorgeous dresses I loved. I didn’t get either one though simply because the woman was snarky and rude to my stepmother and sisters and practically laughed when I asked if there was a sale expected on the Vera wang dress I probably would have bought full price anyway. She ruined my first dress experience. Terrible, I’ll find a dress somewhere else… even if I pay more for it.
No stars for service… two for the selection

My first one star review, so you know I don’t just go passing them out.
My dear friend is getting married in just two months. This trip was to figure out what styles, fabrics, and cuts she liked. She did not plan to make a purchase here, but instead go online to find her gown. We knew it would not be a high-​class experience, but I honestly did not expect anything this bad.
Our first interaction with our saleswoman was her asking when my friend is getting married. «Two months,» she responded. We know it’s soon, but we don’t need you to give us the «Wow that’s not enough time you are making a bad decision» look. Pursed lips and looking down at the floor. Alright, let’s get on with this.
She first took us to the bridesmaid section, despite my friend saying we would purchase them elsewhere. She showed us colors and styles. My friend repeated that we were not interested. The woman looked annoyed and said she always starts her tours this way. No customization, really?
She then showed us the bridal gowns and we had fun picking out two dresses each, one we thought she would love and another we thought she would hate (just for kicks).
During the fitting process our attendant was frazzled. Sighing, dragging dresses along the floor (in bags, but still), and overall not offering a cheery and special experience.
We accomplished what we needed to but afterward the bride told me that the attendant was also making snarky remarks in the fitting room, sighing more (despite her saying it was an easy day), and giving disapproving looks. She called and complained to the manager the next day.

I have nothing to compare it to, sometimes the staff is frazzled, but they have been nice.

My consultant Anna was attentive and listened to what I wanted. She brought me dresses that I had picked out and ones she thought I might like and every single dress was under my budget. She didn’t pressure me to buy a dress, in fact they told me they would hold the dress while I went home to sleep on it. Also got alternations done, it was a complicated dress and the lady doing alternations did a great job. Also came up with a really beautiful bustle that wasn’t your standard french or american. Overall good experience for me.

This place is ridiculous. I regret buying my dress and my bridesmaid dresses there because the consultants just weren’t very helpful.
My Jr. Bridesmaid needed a sash… 8 weeks to order??? Also, online Davids Bridal isn’t connected to the stores, so there are no returns or orders online that you can get shipped to the store.
I cannot believe how expensive everything is. The dresses will be the only thing me and my wedding party will buy from there.
When looking at veils, I saw the prices were between 150−200… are they insane? Also the little clips for your hair… $ 50-​$ 100… even crazier. I went to Michael’s and bought a veil. They also sell little flowers that I bought and glued onto a hair clip. I now have a veil and a beautiful hair clip for $ 20.
Don’t buy the bra’s there either… go to a department store and pay $ 50 less.

Don’t waste your time here. I called ahead to see if they had 2 dresses I saw online, was told they did, and made an appointment. When I got there, the consultant told me they didn’t have the dresses I had asked about. Without asking my budget or what I liked, she started pulling dresses. When I made it clear I was not interested in trying on strapless dresses, she brought two strapless dresses in because she was «going to talk me into it.» After 5 dresses that I hated, I tried one on that seemed pretty good… but was 3 TIMES my budget. Instead of taking it off and pulling dresses within my budget, she putzed around and talked to my best friend and me for another 10 minutes before asking if I was sure I couldn’t «stretch my budget for the perfect dress.» Once I had made it VERY CLEAR exactly what I was willing to spend, her mood changed and she brought me 2 nasty-​looking dresses from the sale rack. She pretty much stopped talking to us, so we finally just left. She made a point to tell us that she was moving soon, so if I was going to buy a dress, be sure to use her number and soon so that she would get the commission.
I’m sure they have some nice dresses. Maybe I could have found one if the consultant wasn’t so concerned with making money and doing her own thing. I went to a small boutique and had a much better experience.

I was shocked to find a dress at David’s Bridal for me… but I’ll be the first to admit, I’m a wedding gown snob. I used to work at a bridal shop in California, and our gowns were wonderful and semi-​expensive. I felt that the cost was worth it in regards to those dresses because the fabric quality was there.
A lot of David’s fabric isn’t ideal for me (again, but I’m a snob about it, haha), but the dress I picked is perfect. It’s organza is lovely and as good as the dresses I used to sell daily. I loved my consultant Kathy. She was very personable, invested herself in my story and search, helped me build a look I was happy with. You see, I may be a snob, but I’m also a realist. I have a tight budget and I know there are more than just «the one» dress out there… there could be hundreds. So this gown fit my price, style, comfort requirement, overall look. But Kathy made the experience. If I had to rate her, I’d give her a 5. :)
Check it out! Expect it to be busy people, it’s a bridal shop. ESPECIALLY on the weekends. And I always hated that comment, «It’s way too busy here.» Um, you’re here too… you’re apart of the problem! ;) Just shoot for an early appointment, come well rested, and just understand that everyone else is there trying to find their dream gown as well.

Weekends are a madhouse, but if you’ve got stamina to sort through the bahzillion dresses and fellow anxious brides, you could find a gem…
Don’t be fooled by David’s reputation of having low prices. You can actually find better quality and attention to detail at smaller shops. (It’s only ideal if you need something quick.)