Allen Edmonds

The selection is some what lacking but the staff is very attentive. They were quick to make recommendations and order what ever you may need. I was also given free heel pads for another pair of shoes I had purchased but not from this store. They will also email you when new offerrings come into the store that they believe will interest you.

I am a big Allen Edmonds fan and have 3 pairs in my collection, so this review is for the store, not the shoes. I frequent the AE store in San Francisco and the service there has always been great. On a recent trip to New Orleans, i decided to shop for a belt to match a pair of AEs recently purchased in Bourbon.
Upon stepping into the store, there were two store clerks. One was behind the register, one re-​arranging shoes on the floor. Not a single one approached to ask if I needed help. No eye contact, no acknowledgement, no nothing. I figured they would approach me eventually. 5 minutes pass and still nothing. Another man enters the store and immediately they approach him, asking if he needs help.
What’s that all about? There are a few assumptions i can make here, but I’ll leave the review at that.

Amazing service, so friendly and helpful. Beautiful shoes & great prices. Highly recommended!

Amazing service. Fantastically comfortable shoes. Our man Gerald took great care of us. My husband was so happy with his purchase, he came back the next day with some cigars. We came all the way from South Florida to buy shoes here (ok, we were on an anniversary trip too, but we could have gone to the outlet in Orlando). I highly recommend this store.

Shoes I needed were out of stock online & I discovered there was a local store. Thomas helped me over the phone to get exactly what I needed shipped out the very next day. Pleasant to work with! Love the shoes.

Great store! I’m a guy in Vancouver who was trying to find more comfortable business boots, so I could do some walking at work without worrying that my wingtips would be flooded by the seasonal downpours that Vancouver is subject to. However, it’s ridiculous to find any kind of good dress shoe in the city — Harry Rosen is super-​expensive (and I’m not going to Holt Renfrew at the same rate), Brown’s shoes have a very limited business range, and it’s tough to find a lot of classic looks that suit my line of work.
Enter Allen Edmonds. They do sell in Vancouver but only a very small array that are severely marked up and very limited in selection. Only one kind of business boot was available, and it was from a snarky salesman who told me that if I’d done any homework, this was the best boot out there and the only one that I’d find of its quality in the city.
So, fine, maybe that’s true. Let’s go outside of Vancouver then, shall we? Maybe we can find good service, too.
When I walked into AE in New Orleans, I was impressed. It was definitely a business store, but the men were very polite and did everything with the utmost service even though I was dressed as a student tourist, pretty much. I’ve worked in a shoe store before and know that there are certain things that must be done, including proper measurements and individual fits and all. They did all of them, including doing the shoehorning themselves, which was a little touch that added just a bit more class.
The shoes at AE are usually light but stiffer leathers that will soften over time, so your feet initially feel cramped and then they grow into the shoes. These boots were no exception. Getting a nice pair of brown slip-​ons and black brogued lace-​ups, I was happy — I had two great new pairs of boots for years to come so that I could wear some comfortable boots that didn’t look like mukluks, and could walk about in the rain and a limited amount of snow.
What was very nice was that each pair of boots did not exceed $ 300. I think the quote I got for the one pair I saw in Canada was $ 500+, so I knew that I’d avoided a lot of fees. And I’d been in the States for a week, so I had to pay no duty!
What an excellent shopping by-​product when i went down to the Big Easy. And I encourage guys who need business shoes to check out Allen Edmonds, especially if you can see yourself needing them daily for a very long time.

The best business men’s shoe on the planet. Beautiful leather hand-​crafted shoes that are made in America. They are expensive, but will last a lifetime. Neat recrafting service where you send your shoes back to the factory and they come home looking like a new pair. I have a 15 year-​old pair that has been recrafted twice and look great. The belts are matching in quality and design and make a nice set. Once they get broken in, they are almost as comfortable as my sneakers. Well worth the price. This store has a great selection — if they don’t have your size, they will get it shipped to you from another store. Helpful staff all around.

Swing by this store if you want to see how a shoe store should be run. No-​pressure environment with attentive employees carrying a quality American-​made product. Ended up with a pair of shoes that cost about double what my previous nicest shoes were (still eating ramen as a result), but they end up molding to your foot shape and transform you into a bionic Southern dandy who strolls around town helping elderly ladies cross streets and rescuing cats from trees while in ridiculous comfort for wearing formal dress shoes.
Oh yeah, definitely come here if you have freak feet and get made fun of at the beach/​pool; they carry AAA to EEE widths.