Antique Depot

It is a wonderful place of shopping Jewelry and antique. It is clean and well organized. I like this place!

Let me tell you very rude not good at finding anything it was a mess in there and a lady’s name is Karen attitude like there is better things to do. I will never shop here again and I advise everyone to stay away overpriced Junk. Especially when they’re having such a rude lady that’s what took me off guard. There’s so many cuter shops around there and nicer people.

What a GREAT place. This is like an amusement park for the eyes and the senses. There is tons of great stuff to look at and/​or buy. I suggest everyone go here, even if you’re not into antiques and collectables, as it is simply a cool place to visit.
Recommended!

This is a decent-​sized antique mall in Old Towne Orange! Although the Antique Depot may not be as organized as other stores, it’s still a nice place to find some unique items.
Full of booths of items sold by individual sellers, there’s something here for almost everyone. While some booths are clean and tidy, most individual booths sell a wide variety of random items and seem just a bit messy. A shopper really needs to be prepared to spend a lot time looking through all the tables and shelves in each area to find what he or she needs.
We thought the staff was nice but not exceptionally friendly. While we found several cases that needed to be opened, there was some reluctance in helping us. We did notice that the employees seem to be much more engaged once they knew how interested we were in the items they were showing us.
The Antique Mall is a fun place to shop if you have some quality time to really look around. We didn’t get a chance to shop the booths downstairs, but we are planning to put some serious time aside to look at all those booths the next time we’re here!

It was nice to walk around they had a lot of stuff but every time I wanted to look at something inside a display case I would have to walk all the way to the front to get someone to help me. I was at this one display case and it said make me a offer so I did and the girl helping me said NO and took the item out of my hand and walked away. LOL

Walking around this beautiful and inviting antique depot, I was truly amazed at all the historical pieces they had. From as far back as 1800’s, you can see how things have evolved as well as gone out of style. At times I imaged what life was like many years ago and found myself wanting to experience it, for one day. Crazy yes I know, but that is how I connect with History. To see it or touch it, verses reading about it. If you love opening your imagination to a whole new world of what life was like, this is the place to go. Completed with oldies music.

Lots of booths by lots of vendors. Takes a while to just walk through. Some booths are organized, some are a mess. To each their own. I didn’t experience the rude employees that other reviewers mention. They were nice and greeted on entry, and willing to open cases for me.

This is but another antique mall that needs to be supported. Don’t be fooled by those shoppers that expect everything for free. They’ll spend several days shopping at swap meets to get a better price, not realizing if they had paid themselves minimum wage for their time, they would have been better off paying a little more and supporting the antique community at the same time. I love having booths with lots of different mechandise. All I expect of the help is to be there during business hours and leave a message for the sellers if I’d like to negotiate a better price. I’ve never not bought something I wanted out of spite, seems kind of stupid. There are several similar stores in the antique district all of which could use our support, if not they could go the way of the Garden Grove district, hobby stores and sandwich shops.

Antique Depot is the best antique mall in Orange! There employees are very helpful and have great customer service… I got a great deal on a mid century desk for myself and, a lladro for my moms birthday for only $ 30. Score!!!

OMG!!! There is a huge mineral, fossil, jewelry section right in front that has the most amazing items!! So cheap too!!!
I’m i heaven! I wish I could buy all of it!

Was really bummed when I fell short on not finding the pieces I was looking for. Last I was here they had everything you could imagine and then some, not this time.
Shop wasn’t as clean or kept up even the stalls were disheveled

I too am surprised by the negative reviews. I’ve been in this place quite a few times & never had any problems. The cashier’s are always pretty easy going, if not somewhat laid-​back. This place is probably the biggest antique mall in Old town Orange. It doesn’t have as much high end merchandise as it once had but still has quite a bit of treasures to be found.

I don’t get all the negative reviews… my experience has always been positive.
The store is located in Old Town Orange, which is a really great spot to hang out at. There are other antique stores, a nice selection of restaurants and places to have coffee.
The store is large and has two levels. I think there is a good selection of merchandise, but it depends on what you are looking for. I buy larger furniture pieces, artwork, porcelains and jewelry… so there’s plenty of that stuff there. I can’t complain about the staff because I have never had a problem. If anything, some of the ladies have gone out of there way to be helpful.

2.25 to 2.5 stars
The place is big for your antiquing needs! It looks like each person leases a small section and price it however they want because some had signs that stated 50% off everything in section x.
All the beautiful jewelry are by the front window near the entrance. You can tell that some tenants purged old items for sale while others had really unique pieces.
Unfortunately I have to give fewer stars because most items are overpriced, but I applaud and wish the store success since so rare these days to see one of these type of shops. I found myself wondering if some of these people are ex-​hoarders.

The employees are very rude and not helpful at all. I would not want to be a dealer at this antique store, it’s a wonder that anything sells there. Just go across the street to Orange Circle Antique Mall, now that’s a nice place to shop.

I love antique stores. Seriously love. That being said, this is the worst antique store I’ve ever been in. I’ve gone in here numerous times hoping for a change, but I always come out feeling justified in my dislike for this establishment. I’ll list the problems as best I can.
1. Rude employees. This is a big one. I don’t like being stared at and not greeted when I enter a store. I don’t like hearing employees yell at customers. I really don’t like the attitude they all have there.
2. Poorly organized store. It’s just… off. Between the narrow walkways, dim lighting and doorways you have to shimmy through, it’s like they want you to break things so you have to pay for them.
3. Their pricing is absurdly high. I know the proper prices of a lot of things, no one wants to be gouged!
Don’t waste your time here, move straight on to Orange Circle Antique Mall, Antique Station or Chapman Antique Mall.

I was hesitant to go in here, based on it’s low rating, but ended up in here anyway. They had a few items of interest to me, but thank goodness for smart phones as I found one of the items for a ¼th of the price online! I also found a lovely set of Jadite salt & pepper shakers, but when I looked at them I saw that they were not McKee and the salesman told me they were actually new and not vintage. For the high price they were asking for fakes, I decided against it. They also put me off by putting stickers on mint condition boxes/​items which ruins the boxes when you try to take their price tag off! That’s like rule #2 of running an antique store that they failed at (#1 being good customer service). I saw a few items that I was gonna keep in my head if I didn’t find anything else to buy on the trip. Their prices are normal LA prices (similar also to NYC, Boston, SF prices that I’ve found — which I didn’t think would be the case!).
I was also buying for someone else and found an item that he was interested in, in a 20% off case. The salesman confirmed that they were 20% off and set them aside for me. I eventually went to pay & when they rang me up and I asked about the 20% off they said it didnt apply to my item. They flat out refused to be flexible at all and pointed out the «ND» marking on the tag (No discount). They were quite obnoxious about it all as well… I went on to say how the salesman confirmed that it was 20% off when we were at the case and he flat out denied it to the cash register ladies! He lied right to my face! Then I mentioned how they don’t have the best reviews online and that I would be adding to the bad reviews, and the older lady of the two cashier ladies said (in her own words) that she couldn’t care less. She said that she «has to eat» and if she gave me the discount (all of $ 5) that she would have to pay the difference, which she wouldn’t do and she knew the other salesman wouldn’t either. I said that I was shocked at how awful their customer service was, but they just shrugged. I left as I do not approve of that kind of business. I called my client and he wanted me to go buy the item still, so I did, but I did so with a grudge. The younger cashier let me go without paying tax, but the older lady still kept on with her snide, unhelpful remarks.
While I will be back to the area, I will steer clear of this place! Not only that, I ended up not buying anything else that day and would of gladly come back for a more expensive jewelry box, but definitely decided against it after that experience!

This place is huge. Make sure you check out the downstairs area too. I love perusing through antique stores like this one — you just never know what you’re going to find!

Every time that I have been to the Antique Depot the women that work there have ALWAYS been more than helpful in finding whatever I needed to find. They always are smiling and seem to enjoy working with the public. They’re always laughing and cracking jokes when not waiting on customers.
I know for a fact, as I’ve witnessed it myself; that they get some REALLY CRANKY customers that treat them poorly when they don’t get their way, or get a big enough discount on a specific item. It is a mall and for the most part a «self serve» place of business. There are literally thousands of items in this mall and the women working there are usually pretty helpful in trying to help me locate something specific that I’m looking for!
I encourage anyone who enjoys antiques and collectibles to visit the Antique Depot in Orange, CA.

Needed a new cane because I’m old and broken. Visited 5 other antique shops for canes and found a few but wasn’t happy with any of them.
In February of 2004, I had a pretty severe back injury. Since then, I’ve done all I could to stay strong and healthy and to do as much damage control as humanly possible. But once in a while, scar tissue breaks up or muscle strain happens from over use and I’m right back to where I started six years ago.
My first cane was solid mahogany with a polished brass head. Beautiful cane and sturdy as a sailing mast… until it snapped. I guess I lean on it too much.
After strolling around the Orange Circle in quite a bit of pain and coming up empty handed, I walked into Antique Depot and said to myself, «Last one. I can’t handle this anymore. I either buy something here or I go to Walgreens and get a titanium cane.»
Wandering around, I saw a few canes scattered here and there but nothing that appealed to me or fit my style or height. I gave up so I started to make my way out but decided to take the scenic loop.
Wait. What’s this?
I find, hidden between 4 other fairly regular looking walking sticks, a BEAUTIFUL antique made of bone with Japanese style etchings along the shaft. It was gorgeous, had character, and was the perfect height.
I didn’t care about the price. It was exactly what I wanted and I wasn’t about to go buy a clinic stick.
Employees are laid back and friendly.
Store organization leaves a bit to be desired, but encourages wandering.
Inventory is HUGE.
If I were into antiquing, I’d come here more often, but since I’m not, I’ll leave this at a ³⁄₅ rating simply because I don’t know enough about antique shops to judge rightly.
Thanks, Antique Depot. You’re a life saver (literally).