Hatworks

Wandering around the Gaslamp area after a few drinks and found myself in this shop trying on various hats and snapping pictures in the mirror. The staff was super friendly and even encouraged my antics while I did my best accent impressions. I love the mom and pop stores vices the corporation stores like LIDS and the Footlocker chains but they win again unfortunately because this store is CLOSING… Good news for my wallet because I grabbed two new dome covers for less than half of the asking price as everything in the store is 75% off now. Cute store, nice variety, friendly staff… RIP HATWORLD

Honest, Good people here :) Great work! Fun selection

Great place to do business. Service with a smile. Same place for years.

great experience i went with my husband and a nice hispanic lady helped him and showed him lots of hats and made him feel great and welcome not bad we got a great one for only 50 bucks loved it

I love these guys because they love what they’re doing. They have a selection Fedoras of very fine Panamas and are very helpful in selecting just the right item to match your budget.
Wearing my new hat to work, I got so much attention from my collegues that I hosted a summer lunch event after which we all (10 of us) went down to Hat Works and selected a great hat.
We truely looked like «Men with Hats» walking through the gaslamp district back to our cars.

I love hats. I have a large collection ranging from vintage to brand new. So, when we were looking for a birthday gift for my husband’s boss, who loves my hats, we thought to stop by hatworks, especially after hearing about their «great selection.»
Disappointing, to say the least. They have a good selection of men’s styles, though not a great variety of brands, and mostly variations of cowboy hats or fedoras, but very few women’s styles. They had a few day hats (wide brims, canvas, and straw hats), a few cloches, and some cocktails and mini-​toppers on headbands in the glass display.
While service was attentive, they were definitely not informed about hats and styles. I asked if she had any dressy hats, she said, «Well we have the buckets over there and some pillboxes.» I asked to see the pillboxes, and she pointed me back over to the display case I’d already looked at earlier. I scanned and couldn’t see any, so she pulls out the three mini toppers on headbands. «Oh, well, those are mini-​toppers, not pillboxes.» I took my pillbox off and asked if she had anything like it or a modified version of it. «No, but you can try those pillboxes; they would look good on you,» she brings up again, pointing to the mini-​top hats.
So I sighed and went to Village Hat Shop to have a look. I didn’t buy any there either, because they were getting more into their stock of mini feathered cocktail hats and didn’t have the colours of pillboxes that would have suited the mister’s boss, but at least they had a large variety and knew what they were talking about.

I liked this place. This place has every kind of hat you can imagine. I read one persons review regarding not having the local sports teams hats in there or in large supply. This isnt that kinda of place and trust me, there are plenty of places in SD to buy a Chargers hat. My girl dragged me in because we have been looking for a particular hat for me. I liked a few but never really found one i loved until i found a Kangol hat there. The staff was super nice and very helpful. I will definitly go back.

I’ve been wearing hats since high school. So, I’ve done enough hat shopping to know. This place can get you what the OTHER hat stores in S.D. can get, but they won’t over-​charge. The chica who helped me was sweet, albeit a little too convincing. P. S. Love my BRIXTON!

I was passing by at the shop located in Downtown (District called «Gaslamp») because I was visiting San Diego on vacation. Actually I was looking for some sunglasses, but the choice was pretty small — not so the selection of hats. I tried some just for fun and was amazed. I never thought I am a «hat person», but this lovely small shop with its very friendly employees changed my mind totally… I will definetly visit this store again. Unfortunately they dont have a online store yet, thats the only thing I am missing. I love that shop!!!
Phil from Berlin

Excellent experience. Great service, good selection. And to the guy complaining about their sports team inventory; this is a «hat» shop, not a «cap» shop. Go find a «Lids». They’re usually right next to your favorite mediocre sneaker shop in any generic mall.
Thanks to the lovely ladies at Hatworks!

Fantastic selection and very knowledgeable sales staff. I needed a hat and am pretty clueless what styles would work with my shape; their suggestions and expertise made shopping there fun and informative. I will return!

I don’t know. For me if your going to call yourself Hatworks, shouldn’t you have the works when it comes to hats? They have quite a bit of styles, but are struggling pretty bad when it comes to athletic hats.
I’m a Chicago sports fan so I understand them not having what I desired, but even the Padre and Charger selection was slim to none. It’s false advertising to say «Hatworks» when you have the works minus an athletic hat selection. Heck you might as well call yourself «If You Want Athletic Hats Lids Is Located In Horton Plaza.»
The service is too attentive, to the point of being pushy. When I say «I’m just browsing» that means I’m looking for a hat I like. This must have translated to the store attendant to «I’d like you to keep suggesting crappy hats that I have no chance of buying.» I got tired of humoring her and trying on hats that I was not interested in and left.
Oh yeah, they’re rather expensive too.

What a fantastic store, both service, selection and prices. I shop for hats worldwide and this is one of the better hat stores I’ve been to. I have a big head and finding modern style hats is hard. They not only have patient, knowledgeable staff, but a terrific variety. They also offered ordering special sizes and even having custom work such as the brim being trimmed, no one offers that service any more. They even steamed and sized two hats for me that I had purchased at other stores go free, before I ever bought a hat. I will be back again and again.

They’re cool. The people there were very attentive and happy to offer their opinions and gave great tips for tweaking the versatility of different hats. Although the selection is excellent, I think I just lucked out and hit them at point when there wasn’t much variety. Despite the dim interior and slightly gloomy appearance, it’s definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area.

Fedoras, berets, and cowboy hats– oh my!
Best hat store. Period. I love this store. They have every hat on the face of the world crammed in this little shop. The employees are more than helpful and very knowledgeable. They casually suggest you may want to try another hat instead of pointing out how friggen’ nightmarish the thing looks on you. I saw them in action and believe me– they’re good. They even let you have a go at the giant leprechaun hats and character beanies without so much as a raised eyebrow. Everytime I’m in the Gaslamp I try to start here as an instant boost to my day.