Yadegar Diamonds

I would highly recommend Yadegar Diamonds for the quality and service. Vartan was the gemologist who educated us on the importance and details of what kind of differences the stones have to offer. Jay was very diligent in finding the exact stone we wanted after having decided what quality stone we would like. He tracked it down and ordered it for us so that we could get it set by the following weekend to pick up. We will definitely be returning for future purchases.

Jay took his time with me and my very «particular» fiancée. We visited him several times to make sure the ring was precise to her specifications. Jay was understanding and helped us figure out exactly what would be best. The diamond he ended up finding for us is magnificent and the final product is outstanding!
He was also cognizant of my budget which was nice too. I would recommend him to anyone looking for any type of jewelry. Thanks Jay!

My partner and I had the best experience at Yadegar. To be honest we knew nothing about purchasing our rings. We were shown how to select our diamonds, what to look for, and what was important to us. He was very helpful and patient. We looked at at least five jewelry shops trying to fine a unique setting with no luck. Yadegar took the time to listen and showed us the perfect ring.
I’ll always buy my jewelry from Yadegar. Best experience ever!

This review is loooong overdue! My experience getting my engagement ring was one of the most stressful situations. He took the joy out of the whole process by making false promises and being dishonest. In 2012 my now husband told me to go look at rings to get an idea of what I liked with my mom. We ended up in Yadegar diamonds and I saw a ring I really like but wanted to change a few things. Jay told me he would make a new ring exactly like this one with the tweaks I wanted. I also found a really nice diamond while I was there. I asked if he could hold it so I could bring In my now husband. He said he would need a $ 1,000 deposit and also said he would send it off to get GIA certified for free. I thought Wow! How awesome. So my husband said to go ahead and give him our credit card to hold the diamond. I went back with my husband a week later to show him everything however the diamond wasn’t there because «Jay had sent it off to get GIA certified» I put that in quotes because it never happened. When me and my now husband went in Jay told me to let him deal with my soon to be fiancé and let it be a surprise. I agreed and told my now husband not to tell me when my ring was made and to let it be a surprise. Well a few weeks down the line he came to me and said he didn’t want to spoil the surprised but he had got the ring and he didn’t think it was what I wanted based on the original ring I showed him and jay showed him the diamond I had originally picked and it was yellow and terrible looking and had gotten him to spend more on another diamond. I had told my husband the color and clarity of the diamond I chose and where the inclusions were and it was in no way yellow! The ring that was made wasn’t what we had discussed I wanted. So we went back together and jay looked shocked to see me with him and then explained he «accidentally» showed my husband the wrong diamond. After that my trust was broken and I knew he was trying to take advantage of my husband while I wasn’t present to squeeze an extra $ 800 out of him. Not to mention he never got the original diamond I put the deposit on GIA certified. I got him to credit us back half of the $ 800 and he ended up making the changes to the original ring I had chose rather than making me a new one. I wanted to take my money and run but my husband had already paid and I knew Jay would not have given us all of our money back. Several more things happened and I was just so done dealing with him. I ended up paying $ 11,400 only to go have my setting remade somewhere else. Also one of my diamonds fell out within a month of having it. The bottom line, Jay seemed like a dream come true until he had our money.

Recently purchased my wife a diamond band/​ring from this shop after visiting many other jewelers. Very good selection of rings, reasonable pricing and Jay was very helpful is showing her many different styles at various price ranges. She really likes the ring and we would buy from here again.

Jay is a solid jeweler and stand behind his work. I recommend him to all of my friends and family for very nice jewelry at reasonable prices. I have had a couple of problems with my custom made jewelry and never once Jay has denied taking care of me and wife without any hassle. Better yet, Jay upgraded my wife’s custom made wedding band and made sure we had ultimate satisfaction. Thanks Jay for the great care of your customer’s, good looking out. Leon

I can’t recommend Jay enough. I got my now fiancé her engagement ring from Yadegar Diamonds and we are both obsessed with it. The ring came out better than i could have ever imagined.
We walked into Jay’s store almost by mistake (fate?). We had an appointment to go to a neighboring shop, mostly to educate ourselves about diamonds, rings, price points, etc. As soon as this place realized we weren’t necessarily ready to buy, their lack of interest in us was palpable. The associate kept looking at her watch and had no real interest in walking us through all the choices.
Defeated and frustrated, we decided to walk into Jay’s store. What a great decision! We were upfront and honest with him about what we were there for (education and information) and he was more than happy to walk us through all the details (repeatedly).
Fast forward a few months later, and now i’m ready to purchase a ring. I’ve done a ton of research online and had gotten myself to a point where I knew what I wanted and how much I’d have to pay to get it.
Jay walked to me through all the pros and cons of purchasing something online versus something in his store. At the end of the day, as he stated repeatedly, his main goal was to get us the diamond WE wanted. If we wanted one from his store, great. If we wanted one we found online, great.
In the end, I found exactly what I wanted from him. He worked with me and kept me well within budget, and never once tried to upsell me. Though the band I had my heart set on wasn’t in stock, Jay was able to customize one to my exact specifications within a week.
When I went to pick up the ring, I was blown away. It was and is perfect. My fiancé can’t stop staring at it. Good job by me, I guess.
Thanks Jay!

I got quite few people contacting me regarding my experience and wanting details from my 2009 review. I hope you all got your money back or the resolution is to your satisfaction. As I said before, use a 3^rd party to appraise the stone unless you are gemologist. Save yourself some heart-​ache and stay away. This guy threatened to take me to court for not taking the review off and also sent me and the email below — do you really want to deal with someone like this. .. .
Jay Y. has sent you a message on Unilocal:
Hi Manda!
«4 reviews… Mexican restaurant… Pizza…city cruise and… Yadegar Diamonds!!!
You are a class act! Low budget, low class… you need to shop at costco and leave fine jewelers alone. We don’t need your business. Learn that you get what you pay for. It is obvious from your reviews that you have champagne taste and obviously a beer budget!!!»

No frills, no two-​stepping with Jay. No pretentious atmosphere, no silly sales pitches. You will not feel intimidated walking into his store (cuz let’s face it sometimes these jewelry store folks size you up before you even enter the store!).
Tell Jay what you want and he will make it happen. The trick is to do all your homework online as much as you can (this goes for any store you go to!). If you are expecting frou-​frou service with a cherry on top, then this might not be for you. However, if you want an excellent value for your hard-​earned money, then Jay is your guy.
Tip: nervous guys looking for that perfect rock, have a shot with Jay and relax (really!). Lol.

Jay is the F’n man! Bought an engagement ring from him and I upgraded 5 months later, just cause! Both times he has been a huge supporter and mentor in diamonds. 5 stars to the man!

I got my engagement ring from Jay and I definitely recommend working with him.
The good:
— THE BEST thing about Jay and his store is the pricing. Hands down the best, even compared to online merchants that don’t charge sales tax.
— My ring has an oval stone floating in a halo setting. And that’s all the instruction I gave Jay. Jay did a great job executing my vision without any specific instructions. The proportion of the ring (center stone, size of gap between center stone and hale, thickness of halo) was very well balanced. When my fiancée picked up the final product, as much as he didn’t care about jewelry, he was impressed with the end result.
— Jay did not skimp on the material when it came to making the ring setting. The halo and the band were pave set and Jay put good quality and good sized stones on it. The white gold band was very solid and of good width and depth.
— When I first contacted Jay, he was super responsive. He pulled out 10 stones’ information the same day for me to choose from. Communication with him was always pretty easy.
Things you should be aware of but aren’t critical:
— Jay has a strong voice in what he thinks are good stones. That may or may not align with your preference. For example, he’s more about color whereas I’m very picky about the cut. You should be comfortable telling him what it is that YOU want. If you can do that, you will have a great experience with Jay. For me, Jay strongly recommended one other stone to me other than the one I liked. And I would agree that his recommendation was a great stone and perhaps better bang for the buck than the one I liked. But once I stood my ground and told him what I really wanted, Jay was very supportive and happily helped me choose the setting.
— The workmanship of the setting is not THE best. When I got my ring, I could tell the center stone was slightly crooked — I have eagle eyes for this kind of things. My fiancée certainly didn’t see anything wrong with it. There was one tiny chip on the gallery metal beneath the stone. You won’t ever see it if you don’t look for it super close and sideways. But again, my eagle eyes caught it right away. Both are very minor issues and were easily fixed.
Over all, I recommend working with Jay.

First off let say Jay (Yadegar Diamonds) is now my go to jeweler. I am so thankful for my engagement ring!
I stumbled upon Jay after moving to SF and looking for custom design ideas for my engagement ring (which I was planning of having made in NY). Jay ended up winning me over with his honesty, pricing, experience and talent. I had a once in a lifetime experience buying with Jay! Just to mention I was shopping for a very difficult to find, large, specific cut, color and clarity diamond. Jay brought in so many stones for me to look at until finally we found and purchased «the» stone. From start to finish it took us 7 months to broker my diamond and design the ring. He is extremely creative and works with whatever budget you may have.
You can’t go wrong with Yadegar Diamonds! I would and do recommend them to anyone looking for that custom jewelry piece, present or engagement rings.
Also, a HUGE thanks to Jay for being so patient with me throughout the purchasing and custom designed process. The ring absolutely exquisite!

Recently, i purchased an engagement ring for my fiancé (6ct emerald cut vs1 diamond eternity band) and through the year of searching and learning jay was extremely influential on my decision to go with the best/​knowledgeable diamond dealer in the business (jay yedegar)!! She was amazed jay to say the least and the quality was stunning and the compliments continue to pour in on the quality and out of the box engagement style ring. Much appreciated! Contact jay for all your diamond needs!
Thanks
Jason

Jay is awesome! He is a no bullshit kind of guy and gives it to you straight. Maybe that is why some Unilocalers have found him offensive or rude.
I went to him and knew my budget and exactly what I wanted for my engagement ring. He never tried to upsell us, and found exactly what we wanted in our budget! He really went to bat for us and contacted multiple suppliers so we could view the best diamonds in his showroom. He also gave great advice on how to save some money and to pick the best setting for our diamond.
We went to many other jewelers and Jay was the guy that seemed to be on our team. He was straightforward, honest, and realistic. When making such a significant purchase (symbolically and financially) its important to have someone that isn’t just a salesman, but is there to really find you a perfect match. And that is just what Jay does. I love my engagement ring and without a doubt we will be having our wedding rings made here as well.
If you are serious about purchasing an engagement ring, stop in and see him. He will go above and beyond for you!

So I really don’t need any service for my ring, but since I was near Yadegar for Brannna St; I stop by to say «hi» to Jay at Yadegar Diamonds.
Jay offer to clean my ring at no charge.
Wow it tooK just a few minutes.
Great Sevice…
I walk out with a shinny ring like new… «LOVE IT»

this is a long overdue review. Jay is awesome at what he does and he works with your designs and budget to create that perfect look. My husband got my engagement ring from here and we ended up getting my band, his band and the bridesmaids gifts here.
He was patient with me when I need to resize and fixed my ring for free when I smashed my ring into something and the prong came up slightly. Not his fault at all. All mine :)
Overall, a great experience! He’s not pushy and offers great suggestions. Check him out!

Stay away! My wife and I went to Yadegar Diamonds in 2011. I gave Jay an approximate time of when I would be there. Unfortunately, because of traffic getting into the city and parking, we showed up later but way before closing time for his posted business hours. When I showed up, Jay gave me a bunch of crap about why I was late. Yes, he called me out and told me that I was late. I told him that I never made an appointment but merely stated that I would try to get there at a certain time. He was pissed because he was closing early because he was traveling. If you close before your posted business hours, that’s your deal, not the customer’s.
We push that aside hoping that we could hit it off and maybe finally find a ring and diamond that we are happy with for our engagement ring. It just goes downhill from there. Jay talks to people like they are dumb, I kid you not. He is so condescending. He definitely makes you realize that he is the professional and you are the amateur when it comes to diamonds and rings. He asks you why you value this in a diamond or why you like that cut. After you tell him, he then tells you that what you believe is not true and it’s a result of what other jewelers tell you. And the only reason why they tell you is that it’s their way of selling you the diamonds that they have on hand, all the while, he is doing the exact same thing.
The man is very manipulative, domineering, and unprofessional. He comes off as your quintessential sleazy jeweler. Even other jewelers in the building stated they had witnessed Jay treating other customers rudely. This guy gets quite a few low reviews on Unilocal and it’s no surprise. I am surprised that he is still in business. Stay away!

Great Jeweler. I bought my engagement ring here and Jay gave me a fair price for a great setting and diamond.
I feel like I saved so much money compared to the big retail diamond stores and even other retailers at the shopping center. Jay, the owner, was very patient and wasn’t pushy at all. I did a lot of shopping around and I felt he listened to me and found me exactly what I was looking for (even though I didn’t know what I was looking for when I first came in).
I can’t really see where these other reviewers are coming from because I felt that Jay was more than honest and really ‘told it how it is’ when it came to his diamonds. It was actually refreshing compared to all the other diamond sellers that used colorful words to describe imperfections in clarity and color. I don’t need someone to tell me that a spot in the diamond makes it unique or that its a warm color when the diamond is yellow. It was a hard decision and I wish I could afford the whitest most perfect diamond, but with Jay’s help I found one that was beautiful and within my budget.
Best part is that my fiancé said. «Yes!» She loves her ring and I’m really happy I got it at Yadegar.

Our transaction with Jay Yadegar was hands-​down the most stressful, frustrating and awful retail transaction we’ve ever had the displeasure of experiencing.
This is a pretty extensive review, but I can’t seem to whittle it down any shorter and still drive home how utterly ridiculous the entire ordeal was.
They chipped (directly under a prong setting) the supplied gem, which caused an internal fracture from the chip, down along the side. (NOTE: we purchased from a well-​known/​reviewed gems dealer in downtown SF). When we went to pick up the ring, he tried to tell us the sapphire was «like that when you brought it in» — um, what? We brought you a chipped and fractured sapphire? A chip that just happens to be directly under the prong setting of the ring? Don’t think so, guy… don’t try to pull that. He backs down and says that he can fix the edge chips by re-​cutting the stone. I find that highly unbelievable, but agree to let him try. He tells us to come back a week later.
We go back and the sapphire has been recut. And by recut, I mean little bits of the gem were nipped off all along the offending edge (not a smooth cut in any sense). They also set the recut stone in the same ring, without any modification. Which means the sapphire was basically sitting down below the basket edge (the prongs were curved downward). It looked terrible. We point out the crappy «recut» job, and that it looked bad set in a basket that was clearly too large for the now-​smaller stone.
He finally acquiesces, says «sapphires aren’t really my thing» and tells us to find a replacement and he’ll reimburse us. It takes us almost a month to find a sapphire that is close in color/​shape.
We take him the new sapphire. He tells us it will be easy to fit the different shape of the new gem into the existing ring, and that it will be ready in a week. Husband goes to pick it up the following week. After Jay mistakenly gives him some random diamond/​ruby ring, and husband says, «this isn’t our ring… ours was the sapphire ring… remember?» Jay tells him it’s not ready and to come back in another week.
Husband goes back the following week. The e-​ring is still not ready. Jay is proud, however, that they have finished the wedding band (yay? the wedding isn’t for months, how about finishing the e-​ring first?). He gives my husband the wedding band to take home as a consolation prize, and tells him to come back in a few days for the e-​ring.
Husband brings home the wedding band. It’s clear to me that it’s made of platinum (it’s heavy and more gray). I call Jay and tell him it’s wrong and that it should be white gold, as indicated on the original order (to match the e-​ring). He tells us to bring it back to the shop when we pick up the e-​ring the following week.
Husband goes back the following week. Jay confirms the band was indeed mistakenly made in platinum. The e-​ring is ready, but it’s been completely butchered. The replacement sapphire is intact (thank god), but the basket has been squished down (the filigree is half-​gone), the gold is bumpy, and the new engraving looks like it was done by a child with one of those home engravers you use to mark your tools (i.e., uneven and doesn’t match the other engravings on the ring).
I call him out on the quality and ask if he even looked at the ring, as I would expect he’d have more pride in the workmanship than to let it leave his shop. I tell him that I’m tired of being strung along, and that we would like a full refund. We go back and forth, and he finally convinces us to give him one last chance to make it right. Despite my gut feeling, we agree. He tells us if we’re not completely satisfied after this he’ll fully refund our money.
We go back seven days later (at this point, it’s MONTHS after the initial visit to his store) to pick up the e-​ring. It’s a little better quality, but still not fantastic.
At this point, I tell him we want a refund. He gets huffy, but agrees. He tells my husband to send him a scan of the receipt and he’ll issue the refund. He replies to the receipt email with, «I’m not refunding you the full amount» and makes some unprofessional comments about me. We reply to him with a simple demand that he issue a full refund as promised, or we will dispute the charge with our credit card company. He replies with a snarky «good luck!» and that was the end of it.
A few days later, a refund comes across our account. It was the final amount MINUS an arbitrary ~48%. He kept almost half our money, and we got nothing in return.
We disputed the difference with our credit card company, and eventually got a refund for the remainder. It’s unclear if this came from the credit card company or from Jay Yadegar. We only assume that it’s from the credit card company, because his last communication to us was the unprofessional, crass email I mentioned above.
Moral of the story: don’t buy anything from this place unless it’s perfect when you see it, and perfect when you leave with it.

My hubby and I both had our custom wedding rings done here and as well as my engagement ring. We were really happy with how everything turned out!
Jay is really easy to work with. Anything you want done, Jay can do! Just make sure you bring pictures of examples, visuals always help :)
Recently, one of the tiny stones fell out of my ring, so I called Jay the next day and he was able to replace it the same day just in time for our honeymoon trip!
The only thing I wish was that they were open on the weekends. It was pretty difficult to come in during the weekdays because of work and all. Also if your looking to do custom work on your ring, make sure you allow yourself some time to come into the shop a few more times than normal. This will take some time, but it’s totally worth the wait!