2000 Dreams Bridal

Went in looking for a Chinese traditional dress «qi pao» and was not greeted when I walked in. Since I have been there previously to look for a qi pao for a friend I knew where to go. Picked out a couple of qi paos and went up to the counter and ask how much they were. The lady at the counter told me the price — as I was walking away the lady next to her was talking to her in Vietnamese. And she was basically talking crap about me and saying she also quoted me too low. However, they didn’t know I understood them. I turned around and told them I knew what they said and left. BE AWARE of the bad customer service and the multiple price increases within your visit!

I got my wedding dress from here and got a very reasonable deal (with alterations included). I was really pleased with how my dress looked and how friendly the staff were. My only minor complaint is the way that my dress was altered. I lost a lot of weight for the wedding and they had to take it 4 sizes down. Didn’t like the fact that they put a belt inside the see-​through dress. But I understand that it was probably the best option.
I would still recommend this store to any bride. It is well worth it!

A year ago I got my wedding dress here. The ladies were very helpful and gave me a good deal on my dress and my mother’s dress. The dress looked amazing on me! My mom and I always got a warm welcoming from the ladies here.

the bustle that we paid for did not work properly for the wedding. kept on getting undone and people stepped on the train multiple times until the tulle tore at the end. thankfully, we had a great time, and i found another sash at bhldn!

I am a frugal Chinese girl and initially thought there’s no way any regular priced boutique could give me THAT much more service to warrant the heftier price. WRONG, LADIES!
If you come here, FAIR WARNING that you will be:
1 — Rushed at every appointment.
2 — Not accommodated to as soon as you’ve $$ paid Nancy
3 — Very likely unhappy with your alterations.
As cheap as I am, I would go to a ‘normal’ store if I had a do-​over.
1 — You will feel frantic when here. Nancy and her ladies will all circle around you urging you to «Ok. you take off now. OK you have had on long enough.» At my final fitting, my maid of honor was just starting to snap some full length pictures for me, and one of the ladies was untying me in the back. l had to turn around and say «Could you please stop? I am not done here». Trust me, I wasn’t staring and admiring myself in the mirror. It was really a get in, wanted to get a feel for the dress, walk in it, and get out.
2 — After paying, I tried to make an appointment for a dress fitting and Nancy told me that weekends were «very busy with customers» and that I could only come on weekdays during prom season. So. what exactly am I? As rude as that was, I went back to schedule my 2^nd and 3^rd/​final fittings in August and October and was still told that weekends were «for customers only». I told her I could come at the moment the store opened or was closing to avoid her ‘busy customers”. She refused. Rude and not accommodating.
3 — My dress was a ruffly A-​line prior to alteration. After the «length» alteration, you can distinctively see a top ‘chunk’ of my dress sitting like a muffin-​top above the bottom ‘chunk’ of my dress. It does not flow in one line anymore and I think Nancy & crew did not/​did not know how to take up the length correctly. I’m pretty upset, but I don’t have the money (or the time) to get another dress and do-​over. My fiancé will hopefully not notice =(.
Nancy was also supposed to alter my bust area. I am small busted and needed her to take it in so you can’t see my boobs when looking down the front! When I called to ask if this was done/​ready for fitting she said «fix the front? no need! will be too tight». I replied, «No, remember? we discussed that you can see my boobs when you look down.» She pauses, then goes «oh. ok. yes. done. come». … ??? When i got there to try on, the ‘alteration’ was a thread that was woven across the top of the bust line and pulled tight. Like a DRAWSTRING you see in sweatpants. I am no seamstress, but I’m pretty sure that’s not the professional way to take-​in the bust line.
This review would have been written sooner to warn my fellow Unilocalers, but when someone is holding your dress hostage, you don’t piss off the gunman.
Not trying to spread hate here. I really think people need to know what they’re getting, if they go here. I wouldn’t want another bride walking out of there upset like I am. More importantly, I want Nancy and her team to know that GOOD SERVICE is not only the polite thing to do but necessary in the business world. Hopefully this will change. And perhaps she can take some addt’l seamstress classes for different style dresses.

I knew which dress I wanted before I came here. They were pleasant, but pushy, and gave me a pretty good deal. My dress was about $ 200 less than I had seen it anywhere else. They include alterations and a veil. My dress came in, and I was disappointed that I could not do my first fitting on Saturday. My mom had to leave work early to come with me. They’re a bit strange about scheduling. The veil they offered me was plain and not anything special. They really tried to make it sound wonderful («it’s plain so it doesn’t overwhelm your dress), but it really was just cheap and not what I wanted… however it was free (the shop across the street is where my sister got her dress, she paid only $ 50 less than retail, and the customer service was about the same… but they have a great selection of beautiful veils that come free with dress purchases, I wish I had known that wasn’t what i was getting, but oh well). They added sleeves for me, and that was a bit tough. They thought I would like their ideas better, so it took a while to get them to listen to what I really wanted and do what I asked (like I said, they’re a bit pushy). The bustle is not included in the «free alterations» which is standard. Overall I think I saved a bit of money. At one point the lady argued with me about whether I was getting married on Sept. 5 or the 19^th… which was weird, she must have written it down wrong to begin with, but it was all done in time for me to pick up the week of the wedding.
Beware, this is not a champagne while you taste, bring your whole family sort of place. It’s small, and they are lacking in terms of customer service sometimes… but, you do save money.

We were referred here after one our our friends got married and ordered her bridesmaids dresses here.
This store has a huge variety of dresses in every color you can imagine. They also carry wedding dress, bridesmaid dresses, flower girls dress and mother of the bride dresses.
If you are looking for a particular style Nancy can find it for you. Her customer service skills were awesome and she kept me up to date on my dress.
Her staff also does alterations as well for a reasonable price.
Overall if you need options on where to find dresses for your special occasion I would recommend this place. They will have what you are looking for.
Thank you Nancy for all your hard work!!!

What a waste of my time!!! I went here because someone from my work said they sell cheap dresses. My mom, grandma and I were looking for dresses for them and no one bothered to help us. They had about 5 racks of dresses to look through but the price was still in the mid $ 100’s. The lady didn’t want my grandma to try on a dress because there was no size. Flower girl dresses were in the $ 50 range. The store was run down and very small. Go to dtla. There are better selections and cheaper dresses.

I had been up an down Las Tunas to the numerous bridal boutiques… my sister and her best friend got their wedding dresses here, so I figured I can try the other places first. The place does look a bit run down, only cause there’s a gazillion dresses in there… but, so what… that’s more options! Nancy and her team were very gracious and willing to negotiate the price. It was my second trip there, I brought my secret weapon… my mom. She was able to negotiate a price that was satisfactory for both parties. We even got the suit rentals from them, all were perfect. Nancy and her team include alterations free of charge and a veil of your choice 9she gave me three options).and if you’re purchasing a wedding gown, you’re going to need alterations.

My soon-​to-​be Sister-​in-​law is getting married in August and we all ordered our bridesmaid dresses from this shop. 3 ½ months later the dresses come in and the ZIPPERS DO NOT WORK. As in, you can’t even unzip them to see if they even fit… when you spend $ 130 on a dress you hope you can al least unzip the thing.

Nancy was amazing!!! She listened to what I wanted! Gave me a GREAT deal and she was so helpful! I can’t wait to refer girls I know to this place! They have deals on tuxedos too!!!

One of my best friends from hs is getting married. As a dutiful bridesmaid I accompanied her to one of the 500 fittings, she wanted to check this place out for some discounted gowns.
My experience here was, in one word, MEH. To be honest. I’ve only been bridal gown shopping twice, but this shop reminds me of a bargain market on Asia. If you’re looking for a fancy, catered to all your needs shopping experience, please turn around NOW. Luckily my friend is the hustling type and she is down to deal with the pushy Asian sale ladies and the cramped racks to find «that» gown.
Parking: sadly typical SGV, we got lucky and found street parking, but I don’t think this place has a lot near by.
Service: only one lady speak English, she will tell you you look amazing in anything… The other ladies weren’t friendly, I overheard them trash talking my friend (the bride) in Vietnamese/​canto
— i can see finding great deal with bridesmaids dresses or prom dresses here. But if I am looking for a gown to wear on one of the biggest day of my life, I will NOT come here…
WARNING: I’m not a brand name expert in any way. But I have a strong gut feeling that some of the «designer» gowns here might be fakes? The tags are super shady, the color and fabric quality is not a match to the dresses at the legitimate American stores. My guess? They might be the dresses shipped from China that imitate the designer lines.

Nancy and her team are incredible.
I came into 2000 Dreams in pursuit of my dream dress — a Spring 2013 Maggie Sottero just tantalizingly out of my budget.
I called around and got quotes from multiple authorized retailers in Los Angeles — all still above budget even before alterations.
Not only did Nancy gave me a quote under my budget, all bridal gowns include free alteration.
Initially I was a bit skeptical about the free alteration, but Nancy truly went above and beyond. She reduced the cup size on the intricately beaded bodice of my gown (from a large C-​cup to a size nothing) keeping the integrity of the original design.
I’m annoyingly perfectionistic when it comes to detail, and had some concerns about the fabric buckling around my waist. Nancy opened the inner corset, and painstakingly filled down the boning to better fit the length of my torso.
Her attention to detail truly made all the difference.
I was not an easy customer. I had schedule restraints for fittings due to a demanding work schedule, and was very picky throughout the alterations. Nancy was able to accommodate all of my requests. She is a no-​nonsense business woman who really «gets it.»
If you want to sip champagne, pursue a large selection of designer gowns, and be seduced into «the one» this is not the shop for you.
If you know what you want, want the best price and expertly executed alterations, look no further than 2000 dreams!

This review is long over due! I got married October 5,2014, but hey better late than never. Overall I had a very good experience at 2000 Dreams Bridal. I really liked Nancy. I found the store online because they carried a couple of brands that I was interested in. I remembered that my mother had bought her dress for my brother’s wedding a very long time ago (like 12 years) and loved it. So in I went with my sister and mother.
From the beginning Nancy was very nice and allowed us to look around. She told me to let them know what dresses that I wanted to try on and that they would help me. I got lucky and found a dress that looked exactly like what I wanted. They pulled that dress, another that I picked and one that Nancy suggested. Well dress #1 looked great so Nancy wrote down the information for me. I still wanted to look around to see if I could find another dress that I had seen online that they did not carry. Nancy told me to find a store that carried it, to try it on and if I liked it to come back to her because she would beat the price. It was really nice that she was not pushy and was willing to beat another store’s price. A couple of weeks later I found a store in Pasadena that carried it but when I went with my friends to try it on it just didn’t look great on me. I knew that the dress that I tried on at 2000 Dreams Bridal was in fact the one.
I called Nancy and told her that the dress was the one and asked if it was too soon for me to order it. She said that she had a promotion where she would include the alterations as well. My mother and I went back another day and she had me try the dress on again. When we told her that she wanted it and my mom talked prices she told me that they would order the dress for me. She measured me and asked where I would like the sweetheart area to sit. We left a deposit and she said they would call when it came in. They did not call me to tell me that my dress came in. Months later I got nervous and called and Nancy said that my dress was in but that she didn’t call because it was still early. This was four months before my wedding. So I set an appointment for my fitting and went in. They had my dress in the bag that it came in to show that it was new and it had my name printed on it. I tried it on and it looked great! Nancy suggested a couple of alterations and adding a bustle for $ 50.
The next fitting appointment went relatively well. The dress fit perfectly however there was loose threads all over the dress. Nancy was not there so I brought that up to her employee. She told me that was how lace was. My mother asked her to trim them for us and she did but did not look happy about it. I took the dress to my mom’s and noticed that there was still a few threads. So i trimmed them and the dress was perfect.
So overall if you want a place to pamper you this is not the place. If you do not mind not getting pampered, calling to check on your dress and checking it yourself to save a nice chunk of change then it is perfect. In the end I loved my dress and got a ton of compliments. So I am a happy customer. :)

The store looked just as I remembered it from 5 years ago when I was a bridesmaid in another wedding. Early 80s’ signage and all. In the beginning, I was quite impressed with how the store had cleaned up.
Now the store carries a collection of designer gowns on their beyond cramped racks. In order to see all the gowns you literally have to swim through a stream of dresses as the racks are pressed too close together. It’s not a comfortable experience because you really can’t see the dress unless someone pulls it out for you.
What impressed me the most was Nancy’s salesmanship. The designer gowns like Allure and Pronovia are standard retail price (same prices as Panache in Pasadena) with the only discount being «free alterations» (but only for dresses over $ 1500 and not less). No discounts on discontinued styles.
I had shown Nancy a list of styles from the designers she is authorized to carry. Even though all the dresses I wanted to see were below my budget, Nancy insisted on having me try on gowns that were not my choice designers or styles. Reason being is that the gowns that I wanted were too complicated to alter for free. Nancy would not even let me see a Pronovia gown because all Pronovia gowns are, «too long for you».
I guess it’s a good thing to know ahead of time that her staff has limited technical abilities to make alterations on gowns. That saved me from the potential heartache of seeing a $ 2300.00 destroyed bridal gown.
Nancy doesn’t tell you that the gown pattern (that is in the manufacturer’s current catalog) can be altered by the manufacturer for a set price. That would settle the «too long for you» problem.
Nancy worked hard to try and sell me store samples that only required hemming. Nancy tried to discourage me from having her order a gown. Nancy told me that 8 months is «not enough time to order you a dress».
I am never coming back to this place. I referred her two brides who purchased their gowns from her. I will tell people to avoid this place.
FYI: If anyone is storing their gown with them or you are having alterations done… know that your gowns or clothes are being stored in open air a few feet away from where her staff is cooking up greasy food. #TheBrideSmellsLikeAFryCook #MysteryGreaseStainsSolved

Carried Maggie Sotero which is what my SIL was looking for. Woot.
The main lady was always very helpful. Not much to say about the other two though. They were the kind of the pushy type but don’t like to really listen and kind of just wants to get you on your way. BLAH!
Came here on multiple occasions to try on the dresses. Organization is key with any business, but this one lacks it as for the workers. Only the owner has the file book in which she puts her notes in. The other two seem incompetent in trying to find the book or even look for it. Yea. We just had to come back for the owner so that we can communicate clearly.
They carry a large variety of wedding dresses from A Line, Mermaid, Ball, Sheath etc. They also carry a large selection of bridal party dresses as well. For the convenience it was pretty good.
The reason why this place is good is the fact that there is no hidden fees that they try to upcharge you like David’s Bridals and other places. It is FREE alterations, a small small fee for the Bussel & it comes with a free Veil. Dude that is a steal for everything because usually alterations are an arm & a leg.
The main owner is very nice & good at explain things clearly & does not give the run around. She was able to pre-​order the dress and is soon to arrive with all the indicated work required.
Overall: Will come back, Good prices with all the extras are great =D

This is a no frills kind of place. If you have no idea what you’re looking for, this is not the place for you. If you’ve already tried Enzoani or Maggie Sottero gowns elsewhere, you might find what you want for cheaper here. AND you get FREE ALTERATIONS! Personally though, I chose not to order from here because of two things…
First, they claim to be authorized dealers but they’re not! False advertising is a bad sign.
And second, it seems like the general consensus of the unhappy reviews revolve around overpromising and underdelivering. Lance T’s review, calling this place 2000 nightmares kept resonating in my mind. Call me a diva, but saving a couple hundred dollars is not worth the headache and heartache of a shitty fitting dress and/​or a dress that never arrives!
Oh poor Nancy, she really has no idea what is written on Unilocal.She asked me if Unilocal told me to come. No, Nancy… Unilocal told me to stay the hell away. And I did. I was fair though… I visited the shop and didn’t have a terrible experience, but at the end of the day, the risks outweighed the benefit. I would totally get a bridesmaid dress here, but wedding gown? No thanks!

I’m a little scared of this place.
With that said and let me explain — this was our first spot to check out Bridesmaid’s (BM) dresses and scout for ideas, colors, overall just browsing. As soon you walk in, one of the two/​three ladies working there will greet you and all. You need to put down any drinks (of course) and if you have a large bag, in plain sight.
They have almost every color and style of gowns imaginable. We were just browsing the styles and possible colors — but turns out our Bride had her color picked out (at another boutique — a known chain with colors and styles up the ying yang)
The sales ladies are way pushy and stressing that you need to place an order today and etc. We weren’t totally satisfied with what was offered and left.
There’s parking in the front and the rear of the store.
Right on «wedding» alley — the few blocks of stores and photography studios that cater to weddings.
However, if you know what you want and are looking for, rather than ideas and browsing — this might be your spot. I saw a lot of decent priced gowns for everyone in the wedding.

Bridesmaid duties: Store 1 of 4 for the day
Bride made an appointment but it looks like they are pretty friendly with walk ins. Store is quite small and cluttered. Selection is not really that big and none of their dresses are on mannequins so you won’t really know how the dress turns out until you wear it. They also have bridesmaid dresses, Chinese style qipaos and a selection affectionately named «Mothers» for the MOB.
Prices are reasonable and they are willing to price match. Having a Chinese mother present that speaks the language is helpful for haggling. Looks like they throw in the veil for free along with complimentary alterations if your dress is over $ 800 (i think). The lady in charge’s English is pretty good so non-​Chinese speakers, don’t fret. No photos allowed when wearing the dress.
Parking: street or there’s a lot for free public parking nearby.
Take advantage of the TeaStation across the street for caffeine because bridal dress shopping is no joke! Plenty of other bridal stores within walking distance so make it a day of all things bridal.

Ok after my initial experience I was a little apprehensive about purchasing my wedding gown from 2000 Dreams Bridal, but given the fact that the dress that I wanted from a fancy boutique was less than half the original price here, I figured it was worth the risk.
So for those of you who think it is ridiculous to spend an arm and a leg on your dream dress (that you are only going to wear for a few hours), this is what you need to do:
1) go to the fancy wedding boutiques to be showered with champagne and pick out the dress of your dreams
2) go to 2DB and check with Nancy (the owner and only English speaking individual here) and see if they can order the dress for you
You really can’t beat the prices here and while the customer service is not that great (pretty typical for Asian places), they did not disappoint. They were able to get me the dress that I wanted for a fraction of the price and they also did a great job with the alterations. After 3 dress fittings my dress fit beautifully. I could not have asked for more.
There is parking in the back.