Anik Boutiques

I bought a dress at ANIK and found it could be bought at a cheaper price from major department stores. ANIK only takes return in the form of store credit.

I am a little surprised at all the hate for this store. I’ve been in here a few times and have admired their window displays more than a few times. Today I took advantage of their sale and made my first purchase.
The sales staff is very friendly, perhaps too friendly. You wonder if the item truly looks good on you or if they are trying to pad their commissions but the hubby assured me that my purchase looked totally fab on me.
Make no mistake, this is not a low end shop. You will spend serious coin here but the clothes they sell are sold for comparable prices elsewhere. All in all I was pleased with my experience.

I spent $ 400 on two pairs of pants… obviously not cheap. I wore one pair once and noticed that the pocket was torn. When I went back to Anik I was shocked that they could not care less. Unreal. I will never shop there again. The brands they carry are at Bloomingdales and Saks and both those stores have much better sales people and a MUCH better return policy. Shame on you Anik. I will spread the word.

If you are shopping for Theory & Elie Tahari on the UES and are shocked by the prices here then you really need to do some research before heading out the door.
Having said that, there are some things about this store that freak me out — one sales person in particular. I think she was pretty new, and her co-​workers seemed a little freaked out by her too. She approached me while someone else was obviously helping me and I already had my items all picked out. But for some reason she walked up and started telling me how cute I was and that she’d gained 50 lbs from her chemo drugs and was now on Weight Watchers. I felt compelled to respond, which she unfortunately took as an invitation to keep talking. Generally she over-​shared and wouldn’t leave me alone. Then while I was undressed she opened the curtain and walked right into the dressing room! «Excuse me I just want to see this dress again,» she said. Well you know what? You’ve got this dress on display up front you crazy beotch go check it out up there!
I did buy the dress bc it was beautiful. But I hope the commission went to one of the normal women who actually helped me rather than invading my privacy.

The Sales Girls at this store are so helpful and sweet! I visited right before a vacation trip and they had everything from swimsuits for me, to great dinner dresses. I will defiantly be back to get some work clothing as well. Really a great store with so much selection.

I really love Anik. There’s never any pressure to make a purchase when I pop in, and if I’m really looking for something the salesladies are right there to help out. I’ve picked up lots of awesome pieces from here, all for a good price (read: in the clearance section in back).

Anik must have changed owners, or had a major staffing overhaul since these reviews were written. Every time I’ve shopped here, all of the girls working have been really nice, and definitely helpful. On top of the good service, they have a great selection of designers and styles. I took a star off because they’re on the pricier side — but I’ve gotten a number of great designer tops and premium jeans on sale there. I also don’t love that there isn’t a mirror in the dressing rooms (I hate when you’re forced to come model clothes that don’t fit!), but the salesgirls that monitor the dressing rooms are always accommodating, and have never been pushy.

I have shopped at Anik several times on the UES since I used to work very close to their store on Madison. I have to say that when they have a sale it’s a good one BUT I agree with what everyone is saying about the service — awful!
I went in one day to buy a top for an opening I was attending that evening. I had bought two tops from another store and wanted one more choice to throw into the mix to see how they matched with my new Joe’s. I picked an adorable top and took it home to find that it would simply not work for various reasons with my jeans and shoes for the evening. I went right back the next day to return the item and knew they would only give store credit – fine. But, the saleswoman looked at me in such a nasty way and said that the item looked worn!!! How insulting since the item was in the same bag and had tags on still! I was so upset by what she said I have not been back since… even to use the credit!
There are many other boutiques that carry equal or better selections and I will be going there instead of to Anik from now on!

There are a few choice pieces at Aink that I have my eye on for the summer. But I don’t know if I’ll go back there again — the sales staff completely ignored me and for a second it seemed like one of them was following me around the store to make sure I didn’t steal anything! Truth be told, there are other places to find Ella Moss clothing!

Do I have three heads? Those of you who’ve met me or seen my photo, answer, quick!
No? Ok. Just as I thought. However, when I walk into Anik I *still* wonder about it, because the salespeople look at me strangely, then proceed to ignore me, almost like — you guessed, like I have three heads.
Anyway, some years ago, I got a great pair of pants on sale here, which I still wear to work. I had to have some of the stitching repaired at one point, but no biggie.
Other than that, I haven’t been very successful at Anik. I always want to be. I think I will be. The window displays draw me in. But alas…

This place carries recognizable designer brands like Theory, Juicy Couture, Michael Stars t-​shirts and denim lines like Citizens of Humanity, Diesel and Seven for All Mankind. That pretty much puts it in the same category as a lot of other boutiques in the city.
I was drawn into the store after seeing a cute summer dress from Collective Clothing in the display window. I recognized the dress because I bought the same exact one from a boutique in California for $ 45. I was excited to see that Anik carried the affordable line of dresses and tops until I saw the price tag: $ 136! The store had a couple of other CC pieces that were just as overpriced. Ridiculous.
The customer service is lousy. I managed to make it around the entire store, and walked past 3 different sales clerks, without anyone asking if I needed any help or even saying hello. And there was only one other customer in the store. Annoying.

I have bought 4 cashmere sweaters at this store and I found them all to be extremely poor quality.
ALL of the sweaters got holes within less than 6 months. After I had a tailor sew them they got another hole, and another and another…
Also, they pill like crazy.
Do not buy cashmere here. Forever 21 clothes lasts longer.

I liked a dress I saw in the window, which was a cute sundress, nothing fancy, but walked in to find out that it cost $ 350. Woah. Not in my budget at all. Overall, I’ve been looking for more «work-​appropriate» clothing as I’ll be heading into a serious office environment in July, and decided I’d see if they had anything like that. I asked a salesgirl for some help, figuring that in a place like that they would be helpful. I told her I was starting work as a consultant and needed clothing that was work appropriate. She said «So, um, you like need a suit or something?» Yes, um, like a suit or something. She handed me a stack of decorated t-​shirts. I gave her a dirty look and walked away. I went to the back, where, yes, there was a great clearance section. Or so it seemed at first. There were some suits, work appropriate skirts, cute tops for under a suit, etc. However, as I held one suit jacket in my hands, a button popped off. The salesgirl, still following me, giggled and said, «Oh, don’t worry, it happens all the time.»
Bye bye. I never need to come here again!

I was in desperate need of something ‘inexpensive’ but attractive to wear for a special dinner one evening, but finding reasonable price tags on the Upper East Side isn’t always easy.
I decided to walk into ‘Anik’, and soon realized that a $ 300 sundress was not in my budget. I was about to walk out when I noticed the word ‘outlet’, and was very excited to find that in the back of the store, they sell out of season clothing for a good discount.
There were rows of dressy white and black pants, skirts, a variety of cute cashmere shirts, and long flowing skirts whose popular brand I can’t recall.
I bought a narrow black dress skirt, size 0, and a green sweater to match, all for less than $ 100. Regularly, this outfit would have cost around $ 250. I thought I was clever for finding another great deal.
That night, the skirt slit ripped almost immediately. It was too tight, however — even a bigger size would have been tight, because of the ‘fit’. I’m a tiny girl, and I’ve never seen a size ‘0’ that doesn’t fit — in fact, sometimes 0 is too big. The shirt also ripped a few hours into the evening.
I had both items patched, and both items ripped again.
I’ve bought clothes at Strawberry that doesn’t purport to be ‘designer’ clothing, with hefty price tags — that I still have today.
Overall, I was extremely dissapointed with the quality of this so called ‘designer’ clothing, and I will never go back.