Phuong Trinh Bridal & Tuxedo

Being in an interracial relationship, you prepare yourself for judgement and looks, but it isn’t always easy. I was very nervous about going to get an ao dai, worried about what people might say as I cross cultural boundaries. However, the ladies here were didn’t even blink an eye. They were very welcoming and friendly. They helped my fiancé and I pick out fabric for my ao dai and in just a few weeks, she had my custom made ao dai done. It’s absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much for a wonderful experience!

I came here to fix my reception dress for my wedding. I have to take up about 2 inches off the dress because I want to dance freely in it. I also wanted to drop the shoulder down 2 inches. She charged me $ 50 for that. Which is half as expensive as another place I went to. Then I also added a piece of bling bling to the dress. That’s another $ 30. I was really nervous to see how the dress turn out. She said it would be done in a week but ended up taking a week and a half to finish. No problem because my wedding isn’t till 3 more weeks. I picked up dress today and it was good. Not perfect because I feel like the front of the dress is slightly shorter than the back. Not a big deal tho… I’m just a perfectionist. Everything else looks lovely. She also rent out everything for wedding service, from flowers to bridesmaid and groomsmen attires. Her price is cheaper than other bridal alteration places. Recommended!

I contemplated on giving this 3 star review because Kim at Phuong Trinh was very easy and nice to work with. She threw in some freebies too and I was able to save alittle money on some corners I could cut. She did a friend wedding before mines so I also took her recommendation. The flower arrangements were really pretty even though it wasn’t expensive flowers, they were put together tastefully. She provided the guest table rosette linens in cream but some were off yellow but you couldn’t tell after the lighting effects. Worst part about the table linens was that we had to pick it up by ourselves at her shop and drop them off too. It was soo heavy, took up a lot of space on the car and it was a lot of work to do, but it was a good deal. Her prices were very very reasonable with flower packages of $ 800+ that had everything you needed for an Asian wedding ritual. Her shop is pretty small and cluttered, hours do varies too so always call ahead before going or making an appointment. Her rosette table linens were $ 15 each compared to $ 20-​$ 25 at most places but that’s prob cause you have to pick up and drop off yourself. You can arrange it a couple days before your event though. She was on time with opening the shop early for us to pick up our bouquets in early morning and had good communication skills, you can text her. I’d have to say the only thing I hated about my wedding (which is the main factor of the 3 stars) was the cake I ordered from them. Even though they don’t make the cake in house, the vender she uses had really poor designing skills and it came out nothing close to the pictures and directions I provided. I had to bite my tongue and suck it up on my wedding day cause there was nothing else I could do about it then. It was just soo ugly and not what I imagine to be up front stage on my big day… But nothing’s perfect so I’d have to say, the cake was the only thing that was wrong at my wedding.
I’d recommend Kim services though if your on a budget or want to save some money in some areas that don’t compromise your dream wedding, but def. order the cake elsewhere!

Drove down to SJ from Mountain View after reading raving Unilocal reviews. Door locked with no sign of human occupation around 5 PM on Sunday afternoon. Will not bother again.

The owner Kim is an absolute sweetie. Accommodating and helpful without being pushy. I’ve come here with many brides who were surprised at her competitive rental rates which include alterations & accessories. The prices also go down when you purchase a package (multiple dresses, or groomswear, or flowers & décor). She’s a whiz with the sewing machine & can do creative miracles with alterations or additions to the gown. The wedding gowns range in styles from classic to contemporary & are of good quality.

This place was great! I had my vietnamese family members talk with the staff here and everything turned out worry-​free! We rented the entire Vietnamese traditional wedding equipment including the red table cloth, 4 trays, tea /​incense equipment, and entrance sign. Even got the fancy candles for free. Pick up and drop off was super smooth.

I rented from Phuong Trinh and hired them to do the draping at my wedding.
Pros:
Wedding dress rental, $ 250! Includes alterations and some accessories — decent stock. I liked a strapless dress, but loved the cap sleeves w/​a keyhole back on another dress, she added it onto the dress for me as part of the alteration. I did ask for a Gray Sash, but I ended up using the stock one. She tried to talk me out of it saying they gray colors vary (I think she just forgot or didn’t want to make a new one) which ended up being fine.
Traditional dress rental $ 50/​ea I only paid for mine, my husbands was part of the deal when we first negotiated.
Neutral:
My flower arrangements: We had agreed that I would pick these up Friday night, (instead of her bringing it to the reception Saturday evening). I wanted to use these in my Tea Ceremony Saturday morning as well as my American Ceremony. They didn’t have it ready by 6pm when my husband came to pick everything else up. They offered to deliver it to me Fri night around 9pm if I paid for gas. Eventually, they offered to deliver it that night with no fee. The flowers ended up being very pretty (I didn’t ask for anything extravagant).
Tea Ceremony rentals: Price was good, but instead of listing all the traditional things I SHOULD be renting, she just let me tell her what we wanted. We’re not 100% familiar w/​the traditions, so she definitely should have guided us here. (We went to another shop for our Engagement ceremony and she provided EVERYTHING we need, i.e. candle stick holders, the Dragon & Phoenix candles, etc).
Cons:
Chair Covers: were very dirty. The sashes were fine, but the actual linens were dirty. The price was decent though.
Draping: Not sure where I want to put this. Neutral or Con, I chose a very simple backdrop behind the main table, and a simple one for my entryway photos. I honestly don’t even remember if what they did is what I asked for. (so snap a photo just in case). My colors were Gray & Orange. I ended up with Silver and Pink. I’m fine w/​the silver, that’s not a big deal. But the fabric they were using for my orange was indeed PINK. Especially compared to the bows on my chairs, the workers actually setting it up felt bad but they are just given the materials. I called Kim @ Phuong Trinh and told her the problem. We then had a 5 minute conversation about how it is orange, its just the fabric. I kept saying, no, this is pink. Compare it to the chairs, it doesn’t match AT all. But she kept saying no no, its Orange. Its orange. At this point I was pretty PO’d. I’d done pretty good all day w/​o freaking out. But this woman pretty much telling me I’m wrong was the last straw. I was very upset and I let her know that. Instead of apologizing and finding another solution. She just kept telling me no its orange… I hung up after that. I went inside and asked everyone to take the pink down but leave the white and silver up. Which they did right away. I did feel bad to the workers, but we were running out of time. The decorations did a hail Mary. They took any extra chair sashes I had, made beautiful bows out of them, and used that to add orange accents to my backdrop, main table and cake table. I was VERY thankful for that.
Notes:
Make sure EVERYTHING is in writing. From pick up times, to whatever she «throws in for free» into your bundle. Make sure its written down. Or else she’ll forget or try to add it on top. She will definitely try to upsell you, which is fine, as that’s how these businesses need to run, but don’t let her bully you if you have your mind set.

My husband decided to rent his and the groomsmen’s suits at Phuong Trinh Bridal for our wedding. We were very happy with the look and prices. The owners were very sweet and helpful. It was very convenient to be able to rent all the necessities for the tea ceremony as well, and all for $ 50. The only negative thing is that the store is a bit small/​stuffy, but otherwise, we will be using them again for all our future rental needs.

Kim is fantastic! My fitting took only 10 minutes for a tuxedo, which only cost $ 100 to rent, and it was perfect when I came back 3 days later to pick it up.

Very helpful, friendly and dedicated staff. I appreciate their attitude to customers. I felt that I could completely rely on them when prepared to our wedding.
Good choice of great wedding dresses by the way.
Thank you!

There isn’t that many variety of evening gowns, there’s more wedding dresses and tuxedos since it’s a wedding shop, but I found the dress for my cousin’s wedding here. I did go to a couple of other dress rental places, and this one seemed to be the best in my opinion for their service and their reasonable prices. The husband and the wife were really willing to do adjustments to make it more form fitting or making the dress fit if it was a smaller size, along with other some tips for my hair and makeup.

OMG. So we were referred to this place by Tarragon Restaurant (where we had our wedding reception) and we met with them and she seemed very friendly and helpful and basically said she could do anything we wanted.
Honestly, I think the only thing she did right for us was the chair covers and decorating the cake table. We asked for rotating blue and orange chairs which she did for us… and simply decorated the cake table. which honestly, looked better than our sweetheart table… and that’s probably because THEY DIDN’T DECORATE OUR SWEETHEART TABLE AT ALL. the restaurant staff ended up decorating it. but given that’s not t heir job, it’s hard to blame them for it not being very nice…
We we had met with them, we had discussed the coloring of our back drop for both behind our sweetheart table and for our photo area/​booth. We had agreed upon mostly white with a layer of blue plus orange bows, with both areas matching. THEY DID NOT DO THIS FOR US. The backing was white. but they used MUCH MORE BLUE than we had agreed upon. plus they used a shiny silver sequin (or whatever) fabric that we did not want. I WAS NOT HAPPY AT ALL but they didn’t bring anything else. so what else could I do? I settled.
They had set up in the morning, well before the staff had brought out the proper tables and all. and I know they didn’t know where the table for the sweetheart table was… BUT they had agreed to come back later in the day to finish setting up… which they obviously didn’t. since the restaurant had to take apart what they were extra chair covers to decorate our sweetheart table.
Guess we paid them too early. and since they already got paid… maybe they felt they didn’t need to complete the service we already paid for…
My recommendation, don’t pay them until they have completed everything you’ve ask them to do. and on the day before the event, talk to them and make sure they remember exactly what you asked for.

Unilocal totally helped on this find! I didn’t wanna spend $ 80 on a costume to be used for a couple of hours for a YEE at Arya. My strong desire to participate in the theme that night took me to this place.
Managed by two sisters. They have walls of Ao Dai’s and Chinese wedding costumes. I decided on an Ao Dai that I thought is going to cost me closer to the number above,
I was happily mistaken. Here no matter what you choose you end up paying $ 30/​day. May it be a fancy outfit or a simple no bling one it’s still $ 30.
Very simple. It’s a cash only business. Bring $ 60. You deposit $ 30 and you get it back if you didn’t damage the outfit. I’ve been to their place twice to rent and to return. Both times I found parking right if front of their building.
Both sisters were very nice. They took their time to help me decide on my first Ao Dai. Now I know where to go for an Asian inspired costume. Now if they have a pirate costume too then ill definitely say sayonara to this other costume place!

Would not recommend this place. Horrible customer service.
— Came here to return a tux and dress for my aunt after her wedding and boy… did the lady yell at me for returning the wrong tux. She walked out to my car and told me that I had returned the wrong tux and had me call everyone I knew to find out where her tux was at. She just threw the jacket in my car and waited outside until I could find out where her jacket was and told me that if i couldnt find it, that I would have to pay a $ 250 deposit until it is returned.
She would not let me leave until I knew where her jacket was at and seriously harassed me until I gave her info for a deposit of $ 250 for her missing tux. After 30 mins of being yelled at I was so frustrated that I just wanted to pay the deposit to get away from her.
When I handed her my credit card, she asked me if I had cash and I told her that I dont carry that much cash around and asked my why not? She then accepted my credit card info and told me that my card was pointless to her because I could easily cancel my credit card.
Overall, horrible experience. Got yelled for doing a favor to my aunt for returning the tuxedo. Never been verbally harassed like that before. Definitely would not recommend.

I found Phuong Trinh Bridal on Unilocal and thru a colleague’s recommendation. I made one visit one week before the engagement ceremony. I was desperate to rent an ao dai for a Vietnamese engagement ceremony. They charged $ 30 for rental for one weekend. I picked one and they made it fit perfectly.
I love their service and they were very accommodating about the return as well. They extended my return date since I live in Oakland knew it was quite a commute for me just to return it.
I wouldn’t mind going back to this place. Lots of selections and affordable just for a one time event. Love this place!

My parents expected me to have a traditional Vietnamese Tea Ceremony, old school parents, what the hell can you do? I really didn’t want to have one, but to appease them and make them happy, which they ended up not even being happy about I’m sure, we went ahead with it.
I didn’t want to go out and buy anything special for this event because orginally like said, I didn’t want to have one. My cousin had gotten married before me and told me about this place, saying that she rented a bunch of things for a really cheap price. So, I tried it out!
I rented an Ao Dai (Vietnamese Traditional gown), the tea/​whiskey sets, some trays, red cloths, and some happiness signage all for $ 100. Prices are great if you can negotiate, which I did with the lady. Helps a lot too if you are Vietnamese, negotiate like a mofo! The lady is super friendly and very helpful.
The reason I give this place a 3 star is because when you go there, there is just too much crap around, no space to really walk around and actually look at the stuff. Extremely stuffy in here. Also, they don’t have a proper changing room, it’s just a lil corner in the store with a curtain that they hung to pull over. Be careful ladies when changing, you don’t want people walking around the store and accidentally see your goodies.
They do all things wedding here though, from tux rentals to flowers and chairs. It’s crazy! Talk them up to get a good price, otherwise, don’t bother!

This is actually for a 4.5 star rating because I received wonderful service, but it wasn’t perfect. This place is definitely the one stop shop for your wedding needs. I went to Phuong Trinh for a wedding dress and chair cover rentals at first, but I ended booking flowers, cake and decorations with them also. They are a little old school, so make sure you write down every single detail and provide lots of pictures. Kim and her husband are very patience people and will accommodate as much as they can, but you have to be patient as well. If you are willing to put in extra work and some creativity, they can help create a beautiful wedding. Please see my pictures for samples of their work.

Renting a wedding dress? I had to see what the hype was about. When you enter the shop, you see lots of wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, and other miscellaneous stuff.
I received a binder with picture of wedding dresses, and I wrote down the dress number that I wanted to try. I was tucked in a little corner with a curtain as a changing room. I tried on five dresses, but they weren’t flattering to me. I noticed that some of the dresses had missing beading or the threads were coming out.
The price to rent the wedding dress is $ 250, which is a great price as it includes the veil, accessories, and alterations.
The prices for floral is pretty good too. The most expensive package cost $ 700. I may consider them for floral arrangements since they help set up the floral in your ceremony venue.
You have to find parking on the street.

I don’t know what I was smoking when I gave this shop five stars. It was an early review – gimme some slack.
They still have great prices. But, beware, they are really disorganized. They called me twice for the address of my friend’s wedding location. And at one point, they called asking if the tablecloths should hang over the table or simply be exact length to the edge of the table. What crazy person wants tablecloths that are exact length of the table?
On one hand, they were very eager to get everything right, and tried really hard. I would still use them again. However, with their disorganization, I couldn’t in good conscience give them five-​stars.

I ordered my wedding flowers from Phuong Trinh. The flowers were beautifully done and very competitively priced. Three large arrangements, wedding party flowers (bride & groom and 6 attendants), parents’ flowers, pew decorations, and 20 boutonnieres for family is only $ 900 including tax and delivery to the church (Fremont) and reception (Milpitas). You might think they would use cheap flowers at that price, but they used roses, cymbidium and dendrobium orchids, and stargazer lilies. Since we had a Chinese banquet reception, we added on very simple dendrobium orchid centerpieces for only $ 15 each (including the glass vase, tax and delivery).
The only minor drawbacks are one must write down specific detailed requests (flower types, colors, hand-​tied bouquet, etc) because they don’t draw up a formal contract. Leave a copy with Kimberley. Get an itemized list of all the items that need to be returned the next day. She only verbally mentioned the flower stands, but I realized the arrangement pots and pew decorations have to be returned as well.