Room With a View
Santa Monica, CA 90403-1808
Phone: (310) 998-5858
- Cross Street:
- 16th Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
Editorial Review for Room With a View – by Stephanie Scherer
The Scene
This store is tailor-made for decorating enthusiasts, and the elaborate suggestions posed by staffers alongside lavish displays here make you wonder if they work overtime. Wood floors draped with thick rugs and the overwhelming potpourri aroma gives off a positively homey vibe. The bottom floor is reserved for dining room, living room and bedroom furnishings and accessories, while the upstairs houses a playroom with tyke-appropriate merchandise.
The Goods
In addition to big buys like wicker furniture, cribs and elegant place settings, there are smaller items like compacts, lingerie bags, linens, mesh silver napkin rings, lamps and tissue holders. The store also sells books like "Flowers From A to Z" and "Vegetarian Appetizers." Most of the frilly goods seem tailored to a more classic taste that is often a long way from the sometimes funkier tastes of the 20-something shopper.
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User Reviews for Room With a View
03/15/2008 Posted by 914914
Worst Management in a tickle-down environment for non commission paid salesgirls that are in-fighting with each other for sales, yet do not get a dime in commissions. The management posts their sales upstairs in their loft office to pit each salesgirl against each other to belittle the ones with low sales- YET does not pay a commission. Each girl gets a little above minimum wage!! They are taught by the owner to act "Crisp" in attitude. In other words, if a customer asks a price of something- she should make a sound (similar to a tssk) and walk away. They like to think of themselves as a "Tiffany's" but is well off the mark. The management equates snobbery actions and behavior with "Tiffany". If you ever go to Tiffany's you are well taken care of in a pleasant manner. Noone pleasant works at Room With a View. And their merchandise looks quite dated and trite. You can buy similar anywhere for way less and not be mistreated by a misguided sales staff that is overworked and abused by the owners.
Pros: Good Location on Montana Avenue
Cons: They have a bad attitude in that store
06/16/2007 Posted by maggiedells
Great merchandise, but really not too much I haven't already seen throughout LA and NYC. Honestly, it's all beautiful and well decorated, but the blatantly rude salesstaff is enough to send me elsewhere along Montana Avenue. Really just blantantly rude and being from NY, that says a lot! Not worth my hard-earned money. Condescending and more impressed with talking about their social lives amongst one another than with what your consumer needs may be. Pass--
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