We went to many places on Long Island to look for wedding dresses and Mother of the Bride dresses. I travel to NJ a lot for work and pass Castle Couture often, so we decided to go one Sunday afternoon. At first my niece and my sister were like "Really we have to travel this far?" but as soon as they walked in they understood why.
My daughter had an appointment with Julia, a bridal consultant. From the minute she greeted us, I knew we made the right decision. Julia made the whole experience fun and showed us one beautiful dress after another. It was difficult to choose which we liked best, but we finally decided on the perfect dress. Julia then found an amazing veil to compliment the dress and bring it all together. She is an amazing stylist and I recommend working with her 100%. I wanted Julia to help me look for a Mother of the Bride dress because she was so knowledgeable and only showed us what she believed would look beautiful. Because that isn't her department, she recommended I work with Vanessa.
I should have known if Julia gave the recommendation I would be happy. Working with Vanessa was great. She listened to all my concerns and asked exactly what I was looking for. She pulled dresses that fit the criteria and was vey honest with every dress I tried on. There was another stylist working with her that day (I wish I could remember her name) and between the two of them I really felt like I was with friends because they were honest about what looked good and what didn't. When I tried on the dress that I finally decided on, they both said the same thing - that this dress took first place over the others and I had to agree with them.
The stylists here are not pushy and very honest. Most of the other places I went to, they stylist were either uninterested in addressing my concerns or told me that everything looked wonderful. I like honesty. I do not like working with people who just want to make a sale. I like working with honest people who enjoy their job and want you to look your very best.
Castle Couture is definitely worth the trip. The staff and stylists are all so nice. They make what can be a very stressful experience (especially if you are hard to fit) fun and easy. I highly recommend Julia for brides and Vanessa for Mother of the Bride. 5 STARS...
Read moreMaurice has been my families jeweler for over thirty years. He started out at Woodbridge Jewelry Exchange when my family first started with him. As I got older, he grew his business into what is Diamond Castle now, and is a very trustworthy person. When I was younger, I would go with my family to see him and always remembered him taking great care of them. When my fiance and I were dating for a few years and talk of where to buy a ring came up I immediately thought of Maurice, there was no better man for the job. As I remembered from when I was only a child, he took care of us as well looking for an engagement ring. My fiance had been given his grandfather's yellow gold wedding band after he passed away and he never knew what to use it for, as it was too big for his hand and had too many diamonds for his liking. We brought this ring to Maurice to get an opinion and drew an outline of a wedding band for myself using 5 out of 7 .25 karat diamonds and added halos around the diamonds in a twisted formation. With the other 2 diamonds from my fiance's grandfather's ring, Maurice had a set of diamond earrings made with a small halo around them. The yellow gold from the ring was then molded into a crucifix to upgrade from his previous one and nearly tripled the size of his original cross. As I have gotten to work closely with Diamond Castle and Maurice, I have built that same trust in them as my family has after all of...
Read moreI had a wonderful experience with The Diamond Castle in Manalapan! I did a lot of shopping around for a new engagement ring and found that at this time many jewelers in central Jersey have closed and those that remain open have very little selection. The Diamond Castle has a large showroom with a great selection! The settings that appealed to me were not the typical thing, so I really appreciated that they had a variety of settings to show me.
Robin helped me and she was wonderful! I was shopping under difficult circumstances and she made the whole process such a positive experience for me and my family. We really appreciated it! I found the perfect setting, but I needed the setting to be made in a particular, less common type of metal. The Diamond Castle was able to do this! Their jeweler remade the setting for me and it came out gorgeous! I really do LOVE the ring!
I will also say that having shopped around in stores and online for similar diamonds and settings, I found that The Diamond Castle’s prices were very reasonable, especially considering the quality of the piece.
We highly recommend The Diamond Castle and look forward to returning...
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