Visalia Vintage & Antiques — Attraction in Visalia

I've seen things here similar to things my uncle and grandmother once owned but have recently mysteriously disappeared from my family's inheritance. I don't mean to suggest my familys missing property is in the store but there's similar rare goods that make me sad to have lost. Vintage United States heirlooms that have mysteriously been lost and would probably belong in a devoted U.S.A. museum one day. I just hope theyre treated with a healthy respect for our national legacy.

The good parts aside, it makes me sad to visit this place or the big Exeter one either at the bottom of Rocky Hill, either. I mean the one that collects vintage cars. Went there twice for an appraisal but they said they were only collecting cars.

I wont leave my real name for the review but its a depressing situation for people from the Goshen Visalia area to watch our familys trust lost and reminisce what could have been when the best things of our lives are lost and we see similar items locally.

Beautiful objects. Big store. Many neat things. Very tidy and fun to browse. I'll probably avoid arts and antiques for awhile...

I live in Fresno but I tend to make a stop here when I’m in town. It is certainly a larger-than-average antique store but it’s far from the best in the Valley. As the name implies, there are antiques here but there are also a lot of “antiques” — things that have an old look but are not old. To add to that there’s also a lot of boutiquey stuff (soaps, fragrances, etc) on the ground floor in the back that does not fit the name and is quite frankly a waste of space. The prices are very high compared to Fresno and Clovis stores. And to top it off one of the employees was giving me the side-eye stare as I walked around even though there was still 20-30 minutes left to close. His demeanor was quite negative for no apparent reason.

All that combined means I will no longer shop here. I’ll continue to stay more local but maybe in a few years I’ll drop by again to see if things have improved and prices...

Very disappointed in the greeting my family and I received. We have been to this store plenty of times in the past (we come all the way from Fresno), and today we came for my mom's birthday. Upon entering, a lady (whom we've never encountered, I'm not sure if she's new?) looked at us up and down and asked for my mom and I to leave our bags at the counter with her. We explained that my mom's bag is her purse and that my mini backpack just holds my Nintendo Switch, and the lady seemed to have been annoyed but said we can keep holding on to our bags. We both just don't feel comfortable leaving our belongings (that hold wallets, a game console, etc.) with strangers.

Then we went upstairs and saw plenty of other customers with their backpacks. Why were we (Latino family) asked to hand over our bags, but nobody else was? It doesn't sit well with me. My family and I will never return...