Mai Do - Fine Stationery & Gifts - Costa Mesa — Local services in Costa Mesa

I am a kid in a candy store whenever I visit Mai Do in Costa Mesa!!

It’s like JetPens IRL… iykyk.

As a pen aficionado, this cozy little shop inside the Mitsuwa Marketplace feeds my addiction for the best pens (IMO) and checkmarks many of my favorite things: A plethora of pens, pencils, and cases A variety of colorful stationery, stickers, cards, notepads Cute plushies Made in Japan

The lady who works here is so sweet too.

While I’ve only purchased pens, a pen case, and stickers here, I’ve found that the quality is superior compared to similar products. Thus, I’ve found the value of their items to be excellent!

Overall, if you like quality pens like I do, you’ll enjoy the products they...

Love this store!! Every time I pop into Mitsuwa I have to stop inside this cute little shop. They carry lots of unique stationery, gifts, and writing supplies. Due to covid, they are only allowing a small number of shoppers in at a time.

The store is small, but is filled to the brim with goodies! Most of the items they stock can’t really be found anywhere else, except for Japan of course. Today I left with a fun maneki neko nesting doll set that I had been eyeing for months! I haven’t found anything like it anywhere else, even online. They also had the cutest neko enamel pins but I couldn’t decide on one. There is something for everyone in Mai Dō, and the staff are always extremely...

Absolutely horrendous service. The lady at the front was not helpful, friendly or professional. The question was, “Do you carry any Lamy tips?” And I was met with an attitude that could’ve shaken the San Andres fault line to its end! Eyes shot, lips perched, eyebrows raised to the sky, she proceeds to sell me the tip that was priced at $17 dollars for goodness sakes, I might as well been robbed. To end the interaction, she hands me the tip and receipt to say, “you should watch YouTube video on how to install, it’s not that easy for some people.” Underestimate me again I dare you!

Never returning. My Lamy is not restored, no...