This one is an easy one to write. I was hustling down Church street on a hot Wednesday when I looked into the window. There I was stunned by the memorabilia from World War 1 era. Quite honestly it offended me but I keep an open mind. What one woman values a man may not or visa versa. So I entered the store to be greeted by a wonderful lady elegantly dressed. She told me her name as we conversed but I would butcher the spelling if I tried. We talked about history. I threw out some names like Eugene Debs which directly related to the World War 1 time frame of the art. She didnt recognize that name. She in turn told me about China mentioning things totally foreign to me. In our shared naivety and expertise a bond was created. Naturally, I pulled out a poetry book and recited a poem. Excited about the store I left my bag, guitar, and poetry book with the fine lady and took a walk around. This is not a place where one can take in the beauty in one shot. It is like walking through a botanical garden except they had trinkets of wonder instead of flowers. I remarked, You should charge admission as if this was a museum. Please note if you do shop here bring your credit card and expect to pay a fair amount of money.

This place is amazing! When I need to buy anyone a very special gift. Ive been there 3 times to buy 3 different gifts for 3 totally different people, all celebrating 3 different types of celebrations. Those 3 people still rave about their gifts! So basically Im 3 for 3!

Excellent selection, great people, could browse here all day

The staff was so friendly and helpful that I found what I was looking for so easily. Ill definitely go back to purchase another antique item.

Lots and lots of interesting stuff, but way, way overpriced.

Find this amazing piece for a great price. Will be back soon!

Recently discovered and simply “loved” this place!

Wonderful place! Lots of interesting and beautiful pieces that will be ant to look at the whole store! definitely would recommend!!

No family friendly at all. Have my 6 year old a hard time because she was perusing the $1 books. Avoid at all costs. Lots of friendlier places nearby to do business with.

WILL DEFINITELY VISIT AGAIN !

My husband likes writing pens. They have a nice selection. Who knew pens were still a thing.Great customer service.

Uncomfortable atmosphere, followed throughout the store as I browsed the selections they had, the moment I was finally left alone i overheard the owner say “why did you stop following him”. (I could walk into a Channel or LV store in my workout sweats and be treated better)If they had considered for a moment that I was actually looking for someone who is a collector they may have made a sale.I work with the public and have always taken into consideration on how customers are treated, and for that experience alone, I will never return.

Omg really everything in this store was amazing 👏

Large space with plenty for all to peruse. Everyone was very friendly and helpful.

If I could give less than 1 star I would, my wife and I with the baby walked in today just to look around.. we were greeted initially, but that changed immediately after.. We never felt so un-welcomed anywhere!!!!! Stay away from this place. There are much better antique shops in Montclair.

A treasure trove of goods from various dealers. There is a little bit of everything here. You can find antique furniture, gems, rocks, minerals, dolls, kitchen goods, clocks, decorative goods, watches, jewelry, and more.

I love this store

DISHONEST Bought earrings that were supposed to be moonstones, they were appraised as glass. Called store and they did NOT even say sorry, just argued with me about dealer mistakenly labeling them wrong, wasn’t a misrepresentation!

My friend and I walked in and out of this place. I was helping him look for furniture for his home office and we were greeted immediately with an incredibly arrogant attitude by the woman at the front desk. As soon as my friend had stated what he was looking for, she replied saying to have a look around and to let her know if we needed help with pricing. As soon as we turned the corner into another part of the store, we heard her say out loud to one of her coworkers, “do you wanna go follow them?” I turned around after hearing her and sure enough, we were being followed by one of the other workers. As soon as my friend looked at her, she quickly fixed her attention to a chandelier hanging above her head and began fiddling with it. My friend turned to me, stated that we should go, and so we made our way to the door. As soon as we expressed our thanks and said goodbye, the woman at the front desk was glaring at us exactly how she did upon our entry. We’ve never experienced such unpleasant customer service before, if you can even call it customer service at all. Maybe if her nose wasn’t so far up into the air she’d receive the proper blood circulation to her brain that would enable her to have some sort of decency for potentially valuable customers. This sort of behavior is unacceptable, especially for a woman who was at least thirty years our senior. Not only are we never coming back, but we will always let people know of how unpleasant our experience was here.

I was treated very well by the proprietors. They helped me and worked with me. They have beautiful quality items.

Been back twice. Found many lovely things. This place is a distance from Me but I enjoyed their selections. The staff has always been kind to me and my friend. We will return again.

I have been collecting art and antiques since I was a kid. I have been to many of the world’s best shops, markets, and galleries. Even at the highest end galleries in Paris I am treated with the utmost respect, even if I’m looking at a piece that I could never afford.At Montclair Antique Center, I am always treated as if I don’t belong there and can’t afford anything. Their collection has never appealed to me, as it is mostly overpriced, stuffy items that have fallen out of fashion many years ago. Having said that, I still pop in from time to time to see if they got anything new. Their collection rarely changes. Items that are priced at $400 can often be found online for under $100. As a result, nothing ever moves. The old items stay there at the same price and new items rarely come in.I have had bad experiences there in the past, but hesitated to leave a review. After going back today, I felt I had to share my experience.The owner greeted me with the typical “can I help you find anything?” to which I replied “No thank you, just looking.” The owner has seen me many times before and I’ve even purchased items from the store before on a couple occasions. That didn’t stop her from following me around the entire store, taking a step forward every time I did.I went on my phone for a minute and she scolded me, “No pictures!” I explained to her that I wasn’t taking photos and she proceeded to tell me that taking photos causes big problems. I asked her what type of problems it causes and she said it’s private. I inquired a couple more times and then she finally answered that if I take pictures I can come back and rob them. I told her nicely that I hope she doesn’t think I will come back to rob them.She then followed me some more and when we got back towards the front of the shop I heard her tell the other woman that “you have to follow everybody”.I went up to them and very nicely offered a piece of advice. “Get more cameras in the store because it makes customers feel very uneasy to be followed and treated like thieves.”So here’s where I’ll leave it. If a shop is good enough, with a solid, ever-changing collection of interesting and beautiful antiques as a fair and honest price, you can belittle me, follow me, and treat me like a lowlife and I will keep coming back. Montclair Antique Center, however, doesn’t have the collection to keep me shopping there even if they treated me like an angel.It’s a shame to see that so many other customers of theirs have the same exact experience as me.

I didnt quite experience any rude comments the way everyone says here; however you definitely get a vibe of arrogance, or at least a kind of judgemental air sizing up whether youve come in to buy their exquisite (read: over the top) junk or whether youre just another lower class scum dirtying their carpet. Its pretty disgusting that anyone would browse a place like this when there are homeless people right out the door that you ignore.

When I walked in with my friends we were greeted and welcomed, but that soon changed. The woman working (I assume is the owner) came off snobbish when I asked how much a couple things were. Made me feel as if I didnt belong in her store, that I couldnt afford what she was selling. It made me feel uncomfortable.

Left about a minute into entering the store. The staff was incredibly rude and abrasive, ive never experienced such poor customer service in my life. Not surprised others have shared the same poor, foul experiences.

Upon entering this establishment, my friend and I were greeted with a scowl. I did not know 5 seconds was enough time to determine that someone walking into your shop was an objectively unsavory character. The only inference I can make is that this store is run directly by our reptile overlords, as their perception of personality is far beyond what could be expected of a human. As we all know, the reptilians have infiltrated every seat of government and likely rule at least 86% of this world’s nations. I was aware of their political ambitions but I was unaware that they were intent on controlling the private sector as well. They still have much to learn as overpriced antiques seems to be a poor market to gain a foothold in local business.Anyway, after the serpentine proprietor had regained her composure and remembered to stay in character, she interrogated us as to what our intentions were in their establishment. I can only assume that the store is a front to study general human behavior. I informed her that I was looking for furniture for a home library that my family was building, at which time she told us to go ahead and peruse her wares. Upon walking to the other side of the store and breaking her line of sight from the counter, I heard her tell her fellow lizard woman to follow us. At first I took offense to this as I had never been surveilled in a store before, but then it all made sense. It’s not that they distrust us; it’s that we’ve also broken our line of sight to the front windows and no one will be able to see them detain and probe us. I should have known from when she first stared us down. I thought I noticed her second pair of eyelids but I must have mistaken them for contact lenses. How naive of me to think that the overlords would not try to take over a town like Montclair. After all it’s the perfect balance between trendy and pretentious. After I had realized this, I had only seconds to act. I told my friend that we should leave and under the guise of not finding any of their awful selection interesting (not that we had to feign disinterest), I said that we should leave. We barely made it out alive. Although he has been acting slightly off since we left. I pray that they haven’t replaced him with his reptile doppelgänger while I had my back turned....oh god.Please...stay away from the middle aged lizard women. Stay away from this place. Save yourselves.

This lady likes to change her prices...Not Good!

Being from Savannah, I expect proper manners from those I do business with . In NJ to visit daughter and we visited your shop. The rudeness of your staff led us to leave your shop . I could not get anyone to assist us in the purchase of a Lalique perfume bottle that I wished to purchase for her collection. We werent greeted as we entered the shop but stared at with a message that we did not belong. Come to Savannah and learn some manners

Biggest joke of an antique shop ever and the rudest group of workers Ive ever dealt with. There are thousands of places around here to go to for antiques and if I were you I wouldnt waste my time or money on this sad excuse for a business. Congrats Montclair Antique Shop on your rude no class having workers.

Do Not Shop Here.If you are selling to them they totally rip you off.Will never go back.

Nice selection. Generally reasonable prices.

Nice place to shop for antiques of any sort.Very large inventory. Very large place.

One of the last high end antique shops left

Rude, officious, patronizing man at the counter caused us to leave the store inside of five minutes. We made a simple informational request: what are the terms and conditions for renting space and selling in this center. Rather than answering the question, the young man questioned whether we were up to the daunting task of pricing and selling our own merchandise. When I mentioned we had an early 18th-century map of Belgium (by Nicolas Visscher) on eBay, he became gratuitously contentious, really argumentative, as to our ability to know what we had (i.e., to authenticate our map) and to price it appropriately. Anyone who tries to sell an antique on eBay, he implied, is an idiot. This is precisely the kind of small establishment that drives people to the internet. If you want to visit an establishment where obnoxious staff will elevate your blood pressure to unsafe levels, this is your place. If youre not in need of a stress test, avoid at all costs.

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