Mark Areias Jewelers - Aptos (CA)

5 /5 Dana Orlando: We LOVE Mark Areias Jewelers in both Aptos and Carmel! My husband and I both got our wedding rings here... 25 years ago! He had his custom made and it still looks amazing. I chose mine from their estate collection at the time. It was simple and beautiful and in our budget at the time but I always imagined building it up at some point. We were finally able to do that around our 15th anniversary and it is now even more beautiful!! The jeweler crafted my ring exactly as I described (and drew out) to them. Weve also gotten some pearl earrings and another estate piece here over the years. They always take care of their customers... they treat us like family. We often stop in to have our wedding rings cleaned professionally by them and they always look like new again :-)

2 /5 Colca: They have a good selection of ready to wear jewelries but I would not recommend customizing here. I had two stones for customization and the store suggested me leave the stones here and they would show me clay over stones for design visualization, also was told the clay would be ready in 1-2 weeks. Left stone with the store and called in after a week, and was told they didn’t receive pictures of designs that I like, so I resent. Waited another two more weeks and called in twice, they kept telling me clay will be ready soon, and got a certain answer on last call that clay will be ready last Sat. I went in today on Tuesday and they didn’t do any clay with either of the stone, instead showed me a design which I said in my first visit that I would want something different. So imagine leaving them stones for almost a month and come back to see nothing is done as they promised, during the waiting I didn’t get any call from the store but have to call in to keep checking. I am sure they are great local store but I am quite disappointed with what I experienced.

1 /5 Janyce Berg: I’m going to have to visit again and see if I get different results. I brought 3 items to be fixed and sized. They said they could not do any of them.

5 /5 mara charron: I had my 20 year old engagement ring redesigned into a new ring that felt more like me. They did the most incredible job. I brought in a few photos of inspiration in and they nailed it superbly. ❤️.