Lighting World

Best repair guy fast and cheap! Thanks so much for helping me out.

Lighting World is the perfect place to go when the people at Lamps Plus just stare at you with their mouths open! These are true professionals who actually know their products. They have also saved me more times than I can count with repairs and work-​arounds that other stores just wouldn’t even be able to conceive of, much less actually pull off! They are the best!

I have used Lighting World a couple times now over the years and have been very happy with the results. Chris and his family are very helpful and knowledgeable. He also offered great advice and solutions to our projects. Prices are also very fair for the great quality they offer.

This is THE BEST lamp and lamp shade store. The selection is amazing and the service extraordinary. The owners are knowledgeable and give great service. I highly recommend this store.

I love this place. Next time you need a lamp, skip Target and come here. Their selection is huge. I’ve brought a couple of really old lamps here to be refurbished/​restored and the people are helpful and work fast. One lamp was in horrible shape and they made it look like new for a reasonable price. If you see a shade shape you like but they don’t have the fabric you like, they’ll make a new shade to your specifications. They can also make a shade out of fabric that you bring in! This is a small, family-​owned business, which is just another reason to support this place.

Great service and selection. They let me take back to my place several shades to find the perfect one. Chris was very accommodating and never pushy at all. This has become my go-​to lighting place in the valley now.

Nice lighting store with a great salesperson by the name of Chris. Chris was very helpful and patient with my boyfriend and I. He explained all the different types of crystal chandeliers to us and even recommended a close by location with more crystal items in stock. Also, he explained to us about cleaning charities m chandeliers and informed us that they offer an in home cleaning service.
The only reason I give this place 4 stars is because they don’t have a big selection to choose from and they lack modern pieces.

My grandma has these antique lamps that she uses daily. One day they stopped working. She feared that they would be a bunch to fix because they are about 100 years old. So, I called over and a women answered the phone. I asked her how much it would be, and she told me she would have to see it, in an annoyed voice. I am trying to find out for my grandma so I asked her «ON AVERAGE what would it normally cost» just so we can get an idea because I dont know anything about lamps and we dont want to drive to sherman oaks for something we can’t afford. she kinda just yelled at me without listening to my question. I felt very uncomfortable but Regardless I went in because it was closest to my house. (10 miles) As I walked in the gentleman helped me carry the lamp which was very nice. We asked him how much it would be, and it wasn’t very much. He let us know we had different options and when can pick it up when we are ready. I gave them three stars because the man was very nice. The woman didn’t acknowledge we were there, and continued to have a conversation with this women the whole time we were there. I don’t speak Armenian, maybe it was on business, but I doubt it.

This place is literally half a block from my home. Perfect location. I first thought I would go there for all my lighting needs. I first visited this shop just a day after I moved in, in September 2012. I was looking to replace the glass light bulb shades on my kitchen ceiling fan because the ones that came with the fan were much too ornate for my taste. I just wanted simple, frosted white glass shades. So I walked over to Lightening World to check out their selection. I was pretty disappointed because they didn’t have much of a variety either in the store or available for special order, and also because, considering they were pretty shoddy quality, I was going to end up paying like $ 50 for a set of four ($ 12.50 each). But, I didn’t really know the going market rate for replacement glass lamp shades for ceiling fans, so, I trusted the guy behind the counter, «special ordered» the least ugly set I could find, and left. He said he’d call when they came in, and I could pay on pickup.
Interestingly, he made it a point to emphasize that the (thin) book from which I ordered my shades pretty much included ALL the styles of shades available for purchase on the market (by consumers purchasing small quantities, like me). Which seemed odd, but I’m not really a Home Depot type of girl, so again, I trusted.
Weeks went by, and he never called. Having forgotten about the shades, I was in Lamps Plus in Northridge looking for a floor lamp, when low and behold, I came across an impressive selection of ceiling fan lamp shades. Many more than offered by Lighting World. I even found perfect frosted white shades, for $ 3.99 each. In stock. Naturally, I purchased a set of four, for under $ 20, and never returned to Lighting World.
Until today. Two years later. Today is Thursday, September 4, 2014; on this beautiful, sunny, summer day, I was desperate and in a hurry because I needed an unusually shaped 25 watt light bulb. I checked the store website to confirm it was open until 6:00 p.m., and at 5:35 p.m., I got into my car, drove around the corner, and parked directly in front of the store. I went to open the store front door, only to find it locked. The store was dark. No signs. No explanation. Guess they just went home early/​took the day off/​whatever. Nice way to run a business. Then I remembered the way they’d handled the 2012 transaction, and I thought «figures.»
So, to sum up: (1) über limited inventory, (2) marginal product quality, (3) triple the price of its competitors, (4) no employee follow-​up or follow through, and (4) unreliable, inconsistent hours of operation.
Please note that if you look at my other reviews, you’ll see that I don’t like to write negative reviews. But as for Lighting World, I don’t see any reason why I would go back. Why agree to pay triple the price for an item that never arrives? That’s insanity, no?
Ten minutes later today, and less than half a mile away, I found my unusual light bulb at the Crystal Palace, just west of Lighting World on the south side of Ventura Blvd. I arrived there at 5.55 p.m. They were lovely, OPEN, and accommodated me – no problem. Now, I’ll never go anywhere else. Please refer to my review of Crystal Palace, if you’re interested.

First. Open on a Sunday. Not with some flunky but with someone knowledgeable friendly and with genuine care.
My wife and I are having the kitchen remodeled and have been looking everywhere for «dimmable» under cabinet lights that can be dimmed at the light switch (not via some special extremely large transformer). We don’t need enough light to be seen from space but enough to enhance a workspace or mood if needed.
The gentleman at Lighting World demonstrated how the lights work. provided everything needed to make them work and gave us phone numbers for our contractor to call if there were any problems.
Most importantly, I paid a fraction of what I expected to pay everywhere else. Including from online sources. Done, done and done.

They did very high-​quality work in repairing my floor lamp. I just wish they had called me to tell me that it was done. That is too minor of a complaint to give them anything less than five stars. Low-​cost, high-​quality. Cannot recommend more highly.

I would definitely NOT recommend this place to anyone. They may have nice lamps but that’s all I can say. I recently purchased 2 crystal lamps for about $ 400. They must not have a large supply since my lamps were taken off the floor. They wrapped them before I could inspect them. As soon as I got home I noticed a chip in one of the lamps. I called the store and all they did was take my number but they never followed up with me. What horrible customer service! How can they expect to stay in business with that behavior?

I love this place. The work is fast and more importantly, good!

Lovely people who are fair-​priced, helpful and prompt. I have a floor lamp which I’d repaired badly. They worked, but when one of the two sockets went out, I decided it would be easier to bring in than for me to repair badly, yet again. For forty bucks they replaced both socket, cleaned the lamp and did it the same day. I have lived in the neighborhood for as long as they’ve been there. It is so nice to have a neighborhood store that is so good in every way. I will never fix a lamp again.

My lamp from a set of 3 had not been working for months and I was thinking of just buying a whole new set but I found this place on Unilocal.I decided to pay them a visit to see if my lamp could be fixed. What do you, my lamp was fixed under 15 minutes.

Bad customer service. I ordered three shades for a chandelier, and the salesman said they would arrive in two weeks. It’s been over a month, and they still have not arrived. When I called to check on their status a couple weeks ago, the clerk said «They are on back order. Don’t you remember I told you that?» When I replied that he never told me that and that he said it would be two weeks, he then said that he can’t tell if items are on back order until the order is placed and didn’t know at the time. I called again last week to see, gave them my number, and never got a call back. I called for the last time a couple days ago– the shades were still not in. The clerk at least offered me a refund right away.

Suuuuuper friendly service and very fair prices!
I came here to look for some lighting bulbs for my architecture class and the guy was extremely helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. He had a lot of information on the bulbs I needed and didn’t make me feel dumb if I didn’t know too much about certain things.
I will definitely come back whenever I’m in the Valley!
I really suggest this place for all your lighting needs as the service is really amazing!

I am giving this place a 5 star because of customer service. If you need to fix your lamp at home bring it in or the part and they will more than likely have it. I haven’t really bought any lamps there but they have a great selection.

My house is trying to kill my in-​laws.
Attempt #1 Gigantic mirror above the fireplace commits hari-​kari on to the living room floor and misses my father-​in-​law by inches.
Attempt #2 A bulb in the kitchen light fixture breaks, messes up the socket and suddenly shoots a spear of flame at my mother-​in-​law. She screams and ducks out of the way leaving our bar stool to take the hit.
Attempt #3 The shower/​tub combo conspires to entice my father-​in-​law to lean just a little… bit… further… He slipped launching himself half out of the shower and hit the top of the toilet tank so hard with his head that he broke it in half.
After many weeks and several discussions I think we’ve convinced them that we had nothing to do with these attempts on their lives. We love them and are happy to have them stay here. We’ve gotten the mirror and toilet fixed but weren’t sure where to take the lamp.
Well Hoooray for Unilocal.Read the great reviews for Lighting World and took it there. No more deadly spears of fire.
The in-​laws however have decided they’re not risking it. We’re going to their house for Christmas. It’ll give our house some more time to come up with Attempt #4.

Once Upon a Time, in an exotic land known as North Hollywood, there lived a Gentleman with a beautiful Lamp. The Lamp was kept in the Gentleman’s bed chamber, and resembled one of those fine Arabian vessels that houses magical wish-​granting genies. One night, the Lamp inexplicably stopped working. No longer would it emit the soft glowing light that the Gentleman had become used to.
Not waiting around for a genie to help, the Gentleman took the Lamp to the Sheiks of the Lighting World. It is a family run dynasty that provides lamp repair services, electrical wiring, and anything having to do with illumination. Their store has a wide abundance of lamps and shades for purchase as well. They repaired my Stygian Lamp for a nominal fee. They were also kind enough to inform me that my Lamp was wired for a three-​way bulb; which I was not aware of before, and pleasantly surprised.
The service was fast and radiant, and I will definitely be back for further lamp needs. There is convenient metered parking out front, or one can park in the residential street of Hortense around the corner. I’ve included the website for more information: