Monahan's Jewelers

When we were shopping for my engagement ring, I grew tired of seeing the same rings over and over again at a lot of the mall jewelry stores, and I knew I wanted something unique.

We had decided on a sapphire center stone, rather than a diamond, and even at stores that had settings without a center stone, we were having trouble finding a jeweler that could order a loose sapphire to set for us.

We visited this store hoping to find something a little different. They have a huge selection of settings, either with or without a center stone, in most any price range. Instantly I fell in love with my setting (an 18K white gold open shank setting with two side stones, and then prong set smaller diamonds down the sides).

When we asked them about ordering a sapphire for the center stone, they said this would absolutely be no problem. They told me what size we could go up to, and actually ended up pulling a sapphire out of another setting just to let us see what the ring would look like before ordering. As it turned out, that sapphire ended up being exactly what we wanted, and fit the setting perfectly.

We waited a few days for it to be set, and the ring to be sized, and for the appraisal to be completed, and when we picked it up, it was simply perfect.

The personnel in this store give very individualized attention, in a very quiet and intimate store setting. When you're in there, you find that there's many people who have been coming back to that store over and over again, every year to buy items for birthdays, anniversaries, etc... they very much work toward building a life-long relationship with you for repeat business, rather than just focusing on getting your money now, never caring if you return.