Nice experience for Scottsdale . . . I'm not a fan (of Scottsdale). Staff was helpful and attentive and the pricing was reasonable; not what you expect for Scottsdale (that's a good thing). Plenty of unique items to look at and and buy. We were out looking to buy a mesquite dining table with six chairs and they had a very nice set. Quick to discount which was good, but I'd rather buy from a retailer who provides fair pricing up front and that is what we ended up doing in Cave Creek. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the experience and would definitely return to this retailer assuming I'm back in Scottsdale, a city I rarely frequent. read more

Gail and her store are the best! I visited last year and it was amazing! Gail has some amazing stories. I tolf her my last name is Lozano and she tolf me a long lost family member was a Lozano. lol I appreciate her taking the time talking to me and will always return. I stopped by a couple weeks back but my timing was off. Closed on Sundays. I will be there in a couple weeks to look for a place for my new store and new contruction home. My second home. I will go back and forth. Thanks for the memories Gail, your friend Armando Lozano from Lozano's Diamond Jewelry read more

Wonderful selection of the fine Arizona local art, native jewelry, and traditionally inspired gifts, everything was well priced, a must stop in Scottsdale AZ. The team was kind and supportive, I even met Gayle Ortega the store owner who was super sweet and told me the history of the stores founding by her Father Gilbert Ortega. read more

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Came by a couple of weeks ago while passing through town, and the guy who was in was just super awful towards me and my kid. I'm not even "American" Indian- we're South Asian by descent, but I was born in California. I never have liked Scottsdale much, and this dude yelling "MAGA" at us and claiming to be the owner just did not help the town's image. read more

Such a beautiful Store and nice staff. Super informative and knows good quality. They have bought from my family (Native American btw) and supported us for years. It's so nice to get support from a local business and to support them in return. I bought this vintage Navajo made ring and have my eyed on some Kachina earrings as well. Can't say enough about this store. Highly recommend this shop specifically. read more

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Picked up a couple nice gifts for under $50. I didn't have high expectations for authenticity. Good thing because the scarf I was told was made in Mexico was actually made in India. Helps to read the label. But now I wonder about the necklace I bought that supposedly was made by a Native American family in Winslow, AZ. I guess I'll have to take their word for it! read more

Had the MOST wonderful experience here. The owner was super nice. His wife sized up a ring we wanted to purchase right there, no need to take it to a jewelry store to upsize. They even offered to clean other rings we had on our fingers for FREE to shine them up. Spent well over $$$ just because of the nice service we received read more

Beautiful art, amazing jewelry and Unique Fetishes. I love this store and everything they carry. I definitely recommend the ortega int'l collections store. Great people, great atmosphere and good prices. read more

While shopping this store in Scottsdale AZ, I saw a piece of Pueblo pottery I liked. The nice, but totally uninformed, clerk quoted me a discounted price after consulting with his manager. They were both unable to confirm who the potter was and said someone else who could confirm that info would be in the next day. I called back the next day and was told who the potter was. I returned to the shop the following day to buy the pot at the offered, discounted price. They then refused to sell me the pot at the original discounted price and denied ever quoting that price. Beware shoppers: this shop is neither reliable nor honest. Needless to say, I will not shop there again. read more

This is a chainstore with lots of high priced items. Some are good, some not. Lots of Pakistan and import items. Granted, good quality NA items cost real money and rightfully so, and budget items sell. This store is not for the beginner collector as you will not get what you expect or you'll pay too much. I was ok with looking around until I was shown an item that was misrepresented as a higher priced item that the store does not even carry. If I know that, they should. read more

International collection seems to mean sweatshop made items from anywhere passed as Native American crafts. Much stuff on sale looks inauthentic and overpriced. Much of it is attractive, but there are too many cheap items, equally overpriced. At one point, while we were discussing the symbols on some Hopi motifs, we were kicked out of the store by a very impolite, intolerant, racist person. We were told to leave because our talking bothered her. She claimed. Might she have disliked our accent? (The person who asked us to leave had been seen smoking outside the store and the entire area reeked of cigarette.) She sounded like the very personification of racism, ignorance, and intolerance. After kicking us out, she kept repeating 'shalom, shalom' in a sarcastic, intolerant way--as if using the Semitic greeting to leave no doubt about her motives. She ostensibly kicked us out because of our accent. I am Italian, and one of us is from the Persian Gulf and was wearing a headscarf. We are very happy we did not patronize this store. The yelp star rating on this store at time of writing is 2.5. Stay away. Their rating should be less than one star. Awful experience. I pity the owner. She sounded intolerant but also very sad and reeked of cigarette smoke. read more

I purchased a beautiful bracelet and earrings while on vacation, unfortunately the bracket lost 3 pieces of coral right away. I sent back the bracelet which was fixed and sent back within 10 days. This was handled with proficiency, care, and at no charge to me! Thank you so much, I will be back! read more

Horrible customer service! I had purchased a silver ring from Gilbert Ortega Galleries, while on vacation. Within a week of wearing this ring it literally broke into two pieces. I called the owner, (Renea Ortega) who assured me that fixing the ring and shipping it from Chicago to Scottsdale would be simple, easy and no cost to me. She instructed me to send the ring as a COD shipment, which costs a little extra because it's a special service for delivery. I paid the extra shipping costs upfront and Renea assured me that I would be reimbursed for the costs. After sending the ring off for repairs, I waited and waited, just to receive the broken ring back to home because the store denied delivery. I called and questioned, they instructed me to send it as normal mail. After sending it back I waited two weeks and called to check on the status (which she said would be an overnight repair), just to hear that the ring had been finished and just sitting there. I then reminded her of the shipping costs that she had promised to reimburse, she then said she would not pay it, it was too expensive for shipping. After arguing for 30mins, she finally said she would reimburse like she originally promised. Two weeks after that conversation, I finally receive the repaired ring in the mail with no reimbursement. She will not return any of my calls and this ordeal has gone on for two months now. Gilbert Ortega Galleries, does not know how to run an honest business. There are plenty of jewelers in Scottsdale, AZ to choose from, save yourself the headache and shop elsewhere. read more