Pacific Alterations

Wanted to shorten the sleeves on my blazer. Owner is incredibly rude and prices are significantly higher than any of the other tailors I consulted. Take a look at some of the previous comments and you will see a pattern.

Quinn has done a stellar job on all our alterations and repair work. He recently completed embroidery on my daughters Easter Basket.
If you’ve ever dealt with the cost of retail sqft iin downtown Bellevue you would understand why things do cost more here. Convience and great work will keep us coming back. Thanks Quinn!

If you are reading this review because you are looking for reweaving services, first, let me say that I am sorry you are having to go through trying to patch a loved piece of clothing. However, please take this review to heart and save your money. I had a beautiful Joseph Aboud suit that I had worn once last year. I took it out of the suit bag last week and found two small moth holes on the lapel. I took the suit to Nordstrom, where I purchased the suit, in the hopes they could recommend a fix. That is where I learned about reweaving, which is apparently a lost art. There was a person who did this type of work in Seattle that the sales guys would refer to, but apparently, she has died. They provided me the name and number of Pacific Alterations in Bellevue, but said they could not vouch for their work. Please note that this work is manual and very costly. In this situation, you may be tempted to spend up to half of the cost of the garment to get it back to its original state. Quinn, at Pacific Alternations, is a very smart business man, and prices accordingly. I do not fault the business for this. I would have no problem paying the sum of money that I did, had the work not looked like a glorified patch.
While my suit had a pattern, unless your garment has multiple colors and the hole is in an inconspicuous place, trust me, you will see the patch. Pacific Alternations is a cash only business, so note, that once you have paid, you will have no recourse. While it is a hard lesson, please do not spend your money on reweaving.

This is the most awesome alterations shop!
We originally came here to have my husband’s torn suit coat sleeve and a cigarette burn in a good dress shirt reweaved. You can’t tell that there was ever any damage. And have used them for various other things over the years.
But last month they saved us when the dress shop alterations department had messed up my daughter’s prom dress. Pacific Alterations fixed the dress in 1 day the day before prom. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Quinn is awesome! I brought a Seattle Seahawks jacket in to have a Super Bowl patch sewn on which sounds pretty simple. As it turns out the material was very difficult to sew on. There were concerns about the pocket and stitching so it would not close the pocket. It was very complicated. He did an AMAZING job!
I could not be happier. He is friendly and very professional. I am a loyal customer!

I’m impressed.
The main reason I came to Pacific was the offer of reweaving services. I own an extremely old bespoke suit that had developed two small holes. Reweaving is a fairly rare skill, and extremely time intensive, so going somewhere local and skipping the hassle of sending it off was an attractive prospect.
The garment itself also needed some alteration work. Here’s a basic list of the stuff I needed done:
Reweaving 2 holes
Tapering sleeves
Cleaning up the back of the jacket
Lengthening the sleeves by ~0.5″
Cutting two new buttonholes for the cuffs to correct the proportions (with the buttonholes redone by hand)
My bill was 300 and change, which was quite reasonable for the work involved. If you are used to going to a local dry cleaner for your alterations, expect sticker shock, but the level of skill here is on a completely different level.
I should mention that my buddy came here with me. He got an Anderson & Sheppard suit worked on, and the work there was equally good.
Quinn is easy to talk to and very knowledgeable.
Bellevue traffic leaves something to be desired, but my friend and I dropped off two more pieces for him when we saw the job he had done on our suits, and we plan to return in the future.

The prices are super expensive here and man in the desk is rude. I came there with a small problem, but left in a bad mood. I bought a dress online for less than 40 $ and it had tiny hole on the side. They wanted 100 $ for less than 5 min work!!! No way!

My wife has purchased a dress online for $ 40 and it had a tiny problem with one of the seams that could have easily been fixed by hand or machine in under 5 minutes. The quote they gave her? $ 100, or 2.5x more than the dress cost. Wow
Update: had the dress patched up at a tailor near Joey’s restaurant. Trillium, I think. Cost us $ 5. You should just take your business there.

I’ve been coming here for 15+ years, and have always been happy with the work. Everything from simple hems for pants and sleeve cuffs, to fully altering my huband’s less than 1 yr old Hugo Boss suit when he lost weight — a great job! As I’ve been getting ready to move, I’ve had a lot of projects — either make the alteration or get rid of the clothing or fabric. I’ve been nothing but satisfied or even thrilled. Yes, the prices are expensive. But hello — you are across the street from Bellevue Square. The rent is exorbitant, and the convenience in the location to me the customer, is awesome.

Unfortunately I have to give one star. That is more than this place deserves. Way overpriced, and incredibly rude. I dropped off 8 cocktail napkins to have them embroidered and was charged $ 192 ($ 24 per cocktail napkin). I asked about the price being so insane and I mentioned that it was far less somewhere else, he barked that I should have gone there. I certainly should have! They would have charged $ 96. Then he barked at me that I am lucky he didn’t charge me more, at $ 33 per cocktail napkin. Aren’t I lucky?! Wow! Great customer service.
I will never go back and I urge anyone to steer clear. Absolutely horrible. Dude is mean, angry, and rips you off. And he fully admits it.
«I am here to make money!» he yelled at me. That’s nice. I won’t be there to give it to you.

Looked up all the citysearch reviews before you go there! How could these dishonest people stay in business for so long?

Possibly dishonest. We were quoted one price and charged twice as much. Our fault for not checking Citysearch beforehand, as we soon discovered we weren’t the first to fall victim to bad quotes. The actual tailoring was acceptable but be sure and get price quotes in writing.