Roma’s Tailor

The owner is unnecessarily rude and is disrespectful to his employees. I witnessed this in person. I will not support this business going forward because of the owner.

Let’s face it, if you take your clothes to be tailored to your dry cleaner, chances are they will lose something since tailoring is a courtesy service they offer. The tailoring might also not be great. Roma’s certainly charges a premium on their tailoring but they do a good job and they won’t lose your clothes. They can hem jeans with the original hem, which most dry cleaners can’t do. The customer service is curt, but then again, they are not a spa.

Its hard to imagine how it would make sense, in any universe, for a tailor to remove buttons from, rather than repair, an overcoat, and then have the audacity to charge $ 50.
I’m still trying to make sense of this logic but in the meantime, will search for another tailor who would sew things on rather than remove them.

I was a little worried due to bad reviews, but I gave this gentleman a shot with an underskirt to a pretty «cheap» work skirt. It was $ 20, but he did a great job! I will definitely return for more work.

Roma’s tailor can do anything you want done. I’ve had women’s suit jackets re-​sized, suit pants completely reshaped, dresses altered. I have total faith and the prices are a steal — try taking something into your local dry cleaner and have a hem fixed — you will most likely pay more, and for lower quality work. Instead, take the time to stop by Roma’s, he’s super fast and does great work.

If you’re looking for skilled tailor, please go elsewhere.
Over the last couple years, my husband and I have probably spent over $ 1,000 at Roma., as we get many of our clothes tailored and used Roma for simple alterations because it’s in our neighborhood. The work isn’t always perfect, but was more or less ok, so I didn’t appreciate why other reviewers were so upset with the service until our most recent experience.
My husband purchased three casual shirts, all of which needed sleeves shortened. Two of the shirts were from Jack Spade and had the exact same cut, just in different patterns. We brought all three in at the same time and the owner at Roma took the measurements.
We went back a week later and all three shirts were too long in the sleeves by about 2 inches. He promised to re-​do them, so we came back for the third time, only to find that one shirt was the right length and the other two were still at least an inch too long.
We finally went back for the FOURTH visit and one of the shirts had sleeves so short, that they ended about ¾ inch above his wrist. My husband told the owner that the sleeves were too short. Instead of apologizing for the mistake, he started arguing with us and saying that the too-​short length was what my husband requested. It defies reason that we brought in 3 shirts and when one turned out so clearly different from the other 2, he could still argue that we asked for that shirt to be so short. What person asks for the length of sleeves on a button down shirt to be well above the wrist?!
When we tried to reason with him, he started yelling at us about how he had done the same shirt multiple times and «did we expect him to work for free,» regardless of the fact that a brand new, $ 150+ shirt was ruined.
To add insult to injury, he claimed his credit card machine was broken and forced us to go across the street to an ATM to withdraw over $ 200 to pay him.
When we told him that we would be posting a review about his service, he literally yelled «I don’t care.» Don’t try this place unless you’re willing to put up wiht someone who clearly doesn’t care if you are satisfied with the service you paid for.

This place is expensive for what they do. He charged me $ 45 to take in a dress which I know was simple because I sew myself and didnt have a sewing machine at the time.
The work done wasnt impressive either, and he acted like he was doing me a big favor by working on the dress.

Brought in JCrew bridesmaid dress to be taken in. Salesperson assured me the dresses are designed for easy flexible tailoring. Roma said something couldn’t be done without taking apart the whole dress. Then at the wedding, I find out the other bridesmaid got the work done and for half the rate Roma wanted to charge.

Note that the original review is for the previous owner. I had one suit modified by the current owner and the pant legs were different lengths. He tried to convince me otherwise. I won’t be back.

Had a pair of jeans hemmed and they came out too long. When I took them back to have them done properly he told me I had to pay the fee again because I waited too long to bring them back. Need I say more?

Walked out. He called my dress cheap and was going to charge $ 125 for a simple hem alteration and taking in the sides. Guess he only does ‘couture’. Don’t even go unless you’re into being insulted by a creepy old man. Cash only. And 30% up front.

WAY OVERPRICED and bad service! I will definitely not be going back. There are tailors who do high quality work for much more reasonable prices than this. I could see paying these prices if the work was of unbelievable quality, but there were several items that weren’t tailored properly. And he was so unorganized that he was going to overcharge me had I not added the items up myself. He became beligerant and I just don’t need that headache. I’ll be looking for a better tailor on the UWS.

Great work. I’ve had a couple suits altered here, and while his prices are definitely high, it’s worth it to me to know he’ll do a good job. He has very specific suggestions, which shows he is knowledgeable and experienced, and has a way of knowing exactly what alterations a piece needs (including things I never would have thought of on my own, but which go a long way toward making the final product look perfect).
He has also never gone over the price he initially quoted at the fitting in the final bill, which is something I have found to be an issue with other tailors. So even though the prices are steep, I always know exactly what I’m getting into, & appreciate his honesty.

I took in two different dresses to Roma, both of which were too big. One was a silk designer dress I found at TJ Maxx that was tow sizes too big. After having me try it on and pinning it in, Roma advised me against the tailoring because there were so many alterations he would need to do that it would end up costing me as much as the dress! I definitely appreciated his honesty and ended up returning the dress.
The second dress he took in for me was a bridesmaid dress. At first, i thought he hadnt done anything to it because i couldnt tell wher eit had been altered. He had expertly opened the dress and sewn it so you couldnt detect that it had been altered! It was a perfect job and he even got it in a day earlier. Taking in the sides cost about $ 50.
He is very friendly, honest and has great attention to detail. I will be going back!

Great work! I had a strapless bridesmaid dress that was way too large for me… so hence my need for alterations.
He has a nice shop with a dressing room. He pinned the dress conversatively and I told him I wanted it shorter so he pinned it shorter… He also had to take in the sides as well. He did that and even made a suggestion that the bust came up too high on me (as I have a small bust, so it looked ackward) and he would do something to the front to make it appear less high? I don’t know if I’m explaining that correctly or not.
Anyways, I picked up the dress, tried it on and it fit perfectly.
I’m definitely going to use again for alterations, however, I have less and less of a need nowadays as I am trying to only buy dresses and items that are petite to begin with.

Highly recommended.
Brought a suit and a blazer in for alterations. Roma tailored the suit from sides, front and back, instead of the standard pulling in from the sides, which always creates folds at the armpit, and he explained to me that I couldn’t get the pencil thin trouser legs without having the pockets meet in the back, leaving me with the impression that he knows more about what he’s doing than the standard tailors I’ve gone to in the past. He originally told me they would be ready next Thursday, but when I asked if he could get the suit ready for Wednesday when I had an event for which I bought the suit, he committed to a day earlier. I had doubts that it would happen, but he not only got the suit done on time, but the blazer done as well.
He gets extra points for knowledge, transparency, for doing the work himself instead of handing off to a less fastidious underling, for extra effort to meet your deadline, and also for ’ You happy, you pay, you not happy, you don’t pay” service!
Thanks Roma!

Simply INCREDIBLE.
Roma worked a friggen miracle for me. Macy’s completely ruined my wedding dress with their awful, awful alterations, by pulling it in way too tight. I couldn’t breath and my chest was pouring out everywhere. It was just 5 days before my wedding. It was a nightmare. I thought I was stuck with it, assuming no one could add material back into a dress once it’s been removed, but someone suggested I go to a professional tailor.
I found Roma here on Unilocal and took a chance. I don’t know how he did it, but in my teeny tiny time-​frame he did wonders on my dress and it’s PERFECT. Because of him, I will be comfortable and pretty on my wedding day. No bride deserves less. (well maybe almost no bride).
And his rate was totally reasonable. I can’t believe I let a store’s tailor touch such an important piece of clothing. I learned my lesson. Never again. Only Roma from now on!

I purchased a jumpsuit one size too big, and forgot about it. Forgetting to return it completely, after Roma’s on Unilocal,I decided to give Roma a try to correcting the size issues of my clothing purchase. Though I didn’t expect to pay as much as I did for the job, it was a complicated job which justifies the price.
Roma was thorough, helpful, made suggestions for improvements in the fit of the jumpsuit. His craftsmanship was impeccable.
If in need again, I would use Roma’s services. Also I would also pay the price of it, just for this reason alone. I loved the outfit and I will have this item for the rest of my life.

I had Roma alter a complicated ball gown and it came out perfect. I bought the dress deeply discounted relying on expert tailoring to make it fit and the price spent on the alterations was well worth it.

I just moved to the UWS and needed a tailor. Big mistake in coming here.
I had 2 pair of pants that needed to be hemmed. How hard is it to mess up pants? I mean, aren’t hemming pants the bread and butter of being a tailor?
First of all, I went in and Roma said it would take 2 weeks because they were so busy. Two weeks? Really? I said I would need it sooner and he said fine, 4 days. So I went to pick them up and brought them home to try on. They were uneven!
One of the pant legs was ¼″ longer than the other. Seriously? I double checked to make sure. I even took off the pant and measured. Yep, uneven.
It cost me $ 20 per pair of pants to get hemmed, so I figured I should go back and have him fix them. Any person can tell they are uneven (I had my bf make sure I wasn’t crazy on this).
Now I know this sounds a bit nit-​picky, but if I’m going to spend $$ on some nice Theory dress slacks, I want them hemmed properly.
So I went back to Roma. First of all, his hours are so inconvenient. He opens only at 9am, so I was late to work because I had to get them corrected because I needed these pants ASAP.
I tried on the pants and he gave me some bull$*&t reason about why they weren’t uneven when the CLEARLY were! He kept saying, «they aren’t uneven but I can hem them if you want…»
I got so fed up and walked out. I’ll get them hemmed somewhere else. I’m not going to give my clothes to a tailor who can’t even see that they are uneven in length.
waste of time and money.