Stanton Tailor Shop

Best tailor and alterations in NYC.
These guys are tailoring geniuses.
Service, excellent.
Quality, excellent.

Great service, I had my jeans hemmed here for $ 8 each! I got them back the day I chose. I would definitely recommend and will go back!

Oh, Pablo. He’s the best. He’s taken way too big sample sale finds and made them fit me perfectly. The wait time during the summer is long because of all the weddings, but it’s worth it.

I’ve been taking all of my alterations to Pablo Vargas at the Stanton Tailor Shop since 2009 and I can say with no reservation that Pablo is The Man! He and his team easily merit 5 stars. Their work is precise and the prices are right. As for Pablo himself? He’s an affable, charming, very well dressed man (the Unilocal photos don’t lie!). Give him a try! You’ll thank me later!!!
TIP: Be forewarned: During peak tailoring seasons (May/​June for summer wedding season and October/​November for holiday party season) he can have wait times of up to six weeks, especially for more complex jobs. This is due, of course, to the article about him in the New York Times. The link is below:

Been coming here for almost 20 years… I moved out of Manhattan and still come back to Pablo. He’s an honest hard-​working man (as are his guys) cut from the rare old cloth of doing business. Hipsters and millennials should take note…

Came in with two suits a Saturday ago in need of a one week turnaround for two weddings this week. Pablo and his crew are craftsmen. Be patient when arriving, it’s a small shop attended by three people and with only three fitting rooms, it can be a bit of a wait before you’re attended to.
I was patient, put my things on and stepped onto the fitting platform to be fitted by Pablo. The two suits I had brought in (a $ 700 Jcrew suit, and a $ 300 suit from Express) while fitting me great already, still needed an extra touch for them to really be «mine». I was a bit nervous of going to a tailor initially… the possibility of a fit being completely wrong a week before 1 local and 1 international wedding was daunting.
I told Pablo what I was looking for… his touch and feel for garments conveyed a richness in understanding how garments should cover the body. Guy is a craftsman and his gracefulness comes from years* of doing this. Guy is a wizard. He found a shoulder imbalance in my Express suit that was causing a weird tension in my belly area.
The suits were ready a week later (as promised)…I’ve now tried them on and could not be any happier with the fit. Wow. They finally feel perfect… like suits made for me! I’m sure that a personalized suit made for thousands of dollars would probably fit no different than the alterations that Pablo and crew made on my cheaper suits.
I’ll be strolling into these two weddings now ready to dance the night off and with confidence… knowing that what I’m wearing, has been meticulously crafted to fit my body and skeletal structure. I could not be happier.
Parting advice:
–Get there early (the shop is becoming popular)
–Be patient… Pablo is the only one who does fittings… the other two seamstressers are really busy sewing (as they should be, considering the shop is inundated with requests). One of the seamstressers may help if you’re picking up. Otherwise, Pablo is the only one who does fittings and you’ll be in line
-****Cash only****
–I didn’t tell Pablo what I wanted… I just stood on the fitting platform and asked him what he thought. This may have attributed to the magical fit… his opinion (while he is straight forward) wasn’t initially framed be me making a request of what I thought was «best». Instead, I told him I wanted a modern fit and his creativity did everything else.
Love this place… can’t wait to come back with another suit!
Rafael

Went a few years ago to have some pants taken in. Very good work. The work they did outlasted the pants. Felt like a good price too. They are very busy, so the customer service suffers a little, but not a big deal.

HORRIBLE!!! I went to check this place out because it was close to my house and had good reviews. I walked in and one man was taking 2 different peoples measurements and the 3 other people that work there were sitting behind the counter at their sewing tables eating and not 1 person say hello to me, greeted me, told me to wait for anyone or how long, or even acknowledge I walked in even though I stood and stared at them while they ate and stared back at me for at least 10 minutes before I just left. I found another place on Unilocal called Laura and melinda’s and was helped right away and I’m VERY happy.

These guys really are the best.
Yesterday I went in because my gym bag went kaput. There was a huge hole and my shoes were falling out of them. Took it into Stanton Tailor Shop and they were able to fix it on the spot for $ 2. I think I waited for five minutes total. If that’s not amazing customer service, I don’t know what is!

I won’t go anywhere else. The work is impeccable and the people are great. They do exactly what you ask for and they do it well — you could never tell an item has been altered. They match the stitching and thread color perfectly, even on jeans. How often do you notice someone’s jeans have been hemmed? You only do when it’s been done poorly. They do an exact match.
Also — their prices are amazing.

My go-​to tailor shop in NY. This is where I bring everything from basic dress shirts to jeans to very expensive coats. This is the finalist in my search for a tailor that involved checking over 10 different tailor shops on the island.
To date, I have probably brought them:
— 5+ dress shirts
— 5+ dress pants
— 10+ jeans
— 3+ blazers /​suits
— 1 incredibly expensive coat
and they have yet to make a single mistake (don’t want to jinx it).
Staff is always very friendly. The wait time is around 2 weeks and it is CASH ONLY.

Conflicted. Did a great job with one blazer but don’t know what they did with the other (which i had a taken in) bc I couldn’t move my arms around. Pablo said there was nothing wrong. I, on the other hand, prefer not to feel and look as if I were a penguin in a straightjacket.
Avoid coming here during summer — it is packed with people containing bags of clothes so you’ll get your stuff back half way through the season. Left several jackets, dress pants and shirts at the end of spring, which i got back in three weeks. Returned a week later with two pants. Turnaround time: FOUR weeks … for a HEM.
For that I endured an oppressive wait out the door and in the small non-​air conditioned waiting area.
No thanks.

fast, professional, friendly. I walked in to get a pair of jeans hemmed and the guys turned them around within 20 mins. matched threads perfectly, good fit. very happy with Stanton Tailor.

They didn’t charge me for minor fixes like a stuck zipper or a security tag removal. No I didn’t steal it.

I brought a bridesmaids dress here and was not really sure what to expect, despite the excellent ratings. These guys not only found 3 inches, but made the dress wearable. The dress was ordered online from China and looked good on the outside but was about to smother me it was so small. I did 3 fittings and only paid $ 60 to fix it before the wedding. The real deal!

Cheap and quick alterations!

Had to step up my dress code game recently and as any sophisticated gent knows pants rarely come off the rack fitting as they should lest you want appear as what the higher gentry calls a «schmuck.»
I brought in five pairs for length adjustment and a waist adjusted and was in and out in twenty minutes. After a three-​day turnaround and fifty bucks later I had five perfectly-​fitting pairs of pimp-​ass pants.
Their hours are weird so always call ahead because they only do fittings on some days and the other days are pick-​up only. Don’t let the half-​rolled door fool you. That means it’s pick-​ups only. Also bring cash!

I’ve been spent like several hundreds of bucks here since my last H&M suit. tailored a ton of clothes: hemming pants, shrink the waist of Jeans Jacket/​leather jacket/​canvas jacket, single breast buttons changed to double breast… Never been disappointed. Or at least when I was not satisfied, they re-​did it until I was happy.
As a fashion fanatic (sort of, special high demand for fitting), I like this place

Wow!
So I had the (mis)fortune of buying a quite expensive suit at a department store and then losing a significant amount of weight. Since I have a few job interviews coming up, I was distraught that I wouldn’t have my best suit. I even considered ponying up for a new suit, since I didn’t think the old one could be saved.
However, the guys here worked their magic beautifully. I had the sleeves tightened up, the shoulders reshaped, the silhouette tucked, and the pants taken in. The whole shebang cost $ 125; a fraction of what I would have been willing to pay.
It took about 3 weeks to get the job done (due to the holidays), but I’m now looking good and feeling like a BOSS!
(Note that you also must pay like a BOSS, as Stanton Tailor only takes CA$H)

I used to have a job that required me to wear a suit. Every day. I only owned one suit previously, so after I was hired, I went out and bought a couple of the most affordable ones I could find in «my size.» By that I mean the suits off the rack that most closely fit my awkward frame.
When I switched careers, these suits were permanently relegated to the back of my closet, only to be broken out for weddings, Justin Bieber concerts, and other formal occasions. If I could avoid wearing them, I would; the shoulders were too broad, it hung loosely around my torso, the pants were long and baggy… in short, I was uncomfortable wearing it because it simply did not look good.
Pablo is not only a very nice guy who appreciates some good Jewish deli, but he can also take one of my suits, and in five days, transform it into something that I will gladly, almost proudly, wear.
The Stanton Tailor Shop is not THAT cheap. It is cash only. It can be crowded and slow, and unbearably warm in the wrong season. But you will be happy with the work, and that’s what matters.