Lombardi, Gino

Gino is pretty awesome. Old school tailoring place!!! He is pretty good for what he does.

Just letting people know this place is closed! Gino had a heart attack and had to have open heart surgery. He is doing great and dont know what i will do without him.

Have been going to Gino for years
PERFECTION
If your store you purchased from, messes up your suit, pants or suit, Gino is the man to fix it. He will also be honest to tell you if it cannot be fixed.
I no longer allow the stores to do the tailoring. I take it from the store directly to Gino.
LOVE GINO

It’s been a long while since I wrote a Unilocal review, and for good reason mind you, however the customer service that I experienced at this establishment impelled me to write down what I saw and felt. When I first read the reviews for Gino’s I was enthralled and excited: my own Italian tailor with a little yet very charming shop in beautiful Orange, and mostly good Unilocal reviews. Whoopee! Boy… are appearances deceiving! The first time I showed up, Mr. Lombardi came out from his back office, and I greeted him jubilantly. Stone faced, he mumbled something like «hello,» and started looking at the item of clothing I had brought in. I explained that the pair of pants were too big at the waist and I needed them taken in. Without asking many questions and with very few words exchanged, he came out from behind the cash register and led me to his fitting room, and sternly told me to change into the pants. Since I was coming home from work, I had a belt on and I decided to show Mr. Lombardi how loose these pants were by putting on my belt. Wow, did I ruffle his feathers! Before I could utter a few words about the waist, in a controlled yet loud tone he exclaimed «belt off, off, off!» Feeling a bit embarrassed, I took it off, and he asked me what I needed done. I explained my problem to him, and during this time he remained stone faced, but at least he got to work. After he had made a few measurements, he rang me up and told me that they would be ready the following week… all of this while retaining the same cold and uninviting demeanor. Leaving his shop felt like leaving the principle’s office after detention. Hoping that this was just an isolated incident, I went back a second time, and took a few things for him to tailor. Since I left work a little late, I got to his shop five minutes before closing time. As soon as I came in I felt as if I interrupted some important task he was finishing up, or maybe he was just irritated to get one more business assignment before he closed. Although I knew it was a stretch, I took with me a rather large yet expensive dress shirt I thought he could maybe look at and possibly work on. Ha! This gentleman seemed appalled that I asked him for this. How dare I! After one or two glances, Mr. Lombardi shook his head almost sarcastically and told me he could do nothing. He even went as far as to tell me to buy another shirt, and if I’m not mistaken, he tried selling me one of the shirts he has in his shop. Bizarre! The suit that I needed fitting needed the sleeves shortened and the pants hemmed and adjusted at the waist. Even though he did a decent job of shortening the sleeves, he told me he could not take in the pant legs. So even though the waist and length of the pants are good, my pant legs look like balloons. I look like a clown with over sized trousers! He really didn’t give me an explanation as to why he could not take in the pant legs, merely saying that it was impossible to make that alteration without ruining the pants… I say baloney! During the entire time, he rushed through the measurement process and in about seven minutes he ushered me out of his shop. Almost as a coup de grace, he told me to pick up my suit late on Friday, and he brazenly added that his shop closed at five, as if saying: don’t you dare come past four forty five. Getting into my car and as I was putting on my sunglasses, I saw him stroll out, get into his car, and drive off… maybe he left the water in his house running. I’ll never know what his hurry was, after all I wasn’t asking for a handout, I was going to pay him good money for tailoring my suit. The day that I picked up my suit, he was somewhat «nice,» even going as far as to call me by my first name.
Too bad! First impressions are important, more so if you own a small shop that attracts business by word of mouth, reviews, and recommendations. Mr. Lombardi does decent work, not great or terrific, but decent. Nevertheless, the way he treated me is unacceptable, to me at least. I don’t recommend this business, not because of the work, but because as a customer you should be made to feel like your wishes and opinions matter. If you’re paying a person for his or her services, you should not be made to feel uncomfortable or upset by that person. He’s not doing you favor free of charge and his prices are affordable to select few of us, so why not treat those who keep you in business as friends and neighbors? A smile or a kind word would not harm him. Then again, he’s free to run his business as he wants to, only thing is that I won’t be taking my business to him nor recommending him. There are more talented and nicer tailors out there, who work cheaper and don’t give you an attitude. Burlington Coat Factory on Harbor has a great seamtress, who’s an even nicer person. She makes Mr. Lombardi look like Ebeneezer Scrooge!

I found the service here to be horrible so I thought I should post a review. I have to admit that I didn’t get any alterations here and that’s why (out of an attempt to be fair) I’m giving this place a 2 rather than a 1. I visited this tailor to find out if I could have a shirt altered that I needed to buy over the Internet. I wanted to see if he could take my measurements (which I would have gladly paid for) and then have him alter the shirt for a more fitted look. He (I guess Gino) first acted like I was interrupting his day when I came in, and then after I explained what I was looking for he told me not to waist my time buying shirts on-​line. I didn’t bother to tell him that I had to buy the shirt on-​line for a wedding because I didn’t want to give him my business at that point.
Having a southern European mother, I understand the «charm» of their over opinionated attitude. Though I don’t think that attitude serves a business owner too well. IMHO

I read another Unilocalers review about getting a pair of bell bottom jeans transformed to a straighter leg, which led me here. I had bought a great pair of jeans with a crazy wide leg I wanted to change. I brought in another pair of jeans to show the fit I wanted and Gino did a fabulous job and I love the result. He charged me $ 20 I think, which was a good deal to me for the amount of work involved. He didn’t talk much and he didn’t call when they were ready to be picked up, but I was very happy with the work and the price. I will definitely be using him again.

I love Gino. I know people have complained about how he conducts his business (old school chalk and ruler, cash only) but I personally love that he doesn’t do business in a big flashy building with the latest equipment, He does it the way he was probably taught by generations before him in Italy… and it works. He does quality work for a very affordable price (I should know, I’m unemployed now). To get pants hemmed it’s about $ 8 a pair.
I’ll admit the first time I took two pairs of pants in, his turnover time was pretty slow (about a week and a half — two weeks) but he was getting ready for a trip to Italy so I’m assuming he had a lot of things to get done before. I went in this week on Wednesday and he had 4 pairs of pants (including one pair of jeans) done by today (Saturday).
He isn’t one to really make a bunch of small talk and be fake-​nice to you but when he does speak you can tell it is genuine. I’m happy to support local business owners like Gino, especially when they do such good work!

CHALK & RULER: MY OWN ITALIAN TAILOR! Gino is an old fashioned tailor with the sharp jokes, kindness and original Italian tailor’s degree to prove it. He’s studied his craft since he was a child. Turn around time is a bit long, but you get quality when you get your own Italian tailor.
I find alternatives for quick hems & fixes. For my suits and formal wear? Gino Lombardi.

Average.
I don’t understand how how this particular tailor can be exceptional unless his work was pretty outstanding or his prices were dirt cheap but I didn’t get either.
Turn around time was average if not a little later than average.
Prices were average if not a little more than average.
NOTE: THIS PLACE IS CASH ONLY.
Lombardi uses an old school register. Charming but not very practical.

Lombardi’s a very professional tailor. I sent two of my collections there to fix and both of them came out as new.
P. S. The name of the tailor shop’s kinda easy to forget, but he’s in and I only saw him there, and this ‘s the only tailor around that little area. A tiny store facing street at the corner so u’ll have to park around or in the back.

Gino is a true professional. I’ve been2x over the past couple years. both times I dropped off the slacks, he told me when they would be ready and both times the job was done on time. The most recent alteration he did was much more involved and he got it right with no corrections necessary. His pricing is extremely reasonable too. Very quick & efficient. This guy is a real tailor and I will be back whenever I need alterations.

Inexpensive, speedy and great work.

Complete pro — did some work on a suit of mine to perfection!

this man is a miracle worker! i had a suit that was waaaay too big for me, but was ridiculously priced so i just had to buy it. he did his thing and that shit looks amazing. i’m going to be taking all my things to him from now on.

This is really sad– but now that I think about it…
The two pairs of jeans that Gino altered for me are short! Both of them are too short! They are good for a casual wear with chucks kind of look. but with heels, my legs look short and I just look plain silly.
I would consider going back there after 4 months, but I don’t know how he could fix the problem.
I have another pair I need to get altered and I’m unsure of whether to go back to Gino or not. What should I do?

I was tired of getting my pants altered at the dry cleaners, because they would come back uneven. Mr. Lombardi does an amazing job. Can’t even tell the pants were altered. I’ve been back many times since then.
Make sure you have cash; he doesn’t accept credit cards. He was nice enough to let me write a check though. :)

A miracle-​worker! He’s old-​school Italian, with the chalk and ruler, and did two pairs of pants for me within a few hours.
I was getting on a plane last minute and desperately wanted to take my new True Religion jeans with me.
Gino had them perfect and good-​to-​go within about 4 hours, and for only $ 6 per pants…
Yeah for Gino!

Gino is great!
I first brought in a pair of Wrangler, built by wendy, jeans that had this awful bellbottomness to them. I needed a simple straight leg for this pair of jeans. I have had this done to other pairs of jeans, but Gino did the best job of all. There was no trace of alteration. The fit was perfect.
I have since had Gino take care of a suit jacket and trousers. Again his work was impeccable. This establishment is highly recommended for any tailoring or alterations.