Best Tailor

Called this place and the woman was so rude and unhelpful, I decided I’d rather go somewhere else. I don’t care how good a place is. If they are rude the first time you call – fuhgetabahtit!

I will never go to this tailor again! They used to be good, but have gotten awful over the last couple years. Had to take a brand new pair of pants back 4 times because they nearly ruined them, then they didn’t properly hem a dress that they over-​charged me for; when I showed them the trippable length of the dress they had the gall to start yelling at ME about it!!! Unbelievable!!! If you want to spend a fortune, get your clothes ruined, and get yelled at for their mistakes, you’ve found the perfect place.

I brought in my tuxedo to get fitted. I just told the tailor what I wanted. Got fitted and the price was very reasonable. Came back a week later and everything came out great. Did not need to do any other alteration. It worked out perfectly for my wedding. Thank you very much! !

10 bucks to hem a pair of jeans with same day service. It’s a small mom and pop operation. I brought them in at 1pm they were ready by 5pm. No complaints at all. Plenty of parking behind the business off of Avenue C. I’ll definitely be back.

My girlfriend and I have been coming here for three years now. Lovely husband/​wife couple own and run the shop. They’ve tailored everything from elaborate dresses, to the simplest hem on pants. Always very friendly, and the final product is always great. The only tailor we use in the South Bay!

I love Best Tailor. He hems my price at a reasonable rate and does a great job. I take all my clothes here now, and they’re very close to me. Best prices in town.

Over the past few years I purchased a number of high end men’s suits — Brioni, Gives & Hawk, H. Huntsman, etc… Initially I took one or two to all the top tailors in the south bay… in order to see who might do the best job!!!
This was the only tailor who immediately knew and offered that because all my suit jacket sleeves had «working or surgeon’s cuff», that in order to alter the sleeve properly, the sleeve would have to be taken off and altered from the shoulder… Then they quoted me a «reasonable» fee for the service… Since then I have taken over 30 suits and sport coats to Best Tailor and every time been completely satisfied… The husband is an excellent tailor and even completely «recut» an expensive Brioni double breasted suit for me and I have had nothing but compliments… They are truly as their name states «The Best Tailor»…in the South Bay and I highly recommend them for mens suits, sport coats and any article of clothing of value !

My first three or four experiences with Best Tailor went decently well, so I brought them five items for alteration, including a formal dress which they took in two entire sizes and hemmed for $ 45. Overall, I spent $ 120 on the five items.
From then on, they decided I had plenty of money to spend, and tried to charge me $ 45 to hem a single dress. I pointed out they had previously charged me $ 45 for a much more detailed alteration only a week before, and they told me I was mistaken. Actually, they yelled at me in completely undecipherable semi-​English, but I did understand enough to know they were calling me either stupid or a liar. They then tried to rip the already-​pinned dress out of my hands and were frantically offering to do the job for less, now that they were caught trying to overcharge me. When I said I was taking the dress elsewhere, they chased me and ripped the pins out of the dress. Heaven forbid the next tailor see how you were planning to hem the dress or get three cents worth of straight pins.
The quality of the alterations was mediocre at best, often leaving unfinished portions or uneven hems. Certainly not worth the attempted overcharge if they think you can afford it, or the ensuing fight if you choose not to pay their inflated prices.

My fave tailor by far. This family run business is small, the language is a little bit of a challenge but they always understand what I want. I had 2 of my «wedding dresses» done here (I changed throughout my wedding cos why not!) and they were done perfectly. One of the dresses was actually reconstructed from my mothers original wedding dress. Fabulous job and very reasonably priced! Ive already been back with another dress and some jeans. I wont go anywhere else!

Wow! So I had an emergency alteration I needed done to my bridesmaid dress. I just hadn’t had any time to do it, and then I realized the night before that my dress was way too long and decided to try to find a place which did same day alterations. After going to a few different places which declined me, Best Tailor said no problem! They had my dress ready in about 4 hours and did a great job. I told them to take a little more off than they wanted, but that’s my fault for not bringing the heels I was going to wear with them. They were just estimating and to be safe I had them take a little extra off.
So now for the pricing! Only $ 35 for my rush order. I couldn’t have been more pleased!!!
I would definitely go back!
P. S. — they told me to bring cash so I am not sure if they accept credit cards or checks

Best Tailor is true to its name.
I take all my suits there. The man knows how a suit should fit, and he make no mistake about cutting it up while your there to make it right. He won’t let you take it unless it’s perfect and pays attention to every detail. The lapel laying flat, the difference in your arm length, the shoulders wrapping right, and he always makes sure any detail on the bottom of your sleeve stays there. Highly recommended!

Look, I’ll be flat out honest.
I’m a guy and so when I’m buying clothes I usually stick with the «well, if it doesn’t fit perfect then I’m not buying it» kind of motto.
Then, I started buying those stupid ass overpriced designer jeans that for (the only non gay reason I could think of), was to give our slumping economy the middle finger and support more the expensive American made clothing… and jobs.
I’m such a fucking patriot sometimes.
Anyway, these designer jeans only come in one size length, and, if you’re anything under 6’4″ (me being 6’3″) and do the slight and I do mean SLIGHTEST bit of low-​riding, chances are, those things are going to be done sauce within 6 months.
Getting to the point.
Had a pair of 7’s that got pretty torn up and, with me not wanting to go out and shell out another triple digits for a new pair (and give up a hellva good set of worn in jeans) I finally gave up and went into this little tailor shop after I was noshing on one of the burritos next door.
Look, my jeans were F*CKED, in fact, they looked like torn up bell bottoms that had been stolen straight out of a frat house and, if I was not careful, would tear them more and more with each careless step.
For 14 bucks not only did Mama San (yes it’s a Korean couple that run the shop) tell me she could fix it, but also tell me she could restore them to like new condition???
Was this possible!!! my manhood thought, you can FIX clothing??? I usually throw it away after a tear and go buy new (but then again, I’m cheap)
A week later I got my jeans back not only repaired but hemmed the 1 inch I needed to prevent my stupid heels from always dragging.
Huge Fan, Best Tailor, Huge Fan.
Signed,
A Man.

Wow!!! Took the advise of a fellow Unilocaler. Amazing job indeed and the prices are great. This man is a professional TAILOR. I actually was a regular at another place in the neighborhood. I went to check on the prices cause I was gettting a burger at the joint next door. I had a pair of jeans that were too long in the car, just went in for a quote. WOW!!! I have been over paying at the other place. So i let the man do his job. Came back the other day, I thought he didnt do a thing, but he actually did, He even made the hem look distrssed like how i purchased. I dont know what its called, but you get the idea. Found my new tailor. YAY!!! Last time i went to him to get my suite fitted better, other place did a crappy job. I got my pant slim fitted and my sleeves cut the same length. Came back to a awesome suit for the wedding. Only bad thing is that i get a burger and fries every time i come here at the other joint, cant afford to get more weight. LOL

I brought my wedding dress for alterations. I did all my research, and found this was the best pricing and reviews. I couldn’t have been more disappointed. They actually have great parking in the back, big a huge language barrier, no attention to detail and they tried to convince me not to do certain things to my dress that I knew I wanted. They left spots on my dress, left unfinished seems, pulled on the satin and left strings hanging out and didn’t sew up the inside after «fixing» the hips. The whole wedding dress process was stressful to begin with but it just got worse after going here. They may have great reviews for everything else, but don’t bring your wedding dress here. I ended up at Joseph Mattucci’s and they fixed everything and in less than 2 days. After leaving their shop, I felt more confident in my dress than I had when I first bought it.

I used Matucci’s until I could find a tailor not as expensive (see my review). I thought I had until they got chased out of their building. I found this place and while I agree they are not the warmest people on earth, they did a great job altering my jacket (no button issues) and jeans (original hem) for LOTS less than Matucci’s. I don’t care if they aren’t warm, I don’t have to be their friend, I just want a good tailor.

The name says it all — it would be easy to pass this place without a second look — it’s a small shop wedged in between other shops and looks a little disshevled when you walk in, but this Asian couple are absolute pros. And what better than to support a mom and pop instead of the mainstream tailor. I had a pair of suit pants brought in (they were baggy on the butt — 2 sizes too big) and my boyfriend got 2 pairs of jeans hemmed. We were extremely satisfied and will be back!

My husband took his shirt here to get the sleeves shortened for our wedding. Not only were they rude here (at first refusing to shorten the sleeves because they thought they were the right length), they were late in having his shirt ready, even though he told them we need it for a wedding (and we took it in over a week before we needed it). When we got the shirt back we found that we had paid 25 dollars to have nothing done. The sleeves were the exact same length. We will never go back here again.

I’ve been trying to find a good tailor in South Bay for quite some time and I’ve found it here at Best Tailor. I’ve taken designer suits and jeans in there for alteration and they have come out beautifully.
MY EXPERIENCE:
Specifically, I’ve had sleeves shortened on a designer suit I bought on sale. The hem of the sleeves had detail work on it so I wasn’t sure how he was going to pull this one off. He ended up doing a flawless job. I’m not even sure how he did it, but it shortened it up from the inseam at the shoulder to keep the integrity of the design at the sleeves. The final result was perfection: no puckering. He also hemmed the suit pants. Again, flawless work.
He’s also done original hemming on my designer J Brand jeans. The hem of the jeans flared. Again, I wasn’t sure how he pulled it off but the end result looked EXACTLY like the product I bought, only shortened to my height.
Since then, I’ve brought designer dresses, suits, my husband’s blazer and we’ve been extremely pleased.
ABOUT THE BUSINESS:
The business is run by a cute older Korean couple. The man does most of the alterations. I like the fact that he is the one measuring you with the garment AND he is the one doing the tailoring. This ensures no mistakes. This helps also since he is not fluent in English but it almost doesn’t matter b/​c he knows enough to understand exactly what you want.
In my past experiences, I’ve been to Mattucci down the street. My main frustration there was the person measuring you was NOT the person who did the alteration. That has resulted in pants that came out one leg too long and dresses that needed another alteration to tighten it. After it went on one too many times, I decided to take my business elsewhere. Yes, they do offer to re-​do it for free but it was a huge pain to come back and get the item. Mattucci advertises it as a «family business» but he just hires cheap labor to get everything done for him.
Best Tailor is truly a family run business… the cost is higher than dry cleaning but it’s worth it to bring your expensive items in here for quality work. For simple re-​hemming of a skirt or pants, I recommend you go to Flair Cleaners on artesia and bring the tailoring coupon to save some money.

I highly recommend this service if you are looking to get a men’s dress suit altered. The owner doesn’t say much and the place looks a bit disorganized when you first walk in. However, dont’ be put off by any of that. In the end he is a consummate professional when it comes to taking measurements and making certain that your suit will fit you the way it’s supposed to. The prices are reasonable and they were able to get my suit back to me in about a week and it’s lookin’ good.