Our ratings of 46 area tailors and dressmakers for quality and price will help you find a shop that is a cut above the rest.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Tailors & Dressmakers

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Tailors & Dressmakers Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Tailors & Dressmakers.

• Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Service: Have only used service once. But, very nice work........
• Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Service: Appear relative expensive........
• Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Service: Effie's has always done an outstanding job and had work done on time at a..........
• Subscriber from NOVATO, CA wrote Another Service: Very reasonable prices. Very patient folks........
• Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote Another Service: Ricardo is terrific........
• Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Service: Twice promised work wasn't done on time- had to return three times! Other times ok...........
• Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Service: Make you wait forever in the fitting/dressing room. Surly, not customer-centered........
• Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Service: They did a great job, but it took longer than it should have. Though it..........
• Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Service: A fairly good tailor, but way, way pricey!.......
• Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Service: uncertain prices which appeared to be varied with customers. workmanship is so so w/ complex..........
• Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Service: This dressmaker, Sep Hines, made my wedding dress 6 years ago and did a magnificent..........
• Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Service: Very sweet lady. Results were not good........
• Subscriber from MILL VALLEY, CA wrote Another Service: Excellent work.......
• Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Service: Old-school tailoring. Good quality work for low prices. Very congenial. Does not do shoulders or..........
• Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote Another Service: I love Choo's. They always seem to be open and the service is friendly and..........
• Subscriber from WALNUT CREK, CA wrote Another Service: Fast and pleasant experience. Very nice quality work........
• Subscriber from SAN ANSELMO, CA wrote Another Service: The name of the city is incorrect. The city is GREENBRAE.......
• Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Service: I have been a customer of Ann's for a long time. She is very good..........
• Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Service: The personnel are somewhat brusque, but they are competent and very reasonable with uncomplicated alterations...........
• Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Service: Spectacularly good service! Highly recommended........
• Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Service: Superior workmanship!.......
• Subscriber from EMERYVILLE, CA wrote Another Service: They do great work. Sometimes they might fall a little behind, so it's best to..........
• Subscriber from SARATOGA, CA wrote Another Service: Excellent workmanship........
• Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Service: Nancy retired. Her replacement doesn't speak English........
• Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Service: Still the best place in town for Tailoring, despite their new ownership........
• Subscriber from SANTA CRUZ, CA wrote Another Service: Superior. wish I would have found them 10 years ago!.......
• Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Service: HIGH PRICES.......
• Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Service: Very pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, handled a standard request very capably - though it took..........
• Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Service: Brigitte cleaners was excellent. I am new to town and needed to have a bridesmaid..........
• Subscriber from EMERYVILLE, CA wrote Another Service: Her prices are so reasonable that it's worth driving over ten miles to use her..........
• Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote Another Service: These people are OK. Service can be VERY slow when you're there to try on/pick..........
• Subscriber from ATHERTON, CA wrote Another Service: The shop has moved--I don't have the new address at hand, but it's in downtown..........
• Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote Another Service: I purchased a sportcoat from Banana Republic that gets its alterations done by Perfit Alterations...........