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    Alpha Tailor Shop

    4.6 (86 reviews)
    Closed 10:30 am - 7:00 pm

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    Clothing alterations

    Clothing mending and repair

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    Hem doesn't lay flat

    Came here for the excellent reviews, left with a disaster. I asked for a shirt to be hemmed and taken in. I ended up with a crop top with a puckered hem, messy stitches, small arm holes, and a shirt that wouldn't lay flat. Job cost me about $50 plus the cost of the shirt. I'm embarrassed to wear it now. Much prefer the unaltered shirt!

    Miguel's Tailoring

    I have been using Miguel for many years! He is the Best in his profession! He will make your suits look like they are Tailored Made, and make you look Like a million bucks! This is a Man you can trust when it comes to Tailoring! Also, the Mayor of New York also goes to Miguel and he Always looks sharp. The bottomline is " IF YOU WANT AN EXCELLENT TAILOR, MIGUEL IS THE MAN TO SEE "

    Miguel was amazing, I came in with a clown suit, nothing fit from the jacket to pants to shirt, I looked like a toddler wearing his father's clothes. Miguel broke everything down, and basically did the impossible. The suit feels custom made, looks amazing, and the price matches the quality. I will definitely come back. Oh he also said the suit will be done on a certain day and it was done 2 days early. Absolutely amazing.

    THE OWNER THREATENING ME AND SCREAMING IN MY FACE EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, NO LONGER IN THE STORE.

    this is the worst tailor of all time! do not do business with this angry man. the owner is a aggressive, rude, & he does not stand behind his work. he stole $45 from me after i tipped him generously. he also ruined the pants i brought in. instead of making it right he started screaming at me when i asked him to fix it. he threw the pants at me which hit me in the face. then he swore and cursed at me while shoving me out the door. he then followed me down the street screaming and threatening me. all over a pair pants that he messed up. this man is extremely volatile and violent. he immediately resorted to curse words and violent threats just because i asked him to redo the pants i had already paid for. please do not go to this tailor, the owner is a pyscho and will rob you of your money and time, not to mention ruin whatever piece if clothing you bring him.

    Jeff N.

    One of the easiest 5-star reviews one could give on Yelp. This, in my opinion, is the best tailor shop in Manhattan. Why? - The quality of the work is as high as it gets. - The price-point for the work is as good as it gets. You won't get a better value at any other tailor shop. - The shop is clean, spacious and conveniently located (right off the Delancy/Essex stop). By all means, please point me to a nicer shop that makes customers feel more welcomed, less cramped and less like you've ventured into a dark, swampy hole that you may or may not escape alive. - The staff delivers when they say they will deliver. - Last but not least, Miguel genuinely cares about his customers and their satisfaction. He has shown this to me time and again. I have the coolest leather jacket around to prove my last point. I'll never forget it ... I was exiting the dressing room after a fitting and turned my eye towards the prettiest leather jacket I'd ever seen on a rack nearby. I asked Miguel "Is that a customer's jacket? Who made that thing and where do I get one for myself?". To my surprise, Miguel replied, "No, it's mine ... and I made it myself!". Thinking it was a pipe dream, I asked him to make me one. To make a long story short, 3 weeks later, I'm rockin' one of the coolest jackets in the city, one-of-a-kind style, all thanks to Miguel. It fits me like no off-the-rack jacket could (at least not without a trip to Miguel to fix it up). Save yourself the trouble ... take your clothing here! Menswear or womenswear, it doesn't matter. Miguel will do it better than anyone, and you won't be out a rent payment in the process. Thanks Miguel!

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    I've been to other tailors in the past and have been burned and Miguel has fixed some of their mistakes.

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    Stitch - One of our seamstress doing an emergency zipper repair on a wedding gown.

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    Midtown West

    Unfortunately I had a very poor experience here and will not be back…read more For starters you have to enter a fabric shop and descend the stairs in the back of the shop to get to where they do the alterations. The place to change was simply a thin black fabric sheet that was nearly see through strung up next to the water heater/furnace. Needless to say this made me very weary of changing knowing there were many men in the shop just on the other side of the curtain. I had a bridesmaid dress that needed to be hemmed and brought it in without bothering to bring the high heels I intended to wear with it because I was experiencing some foot swelling and they wouldn't have fit my foot at the time to begin with. I immediately addressed this with the person marking the dress and told them my heels were about 4 inches high so to please add on an additional 3- 3 1/2 inches to the height indicated so the dress would still be floor length when I wear the heels. The communication between myself and the person marking the dress was extremely clear and there were even written notes indicating the extra length to be kept on the dress. I was surprised by the price for the hemming, but they justified the dress was 3 layers and I had to pay prior to them doing the work and they even asked for a tip upfront too! I left the shop confident everything would turn out as expected, as I assumed the high price would guarantee a job well done. Within a week the dress was ready for pickup and I check the seems before leaving, but do not bother trying on the dress as I trusted they did exactly as we had agreed upon. The seems did not look very nice to me, a touch sloppy and wasn't completely straight, but at the end of the day I knew no one else would be looking closely so I accepted the dress and left. I tried on the dress at home only to find out it was even shorter than where the markings were during the fitting! Even flat-footed without any shoes on, the dress did not touch the ground. It was a disaster once I put my intended high heels on and it was the equivalent of high-waters but with a dress. In a panic I text or email them and even provide photos. They say I could bring it back, but by that point I only had a few days before the wedding and even if they let out the seems, one inch of fabric was not enough when it was missing at least 3 inches! They did go so far as to offering to purchase me another dress and to redo the hemming which I do think was above and beyond in attempting to make it right, but the dress was a special order color and there was no way to get another one in time. I finally spoke to the bride who just didn't want to risk the dress getting more messed up and asked to keep it as-is and the final resolution I received from the business was just a vague offer to discount a future service, no offer to even partially refund me for the poor work that had already been paid for. I ended up having to wear some much lower shoes and just bend my legs a bit in the photos so my dress looked the same length as the other bridesmaids. Overall my experience here was poor and I wouldn't want to risk another special occasion garment coming out not as expected. With so many other shops offering alterations in the area for a similar or cheaper price point I would choose another place.

    Went here a few months ago to get some suits tailored. Tailor job was good, but the service was…read moresome of the worst I've ever experienced and that alone is enough to make sure I never go back. When I dropped my things off, I was told it would be ready and given a range of days to pick it up. I went by the last day in the pickup range, and not everything was ready yet. I grabbed the stuff that was and asked when my last article would be ready. They again gave me a pickup date. I came by on the second pickup date and the suit was still not ready. I was never notified that the timeframe had changed or anything, they just let me show up and wasted my time twice in a row.

    Alterations Dot Com Tailor Shop - Man and women Alterations

    Alterations Dot Com Tailor Shop

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    Midtown East

    I came here with two suits to alter: one for going out and having fun and one to celebrate starting…read morea new job. This was off just having a terrible experience with some shirts getting butchered by the local dry cleaner, so I wanted a more professional take. I walked in completely clueless on a whim, tactlessly not making an appointment, and even though it was Juan's lunchbreak he still immediately took the time to see me and work with me. That said... let the man eat. Don't interrupt his break! I still feel bad about it!!! About the tailoring: Juan is just That Dude. He WILL make you look better and point out ways to make the clothes better compliment your body that others don't even know about. The pricing felt extremely fair and not at all like I was being overcharged for the amount and quality of work being done. Not only that, Juan did me a solid by getting the alterations done in-time with a big move out of state. Last minute, off of a random walk-in, and brother still treated me like I was a long time regular. And matter of fact, even though I'm going to be living down south I WILL still be getting my nicest clothing tailored by Juan. That's what his work is worth to me. 10/10 will be making sure I get my nephews' first suits tailored by him too

    If you're looking for a top-tier tailor in Midtown Manhattan, Alterations.com should be at the top…read moreof your list. Head tailor Juan Cuello is exceptionally skilled and relentlessly professional--he simply won't stop until the fit is perfect. Over the past six years, I've brought him around a dozen off-the-rack suits, and he has consistently transformed them to look and feel like high-end made-to-measure pieces. The difference in drape, balance, and overall silhouette is remarkable. I've used other tailors for alterations, but none come close to Juan's level of precision, craftsmanship, and attention to detail. He takes real pride in his work, and it shows in every finished garment. Juan is truly one of a kind.

    Alpha Tailor Shop - sewingalterations - Updated May 2026

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