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Best Alteration

4.7 (146 reviews)
Closed • 12:00 pm - 6:00 PM

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Clothing alterations

Clothing mending and repair

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Halloween costume she altered for me.
Lisa C.

Great place for alterations in Alameda. This is the fourth garment I've had altered at Best Alterations and the job was not easy. I had her work on a Medusa Halloween costume that was way to big for me in several places. There was also a difficult arm piece that required major construction and it came out so nicely. She charged me $52 however it was totally worth it because there were 4 areas within the costume that needed work. I also went last minute to get a dress hemmed for my trip to Cabo and she did it the same day since I found it shopping right before my trip and only charged me $15 and it was same day service. Emma is amazing and has great customer service. Only concern is that they have only one parking spot in front of their location for free 35 minute parking. However, it tends to get filled up a lot and there are houses/apartments next to the shop on the right hand side that take up the street parking. Therefore parking can be challenging at times but Emma's work is worth it.

They tailored the shoulders of the Saint Laurent jacket instead of the wrists, creating crooked and bulging seams.
Erica F.

Requested to shorten the sleeves of a designer jacket and we agreed on doing this at the wrists. The structure of the jacket was perfect and I didn't want to modify the shoulders. They altered the shoulders without permission, with poorly done work and bulging seams. The loss of quality in the jacket means I wouldn't trust them with anything of value again. Mostly upset they did this without discussion and that it was so poorly executed.

Reconstructed jeans after downsizing waist

A+ for service and skill!! This was my first experience with the new person running the shop. I had a pair of jeans shortened with the original hem, and the first time I picked them up they were still a little long. I felt really bad for asking them to redo it, but she took it cheerfully and did not charge me to fix it. They came back perfect. The other reason for my review is the other pair of jeans, with a waist that was about 3 inches too big. They are made of very stiff denim, and I bought them despite the poor fit because we were traveling in Japan and they were part of a whole experience (customizing the patch, buttons, and rivets). Anyway, I don't know how she did it, but the jeans now fit perfectly and you can barely tell they were altered. She must have taken them completely apart because there are no visible darts or seams, no puckering, and perfectly matched thread. She is a genius. The pricing for the time it must have taken her to do the work is more than fair. I feel lucky to have this shop in Alameda!

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Going back to DIY school and math school.... 5 stars for realsies.

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Normally, I never trust businesses that use superlatives in their names but 'Best Alteration' lives up to it's self-inflicted hype.

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My husband had a rush alteration done and they were able to accomodate us. Work was very good and price was reasonable.

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ALWAYS dependable. They can fix ANYTHING. Nothing is too BIG or TOO small for them. Love them!!!!

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Mari's Alterations

(97 reviews)

East Oakland

Quick quality work and a fair price…read more Nothing more to say but Yelp requires more characters.

I found Mari's Alterations through Yelp because of the many positive reviews. Unfortunately, my…read moreexperience was not positive so that was when I started looking into the 1 and 2 star reviews on Yelp and Google. They're all saying the same thing about Maria being disorganized and unreliable, which was exactly my experience. And based on reading the negative feedback, I noticed this lady tends to deflect blame. Never her fault. Always something else. I brought in two pairs of jeans for hemming and a wool coat that needed a lining added. Price was affordable. She gave me a week timeline to pick up. I originally planned to pick everything up on Saturday, but I called the next day (Sunday) and asked if I could pick up a day early on Friday instead. She said yes. Thursday came and I called them just to remind them as I've had experiences elsewhere in the past where things got forgotten and I didn't want to make a 25 min drive and finding out my stuff isn't ready. Lo and behold, when I called to remind her I'll be picking up the following day, she said Saturday so I reminded her I called her last Sunday to change to friday. She said okay, she's not busy so she can work on it. I showed up Friday at around 11. My stuff wasn't done. Her employees were working on it. At first she mentioned pick up was supposed to be Saturday. I repeated I've made phone calls prior to change to Friday and she said yes. Then she said I came too early. Say what? We never confirmed on a pickup time. Then she asked me to wait additional 40 minutes. And she argued with me, giving me an attitude. I let her know she was unprofessional and disorganized and this was before I read all the negative reviews. It frustrated me because she had the whole week to work on them and she didn't. Will not be taking my business here again. I do not recommend her business.

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Em Ju Sewing Studio

(17 reviews)

I'm so glad to have found Carmelia as my wedding dress tailor. My dress was quite unique, and she…read moreprovided a thoughtful approach in how to tailor it in a way that is true to the intended style of the dress, while always soliciting my feedback along the way and making sure I felt comfortable in how we move forward. Day of, the dress was perfect, and moved beautifully, both down and with the bustle. I already recommended her to my friend for her wedding dress, who is also super happy with Carmelia's work. I'd come back in a heart beat for any specialized garment needs!

Carmelia is a heaven sent! I was having such a hard time finding a reception dress but I finally…read morefound something in my closet that would work. But it was way too big and I had less than a month to alter it. It was so easy to book with Carmelia. Her space is located in an office plaza and the parking lot I front is convenient. I tried on the dress and she immediately knew what needed to be done. She took the time to measure things out and explain to me how material and design of the dress will affect how she alters it to fit me which I really appreciated! The experience I had with the seamstress for ceremony dress was vastly different -- it was as if she was looking to me for guidance when I am not the expert. I had a consultation and fitting, 2nd fitting, and last fitting when I picked up the dress. Each time she was professional, friendly, and personable. It's like she's a really good friend of yours that happens to be a seamstress! I think her prices are really fair. I'm so glad she's local to me because I plan to use her for all my alterations now!

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Revelation Cleaners Drive Thru

(34 reviews)

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I didn't know there was a drive thru cleaners in Alameda!…read more Been bringing my clothes here for about a month now, so far so good. Clothes come back clean and pressed. They missed a spot once but I brought it back on my next regular visit and they took care of it at no extra charge no questions asked. I had left some "medicine," in my pants pocket and forgot all about it. When I went to pick up this weeks batch of dry cleaning what do I find stapled neatly to my shirts in a baggie? That's right. Who has two thumbs and is sleeping good tonight? This smiling mofo right here. 5 stars!

Rude owner! I do not know who this guy thinks he is but he first approached me when I picked up my…read moretwo young kids. I had no idea who he is and he started to scream at me "you can't drive here!" WTF? No introduction. No context to why he is saying that. But he just kept saying "this is private property! You can't drive through here". Of course, I would get defensive! I had two young kids with me and the other side had construction going on. Where else am I going to go?! And honestly if he would have introduced himself and explained it was a drive-thru it would of made sense. I only later found out because the daycare teacher told me. But seriously? You cannot come out yelling without any context. No one can read your mind. I could have acted in self-defense if you had come closer. I could have kicked you in the face to protect my kids because you were EXTREMELY hostile. Honestly put up a freaking sign! NO ONE knows that it is a drive-thru. Stop yelling at people for not being able to read your mind. PUT UP A SIGN!

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