George's Shoe Repair is the best in Boston/Cambridge. I am so glad I found this place. His work is excellent, prompt, and well-priced. I discovered George's Shoe Repair after giving up on my favorite Cambridge place, whose post-pandemic prices spiked quite high and became unrealistic for my budget. I am so grateful to have found George's Shoe Repair; I've had different services performed on about six pairs of shoes, and I'm thrilled with the results. As far as I'm concerned, George's Shoe Repair doesn't have competition in the Boston area, and will always be my first call when I need any work done on my shoes. read more

I had an unfortunate experience with George's shoe repair. I initially brought my leather duffel bag in on September 17 for a broken zipper and to the worn leather handles. The owner (who I assume is George) was extremely polite and kind. He quoted me about a weeks time for the repairs and a very reasonable price. He took my phone number, gave me a stub for pick up, and I was on my way. I made my first call to George's three weeks later on October 6th because I'd gotten no update. Again, the owner was very polite and let me know that he'd been in the hospital for a minor surgery and was a bit backlogged. That was of course understandable. He quoted me a further 1-2 days for the repair, I wished him a speedy recovery and went on my way. Two weeks later, on October 14th, I made next call to ask about the bag. The owner let me know it was still not done. He was busy, and he'd forgotten about it, but it was top priority! It was a Wednesday, he would have it done by Friday! Well here we are, October 28th. I made an impromptu visit to George's letting him know that I needed the bag back whether it was done or not. To my surprise when I arrived at the shop, he told me it was done, and I paid and went on my way. I could see just by looking that the handles had not been worked on but there was a new zipper. He charged me less than the original quote, so I paid and left. Sadly, it wasn't until I got home that I noticed the shoddy workmanship. The zipper that he'd installed was 4" longer than what the pocket of the bag. He'd made no effort to trim it, and instead curled the extra zipper up inside the pocket. Additionally, there's a hole where the zipper joins the bag that is big enough to fit my finger through (see photos). The owner may be friendly, but the work speaks for itself. A 5-week delay for a relatively simple job and a substandard repair. My recommendation would be to save yourself the disappointment and look somewhere else. read more

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George repaired my nonslip shoes and Bean Boots that LLbean wouldn't fix. Both came out great and at a price lower than replacing either one individually for the total. read more

Great service. Fast turnaround. Friendly guy. Reasonable pricing. Will use again. He salvaged a favorite pair of Ferragamo loafers.

Just picked up 2 pairs of shoes. I wanted rubber protection for the bottom of the shoes so they don't slip and last longer. Very messy job! There was black dye all over the shoes including the leather straps. My brand new pair of light gray heels (purchased for ~$400) look worn. Won't be returning! read more

This is the quintessential quirky, neighborhood business, led by salt-of-the-earth George and his family, run out of his basement. My needs were minimal, my shoes required another two holes in its straps to fit me better. George did this within two days, and the price was oh, so reasonable. But more than that, the holes were well-centered and measured out so it spaced like the other holes, and the exchange was quick, yet personable. Tahnk you George and company! read more

Nice guy, quick service, great results! Would recommend for any and all of your shoes needs!

Good quality repair, quick turnaround , convenient location. I would recommend this small, local option

Brought a couple of moccasins and they were fixed in two days. He called to verify what he was going to do and to give me some options. They came out great and saved me so much on replacing them. read more

Took my shoes in for sole repair. George did an excellent job fixing and polishing my shoes. Looked like new and price was great. Highly recommend! read more

A wonder in this day and age. Quick and good. Lovely fellow. And his repairs last!! Best recommendation!!

George needs a website and a working phone number. I had two pairs of leather shoes repaired with new soles ($110). Work seemed fine, though the soles were glued to the uppers, not stitched as they had originally been made. Questioned that but he said it was how it was done. Wore the shoes twice and, surprise, they separated. Went back to George's little shop and he doesn't answer the door. Mailman walking by informs me that GEORGE IS ON VACATION. So I have a busted pair of shoes that I can't get fixed in a timely way. Just waiting for the other shoe and the other pair to break. Poor quality work and service. read more

George's Shoe Repair - Shoe Repair Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I have been bringing my shoes to George for the last few years now when they are in need of repair. He always does a wonderful job and makes them look new. He is fast and very affordable. He is so kind and it is obvious that he is passionate about his work. This week my purse that I love broke and he was able to figure out a way to fix it! read more

George fixed shoes with a broken sole for me and restored a pair of synthetic leather boots that were super beat up. I know synthetic leather is harder to repair but he made them look like new. Incredible value for the work he did and it only took a couple days. read more

For boot and shoe maintenance I've never met anyone in the US who can compete with George. The price, turnaround time, and quality of the work is simply jaw-dropping. He completed a fairly sizable order in literally 1/5 the time and 1/3 the price of what I was quoted from a similarly "well reviewed" establishment. He knows what he's doing and he won't attempt to up-sell you on anything that isn't necessary. He does seem to manhandle the shoes a little bit, but at this level of service he can wear them around town for a night for all I care. Highly recommended. read more

Great service and value. Got quoted $175 for a bag and George fixed it for $40 and looks brand new. Really great to work with, highly recommend read more

George is an excellent shoe repairman. His work is timely, thorough, and detailed. I've used him for shoes boots souls, stretching, and extremely happy with all the results. As well, he is on point with exactly what he can, and cannot do. It's also great value for the money. read more

I took women's shoes here to have the insole replace. The quality of the repair was great and reasonably priced. I will continue taking my shoes here for repair. read more

Kind of a strange experience with the drop off, just not what I was expecting as far as the shop was concerned but I was confident my boots were in good hands when I left. I got a call from George explain that they didn't have the blue leather for my bottoms and what my options were. A few hour later I got a call back that they were finished. When I picked them up the next day I was very please with the finished product and the way the shoe wore afterwards. He does great work, go here. read more

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This shop is a hidden gem in the South End. George's shoe repair is a small business, run by a very polite and skilled cobbler named George. I dropped off my shoes for repair, and they were done perfectly 2 days later for a very reasonable fee. He had polished them, too, free of charge. The shop is difficult to find- it is in the basement apartment at 120 Union Park St (the address is listed wrong several places on the internet). There is no sign. Just ring the doorbell, or call. I will bring George all of my shoe repair business. read more

George's Shoe Repair - The shop is at 120 Union Park St, basement apt. Ring the doorbell. Call if no one answers. - Shoe Repair Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

There is no wonder why George has 5 stars on yelp!! He is amazing I had a pair of Frye boots for 5 years that i wore in all weather and were on the verge of being thrown out! The leather was cracked and discolored from salt and winter wear, the heel was worn down to the wood and the soles were coming off making it difficult to walk! George fixed all of these and made them look brand new for only $55!!! This was half the price some of the other shoe repair shops quoted me! I dropped the shoes off on Monday and asked George if they would be done by the weekend, much to my surprise he called the next day to say all the work was complete! I will never go any other place! read more

George's Shoe Repair - Frye boots he took from ruin to brand new! - Shoe Repair Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I chose to bring a pair of shoes to get the heels replaced after reading that George's shoe repair is one of the top cobblers in Boston. I live in Milton so we had to drive--there is no easy parking in the area as George's is on a street permitted for residents only (all times). At the end of Union Park, at Albany, there are metered spots. Note, there is signage so you could easily miss where George's is if you did not have the address (120 Union Park). The shop is located in the basement apartment. The lady inside saw us walking around lost, and so she opened the door to greet us (thank you!). We were a little lost! I dropped off my shoes, and she looked them over. She said the soles still had life in them but the heels would need replaced. They said that it would be ready Friday (it is Tuesday) but would call when the shoes were ready. Cash or check for payment when shoes are picked up. Well... I got a call from George the next day (!) indicating that the shoes were ready for pick up. I was amazed how quickly they were done. The shoes were perfectly re-heeled and they even polished up the shoes. I feel like I have a new pair of shoes. The total cost was $30, which I felt reasonable (it would have been $25 back in Chicago). I am a happy customer and will definitely be back with my other shoes! read more

George's Shoe Repair - New heel... They even polished up my shoes! - Shoe Repair Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

aaa service great family owned business and reliable. Can't say enough good things about my boot repair done in Boston

I highly recommend George's Shoe Repair, the best cobbler that I have found in Boston. George is a shoe craftsman. He completed impeccable repairs on a few pair of shoes, which looked like new, when I got them back. George is knowledgeable, kind, professional, and forthright. Finding George's Shoe Repair can be a little tricky, the first time. 120 Union Park Street is a residential address, and there is no signage for George's Shoe Repair on the outside of the building. There's an exterior staircase that goes down, just a few steps, below street level. Walk down those stairs, ring the buzzer, and you'll enter George's Shoe Repair. George's prices are reasonable, particularly given the quality of George's work. Never mind the fact that cobblers are few and far between, and finding a skilled cobbler, in this day in age, is like finding a treasure. read more

Exceptional shoe repair and exceptional pricing. George was very nice, clearly know's what he is doing, and the repair was completed couple of days earlier than planned with a simple courtesy phone call to say the shoes were done. I've gone to several cobblers in the downtown area that do not do as good a job and are much more expensive. So impressed by the service, repair, quality, etc. read more

Unbelievably good cobbler. My trusty waterproof leather Northface boots - over three years old now - have been all over the world with me. My last trip finally wore a hole through the bottom of the heel on the right boot, and almost all the way through the heel on the left. I could feel the dampness on the sidewalk :( Another cobbler downtown estimated $65 to repair my boots and 3-4 days. Instead, I called George, who graciously offered to pick up my boots. The next day, he called me to say they were done and arranged to drop them off at whatever time was convenient for me. He was incredibly nice and professional. The boots are repaired so beautifully they literally look brand new. He rebuilt the entire heel while maintaining the waterproofing that make these boots so precious to me. He polished them and conditioned the leather - for free - and delivered my boots to my doorstep. Total cost? $20. I paid him as much extra as I could, though for the quality of his work, he could easily double his prices and I'm sure he wouldn't lose a single client. Thank you so much, George. read more

George's Shoe Repair - George rebuilt the rubber heels on my waterproof boots after I literally wore a hole through the bottom. They look like new! - Shoe Repair Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

George really knows what he's doing. He saved the heels of my favorite boots and made them look like new!

First time getting some shoes/boots repaired .Big on customer service and George provided all of that .George is very informed on shoe repair and all things footwear .Small business so support is a must and attention to detail.Repair was inexpensive and experience was friendly. read more

One of my best friends highly recommended George to me when the soles split on my favorite boots. George had replaced the soles on her boots for $20, so I figured it was worth seeing if he could work some magic on mine as well. His shop is a little out-of-the-way in the South End, but it wasn't too bad of a hike from my work, so I went over on a lunch break one day. Based on all the excellent reviews here, I expected George to be polite and forthright, and he was! He introduced himself, took one look at my boots and admitted that he would not be able to fix them. These soles have air compartments, and he said anything he did to them would not last because of that particular construction. I had figured that might be the case, but I still appreciated how upfront he was about the possibility -- only true craft masters admit when something is beyond their abilities. And based on the literal *dozens* of bags of pristine-looking shoes he had repaired around the shop, George is, indeed, a master. So even though he couldn't help me with those boots, I would absolutely go back to him with future shoe ailments. read more

Prompt service with great prices! Paid about $145 to have five pairs of designer shoes soled.. they came out looking brand new! Only drawback is that they are cash or check only. read more

George's Shoe Repair - Perfect soles- nice and thin! - Shoe Repair Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

The greatest guy and great business. Highly recommend. He has the tools you need for any fixing: belt, shoes, jacket, boots. George rocks.

George is incredibly kind and does great work. His shop is out of an apartment in the South End. Plenty of resident parking to steal for 5 minutes while you are there. Go into the apartment door down the steps at 120, and his workshop door - if not open - is straight ahead. He shortened a 3" pair of new heels for me down to about 2.5", for $20. Cash only. I dropped them on a Friday and he said they'd probably be ready on Monday or Tuesday, but that he'd call when ready for pickup. He called on Thursday, and I went down that evening. Perfect! read more

George did an AMAZING job repairing my Frye riding boots. My boots were severely damaged by salt, the heels were worn down, and there were multiple holes in the soles. It took George a week to make my shoes look brand new (cost $75) and I'm extremely pleased with the outcome. I'll definitely bring shoes to George in the future. I honestly didn't think my shoes could be fixed but George worked a miracle on them (see attached pictures). read more

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$300 stilettos, destroyed by Vegas, made brand-new by George, for 4% of the cost of the shoes. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear George had magical shoe-elves that helped him repair shoes. I heard about George's Shoe Repair from a friend who raved about George's cobbler skills after I mentioned my stiletto-graveyard. I never thought to repair my shoes, so I just continued to wear damaged heels until they were so worn down and damaged that I couldn't wear them anymore. I decided that, even if repairs cost as much as my favorite pair of stilettos, it was worth it. So I brought George 7 pairs of my badly damaged high-heels (3 stilettos, 2 boots, 1 stiletto boots, one 3" cowgirl boots). A couple of the heels had to be rebuilt (oops!). I expected to wait at least a week, if not 2 weeks, for my shoes to be ready. In 2.5 hours, all 7 pairs look brand new and cost only ~$100 ($6-$12 per shoe, depending on the extent of damage; the leather on the cowgirl heels had to be completely rebuilt). And if his expert cobbler skills aren't enough, George is the nicest, most polite, and most modest person. I am so thankful for George! read more

Bear with me - this update is based on the experience my GF had. She brought boots to George after I raved and showed off my boots that were repaired extremely well. She had to return them after the first pickup because he well.. didn't do the repair. There was a hole in her sole (hah) and she asked him to replace half the sole but instead the whole thing was replaced with arguably lower quality material. He also used this shoe glue paint stuff which is fine to use but not fine to use when you get it all over the boot i.e. splatter painting. Not sure if he had a bad day or something but I was bewildered as to why my GF had spent her hard-earned money only to get a subpar experience. I told her to go back again but she was fed up and said the time wasn't worth it. Sorry boo read more

George is amazing! Hands down a god send to Boston! I foundGeorge through Yelp. Thank you fellow yelpers you made all my dreams come true. I've used other shoe repair places and they suck. It got so bad I started bringing my shoes home to NY just to be fixed. Pretty sad if you ask me. Ok so I call George. He comes to my work in 25 minutes. He takes my shoes. At 3pm the SAME DAY he calls and says he will be there in fifteen minutes. AMAZING. He reinforced both heels and fixed the broken one. For ready......... $12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG ! Free pick up and delivery. Great service. Amazing price. Boston Globe give this man an award. read more

You call George, he answers and is super duper polite. You explain to him what needs to be done, you either drop it off or he will pick up from you and also deliver your shoes when complete. I brought two pairs of my husband's shoes, one pair was literally coming apart from the sole and the other pair, he didn't like b/c the heel was too high due to this additional heel protector that another cobbler added. So I call George, he comes and picks up the shoes, offered to get them to me the next day, (Saturday), I feel bad and tell him it's ok, Monday would be great. He calls Monday morning, tells me they are ready and I decide to walk over, (since I have to walk the dog anyway). The shoes look pretty darn good. For $18, it's probably the best $18 I have spent in Boston so far. Cash or personal checks only as he works from his home, (I believe) and don't have the ability to take credit cards. I just now need to find a dry cleaner that will deliver! read more

I called and was told my down booties would be ready the next day (almost a full two months after dropping them off). His mom was the only one there and collected the money from me. She didn't speak any English, and she wasn't the one to be upset with about the delays and the less-than-satisfactory job. So, I politely paid full price that I was quoted, but I was not pleased. If it takes two months when you were originally told one week, and the workmanship was not great, then I shouldn't have to pay the full price quoted when I dropped off the shoes. The time frame wasn't met, and the quality of service wasn't satisfactory. He is a very polite man, and I feel bad giving a bad review, but other than his kind demeanor, nothing about my experience was positive. read more

George's Shoe Repair - Poor job. Didn't even stitch parts of the sole. - Shoe Repair Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I send EVERYONE I know to George for shoe repair, because he's such a gem. He picked up my cowboy boots, talked me through what the cheapest repair option would be (rather than trying to upsell me), and then delivered them to a friend so that I could have them transported to a conference in another state! He also was happy to deliver them before the check I mailed him had arrived, which is an almost unfathomable level of trust and goodwill. This was a year ago so I don't recall the exact cost, but I remember thinking that it was incredibly reasonable. For as long as I live in Boston, I won't take my shoes anywhere else. I'm bringing my Frye boots to him this week (because I trust him *that* much), plus a pair of wedges that have lost a bit of their heel/that have worn unevenly, so I'll add any newly glowing insights after I get them back. read more

I found George through Yelp and used him for the first time last week. He was so nice and accomodating over the phone and came by my work to pick up 4 pairs of shoes. It was Friday around 10 and he said he wasn't sure if he would be able to get them back to me by 5 or not. (The same day??) I told him not to worry and he could drop them off on Monday as I was in no rush. The leather was cracked on 3 of the pairs and just needed a good shining and some TLC. George charged $4/pair. The 4th pair needed the same thing, plus a new heel - for $10!! 4 pairs of shoes came to $22 and they look brand new. You can't beat that price and especially not with that kind of service! South Boston charged $20+ per pair so I can guarantee I'll be calling George on a regular basis for all my shoe repair needs. read more