I thought that since there were so many positive opinions, it was a really good tailor…read more Unfortunately, it is not as good as you write. The service is nice, warmly welcomes customers at the entrance, but the tailoring service is a disaster. The client's requests are not taken into account and the end result is different than what you thought it would be.

This is the sort of place that every young person moving out of home need to know about. It's…read moreamazing. They advertise themselves as doing 'bespoke tailoring' and it's not wrong. Any tailoring pretty much!! I came in here in a mad panic one afternoon after realising I had split a seam in my mums Karen Millen dress........sh*t. They could see I was in distress and were so lovely and comforting, and had the dress fixed within the day! I couldn't ask for any better. They also custom make curtains too, which is really useful for Edinburgh. The windows in some of Edinburgh's Newtown are ridiculously big, so they make all the curtains there for you! They have a really good dry cleaning service too. They are Master Tailors!

I said last time that I'd have no hesitation in going back to Stitch Express and you know what? I…read morehaven't! Since my first review (when I had only been a couple of times) I've had the need to go back to Stitch Express loads. Trousers adjusted, buttons replaced, dry cleaning, button holes made, shirts fixed; you name it, I've had it done. Every time I've been the service, quality and price has been impeccable with all alterations made well within the time promised. Often for smaller fixes and patch jobs they'll do them whilst you wait - who can complain about paying £1 to have a button replaced?! Good job this place exists or I'd look like a regular modern day ragamuffin. If you're on the Haymarket side of town and need some clothes adjust then make a bee line for Stitch Express. Or I'll punch you.

Most people have left good reviews about these guys but I actually didn't have a great experience…read more They are really friendly but I took my wedding dress into them to get altered and when i got it back there was a bleached stain under the arm pit. Luckily nobody will see it because of where it is but still, it wasn't there before. Also the first time I went to pick it up it was as if they didn't do anything to it. They said that there was a problem with the lining and fixed that (I hadn't noticed a problem with it) but I needed it taken in and it was still really big on me. I've ended up taking it in myself. Honestly don't go there. There's far better tailors in Edinburgh more expensive but worth it, especially of it's your wedding dress.

Arrived from Los Angeles for a holiday and my coat zipper broke right when I landed in Edinburgh…read more Was freezing for a while and came here to see if they could fix it. Had it all sorted within an hour. Great service and incredibly friendly. Definitely come here for any alterations and cleaning you need done.

Stopped in quickly for a simple alteration and was greeted with a smile and a quick fix to my small…read moreproblem. Thank you so much. You made my day and saved my trip!!! Nick from New Jersey.

Great service and superb dressmaking skills at such a reasonable price. Bought 2 outfits one for a…read morewedding and one for a ball. I received so many compliments from friends and family, I know where I will go first next time.

Been using this tailor for years now. Won't go anywhere else. The polish seamstress can work…read morewonders and no task is beyond her. Great value - highly recommend.

A lovely little shop with everything you need for needlework. I visited this shop attempting to…read morefind a gift for someone. I didnt really know what I was looking for but the shop assistant was very helpful and accommodating. Despite being an older lady she was quite happy to run up and down ladders retrieving products for me to have a look at. The shop was very well laid out despite its small size and awkward dimensions. Needlework isnt something that I am personally interested but I easily found the perfect gift and a look around the shop certainly captured my imagination. If I was looking for similar goods in the future this would be the first place I would visit.

From the owner: A traditional haberdashery shop. We also sell wool and yarns and patterns. We run an alterations…read moreservice and act as agents for Buccleuch Cleaners.

Edinburgh and its cobbled streets! My heel on one of my favourite pairs of boots was about to go,…read moreand all my local shoe repair shops didn't seem to have the right equipment to fix it ( I had no idea a simple heal repair could be so hard). Eventually, one shop pointed me to Timpsons. This shop saved me! Next day it was fixed and good as new and at a great price too! However, their key cutting is somewhat questionable, as my flatmates new keys from this shop broke only 3 weeks afterwards. So, as far as show repair is concerned, I would most definitely head to this shop, the guy is friendly and chatty and my shoe is still intact.

This is basically just a Timpson's shop, with all the usual services but I'm writing this review…read morepurely on the basis that Graham the branch manager here is absolutely great! I've been here a couple of times to get shoes re-heeled and maybe it's the fact that it is quite a traditional trade but you sort of feel like you're getting the kind of service your grandparents bemoan the lack of on this day and age. He always gives you some good chat and clearly has good relationship with all his customers and staff and when you're in there everyones in on the joke!

Stitches is well known throughout Edinburgh for its high quality of alterations and careful…read moreclothing treatment, and several members of my family have sworn by it for years. I recall coming in here in a massive fluster, wanting a dress altered for a big formal event that I had coming up. In my usual disorganised fashion, I'd left it completely to the last minute, but rather than eyeing me with a look of hostile, we've not got time for this qualities, one of the experienced members of the stitching empire whisked me through to the back to pin my dress in the right places, and in reassuring tones, told me not to worry. I should still be more organised though. Anyway, Stitches has never let me down in the alteration department, and I'm always confident they'll come up with the goods. Aside from alterations, they also do tailoring, dressmaking and drycleaning.

I had a very strange request - a favoured meditation cushion was torn and strangely didn't have a…read morezip to allow access to stitch internally... not only that but the material was thick so possibly wouldn't fit under a sewing machine. I went back a few hours later and, although it now has a fat scar, was totally fixed... not only that but they refused to charge me for such a small job! The staff were so friendly and understanding, totally brushing away my no-clue-about-sewing-repairs-ness. Definitely the first stop for clothing alterations and repairs in Edinburgh!

First time I've used a tailor so wasn't sure about the whole thing. Asked for a new denim jacket to…read morebe reduced in size. Less than 24 hours later, the alterations looked professional, hardly tell it had been worked upon, and finished exactly as I'd requested. Skilled work, quality finish, very fast service and for all the work involved great value for money. Definitely recommend.

Excellent, I am delighted with the alteration they did on a summer top, very efficient, impeccable…read moresewing and value for money. I would highly recommend this shop and would not hesitate to go back with further alterations. Thank you.

Lu's Tailor is a great little place in Newington. It appears to be a one-man operation with a very…read morekind Chinese man who shortens pants for only £6 and makes them slimmer for £13. After I bought some really nice pants that were a wee bit too long, I popped in here to inquire about the prices. I thought the place looked good with lots of clothes on the left-hand wall and Lu sitting right by the door at his sewing machine, traditionally wearing a tape measure around his neck. I came back again with my pants and changed into them in his changing room. He pinned them up nicely and I left them with him. Just a few days later I came to pick them up, and he had done a really nice job. Although he doesn't appear to speak a great deal of Englihs, Lu is a friendly and extremely capable man who has great prices on the tailoring work he does. I'll be back again when I need other clothes altered.

I brought my 60L bag into Lu's to replace a broken clip. Not only did they do the job quickly but…read morethe charge was very reasonable. Super easy. Thank you!