With a couple suits in need of a freshening up, I headed towards the nearby Metro Green Cleaners…read more I was greeted by a friendly middle aged couple that quickly took my clothes and I was on my merry way. I wasn't in any rush for them, so I came back a few days later. At $17 per two-piece suit, prices seemed in line with what I remembered from the cleaner in my old neighbourhood. Reading up before writing this, it seems that they avoid using the regular dry cleaning chemicals, in favour of more environmentally friendly ones, so kudos to them!

Unbelievable. Took dress pants in to be hemmed - after I picked them up I got home and inspected…read morethem... I have to say I've never seen such a hack job. Cut to within a half inch of the bottom of the pants and a mess of thread. And the sports coat I gave them for dry cleaning came back with the lapels all shiny from being over pressed with too much heat. My guess is both pants and sports coat are ruined! The attached photos don't really do it justice, but it will give you an idea of the poor quality work...

Make sure you get them to write their estimate before they start. The quote given over the phone…read morewas not even one third of what was charged in the end.

I had 4 pairs of pants hemmed and a new button put on a pair of jeans that had fallen off, and it…read morewas all done for under $50. The man working was very professional and I was able to try on my pants in a little changing room so he could pin the correct length. The quality of the work done was great. The only reason I'm only giving 4 stars out of 5 is that I was told my pants would be finished two days later by 11am (I said I could pick them up in two days before noon, or I could get them the following week as there was no rush). I arrived to pick them up at 11:35am while on my way to work, and I ended up having to wait 5 minutes while he finished one of my pants in front of me. It wasn't a big deal, but if I I had come at 11am when he said they would be done then I would have waited 40 minutes or I would have had to come back to get my pants on another day. I would recommend this tailor, but I would suggest giving them more time to finish your items, even if they sound confident that they will have it done in a couple of days.

In a panic my going away dress was a mess....just a few days away from my wedding....Dimitri…read morecreated a miracle, the dress ended up fitting perfectly. Anytime you have something special that requires incredible workmanship this is the place to visit.

Easy fast and convenient keeps me going back to this Dry Cleaners. Located inside of the Halifax…read moreShopping Centre on the upper lever. Dropping off my coats to freshen up for the season and ready within a few days. If you need it sooner then you just ask and normally they are able to have this done for you. My winter coat cost me $15.00 which is not bad and it is cream and hard to clean. Very impressed with how much it came back to original. Not only is it a dry cleaners they also do tailoring on the stop in this locations and alterations. I took a blazer over one day and they actually revamped it for me price of that as about $65 but they did alot of work to it.

I took a dress into this dry cleaners because of the convenience of it's location…read more The workers were very friendly but the hem on my dress cost me $60, which was ridiculous. They also had my dress for 2 weeks in their store. The day before I called and asked if it would be ready, and they told me not until after 5pm. So my dress just sat there for 2 weeks. And the girl at the counter misread the calendar and put my "due back by" date as a Saturday when it was suppose to be the Friday (the day before). The hem was an inch too long but I wasn't about to wait another 2 weeks to get my dress back again from them. There is no price list in this store. They just shouted out a price off the top of their heads. I then asked to have the top tacked as it was a bit too big. The seam didn't have to be taken in (the seamstress agreed). This was another $40. I found this place, while friendly, very overpriced and I don't like going into places where they come up with a cost off the top of their head. I won't be returning to this location.

Maria and her sister do a great job dry cleaning - they remember that I don't have my flat-front…read morechinos creased and that everything is no starch and on hangers. This is the reason I switched from Koolex to SameDay. Koolex kept screwing up my pants by putting creases in them. Problem with Sameday is the stale smell of the place that gets into my clothes which means I have to air them out before I put them in my closet. The next problem was how Maria handled my telling her that there was a stale odor of food and clothes in the shop. It's not easy to summon the courage to inform a business operator when you detect a customer experience issue - and Maria dumped the issue squarely back on me, leaving me to understand that if I smelled something then I was the only person in the world who could smell it and that, as a result, she was not interested in doing anything about it. When I said I smelled a stale odor Maria's response was not one of concern for my experience. Instead, she became defensive and said "No one's ever said anything before." - as if to suggest that I anything I smell must first be validated by some representative group of customers. When I suggested that many people would shy away from the potential conflict of raising such a sensitive issue and that I offered the feedback in kindness, she didn't seem to care. "No one's ever said anything before." she repeated. I give up and will now go looking for another odor neutral dry cleaner.

I was somewhat disappointed with the service at this location. I went there with my coat, since I…read moresaw a good review for the other location, and it had a convincing website. I dropped it off to the girl working at the front counter, and as I did so I also asked her if it would be possible for them to dye my white coat a darker colour after they dry cleaned it. She said that she was pretty sure they could, but I should ask the main guy when I picked the coat up, just in case. When I returned the next day I encountered an abrupt woman who informed me that 'no, there's no way we can do that, and there's nobody else who can.' Then she charged me $20 for the coat cleaning, which is apparently their standard coat fee. I found it a little high; I've owned this white coat for a few years now, and I've never paid more than 10-15 dollars to clean it. It was clean though, so I guess this place is ok.

These guys are awesome. Brought a coat in to get the pockets replaced, and they had it ready a…read morecouple hours later.

I don't always agree with all of the Best Ofs in The Coast, but Daniel's Tailoring Shop is a…read morewell-deserved long-standing winner of the tailoring category. I'm actually a little bit shocked that it hadn't been reviewed yet when I dropped off a couple pairs of pants the other day! It's a small shop on the upper level of Park Lane Mall found from the main entrance by hopping on the escalators or stairs off to the right -it's in the main hallway. The head tailor here has been my go-to for alterations on any piece of clothing that I just can't have messed up. Typically, this means hemming pricy denims down to my Smurf-life height without having to worry about them coming back too long, too short, or looking like I hemmed them myself. For an extra cost ($20 rather than the normal $8 for a hem), they'll do a euro hem which makes the bottom of your jeans look professionally finished rather than just folded up and shortened. Definitely worth it if you've invested in a great pair to start with. Not only that, but the tailor actually cares about the work he's doing. He'll take your measurements as per usual, but he'll also ask about the shoes you wear, how you stand regularly, whether you like them to run long, etc. Even for a simple hemming, Daniel's makes sure that it's done to suit you specifically. On Saturdays, appointments can be made for consultations on more complicated jobs which I haven't done before, but I have witnessed the change in my friends' wardrobes after getting run through this shop. I can't wait to bring in some okay-fitting stuff and leave with perfection!

For how great Ling is, she deserves more reviews. I go here when I have shirts and suits I need…read moretailored. She's an expert at what she does and always has a smile on her face. Does amazing work.

I have to say that I am HUGELY disappointed in Bayside. My grandmother used to take things here…read morewhen I was younger so when I needed a quick alteration done on a dress for my best friend's wedding I went here. I have to say that I've waited almost 6 months to write this review because I was just too angry to write it before - it wouldn't have been fair and I wouldn't have given the good and the bad. But here it is now... I needed some quick-ish work done on my dress. It had to be taken in 2 sizes (woohoo, weight loss!!). I had 3 weeks until I needed it back. The woman there said no problem, and "not expensive to do!". In retrospect I should have asked for an estimate but when someone says "not expensive" I anticipate it won't be expensive. So I went in, tried it on for her and she proceeded to pin it for me. The whole time we were doing that we kept getting interrupted by other customers coming to get their orders. I know she's running a business but when I'm standing in the middle of a tiny store, where everyone can see me, with half my dress pinned and I'm holding the other half up, I don't want to wait 10 minutes for you to serve someone who came after me. Take the two minutes, pin my dress, and THEN serve them. After that she gave me a slip, said 2 weeks and I went off. Two weeks later I came back to try on my dress. Well, it was too tight. Not too tight that I couldn't fit but tighter than I wanted. No matter, it wasn't a huge deal. She then proceeded to tell me how it was "much more work" than she anticipated and she had to "take it all apart" to take it in. And it would be "a bit more". By this point I was just ready to be done so I told her that was fine and asked what I owed. Brace yourself... $140. That is neither "not expensive" or "a bit more" than not expensive. That's almost what I paid for the dress itself!! I couldn't do anything except tell her I was disappointed and pay. She had my dress, she had done the work and now I owed her the money. I took my dress and left. On the day of the wedding it did look beautiful but had I known what a headache it was going to be and how expensive she was going to be I would have taken it somewhere else. I will not be returning or recommending this place to anyone. Ever.

Never again!!! I dropped off a dress to be hemmed 1 inch, and take in the sides 1 inch...it was…read morefor a wedding . I was very specific on the time i needed it (5days away no exception). I asked her to put it on the receipt . I arrived to pick up the dress and it was not done! I ended up having to pick up the dress the DAY of the WEDDING! The dress was an a-line with no waist it did not have to be pinned. Just one inch in on either side. She did hem it but I do could not tell if she took it in the sides as fit felt the same and the stiching did not look any different! After all this she charged me 74.00!! WARNING - stay away.

I went to Lillian with a suit that I needed tailored for an event. I mentioned the date I needed…read moreit, and she said it was no problem. The suit was too big, both pants and jacket, and needed to be adjusted. Lillian was friendly and took measurements, gave me a price, and I went on my way. She asked me to come in a few days before I needed it to do final measurements to see if there were any changes necessary. She did not get me to try on the pants, and said they were fine. I tried on the jacket and there seemed to be very little change. I mentioned that I thought it needed to be quite a bit smaller. She said okay, that she could take it in more, and then I left. When it came time to pick up the suit, I went in and tried it on. The pants were incredibly baggy, a few inches too loose in the waist, and a total disappointment. The jacket was also too big. Wearing the suit, I looked like a child who dressed up in his father's clothes. I mentioned that I thought it was too big, and she said I was wrong, that it fit me well. I was disappointed, but thought maybe I was being too judgmental. I paid (which I now regret doing) as I needed the suit for that evening, and took it home. Upon trying it on again at home, I realized it was not wearable. My girlfriend took a glance at it and immediately said that it was ill-fitting and I could not wear it in public. Within an hour of picking it up, I called Lillian and mentioned that I thought it was too large. She immediately became quite rude, said I was wrong, that it fit me, and that I needed another opinion. I said that my opinion was the only thing that mattered, and asked that she fix it or refund my money. At first she refused, saying that it fit me, and that if I wanted something different I should go somewhere else. Eventually she said I could bring it in "in two weeks" and then she rudely hung up on me. I decided that if she could not do the job the first time, she would not be able to do it a second time, so I let it go. I was extremely disappointed with the quality of work and the level of service I received when I mentioned my concerns. I am doubtful she did any work whatsoever on the pants, and while she did some work on the jacket, it is still not suitable at all. The experience was disappointing, a waste of $150, and left me with a suit that I now have to spend similar money to have someone fix. I would not recommend this shop.

This was my first visit here because a laundromat that was closer to me no longer offers drop off…read moreservice, and to say that I was impressed would be an understatement. The people working there are great - friendly and cheerful, and they can fold fitted sheets. Clearly some witchcraft is involved here. Top it off with great prices and I can say that I've happily found a new laundry home. Thanks ladies!

I have been coming to this Laundromat since I've lived in the city, almost ten years. Even when I…read morelive in a place with a washer and dryer in the building, it always feels like less hassle to haul all my clothes to the Bluenose. I'm not alone in that either, my best friend also feels the same way. She'll call me up and we'll launder together, waiting for laundry is better with a friend, but if you don't have a laundry buddy the Bluenose has free Wi-Fi. Bill and Maria are a couple of the nicest people you will ever encounter and are always there to help, 7 days a week you will find one of them in there. They also offer dry cleaning and a drop off service for those of you who have ...what do they call it? Oh yeah, extra money. A little pro-tip: if you go Monday-Saturday the Good Food is open and is attached to the Laundromat so you can grab something to eat or a coffee and wait out those washer/dryers. Beware! The Good Food is not open Sunday!