Sastreria Chrissel is definitely the go to tailor in Aurora! The shop is owned and worked by an older couple and I was beyond impressed with their wonderful work! I took in a bridesmaid dress that needed shoulder work and the length needed to be shortened & they did an amazing job! I had gone to other places to see if they could fix my dress and they all declined bc it was "too much work" but at Sastreria Chrissel they were willing to take on that project & went beyond my expectations! I will definitely be coming back! read more

This place is great! I just had a very expensive LL Bean XL jacket tailored to a Large size and they exceeded my expectations. Not only did they make the jacket a perfect fit in the body and sleeves but they repaired a hole in the front that I didn't even ask for. They made the liner and exterior fit perfect. I am extremely happy with my finished jacket and the price was super reasonable. I highly recommend this tailor for any work you need. They are the real deal!!! read more

Although I just recently added this business so that I could check in and review it, I've been coming here on and off for years--but I've just recently ceased coming here at all. I must admit, though, that my two stars is being generous; I had to stop and think of reasons why I could justify giving this business more than one star. The owners, an older husband-and-wife team, are very nice people; they're friendly and they charge next to nothing. Their friendliness and their extremely reasonable prices are the only reasons I could give this place two stars. I've had shirts, dress shirts, jeans, chinos, dress pants, and even a suit jacket tailored here--plus several articles of clothing for my brothers and nephews. Inconsistency is what should be expected; sometimes the work was good, sometimes it was bad, but unfortunately the work was never great. The work was always done quickly, but the results (even when good) reflected that; cutting corners and doing a passable job seems to be company policy. I could actually live with that if it was done consistently, but there was always a sense of dread when I left something there to be tailored--I never knew what I was going to get back. Sometimes it would take several trips and several attempts to get something right, and sometimes the work was just plain bad. I had hoped after the first few visits that the owners would figure, "geez, this guy is picky so lets just humor him so that we don't have to do the same work two or three times." They never figured any such thing. Nothing ever got better, even after several years. I'm not saying that I'll never go back to this business again, I'm just saying they will never tailor one article of my own clothes ever again now that I've finally found a great tailor. My brother didn't mind the AWFUL work that was done to his suit jacket this past summer, but I minded paying for it; the work done on my nephews' suits wasn't disastrous but was most certainly not top-notch, it was okay, and so I didn't mind paying for that. I'll still have them do work for my brother, father, and nephews, but I insist on going with them, during both the fitting and the scheduled pick-up, and only on casual/inexpensive clothing. Never again will they touch anything worth more than forty dollars. Located on Ashland across the street from La Chiquita, I am not encouraging people to avoid this business, but I will not encourage people to go there either. However, should a person want to check this place out and give it whirl, there are a few things that I would say: do not take anything that you love or that was expensive, test their work on something you don't love; they do not speak English well, if at all, so make sure that either you do, or that you're willing to struggle a little to communicate with gestures and nods; be as specific with the gentleman as possible, and steer him toward the results you want; INSIST on trying the clothes on when you come to pick them up--because they certainly won't prompt you to--and really take a good look at them; and finally, SPEAK UP when you notice something you don't like or something that was done poorly and insist that they fix/redo it. I really wish I could say more positive things, because I love the fact that it's privately owned and is literally run by a ma and pa, but the work they do needs to speak for itself. I'll take my nephews' and brother's clothes to this business, after all, they don't care what their clothes look like. read more

I hate to say this but this place does a very bad job. The owners seem like nice people but they just don't deliver quality work. The first time I went here to take some pants in they were given to me with one leg higher than the other. It was very obvious when worn and by looking at them. The worst part is when I addressed the issue the owner claimed that it was my fault because I have one leg longer than the other. What?? Did he really just say that? The owner agreed to try to fix it even though it wasn't his fault he said. It took him 2 more times until he got it. The second time a relative took some of their pants in and low and behold they were all done bad. One was damaged by the ironing and the owner claimed that it was received that way. The pant was new with tags and had no spots or stains. Two of them had one leg higher than the other and the rest of them were just poor quality. Unfortunately I did not know my family member was going there or else I would have warned them. Hence the reason I decided to write this review, to warn everyone else. I know it is hard to find a good place to get alterations but this place doesn't even own up to their mistakes. read more