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    The Cleanery Cleaners

    2.8 (28 reviews)
    Closed 6:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Clothing alterations

    Clothing mending and repair

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    Quality of the work is excellent. I always take my clothes here for alterations and dry cleaning.

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    This place gone downhill since the new owner(husband and wife)take over. They are so rude I would not go back there again.

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    12 years ago

    WARNING!! Unprofessional, very poor customer service. Your money is better spent elsewhere.

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    16 years ago

    Always returns clothes looking good! Always answers questions I have about fabric and whether my clothes should be cleaned or washed.

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    9 years ago

    This place is awful. I will never go back to this place. Terrible service and they didn't do a good job.

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    Aynur's Alterations

    (41 reviews)

    I cannot say enough good things about Aynur's Alternations. I recently had my wedding dress altered…read moreand felt so comforted the minute I got there. The process of scheduling fittings was so easy and they are so accommodating. I wanted to make some last minute adjustments to my dress and they did it super quick. I could not ask for a smoother, higher quality tailoring process for my dress. It turned our so beautifully!!

    Aynur's Alterations came as a recommendation from where I purchased my dress. They specifically…read morenoted how great their group does with bust work and I could not agree more! I came to the shop on 3 different occasions to handle all alterations, bustle, and final pick up. They accept multiple forms of payment and only service one bride at a time for an intimate experience. Their alterations services came at a premium but their craftsmanship, hospitality, and final steaming services were unmatched. My dress fit me exactly how I had hoped for. The length was perfect, I felt very secure and covered, and my waist was well defined. Aynur was great about thoroughly explaining the three recommended bustle types she recommended. I chose the Bubble Bustle which meant my train was tied up under the dress. She thoroughly explained that my train would attract dirt lines but I loved the way it looked throughout the night! I would definitely recommend Aynur to anyone needing special occasion alterations near Arlington Heights!

    Stitch N Ready - After

    Stitch N Ready

    (71 reviews)

    Lincoln Park, DePaul

    Rushed a dress from a Poshmark seller ahead of an event, just to try it on and have 1"-2" of…read moreawkward puckering on the front of the bodice. It was both too much fabric, and weird pulling on the center seam. Stitch N Ready not only turned around the alteration in effectively a day (picked up next business day), but it lays even better than expected. SO happy and appreciative for their service.

    Came here to get a dress altered and overall the actual alteration work was done well. I needed the…read moredress taken in slightly around the bust and waist area and it cost me $90. The dress fit perfectly afterward and they completed it within a week, earlier than the pickup date I had asked for. The main issue for me was the organization during pickup. I received a text saying my dress was ready, but when I arrived they brought out a completely different piece of clothing even after I clearly described my dress. Turns out they had mixed up the name tags between my dress and someone else's. I ended up going to the back with them and immediately spotted my dress myself. I pointed it out and they asked if I was sure it was mine, which was a little strange. Then they asked me to try it on. At first I thought they just wanted to confirm the alterations looked right, but it turned out they wanted to see if it fit me to determine whether it was actually my dress. Thankfully it fit like a glove. Even after that, they still seemed unsure so I showed Yelp messages I had previously sent with photos of the dress, along with my receipt and even how much I paid. I usually throw receipts away, so thank goodness I still had it. After confirming in multiple different ways, they finally let me take my dress home. Another woman was also there picking up clothing after receiving a text notification and they were struggling to locate her item too, so it didn't seem like an isolated issue. Overall, I think the tailoring work itself is solid, but the shop felt pretty disorganized. The guy working there did apologize before I left, which I appreciated, but the whole process of having to repeatedly prove the dress was mine was definitely frustrating.

    Adel Tailor

    Adel Tailor

    (25 reviews)

    My husband dropped off his vest for patchwork two weeks ago and scheduled for the pick up today. I…read morewalked in to pick it up at 12:30, the woman was the rudest person I've ever encountered. She told me to come back in the afternoon. I pointed out that it was the afternoon and that my ticket said today, she proceeded to go on a rant that it was prom season and that I wasn't a priority. Again I asked ok but what time because despite her attitude it was a gift that we needed so she said one hour and looked at the vest and then said never-mind I don't like you so take it somewhere else and snatched my ticket. She hadn't even started on it for a delivery date of today. Terrible terrible customer service, no commitment to follow through on a promise to complete the work.

    She's a rude and vile person, who is a liar. She told me to pick any Saturday when I dropped off my…read morevest to have 10 patches put on 2-3 weeks ago. I needed it by 4/30 so I gave her until 4/26 because I live far away in the city. I called and asked why it wasn't ready at 12:30P on 4/26. I was rudely told it's prom season and I wasn't a priority. She lied and said I was told that it would not be done until the afternoon on that date. That was nowhere on the receipt and she never told me that. Now why would I drop it off 2-3 weeks in advance and not expect her to have it done by noon on the due date? She makes the rules up as she goes and decides whether or not she's going to do the work regardless of what she's said initially. Just look at her responses to people on her. I got help at a dry cleaners to do the sowing. It's not like it's some time-consuming and complex alteration.

    Tailoring and Alterations by Pizzazz - After dress #2

    Tailoring and Alterations by Pizzazz

    (29 reviews)

    I did not expect Nina to be able to alter my 3 piece suit because of the limited extra fabric…read moreavailable. She told me she would try. I had nothing to lose. All three pieces exceeded my expectations. She was also able to get it done in reasonable time. I am very happy with the work Nina did for me.

    Nina tailored my wedding dress which was detailed with 3D appliqués and also made me a custom veil…read morewith the appliqués sewed on. I do think she is a skilled tailor but simply does not have the time, energy, or attentiveness to brides for something as special as their wedding wear. I cannot in good faith recommend her to other brides for wedding alterations but think she is better off working in garments that are lower stakes. My biggest complaints are: - She gives you attitude if you push back or have feedback on work she's already done. She is very unwilling to course correct or adjust. - Is not the most respectful of your time. During my bridal appointment, she would allow multiple clients to come in and out during it and other customers would also offer commentary on my dress which I found extremely inappropriate. - Often had to be reminded to do a complete job. Some times the dress wasn't ready or hemmed yet and still had pins which resulted in at least 2 more appointments than necessary. - Lacking attention to detail. I had to clean up a lot of loose ends, fraying, threads, trim excess fabric, remove pencil marks when my final dress was done. I expected better for the price point I paid. - Finally and most egregiously, I asked Nina to sew on appliqué fabric I provided to my veil, both which were custom. She initially sewed the appliqués to the wrong side and said she would correct it by removing and resewing. When I received the final veil, it was beautiful but I noticed that rather than correcting her mistakes, Nina cut the entire veil from the hair comb and resewed it on. I found this to be extremely dishonest and upsetting. She also cut up the fabric I provided and butchered a lot of beautiful details I was hoping to preserve. I found it incredibly misleading of Nina to cut corners and literally cut a perfectly created custom veil rather than owning up and taking the time to correct her mistakes. My dress ended up being fine and wearable ultimately, but it would've been more worth it for me to pay a bit more to have a better experience overall. I do not recommend this business for other brides specifically.

    The Cleanery Cleaners - sewingalterations - Updated May 2026

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