Kildaire Shoe Repair

I brought in a very large Coach bag just to have it spruced up with a like color and cleaned. This guy hands me my bag and there’s a black burn/​abrasion mark on the side that’s 4 «long and as wide as my thumb! He didn’t spray the color on the handles, but he DID manage to spray the stuff all over the buckles! I have never barked at a merchant in my life but I was so enraged that ugly just popped right out of my mouth when he says «it wasn’t me»
«ARE YOU F’NG SERIOUS! This obviously got caught in one of the GD grinding wheels over there! OMG, you idiot do you know what this bag costs?» So he says he won’t charge labor for the work on the bag, just the can of paint. How big of him. There’s more but what’s the point, just stay away and no leather abuse will befall you.

Went to fix two high expensive purses. Ended up having one with a huge permanent oil mark (devaluing the bag) and the second one fixed with some quick fix glue. Very highly disappointed with service and craftmanship! Do not recommend !!!

Shoes were supposed to be done Thursday but ended up being a day late. I needed them for the weekend and was going out of town, but when I took them home I realized there was still tape residue on my shoe from where they attached the ticket. Sloppy job

Stop by this shop to see if they could glue a heal back on to my shoes. The owner and his wife are Taiwanese. He wanted to charge me $ 7 which I did not want to pay since my cobbler back home in PA would certainly repair them for free. I kindly told the owner that I would have them repaired by the original cobbler.
Him and I then had a conversation about the business and came to find out that he has been a cobbler all his life and for a while, in Taiwan and later New York, made shoes. He went to the back room and brought back a crude cutting knife which he brought back from Taiwan and claimed you could not buy one in America. He then demonstrated on a raw piece of leather how it cut like butter.
I say all this for those who want a real cobbler to repair their shoes and not just some guy who got into the business to make money. This man truly understands shoes.
At the end of the conversation he said he would fix my shoes for free which he did. I have yet to wear them and will refrain from saying how good a job he did. I might post something later.
When I am in need of a real cobbler on future visits to the area I have this man bookmarked and would recommend all Unilocalers to try him out.

A strap on a shoe broke and I brought the pair in so that they could make the metal ring match on both. The stitches were sloppy and they used a spool of navy blue thread and a bobbin of pink thread on a pair of black shoes. They also didn’t pick up and secure the end of the stitching they had to undo to make the repairs. When I said that the work was unacceptable, they told me that I brought them in like that. I took them to another shoe repair place in Cameron Village, H & H Shoe Repair (5 Stars!), who redid the stitching for me.

They have parade Polish. This polish is a cut above your regular shoe polish. You can get that mirror spit shine on you shoes with Parade Polish. I use this on all my shoes. Friendly service also.