CM Tailoring

I would give this 2.5 stars, actually.
Went in to get a pair of jeans hemmed — $ 7 (without the original hem, just regular hemming) and a dress shortened — $ 18 bucks! I don’t get stuff hemmed that often, but that seemed like a lot to me. Both jobs were fine.
What makes me give this place less stars is that 2 out of the 3 times I’ve gone to drop stuff off they were closed before 6 PM (which is their posted closing time). Once was at 5:55 and the other time was 5:45. It’s fine if they want to close earlier than 6, but they should advertise it! It’s annoying to waste my time and go there if they’re going to be closed anyway.

This place is just ok. Fine for hemming jeans. One time I took a dress here to get hemmed and she hemmed the outside layer, but forgot the liner! Originally the liner was about 5 inches shorter than the outside (which is how it should be) and when I got it back it was maybe half an inch longer than the outside layer

CM TAILORING
Alteration & Dress Making
S John & Leather Work
Ladies & Gentlemen
$ 10 for hemming my jeans, $ 2 for keeping the original hem, $ 12 for taking legs in a bit.
Adequate job.
Forget about trying to communicate anything to them over the phone. You’ll only be wasting your time.

Great job on jeans and dress that I brought in. Very reasonable prices and friendly staff. Will definately come back and refer business.

I have to say just average. Brought in two jeans, one to be hemmed, and one to be taken in a couple sizes overall. That was the test for me, to see how well they would do on the second pair. I basically wanted the whole jean to fit tighter all over. When I got them back, they were SLIGHTLY more fitted than when I brought them in and wearable, but not how I had really wanted them. So my search for good tailor continues as I still have many pairs of jeans I need to fix. =T

Long Lee is the man to see if you need a tailor. Granted I’m no seamster but I can recognize talent and skill when I see it. How? easy… it simply looks easy. Watching Mr. Lee work is like watching a virtuoso play thier instrument. What can I say but the man has a way with cloth.
Great prices, a genuine person with a fresh sense of humor, and a superb job. Living in Long Beach I’m sure I pass a multitude of tailors to get to Long Lee. He tells me he has clients that come from out of state to see him. I can easily understand why.

***Mr. Long Lee has sold his shop!!! He’s no longer there :(
I came here after a recommendation from a co-​worker because at the time, I was a total denim junkie and kept having to get my jeans hemmed.
I think I’ve taken six pairs of jeans and additional slacks to Mr. Long Lee and he’s done an impeccable job each and every time. (Yes, keeps the original hem and he’ll even reproduce any distressed look by hand-​razoring the hem and sandpapering it too!) He replicated the exact triple-​stitch hem for my two favorite pairs of Trovata pants and I even took in a pretty complicated, multi-​layered evening gown for him to take in the sides and hike up the hem.
Mr. Lee altered it to perfection, it was seamless, you couldn’t even tell it was altered! Oh and I hate to play the V card, but yeah, he charges me less because I’m Viet and we have a fun time talking each time I come in. He regales me with stories about how his daughter married a white guy and how he blames himself since he moved the family out of the ‘hood (Little Saigon). (He’s just old-​school, really nice guy, I promise) He’s also good at «reading faces.»
«I can tell if you’re a good person or not. I don’t care if he’s rich or poor or doctor or lawyer, but if he’s not a good person, I can see it in his face and my daughters are not allowed to date him if I don’t like his face.»
I’m thinking of bringing all my dates here for inspection.
But the best part about Mr. Long Lee is that he thinks he’s really funny when you come in to pick up your clothes and he’ll deadpan: «Oh. Today? I thought two more weeks.» Then he’ll chuckle and bring your finished garments out. Gets me every time.
**Note: Make sure you take your stuff to Mr. Lee, not anyone else there because while I’m sure they’re competent, I’ve heard they’re nowhere near Mr. Lee’s expert capability. I believe Diana Y. above had her clothing altered by Mr. Lee’s daughter while he was out of town.