Continental Cleaners

My review is solely on their alterations service. Continental Cleaners is tucked away in a strip mall in Middlesex next to a Dollar Tree, Hallmark, and a few other stores. It’s a small cleaners store and on the inside they have a small dressing room and an older alterations lady who is constantly working on her sewing machine.
The Korean lady at the counter was friendly and honest. Brought in a bridesmaid dress to have it altered. I had them take in the bust, shorten the straps, and hem my dress which was 3 layers of fabric (costing about $ 110, which I thought was sightly high). I suggested taking in the waist and midsection to get a curvier look and the lady was very honest with me telling me she thought the dress fit lovely and din’t need further alterations. She said she wouldn’t advise me to spend more on altering a dress I’d only wear once but she did ultimately say it is my choice. Extra points for her honesty! Wrinkles were steamed out of the dress… dress was altered perfectly and on time! Will return to give them more business!
No comments at this time for their dry cleaning service though :(

I would give these guys 0 stars if I could. I bought a dress for engagement party that needed to be altered. She didn’t even consider the shoes into alterations and it was cut way too short. The dress was 1.5 inches off the ground without ANY shoes.
When I came back with the dress, she accused me of washing the dress because it was wrinkled on the bottom from the dress being in the bag. Because washing the dress apparently only shrinks it by length, which is a complete bullshit answer. She said she will try to make it longer.
Came back again, and it seem like nothing was done except more beads and strings were popping off. What really pissed me off was she didn’t apologize, accused me of washing the dress, and didn’t reimburse me the money for the horrible job she did. She even threatened to charge me more for the «extra» work that was done to lengthen it.
I ended up buying another dress. Please please find another place to alter your dress. The dress for me was $ 250 + $ 88 for the horrible alterations she did. And on top of that to buy another dress really added up.

Great tailor… thank you Donna… pants look perfect!
I’d recommend going here for your alterations. Very friendly staff. My clothes were done as promused.

Hands down, BEST place to take your clothes for dry cleaning and alterations. Family owned and operated, the staff tray every customer like a member of their family. Very reasonably priced. I live in New Brunswick and drive here just for their awesome service!!!

Went here last year to get my bridemaid’s dress altered for my sister’s wedding.
Truly a mom and pop shop. Very friendly.
The price was 20% lower than other places I have had dresses altered (cut shorter since I’m Asian. So, you get the point :)
Service was super fast (2 days on alteration) and the dress came out great. She even iron it for free since I had some winkle on them during shipping.
Would definitely go back and also recommend to other people.

This family run business does an excellent job! They do everything from basic dry cleaning to tailoring to more complicated items like leather and wedding dresses. They pay attention to every customer and want you to be satisfied every time! I am speaking from years of experience. You will be delighted with the personalized service you receive!

This place is a sweet little mom and pop shop. I got 3 pants here tailored (hemmed and tapered) and the old lady who measured it for me spoke very little English and at first I was a little hesitant she knew what I wanted, but after picking up and trying on the new pants, I am extremely satisfied! Not only did she do an AMAZING job, but she also ironed my pants for free. Also, I went to pick up the pants on Labor Day, when the shop was closed, but they opened up the shop just so I could pick up the pants — super nice. Will come back here again.

I have been going here since forever. They have been super consistent on tailoring needs and super fast for dry cleaning. The amazing part is the owner. There have been times where she has seen me driving into the parking lot and has gotten my clothes together before entering the store.
Yes, it might be true that I have gone here for a long time — but it is even more true that my needs have been few. On my Unilocal profile it says Find Me In «comfortable clothing» — with this being the case I do not consider myself a regular customer even though this is the only dry cleaner I use.
Bottom line — if you go here often I am sure it would only be better, but how they would do it I do not know!