Lora’s Alterations

I have never written a Unilocal review, but thought this place deserved one. The lady that runs this place is extremely rude and charges outrageously high prices. The highest prices I have ever seen at an alteration place! I went somewhere else and my bill was cut in half. Save yourself the time and money and go somewhere different!

I needed my wedding dress altered and had no clue where to go. I previously had worked down the street from Lora’s shop, but never been there. Her custom service is different, but she knows what she’s doing and does an AMAZING job!
I loved working with Lora! She has her blunt personality and gets straight to the point. She’s a sweet old lady who knows her stuff and will give you an honest opinion.
Only downfall is that it seemed a little pricey. However, I was leaving an expensive important dress with her which she cared for beautifully.

Wow I won’t be going back here. She made me feel like I was an inconvenience to be in her shop. I was dropping clothes off and trying to get and idea of pricing for future items ad she wouldn’t get off the phone to help me. One and done for sure. Prices were also MUCH higher than other places I’ve been.

Quality of workmanship: 5 stars
Pricing: 1 star
The lady does great work, but charges too much. $ 16.75 to put a button on a pair of pants and sew up a 4″ hole in a shirt sleeve seam? We also replaced a zipper in a jacket for $ 40. For those prices you’d think I coild get my clothes back faster than a week.
If you need it done right the first time then this is the place, but you’re going to pay through the nose for it. I’ll keep trying other shops before I come back here.

Never again. The work looks fine, but $ 37 to bring in a pair of men’s suit pants?! And it still took a full week to get done! Outrageous! If we hadn’t been in a crunch to find someplace I would have gone someplace else, where in the past I’ve had 3 pairs of women’s pants altered for less than the price of this one pair.

Just walked out of here after the lady just told me she couldn’t complete my item in a week. I am okay that she doesn’t have time to do it in a week — what I am not okay with is that she told me «I just slapped her in the face» by telling her I had to go elsewhere elsewhere. I explained to her it was just business. I’m sad because I needed a new alternations lady since I’m petite and get most things altered.

Their alterations seem to be quality work; however, they are not all concerned with customer satisfaction. Their prices seem way too high, and they don’t give you an itemized receipt when you pick up your clothes. Lora just says some arbitrary number as the cost with no explanation. They only accept cash or checks, and apparently they only accept checks that have a local address. I am from Florida, so all of my checks have an out-​of-​state address. I have picked up clothes there twice and both times I paid with a check from the same financial institution. The first time, no problems. The second time, however, Lora told me she doesn’t accept checks that are from «out of state.» After I explained to her that those are the only checks I had, she told me to write my phone number on the check, I’m assuming in case it bounced so she’d have a way to get in contact with me. I prefer not to be treated like a criminal for paying someone to perform a task so I will not be returning.

I have used Lora’s three times & have had great luck each time. She does a great job! I have always found her to be as nice as she needed to be — I am sure she is busy & I haven’t really needed anything complicated, so the fact that she wasn’t chatty didn’t bother me at all. I picked up some items this week & she was delightful! She has patched & hemmed jeans for us & fixed tiny holes in sweaters/​t-​shirts, & I plan to bring any & all things I need repaired/​altered to her. I highly recommend her.

Lora does superb work. She can alter any type of fabric. Some reviews say she is not friendly; but in all fairness, she is very sweet but you have to initiate the conversation. I go there for alterations not conversation anyway! If you’re not happy with the length she hemmed; she will re-​do satisfied. I first met her at Goodman’s tailoring and was so happy when she opened her own store after Goodman’s closed. She is CASH only so be prepared when you pick up your items. Usually takes a week but if need sooner she makes accommodations. Excellent tailoring and reasonable fees. Open Saturday 9 – 1!

I came here on a recommendation from someone whose opinion on all things garment-​related I hold in high regard. I had a bridesmaid dress for a wedding that needed a few small alterations.
I’ll start off with the fact that the alterations were flawless — it was hard to tell that anything had been done to the dress at all from looking at it, but it definitely fit better.
The downside is, if you’re looking for a friendly customer service experience, this wasn’t it. I don’t know that we exchanged more than 10 words total, and I felt a little like I was intruding just walking through the shop door. There was also a spot on the front of the dress where a pin had clearly been used to put a tag or something on, leaving tiny holes in the fabric — which is satin, so that’s not going anywhere. The dress is a super dark navy, so they’re not really visible, but I noticed them when I got it home.
Also — cash or check only. No cards.
I’d probably go back, but I would be open to other options too. Not a bad choice if it is close by.