Drago Shoe Repair

I had given up on my John Varvatos boots. I thought they were gone. I was wrong! These guys patched holes, repaired the souls and brought my shoes back to life! They even replaced missing buttons with the exact match! My souls are healed and my soul is content. I will say that it wasn’t cheap. It cost $ 140 but considering the boots were worth $ 1300, it was worth it.
I will be taking all my shoes here from now on.

I brought my purse strap for repair, not only did he fix it he made it look unoticeable.
He used identical yellow thread and a brown parchment of leather that held together the two straps.
He is a true craftsman and very honest with his pricing.

These guys are the best. They can save shoes, they’re honest about what they can and can’t do, their prices are reasonable, and they’re nice. They’re also handy with bags and belts. I’d recommend them unreservedly, and all of the friends I’ve sent there have been very happy.

Overpriced. I live in Brooklyn but sometimes work in manhattan and I will be only repairing my shoes in Brooklyn where it’s ¹⁄₃^rd the price (and fine quality).

Drago does a GREAT job repairing shoes. I brought in a pair of flats that I was thinking I had ground down so hard that I’d have to toss them. They are a very specific shade of coral so I was bummed to lose them. He repaired them and patched the leather to the point that they look brand new. He also stretched a pair of laboutins for me and now they fit. Great great service.

The ultimate shoe doctors! If I could give 6 stars I would. This place saved 3 pair of my nice Tory Burch leather boots that got destroyed from this past damn winter we had. I love the guys in here too. Very friendly, very dedicated to making sure your shoes look good, and reasonably priced. I can’t believe how good my boots look.
The guys cleaned my nice Kate Spade wedges that got destroyed by mud/​rain too and repaired the zipper/​leather on my carry on bag. Everything I took in there looks brand new.
Definitely returning to this place – it’s the best.

On our way to yakob’s shoe repair when we saw this place on 6^th avenue. Lower than street level, unassuming yet effective and reasonable. Plan to return with more shoes and bags.

Great job — they repaired my Swiss Gear backpack in one day, to perfection.

The one star is due to the pricing not the quality of repair. This place is WAY overpriced in comparison to the Murray Hill NYC area where I live. I have been here 2x. Both times to replace the heel lift which was worn down too much. The first time I got charged close to $ 20 to replace the lift on a pair of cowboy boots. When I asked why so high, he showed me the normal size woman’s lift vs. the larger size for the boot. What was I going to do but pay the freight. and THE HEEL WORE DOWN WITHIN 3 weeks which seems odd. Perhaps I should have asked first but like I mentioned, the heels needed repair. 2^nd time, I went to get a lift on a pair of wedge sandals– very small lift. Charge $ 12 dollars.
Lesson learned — even in an emergency, I will get my shoes repaired in my «hood» and not pay Soho prices. Advice to all — ask first before handing over your shoes.

Mario is the best. He is a wizard. He took my faragamo and prada pumps and made them look like new. This is the best shoe repair and shine in nyc.

I am giving this place 3 stars for now — since I haven’t got them to fix my shoes, but they did fix my purse.
After carefully instructing them to make sure they match up the other side — they failed to do so.
He fixed his mistake, but still…
My purse is like brand new, but I still haven’t made a sound opinion on what to give them as far as rating goes.
I will get them to fix my shoes to see if they do a good job with that.

I can’t really speak to the quality of the shoe repair but I will avoid for a shoe shine. I walked in here around 545 the other day and he told me my shoes needed to be dropped off due to the salt stains from the rain. I will admit that the shoes needed a shine, but they weren’t bad as if I walked in from a snow storm. I expressed that I did not have time to drop the shoes off, but if he could just make them look shiny for «an hour» since I had an event to go to, I would be gracious. He took my shoes into the back (which I’ve never experienced anywhere), came out 10 minutes later and charged me $ 5.
By the time I got to the 1 train (1 avenue away), the shine was off my left shoe. That’s not right.

He performed a miracle on my beat to hell Fluevog boots! I highly recommend them! I’m definitely a fan.

Fluevog recommended this place to me after an escalator gouged a chunk out of one of my (leather wrapped) heels. I thought my shoes were finished, or at least going to need the entire heel replaced, but Drago was able to do an almost invisible repair. I could not be happier — turnaround was 2 days and cost was $ 4.

I lost a heel on one of my dress shoes. For $ 20 they replaced both heels, shined the uppers and brought my shoes back to new. That’s quite a bit less expensive than buying a brand new pair.

Moved to the neighborhood and was looking for a show shine/​repair place. This one is great. They are very reasonable and very nice as well.

This is my first Unilocal review. I love wine and food, but I also love shoes, so I had to review this place first because I was so pleased with their service. Hitting the pavement in New York everyday takes a toll on your favorite shoes, and I like to keep my shoes looking brand new. Anyone who’s gotten a botched repair job knows that a bad resole can make a nice shoe look cheap.
I dropped off 6+ pairs of heels and boots to be resoled and reheeled. In my experience, if you tell a repair place to take their time and then you reiterate that you’d rather they do a good job than a rush job, you always get a better result. I volunteered to leave my shoes for an entire week before I picked them up, and when I did I was very pleased with their work. The soles and heels blended seamlessly. I would recommend this repair shop hands down above others in the area that I’ve been to.

Oh gosh these people are clueless and took days-​longer than they were supposed to. .. but they job was done well, so for that they deserve some praise.
THOUGH I think the only reason I got my shoes back once I finally did get them back was because I called earlier in the day and said something to the effect ‘I will pay whatever it takes, just get them done today, ASAP!’