Richie’s Cleaners & Tailors

I gave them my pants to hem on Wednesday 2 December 2015. They said they will get it to me on Friday 4 December 2015. Pants not done. Okay i will do it at home. They took the pin out. What the eff-​word. How were they to get my pant done.
I would not go their ever again to get my garments done.

I’ve stopped by here a few times now for both cleaning and tailoring.
My first experience, I took in a jacket to get taken in as it never really fit me too well. Richie took the time, with other customers in the store, and showed me exactly what needed to be done in order to get the fit as desired. The kicker for this visit, was that due to an last minute trip, I needed to pick the coat up the next day. Richie got it done in time AND did a great job with it.
I later brought a new suit in to be hemmed and have the jacket altered. No time constraints this time, and I still had it back in about 4 days (quicker than expected). Again, the suit came back just as desired.
I’ve also dropped off another suit to get dry cleaned, and have the lining of the pants re-​sewn as it had come undone due to some fairly aggressive dance moves at a wedding reception… He showed me that the original lining was stitched too closely, which is probably why it came out in the first place, and showed me how he’d improve upon what was already there. They returned clean, and with a better lining than the original.
Overall, quality work, friendly service, reasonable prices, and a fairly quick turn around time. What more could you ask for?

I never review things on Unilocal but given my recent experience with this cleaners I felt I just had to.
I needed to get a dress hemmed for a wedding and I tried this place based on the reviews on Unilocal but I have to say I was a bit disappointed. The seamstress who took my measurements was nice and they had a fast turnaround but that is about all the good things I can say about this place… first off when I walked in there was a dead mouse smell that filled the whole store. Second, for some reason only 1 person at the store can give you prices on alterations although there were 3 people there. Online it says that they are open until 7:30pm and I arrived at 5pm. The person who gives the prices left when I was getting dressed and I heard the person who took my measurements ask her if she would wait until I came out of the dressing room so she could give me a price quote. I heard no reply so I can only assume she mouthed something so I would not hear. When I came out of the dressing room she was gone and the person at the counter said I would have to call tomorrow to ask for pricing over the phone. What kind of business does not give you pricing upfront? If she knew she was the only one who could give prices I think it is really bad customer service to leave while a customer is still in the store, especially so early. Why stay open until 7:30pm if you can’t provide full service until 7:30pm. When I called the next day I was informed that a simple hem on my dress (with no lining) would be $ 40! If I knew that beforehand I would have gone to the place down the street! I said ok because I really needed the dressed fixed in time for the wedding but this is way too expensive for a simple hem. Bottom line this place is too expensive and their customer service is lacking. I don’t think I will use them again.

How to tell a good tailor from a bad tailor step #1: bring in a jacket to get altered (sides in/​more fitting). If the tailor says something along the lines of «yeah this is easy, i’ll just take it in at the back», RUN AWAY. If the tailor talks about taking things in at the sides and under the arms and starts making markings, then consider entrusting them with your garment.
Richie & his team fall into the latter category. Very happy with the work they did on a casual jacket of mine which I had avoided wearing for years because it was too «boxy».
Uptown, there are a slew of tailor/​dry cleaners, and it’s really hard to figure out who’s legit or not. Found this place via Unilocal and decided to give them a go. Well worth going to, and priced similarly to many of the other «tailors» around the area (i.e lower than those in midtown/​good value).

Great place. Did a great job with a complicated tear on a leather coat. Ricardo offered a very fair out front, and quick turnaround. I definitely reccommend.

I’ve been wanting to write a review of Richie’s for several years now. It’s finally about time. I have used Richi’s for a long, long time. Quality work on the dry cleaning and the tailoring is superb. I’ve even had Richie stitch up some custom backpack straps for me for camping. He’s a friendly guy, and be sure to bring back your wire hangers. Richie’s is great!!!

This place is great! I’ve had several things altered here. I can’t afford to leave my clothes too long so they have helped me out by doing same day work (for a nice tip of course!) and the work is great to boot. I had pockets put into my suit jackets and instead of the usual patch they made real pockets for just $ 12 a piece!

I’ve been taking my clothes to this cleaners for over a year now and it’s great! When you tell them to dry clean your clothes they actually DRY CLEAN. I’ve taken my clothes to other places in the area and they lie about dry cleaning your clothes, which leads to all of my shirts shrinking. I’ve never had that problem at Richie’s, which has saved me a lot of money in clothes. I noticed that many people say that the guy is unfriendly, but he seems more reserved than unfriendly. He’s never been rude to me or made me feel unwelcome. Anyway, the quality of the work and is great and the prices are very reasonable. The most reasonable I’ve found so far in the area, as a matter of fact.
To the person who commented about not calling to let you know when the clothes are ready, they give you a receipt with the pickup day and time. It’s pretty much the standard at any dry cleaners in NYC; it helps if you read it.

Great craftsmanship at a price, I’ve had many garments tailored here and have never been disappointed.

As some other reviewers implied, definitely their service is not on the friendly side, but their prices for alteration ($ 8 for hem pants, $ 10 for waist) are I believe decent and they do decent job as well.
Although I can’t really tell much about their job since I only ordered them to hem up my pants, for their price, yes I’ll come back.

Good tailor but expensive and unsuitable customer service. He doesn’t call you when your clothes are ready to be picked up.

Very good tailor. He’s done slacks, a number of dress shirts, and I’ve entrusted him with some suits now. Descent price. The cleaning is expensive, the tailoring is fair/​low-​priced.

These folks are the best tailors in the neighborhood so far as I know. I brought a leather jacket to them in need of relining — NOT an easy job. Yet they did the job in a very high-​quality manner, in a reasonable turnaound time, and at a very fair price. My other dealings with them have been similarly satisfying.
With the hodge-​podge of service providers here in New York — some of which do fine work, others of which do terrible work — I’ve found that it pays to stick with one that has proven itself to provide consistently high quality. Richie’s has proven itself to me.

Richie himself is extremely friendly and helpful and did a great job of altering a bridesmaid dress for me quickly and for a great price. This is now my go to neighborhood dry cleaners and I wouldn’t go anywhere else for alterations.

I haven’t taken anything to be cleaned, but they do a good job of tailoring for a decent price.
I had to get a rush-​job done on a suit, and they were able to hem the jacket sleeves and pants overnight for $ 28 (is that a good price? I don’t get a lot of suits tailored).
They’re cash only, so remember to hit the ATM.