VIP Cleaners and Tailor

I used this cleaner when I lived nearby. They lost a batch of shirts once in two and a half years and compensated me for them. Otherwise my wash and fold laundry has always been clean and neatly folded and shirts have been clean, hung, and bagged as expected. I had them patch clothing a couple of times, and the results were satisfactory.
If I still lived here, I would continue to use them for the foreseeable future.

I am filing a civil suit and a police report for felony theft. Stay away from this place!!!
They are irresponsible, rude, and completely unconcerned with lost clothing. We are filing a police report today and filing in court on Monday for furs we purchased at over $ 30,000.
We placed three fur coats whose total purchase prices are in excess of $ 30,000 in storage with VIP last spring. One silver blue fox, one sheared mink and one Fendi mink.
We called two weeks ago to have the coats taken out of storage. They said they would be ready in one week.
Last week, we went to pick up the coats. Cesar at the front desk said the number on the claim check were not in his computer (!) We said «Are these your claim checks?» He said yes, but the numbers are not in the computer. He looked at us like he had answered our questions.
We were amazed. «Where are they?»
«I don’t know». Stares at us.
«Who does know?»
«Maybe my boss.»
«What is his name»
«Mr Han»
«Where is your Boss?»
«At the factory»
«What is his number?»
«I will call him. I will give him your number. I can’t do nothing»
That was a week ago. Since that time we have received no call and no communication. We have stopped by three times and each time Cesar is at the front desk. He is rude, unconcerned and flippant. He says he can or will not do anything but he will «ask Mr Han to call us».
Today I called him again and he said, again, that Mr Han would call me. I asked for Mr Han’s number. He refused to give it to me. Then he hung up on me.
I have tried to work with Cesar, Far from quality service, he is arrogantly rude, unresponsive and disrespectful. Mr Han, if he really exists, is an absentee manager. He has made no effort to contact us. I would expect some concern and embarrassment if they had only lost a shirt. The complete lack of responsibility and concern they are showing for a loss of this magnitude is staggering.
I will update this post when I hear from the invisible Mr Han, and as my police report and lawsuit progress.
In the meantime I suggest you stay away.

Ok, this place is AMAZING. My review is for tailoring specifically.
I bought a floor-​length dress for a black tie wedding that fit well, but needed to be hemmed and also taken up a bit in the shoulders — nothing major, but was still nervous about someone I didn’t know (I had never been to a tailor in NYC before) cutting into the dress. I tried on the dress, the tailor made suggestions and placed pins that seemed great and that would work — and she was very nice! — but, when she said the price to get it done would be $ 65, I was a little freaked out. $ 65 seemed like a lot when the dress was only $ 100. But, it needed to be done so I went with it.
Not only were the alterations completed within the given time frame (5 days!), they were AMAZING. This tailor did a fantastic job and I am thrilled. Literally seamless. The dress doesn’t even look altered, it looks like it was custom made — not an errant stitch or weird pulls or anything.
100% worth the money (which actually, I now know isn’t that much for a formal dress alteration!). I could not be happier with the results and will go to this tailor any time I need something altered. I highly, highly recommend them.

I ripped a leather jacket and was heartbroken, it has a lot of sentimental and monetary value and it looked like it was beyond repair. I was about to give it a mental memorial and move on when a friend, who picked up on my distress, recommended this tailor. I went for it thinking, it really couldn’t be worse. Imagine my relief when the tailor said that it could be patched up and revived. I was skeptical but went for it, a week later, I was floored. The rip was barely noticeable and was expertly mended, worth every penny. I will be recommending this place in the future for all leather or non leather tailoring needs.

i brought several pair of jeans here to be tailored, waist and lower leg. all ruined. waist were still too big and the legs were tapered to a female cut. and it was highly expensive. never again

I choose this place because the reviews were good, even though there were several other places closer to home. I left seven items for which the bill was nearly $ 100. They said it would take four days. I asked it if could be done sooner. He said yes, 2 days. When I came to pick up my items, I happened to look them over. They were still visibly dirty. When I pointed it out, he blamed the dirt on the quicker turnaround.
You should know that you can’t expect this dry cleaner to actually clean your clothes. For them, it is acceptable to pass them off as clean by being neatly folded/​hung under plastic… so they hope you don’t notice. Beware.

Was looking for a new dry cleaner and tailor in the area. They did a great job fixing a new dress that needed some taking in and cleaned some family scarves. Definitely recommend them.

Very good tailor, and fair. The tailor is very friendly and offers good advice when your clothing doesn’t fit right. For example, I thought some pants were too spacious in the thigh, but when I tried them on, she was able to spot that it was too spacious in the lower back. I appreciate her honesty. All of my clothes were perfect after tailoring, except one pair of pants. She tightened that pair again, free of charge. Also, everything was ready on time, and my pants were ironed and cleaned on top of being tailored. Great service.

I have never felt the need to write a review (good or bad) until now. I chose this dry cleaners as I recently moved to the area and saw it had such great reviews. However, I am extremely dissapointed in the quality of this dry cleaners. I received a silk blouse back in the same condition (or worse) as I had initially sent it.
They clearly did not even attempt to press the shirt. It was extremely wrinkled and clearly was not even looked at twice. Comical that I had to pay almost $ 8 for this supposed dry cleaning. I would go back in and complain to the dry cleaners but I do not even want to waste my time and energy. I won’t be going back there. I will post a picture to show the awful quality as soon as I can.

Very professional and responsible staff. They get the job done on time. Very reliable business. The lady (owner) could be a little friendlier and warmer, sometimes she gets snappy. Prices are very UWS. Apart from that, great place, I recommend it.

FINALLY! A dry cleaner with great service, super fast turn-​around & they even pick up/​drop off at your apartment if you live in the area (UWS). Best of all, THEY DON’T SHRINK MY CLOTHES! You wouldn’t think that’d be hard to find in this city but apparently it can be (and I spend way more than I should on clothes & am picky so yeah, really pleased). Haven’t used the tailoring service yet but suspect they’ll do a good job. VIP service, without the price tag. Amen.

I’ve been coming to this store for a couple years now and I’ve always received really good service and my clothes have always come back in great condition. The lady who runs the store is very professional and reliable. Would highly recommend using them!

I never thought I would be leaving a review for a dry cleaner, but this place deserves it! Anything that can be washed, dry cleaned or tailored I’ve brought here. From hemming pants, skirts, shirts and dresses to dry cleaning cashmere and throw rugs, we haven’t had a bad experience yet. Their seamstress is very skilled and gives expert advice on how to best tailor whatever you bring her. This is the only place we bring our laundry for fluff and fold service (pick up and delivery) and their quick turnaround cannot be beat.

At the beginning of the month I brought there 6 men’s shirts to be washed.
Only weeks later I opened the package of cleaned shirts and realized that I got back only 5 shirts.
I realize that it’s my fault for not checking any earlier but still went back to the dry cleaning to ask if they found any shirt. I was really polite but the woman at the desk (who never smiled at me once since I started bringing my business there) attacked me telling me I should have checked at the time of pick up.
Really??? .I was upset enough without any comments on her side!
She wasn’t helpful at all. It was even hard for her to check whether anybody had found my shirt.
Moral of the story: always check when you get back your clothes or you might end up loosing the nicer tailor made shirt ($ 250) you own…

I’ve never been to a cleaners I trust more. In the years I’ve been a customer they’ve never gotten anything wrong with my clothes, and honestly even the best places I’ve been to in the past messed up occasionally. I make the extra trek to give them my business. Great service and really dependable.

Love these folks. They not only do a great job on all of my stuff, but they are honest, friendly and even care enough to learn your name. There are other cleaners who might be a few blocks closer to where I live, but none can beat the service and prices of VIP Cleaners and Tailor. They have a loyal customer in me.