Sante Tailoring

I’ve only had great experiences with both dry cleaning and tailoring by Maria. She knows her stuff! I’ll admit I was a bit nervous to get some of my nice things altered since I’ve never gotten clothes tailored, but she far exceeded my expectations! She is incredibly patient and honest in what is possible. She will always be my go-​to for dry cleaning and tailoring in SD!

Amazing service, very caring process. Felt in great hands when I got some pants tailored there. They were able to do one day turnaround for me! I will be back, thank you!

Amazing! Her work is phenomenal and her willingness to accommodate your schedule is priceless. Speaking of price, her prices are extremely reasonable! I feel good knowing I’ve found an alterations person I trust who will go above and beyond to work with last minute emergencies.

Maria is my girl. She is super sweet lady who knows her trade very well and is always priced right. Parking is a pain and I’m sure I could find a more convenient and closer dry cleaner near my place but Sante Tailor has my loyalty. I read someones review about them not being satisfied with their dry cleaning results. Well like most dry cleaners, they third party their dry cleaning out which can be hard to ensure quality control (all of my dry cleaning has been to satisfaction with no issues) but Maria’s tailoring is on point. Highly recommend

Great job, super fast and a lot more reasonable than others in the area. Planning on bringing more items in this week.

I’ve been to a lot of tailoring shops in my time. Good, bad, pricey, rude, you name it. But this place tops them all. I tried this place out based on their Unilocal reviews — Thank God I did!
The Pros:
1– Sante Tailoring is very reasonably priced — for example, she only charge $ 2 to sew on buttons or $ 5 – 7 for hemming.
2– They are very nice people that work/​run Sante. It’s only Maria and her husband.
3– Excellent customer service — for example I didn’t like the length of my hem after it was altered and Maria offered to fix it free of charge 3 months after I picked up the pants.
4– Excellent work — their stitching looks exactly like original manufacturing stitching.
5– They offer very cheap dry cleaning services too! $ 1.75 to launder mens button up shirt
The Cons:
1– sometimes, it takes a few extra days to get the tougher alterations back — for example, shortening sleeves
Overall, this place is excellent. I highly recommend Sante.
Their location is off of 7^th street, but you have to go thru a building on 7^th street in order to get to Sante Tailoring, which sits at the end of the building. If you have problems, give Maria a call and she will navigate you.
Cheers!

Very friendly elderly couple that seems eager to please. I brought a white uniform here to be cleaned, unfortunately it wasn’t the best job I’ve ever had done. The price was only $ 5 so I guess you get what you pay for. I was told they do alterations as well; I might see how that goes before I completely rule them out.

Phenomenal alteration. She is so sweet and welcoming. Will definitely be going again!

Only been here once, but I can honestly say… this is the best tailor I have ever worked with. Amazing job. I am very petite, so i am constantly getting my clothes taken in. I had a dress and 3 skirts hemmed and taken in. They look like they were custom made this way. Incredible. Bravo Maria, bravo.
The only problem is parking… that can be a challenge… But so worth it. Prices are also very reasonable. And she finished my garments in a reasonable amount of time as well. Overall, great experience. I will be taking all of my clothes back to her.

I can’t say enough about Maria. She is hands down the best tailor I have ever been to. I live in DT so it is a plus for me but even if I didn’t, I would drive down there and deal with parking to get it done right, the first time. I came in on a Wednesday at 5pm for a last minute event on Friday. She accpeted the challenge and to my surprise, the pants were finished by 2pm the next day! Now don’t put her under that stress unless really needed, but it is so nice to know I can count on her.

Maria is not only an absolute sweetheart, but she is knowledgable in what she does. She takes the time to explain to you what she will be altering, and why. She takes the time to make sure that the alteration will properly fit you yet still be comfortable for you to wear. She has altered a few dresses of mine and has done a phenomenal job. I completely trust her with all my future tailoring jobs.

Maria is one of the best tailors Ive had the pleasure of working with. I am a stylist from Los Angeles and was in San Diego for Comic Con over the weekend with a couple of my clients. We only had time to do the fittings once we got to San Diego that weekend, so we needed some last minute tailoring. I found Maria on Unilocal and it literally saved us. She worked on three different pieces on a very tight schedule and didn’t leave until it was fully finished (she stayed late and came in early the next day). Everything was altered exactly correct which was so relieving after the awful experience I had the first morning in San Diego. We tried having something altered at the hotel we were staying at (just a simple hem) and not only did they do an awful job, they misplaced the dress for a good two hours. Maria was a blessing after this experience. She fixed the hem, and did the rest of the pieces for us. She was also so sweet and understanding the entire time. Usually tailors outside of Los Angeles don’t understand the sense of urgency of tailoring for events, and she was extremely empathetic and helpful. If you ever need a tailor in SD, don’t bother going anywhere else but here! She’s amazing in every way. I will be going back when I return with clients for Comic Con next year for sure. Thank you Maria!

Maria was very kind and her customer service was top notch, I wouldn’t have hesitated to leave my wedding gown in her care if only she worked on gowns!

I love this woman. Whenever I need to have something altered I come here. She knows exactly what to do and how to do it. She is a master in her craft. She is the Hattori Hanzo of tailoring. Parking is a pain sometimes.

Maria’s work is amazing! I have had her do all types of alterations from hemming jeans to completely refiguring dresses, jackets and suits and she never disappoints. I’m pretty picky and have her re-​work an entire dress to make it look tailored to me and it came out perfect, exactly as I’d hoped. Her little shop may surprise you (it’s tiny and hidden behind a yoga studio), but she works miracles in there. She’s also extremely sweet and will work with you if you need something done asap, which is always nice. Bring change for meters if you do not live within walking distance, as the location is downtown.

Maria does an amazing job with alterations and she is very affordable too! They also offer dry cleaning services. I have had jeans, dresses and suits altered here and have never been disappointed.

I came to Sante due to the high marks on Unilocal.Probably have taken 20 pieces to Maria since. She is very professional, talented and a perfectionist. I would trust her with jeans, dresses, suits… Everything.

I’ve never gotten dry cleaning done here, so I can’t vouch for that, but I have had tailoring services. Maria is sweet as pie and the service is inexpensive, so this place isn’t a total loss, but my experience was less-​than-​great. I’d lost about 20 lbs since since I’d bought my favorite dress 5 years ago, so I brought it to the shop to be taken in and to have the straps removed.
When I picked up the dress, the straps were still on. She remembered that I had asked for the straps to be removed, but had forgotten to actually do it. I waited while she removed the straps, and I tried the dress on. It was barely taken in. I had to be refitted (an extra 3.5 inches were taken out!), and was told to come by in a few days.
The next time I came in, the dress fit fine, but was told that– because the dress was taken in– I would have to put in a new closure for the zipper. Other tailors I’ve gone to have made any necessary adjustments and just called me about it to arrange a change in price accordingly; it was strange to have her know that it needed to be done and NOT do it (or notify me in advance). I told her I’d do it myself; I didn’t want to make another trip.
On top of that, I was charged more than what was initially agreed upon/​what was on my receipt. And with the gas/​parking/​hassle of downtown, their cheap rates and pleasant personalities seem rather insignificant.

Maria is such a sweetheart. Who would have thought that getting your drycleaning done could be such a great experience? Every time I drop clothes off, have something patched or altered, she welcomes me with a huge smile, and thanks me for coming to her, but always does an excellent job and charges far less than average.
This place is definitely a hidden little diamond in the rough.

…like a hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurant tucked away in the corner of a strip mall with a tiny little sign, Sante Tailoring is perfectly on the DL!
Theres a reason they only have 4 and 5 star reviews, take some gear there, experience for yaself! A friendly, affordable experience, along with top quality work. I need not go anywhere else, Sante… yea, this is the spot right here! Check em out today!