The Groom Shoes Repair and Polish

All I needed was a quick cheap heel repair. And I needed it quickly, because they were my favorite pair of shoes! Quickly meant… maximum a couple of days. It had been on my to-​do list for a few days and today was the day I was getting that done. So I left home earlier because I assumed most shops would be opened by 9 am, but all the small shops around the MRT in Wan Chai were closed… then I thought about The Groom, in United Centre, just by my office.
Their tagline reads as ‘Professional Quality — Express Workmanship’ and they live up to it.
My experience with them was great: not only they have very convenient opening hours (9 am to 9 pm), but they are extremely quick and affordable. I could pick up my pair of sandals a few hours later for as much as 50 HKD. And this is the standard: they would normally repair your shoes within the day. As I found out later, they also repair handbags, purses and belts and duplicate keys, and they sell all kinds of shoe care products and accessories.
They have a few outlets all around Hong Kong (around nine) but I have only been to their Wan Chai outlet: they are extremely efficient and their staff is friendly. They even polished my shoes, without me asking for it. Just note that you need to pay before they repair your shoes.