Sergio is a magician! I bought a suit online and they sent me the wrong size and they wouldn't exchange it. I took the suit that looked more like curtains into Sergio and he made it into a sleek sharp fitting suit. Since the first first suit I've had 3 properly fitted by him and I've never looked better. And Sergio is a chill easy to work with gent that if quit fair in price and has GREAT customer service. Thanks Sergio! read more

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Excellent tailor. Had the waist altered on two suit pants. Less than $20 each and promptly ready in a few days. Easy street parking. Sergio is friendly and does great work. read more

I would not recommend this place for fluff and fold at all. I recently used this shop for their fluff n fold service, which they advertised on their website. So many things went wrong. First of all, unlike their website says, the laundry was not done on premises, it was sent out, which is fine, just be up front about it. We dropped our laundry off at 11 am on a Saturday and unlike the website said, they do not offer same day service. Sergio told us it would be ready at 9 am on Monday. 9:30 am Monday: we show up to get our laundry and Sergio informs us it's not ready, apologizes, and says it will be ready at noon. 12:30 pm: Sergio get's on the phone and then comes back and says it's not ready, can we come back later. (So it wasn't ready at 9 like he said, and then it wasn't ready at noon like he said, so now he's asking us to make 3 trips to pick up our laundry.) When we finally do pick it up, I kindly ask if there would be any discount since our laundry was not ready when he guaranteed it would be, and he said no, he couldn't do that, but did offer a coupon on our next dry cleaning. He also dry cleaned stuff we didn't ask him to and then tried to charge us for it. I asked for two items to be washed an hung so it wouldn't shrink in the dryer and one shirt washed and pressed. Instead he dry cleaned it and then wanted to charge us for dry cleaning. The one shirt that was pressed still had wrinkles in it. Lastly, as much as I appreciate organization (and it WAS organized) they got a little too focused on the unimportant details (like wrapping one wash cloth in its own paper and labeling it separately). Whoever washed this stuff spent four hours packaging and labeling every single item. We literally had one wash cloth packaged in a brown paper wrapper enclosed with masking tape and labeled "towel". That was pretty funny read more

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Sergio is awesome and made me look fabulous. I was being photographed for The New York Times Style section and heard he was very good and brought him the purple gown skirt I wear in the link just below. It was two sizes too big on me and fit poorly in a few areas and he tailored it to fit perfectly. Plus he's a sweetheart of a guy. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/fashion/amy-alkons-crusade-against-rudeness.html?ref=fashion&_r=1 He's now working his way through the rest of my wardrobe! I'm a happy customer! read more

Great job on my daughter's prom dress...it was finished earlier than promised and looked fabulous!

Great, great, great! Solid workmanship, expert tailoring and honest and appropriate advice for my suits, sports coat and trousers. Will go nowhere else! read more

Sergio is the bomb! I had a bridesmaid's dress that was too big in the bust but at the same time wouldn't zip up at the waist. I also only had one week until the wedding. Sergio did his magic and made my dress fit perfectly! He hemmed the bottom of the dress and used the same material to add a small section to the back of the dress so it would fit. He also reduced the bust area from the front, and not the side like other tailors would. At the end of the week, the dress looked perfect and it only took 3-4 days for him to fix it! Sergio's work was high end and beautiful! Prepare to go in for 2 fittings, and if at the end of the fitting he believes something else is still missing, he will still fix it until it all fits perfectly! For those of you who need a dress fitted, I recommend him! read more

Sergio did an amazing job altering my gown and making it Oscar ready. Quick and quality work. read more

Five Star Tailor Shop - Sergio working hard finishing my Oscar gown. Great service perfect results in timely manner - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - Venice, California

Don't waste your time here, find a good tailor who actually cares about their work. Dropped off 2 shirts to get the sleeves rolled and stitched and when I came on the set date to pick them up he had forgotten to do them. I came back and he didn't do them AGAIN. 3rd time I came back he finally remembered but it was a crappy job so he offered to fix it (which was nice). I wasn't coming back a 4th time so I took it somewhere else and had to pay to get it done right. This is not the place to go if you when you need something done right or on time. read more

Sergio is a master. What the 'Jean Doctors' charge $100 + for in WeHo, he does better for a fraction of the price. A kind and extremely talented man to work on high-end clothes. read more

If I could give Zero stars I would. A few months back I brought in a long sleeve cycling jersey. I wanted the sleeves cut off. Everything looked fine. I wore the jersey once this week and then washed it. All the stitches fell out. So today I go to the shop and show him the jersey and his first response was "I'm not fixing that for free". Honestly, I wasn't even asking for that, but he got offensive and abrasive. I was appalled by not only the horrible quality of the work, but his attitude. There are plenty of tailors in the area and I will be using a different one, along with the rest of my family and friends in Venice. Avoid this place. read more

Absolutely loved Sergio. I took in my designer jeans and he promised to have them repaired by the following day. His work was flawless and completed on time, as promised. I was very happy with the results and my experience with Sergio as well. I will go back as needed in the future. Bravo, Five Star Tailor. read more

Sergio is amazing!! I took my work jacket in to get altered and he did a great job! And then I messed up the length request and he was able to fix it and add 2 inches back to the jacket!! Sergio really is a master tailor and the price was so right!! take all your tailoring needs there! read more

I will NEVER go back here again!! Sergio is unprofessional, aggressive and unhinged. When we politely asked him again why he charged $36 to make one cut on my curtain he told us to F@CK OFF. He then refused to give us the remainder of our curtains until we insisted that he would then be stealing. When I asked him not to swear in front of my small kids he screamed at me to Get the F@CK OFF his property. He continued to speak aggressively towards us and swearing. We immediately left. He was also incredibly rude to my wife when she had enquired earlier about the status of our curtains and called her "you people". He was smug, rude and a very poor tailor. I always try to support local businesses but I will never go back there. I would strongly suggest that if you value good customer experience and service, that you avoid this business. We wrote an email to Leonardo the owner and he did not acknowledge the swearing and Sergio's foul temper but said he had reviewed the video and audio of the event. So be ware that the shop seems to be wired and they are recording everything you say. When we replied to Leonardo we got an auto reply saying his email address is no longer active. read more

Love this shop! Sergio is one of those all around, friendly, good peoples who you instantly feel comfortable with and listens to any tailoring needs or concerns you have. He will take the time to work with you and answer any questions. A rare find. He also has friendly tips and knows his stuff (fashion). My orders have always been ready when I go to pick them up and everything has always turned out nicely as if I had bought it that way. And all this, to me, is 5 stars, or as yelp says "Woohoo! As good as it gets!" read more

Sergio is one of the best tailors around! Thank you yelp community for suggesting this place.

Sergio is awesome! He takes a lot of pride in his work and does an amazing job. Its more than affordable, and you are in and out in no time. I will never go anywhere else. Thank you Sergio!!! read more

I have listed my rating as a one as zero was not an available option. While the owner and main tailor Sergio puts on a nice smiling face there are deep issues with his work and lack of moral integrity and does not stand by the work he produces. His shop is fine if you need a pair of jeans hemmed or a button sewn somewhere but NEVER NEVER NEVER trust him with an expensive garment to have true tailoring performed on a high level. After having a few pair of $200 pants shortened, I had trusted him with the jacket to a suit costing $3,500. At first he had taken in the shoulders which were 18.75" and charged me for that but to complete the job he never took in the chest and charged additional afterwards. The total job came to $250. I knew something was wrong as the jacket felt strange and when I took it to my tailor who does high end work he asked me "what happened to this jacket"? After returning to Sergio he asked to speak to the other tailor and proceeded to be abusive and defensive about his work as the window pane design did not match up properly and challenged me to bring in a jacket that did while offering to refund my money. When I brought him the a jacket to one of my suits that did his unprofessional ism showed..But that's not the worst of it. Prior to performing the work he started pinning the jacket without taking measurements. As a self-proclaimed "master tailor" I trusted what he was doing. When I asked him to measure my shoulder and chest the size of my shoulders is 18" and my chest is 42.5". He has ruined a VERY expensive jacket that was couture Zegna that was a super 150's suit. When I had him measure the jacket after his work, that 18.75" (which I needed it to be 18") is now 17" and the chest went from 42.5" to 41.5" both of which are too tight and not my size. Any GOOD tailor takes measurements before performing work on an item. He failed to do so and then reneged on his offer to refund my money. Not only am I out the $250 but I have a jacket that is only good for the Salvation Army. Absolutely the worse experience I have ever had with a tailor and his reckless behavior, unprofessional attitude and not being a man of his word I will continue with my regular tailor who is truly a master tailor and is about as well known as Richard Lim (Google him). STAY FAR FAR AWAY UNLESS YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR ITEMS. IT DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS! And Sergio, since you are reading this, you are not the tailor you think you are and should pay for what you have ruined beyond repair. (I certainly agree to Meg B's rating of this butcher shop). Any 5 star review must have been written by his friends and/or family). Bring on your videos and false allegations. I'm sure you have pictures of everyone and information when, when and how much they paid for an item. You are not use to working with high end fabrics and therefore have no idea what to do and he failed. Any tailor worth going to will measure you then the garment and then discuss it. Not make a jacket a full inch smaller and say it's fine. As far as your comments Sergio about "BUSINESSES BEWARE", since you have this technology that the CIA doesn't have you will see that this is the one and only review I have left for anyone on this website. That alone should say enough. Businesses welcome my business and I should have known better after the first time I walked into a store that looked like a mess. The pictures on this site on this store is false. Go in and look around read more

Sergio is very personable and friendly. He also thinks outside the box and is willing to alter things in a way which is more cost / time effective. read more

I had a relatively small job (i.e. shorten and hem shorts) that I've had done before at other local tailors and have had acceptable results. However, this time I wanted better results that were still done at a reasonable price. I reviewed approximately seven different tailors on Yelp. I discovered that Five Star Tailor Shop had excellent reviews and when I called in, "Sergio" was polite and helpful. I dropped off four pairs of shorts on Tuesday and they were ready by Wednesday. The work was top notch and was completed with a meticulous finish and was much better than what I've previously received with other tailors. Their prices were fair and a great value with one of the coupons that they provided. I will be back and I'm hoping that Sergio will continue to be my go-to tailor for any future alterations. And again, he's a really nice guy. read more

Sergio is one of the best tailors I've ever visited. I've been going to him since 2009 before he opened up his own shop. I was referred to him through a friend and now almost my entire group of friends on the west side (guys and girls) go to him. This is the first review I've ever written but he's worth it. I've had multiple suits (Theory, John Varvatos, etc) tailored by him. He's taken in the jacket, shortened the sleeves, tapered the sleeves, tapered pants, the whole 9 yards. What I love about Sergio is his impeccable attention detail. He's spent so much time with me (because of my pickiness) trying to figure out how to best please me. If I don't like the way something fits afterward (again because of my indecision) he's always happy to take it in a little more or let it out a bit free of charge so that I'm happy. AND he always does it with a smile! Super friendly! I've also taken handful pairs of jeans to him (Seven, Joes, etc) and he tapers perfectly and does one of the best original hems (not that shady lazy work some tailors do by just sewing it in on the inside). It's gotten to the point where Ive take old jeans to him to fit better and they come out like new. I've also taken other peoples work for him to redo. Sergio's prices are fair. The westside is always a little more pricey than other areas in LA (eg the valley, dtla) but I've shopped around to well reviewed tailors (in Brentwood, valley, dtla) and for the quality of work, service, and prices Sergio just can't be beat. And if you become a regular he always tries to make you even happier ;) ! I travel across town to see him!! read more

Sergio is super friendly and easy to work with. More importantly, he is very talented at what he does. Highly recommend.

Sergio is the best. Great work, good price, fast, and nice! I went to his store several times, I've always been satisfied with his work. read more

I cannot believe the lack of service here. I have gone twice and both times, I was severely disappointed. I dropped off a jacket to be sewn and cleaned and when I came back to pick it up at the appointed time, they had only sewn it and forgot to clean it. Okay, not enough to stop me from coming back but on the second time I dropped off a dress and asked that it be rushed as much as possible. I dropped it off Saturday and they said it would be ready Tuesday afternoon. I should have known but when I came by on Tuesday evening (around 6 PM) it was not ready. So they said they would drop it off at my house that evening once they cleaned it. Great, but no one comes by. The next day (Wednesday), I called to follow up and they had forgot about it. Literally said, Oh, I forgot. I've never really experienced the ball being completely dropped twice in a row on the main service a place provides (dry cleaning). PS I find it a little expensive too. $12 for a dress and $30 for sewing one tear in the lining and dry cleaning a jacket. Ugh, I am so frustrated that I've made three separate trips to this place and only once was I able to pick up what I needed. What a waste of time. read more

I read great Yelp reviews about Sergio, so I decided to come here. He was very friendly and everything, but I thought it was too pricy for the amount of work done (hemming jeans.) Upon picking up and paying for my order, I asked to use a 20% off new customer coupon that was posted on their website, but was informed that since I didn't mention it when I first came in to drop the jeans off, I couldn't use it. That said, I appreciate the work done, but I am hesitant to return here for other tailoring needs because I don't feel like being (over)charged. read more

Sergio is best at his work, very professional, fast and friendly, what else would you want you know!

Wish I could put a zero too. An establishment with zero integrity and zero business skills. Sergio lost clothes I had drycleaned (value of 250+) charged me 120 for his "services" and refused to take responsibility or admit anything was missing (which was obvious from the original receipt he gave me ALSO which he admitted to changing AND reprinting when I came in to get the clothes! Unbelievable. Stay away and if you do go, save your original invoice and count your clothes (maybe even take pictures). read more

Sergio is very helpful, patient, and does great work. I am very picky about the way my clothes fit and Sergio took his time in the fitting to make sure we had it perfect. read more

Best Tailor in town! He's cool, patient and understands what you want and gets the job done!

I've been coming to Sergio for many years now! And I'm short and stocky nothing ever fits right. But when i bring the clothing to Sergio he seriously make them look great on me! Thank you read more

Soooo.... Last year, for my birthday, my Pop gave me my Grandfather's Pea coat from his time in the Navy during World War II... This coat is a BEAUTIFUL piece. Very old school and I'm the 3rd generation of men in my family to have the honor of wearing it. However, it did not fit me right at all... Too big and boxy, slightly too long... I had a little under a week before I was headed to NYC for the holidays this past year... I looked all over the westside for a decent tailor at a manageable price... Let me tell you, they are RARE... I asked my Pop, and he got a recommendation from my step brother... This led me to Sergio... I was greeted with the warmest welcome. He jumped at the challenge of getting my coat in tip top shape with such limited time... He had me in and told me exactly how he was going to fix it up, I left it with him and he said to come back on that Saturday just to make sure it was all good... And boy, when I put that coat on Saturday... WOOOOO... I felt slicker than a thousand cans of spilled oil. He had me looking RIGHT... Now, he is the most reasonably priced tailor I found, but I'm a struggling actor, and sometimes the cash flow just ain't there. I let him know my situation, and he even tweaked the price for me a little because he liked me and liked working on the coat... Now THAT is a man who takes pride in his work, and his love will show on any piece you bring him... Need an adjustment? Do yourself a favor and go see Sergio at 5 Star Tailor. You'll never have to look any further again! Thanks Serg! W read more

Sergio is the absolute best. Very professional. Great work and always on time. Best of all he found a diamond ring that my mother had lost and was honest and caring enough to call us right away and return it. It was a priced family heirloom from my grandmother and my mom had misplaced it and didn't know where it was. Sergio found it in a pillowcase we brought in. We are super pleased with his work and professionalism!!! read more

Really lovely service and excellent tailoring job. They turned 2 pairs of work pants from baggy Mom pants to nice fitting, slim, and elegant fit. Also tailored them twice (second time free) when the first round came out slightly too tight. Thanks guys! read more

Thank you so much Sergio for making my birthday wardrobe fit perfectly! I will be back! And am bragging to all of my friends how great and swift of a tailor you are!!!! Thank again! read more

I drove around Venice, visited a couple tailors and asked if they could repair a ruined hem on a pair of jeans.  I simply wanted the quality to match the original.  None could promise me this.  Walked in here and Sergio said, yes I can definitely do that.  I appreciate when someone proclaims confidence in their ability.  When I picked it up, not only was it good as new, but he took extra yarn from the jeans and used it for the hem.  So the color didn't just match, it came from the jean itself.  Awesome work, will definitely come back. read more

This shop is amazing. The customer service was wonderful and the tailor that adjusted my daughters dress did a wonderful job!

Sergio is great! I've been going to him since before he opened up his own shop. I've had him tailor everything from jeans to suits, even my wedding dress, all with excellent results. He's also quite friendly! His prices are competitive, his work is impeccable, and his turnaround is fast. read more

Sergio has saved the day numerous times with my alterations! I can always count on Five Star Tailor Shop for excellent work, fair prices, and kind employees. Truly, it's a joy to walk in knowing it's a friendly shop that does great work! read more

Sergio is amazing! He really takes care of his clients and does a fantastic job. His prices are really decent and he can do anything you want. I loved my original hem he did. A huge plus is that he accepts credit cards! Parking is super easy-you can use the Rite Aid lot. I highly recommend Sergio!! read more

Sergio is a very unprofessional and sloppy tailor. I brought several sport coats and pants to his shop several weeks ago. Not only did he delay the pickup date twice so far, the finished product showed very little attention to detail and very poor taste. You shouldn't go here if you need major work done on anything expensive. The guy just doesn't have the skill to cut it. There are several other tailors in the area who are less expensive, do a faster job, and produce a better product. read more