Everything was clearly explained up front, which was great. The alterations done were perfect.

The scout pants I liked are no longer produced, and the best I could find were some that were 3 sizes too big. I love the cargo pockets so I bought them anyway. I took them to Forest Tailoring to be altered because my husband had a good experience getting a suit altered here years ago. For $60, they did a fantastic job taking my measurements, seeing what I liked about how my previous pants fit, and altering the new ones to fit. I am delighted with the quality of service and reasonable prices. The first place I went to couldn't do this job, but I'm happy to find someplace that could. read more

Even though I ended up not getting my tailoring done here, I still had a very positive experience. They showed me what alterations needed to be done. I needed to have a leather motorcycle jacket altered since it was bit too big on me. The price was a little high for me, but they helped direct me to someone else who could maybe help me. They were very nice. read more

18 years ago they altered my wedding dress and I still use them today regular alterations. My husband and child use them for suits and pants too. Always an excellent experience and they've never ruined a piece of clothing. I drive over an hour to go to them because they are so reliable! read more

Friendly staff. I had a shirt tailored and a coat repaired. Both came out great. Work was done on time.

I can't say enough about Forest Tailoring! My daughter's cheer uniform was delayed by the company and when it finally arrived it was way too big. The first tailor we talked to couldn't make the alterations we needed, but Forest Tailoring said they could do everything we needed done. They basically took the entire garment apart and reconstructed it to fit her perfectly. And they got it all done within a matter of days. I'll never go to another tailor again. Ivan, Martha, and their team are the best! read more

Sign on door says work 100 % guaranteed. A dress I had shortened was longer on the right side. When I took it back to have it corrected, I was angrily told that it was not that different. But they did correct it. I've been coming here for three years. Now you have lost a customer and you will also no longer receive my extra hangers. So there. read more

terrible customer service and overpriced. Proceeded to drop off a few items and i couldn't even get my measurements done without some disrespect. they then provided a price that was absurd for such a menial task. fwiw, this is a consistent experience across the 2 years i've been using this tailors, unfortunately read more

This review is a little late, but I really wanted to take a moment to recognize the team at Forest Tailoring for their high-quality work, close attention to detail, and outstanding service. I had a wedding to attend and, of course, I waited until the last minute to get my dress. I called on a Thursday right before closing (I know, not ideal), and thankfully they were kind enough to take on the project. Not only was the price very fair, especially compared to another place that quoted me $170. They also had my dress ready by 1 p.m. on Saturday, the day of the wedding. I'm so grateful to the team for doing such an amazing job. You've definitely earned a loyal customer. Muchas gracias! read more

The measurements for a suit I ordered for an upcoming wedding was way off and my pants were too long. I dropped into forest tailoring without an appointment and they took measurements and I was in and out within minutes. They asked when I needed the pants and I told them I needed the pants in 2 weeks which they said that'll be plenty of time. I received a call 2 days later saying my pants were done. Hemming was $21. read more

Went to get measurements taken. They were very professional and did a good job. Price was quite reasonable too.

Friendly, straight-forward folks, polite and professional, good craftsmanship in their work - and right around the corner...GOOD.

Amazing service, the dress and quality was immaculate and priced fairly. Thank you for offering a great service and delivering what I wanted. read more

As an ex-Bonobos employee, I was constantly referring this place to my customers. Although I have never actually been here myself. Yesterday my husband and I came in for the first time. He needed a pair of pants hemmed, as well as some work done on a jacket for a wedding were attending in August. The process was super simple. He put everything on they measured them out asked us if we liked what we see and then got to work. The staff are so friendly and helpful especially because it was our first time and we didn't really know what we were doing. The parking is super conveniently located right outside. Our pick up time is literally in a week which I think is pretty quick. We are so excited to see how everything turns out but based on everything we've heard, we expect nothing less than perfection and plan to become a regular customer here. read more

My father-in-law and I were recommended Forest Tailoring by Bonobos when we bought our suits. It is just across from Valley Fair is a small strip mall. It is not the most aesthetically pleasing place. We went separately, and both had imperfect experiences, his worse than mine. He and my mother-in-law had to tell their tailor what needed to be done both to his suit and to the pants she brought. Upon pickup, his suit was still wrinkled, and her pants only had one side done. So they got to make another trip. I had a better start, my guy did a great job sizing my suit. Also, because of my in-laws experience I asked ahead of time for them to steam my suit. Upon my arrival they couldn't find my suit for about 20 minutes. When they did, it still wasn't steamed (but the work was all good). Overall, it just isn't a well run business and I wouldn't return. read more

Buyer beware!!! This placed charged my son $220 to shorten his suit jacket from the top. I called 3 other alteration shop and they each said $95 for the same service. I called the owner back and asked why he was charging double and he said " it's my shop!" WOW!! Never going back there again read more

A mother of a bride recommended this place to me. So happy I brought my bridesmaids dress here, they were very kind and did an amazing job! My dress came out perfect and they only took about a week! read more

They did a great job on tailoring a new suit jacket. Very satisfied with work Reasonable charge for the tailoring service read more

I bought a dress pretty last minute and only had 4 days to get the length shortened before I had to fly out of town for a wedding. I called a bunch of tailors who all told me it was impossible to get it done within such a short time frame. Forest Tailoring to the rescue! They told me they'd be able to get it done within 4 days, so I brought my dress in. There were a few changing rooms for me to put on the dress so they they could measure how much they needed to cut off. They were so quick with the measurements and seemed quite experienced. The only part I was kind of surprised by was how expensive it was. It ended up being around $75-80 just to get the bottom of my dress shortened. The dress itself was $70 so I paid more to get it tailored, which didn't sit well even though I know that was a reasonable price for a dress alteration. I paid when I picked up the dress and got a slight discount for paying in cash. read more

We were recommended to go to this place by Boss; left the suit coat there for making the sleeves shorter and we were supposed to pick it up 2 days later; Once we got there to pick up the coat, it wasn't ready and they did the change within 5 minutes! We just noticed the sleeves are not even, the buttons are rearranged and we are traveling tomorrow and can't take it back to make them fix it :( read more

I cannot believe I paid over $50 for this. I should have left it there and refused to pay- I genuinely feel stupid for paying for it. It was brand new but too tight when I brought it in for alterations. I got it back worse fitting and a ton of beads are gone. I specifically said when I dropped it off if they could take out the seams without messing up the beading. The sides are different heights and look at all the weird baggy extra fabric in the armpits. It was not like that when I dropped it off! I get my clothes altered all the time and have never seen such a bad job. read more

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I have been going to Forest Tailor for years and I love them. I love the way they fix my clothes. I wouldn't go anywhere else. I hope they never close down. read more

I love this place! They're always friendly and quick. I've never been disappointed with an alteration. I recently went in for a quick turnaround on a dress and they were able to meet my needs for a timeline. I've gone to them a number of times over the years and came from the east bay for this most recent alteration. Very trustworthy and detailed. You won't regret going here. read more

Fabulous Tailoring! Precise, On Tine and many times Early! I always tip them more when I get the tailoring early! They deserve it! All the employees are ver friendly and sweet. I highly recommend Forest Tailoring. read more

My teenage daughter had a horrible experience and a mental breakdown afterward. She went there by herself trying to get her school event party dress altered. After measuring, the tailor took advantage and touched her. She felt offended and ashamed of not fighting back on the scene since she wasn't sure how to handle this situation. This is absolutely not tolerable perverted behavior and should be condemned. Be aware, don't let your young daughter go to that store. read more

Was also recommended through Bonobos and had a solid experience, and have been coming back for all my tailoring needs since. Hemming, tapers, etc. all done relatively quickly and professionally. read more

Much like another poster on here, I purchased a new suit at Bonobos, and they suggested Forest Tailoring. Unfortunately for me, I made the mistake of believing them. I'll be contacting Bonobos separately to let them know of my experience, they really shouldn't be sending customers to this place. I initially worked with Eduardo, who marked the suit for the alterations. When it came to pay, he just had a list of numbers written on the receipt, and it was almost impossible to get a description of the specific changes - he could have just been adding random numbers, and making me pay them. But I figure this place is suggested by Bonobos, so they probably know what they are doing. Boy was I wrong. I told them when I'd need the suit, which was a few days prior to the event. After the alterations were made, there were some obvious issues! The collar was not even, resulting in a huge, obvious 1-inch gap on one side between my neck and the collar. I pointed this out to Eduardo, and he acted like he couldn't even see it. Like I was making stuff up. He then brushed the suit and said it would go away, which it obviously didn't. The back of the suit collar was also much shorter than usual, so my dress shirt collar was sticking far above this. Again, he said this was nothing, and it looked fine (if you haven't picked up on this yet, Eduardo blanket response is to either (1) never see an issue with their work, or (2) blindly insist it will be fine. His customer service is terrible, and I have no idea why he is employed there). At first he said this is just what happens when you tailor the suit, which he never told me about. He later changed his tune and said it would be another 1-2 weeks to fix and really didn't seem to care, which was not acceptable - I needed this in the next 2 days for an event. I also noticed that the suit and the dress shirt I gave them each had multiple red spots on them - per usual, Eduardo couldn't see this, and didn't care at all. How this happened, I have no idea- both were brand new, and not on them when I dropped them off. This is a brand new suit, and they really screwed it up. Around this time, Ivan came out from the back of the store and tried to help. He took over from Eduardo and said that he'd be able to fix the errors that they made- the collar gap, and the fact that they messed up the back of the collar by making it too short. He would work on it and asked me to come back in about 2 hours. But alas, Eduardo strikes again! One the way out, he asked to see my ticket. He then added another $55 charge TO FIX THE COLLAR THAT FOREST TAILORING SCREWED UP!!! It's their fault that they didn't do the work properly, and they want me to pay for it? Ridiculous. Unacceptable. So after 2 hrs, I had to drive back, and wait for the remaining work to be done. I also had to wait another hour or so for Ivan to get the red spots out of the shirt and suit. I was pissed about the quality of work and customer service, so Ivan gave me a discount. He also said he would get the suit dry cleaned after my event. When I came back, he dry cleaned the suit, but refused to dry clean the shirt- even though his company had gotten spots on that as well. That's pretty poor. Overall, this experience was awful, especially since this was on a brand new ($$$) suit from Bononbos. No one likes to hand over a brand new item to someone else and have them repeatedly screw it up, then try and charge you extra for that. That's what Forest Tailoring did. And I don't know why they keep Eduardo there- he clearly doesn't care about their work or the customers, always charges you extra, and instantaneously becomes blind when customers point out obvious issues with tailoring done by Forest Tailoring. I'm only giving them 2-stars (as opposed to 1) for the extra work that Ivan did- but it honestly shouldn't have come to that. I will not be bringing another item to Forest Tailoring again. read more

I would give 0 stars if possible. Extremely overpriced and poor service. Avoid at all costs.

I brought a king-size mattress cover to Forest Tailoring to repair a broken zipper. They were able to setup a special appointment for me, and Ivan personally fixed it in about 10 minutes, charging a very fair price. Not only did he get the job done quickly and efficiently, but he walked me through the process and explained some alternatives for future treatment, showing professionalism and commitment to quality of work. I will definitely come back to Forest Tailoring for future tailoring! read more

I use this tailor for my work, and they're absolutely fantastic!! A quiet and cute little shop with very big mom'n'pop vibes. The staff is very friendly, and greeted me right away! Fast measurements for hem, and were willing to work within my schedule. read more

Affordable, reliable, and fantastic work. I had a suit that was about 3 sizes too big and they did a great job bringing it together.

Came here to have my zipper for the sofa cushion cover fixed and Ivan fixed it in 10 minutes. He was very friendly and helpful. Pricing was very reasonable and I'll be bringing all my tailoring/ alteration needs here. :) read more

so they did a good job, but they are way over priced. I needed it done quickly and they did comply

My current go to tailor. Incredibly nice and quick. Went in to get pants hemmed and walked out 15mins later with my pants. $17 for pants... a bargain read more

Cute overalls had the zipper replaced was getting stuck halfway got new zipper for $25 reasonable price nice lady kept the receipt for next time I need something else done great work. Was ready early. read more

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Walked into this shop with a totally botched and hopeless case of a pair of suit trousers. The first thing impressed me was the guy (hate to say I don't know his name -- will fix it next time I come, but they are a family running this business, so no mistake there) confirmed there's no fixing it conventionally as the people working on it before were butchers, not tailors. I respect honesty and I know one when I see one. Then the owner offers an unconventional (at least, to me and I'm a 61 yo dude, who's been wearing suits all my life) solution, so I'm, like, okay, there's no way to screw it up any worse than it already is, let him have his way with it. On top of that, the guy promises I'm gonna like it -- I'm a sales guy, I like promises. Guess what? I pick it up with a deep resolve I need to buy another pair (and I'm fine with it, things happen, life is life), but I wanna see what they've done with it. Long story short -- not buying another pair of these trousers, the guy is a genius, he's an Einstein of tailoring! LOL I'm happy and I recommend this business with all my heart! A Disclaimer -- they are not my friends (not until now, anyways), not my family, not someone I knew, no relation whatsoever, just a great business and I'm happy I stumbled upon them. That's all, folks! read more

Brought in 5 pieces for tailoring, brought in my own fabric which was 3 yards, pants to hem, zipper replacement, dry cleaning but: * they gave me an estimate of $150 for everything but when I went to pick it up , they charged me over double that! * they also said they would return the leftover fabric that I brought in but they said they had used up all of my fabric! * I believe they took serious advantage of me because I mentioned that I was from out of town and needed these for a conference in two weeks so they had more than plenty of time so I was told I don't need to pay extra for a rush service. read more

Ivan is AMAZING. I am still searching for a tailor as good as Ivan. Being short requires a lot of tailoring. (clothes-wise that is) He and his team are the master of ensuring your pants are not too short or tall and will even ponder if you'd be wearing the pants with heels or not and then on top of it all will expertly deliver an original hem that truly decieves people to thinking you get pants custom made to you. I only wish I didn't live an hour away now. read more

9/23 UPDATE! So, the Sweetie and I came in here yesterday to get some premium denim repaired and altered. Four of them needed patches and two of them needed to be hemmed, one being the Sweetie's Rock and Republics that she requested to have done within an hour since they offer that service here. All the damages weren't a problem for them, and they even told us how some of them were going to be done so that it would retain it's authenticity, nice touch. All the while discussing prices, we were initially suppose to pay $60 for six pairs but he lowered it to $40!!! WOW. And if that's not enough for a 5 star review, at the end of our conversation he handed back my Sweetie's Rock and Republic jeans, done and altered to perfection. 1 Hour Hemming turned into 10 minute hemming. Amazing Forest, amazing. read more

Quick and great service! I needed 4 pairs of scrub pants hemmed for my LVN class by Monday. I brought the pants in around 6:00PM on Friday, and I asked them how long it would take to hem them. The man told me that they could have them ready by Monday. I told him that I needed at least one pair by Saturday (so I could wear it on Monday) and I could pick up the rest on Monday. He said okay and told me I could change in one of their fitting rooms. There are 3 fitting rooms total, but the middle one seems to be full of storage, so there were actually 2 functional ones. The place is small, but the employees made you feel very welcomed and at home. There is a mirror with a pedestal for you to stand on so they can take your measurements and pin your clothes. But, there really is no privacy when you're on the pedestal, as anyone in the room can see you. The man who pinned my pants was very efficient and nice. When I went to go pay, he said that all four were going to be ready for pickup on the next day (Sat)! It came out to $10/pant, and with the turnaround time frame I was very pleased. I went around 12PM to pick up my pants on Saturday and there were about four people ahead of me in line picking up their clothes and another 2 people getting fitted. Since the place is kind of small, it felt a little crowded, but the line moved fairly quickly. I had forgotten my receipt, but the man remembered me, so there was no problem there :] My pants were not ready for pick-up, but they told me that it would be just about 10 minutes more. There are 2 adult chairs and one green "child-sized" chair. Haha, I thought that was kind of cute. There were a few magazines, but most of them were in Spanish with titles like "Poder". There was also a water dispenser and a fan and A/C on for our convenience :] A few minutes later, the man told me my pants were ready and I almost couldn't tell that they had hemmed my pants! I tried on my pants at home and they fit perfectly. They had hemmed my pants and matched the thread coloring perfectly, so much in fact that my pants looked like I had purchased them like that. Overall, I am very pleased with the service at Forest Tailoring. They accept credit/debit cards with purchases over $10. The pricing is right, they have incredibly fast service, and the employees are really nice. Clothing that is tailored to your height and body will make you feel so much more confident in your work and life. I will certainly be back :] read more