Fascinating store; I recently visited for the first time as my mother wanted fabric for some new projects. I felt like I walked into 1983; this was clearly an old clothing store at some point and has transitioned to fabrics. It's so colorful and cozy inside with carpet and fabrics all over. They also have an area of sewing machines, there were people working on projects including digital embroidery. Prices are good and charged by the yard. I loved the selection of popular scifi patterns like Star Wars. I docked one star for the odd/rude service we got, at least we could laugh about it later. Their signage and line organization makes zero sense, but you better believe ever customer present got yelled at for not following the signs. Despite this, it's a fun place to buy fabric. read more

they have decent fabric selection here, that's way overpriced. but what really made me decide to write this review is the atrocious customer service. i don't like to leave neg reviews esp for a small local business but honestly i don't know how it's acceptable for the workers to behave that way and treat people so rudely. i guess unless if they own it. i have just never felt so unwelcomed in a place before. read more

They always have a great and huge selection and the ladies are very helpful! My usual go to spot for beautiful fabrics!! Mahalo!!

The workers should have better customer service and when speaking to the customer, don't answer so rudely. Also they don't have a good inventory of sewing notions. I would never go the again!! read more

I called before going to the store and was told they had the item I wanted; when I got there, I was told they didn't have it in stock. I think it was probably miscommunication. read more

As you walk into the store, you can see the large selection of fabrics: cottons, knits, Hawaiian, Japanese, solids, and prints. You will find sewing/embroidery thread, sewing/quilting notions, sewing/quilting patterns, ribbon, stabilizer, buttons, bias tape, remnants, fat quarters/bundles, jelly rolls, sewing/embroidery machines(Janome, Juki, & Baby Lock). Staff was kind, helpful, and informative; excitedly making suggestions about fabrics & embroidery classes. I highly suggest calling ahead of time to see if there are any deals - I was able to take advantage of a deal for 30% on certain fabrics(1 yard minimum). Prices for the fabrics were a little pricier, ranging between $9-17. Do note they have a sales table of discounted fabrics. read more

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I avoid this place. They've been rude for as long as I can remember - at least 25 years ago when I was a kid learning to sew I remember these snobby workers ridiculing my pattern or fabric purchases. I needed something and was in the area so decided to give it a chance. I walked in, no one greeted me. Couldn't actually even tell who was working there. I stood at the counter. One woman who looked like a worker walked out the back. I thought the other was coming to help. I was wrong. Finally I went over to her and asked for help. She looked at me like she was confused and said the other woman would help me... there was no other woman!! I waited for a few minutes then left. Never going back again read more

I've been a customer of KDG for decades. KDG has a great selection of fabric, especially the 100% cotton fabric. Prices on some may be slightly higher than elsewhere but the quality is noticeably better. And, I've always had excellent service, helpful suggestions and advice. read more

Good selection but they do need to update their website. Since they showed a selection of hello kitty fabric but there was none. Service was great and staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. Fabric selection was great read more

My 12 yr old son had been working on a school project for a few months. We came into the store multiple times to purchase his choice of fabrics and thread. Everyone who assisted him was friendly, attentive, and interested in how his sewing of the pillowcases was going. He was very comfortable each time we visited the store and found everything he needed there. Kaimuki Dry Goods is definitely our go-to store for all our sewing needs on the island! read more

Kaimuki Dry Goods - Fabric Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Right now they are open from 12-4pm and are closed Sunday's. They only let in 10 people at a time so you will probably have to take a number and wait to be called in. Mind you, at 4pm they let everyone in who is still waiting outside! At the same time! So there was a flood of people (hard to social distance) but the staff did as much as they could to keep it under control. They are all really nice people! Anyways. They have a pretty big and unique fabric selection. I was able to buy super cute fabric for masks and a lot of prints for the back side of my masks to match the front prints I had. I seen so many customers asking the staff, where's this? Where's that? If they just took the time to look around they could easily find it themselves. It's obvious the workers are all super busy cutting fabric and ringing people up...so some self help would be nice. Tip: look behind the cutting tables for some of the best fabric! They don't have time to put all the bolts away after each customer, so good prints get stacked up until they go back. I found a few good hidden ones there :) I went twice to fill my masks making needs lol. read more

Kaimuki Dry Goods - Masks I make w/their fabric. They are for sale on my Etsy shop, link is in my profile if you want some! :) - Fabric Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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04/05/20 Kaimuki dry good is closed on Sunday. Please be nice. Don't call. Phone goes to voicemail. These ladies are working their butt off without breaks. 04/02/20 At this extremely difficult times Kaimuki Dry Good has stayed open to help people with their fabric needs. They adjusted their hours. They are open only from noon-5 pm. When u go, be sure to wear a mask. Keep the "social distancing" in mind and be polite. There are only 3 associates so be patient.they are a very long time business in Kaimuki. Everyone, please take c With so few dry goods store left, I hope Kaimuki Dry Goods stays in business! I have been going there for decades, at leave 50+ years! As a young girl I took sewing lessons there. Love the local ownership and the fantastic selection of fabrics. The staff is very knowledgeable and willing to suggestions. What's great is their selection of fabric ranges from simple cottons (all kinds of prints and solids) to beautiful Japanese fabrics and glamorous lace! Lots of craft ideas, buttons, thread, zippers and sewing tools. Parking is really easy and FREE! It is worth your time to find them on 10th Avenue between Harding and Waialae Avenue...nite that 19th Avenue is one way so you have to access 10th Ave via Harding Ave. as soon as you see the playground, turn left into the parking lot. Happy Sewing! read more

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My go to place for cute fabric and notions. Great service too. Can't wait to expand my crafts to other than bags...

A fantastic selection of fabrics difficult to get in the mainland. I think I came home with 12 yards of fabric.

Really the only quilter's fabric store on island, although you can find samples of fabric lines in other stores. KDG is well appointed and has its own parking lot. There are lots of local fabrics to choose from, plenty of batiks, Kona solids, and whimsical fabric options. They do a nice job with their arrangements. I find their customer service to just be ok. While the customers themselves are excited to chat about fabrics and what is being made with them, the staff is not. Part of the fun of choosing fabrics is to have those conversations and I'd like to think those who work there would agree - and have them! Not much excitement from these ladies. The only time I received stellar customer service was when looking for just the right white for a quilt sashing - one of the women went in the back and brought out the perfect bolt of Kona. I appreciated it, and wish it happened more often. read more

Kaimuki Dry Goods - Coasters made from some of their kitschy fabric remnants found at the back of the store - Fabric Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I chose Kaimuki Dry Goods because it's local and I heard they service sewing machines. I called and left a message on July 17. No one called me back, so we went down to talk to someone regarding servicing my machine. When we walked in, some guy was sitting behind a desk doing nothing, and Nancy showed me a new sewing machine and said it might be better just to get a new sewing machine. She was nice, but I wasn't looking for a new sewing machine! So I left a message, no one returned my call, when we got to their store, it wasn't busy, so they have no excuse as to why no one returned my call. So guess what? A WEEK LATER, someone called me regarding my message! I had to tell her that I already got my sewing machine serviced. If you want a good reasonable price person to service your sewing machine, see my next Yelp review. read more

Service-- 2/5 Prices-- 2/5 Selection-- 3/5 Accessibility-- 4/5 Kaimuki dry goods is a mostly okay fabric store. They offer some apparel fabrics in a midst of cotton/quilting fabrics, which I appreciate for the island. The prices are expensive, especially compared to online prices so I don't shop here often. $19/yd for a cotton spandex jersey is insane and unreasonable. The service is consistently subpar. I've only had aloof, confronting, and sassy interactions with multiple employees at various trips. Parking can be rough but luckily there's always been a spot when I've visited. Unless they are the only store that has what I need, I won't be returning. read more

Aloha I have bought two machines from you and something was wrong with the first machine. The first one wouldnt work, so I came in and bought a third. I scheduled an appt to have the first machine serviced then asked if you could service my Bernina and was told to bring it in at the same time. I scheduled the appt for today, January 5, 2023. Someone called and asked if I could bring it the day after Christmas so I did only to be told that they couldn't take it until the scheduled date. This was fine except I had to come all the way from Waianae. Today, my nine months pregnant daughter took off during her lunch hour, drove from town, just to of drop the two machines for me, came in, waited (which was fine because she knew you were short handed) only to be greeted by a grumpy woman named Nancy. She told my daughter to have me call so I did. She asked what was wrong with the machine. I told her I had told the last two people and she said "well, it wasn't me." At this Point is when my attitude changed, I am the customer. Not Nancy. Then I brought up my daughter saying she wasn't nice, and I wanted to talk to a manager and she said "he's not here, I will have him call you back so you can Bitch." On top of that, I gave the wrong name for the name of the sewing machine and she dwelled on that. I even asked if i could speak to the first Lady that answered the phone because she was Nice and not at all hostile. I am used ro Bernina machines so I apologize i didnt know the right name of the machine. However Your customer service was Horrible. I hope this New Year treats you and yours as well as Nancy has treated me and my daughter. Aloha Davianne Rosario read more

Decided to go to a Fabric store with my wife. Never again we got there a little after they opened at 12n . First of all didn't have parking so had to park at the meter parking on Waialae . Spent over $3.00 because we was in line for about 3 hrs YES 3 hours! Rated them 3.5 stars only because they was nice enough to give some of us bottle water. Due to the Covid19 they practice safe distance which was great but they only let about 10 customers in at the time. If there was a way to limit per customer in the shop for shopping i think the line would have gone faster . 2 ladies went in before me and I timed them about 30mins they finally came out? No wonder it took 3 hours for us to wait. The only good thing came out of this was free water and they still have Elastic for the face mask read more

Poor service the last two times I tried to buy something. I had to just walk out . When I tried to get fabric cut, she just walked away before I could ask questions. The same thing happened when I went to pay. She ignored me when I was standing at the register. She made a comment that I was paying for the "softness" and why it costs $11.99 a yard. I would have paid that much for it if she wasn't so rude about it. I don't care about softness for my curtains. read more

Customer service is abominable. Manny is efficient, mostly but has absolutely no smile and no personality and acted as if it was a chore to wait on a paying customer. The one woman I spoke to tried very hard to sell me a new fancy machine that I had zero interest in. Then, when I got my machine back from standard maintenance the zipper foot was missing. So, I went back and told them and Manny as much as said I was lying and it "would most likely be found in your home". So I had to buy a new zipper foot because they misplaced my original one. I used to shop at Kaimuki Dry Goods in the old days when the only clerks were very sweet and very helpful elderly Japanese ladies. Place has gone seriously downhill. I will say, in their benefit, that the tech did a good job on my machine maintenance. read more

What a lovely fabric store! What lovely and charming sales ladies! They helped me determine the yardage needed and discussed what the fabrics were for. I only wish I lived closer to be able to visit more often. A lovely selection of Japanese fabrics, both classical and novelty. read more

If you want the best customer service by phone or in person, ask for Robyn. She actually went a step further to check on another area of the store and found what I was asking for. Five stars for your excellent customer service Robyn, great job!!! read more

Sue has 0% customer service. She doesn't greet you and gives off a persona that clearly hates working there. Brought in the juki machine that I just purchased from this store. because it wasn't working properly. After an hour of testing and her saying there's no indication of skipping stitches when it clearly was (there was a younger nice technician there to clarify that) she had the audacity to tell me "that's just how the machine is". We eventually found the problem but I would rather pay to go somewhere else then having to deal with Sue again. 0 stars for Sue read more

I used to love coming to Kaimuki Dry Goods but as of late, their customer service has gone down. I usually give the benefit of the doubt, but when I go in to buy something on multiple occasions, and each time I was service by a woman who does not greet or thank me, scolds me for not standing behind the red tape instead of nicely requesting, and tells me that the item I am looking for is made by a different company (which I verified on the manufacturer's website) and talks down to me about my "error", I'm thinking its time for me to take my business else where. Selection of items have gone down but I may chalk it up to slow shipping. Kaimuki Dry Goods is very convenient for me since its down the road from me from my workplace however I think should plan ahead and go to other fabric stores on the weekends. Also, they are doing renovations so you have to enter from the front door, NOT the back door like they were doing during the pandemic lockdown. There is no signage to enter from the front so you better believe you will get scoldings if you don't know which entrance to use. read more

My wife needed supplies to make a school project for my 8 year old daughter but didn't know where to start so I told her to go to Kaimuki Dry Goods and see if they had material and yarn to make my daughter's flat stanley project. A salesperson named Dale helped my wife pick out all the necessary supplies and gave her ideas on how to make our flat stanley doll. Our flat stanley came out very nice and our daughter got an excellent grade on it so I just wanted to thank the sales lady named Dale for going the extra mile helping out my wife and daughter. read more

Kaimuki Dry Goods - Flat Stanley school project - Fabric Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I absolutely love the variety this store has. The owner is extremely helpful and nice. He helped me pick out a new machine and told me all about the ones I was looking at to make sure I picked the right machine for me. read more

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This place has been here for decades! No, they don't sell dry goods anymore, it's a humongous cloth shop and much more. The staff were extremely helpful and was happy to talk story about the history of this shop. Plenty of parking in the rear of the store. read more

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I recently went back in to grab some fabric for a new quilt, and my usual person (Jackie) wasn't in that day. I met Randy at the cutting counter and she was just the friendliest person! It was such a joy to talk to her about my projects and the fabrics I picked. It was like talking to a friend. She was incredibly happy and outgoing! I am glad to go back and see her anytime! read more

My favorite fabric store on island. The best selection of Kona solids I've ever seen ! Beautiful designer prints, too. Love it.

This family owned business is a fabric store gem! The staff has been so great and friendly. They helped me in finding my sewing supplies. This place has a wide range of fabrics, sewing supplies and knowledgeable staffers. This store is so well clean and everything is completely organized. So much cute fabrics in all type of designs. Talking to one of the staff employees she was saying this place has been here for about 60 years. Talk about history, I love that we have a place that's still around. read more

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This is my go to place for quality fabric and notions. The staff is very friendly helpful and knowledgeable. Made masks during the pandemic and they had wide array of fabrics. Also, carry very cute fabrics for kids. read more

Kaimuki Dry Goods is now part of the Discount Fabrics group. Fabric selection is good for quilting. The higher end fabrics for special dresses is not quite what it was. The store carries a wide range of sewing machines. read more

Fantastic selection, efficient helpful staff. I have come here often always come home with more that needed... can't resist. Mahalo Jackie.

Staff was friendly and helpful. For the most part they had everything I needed although I wish they had more stars or cute fabric prints, but I understand how many people are buying a bunch of fabric for masks etc.. Everyone was required to wear a mask and a 10 person limit in store was enforced along with markers on the floor for social distancing. read more

Kaimuki Dry Goods - Lotion holder for massage - Fabric Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Note: You can buy fabric in quarter or thirds of a yard too, depending on your needs and especially given cost... the fabric is absolutely beautiful, just pricier as in my first review. Careful also with washing certain fabric as you may wash/dry off the water protectant/repellent nature of the bolt yardage you invest in... The navy sea horses and Japanese fabric section are great choices! :) - - - Beautiful fabrics and great selection of colors and styles from the more traditional to the modern and everything in between including lots of fabric for Aloha Shirts, scrubs, cushion covers, and quilts. The store extends back with glass cases for lace and a wall with buttons, needles, trim and lots of other sewing-related things I wouldn't know what to do with but that my Mom would totally use. On one side of the store next to the youth/kid print fabric, they also sell some select few cushion inserts and quilt inserts but I'm not sure they're amazing deals, so do some homework first on what you'd need based on your project and budget. Parking lot is easy and adjacent the store. Like other Yelpers have stated, this store is more of a browsing store and they'll help you if you need it but I've experienced nothing but pleasant service the few times I've been. The prices are around $10-23/yard which does make for a pricier base than other places but the fabrics you can find here are nicer than the other places I've looked. --happy customer :) read more

Kaimuki Dry Goods - Framed, for wall art! - Fabric Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Wonderful variety of fabrics, every color in kona solids! Fun playful prints, loads of local and Japanese patterns available. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable too. read more

My go to fabric store when I visit Oahu! Their fabric selection is wonderful. I love that they carry companies that I can't get on the mainland. I always find beautiful designs, especially from Japan. their prices are the same or less than I pay on the mainland. Marissa s so helpful and it was a pleasure to meet her. read more

Don't waste your time or money at this horrible establishment! The old Asian lady with the short hair at the register had the absolute worst customer service. She will ridicule you for your purchase as if you have no business purchasing it, and act like such a snob the entire time. How she works there I have no clue. Maybe she owns the place. Buyer beware! read more

Can no longer support or recommend this local business. Horrible customer service! Go to Fabric Mart, order on-line - KDG treats loyal customers like they do not matter - provincial mindset at its worst! I used to be willing to pay their 20%+ higher prices & drive an hour+ to support a local business - never again. I tried to return a defective product I had paid full price for, had my receipt, had called them about within 24 hours of purchase, & they agreed was defective when they sold it to me. The store owner said it was their policy to do only store credit - never refund - even when the product they sold was DEFECTIVE. We are talking about $41 refund. I have spent thousands there over the years - but clearly that counts for nothing. This locally owned store used to enjoy some exclusivity decades ago, & clearly the owner thinks we are still living in a time that local Hawai`i people have few other choices. It's a new day - we have other choices - and the other shops respect loyalty. Order from Amazon or go to Clico Cat. read more