Willie (now on the corner of Cable and Newport - the Yelp address is his old spot) is one of the long-standing and much-loved locals of Ocean Beach. Yes, he completely revived my shoes, and made them look amazing - but chatting with him outside his shack was the highlight. Lovely guy - Ex-Marine, in his 19 years in that spot, he's seen a lot change in the neighbourhood and the world. We talked politics and music, what he makes of kids and their phones, and his time in the Marines. Walking away with a beautiful, like-new pair of shoes was simply a consolation prize to hanging out with Willie for a few minutes. I genuinely hope I'm back in Ocean Beach soon so I can drop by and say hi to him. read more

I had a knee high black pair of treasured leather boots that had a large piece of leather coming unglued near the sole. I toiled about who could fix them? Who I could trust and all my OBecean neighbors exclaimed "go to Willy!!" My boots came back glued up great, and they were polished so nicely they looked better than when I bought them, they were shinier. So I did, now he has some history with having his little kiosk burn down, then people of OB helped him rebuild. Which is why my village rocks. He is a treasured source in the OB community to care for your best apparel for those tender commodity, your footsies. read more

Willie has been shining shoes for 19 years on the corner of Newport and Cable. He does an excellent job, give him a try. He brought back to life two pairs of shoes for me that are high quality shoes, but that I hadnt taken care of very well...they look almost new now... read more

Outstanding shoe shine service. Husband brought in his military combat boots and they look better than new. Willie is extremely friendly, quick and reasonable! Definitely would recommend him to everyone! read more

My girlfriend gave a Willie a pair of boots that needed the sole to be re-glued. He said that he would repair the sole and clean and shine them for $14. The repair took 1 week, as he had to send them downtown for the gluing. When we went to pick them up the the total bill was $25! When we asked him about why it was so high, he said the repair was $15 and the shine was $10. We said that we were only expecting to pay $14, he immediately raised his voice to my girlfriend saying he was doing us a favor, making us feel guilty for not wanting to pay $25 for work that can be done for $10. He negotiated it to $20 while still yelling that he was helping us out! I went back to try to figure out why the charges were so much higher than the original quote, and he started yelling at me saying he was gonna kick my a$$, he caused quite a scene. People stopped to ask me what was going on. Willie should not treat his customers this way, and doesn't belong in OB if he is going to act this way in public. If you need repairs or shoe shine go anywhere but here. read more

Aweful, this guy is the earl sheib of shoeshine's he will spray paint any shoes for 14.75. That's right any shoes any color just 14.75. And I really didn't want my Rockports spray painted I mean even the shoe laces ,,, and then act all proud about the job which took about three minutes, no not happy at all.. read more

Wilkie does a great job!!! He has made my work boots look like new time and time again!!