Town Cleaners

Disclosure: I have not gotten clothes dry-​cleaned there — I have only gotten clothing alterations done.
I have used Town Cleaners for alterations for at least five years. I have never had a problem with dresses and pants being taken up — the work has been very good. However, the last two pieces I have had altered have had issues, and I do not think I will be going back again.
1) I had holes in coat pockets sewed up — the holes reopened (or weren’t correctly fixed) within 2 days of the coat’s return. When I brought it back, the tailor tried to tell me that I actually had a hole in the other pocket, that was the one that was fixed. I told her no, actually, both pockets had holes in them. She then apologized and fixed them at no additional charge.
2) I needed alterations done to a bridesmaid dress — both taken up and in. When I went to pick up the dress, I could not fit into it at all. The tailor took it in too much. I brought it back immediately. I tried the dress on to show how much it didn’t fit, and the tailor’s response was, «I did that?» Well, it definitely wasn’t me, so… She apologized and fixed the dress in a day. But, when I went back to pick it up, I realized that the pockets had been sewed up when it was taken in. The tailor tried to tell me that the dress came that way — but I had tried it on when the pocket were intact, and that was not a true statement. She apologized, but I had to wait another day for her to fix the dress. For one dress, I had to go back to the drycleaners four times until she got it right.
I had had good experiences previously, and might continue to use her for hemming items, but will not be using them for any more complex alterations.

This tailor took one measurement and hemmed six cuffs just right, for $ 36 total. Not bad at all! Pants were $ 5.35 ea. dry-​cleaned. I’ll come back with 5 stars of she does my jacket-​lining repair correctly, because the value here is great.

I decided to call around Arlington to find a decent priced dry cleaner and the prices were all over the place, from $ 1.15 to $ 2.50 and more. I think the higher end of that is ridiculous so I finally settled on Town Cleaners off Washington Blvd. They were nice on the phone and acted like that actually cared about talking to me, gave me the information I needed and were normal. Many of the people I called acted like they didn’t want my business and sucked. I dropped off 33 business and dress shirts for them to clean and asked for extra starch. They had them done for me 2 days later because I needed them for a business trip and they were perfect. I strongly recommend them, and at $ 1.15, snap, I got a great deal and will keep bringing my shirts there.