Alterations To Go

Great service! Very accommodating of my short timeline for a skirt alteration and a great job! I would Definitely recommend her to anyone needing something in this area!

I haven’t worn a suit in years. Bought a brand-​new one which clearly needed tailoring. Took it here and had a great experience. It’s worth every penny I spent to get the alterations done in what I thought was record time. Virtually overnight the suit was ready and it was perfect.

I had a jumpsuit for my rehearsal dinner altered, as well as a formal black dress. Both now fit PERFECTLY! I definitely recommend this place. The owner is a sweetheart!

Had my first ever clothing almost failure late last week. I purchased a bridesmaid dress online and it got here 4 days before the wedding. Okay, cool. Cutting it a little tight for my comfort, but I have the dress. I try on the dress and it in no way shape or form fits me. Enter panic mode.
I call an alteration place in Round Rock where I live and was told they were busy and to call back later. Yeah, okay, definitely not.
I call this place, tell them I have a wedding in 4 days and the dress doesn’t fit and I need it to fit. They tell me to come on in that day if I can and off I go.
The lady is just the SWEETEST little lady ever, she chit chatted with me and made me feel so comfortable being there even though my dress was a million sizes too small and i was just a horrible sight to see.
She explained what she was going to do and how much it is going to be and assured me 5 times it will be ready in time for the wedding.
Probably won’t need an alteration done too often, but I can guarantee they are getting my business from now on.

Quality sewing at a great price. I took my nursing uniforms here to have the patches sewn on. She was very friendly and rushed my order free of charge because I am a student. What a blessing! I am very thankful for her service on such a short notice. I will definitely be returning if I need anything altered.

The quality of the alterations I got here was really superb. I had two (pricey) suits tailored and they now they have that great «cool guy» fit and I can wear them with pride. I had the jackets brought in on the back, the sleeves were tapered, the pants were hemmed and tapered as well. They were even able to fix a fold of fabric that was misplaced in the jacket (at no extra charge).
This place is a bit expensive, but it’s worth it when the service is so great and the craftsmanship is on point. Note that the place is called Austin Alterations, and it is indeed cash only.

I have been going here for 2 years and still everything has come out amazing. She has fixed or tailored formal dresses to jeans to holes in lace to sweaters.
And she is soooooo nice!!!
She better stay in business forever because I don’t know what else I would do.

I bought a suit at the last minute for a wedding happening the same week. She was very knowledgeable and assuring with her recommendations. The suit was ready on time and fit perfectly.
On top of her professionalism and quality of work, I’m giving 5 stars for her personality and the fact that she made this an awesome experience. I loved talking to her and can’t wait to go back!

10−7−14: Excellent craftsmanship. They did an amazing job of taking 2″ out of the back side of the legs. I am still not sure how that did it. I needed the suit for an interview and it was ready exactly when promised. Very pleased with the service and final product.

Update: I returned to have some pants and a shirt adjusted. Work came back perfect! What a great way to service! I don’t know how I survived without a tailor before.
Highly recommended… again.

Every time I bring a pair of pants here to get hemmed they do a fantastic job. The people who own this establishment are extremely friendly, professional, and helpful. I had a pair of skinny dress pants that needed hemming and she figured out a way to make it cover the end of my shoes without looking bulky.
It is cash only. Original hem (or tricky hem) on jeans is $ 21, which is a bit pricey, but the quality and service is worthwhile.

When I originally wrote my review, I was coming off the high of how great they did with the dress alterations. As I mentioned in my review, I then followed up by taking in pants that needed to be hemmed.
Since that time, two of the pairs of pants came unhemmed. I’ve been losing a bunch of weight so I no longer wear that size of pant anymore, but I was bummed out that I would’ve needed to take them back in to keep wearing them. I’ve also moved to Houston for another job and found a local tailor. For comparison’s sake, my new tailor here in Houston charges just over $ 9 (can’t remember the cents) for the same work — hemming on wide leg pants — that Alterations To Go charged $ 21, which as I just mentioned ended up coming undone anyway.
If I still lived in Austin I would give this place the opportunity to make it up to me — redoing the undone hems or what have you — but that’s geographically no longer an option for me. Now that I’m more savvy about potential pricing options elsewhere, I’d question what they’re charging for the simple jobs, namely the pants. Considering the amount of work required on the dress I needed altered, I’m still pleased with both the price and the outcome.

They were so nice and honest. My jacket did not need work after all so there was not a charge! I recommended them to a friend and she loves them, too.

I debated whether I should give this place 2 stars or 3 stars, but because the people are so friendly, I’m going with 3.
I have not had much luck with this tailor. They are fine if you need something simple done, such as getting pants hemmed or a button sewn on. (No, I don’t know how to do this. Feel free to laugh at me.) As far as bigger jobs, I would look elsewhere, though they have actually screwed up a simple button sewing too.
I believe the first time I went here, I was trying to alter a dress. The top part of the dress was kind of puffy and looked ill-​fitting, like I needed DD boobs or bigger to fill it in. I should have just returned the dress, but I was having a hard time finding something appropriate to wear to an October beach wedding in Mexico. I brought it in and tried to explain that I wanted the «puffiness» to go away and they seemed to understand. I went to pick it up and, unlike my previous alterations place, they did not encourage me to try it on to make sure I was satisfied. I assumed everything would be fine, but when I got home and put it on, the top was still really puffy. I brought it back and tried to explain what I wanted again. They tried to fix it, but there was still a bit of puffiness. I gave up and figured it was good enough.
As for this button sewing that I mentioned, you can normally rely on them for that, but I had a button come off a jacket that I really liked. The jacket had ruffles and the buttons were on the ruffles, but sewn down to the actual jacket to keep the ruffles from flopping around from the weight of the buttons. I brought the jacket in, picked it up a few days later, then got home and realized the button had just been sewn right onto the ruffle. Now that section of the ruffle keeps flipping over. It isn’t a huge deal and I haven’t bothered to get it fixed, but it just annoys me. Had they paid an ounce of attention, the job I was paying for could have been done correctly.
The last time I went there, I brought in a pretty cream colored coat. I don’t normally alter my coats (or much of anything, for that matter), but I thought the coat was very elegant looking and I wanted it to fit perfectly. I always find coat/​jacket sleeves to be a bit long on me, so I went in and asked to have them shortened. I didn’t think it was going to be an extensive job, but the tailor said that a bunch of other things would have to be done to get the sleeves shortened and it was going to cost $ 50. I went along with it and picked up my coat a week later. Again, I was not encouraged to try it on and I assumed all would be fine. Well, when I did finally try it on, everything fit so long as I was simply standing with my arms at my sides. Once I went to reach for something, the coat got really tight in the upper arm area. I tried to just wear it anyway, but I can’t deal with it. I can’t even drive comfortably. Maybe this is more my screw up than theirs, as I’ve never had this done before and I don’t know if this is something that normally happens, but if this is something that is to be expected, it would have been nice if they had warned me about it. And if my sleeves didn’t really need to be shortened in the first place, I also would have appreciated them telling me that if I went any shorter, the coat would not fit right. Instead, I am out almost $ 200 for a coat that I never even really got to wear.
If you decide to go here, I highly recommend trying on everything in store after it has been altered. If you have a button or something that needs to be sewn to a particular area that isn’t blatantly obvious, definitely point it out to them. Oh, and if those coat sleeves are a little long, just leave them. It’s not worth it.

I had a mending emergency! never thought I would be in a situation where I would need something mended with in a couple of hours but it happened.
My jump suit blew up on me while in the wind tunnel at iFly Austin. Being from out of town and that is the only suit I have with me I needed it fixed before my next flight in the tunnel. I brought the suit to the owner an hour and a half before closing on Saturday she was very understanding. she promised me that she will have it done before closing and we made arrangements to for me to get it in case she left before I made it to the store.
I paid her in advance and she called me when she was done with it. I went to the store and looked where we agreed the suit would be sure enough it was there and good as new… well at least where it was mended it’s an old suit and needs replacing.

This place is great. I had a pair of suit pants that didn’t fit worth a damn, like in that commercial, where the woman has eaten all the key lime pie and boston cream pie and she’s arguing that she really needs her pants taken in because those were actually yogurt flavors? Yeah, totally opposite of that in my case ’cause eff yogurt.
So these pants that needed to be let out… for a funeral. They hooked me up and turned them around for pick-​up the next day. Special bonus: genuine, heartfelt condolences. I appreciate the warmth and sincerity of the staff here. They are top-​notch.
Since then, I’ve had a button hole added to a shirt and jeans shortened with the original hem. Each time they have made sure to let me know about anything that could come as a surprise. For example, on the shirt with the buttonhole, she told me that it wouldn’t match exactly, because the hole would be cut and stitched by hand, whereas the other holes were done by machine. No biggie, it is tucked in anyway.
I’m glad I found this place. Close to work, reasonably priced and a friendly staff.

Yes, they did a fine job on my jeans. but the prices are getting expensive since they have that sticker on the door. «People Like Us on Unilocal» thingy. Boo! as if they are taking advantage of that sticker!
No. hemming jeans is not $ 8 anymore. It’s $ 12 now. And forget about resizing your shirts. The prices are getting very expensive– $ 24 just because it needed to be taken by side. well, that is their term– «Take By Side». I was kind of disappointed with the prices. It seems to me that they want to charge in every way they could.
The fact that I went out of the way from where I live to Austin for good alterations job and good prices, is too much for what I wasted on gas, at least these days. It’s almost the same prices with a decent alteration work with a tailor closer to where I live.

I’m confused why the name of this business is Alterations To Go when the call themselves Austin Alterations.
Anyway, I recommend this place. The people (2 women) are very friendly and do great work. I came to them twice because my boss insists on making us wear company polo shirts that only fit large men. I’m a small girl, so enter Austin Alterations. They are knowledgeable, honest and fast. They are also a bit on the pricey side, but their service is good. FYI, they only accept cash or check.
If my boss buys another round of hideous over sized polo shirts for the staff, I’ll be back.

I had a new suit altered here and it came close to $ 100 for the whole thing. I needed it for a wedding so it was a bit of a rush but the lady did not charge me any extra for it which was nice.
Overall I’m satisfied with the way it turned out. The main reason I chose this place was because of its close proximity to my house and because of the good reviews on here. I am not disappointed however in Omaha, I had my suit altered for almost half the price. Not sure what the rates are at other places around here but I just thought it was a bit much.
Anyhow, I will be returning here for all of my alteration needs.

Thanks to Shannon B. and Unilocal,I have been visiting Alterations To Go for almost a year and have both spent and saved a lot of money here.
Hems cost $ 8 for the simple hem, more if you want something special. If you are getting 10 pair of pants hemmed, that is a sizeable savings compared to $ 15 elsewhere. ($ 8 is the lowest I have found in Austin.)
The owner is Dick, and he is very sweet, thorough, and professional. The woman who hems the clothes is Yen, and she is very sweet, thorough, and professional. Depending on how much stuff you bring in, hemming can take anywhere from 3 – 7 days… not sure if they do next day service but you could ask. Dick calls when the pants are ready, usually earlier than they promised.
I remember discussing a cuff on a size 16 brown dress pants with Dick. Even though he would make more money off of replicating the cuff, Dick’s opinion was, «The cuff makes the pants look heavier and I think all of your efforts are going in the other direction… no cuff will look more slimming.» Thanks, Dick. It feels very old fashioned… that a place would be so sweet and chivalrous and honest.
A few months ago, I was standing on their podium wearing very tight size 10 leather pants, being pinned by Yen, and Dick said, «Umm, Kimberly, you seem like a nice lady and a good person. Whenever you come in, you have a cheerful attitude. I only mean this in the best of ways, and you may not be open to this idea at all, but if you would be, I have a good friend who I am sure would love to go on a date with you…» This was in July, and I thanked him but said that I was not ready at that time.
Could it have been the leather pants? Did I look lonely? Who is this «friend»? What is going on, no one has ever said anything like this to me in my life. I need more leather pants…
I went in yesterday to pick up 9 pair of leather pants.* I said to Yen, «Dick asked a few months ago if I would like to go on a date with his friend???» She responded, «Yes, I remember overhearing that conversation. He has very good friends… good people. He thinks you are a good person.»
«Thanks, Yen, I appreciate that and I appreciate your hard work on my many pair of pants in the past year. Could you let Dick know I am ready now?»
Some helpful side notes:
1. The previous tenants in this space must have smoked because I detect a lingering cigarette smell. I asked and Yen said no one smokes in this space. My clothes never smell like cigarettes after being hemmed and I have never seen anyone smoking, so i know it is just a lingering smell and should not deter you from leaving clothing here.
2. It is not fancy. The interior is painted a bright pink and basically needs an updating/​overhaul. I overlook this because I would bet the $ 8 per hem price would rise if the shop was improved.
3. Chen’s Noodle House is just across the parking lot. Asia Market is also a neighbor.
4. Cash or Check only.
*Just joking. They were mostly jeans.