Uni Eleganza & Uni Tailor

This place is reliable, affordable and consistent.
I’ve been coming to Elli’s for the last 5 years or so, for collared shirts, pants, bridesmaid dresses, cute summer dresses and winter jackets. Elli is very personable and friendly, and will always make sure that the alteration fits you well. If the first-​time didn’t work out, she will make secondary changes to make sure you fit in your clothing really well. In dire situations (I once needed a bridesmaid dress done within that week…), she will also make the effort to get your item out in time. I recommend friends who live in Berkeley to come here whenever they ask.
Just make sure you bring cash or check as they don’t accept cards.

I’ve waited awhile to write this.
The owner seems pleasant, but I did not have a pleasant experience with her.
I took some items in to be altered. Pants, jackets, etc. my first appointment/​drop off seemed fine. But when I went back to pick up my items we had a few problems.
-(The shirts/​jackets were fine.)
–my jeans were not very aesthetically pleasing with how they were altered.
–and she wasn’t paying attention during our first meeting so she had to remeasure me for several of my other pants.
I was pretty mad so I took awhile to return. I contemplated even leaving my stuff there because of the bad experience.
But I returned. I just paid and took my items. She ended up altering another pair of pants but my Vsx pants were still untouched. WHATEVER!
So, all I can say is that I’m glad she didn’t accept my payment upfront…

I love this place!
I have been taking my dry cleaning here for the past four years now and I have always been received in a friendly manner.
I recently had two suits that needed some adjusting and I decided to take them here. The result was phenomenal! they fit so well and I have received many compliments on how they look.
There was one time in which I lost my receipt and I had several items there with them. I thought they would not help me but I was wrong! They were so helpful in finding my correct suit and shirts even though it meant extra work for them.
I highly recommend this place.

Terrible job in tailoring suits. Unfortunately, they do not take the proper amount of time to measure their customers. Quick to get you in and out. I brought in a $ 1000 suit to have some work done around the shoulders. Upon completion, the suit didn’t remotely fit. I was told that the cut was poor to begin with and there was nothing that could be done now. The suit is now unwearable. Uni Taylor has lost the business of me and my entire office.
I would beware of any tailor that struggles to fit customers correctly, and doesn’t take the time to fix their mistakes.

Ellie did an amazing job altering my wedding dress! I was so incredibly nervous to have it altered because it was heavily beaded but it looked perfect. She even worked with me to take tulle out of the skirt to make it less princess like and it looked like it should have been made like that the whole time. She worked fast and within a tight timeline, the dress fit perfectly!

I needed a very minor repair on a garment and had an outstanding experience at Uni Tailor. It made me try and think of things I could have tailored, so I’d have an excuse to come back! Highly professional and quick service with fair prices.

Ellie is a true gem! She is warm, patient and most important, truthful about what can and can not be done with regards to tailoring. I have been going to her for the past 9 years and have high standards with regards to tailoring work. She not only meets these but surpasses them. Her work is always spot on and is done on time. Ellie also backs up everything she does. That means if you don’t like what she has done, she is happy to go in and re-​tailor whatever needs revising. (With all of that said, please don’t tell too many people about Uni Tailor as sometimes the wait to see Ellie is out the door!). :)

I cannot rave enough about the wonderful service I received here. I went in to have a dress hemmed for my sister’s wedding. The work Ellie did was exactly what I was hoping for but couldn’t really articulate. She just seems to *know* exactly what will be best for you.
A few months later, I came back to have my boyfriend’s pants hemmed. Ellie remembered me and asked if I had any pictures from the wedding. I will come here for every alteration I need until I move out of Berkeley.

Elham is a wonderful and kind seamstress, this is my first real positive experience with dry cleaning as well as my first experience with alterations in Berkeley, but I’m glad I found this nice shop right around where I’m currently living.
My first experience was with altering an XL vest that I ordered online into an XS/​S size, and Elham professionally fitted me right then and there and called me back in for a refitting to see if I’m satisfied with the alterations before giving the article back to me and charging me for her service ($ 60, but given how much she cut off and the fact that it was faux leather, I thought it was still a good price)! After that, I’ve brought my dry cleanables here and found that an oversized knit sweater goes for around $ 6 – 7 (which I think is pretty cheap) and the turnaround time is approximately 2 days (which is super fast for me!). As far as I can tell, nothing she has cleaned for me has shrunk or been damaged, which brings me to point out the fact that she definitely knows her fabrics well and knows what works and what does not for a great variety of clothes.
I think the price for service is fair and actually a bit cheaper than what I’m used to paying, so I definitely give Elham and her shop five stars for their quality of service as well as their speedy and prompt service time. Even though people have said her services are a bit pricier than other cleaners or alterations around this area, I definitely think her work is noticeably more refined and neat. One thing to note about Elham’s tailor and cleaning shop is that they don’t take card, just cash and I believe checks.

Ellie is wonderful. I have had 5+ dresses and a few pairs of pants tailored here. Hardly ever necessary, but she is always more than willing to make any extra adjustments necessary to make it a perfect fit. She takes so much pride in her work and it’s obvious when you see the finished product.

I love this place. I’ve only had pants hemmed, but the work is always to perfection and priced reasonably in my opinion.

Ellie did a great job with the multiple alterations on my evening dress and delivered in a week. I am extremely satisfied with the timeliness, friendliness, and professional service that this business provides. Prices are also reasonable.

It is always disappointing to go to a 5-​star place and end up with a different experience. I took in a few things. It was a little pricey, but certainly better than having good quality but ill-​fitting clothes sadly ignored in my closet.
She seemed to be in a hurry, and I left the store nervous that she didn’t understand what I wanted. Results? Two items weren’t quite right, and the third wasn’t touched. Unfortunately I didn’t realize until I had paid and was home. She worked on them eventually, but it was a hassle.
I would stick to hemming here (I have had a good hemming experience in the past), but I am still looking for a good tailor.

I went there to get the arms shortened on my suits jacket, 3 jackets in total. The work was done really nice. I liked it totally. The only thing that I didn’t liked was the price. That was too much. Otherwise the results were amazing.

This was actually the first place I wanted to review, but I never remembered to until now. This shop is top notch. It’s no joke when people recommend this place. It really does deserve 5, no 6 starts. The service is as friendly as it gets. The man helping me with my suit, I believe his name is Behrooze, even gave me pointers for my upcoming interview. If you ever need professional attire for any kind of occasion around Berkeley, this is definitely the place to go. I have never been so pleased to have gone here for my first suit.

I went here today for the first time. Elham was so helpful and kind! She went out of her way to take care of me!
I am so glad I found this place :)

I moved out of my dingy studio this summer and was in the midst of packing and unpacking when I realised I had way too unflattering clothes. Some of them went straight into the bin, and some of them I really couldn’t bear to throw away. Thanks to a recommendation by the lovely Julie Z I found Ellie.
Ellie is a miracle. I’ve taken countless unwearable items to her and she has made every one of them look fabulous. Recently I brought in a $ 40 BR trench that was two sizes too big. I wasn’t expecting much but in a few weeks, Ellie turned it into an amazingly sexy fitted trench. I wear it all the time and now I love it way more than my Burberry trench. So lesson learned — don’t bother spending $ 1k on a Burberry, just take your trenches to Ellie.
Ellie is also amazingly sweet and offers wonderful service.
I was the bridesmaid for a friend’s wedding and the day before the wedding, I came in for a fitting and realised the dress was a little too long. Although she was so busy, Ellie rushed my hemming work with no extra charge and I made it to the wedding ceremony on time and feeling fabulous.
What I love about Ellie is she is also super honest. I bring in a bunch of clothes to her all the time, and she honestly tells me which ones will end up looking good after her tailoring work, and which won’t. I love that I can trust her and that she cares about what will look good on me, instead of cheating me into paying for a bad tailoring job.
One slight negative I will say about Ellie (which some people might take as a positive) is that she is a bit conservative in style. Meaning that if I bring in a dress and ask her to take it in, she generally doesn’t make it as form fitting as I hope. I guess she likes the flowy, relaxed look. Nonetheless, if that doesn’t bother you, Ellie is a wonderful, if a little expensive tailor.

Simply AMAZING!
My girlfriend and I have come in to get alterations for suits and dresses here and had nothing but the best experience! We were told to come to UNI Tailoring by a clothing store on 4^th Street whom referred to her as a miracle worker and they were right! She is very kind and extremely knowledgeable of her craft! For example, I knew something was a little off on my suit and was having trouble pinpointing/​explaining what it was. Mind you, I had just gotten it previously tailored from the department store I bought it from. As soon as I tried it on to show her– She instantly knew the look I wanted to achieve with barely any direction from my end.
She treats her clients with respect and thoughtfulness (even to people who are less appreciative of her time– aka ‘the high demanding johnny last minutes’). To be fair, we are reasonable people who don’t expect our poor planning to become other people’s emergencies. Though we know sometimes these things can’t be helped… but always find that a little kindness goes a long way.
Pros: Professional, timely, outstanding workmanship
Cons: Makes us want to buy more clothes that don’t fit so we can give her more business!

This review is about my overall experience with Uni Eleganza and Uni Tailor.
I took in a bridesmaid’s dress to have it altered and was told I needed to come back with extra lining to add in. Inconvenient but fine. I was not given any directions other than that it be light and navy. Can do. I come back with the lining and am told it is not right and I need to go get some other lining somewhere else. Inconvenient AND avoidable had the directions been given in the first place or by having a selection of fabric on site.
I dropped off my dress and was given a pick up date nearly 30 days later.
The total price tag felt VERY high for the amount of time, effort and energy I spent running errands for this task.
FYI it is cash/​check only.
The quality of the work is fine, but I am not confident the quality is unique to this place.

Came here with a super last minute (less than 24 hours notice) dress alteration request. Despite the fact that she was completely swamped with other orders, she took mine in (with some light convincing) and did a flawless job. When I came to pick up my dress, she made sure that I was 100% satisfied with the results.
It was a bit pricey, but considering the quality of the alteration and how she basically saved me from a hugee hassle, she deserves 5 stars :)