Milpitas Alteration Center

This review is based on my first visit to get jeans tapered. Jeans looked like they were made that way. I could not be happier. Super job, completed quickly, reasonably priced!

Simply AWESOME! I found the perfect leather jacket at the Great Mall, but the sleeves were a bit long, and it had a zipper on each cuff. The store recommended I take it to Milpitas Alteration Center to get it adjusted — anything to make the sale, right? This was a very difficult task since you have to take the zippers off then alter it. Manny at this shop made a valiant effort to meticulously bring the sleeves up. It took a while, but Manny made the sleeves perfect for me. I’ll definitely be bringing more stuff to him in the future with a promise it won’t be as painful as this jacket. His pricing is very reasonable. Definitely recommend him as your clothing alterations expert.

They overcharge! Ripped me off with a couple of pants i want cut a few inches off the seam. I came at 10 am and wanted to pick it up later in the afternoon and the guy charged me double because it’s «rush». My mother was a seamstress so i know that the kind of service i want is super quick and easy. I come here all the time and this is the first time i wanted it done the day itself. It’s not like I’m waiting for him to finish it right away i was giving him like 6 hrs to do it. I’M NEVER COMING BACK HERE EVER AGAIN.

If I could give 10 stars I would! Manny is awesome and really knows his stuff. My boyfriend always leaves here a happy camper and I understand why! Go Manny!!!

This guy is my go-​to tailor. My dad has always brought his things here, and now I do also. I had been looking everywhere for a specific Warriors jersey but I could only find it in XL mens so he altered it to fit me like a women’s medium. He even adjusted all the sewn on logo’s to make it look right. He get’s things done in a good amount of time and will even bump it up a day or two, no charge, if you need it by a certain day.

Definitely satisfied! Always go here to get my shirts clean and some alteration. Greta Guy! You can tell he know his stuff! Great job Manny!

Shortened sleeves on my dress shirt for a wedding. Completed the next day, reasonably priced. Good service overall.

A one-​man shop. I wanted to like the guy — he reminds me of our family business in the old days.
Gave him a brand-​new shirt to alter. It came back with black strings all over. It must dropped to the ground or something. The guy didn’t even bother to brush off any of the debris. Collected his money and not even a thank-​you to me.
Quality looks good and price was lower, but the whole experience could have been better.
2 stars in the hope it will make him get better in the customer experience dept.

My family has gone to milpitas alternation for years and we have never had any bad experiences. In Milpitas, this is the best Alteration shop!
The price is right, the service is timely, and my clothes always come out fabulous!
We have gotten pants hemmed, made skinny, I have had him take sleeves off a dress, dry clean clothes, fix clothes with rips and tears. Every time, I was a happy customer!

After 7 years of dealing with long sleeves and pants, I got fed up with folding/​pinning everything that I have decided to invest in getting my current clothes hemmed rather than buy new ones in hopes that they’ll fit.
Manny does an excellent job with clean stitches (check pictures for references). Not sure why everyone thinks he’s unfriendly — he’s just doing his job and is a «to the point» kind of guy, which is fine by me because I’m not much for small talk for services.
For 3 pairs of jeans, 1 pair of dress pants from NYC, and a blazer that needed to be hemmed /​sleeves shortened… he only charged my $ 40. Not bad given the quality, and way cheaper compared to other places like Purple Tie where they charge $ 14-​$ 20 for a hem. I didn’t even ask to keep the original hem on my 7 For All Mankind… but look at the hem! It’s so clean and hardly looks like it’s been hemmed. Even the backside stitch is clean compared to Purple Tie.
Very small business, but the guy running the show does good work!

My wife and I have come here several times to have clothing altered and repaired. Manny does a good job at a fair price.
The first couple of time I went there I thought Manny was either in a bad mood or didn’t like Caucasians or something (since everyone I had seen in there besides me was Filipino) and so I hesitated to go back. Now that I’ve been there a few more times I think it’s just that he’s very busy and doesn’t have a lot of time for small talk. But a smile here and there wouldn’t hurt either. ;-)
Bottom line though is that he does good work at a fair price.

Manny is the man! I got my wedding suit tailored here and everything turned out great. Saw the great reviews and they were right. The whole process from measurement to final pickup was seamless. Would definitely come back again for my tailoring needs

Gave 2 sports jacket and came back after a week to pick them up… Both the jackets sleeves were uneven after the fitting modifications, and one was not sewed close. Luckily tried it on the spot and notified the tailor. He fixed one jacket on the spot, as I required one for an event, and left one for pick up later down the week. One jacket lived through it and looks but the other wasn’t so lucky. Guess it was a hit and trial tailoring method. For the quality received it was too expensive.

Got few alterations done for my backpack and trousers here, Iam very satisfied with the work. This guy is friendly and does a great job.

THIS GUY. He knows what the hell he’s doing. Left a nice blazer and a pair of jeans (both my husband’s). Very efficient with pinning when we brought it in, and super fast with the actual alterations. He did a great job, too. For the two, he only charged $ 22. What an amazing guy man…

Bought a pair of Japanese selvedge raw denim, had no idea if a typical tailoring place would be able to alter them without messing up the selvedge outseam. Decided to take a chance and try this place out after reading all the reviews and I definitely don’t regret it. Only $ 16 to taper and hem my very pricey pair of jeans and I also had my other selvedge denim hemmed for $ 6. Excellent prices and quality service! Definitely will come back for all my tailoring needs.

Kuya Manny is sooooo awesome.
I’ve taken a few things to get altered over the last few years, and he always does a wonderful job. We first used him when my brother lost weight and needed to get his barongs fitted (traditional dress shirt from the Philippines made from a very sensitive fabric). He got all three of them fitted and back to us within a week!
Fast forward a few years and hubby bought a suit from Macys. Of course we weren’t getting it altered there – alterations cost almost as much as the damn suit! Kuya Manny to the rescue again, suit was back and looking wonderful within a week… price was less than $ 30? I can’t remember anymore, I just remember it was HELLA cheaper than everywhere else. And the lines were clean.
Kuya Manny is now our go-​to guy for anything. He’s done my MIL’s mother of the groom dress, he’s done hubs’ other slacks (including making the fit slimmer… and I cannot tell where he cut it – its that clean!). Excellent service, lighning fast alterations, and great prices to boot. LOVE it.
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Had 2 dressed altered here. I had them hemmed and the straps taken in. He did a horrible job. I was sad my mom recommended him to me. He asked for 35 on each dress. I didn’t want him to fix the mess he made and now I have to spend more to have it altered correctly elsewhere.

$ 8 to hem denim jeans
$ 15 to readjust a dress
$ 6 – 8 to alter a pair of trousers
Even though he basically never says a word (except for when he asks what day you want to pick your clothes up), he gets the job DONE.

I am SO glad I found this place. I originally searched for places close to my work & I found this place. A small alteration place. I took in 4 pairs of jeans & he told me I could pick them up the next day. He only charged me $ 6 per pair. $ 6!!!
I will definitely take all my jeans here from now on. =)