Forest Tailoring

Best service around. The owner really knows how keep his customers satisfied. Today I dropped off a pair of pants near closing time. I could tell everyone wanted to go home, yet he insisted that tour could finish them that same day so he waited 10 mins after closing time. Exceptional experience overall

I needed my wedding dress done in a speedy time as we are running away to Vegas. They got it completed, were super professional and sweet. I am extremely pleased with the work done and am considering other items I need tailored in the future. Just a wonderful place!

I had three pairs of jeans to get altered. When I brought them to the the 7 Jeans store in Valley Fair, they told me the tailor they use is Forest Tailoring. Since I was in a rush, they suggested I just go directly to the shop so I can get the jeans back in an hour (versus waiting a few days if it was sent out through the 7 Jeans store directly). I thought it made sense. I also asked how much for simple alteration of the length and was told $ 14 per item. The store was friendly and we did get our pants back in an hour. However, it was $ 16 per item. I told them the 7 Jeans store told me the quoted price and they said no, that is not correct. Considering how often a store like 7 Jeans for All Humanity must be sending jeans to them for alteration, I highly doubt the price they quoted me is wrong. Therefore, I’ll assume they just didn’t give me the «store price» and billed me on the individual customer price.
To recap, a bit hefty on the price tag. Especially when I was told a lower price. Good quality work but I’ll likely not go back down there for my alterations.

Ivan is a real pro when it comes to tailoring. I am very detail-​oriented when it comes to the fit of my clothes and Ivan and his team always meet or exceed my expectations.

I am an extreme fashion addict with a one of a kind wardrobe: Balmain, Dior, Givenchy, Dsquared2, MMM… the best of the best in the world. I tailored everything from shorts, shirts, suits to leather jackets to give them the most immaculate fit possible. After all, if I am paying for the best, I want it to look perfect. I have been going to Ivan and other tailors (Chicago and HK) for more than ten years. Honestly speaking, Ivan’s skills are unmatched and I can trust him with garments at any price. Besides normal tailoring, Ivan is super creative with his solutions, I have brought to him some Rick Owens, Julius 7 and Incarnation jackets that are extremely slim cutting in the arm area to a point of which it is causing discomfort. Ivan was able to devise a solution by adding a small piece of material to supplement the necessary areas, he did it with such finesse that it is almost unnoticeable to the human eye. If you want the cheapest or average craftsmanship, go somewhere else. If you want Bay Area’s very best, go see Ivan!!!

Life-​savers! Literally!
My best friend was getting married and all the groomsmen bought suits at Men’s Wearhouse. Lord and behold, when I picked up my suit a week before the wedding, imagine my surprise (sarcasm) that M.W. had somehow managed to mess up my tailoring.
My fitted suit top draped like a bathrobe. After freaking out for minimal 2 hours, I started calling around to the tune of the dreaded «2 – 3 week minimal for suit tailoring.»
I finally made it to Forest Tailoring. Ivan told me to bring the suit in and he’d take a look. Playing hooky from work, I brought my suit to his shop. What happened next was pure magical. He had me put the suit on then spent 10 mins walking around me, poking needles here and tucking needles there. Looking in the mirror, my $ 600 suit now looked like a $ 1000 suit.
He said to come back in 3 days to pick up the finished product. Couldn’t be more happy with the result. Suffice it to say, all my future tailoring needs will be done at Forest Tailoring!

8 suits and 13 shirts later, I think I’m more than qualified to review this place…
If you want a good price and tailoring, you can’t beat this place. I go here all the time. You want to ask for Ivan the owner who is good with both mens and women’s clothing. He is very patient and wants to get it right. His partner is ok and better for shirts only. But Ivan has more experience. Don’t mind his partners rush rush attitude, that’s just his personality. Decent guy overall. They stand by their work and will get it right for you until you are happy. Sometimes they can tailor on the spot for you if they aren’t too busy.
Quick tip: You want to call in on Saturdays to make sure Ivan is there and don’t come after 4pm on Saturdays, others wise the last minute rush with everyone picking up and dropping off, will kill you.
Update ⁷⁄₃:
I go in today to pick-​up one of my suits and I try it on. I tell Ivan that it still has the same issue but that it’s okay and that it obviously can’t be fixed. So I tell him it’s ok. But he insistently tells me he wants to fix it and it will only take 10minutes to fix. I’m thinking this is great service because I don’t even care and at this point I didn’t want to drive back and forth. Anyways, I tell him ok and tell him that I have a couple more shirts and pants that I want to tailor today. He immediately tells me he doesn’t want to tailor my clothes anymore (like he’s having a bad day) and tells me it’s because I’ve too many redos, which is not true because I brought in 8shirts and only two needed to be redone because they were too tight. Then he goes on to tell me that it’s also because I have lost weight that I keep redoing which is not true. If anything I’ve gained 6lbs since my last tailoring. Again, doesn’t make sense because why would it be too right if I gained weight? I don’t even think he remembers that he charged me for a couple redos on my suit already. Obviously, something happened between him and his partner but he was clearly taking it out on me and very unprofessional. I’ve even told him MANY times to pin my clothes tighter but says, «I pin them a little loose, so I can adjust it for you later and get it right»…seriously, wth is the point to making this response and going back on it and also wasting my time. I’ve spent almost $ 1k there, including some work that I had from him a couple yrs ago. This was very unprofessional and humiliating. He could’ve simply told me that he doesn’t want to fix it and that he charges additional money to fix issues. Instead he made it seem like customer satisfaction was his priority in the beginning to take my money but in the end, a totally different story.
If you want to tailor your clothes and don’t care about customer service, this place is for you. Otherwise, look elsewhere because they will talk behind your back and act like they care. I could hear them talking crap behind my back in Spanish, not knowing I have a lot of Spanish employees that work for me. I can see why this place only had 3 stars before I wrote my review. I was trying to help them out because I thought they were nice people but I was mistaken.

Great people! these folks know their stuff true pros at that have mastered their craft.

I love Ivan and his wonderful staff he has such a big huge heart that goes on for decades his daughter rocks. His craftsmanship is beyond words (PUT IT THIS WAY THIS MAN CAN TAILOR ANYTHING) no job is to big for him and his Team SO I CALL THEM TEAM AWESOME SAUCE
KC

Ivan is a tailoring master. I had some cashmere sweaters that had moth holes in them. I hated throwing them out with cashmere being so expensive. I took them to him and he fixed them and I can’t even tell where the holes were.
He also hems all my jeans and recommends the perfect length. He is a perfectionist and I am grateful. Very reasonable prices too.

Excellent service and quality work. If you buy a suit across the street, skip the tailor and go directly to Forest to get it fitted correctly. Recently, I went in for some small repairs willing to wait a day or two. They fixed me up on the spot and repaired some items they had worked on previously for free. I enjoy the confidence I feel every day knowing I have a solid team helping to keep me looking sharp.

I debated between four or five stars and decided on five because they did everything right in the end! Came in to get a dressed hemmed in a quick 24 hour turnaround. They did it quicker that that and had quality work! My only thought was it was on the higher price end. Since all their items are done quick, there isn’t a rush fee but it seems like their prices are higher than normal. Make sure to mention the 10% off for Unilocal customers though! In the end, they do quality, fast work even if the prices are not my preference. They are also very friendly and helpful!

Forest Tailoring is the only place I go to for my suits! Ivan is great to work with and he’s very good at tailoring my suits exactly the way I like it, fitted!
He’ll even fix minor details on the spot as I wait if it’s not exactly fitted the way I like.
His pricing is fair and his work is excellent.
My son just got his first suit and I’ve brought him to Ivan to get it tailored also.
Highly recommended!

Quick and great service!
I needed 4 pairs of scrub pants hemmed for my LVN class by Monday. I brought the pants in around 6:00PM on Friday, and I asked them how long it would take to hem them. The man told me that they could have them ready by Monday. I told him that I needed at least one pair by Saturday (so I could wear it on Monday) and I could pick up the rest on Monday. He said okay and told me I could change in one of their fitting rooms.
There are 3 fitting rooms total, but the middle one seems to be full of storage, so there were actually 2 functional ones. The place is small, but the employees made you feel very welcomed and at home. There is a mirror with a pedestal for you to stand on so they can take your measurements and pin your clothes. But, there really is no privacy when you’re on the pedestal, as anyone in the room can see you.
The man who pinned my pants was very efficient and nice. When I went to go pay, he said that all four were going to be ready for pickup on the next day (Sat)! It came out to $ 10/​pant, and with the turnaround time frame I was very pleased.
I went around 12PM to pick up my pants on Saturday and there were about four people ahead of me in line picking up their clothes and another 2 people getting fitted. Since the place is kind of small, it felt a little crowded, but the line moved fairly quickly. I had forgotten my receipt, but the man remembered me, so there was no problem there :] My pants were not ready for pick-​up, but they told me that it would be just about 10 minutes more.
There are 2 adult chairs and one green «child-​sized» chair. Haha, I thought that was kind of cute. There were a few magazines, but most of them were in Spanish with titles like «Poder». There was also a water dispenser and a fan and A/​C on for our convenience :]
A few minutes later, the man told me my pants were ready and I almost couldn’t tell that they had hemmed my pants! I tried on my pants at home and they fit perfectly. They had hemmed my pants and matched the thread coloring perfectly, so much in fact that my pants looked like I had purchased them like that.
Overall, I am very pleased with the service at Forest Tailoring. They accept credit/​debit cards with purchases over $ 10. The pricing is right, they have incredibly fast service, and the employees are really nice. Clothing that is tailored to your height and body will make you feel so much more confident in your work and life. I will certainly be back :]

NOTE: This review is for hemming only.
I was going to Vegas and decided to buy a new pair of slacks. The only problem was that I was leaving the next day and hadn’t gotten them hemmed. Things were looking grim. My worst fears were about to come true, I was going to be a scrub in Vegas :(
Someone overheard my problem and told me about Forest Tailoring, 1 hour hemming. IMPOSSIBLE! Or so I thought… I got to the small shop located behind Valley Fair and had my doubts, that was until I walked in. There were so many workers, it looked like an assembly line. The tailor quickly took my measurements and I was told to take a seat.
(I KID YOU NOT) WITHING 10 MINUTES MY SLACKS WERE HEMMED! UNBELIEVABLE! But wait, it gets better… it was ONLY $ 10 !!!
SPEED + CHEAP + NOT LOOKING LIKE A SCRUB = 5 STARS!!!

Brought my denim in for repair. I was quoted 20 bucks somewhere else with a 4 turn around even I said ASAP. I had 2 day turn around here and it was only 14 bucks.
Good customer service each time I came also. Will return!

I came here based solely off of Unilocal reviews and by googling denim repair. My favorite pair of Gap jeans needed to be saved in a bad way. My jeans held special signifiigance with me, they had some stories. So with my bum peeking out, my wallet slipping out, and my knees getting that breeze, I decided it was time to finally take them in and save them.
Forest sounded like it was going to be the spot. The key word was sounded in the last sentence.
I took my jeans in wishing for the best and with all the positive Unilocal reviews, I had high hopes too. I had a hard time understanding the guy. I believe English wasn’t his primary language. I pointed out the flaws on my denim and asked for them to tell me how they would fix them. I was assured that they would patch them and make them look brand new… as best as they could.
I recieved the exact same pair of jeans… strings frayed and holes still there. All that they did was patch the holes. I was dissapointed. I paid my fees and left. The job looked horrible, but I will still wear them. Like I said, they hold a special place in my heart… I can’t let them go.

I was looking everywhere for a decent place to hem my True Religions and my friend recommended this place to me.
I told Ivan I wanted to hem and taper in my skinny jeans. He then instructed me to try on the jeans, then he measures the length to be taken off, and lastly takes in the seams to my liking.
It’s $ 14 dollars for original hem and $ 18 dollars if you want tapering for skinny jeans.
i was able to pick it up that same day around 4. I tried on the jeans again after I picked them up and they were perfect!
I would definitely visit them again the next time I hem my jeans!
4 STARS!

After a recommendation from a Unilocaler and reading the positive reviews, I decided to bring in my new Hudson jeans here for alteration. Note, I did wash it before bringing it in. It was a petite size 31″ inseam, but an inch too long for me.
They ask you to try on the jeans. Cool fitting room that it automatically turns on the light when you close the door. When you come out, the tailor hems the jeans to the proper length. Make sure you account for the different types of shoes you’ll be wearing. I wore heels, but I made sure to inform him that I would be wearing lower heels sometimes so he hemmed it up a little more than usual.
I wasn’t in a rush for the pickup and it was right before the NY holiday so it was done in 4 business days. I’m sure it would typically be done sooner. $ 14 with original hem. The yellow stitching wasn’t the exact color, but no one can see it so it’s fine. I think they did a good job.
Most important note… parking is limited and tight so be careful! DO NOT park in the space in front of 31 Baskin Robbins as it is VERY difficult to back out of. There’s a bright yellow pole next to the light pole. The car next to me was parked in that space and I actually watched her backing out and slamming into the yellow pole. It made a huge yellow scratch on her car. I felt bad, but she shouldn’t have backed out so fast.

Friendly service and moderate prices.
I’ve come here many times to get my pants hemmed. It costs $ 10 bucks for regular hem and $ 14 for original hem. They have always done a nice job. It takes less than a week for them to get your items back to you, but you can ask them for an earlier date.
The guy who does the measurements is extremely nice and will give you suggestions as well.