LookSmart Alterations Sylvia Park

This review is for the drycleaning service that LookSmart offers through its branches. When I was working at Cue in Sylvia Park I would take my clothing here to be drycleaned. At first it was out of convenience but then I realised that the service was very good here, better than what I had experienced at other dry cleaners and they take care of your clothes. I was told that the drycleaning service they use is some eco friendly drycleaner who uses non chemical detergents to dryclean the clothing. Whatever they use it works.
One time I stupidly decided to make carrot juice in a white dress, dumb. I got microscopic specks of carrot on the front of my dress. The fabric was a silk, linen blend and not cheap so I did as instructed, didn’t attempt to remove the stain and took it into LookSmart. They sent it away and when it came back, no orange stains. I also take my coats to them at the end of the winter season for drycleaning so they will be all clean, ready and waiting for the next winter season. The pricing is reasonable also. when I need to get something drycleaned, this is where I take it. Any branch would do though as all the drycleaning goes to the same place.

I’ve visited a couple of Looksmart branches for their services and the one in Sylvia Park is my least favourite. Looksmarts are generally tiny but on top of that, the one in Sylvia Park is practically outside, so the wind is there to greet you while you’re waiting to be served– not fun.
The last time I went there was on an early Thursday afternoon and I’d explained to the lady at the desk that I needed the dress by tomorrow morning. She said that she could have it done by then so I went ahead and got changed so you could measure me. All was going well, so I went and changed back out of my dress and went to the desk to give her my details. As I was just about to pay, she asked me again when I needed the dress to be complete. When I told her– again– she then told me that they were far too busy and I wouldn’t be able to pick it up on Saturday, then urged me to pay for the alteration. I ended up feeling (almost) played and took my dress to the branch in Manukau who did it quickly, without hassle and with honesty.
Despite almost being hustled, I still think Looksmart is a great alteration service, but I’d prefer to visit the Manukau branch.

I was in a panic. The dress I wanted (needed) to wear tonight had a large rip down the side. A rip I’d completely forgotten about; sustained during a lunging dance move. Look Smart Alterations to the rescue! For $ 25 they zipped my dress back together, and all within the hour while I browsed Sylvia Park. They do all kinds of alterations; from buttons to full on tailoring. It’s particularly good for shortys such as myself, when you need a pair of newly purchased jeans/​trousers taken up. Instead of buying maternity clothes, a clever friend of mine actually went to Look Smart to alter her clothes as she expanded. They can fix everything (well I’m sure they’d give it a go anyway)