Golden Slipper Modern Boot & Shoe Repair

I took in a pair of cowboy boots to have rubber put on the bottoms… Brought them in before work & pick them up after work! Fast progress, extremely well craftsmanship & friendly service… All for a good price!!! Highly recommend.

I have some old Justin Ropers and the heel was coming apart so I took them in. I’ve used Golden Slipper before for minor repairs. After a 4 years of use and multiple festivals, I figured this would give them a few more months of use. I went for the cleaning as well. When I picked them up, holy shit: they looked brand new. Not only did he fix the heel, he patched several holes and gave me new tongue flaps. For $ 40 he gave my boots years of life. Don’t throw those boots away, take them to Golden Slipper!

I’ve taken a dozen pair of boots and shoes tho these guys for years now. Always quick, always friendly and the repairs are on point. I took a pair of expensive but abused Mark Nason Italian leather boots to get re-​soled and re-​healed. He not only fixed what was damaged but touched up a few places that needed to be stitched and didn’t charge me. Most recently I bought a cool vintage pair of slip on motorcycle boots from eBay and they were a bit too wide at the calf. I took them in with a wild request to fit them to my leg, take out a few inches of leather on each side and to add a zipper. He spent five minutes with me (even though he was clearly busy) and measured, compared to the pair I was wearing and told me he’d have them done in a few days. I expected the job to take at least a week and cost around $ 150 as he noted it was around 6 hours of work. I returned the next week and no only did he do a KILLER job (they fit PERFECTLY) but he also replaced the heals and re glued/​sewed a few places that needed it… all for only $ 95. JUST REMEMBER they DO NOT take cards, bring your cash and tip the staff!

I really wanted this place to work. So I went mid Saturday. They were closed on weekends. So I took off work early on Friday, and they had closed Thursday and Friday. I give up. If you live in the neighborhood and can make multiple trips, this might be a cool place. I need something a little more reliable.

I look up places to fix zippers and they popped up! Took my backpack in they fixed the zipper in under a minute and told me I didn’t have to pay ‼ super nice and friendly service !!!

Okay I’m a happy camper with this shop and my relationship with the owner/​manager. This is a shop with a real craftsman that works on the premises.

What a great place. the owner was friendly and seemed interested in helping me get my boots repaired quicky. I was in a hurry, i needed my boots for a weddind El Paso and was leaving the next day. While packing my boots i noyiced a heel was loose. I went down to the Golden Slipper and they fixed them while I waited, when I explained my problem. Did a great job, quickly and for a reasonable price. This is a real South Austin jewel that we need to support.

These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do — after party stomping, hill hiking, S. America country running, sweat crunking and all the other activities.
It’s no wonder these babies featured a sizable hole in the sole the day after one such body rocking good time. I needed help, and fast. With a trip planned a few days out, I wasn’t sure who to trust with my ever-​complimented, go-​with-​everything broken-​in and broken boots. So glad I took them to Golden Slipper!
First of all, parking’s a hot mess. I wished really hard that I could fold my car up like a piece of Juicy Fruit and stash it somewhere easily, to no avail. I ended up parking 2 block away in the neighborhood and shuffling over.
Once in the shop, I was given a ticket and told it would run me about $ 50 to resole both shoes. Que? Pero that is all the money. Once I returned to pick them up, just 2 days later, I understood why: they were more beautiful than when I had originally purchased them! I’ve never seen such a lovely sole in my whole life. The price included a leather conditioner; as a curly girl I should’ve known about this shoe moisture magic. They even preserved the inserts I had put in them. Who does this? These boots can now be part of some lucky kid’s inheritance.
You’ve got to bring your shoes, boots, galoshes, jellies, platforms, whatever. They will never be so lovingly treated by anyone else. And they sell leather purses they’ve fixed! All the temptation. All the craftsmanship. Worth it.

Took 2 boot to be refitted and they did the bare minimum.
I was first told to come back 3 days for pick up. I go 4 days later and after looking 10 mins for the shoes they ask me to come back the next day as they were not finished (it seem more like thy didnt find them)
I returned 2 days later and same as before, after 10 mins looking they asked 5 mins to finish some details… I come back later in the day and they did a mediocre job I assume because they wanted to do it in 5 mins…
Will give them another shot as they seem to be great ppl.

Excellent work done here! And a very fair prices, to boot. (pun intended :) We found the Golden Slipper after repeatedly being disappointed with the Austin Shoe Hospital– so glad we gave them a go. My husband had the soles replaced and one back zipper on a favorite pair of boots– he was beyond impressed with the quality of work and attention to detail. The only thing I overlooked was this cash or check only… I didn’t go prepared for that but that was an oversight on my end.

Able does a fine job as an old south Austin cobbler. Hes kind and personable to boot! I walked in with a pair of heels that were coming apart from the sole of my shoe. He insisted that he could glue them right then and there. I was prepared to walk out barefoot, but Able said it was too hot on the sidewalk in August.
He fixed the sole of my show immaculately and didnt even charge me for it. I plan on taking some of my Ariats that I ride in into him to get a second protective sole so I dont wear through the original. Able is clearly very able at his trade! I wont go anywhere else in ATX!

Had my Ugg’s and my rubber soled cowboy boots re-​soled here and they do good, quick and cheap work… the guy who does the boot work is a master and I would recommend them to a friend. It’s a great place to buy a pair of good used boots too, if you don’t have $ 400 to spend at Allen’s…

Needed the heels on my leather shoes rewrapped as the faux-​wood vinyl was peeling. Took them to Austin Shoe Hospital on Ben White and they wanted to charge $ 70.00 to wrap them with leather. When I explained that was not the original material he told me that was all he could do. I took them here and they rewrapped and polished them for $ 30.00 (inc. tax) and they look brand new. Be sure to bring cash as they do not accept credit cards.

I found some great Thunderbird western boot tips here for my 1950’s vintage Justin boots. My friends are jealous! I love Abel and his team. Check out the unclaimed boots for sale, if you are the right size, you score! Golden Slipper is our go-​to place for all shoes theatrical in my biz, we love ‘em! Many thanks!

Needed my new shoes repaired since I’ve been going pretty hard on them. And Golden Slipper made them look brand new! His work is fantastic. This place comes highly recommended.

So happy that I decided to try this place out! My favorite boots of all time were in bad shape (like real bad, the soles were falling apart and my back heels were completely worn out). I was embarrassed to even walk in and ask them to fix them. I thought that they would take one look at them and laugh. Instead the man at the front desk took one look at them and went back and discussed it with his coworker who was working in the back. And a minute later he came back to me, drew out their plan to fix my boots and quoted me for ONLY $ 30! What a great deal! I was so shocked! Less than a week later they were ready for me to pick up — they look brand new! I couldn’t have asked for more.
So glad that I looked passed the hole in the wall look of this place. These guys know what’s up when it come to shoe repair.

Frustrating. Have had 2 good experiences, 4 not so much. I keep trying to like them, but I get a lot of ‘no we can’t do that.’
Good: they know their leather. Had a very chewy dog that plowed thru the leather straps of some shoes and straps on a backpack. Both were fixed nicely, especially considering there were no clean edges (all gnawed etc)
(but the backpack eventually gave out after only a few uses).
Bad: Sandals needed new rubber on bottoms came unglued both times after two fixes. Wanted heels reduced on 2 pairs of shoes. This is not their forte’.Both came back almost exactly the same (I measured).
Scuffed up heel on a boot, lady at counter suggested a marker.
Conclusion: leather sewing good. Anything structural, forget it.

Came back again– this time to revive a completely busted pair of Tory Burch flats and beat up pair of cowboy boots.
Essentially these 2 pairs were hanging on by a thread (somewhat literally) and Golden Slipper was able to make them nearly as good as new!
If you’re taking your shoes anywhere other than this place, you’re missing out.
AND THEY ARE REASONABLY PRICED TOO!!!

So I normally take my items to Golden Slipper, but the last time i did about a year ago, I experienced the person behind the counter not being able to find my shoes. They actually asked if i could come back, so I did, not being upset about it really. So I went in yesterday and saw a woman waiting before me… get this… also going through the SAME thing I did… the guy couldn’t find her shoes. Here the woman is pointing at shoes behind the counter helping the guy and she also offered to just come back and didn’t seem upset.
Look, i love supporting local, but this place is always a mess, crowded and the back looks like some hoarder lives there. They really need to reorganize and have a system and I’m sorry to say but i will never go back there again. I ended up going to Austin Shoe Repair at Oltorf /​Congress in that Shopping Center with the Radio Shack /​Thrift Store.
And this place only takes cash /​checks… get up to date people you own a business in 78 704 and all the cool hip people use plastic.

No matter what you see in the Funny Pages… Austin is NOT a city that anyone ever feels *meh* about… EVER.
Golden Slipper is the same way. You either LOVE them, or you go find another place to get your shoes done. Two generations of my Austin-​born family have come to THIS place. It IS small, maybe the owner seems disorganized, and depending on what you’re having fixed, it may take a while. But I guarantee you when he’s done with it, you WILL understand, and agree, he’s GOOD! And if he hasn’t done a good job… TELL HIM. He’s definitely not psychic. Hell… he just re-​repaired some kick ass boots of mine for freakin’ FREE because I needed him to, and the first fix didn’t make me happy.
NO CREDIT CARDS… homie don’t play like other merchants in the TwitterSphere. So bring your cash or checks ONLY. (I’ve seen this piss people off before… makes me want to say, «Calm down»)
Watch it turning in the driveway, and if there’s a wait… go next door to Sugarmama’s, grab yourself a cupcake, and just chill. It’ll get done.