Addi European Tailor

Love Addi, he’s the BEST!!! Not only is he just a great man who’s a pleasure to talk to but he’s a fantastic tailor! I brought 2 dresses to be hemmed and they turned out perfect! After having a few disappointments from other places in the city, this was such a wonderful experience! I will definitely only go to Addi from now on!

I took two pairs of jeans there to get the length shortened. They were both done perfectly and on time. The price seemed fair.
FYI — it’s hard to find his shop. Go up the stairs and make a right hand. It’s in the same building as Apartment People and Intelligentsia.
Addi’s a nice guy too.

AVOID. Took a nice pair of jeans in for a simple hem and he MURDERED THEM. Rather than simply take off some length and restore the original cuff, he sliced off the bottoms, took away some length and reattached the cuff leaving an unsightly patch of denim all along the inside. The seams were off, were misaligned and had different widths. I’m not sure how he could’ve done a worse job. I now have to have them sent out of town and they are probably unrecoverable. A nice man but a horrible tailor. Do not go here.

Addi is the best Tailor in the city! You will never be upset with his work. He’s also a great man with a warm heart!

They do good work but pricey.

This guy is good at what he does. I had him tailor two suits and a pair of jeans and all three came out better than expected. The suits now fit perfectly and with the jeans he did an original hem alteration that was spot on. I will definitely be repeat customer.

This is my first review on Unilocal,but Addi deserves some love from the younger generation so I have to add it. I just picked up my suit from Addi. As described on other Unilocal reviews, the place appears that it hasn’t been updated in the past 45 years (which he told me is how long he has been there). Plaid couch, tiny dressing rooms, but beyond the aesthetics (which end up feeling cozy by the end anyways), this guy is a master at his trade. I walked out of there glad that I experienced it while there are still people this good at bespoke tailoring. I brought in a suit that was potentially too big to start (42 reg vs. a typical 40 reg). This man made it look presidential.
Cost was high ($ 140) for me but I am new to the tailoring game. It was worth it. He made this suit appear like a million bucks. Completely made me look incredible. We were discussing how long he had been doing this, and he referenced making suits for Chicago greats like Sammy Sosa from scratch. He does not do that any more, except for customers he already has a relationship with, but in regards to alterations and tailoring, this man is top notch. As a previous reviewer stated, if this scale went to 10, I’d give him a 10. Addi blew away my expectations.

I’d give Addi 10 stars if I could.
See, one day I split my fat-​pants at work, and my suits were getting harder to button (thanks a lot, bacon) so I decided to get everything altered.
I buy expensive clothes, and some of my suits are completely custom, so it was important to find someone to do things properly.
I tried going to just the corner dry cleaner… what a mistake. Those blind butchers should be tried for war crimes.
Addi, on the other hand, is amazing. I will never go anywhere else.
It’s deceiving, because his shop looks like it hasn’t been updated since 1965. The carpet is stained & old. The couch is dusty & hilariously droopy. The changing rooms are like a pine coffin. The TV reminds me of one my grandpa found in a dumpster back in the 70s & kept in his oil-​stained garage.
None of that matters.
What Addi did to my clothes — thousands and thousands of dollars worth of suits — makes him completely worth it.
And he’s a really nice & funny guy on top of that — great to work with.
This man is truly amazing, and the best tailor I’ve ever found. And he’s very, very affordable.
Go. You won’t be sorry.

Addi is great! I am short and have to have everything tailored and he is the best! I’ve been dumb and taken basic denim hemming to the dry cleaners and had them turn out disastrous and it cost me hundreds of dollars. Then I found Addi and I would never go anywhere else, even for basic one stitch items. He is also very reasonably priced.

This guy’s shop looks rinky-​dink but he’s top notch to be sure. After a day of bringing our garments in to various shops (who all say, «price? i don’t know, bring it in» when you call). He not only did the work he said, but quicker than he promised. Super nice man ta-​boot! As we always try to support local businesses, he is now «our guy.»

I have to give Addi 5 stars. This guy is a *real* tailor and not some hack with a sewing machine. I’ve had alterations done all over this neighborhood at various cleaners and they’re always mediocre at best. Addi makes things look better than they did when new. He can do all sorts of tiny things that make a big difference.
My best experience was with a jacket I had taken in by the tailor at the dry cleaners. I thought it was ruined it looked so bad. Addi fixed it up no problem and it looks like it was custom made it fits so well now.
You’re going to pay a lot more here, but you can’t put a price on finely tailored clothes.

Addi is great, I have been going to him for years. Every pair of pants I have purchased off the rack, and then given to Addi, has come back looking like a custom trouser. He is an expert in the thinner, slimmer, European cut. I’m an not a slim guy, but he can make your pants look perfect. Beyond his mastery of alterations, Addi is a pretty funny guy. The only down side is that his store’s furniture, carpet, decorations, etc., has not changed since the late ‘60s.