The Cobbler’s Bench

Disappointed with service. Job not well done plus poor customer service. Had a question on service done & instead of accommodating was brushed off.
Never going back!

The cobblers bench is an awesome place super friendly do a great job fixed my heel for the same price I had to whittle down two other stores, no negotiation here, just a good price$ also shined my shoes for free

I wanted to get the heel on my boots raised and a piece of leather that got ripped off fixed.
The heel raise cost me 25 $ and to fix the ripped leather piece was an extra 10 $
Now for 35 $ that was such a bargain! The other shop I called said it would be 60 $+ per square inch to raise the heel!
When I got my boots back they looked absolutely phenomenal. Would definitely recommend this place to everyone! GO HERE!!! And don’t be afraid to ask questions!

An excellent experience at The Cobbler’s Bench! My well-​loved purse looks like new thanks to Jay. He was wonderful in suggesting a local leather supplier for the materials I needed, and he patiently worked with me to repair a ripped cross-​body strap. Thank you!

I have been going to this repair shop for 10 years. I love beautiful shoes and they have seen every pair. My designer shoes immediately go to the Cobbler’s Bench where they add reinforcement to the sole. This makes them non slip, more durable, and they have every color I need: Black, Beige, and Red! A great investment at a very reasonable price. I am so grateful for their expertise and artistry.

The best cobbler in the world!!! His repairs are like new. Super nice, super friendly, service-​oriented. Highly recommend !

This place is like my second home. I love wearing high heels and I often visit this shop to get them repair monthly:-))). The owner is very professional, kind and always on time. I would recommend it to anyone who want their shoes to be fix quick at a reasonable price.

I love stiletto heels and I wear them every weekend. I had 2 pairs that completely wore out on the bottom and I was going to just throw them away. Luckily I mentioned the issue to my co worker and she recommended this place, I came here last Saturday and shoes were ready in a few days! The owners are friendly and honest and my shoes look brand new. I will definitely come back and the best part it only cost $ 18 to fix shoes I paid pretty penny for.

My profession requires that I walk quite a bit. Which also means that I destroy shoes pretty regularly.
A favorite pair of heels recently wore down and upon noticing a shoe repair shop on Harbor Blvd in Costa Mesa, I thought what the heck. I’ll just drop them off there. The gentlemen at the counter offered to have them done for me in fifteen minutes. I didn’t feel like waiting so I picked them up later.
$ 8.00
What the hell costs eight dollars anymore? Especially in Orange Drain-​Your-​Wallet County?! And beautiful work!
Thanks, Cobbbler’s Bench! You’ve won a loyal customer!

I took my boots to Cobbler’s and they were great! The price is great and the staff was very nice! My boots turned out wonderful too!

The nice gentlemen here resuscitated my very favorite well worn and abused ballet flats. This place has a moderate price tag, but at the same time the quality of the work far exceeded my expectations. Very professional and on time too. I wish I knew about these guys sooner.

Why haven’t I found them sooner?!

I have a pair Coach boots that really needed help with a rip, lost button and needed to be resoled. I love these boots and wasn’t ready to throw in the towel, so I searched for a shoe repair store nearby and found this amazing Cobbler!!! I brought them in explained what I needed a few days later picked them up and feel like I have a brand new pair of boots! Thank you for saving these comfy boots!

I almost threw my favorite $ 250 pair of shoes because of a developed hole in the bottom of my right sole. Luckily a friend referred me to Cobbler! I didn’t think it would turn out the way I wanted it to but I just picked them up and WOW! They’ll fabulous! Replaced soles and heels on both shoes and they look soar as good as new!

Excellent job on my italian leather purse and shoes. The threading on my purse was coming unraveled and they were able to fix it where other cobblers couldn’t /​wouldn’t. He was honest in pricing for both items. Very affordable.

Amazing. Fantastic. GENIUS.
I have been coming here for over a decade and appreciate their expertise in all things shoes! Such work that I’ve requested over the years: re-​soling shoes for extended life, lowering heels that were too high, restoring beloved vintage finds, extending the elastic at the top of boots, and repairing many summer sandal straps.
They are also very honest with me when shoes are no longer fixable. I shed a tear, then take their word as a blessing to buy another pair.
I adore supporting local family businesses and hope the owner (who looks a bit like Geppetto and has a slight NY accent) keeps this store open for many more years to come!

Discovered this wonderful repair shop several years back. Clean, organized, little shoe repair shop — even with chairs for patrons to sit and wait. Located in a retail strip mall section of the Kmart shopping center.
Professional shoe repair by the owner’s son, Jay. Very friendly, reliable, honest — even took care of matching my red Louboutin rubber soles! He’s definitely my GO TO, always…
Shoe repairs can be very costly, so it’s a question of worthwhile investment? Here, shoes are repaired with quality workmanship. They are true craftsman and specialist — when it comes to fixing shoes. Jay is very timely with his pick up dates, as he needs enough time to give your shoes the TLC they may require.
Accepts credit cards, 50% initial deposit due of total repair costs.
Consistent, dependable, with fair competitive pricing. You will be happy when you see the results of your repairs!

came here b/​c my roomie recommended them 2 me.
I had 2 pairs of heels that I wore in boston. Should’ve known better. Stupid cobblestone streets in boston! RUINED my heels!
Anyways, as I walked in the door, I was greeted by a worker. Super friendly and prompt.
To repair my heels was $ 9/​pair. SCORE!
Most places were charging me an arm.. . thank u for ur low prices and friendly service.

I came in today becuz my FAVE FAVE Cigarette heels needed some TLC. I figured I spent enough on these baby that they needed help before it gets to the point of no return. I needed to fix the «Lift» on my cigarette heels and I didn’t want to go to Anthony’s across from SCP. I’ve been going there for over 10 years and he’s lost his ways in terms of quality of service and customer service. His pricing is all over the place. So today marked a milestone in my book. I walked in and this cute older man came out to greet me. He took a looked at my heels and knew exactly what to do. He asked if I had 5 – 10 minutes. I was shocked he was going to fix them for me right then. That is quick and amazing service. I had already called Anthony’s earlier this week to get pricing on the same shoe issues and he said $ 12 dollars for a «Lift» which is the bottom of my heels and said he can do it in 4 days. The bottom of your shoes are the «Soles». Not only was this new place cheaper and faster… I waited and got my beautiful heels all repaired in under 10 minutes. The time I was there waiting, 6 people walked in to fix their shoes. That’s a lot of biz in such a short period of time.
I am totally happy and completely amazed with The Cobbler’s Bench. I don’t live that close to them but so worth me driving out to repair my future shoe issues. Thank you kind man… I will be coming back to fix other shoes for now on.
VERY HAPPY you saved my baby!

IF YOU HAVE QUALITY men’s shoes DO NOT come here. I was lured in by the Unilocal reviews but they are misguided and unaware of quality shoe repair. The main man at the front is very nice; however, that amiability masks an inability to handle serious work.
The Cobbler’s Bench is a chopshop for Macy’s/Steve Madden-​quality women’s shoes and old cowboy boots. Yes, I’m sure he can sew-​on odds and ends and, «oh-​em-​gee», he put your heel back in *GASP* but that doesn’t mean he can repair nice shoes. The place down the street from my house that only has one sign reading «Shoe Repair» can fix heels but I expect a cobbler when you tell me you’ve been «cobbling» for 10 years.
I brought 3 pairs of shoes here and, after all their masterful work at the Cobbler’s Bench, all three had to be brought to real cobbler.
This store WILL end up costing you more money.
1.) Allen Edmonds — Insole Change
Originally my allen edmonds had natural leather insoles. The cobbler said that he could cut another piece of leather to put on the inside. Instead, he puts in an OFF COLOR LAMINATED leather insole probably used mostly for Payless heels inside my 400 $ loafers and glued them down so hard I had to use adhesive stripper to get them off.
I paid for them, offered to pay more, and asked if he could fix it. He stands there, puzzled as to why I don’t like the laminated leather insoles inside of premium leather shoes. He has no idea how to fix it and attempts to forcefully pull the cemented insoles off of the soft foam inserts (sewn in). He then asks if I want the 12 dollar pleather insoles handing on his wall to be glued over the laminated leather insoles or if I want him to rip out the –sewn in– foam/​crappy insole and put something of his own making inside. GENIUS.
RESULT: I ended up paying 40 $ for another cobbler to remove the rest of the insole after I dissolved most of the adhesive at home.
2.) Frye Boots #1 — Heel Change
I wore down the heels of my Frye boots from 3 months of backpacking through Asia and brought them in for a change. The heels were changed but they pryed off the heel so roughly and hammered back down so hard that they split the stacked leather layers all the way around.
Now the only stacked leather heel layer not splitting is the rubber/​leather combination piece they glued on to the very bottom.
RESULT: This repair ended up costing another 25 dollars to get repaired at a better cobbler.
3.) Frye Boots #2– Heel Repair
My second pair of Frye boots had started splitting where the inside of the heel meets the rest of the outsole. I brought them in to get glued back down.
This is a simple process. You cut into the heel, reglue it, and then clean off the extra adhesive. I’ve watched many cobblers do this; however, when I got my shoes back from this cobbler I saw that he cut into the heel and left a 2 mm indent all the way around the heel layer he cut into. Furthermore, excess adhesive had been allowed to dry all the way around.
When I cleaned this adhesive off, the residue pulled off the natural coloring from the heel and, now, my once uniform colored shoes have a nice wavy light brown line complementing the natural unfinished dark brown leather.
RESULT: This repair ended up costing another 10 dollars to get my heels refinished at a better cobbler.
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I’m sure this cobbler does a fine job cleaning plastic patent leather heels from Payless or nailing some woman’s detached 80 $ DKNY Heels back in but DO NOT bring your shoes here if you require more serious cobbling.
Find someone that has worked with nice shoes and has an eye for detail. This place is fine (sometimes) for putting taps in. Cobbling nice shoes requires craftsmanship and this place has been found lacking on multiple occasions.