Merrifield Tailoring Shop

If we need tailoring done, we come here. The first time we came, we had a groupon or something like that. The quality work brings us back. There are closer places to our home, but we make the trek here because the work is done right.
We brought in a pair of men’s slacks for hemming, a leather purse for stitching, a pair of women’s slacks for hemming and a Lily Pulitzer dress that needed major taking in. Total cost — 81.00. Amazing.
I read some of the reviews where people complained the work wasn’t done «right» and they were refused free fixes. When I picked up our order, the young woman told me we had a week to return if anything didn’t look right. I’m comfortable with that. I went home, checked everything out and was thoroughly pleased. This seems like a reasonable policy to me.
If you are looking for a tailor — go here!

Always on time. Great tailoring of khaki hems. Open on Sundays. Dry cleaning without problems. Less expensive than another Tailor/​Dry Cleaner that’s within walking distance.

BLEACH STAIN on my pink jeans! Brought my colored jeans in here last week to be hemmed and they spilled some chemicals on my pants! So now there’s a big old white spot and my brand new jeans are ruined. When I brought them back in today to show this and ask for a refund, the guy refused! He told me he wanted to dry clean them again… Like that was going to fix it?
The did a good job on the hem length, which is why they get 2 stars by ruining my pants?! What’s the point of hemming if you can’t even wear them!
Awful customer service :(

I recently brought a suit jacket in for alterations and he wound up shortening the sleeves (which I did not ask for). When I returned with the jacket to remedy this, the gentleman took my measurements, and then proceeded to tell me it would cost 25 dollars to fix it. I informed him that the sleeves fit fine before he worked on it and that I expected him to fix his mistake. He refused. I was already leery of this guy because when he measured me before, all I smelled was alcohol all over him. His reaction to having to fix his own mistake confirmed my fears. I told him he could make 25 dollars or he could lose a good customer forever and he decided to make 25 dollars. I have not been back since and will not go back.
Their prices are outrageous and the tailoring is incompetent. Save yourself time, money, and frustration by going to the place down the street!

I’ve never used the cleaning services here (hello, have you people tried Dryel?,) but have been a few times for tailoring.
I’ve had dress skirts, jeans, dress pants, and a formal gown hemmed here to better fit my under 5 foot frame. I like my pants longer than usual, and time and time again, they have ignored my wishes and turned my pants in to high waters, as we call ‘em in the south. I thought the first time was a fluke, so the second time I brought a huge batch of new, expensive pants. Big mistake. To their credit, the skirts were perfect and not too short. A third time I needed a gown hemmed and they also took care of that just fine. I only chose this location because I was in a major rush.
But, since I have to be super embarrassed to wear all my most expensive jeans and am constantly tugging at the ankles… I just can’t give any more stars. I can’t fix the clothes they ruined. I also hate the dressing room situation. My fiancé revealed to me everyone heard me say some semi-​embarrassing things behind the curtain to the tailor in referencing the fit on my hips.
I really need a better tailor.

I’ve learned my lesson: if you don’t feel comfortable with a tailor, leave.
I dropped off three pairs of pants that needed to be hemmed at Merrifield Tailoring Shop, partly because it was convenient and partly because I hadn’t yet found a trustworthy tailor in the area. After doing a cursory web search, Merrifield Tailoring Shop seemed like a good option.
From the jump, there was a major communication /​language barrier between myself and the gentleman that helped me. However, I tend to give professionals a lot of leeway, so I stuck around.
I explained — clearly — how I wanted the pants hemmed, and the gentleman proceeded to pin them. however he wanted. Maybe he was only used to men wanting baggy, double-​break hems? Either way, each pair of pants needed to be re-​pinned several times.
At the time, I didn’t know to object to the gentleman pinning each pant leg separately. Later, when I picked the pants up and I had 3 pairs of pants with 5 separate leg lengths, I realized the error of his ways. This is, to be brief, completely unacceptable.
Considering that the entire experience was frustrating, and not one to give second chances to service providers that make serious mistakes, I’ve since done my research and found a better tailor that was able to fix the unevenly hemmed pants. It was more expensive, but it was done properly the first time.
Ultimately the craftsmanship was fine and the price was decent, but the attention to detail was severely lacking to the point that I would not trust Merrifield Tailoring Shop with any of my tailoring needs in the future. Dry cleaning only might be a better bet.

Took my Hickey-​Freeman (expensive) suit pants in to have waist taken in. Work was done on time but they did not take them in enough. Pointed this out to the gent working there. He agreed to take in further. Went back to pick up pants a second time and now they were taken in too far. They over corrected. I could get them on, but they were too tight. I decided this was not going well — I cut my lost time and money and went elsewhere. Not going back again ever. I am grateful for this experience because it caused me to find a much better alterations shop about a mile from their location called Best Tailor on Lee Highway.

I had a short time frame to get a pretty expensive/​complicated dress altered and was nervous to use this tailor for the first time. Not only was their service extremely efficient, but they were friendly, accommodating, and okay with my picky requests. I definitely recommend this place! Doesn’t hurt that the prices are AMAZING!

i took my coats in for dry cleaning. they did a good job. My coats are clean and nothing is damaged. the price is reasonable. I will be going back again.

I went here after a friend recommended it to me. I will now absolutely be recommending this place to friends.
I had a bridesmaids dress altered, and they were able to do it in less than 2 weeks. Wow! The quality of work is excellent and I will be going back if necessary.
However, just to shorten my dress was $ 55. This seemed incredibly steep considering nothing more complicated (bust, etc) needed to be done. But alas, it was a hard pill to swallow for a dress I will never wear again, but the work was perfect and timely.

Took 4 shirts in to be shortened so that I could wear them outside my pants. Picked them up and when I got home tried them on. 3 were ok, the fourth had a very uneven hem with one side about an inch longer than the other. Had to take back. They fixed it with any apology, but did take 2 extra trips. Next time I will know to try on all items before I leave. That would’ve save one trip

I brought a suit in for alterations and found the service to be wonderful. I just needed the jacket tapered in and the legs cuffed a bit. She originally told me I’d have to pick up the suit on a Monday but I told her I’d need it a few days earlier on Thursday (because I always like to wait till the last minute on these things) She said it’d be no problem for no extra charge which was a great relief.
All the alterations came out to a little less than 50 bucks and the suit fits wonderfully at this point.

This place is awesome! We took two drapery panels that needed to be hemmed after a different alteration shop got the length wrong. Somehow 84″ got lost in translation and they ended up at 74″. After dropping them off Merrifield Tailors called me back to say they had an easier and cheaper way of doing them, plus they were done same day! I will repeat my business with them.

I get my jeans altered here and they’ve always done a great job. I don’t do original but they offer it. Recently I brought two dresses here to be altered. My Sue Wong was pretty complicated. It was hemmed and when I tried it on, it was too short. They were able to fix it that same evening so I could walk out with it. They were also very apologetic about the hem. I plan to continue using them.

Extremely quick, professional, and painless during the intake. They were able to take my Brooks Brother’s suits, which are notoriously classic fit, and have it look modern fitting. The suits were pressed and seemed to be dry cleaned too when I picked them up. This place is also very inexpensive compared to the other places I have been to and my suits were ready in half the time.
And to respond to John D.‘s review.
You expected them to re-​hem your pants for free after one month of wearing it? Especially after you thought it was satisfactory when you picked it up?
You seem like the kind of person that returns fruit.

I have been to the Strawberry Lane location numerous times and sometimes it was a major emergency!
I had to have a dress for a wedding fixed and I had completed forgotten about it till the week of! I brought it in and had to have the hem shortened and the bodice taken in. It only cost me about $ 25 I believe and they got it finished in 2 days!
Whenever I come back to have jeans, pants, and dresses hemmed, the lovely couple who run the shop always remember me and they are very sweet.
The shop has 2 little fitting rooms where you can try on the clothes and they measure it for you. They work super fast and do quality work!

Although i haven’t been here for a while (because I moved), I try to take them my business whenever I head over to my mom’s house…
Very courteous
Very professional
Very good at what they do
I even took my wedding dress here to fix
I’m going to try his wife’s shop — I think it’s called Ann’s Tailoring… I live in Burke and apparently Ann’s Tailoring is in Fairfax — either way, they are EXCELLENT at what they do —

I had a pair of pants hemmed, and all was well. Then a month later, one of the hems completely came undone, in a meeting no less. I took it back to them to get it fixed, and they tried to charge me! When I told them that it was their work, the guy argued with me that it wasn’t their work! He finally relented and agreed to fix their work.
But naturally, I won’t be going back.

If only I could have been blessed with another 3 inches added to my height. Currently, I am at 5’1″ which is a curse when it comes to pants shopping. They’re usually too long for me, even in the petite sizes which means I gotta take my pants to the tailor to get hemmed.
They have a fitting area where you can try on your clothes. I found it incredibly helpful that the fitting area came with high heeled shoes so if you’re going to be wear your pants with heels, they can make the correct measurements.
Great service. They had my 2 pairs of pants done in 2 days. I would definitely return.

I dropped my clothes off on a Thursday right before close and was able to pick them up Saturday morning – excellent. Everyone was very friendly and the prices seemed comparable to everywhere else in the area.
The only reason I’m not giving them 5 stars is because my clothes had a really strange smell to them. I don’t know if there’s something in the organic dry cleaning process that makes it smell funky, or what… While I am not supposed to wear perfume on my job, I did when I wore the blouses I got dry cleaned because I didn’t want to completely smell like I belonged on the Paris metro.