G & R Fabric

I stopped by here this past drizzly Saturday. The store was sleepy, as the rest of fashion district seemed. Maybe everyone was still recovering from the effects of Thanksgiving turkey tryptophan. This was the third time I’d been to G&R. The sales people have always been friendly. I wanted to purchase a solid white shirting cotton for a blouse pattern. I had actually just purchased some really nice fabric from Mood, but then I became afraid of messing up the expensive stuff, so I decided to practice on something from G&R Fabrics first.
Upon entering the store, I let the sales associate know what I was looking for and he pointed out the shelves of shirting cottons. There were only two rolls of solid white. Mood had a shelf full. I asked the G&R associate what the difference between the two rolls were. He told me, without hesitation, that one was better than the other and both were $ 5 a yard– less than a third of what I’d paid at Mood. A blind person would be able to tell you which fabric came from Mood, but by appearance I couldn’t really tell.
The last time I purchased a solid cotton from here for a skirt, I didn’t like the way the fabric clung to my legs, but I’ll still miss this store once it’s moved to Jersey at the beginning of 2016.

This place is great. Large selection of a variety of different fabrics for great (and negotiable) prices. The staff here is always friendly and welcoming. G&R has become one of my favorite, go-​to fabric stores in the Garment District. Oh, and they also have student discounts as well!

I went to every single store in the district and not one could be the prices they offered, nor the selection. The staff is really what made my experience so phenomenal. I am now officially a G&R girl!

I absolutely love this place! I always find what i need and the quality and selection of fabrics are amazing! The staff is extremely knowledgable, super friendly and very helpful. They’re always interested to hear about your projects and always remember you on your next visit to the store. I’ve been shopping the garment district for fabrics for years and when I go to G&R i always find what i need at a great price! If you want quality fabrics at great prices, I highly recommend you start your journey here!

We I have so say that this is one of the best fabrics store in the garment district it’s almost a one stop shop fabrics store they have almost every thing in here, they have a lot of leathers and p. u vinyl, I visit this store when I attended parson the new school for my muslin and since then I keep coming back

G & R are great. They are good source of brocades, poly satins, chiffons.
They are also good at getting fabric ordered in if they don’t have it in the store.
Great prices too. All the guys are very friendly and helpful.
I also saw the review below, and am very surprised. I have been going in there for the last year (alone I might add) and have never felt harassed in any way.

Great fabric selection and helpful staff.
They usually have anything I need and stock basic workhorse frabics as well as embellished special occasion items.
This place is usually the first store I check when looking for something specific.

This is my first time at a fabric store so I don’t have much to compare to. The people in the store were very friendly and there were multiple people available if you needed help. I wasn’t a fan of the way the store was organized, it was a bit crowded and many fabrics were covered by others.

I come here all the time, they have GREAT prices and the people working here are very nice!

They had exactly what I needed for my project and were very helpful suggesting good alternatives that I ended up using. What’s better is they also saved me money!
Much better experience that I was honestly expecting.

Meh, is right. Why the guy in the store was following me around the entire time? Idk. That’s really not my idea of good customer service. It was actually quite annoying. Were there great fabrics in the store? Honestly, I really don’t know since I was distracted by this man following me around. Before I could find something I liked I went about my business and found better service and inexpensive fabrics that immediately caught my eye at AK Fabrics a few doors down.

I have no experience with fabric stores so I can’t really compare them to anyone else. Unlike some other stores within the garment district, G&R does both retail and wholesale business (and takes cards). I had a very good experience here regardless of my limited fabric buying background. The store was very well organized and stocked with every type of fabric I could have needed and the sales guy was very helpful in leading me to whatever I asked him for. There weren’t prices listed on anything but when I told they guy I only wanted to spend $ 4/​yd he didn’t have a problem giving me the fabric I had picked for that price (I do wonder if I could have asked for lower or what the price would be have been had I asked the cost without telling him my budget).
Next time I need some random fabric, G&R will definitely be the first place I check out.

In the sea of fabric stores in the area, this is easily the best. Not only is there a HUGE selection, the guys are helpful and very knowledgable and they only charged $ 4 a yard for the two types of fabric I chose! I can’t find anywhere else that charges less for such beautiful fabric.

Very friendly service! The gentleman at the counter even suggested another location down the block that offered what they didn’t. Not necessarily the cheapest for some cotton fabrics, but youcan’t have it all! The individual was very helpful, even asking what I was making so he could suggest material.

Reluctantly giving these people my golden seal of approval — because I am selfish and HATE to have to share this — but decency and love for my fellow fabric addicts prevails and I must…
very nice imported silks, mohairs, linens — whatever you want… at rock bottom prices — especially kind people, occasional defect in fabric so look at the whole thing before you leave w/​your goods…

I stopped by here looking for a good fabric source in NY. The guy was great and I found what I was looking for, which I wasn’t able to find at all the others. They shipped me rolls at a fabulous wholesale cost and didn’t charge me retard shipping prices. They have alot of different types of fabric there.

Good selection but I’ll be honest. It looks like all the other small fabric stores up and down 39^th street. The good news is that all prices are negotiable.
I wasn’t looking for something in specific, I just wanted to see what they had… a fabric caught my eye and I asked how much it was, the young guy said $ 12 a yard. I gave him a dirty look and put the fabric down immediately. He caught on and asked how much I wanted and I said I didn’t want any at that price. He unraveled it and noticed that there was only about 2 yards left of it so he said he’d give it to me for $ 9 a yard and I said it was a shame he had to roll it back up again because I wasn’t going to pay that either, so he finally decided to give it to me for $ 6/​yard and I was on my merry way. They accept credit cards.
I probably could have gotten in cheaper but he lost interest when this other chick came in looking to buy way more fabric than me. She said something about have her show in October in Brooklyn and she seemed all sad about it. Whats wrong with Brooklyn? It’s the new Manhattan!