Cobbler’s Bench

Look past the disorder. He knows his stuff and does a great job repairing shoes. I’ve taken several pairs in for everything from small to large repairs and he’s great. Don’t be deceived by what you see – he’s a real talent!

I came in to get my boyfriends heel on his boots repaired. The guy in the shop was a very nice older man. I drop the boots off on Monday and asked him if I can have them ready by Wednesday. He told me that would be fine just mark sure it is afternoon and would charge me $ 60.00. I have compared other shoe repair shop and he is very reasonable with his price. He told me that the heels on the boots were not leather and this is why the heels are broken. It took him a minute to find the boots. I told him I would be right back so that he had time to find them without me over him. I went across the street to pick up some dry cleaning and came back 5 minutes later and he had the boots sitting right on the counter for me. He had them ready Wednesday afternoon and did a great job. He also polished and shine them up for me at no extra charge. I wanted to also buy a key chain from him and he said no you can have that at no charge. If I go into any shoe repair shop most of them work alone. If they are kind to me when I first walk in and give me a reasonable price in the shop I will give them a shot at my business. I will of course ask them if they are sure they can do a great job other wise I will not be happy so that we understand each other. I don’t think that dyeing leather is easy for any shop. I have found this out the hard way years ago at another shoe repair shops in Los Angeles. I would bring my shoes for repair here anytime.

DO NOT GET YOUR SHOES REPAIRED AT THIS LOCATION! I initially brought a pair of light tan shoes for repair of the heel and shining. I should have picked up on the clues: unorganized, incredibly messy and dirty both the store and the shoe repairman (one man shop), When I returned to pick them up, not only were they not done, he horribly patched a piece of the leather heel, then decided to stain them a mahogany color to hide the bad job. The shoes were a light tan color with a tan colored heel… what the hell was he thinking by staining them mahogany without at least consulting with me first!?! Stupidly, I gave him 2 additional pair of shoes to repair with the expectation that he would re-​repair the first pair of shoes. He told me to return a week later. I returned to pick up all three pair a week and a half after the date he said they would be ready only to have him tell me he has not finished all of them! When I asked him why he didn’t at least call me to tell me this, he replied with a «well…» and a stupid shrug. What he had fixed up to that point was putting a metal tip on bottom point of a pair of boots — this was done right, but then again, it’s something that’s fast and easy to do in less than 10 minutes; replaced the leather sole of another pair of boots — OMG, what a friggin mess! The sole extended out further than the upper leather~! He had stained around the sole and heel and got the black stain everywhere! He said that he could fix that… just goes to show you the sloppy work he does. If it wasn’t bad enough, he was trying to tell me that he didn’t know that all the shoes were supposed to also be shined which was part of the almost $ 100 he charged! It was obvious from his expression and remarks that he recognized that his work was sloppy and seemed almost embarrassed… every time I made a remark about his work, he kept replying with «I can fix that.» Well, he should have done it right the first time and on time so he wouldn’t have to fix it!!! He was trying to convince me that he could finish and redo the shoes in 15 minutes and for me to come back in that amount of time!!! WHAT?! I told him that I would absolutely not come back in 15 minutes as I want them done right and that I would return tomorrow. I am really not hopeful, but I will post with an update when I pick-​up my shoes tomorrow!!! They are also a cash only business… I’m guessing too many of his customers did a stop-​payment on their credit cards due to his poor workmanship and decided to no longer allow cc payment.