Chief Mac and Emma’s Creations

This place is great.
Go to the NEX, get a patch sewn on, it’ll be $ 5 and back in a week.
Come here, and it’ll be done in five minutes and for $ 2
It’s cash only, but that’s okay!

Always customer friendly and most things are completed while you wait (very quick turnaround). I won’t go anywhere else for tailoring. If it’s something simple that they can just remove or fix in a couple seconds, they don’t even charge me. Cash only, but not a problem, since their prices are so reasonable. Very high quality work. I would recommend them to anyone!

9 patches on my ride vest for 36 bucks… and they did an outstanding job! I have been ripped off by several alteration shops around here. Chief Mac offered great deals and turn around, truly the best shop by far! I will continue to do business here.

Very fast service. Everyone there is very friendly and helpful. Costs are about the same as most cleaners and alteration spots, so no need to shop around. Highly recommend this place.

This place is AWESOME! If any of my fellow service members were stationed in Pensacola, FL, they’re probably familiar with a place called «Julie’s»: Chief Mac and Emma’s Creations is the epitome of that shop! I will take my uniforms nowhere else :)
As others have stated, make sure you bring cash though.

My sailor picked up his dress whites for his new command check in at 1400 from navy exchange. Right before bed at 21 45 he decided to do a once over to make sure everything was in check. Thats when he realized that the folks at navy exchange had not ironed his uniform despite him paying them to do so… after a huge VENT we decided to cross our fingers and call CHIEF MAC’S. THANKFULLY DAN answered. He was so pleasant and helpful over the phone and after explaining the situation he told us to come on over. My sailor was able to get his dress whites ironed to perfection for his 0600 check in. Chief Mac’s is a wonderful blessing to our community and we will never get our alterations or cleanings done elsewhere.

Chief Mac’s is the best place for uniform alterations. No week long waits or paying extra for rush ordering. Just walk in, bring you stuff, they sew it on while you wait for cheaper than anywhere else. Lots of cool memorabilia to look at while you wait. Oh, and they have free snacks, coffee and tea. This is how a business should be run.

Next day pickup for dry cleaning or big items. Sewing while you wait. Fast and friendly service. Why go anywhere else. Just bring cash.

Way better than the NEX! Come here just bring cash if you do! Been serving hampton rds area a long time now!

Very nice in there I was in and out in less than an hour getting stuff sewn on for my husbands whites and blues. I went in at noon on a Wednesday and no one else was there. I would have given them 5 stars but kinda got a bad taste in my mouth when they were handing me back my husbands uniform and the woman noticed that her husband glued on a patch rather than sewed it on. She immediately took it back to fix it but at the same time anyone that’s ever worn blues knows that the patches don’t stay on when glued… It’s just a fact ! Lucky she caught it but It shouldn’t have even been an issue in the first place. Very inexpensive they only accept cash, Dodge’s has an ATM next door. Don’t go to the nex! Support the mom and pop shops :)

They should just call it In-​and-​Out Tailors, their services are faster and cheaper than the NEX (don’t tell the NEX I said that). Most of their work is done same day or within 3 days with no hassle what so ever. They usually carry patches, rockers and the usual sew on uniform necessities. I’ve also had a few civilian pants tailored there and they’ve come back fitting like a glove. One thing I appreciate too is that they’ll gladly tell you if they’re not able to tailor something (my leather flight jacket was too thick to be sewn with their machines) and they’ll offer suggestions on where you could go alternatively. Love this place!
(yes this is the same review I left for google, aint nobody got time to rewrite all that lol)

This is our favorite place to get my husband’s uniforms dry cleaned and patches etc. sewed. They have better prices than other shops we have seen (including the NEX) and can usually pick up our order within a couple days. Make sure you remember your receipt!

While standing in line at the uniform shop at NEX, we were discussing how long it was going to take to turn around sewing a small piece onto hubby’s new cover. Looked like it was going to be a while… The lady in line in front of us referred us to Chief Mac’s and we thought we’d give it a go. From the time we walked in the door to the time we were leaving with the finished product was less than 5 minutes and it cost $ 2. Friendly and fast. Hubby had lost his other cover so this was a rush job and they were totally on it.

I stopped in at 1130 to have a stripe sewn on my dress blues for an appointment that I had at 130 and they were able to accommodate me. Definitely don’t recommend waiting until the last minute but it’s awesome that they could still support!

Don’t use this place for dry cleaning. They lost a set of my whites and made me pay for a new pair before reimbursing me!

I am the ultimate procrastinator and this place caters to my problem. I historically wait to the last minute before I start to think about uniforms. I had to go into Moody’s Seabag, which is two doors down and I thought that I would check this place out. It isnt much to look at, but who cares about that.
I gave them a pair of Navy working Uniforms that I needed patches and name tags sewn on. If I had them with me, they would have done them right then, but I thought they made them too. The nametags looked great and they were cheaper and faster than the Navy Exchange. They had everything ready the following day. And if I had waited, they would have done it right there.
For them to make the nametags and sew on 8 different items, I ended up paying about $ 24. I was very happy with the hrs, the price, the quality, and the timeliness.
I will have to now try them for alterations next.
Only small issue I had is that they dont take credit cards. But with the cheaper prices, I had enough cash on me.

same day service!!!
cash only