Golden Needle Alterations

RUDE lady. Do not expect fair treatment if she makes a mistake.
I brought in a few dress shirts for the owner of this establishment to take the sides in. I also gave her a sample of a dress shirt that fits me well. Two of those dress shirts were fine and more or less the same as the sample. One of them, however, was way off and too snug. Comparing the shirt to the sample shirt revealed a difference of just under an inch when measured from armpit to armpit.
I went to show her and even though the shirt was fairly expensive (over $ 60) I did not ask her to replace it. I thought I was doing her a favor when I suggested she not charge me for altering some other things in the future. Her mood soured immediately. She kept trying to convince me there wasn’t that much of a difference. That it was my fault for not letting her pin me instead. She never apologized and she even refused to refund the $ 20 I paid for her to ruin my shirt.
She finally said, «pay me and take your business somewhere else» which was not at all necessary since I wasn’t even that upset at that point. She’s all smiles when you walk in the door but just mention the word «refund» and this lady will turn up! TERRIBLE SERVICE!

Excellent work and a MAGICIAN!!! My family and I continues to go here for years for all of our alterations from simple hemmed jeans, fitted suit, to hard work like prom dress or wedding dress. Her works is a PERFECTION!!!
We always greeted with smiley face and energetic energy. She remember her customer names and the items of clothing was being drop off. Amazing memories because she have many customers. She have the styles and eyes to make your clothes look better than originally bought in. Which is wonderful to know.
The alterations price is reasonable compare to the store at the mall or anywhere else. Her service is fast and turn around time is one week, but if you need it sooner in 3 days or so she can work with you. Excellent service!
I have refer all my friends to come here and our family will continues to go here for many more years to come. We think she is the best alterations place in San Antonio!!!

Wonderful alteration business in Castle Hills area.
The lady was quick and efficient with her pins on the day I came in, and I was in and out within 10 minutes (if that). I dropped my two pairs of pants off on a Tuesday, and was able to pick them up by that Friday. They came out perfect! I only had her take up the hems of my work pants/​slacks, but she will do original hems as well. I’m planning on going again to have her help me with a poorly fitting dress!
I will definitely return.
(Oh, and it’s in a large shopping center. Look closely for it, because as one of the pictures shows, it just has a generic «Alterations» sign above the storefront.
Also — no credit cards, only cash or check.)

The seamstress really takes her time and pays attention to detail. She turns around my dresses very quickly. I work on the news and I have taken her countless designer dresses with the price tags still attached — only because I trust her work. There have been a few times when the alterations needed a little more work and she gladly will redo them and doesn’t charge extra. She is a perfectionist and is also very honest. She will tell you if something won’t look good getting tailored instead of just doing it. I find her work to be very consistent and worth every penny!

Binh is the BEST. I went to her for three years before I moved out of San Antonio. She is very detailed and can immediately see what needs to be altered once you try it on for her. I have had dresses restructured, dresses and work skirts shortened, suit jackets altered, pretty much everything. My mom likes her work so much she drives from a town an hour outside of San Antonio just to go to her. Her pricing is also very reasonable and she has a quick turnaround — always one week. She is also very sweet and remembers all of her customers!

I decided to come based on the great reviews. I went in around lunch, asked about prices, and showed her my long formal dress. She (owner) told me to come back in 30 minutes because she was busy. Oh well… I waited in the car. Everything was going great until she mentioned that she could tell my dress was from China and hinted that the quality of the dress was not that great. She said American dresses are made better. This dress was for my sister’s wedding. After going over some suggestions on how to make it better the total cost (almost $ 200) included altering the dress to be shorter, fitted, and some other minor work. Now that I had the whole «dress from China» thing in my head, I felt maybe the dress is not worth $ 200 of tailoring. There was some other stuff that I wanted to change but she kept convincing me with this dress being from China it would be more time and money. I mentioned that I can be picky and was not totally comfortable with the potential outcome of the dress, especially since I would be paying a lot of money and it will only fix some of the problems. I might as well get a whole new dress! Then she became really annoyed that I was taking up her time and wanted me to decided quickly if I was going to use her services or not. She said that she is really busy at the moment. I was surprised that she was acting unprofessional. She then said I owed her $ 20 service charge for the pinning of the dress. Oh well, I did thank her for convincing me to buy an American dress next time.

AMAZING, amazing, amazing! I can’t stress enough how on point other reviews are that boasted of this woman’s talent. The owner is a young, friendly seamstress who is both intuitive and attentive. On today’s visit, I took a pair of slacks to fix an alteration job done by an establishment whose name will go unmentioned. After numerous attempts to have my pants corrected by subsequent businesses who denied there being any problem, I finally found someone who understood my personal taste. The job was finished on time and the results are amazing (I had other pants hemmed as well). You can’t go wrong here. Friendly, timely, and done right the first time!

They were fast, efficient, and did an excellent job.

The 5-​star reviews brought me to Golden Needle & now I’m giving out one myself! Believe us when we say this is the best place in town! She is extremely fast at pinning you and accurate with her alterations, doing the job right the first time. She fixed 10 pieces of clothing for me in a matter of days, all perfectly hemmed & fitting just how they should. You don’t even have to tell her what needs to be done, she has a great eye for how the clothing should look on you. All at very reasonable, affordable prices!

Most young guys like myself often search out tailors when it comes to getting alterations done, but the five-​star ratings for Golden Needle were too much for me to pass up. First time in, I brought five pairs of very different pants, all with different tailoring needs. In a little less than four days, the lovely proprietor of Golden Needle patched a pair of jeans seamlessly, tapered three pairs of dress pants (and hemmed one) with flawless construction, and entirely replaced the horribly blown-​out crotch of my favorite jeans, saving me literally hundreds of dollars across the board – all just in time for the holidays. I literally cannot speak highly enough of this place, so I guess I’ll just let the ratings do it for me! Five stars without question!

Believe the 5-​star reviews! She is the best in the business. She is quick and accurate which too often can’t be assumed. But more importantly she has the ability to tailor simply when the job calls for simplicity and with an artistic eye when such is needed. That alone has made some inexpensive pieces we’ve brought in look like they came from a high end boutique. The prices and level of service are also on point. There’s literally nothing negative to say here.

They know what they’re doing here. Highly recommended. I had them hem my Vera Wang Bridesmaid dress here and she completed work in 48 hours and she had to deal with three layers of dress. I was afraid to ask about her taking out the dress around my hip area. And when I tried to dress on she suggested that she can take it out free of charge. I mean wow!

This is a great seamstress shop. I took two dresses in to be altered. They were not easy fixes but she fixed them beautifully. She only had them for one week and mentioned that she could have them sooner if needed. I will definitely be back.

My parents I go here to get our clothes altered. The lady there is very nice and does an incredible job. Another plus, is she is very quick when she measures you. It only takes a week for your clothes to be altered.
If you want something altered, this is the place for sure.