Khanh Alterations

I was curious about this tailor, so I decided to walk in with my belly dance costume. This older Asian man was there, and he started out really rude to me! I was holding up my costume to show him and explain what needed to be done and he scolded me to «let me see it,» which meant put it on his table. Then he spread it out a little and then shook his head and said he couldn’t do it. So, I gathered up my stuff, feeling like it was the biggest mistake to walk in there, and then suddenly he smiles, looks for a plastic bag for my costume and says «that’s better.» It was a really strange, awful experience and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I ended up driving to Bobi’s Tailoring, since I was going to Trader Joe’s. There were two women there working at their machines, and one of them, Co, came up to me and helped me immediately. I will find out in a week if their work is good, but the point here is SERVICE. Khan, or whoever that was at Khan’s Alterations, did not have common etiquette or manners and if that place ever closes down, there would be no loss to Mira Mesa. Still my favorite is Mesa Clothing and Alterations for my dresses and pants, but my second might be Bobi’s for my belly dance costumes. Khan’s doesn’t place at all. I would give it no stars if I could. 1 star is an insult to 1 star institutions.

Came with three items on a Wednesday and was told it’d be ready on Monday. Came on Tuesday and it was not started. Came on Wednesday amd was told one piece was not ready and to come back Saturday.
Quality of work is fair, but promptness and scheduling has left a horrible experience to me. Would not recommend.

Conveniently located off Mira Mesa boulevard. Cash only. Super cheap pricing (some places I’ve gone for simple hems are charging $ 15+). 6 bucks a pop, you can’t beat that! Sure he doesn’t speak English very well but who cares when all he’s doing is sewing your pants. Get in there and pay the man!

I came here to get my dress hemmed for $ 8. I asked Khan if it would be finished by today & he hemmed it right then! Sweet man & I think that people mistake the language barrier for rudeness, unfortunately.
Cash only! (ensure to bring small bills only or you will have to break your $ 20 at Tofu House next door)

I took my wedding dress to get altered here. He told me it would be ready at a certain day and time and I said ok but reminded him that I needed it for the day after the pick up date; he said it was fine. I showed up at the time he had said and it was closed. I waited for an hour and nothing. I ended up having to buy a different dress for my ceremony and when I returned AFTER the ceremony he said that he had gone to a wedding. If he had a wedding to go to then why did he tell me to pick up that same day? Overall horrible service, unprofessional, rude, and worst of all he is not honest. This has been the worst experience I have encountered and hopefully no one has to go through the same headache that I experienced.

Love going here! Khanh is the BEST :)

Ruddest person. No professionalism. Always late. Priced too high. $ 5 is a scam. Nothing can be altered at $ 5 here.

Found my new go to alterations place. Don’t listen to the nay sayer reviews on here. Mr. Kahn was the coolest dude ever. People in Unilocal called him rude, but he’s not at all. He’s an older Asian man that just doesn’t talk much. I introduced myself and shook his hand, I let him know I needed some jeans hemmed, and he told me to come back Saturday at 4pm. I show up 401pm and my stuff is done as promised. I tipped him an extra $ 10 just for being too cool. Location is small shed in old arbys location
Please note he takes cash only.

Brought in a jacket to get the zipper attached because it broke off. I was heading for work and right when I got off work he had it ready. It was only $ 10.

been here a few times. he has tendency to be late, and the quality may not be good. considering to find other places

When I came back for my shirt a week later they haven’t even started on it. But that’s only half the problem… the older gent told me to come back another week and he would only charge me half off the original price which is now $ 6. So I come back, the shirt was done, handed him $ 10 and he tried to short change me. He said he only had $ 3. I said don’t be like that, I gave you $ 10 so my change should be $ 4. He told me to go and I ask «what?» He then reached for a dollar from a bottom drawer and yells at me not to come back. To be clear, its not about the dollar which turns out he had all along. Its about the principle. I told him he could keep his dollar, walked out, and I’m definitely not coming back.

He does a horrible job at meeting his own deadlines. I brought in three pairs of pants for alteration in mid-​August and still haven’t received them back (it is now late October). I was originally told that the turn-​around time would be seven days. The price may be cheap but I don’t know if it’s worth it.

So I read the reviews before coming here but I was desperate and needed to get it done at the very last minute so I didn’t care if I was going to get attitude.
He turned out being so nice and accommodating! I needed a dress altered for a wedding and he said «this is too easy! I’m not even going to charge you!»
Of course I gave him $ 5 for saving my life.
Just a note of caution, he does have broken English and since it’s hard for him to iterate it all, it does sound rough if you aren’t a sympathetic listener.

I just came from the place. I understand everyone has their own experience but the guy was just straight forward not rude… ppl stop being so sensitive. Took a dress to get hemmed and he said 2 mins. Went to ATM (cash only) came back the dress was ready.

I get why people give this place one star, but my experience was pretty damn good. *shrugs shoulders*
I work right next door and left my boyfriends pants that needed to be hemmed, and said only $ 5 and I had no cash on me so I told him I’ll bring it after I get cash. So I left the pants with him and as soon as I came back to my work, the pants were sitting in the back already hemmed. So I walk back and give him $ 10 instead of $ 5.
It was done in less than hour! Yes, he only accepts cash, yes he doesn’t speak English well, yes he can be a little rude. But then again, when aren’t most Asian people at Asian restaurants and places they own?!

Do not get anything altered here! You’ve been warned. The sign says «same day» but that’ absolutely inaccurate. I took a dress here to be hemmed on a Saturday, he told me it’d be ready next Thursday. I went on Thursday; the dress wasn’t ready. By Saturday, the dress was lying there unfinished. When I got there he threw his eyeglasses on the table angrily, as though it was my fault that his machine was broken. He is extremely rude. He was not happy about the situation. The two ladies waiting looked on awkwardly. The way he handles customers is unacceptable. A simple hem job should not take a week nor should customers be treated as nuisance.

How funny… maybe not so funny. I just called this place to see if they did alterations and come to find out, they don’t speak very good english. When he couldn’t understand what I was asking he got frustrated and hung up on me… LOL! Save your time and efforts… go somewhere else!

i took my pants here to be hemmed (saturday morning) the jerk in there probably the owner said it was going to be done tomorrow i said ok, no worries how about sunday i can come by… he says ok after 4pm — i go to pick up my pants… he is renovatiion the place by himself blood between his forehead and he says i am not done — i said i need my pants i gave you two days… i said i want my pants back and i will go somewhere else! he says its all packed up in bags which they were because he was renovating this place by himself! i was livid — i said give me my shi* i will take it somewhere else and he ignores me so, i said to myself calm down and he said come back tuesday so, i told I will be back on tuesday and if he is not done with my stuff — i am DONE with this asshol*.
DO not take your stuff there. oh, as i was dropping my things a lady said he has had her stuff to do some alteration for over 3 weeks he had not touched it. * i should have seen the red flag at that time! ** ugh! i will blow hs review again! if my ONE pants is not completed!

I needed a dress hemmed for my friend’s wedding that I was a bridesmaid in. I wasn’t sure where to go because I have never taken any of my clothes in to be altered before. I saw a little hole in the wall place not to far from where I live. It’s right next to Arby’s. I should have checked Unilocal first. Big mistake! The man there said it would be $ 40 dollars to hem the dress. I thought that was kind of expensive but I was running out of time and decided to go ahead anyway. I dropped the dress off Wednesday evening and was told to come back that same Friday. I came back on Friday night to get my dress and no one was there. I was kind of annoyed but luckily it was on my way home from work so I wasn’t too upset about it. I went back the following morning to go pick it up. He hands me the dress and it’s folded up in the plastic bag… Really??? I was like what the??? I am in a wedding and this is how he is going to give me this garment back??? Where did the hanger it was on go??? I went to pay and come to find out they only take cash. OMG!!! Honestly it’s 2012 how do you not have a credit card machine? Even Tammy the ice cream lady in Mira Mesa has a credit card machine. I had to go to the ATM and come back. I now was now running late and didn’t have time to try the dress back on. Come to find out the reason it wasn’t on a hanger was because the dress was uneven. It was totally longer on one side. Instead of going back and fixing his mistake he chose to fold it up and hide it. I was pissed! By the time I realized the mistake It was too late to try and get it fixed. I phoned him a few days later and told him how I thought it was unprofessional etc. I wasn’t yelling at him or anything and he hung up on me. I will never take any of my things to him again.