Jacky Custom Tailor & Expert Alterations

Conveniently located, reasonably priced and FAST. I had to get a dress hemmed in one day and Jacky was able to do it at a very modest price. I called other tailors in the area and they wanted to charge me 2−3x the price that Jacky proposed.
Jacky has 20 years of experience in the area and is incredibly humble and nice. Definitely check this place out.
Also note that their location changed to 679 Clay. This is reflected on Google but not on Unilocal

This guy is a wizard! He has taken things I’ve bought off the rack (and on sale!) and made them tailored to me! And then I look like a million bucks! His turn around can take some time, but his prices are affordable and his work is top notch. I only wish that he would make women’s suits and shirts, as he does for men.

Just go somewhere else, anywhere. Very expensive. The guy misled me twice on the timing of when my pickup would be ready. Additionally the receipt I received incorrectly quotes the time that they’re open. I’ve now made multiple unfruitful trips due the major communication «errors».

Dropped off a dress that had ripped at the seams in the bust area on both sides that I bought highly discounted from Anthropologie, yea, I don’t really have a bust area seam problem. Anyway though, he quoted me at $ 10 for each side, and a turnaround time of over a week. The quote was all right, considering we’re in the FiDi, and everything is expensive here, is what I’ve learned. Turnaround time seemed quite awhile for me, as I’m used to quicker times, but I wasn’t in a rush, and he just kept emphasizing that they were really busy. Came back, and he only charged me $ 15…instead of the original $ 20, yay! That never happens, they always tend to underquote you. And the dress was done beautifully, couldn’t tell at all. Will have to try him out again.

Jacky is so legit. From simple suit alterations, to making items from scratch, all of his work for me has been perfect, timely, and very reasonably priced. An honest small business owner if there ever was one.

Never going back here. I had to get a rented tux jacket altered for a wedding and I specifically told him not to cut the material at all since it was a rental. He cut the sleeves anyway and now I am stuck paying for the jacket. Plus $ 33 for just shortening the sleeves 1 inch is ridiculous.

I didn’t realize what a good tailor could do till I started coming to Jacky. He has done a great job for me on everything from shortening Jeans to more complicated alterations.
He is rock solid reliable and reasonably priced.

Jacky’s the best!

I have had many pants and jackets altered with Jacky. He has done a great job, especially with the wife’s jackets.

This Jacky guy is awesome and knows what he is doing. Jacky is always helpful, pays attention to details and friendly. That’s why he is super busy. However, he has never been late before and delivers everything on time. When I buy expensive suits and sportcoats from Wilkes Bashford, Neiman Marcus, and SFA, I still bring them to Jacky to open the buttonholes as he can do an even nicer job (and does it by hand).
Damn this Cliff guy who badmouthed Jacky. Some people don’t know crap about fashion and how a pair of pant should be hemmed nicely.

This guy is the real deal. I almost don’t want to write a review because he is SLAMMED all the time and will only take longer if he gets even more popular than he is currently.
I’ve gotten blazers, pants and shirts altered here. My usual are taking in the waist, tapering legs, shortening of sleeves. He’s extremely professional and knows what he’s doing. Will measure you up correctly and if you ask him for advice he’ll let you know as well. He says he’s classically trained in alterations and suit making (I think?) and it definitely shows.
I happen to speak Cantonese and ask him lots and lots of questions since I’m new to getting things altered. He is always happy to answer them and is friendly. I’m always curious and have had some questionable experiences with other tailors so I always ask about how he does things and how things are done. I always get an answer.
I think he charges an incredibly fair rate, maybe even a little less than he should given his expertise and his willingness to throw in an extra bit of work here and there.
Definitely my go to tailor for the rest of my stay in San Francisco.

I’ve used Jacky for years for all of my clothing. He is hands down the best tailor in this city. If there is a down side is the fact that he’s super busy all year round being a one man sewing machine so you will not have anything done on the spot or even a few days. But for the quality of work it’s well worth it.

Jacky is the man. He’s done my most basic hem jobs (sowed up a hole in my jacket pro bono because he said it was so simple), to extremely creative custom pieces like turning a t-​shirt into a legitimate vest (for a party), all expertly crafted, all on time, and all at reasonable prices. Unilocal should change 5-​star rating to «Jacky rating», because he is the definition of a 5 star small business.

I needed a dress hemmed quickly and these folks did it. (Granted, I had already marked where it needed to be stitched, but still — they did the actual hemming!) Service was prompt and the price was much more reasonable than most places. I will definitely use Jacky again.

I love Jacky Custom Tailor. The gentleman (I assume his name is Jacky) who does the work is wonderful. Fast, detail-​oriented and professional. It’s is a necessity for me to use a tailor located near my office as I am vertically challenged (short) and work 8 – 5 (why aren’t tailors open later?!) This place fits the bill and then some. It’s not the cheapest, but I have trusted them with everything from delicate vintage dresses to some $ 3 pants I thrifted and had turned into shorts. Everything comes back to me looking pristinely altered and perfectly tailored. Check it out!

Wow… very very nice experience…
I had an emergency with my skirt today… a real emergency…
I found him on Unilocal,of course… I went there during my lunch time… he was in the middle of something and when I explained to him the situation he literally dropped off everything and help me out…
Fixed my skirt in 2 minutes and I paid $ 8 (eight :)) for that…
Customer focused, fast and cheap…

jacky is still my goto tailor.
i recently brought in my zegna 15 mil mil 15 suit jacket and told jacky i wanted it to fit like a glove. so he took in the sides, narrowed the sleeves as well as shortening it… but he did so at the shoulders so it wouldn’t interfere with the functional sleeve buttons. what a huge difference! it looks custom made. jacky’s a rock star and will make you look like a million bucks. he sure knows his trade.
he’s also an expert at original hems. i’ve brought him true religions, coh, 7, rock and republic and they all came out perfect. no complaints here.

Jacky fixed up two of my favorite long-​sleeved shirts which both had holes torn out of the right elbow (I consistently tear holes there, but I don’t know why). I asked him to make them short-​sleeved, and they came back looking like new shirts, for about $ 20.
In addition, I had two pairs of pants which needed some stitching and one of them needed a new button. The total for those: $ 0 on top of the shirts.
Moral of the story: come with multiple items at a time, because he’ll probably cut you a similar deal.
A good deal and a friendly guy. A little bit hard to find, but worth the search.

I just picked up the first of many bridesmaid dresses I will gladly take to Jacky for alterations.
As a bridesmaid who loves dancing and strapless dresses, I always dread taking the dress in to be altered. Other tailors seem to think they know better than I, how I need the dress to fit, even on my own wedding gown. This can cause for some embarrassing situations. However, I could not be happier with the work Jacky did on this dress, which had to have the bust and waist taken in, as well as some length off the bottom. I feel confident there will be no wardrobe malfunctions, no matter how long the after-​party goes!

Took my jeans in to have shortened but with the original hem. The good thing is that they were done quickly, but not how I had hoped.
I took in dark jeans with a consistent wash, not distressed on the bottom. When I told him I wanted the «original hem», I don’t think he quite understood – he said, we only do that for jeans that have that distressed bottom because there’s no difference otherwise. Since I wanted the stitching to be EXACTLY the same, I insisted on the original (he showed me thread that was darker than the stitch on the jean).
He finally agreed to «move» the bottom hem to the new length for $ 24.
I picked them up today – they have the «original» hem (he insisted he moved the material – and I believe him) but without the original stitching! He literally moved the bottom of the jean, but had taken out the original thread and restitched with that darker thread. Argh.
Luckily it’s down near the ground but I’m stll bummed. :(