Manee’s Tailoring & Alterations

Seeing local nearby tailors having bad ratings and experience I decided to try this and now got my work clothes and suit fixed and I enjoyed the service and this will be my main tailor for Virginia Beach.

tailoring isn’t cheap. I buy clothes on sale and have them tailored and it often costs more than the 10 – 20 $ spent on the item. In the end I get perfectly structured clothing for less than 40 $ and I look like I walked out into 5^th avenue. Manees is fairly priced and always perfect with their tailoring!

I had always been impressed with the service at Manee’s UNTIL yesterday. I had taken a sundress there to have it altered. When I dropped it off, I tried it on and mentioned all the areas, I felt needed to be taken in. I went to pick it up and dress was not altered in the way I was told it would be. The areas I had asked about were still too big. They were going to charge me another $ 16 to make even more alterations. I told the women that the dress wasn’t worth $ 30 so I would be leaving the dress there and not paying. She then (in broken English) was explaining how expensive their rent way. My husband has tried to call to talk to the owner, left a message for them to call, but nothing. I will not go back and will make sure to tell all my friends NOT to give them business. While I was there, a women was mad because her bridesmaid dress was promised to be done and it wasn’t ~ no apology, just excuses. Then another women’s dress wasn’t altered the way she wanted. It’s sad that I left my sundress behind, but I wasn’t going to pay $ 14 to pick it up when it wasn’t altered in the way they had said they would do it. UNSAT UNSAT UNSAT! :(

I’ve used this shop a ton for alterations and they have always been priced fairly, very nice to deal with and perfect in their work. Great shop.

I just left in tears. I called to ask for an idea of how much altering my wedding gown would be and she told me that she wouldn’t tell me that over the phone. I asked to come in and she said she was totally free. When I got there she said she needed to do the fitting before she could give me any estimates. So I spent over an hour with her fitting my dress. I’m short so we had to take a few inches off. She kept assuring me that she would rather I let her do some kind of pinning to the dress instead of cutting it. The dress does have a lot of layers and organza ruffles so I could understand maybe needing to do things differently. So I trusted her. But that turned out to be a lot more expensive aparently. Then at the end when I was ready to pay she charged me $ 324. I bought the dress for $ 158 in the first place. Needless to say I was shocked and basically terrified because I do not have that kind of money right now. I just finished paying for a wedding. It’s in 3 weeks. Maybe that’s a normal price. I don’t know. If I could’ve gotten some kind of rough estimate, I wouldn’t have let it get as far as it did. This is definitely my first and hopefully last time I’ll ever need a wedding dress so I’ve never done this before. That was bad but it definitely got worse.
I told her that I had not been prepared for that price and I didn’t have that kind of money. She immediately caught an attitude. Her whole demeanor changed. She basically was like a bully at that point. She told me to make a decision. She said that either I pay her now or she’ll take the pins out right now. I asked her if I could go home and talk it over with my husband to see if I could possibly find the money from somewhere. She told me she had to hold my dress until I called her back. She also kept repeating how suddenly busy she was and how I was inconveniencing her because she has a vacation coming up on the 8^th. I wasn’t really comfortable leaving it with her at that point, but I didnt want her to undo the work in case i can find the money. She was clearly angry with me so I left it there. I’m so hurt. I will have to call her tomorrow to tell her that I actually don’t want her to be the one to do the work on my dress anymore. Not a good way to treat customers when all I wanted was a quote in the first place.

Professional and perfect. They know what they’re doing. It’s not cheap, but if you’re looking for QUALITY then this is the place to go. I would go back and highly recommend.

I’ve come here twice now to get a dress altered and hemmed and each visit was wonderful! Everyone knows their stuff and their customer service is phenomenal. Manee has been there both times I’ve come in and she really knew what she was doing. I don’t think I’ll go anywhere else to get anything altered or hemmed!

Wonderful people and quality tailoring. I brought in a skirt that needed a new zipper and it was ready quickly and looks terrific. I will definitely be a return customer.

I recently had a long, red, lace gown hemmed here, and I have nothing negative to say about my experience. They had it ready in a week. I was expecting it to take longer than that, so that came as a pleasant surprise to me. I believe this place is family-​owned and operated, but I could be wrong. Everyone who works there was helpful and the main lady who helps at the front was so nice and offered help when I was trying my gown on after having it altered. My dress came out beautifully, and I definitely recommend their work! I trust them with my delicate gowns, and will definitely be paying them a visit again.

Best seamstress in VB! We trusted Manee with my husband’s uniform based on Unilocal reviews and were not let down! We were in a pinch and she got us in and out the same day. Thanks!

I had a great experience. I was able to get a dress tailored and picked up the same day for an event. They took so much stress off my shoulders and did an awesome job. Very professional.

Fn Fyeah. a tailor who knows their shit, gets it done and does it right. I took a couple dresses in here to be taken in since I’ve lost some poundage from when I cooked a baby in my body. The woman who took my measurements was quick, friendly and everything came out perfect. She even made suggestions on how to make them fit me more perfectly by taking in other areas that I didn’t even know you could alter. Since they did such a great job on my everyday pieces, I decided to take my USMC Ball gown here to be altered as well. By the time she did her thang, there were about 400 pins in my dress, which worried the shit out of me, but I trusted that it would come out perfect. It did. I couldn’t have been more pleased with their work, timeliness and prices. They aren’t the cheapest in the area, but you get what you pay for, I believe.
Thanks for making my clothes look amazing. You guys are THE JAM!

I am a bridesmaid in a wedding in florida. The bride ordered my dress without me trying it on and it was very small in the top. I was told by another tailor that they could not let it out. There was not enough material. I took it to Manee’s and she did not question it. She did an AMAZING job. I will be going back for all of my alteration needs.

Manee has helped me take in four dresses now. Each one was expertly tailored and I am very happy with her services. The most recent dress was taken in on both sides in the waist and hips, the hemline was raised and was taken up at the straps (it was a bridesmaid dress). The dress was basically re-​made. The fit was impeccable and the work was done in less than a week’s time. Manee is kind; she is pleasant to work with. One time she took in a dress and when I went to pick it up it was still a bit too big. She immediately offered to redo it and have it ready the next day. She didn’t make me feel fussy at all; she simply and politely agreed that it wasn’t a good fit yet and offered a remedy. I will absolutely continue to have my garments tailored at Manee’s.

Manee’s was always my favorite alterations spot when I lived in Pungo. Now that I’m at the beach I starting going somewhere else, but only due to convenience.
I’m not sure what her name is (I think she’s the owner, maybe?), well I try to get her when I’m having a nicer item taken in or hemmed (like an expensive dress). But I’ve always been pleased with who ever is working on that particular day. Their prices are reasonable & they’re very friendly. They even rushed an alteration for us when one of my bridesmaids got a snag in her dress the day of my wedding. You do not have to worry about your clothes at Manee’s– they’ll take good care of you!