Fred’s Tailors

I’ve been taking my stuff here for years. I moved to another area and tried a few other places but no one could live up to the standards, or prices, that Kim has here. So I came back!
Kim is great, a little hard to understand, but her work is always spot on. I’ve never had any trouble with the sizing or any alterations I’ve taken here. She’s always done on time, the prices are very reasonable, and she’s good at what she does.

«Eek!» is the right descriptor here. Kim had a big ol’ meltdown on me.
Mike and I have been taking our dry cleaning and alterations to Kim at Fred’s Tailoring for quite awhile now. Her work has always been good and she’s always been friendly if a bit difficult to understand (she’s Korean). However, we had our first problem with her work today and because of the way she handled it we will definitely not be returning under any circumstances.
I had brought her a pair of dress pants last week to be hemmed and taken in at the waist. When I tried them on she first brought them in too tight and I asked her to loosen her pins, which she did. She marked them with chalk and pinned them.
However, when I tried them on after the alterations, they were way too tight. I very politely told her so. Rather than simply let them out a bit, she LOST IT. I mean I wonder if I seriously witnessed a breakdown. She became very, very upset and kept repeating that she pinned them where I told her to. She rephrased it various ways, but all she was really doing was blaming the customer. For all I know she altered them along the first line she had chalked on my pants, which I had told her was too tight.
Then she kept asking me over and over «How many inches? How many inches?» Meaning how many inches did I want them let out. Her English was becoming unintelligible by this point. I told her I don’t know; I don’t know how many inches she took in! «Half inch, three-​quarter inch, HOW MANY INCHES???» I was torn between lighting into her (I was royally pissed by now) and backing away from the crazy. I chose the latter and picked three-​quarter inches.
She insisted on altering them again while we waited. Mike and I said nothing. She wanted me to try them on again. I said no thank you. She said «You okay, me okay.» I said nothing. I chose not to poke the crazy. I paid for the alterations and got the hell out of there.
Her prices are fair and her work is good … but god help you if you have a problem. Heed my warning!

I had many a pant hemmed in Halifax and also had many frustrating experiences using Daniel tailor’s in the Park Lane Mall, which is rated #1 by the Coast. That tailor shop is painfully overwhelmed with work. Don’t expect your pants to be done on time but you can expect to be overcharged for a simple hem.
Fred’s tailors is located in the Sobey’s across from the Halifax Shopping Centre on Mumford Rd near the NSLC entrance. The prices much more reasonable and the work is just as good. My pants were always ready to pick up when they said they would be and I never had to bring anything back because it was done improperly. That makes them #1 in my books. They will even do a hem while you wait.