Arcadia Shoe Service

Recently took a pair of my cowboy boots in that I thought were to far gone.
Arcadia did an excellent job of resoleing and new heels and did it at a very fair price.
I was definitely impressed.

Oh my gosh, if I ever leave Victoria, I don’t know how I’ll find another «shoe guy» as good as this one. The shop is ran by the same man who does all of the repairs, and his wife helps him out with some tasks. I’ll admit that he’s a little more expensive than some, but he also will go way above and beyond the call of duty whenever he can. Some of the services my boyfriend and I have had completed by him include:
— Countless lift replacements — good quality, and he always shines up your shoes as long as they’re not a weird color
— Leather couch cushion repair (tears in the leather) — You can barely even see where the tears used to be.
— Leather dying — I had a purse in a weird shade of red that I didn’t take very good care of. He couldn’t find the exact color to re-​dye it, but he found one that was close and did a really solid job. The color ended up bleeding a little, but he warned me that this might happen.
— Boot resoling — My boyfriend is in the army, so he needs solid boots. After he had his boots resoled, he felt they were less resilient in the field, but that they were the comfiest boots he owned for day-​to-​day work.
— Permanent Gloss Application — For the boyfriend’s dress boots, he had this permanent shine put on. Granted, he doesn’t wear them a ton, but two years later, they’re still reflective.
Even though the service is great, I think the best thing about this place is the owner. He is always amazingly friendly, calls me by my name every time I go in (even if it’s been a few months since my last visit), and has even offered me his family home overseas as a place to stay if I ever visit. This is a seriously solid dude.