Yun’s Alterations

Yun is good at what he does. Had a leather jacket altered here and he did a perfect, unnoticable job.

I have seen the negative comments about Yun’s Alterations. When I walked into his shop, I was immediately waited on. Granted, his English and sense of humor is not the best, but Mr. Yun addressed my needs, told me the price, which was reasonable and told me when it would be ready. When I returned to pick up my clothing, I inspected it and found it to be completed and it looked like a professional job. He even dug through the trash to retrieve my receipt that I wanted back. He was nothing but professional and delivered my clothes as promised.

Been going to him for over 15 years. My opinion is that something has changed and it is Mr. Yun. He recently has been rude and verbally abusive. His shop appeared devoid of work. Went back after rudeness thinking maybe he just had bad day. Didn’t want to do simple alteration. Measured, mumbled something said couldn’t do it. I told him I did not understand. Measured, mumbled something again and said no. I won’t go back to such a volatile and unpredictable person.

I’ve been going to Yun’s for more than 5 years. I can see how other reviewers find him rude or difficult to communicate with, but I’ve never experienced that myself. He may not be warm and fuzzy with his customer service, but he’s always been polite to me and I like his task-​oriented «just get it done» style. I usually go to him for hemming work pants and dresses, and taking in the waist of pants and jeans. But he’s also replaced zippers on a jacket for me, repaired split seams, fixed shirring that came unstitched, etc. I’m not sure I’d bring a complicated alterations job to him, like re-​cutting a man’s suit, but he has done a wonderful job for me over the years, plus he is very fast – if I need something in a day or two he can do it, but I usually come back the next week and all my alterations are done. One time, pants he took in at the waist did come apart, and he fixed it for me quite willingly. I’ve also gone to Julian’s and Lee’s, and actually prefer Yun’s.

The owner is a jerk. He speaks no english so communication is nearly impossible. He then has the audacity to treat you like you are a stupid idiot for not understanding his pointing and grunting. He actually will roll his eyes and shake his head at you. I seriously had the urge to slap his face.
I took my clothes and left.
Save yourselves the time and energy and go somewhere else!

Whatever you do stay away from this alteration shop. It has been in Salinas now for quite some time so I thought they must be doing something right to have stayed in business this long. Boy was I wrong!
The first problem I encountered at this shop was when I went to pick up my sons pants. To say they did a «mickey mouse job» is giving them way more credit than they deserve. First the pants were still too long for my son, then the stitching on the pants was not even professionally done and it looked horrible. The day he wore the pants the stitching came out by the second hour.
Now I am not one to jump to conclusions. I have always gave second and even third chances so silly me I went back to this place. I showed the owner where the pants came apart and asked that he please fix them. He then told me that it had been over a month which was way to long to take them back — it had only been a week. Then I had to wait for him to look up the transaction in his receipt book. Then he said he would fix them «this time». He did fix the pants quickly and I went on my way but the way this owner deals with his customers and the work he does is not worth the headache.