Reviews of Safa Tailors (Tailor)

Sarah Ann

For what I needed, A basic hem, cost $67! That was more than half the cost of my dress. I understand that running your own business can be expensive, especially renting retail space but $67 For a basic hem is insane. He just had to hem the sides of the dress, less than an inch. And I had to cut a few pieces of thread there were left hanging.

Samantha Bax

I brought my bridesmaid dress in to get hemmed and he forgot to hem my dress! It was 2 days before the wedding and I was frustrated and in a panic! The only reason I am giving a 2 star is because he had the hem done in 1 hr. Still charged me almost full price I was not impressed with the way he handled this situation or his quality or work.

Syeed Hasan

This guy fixed up my leather jacket. Looks perfect. He used to get all of Danier's leather products for alterations, I think that's evidence enough that this is the place to go.

Amanda Pfeifer

My experience from start to finish at Safa Tailoring was terrible. Zia was rushed and distracted at each appointment and did not listen to what I needed altered on my dress. I had a dress with a small tear at the back, which also needed to be hemmed and taken out approximately an inch at the waist. He was confident he would be able to fix it. After my first fitting, I went home and cried. The back of the dress has lace detail that was ruined and he added mesh to the back, making it 3 sizes too big, when originally it fit like a glove. He kept telling me it looked “fine” and tried to brush off my opinion. He then said, “You must have lost weight.” I had not lost any weight since my initial meeting with him, he simply did not listen to what needed to be done. Now the dress needed to be taken in to fit again. This repeated at each appointment, the next time I came in, he had taken the dress in too much and then it could not be done up. Zia completely ruined the back lace/mesh detailing on the back of my dress. The mesh that he added was white, instead of nude like the rest of my dress and it didn’t lay flat or match the rest of the lace on the dress (the lace on my dress was ivory, he added white). His response to this was, “Nobody will look at the back, look how nice it is at the front.” He used white thread on nude mesh and paid little attention to detail. At this point I was extremely frustrated, he then tried to offer me a sample dress he received for free from a designer to replace my original dress. This dress was three sizes too small and he claimed that he could “fix it” for me. He wanted to charge me an additional $200.00 dollars on top of the $800.00 he was already charging me for the dress he ruined. If anything, at this point, he should have been offering to reimburse me for the gown he ruined, not charging me more for another dress that didn’t fit. I have never been in a situation where a seamstress has been so careless with their work on such an important piece of clothing, to the point where he tried to offer me an entirely new dress, to make up for his sloppy efforts in repairing my original gown. He attempted to pressure me into accepting the new gown, I declined this offer. I secured a second seamstress and showed them pictures of the original gown and the damage he had done to it. They were appalled by his work and said it would be difficult to fix in such a short period of time before my wedding. I had to go back to Safa Tailoring a total of six times for fittings before walking out with my ruined wedding gown and my maid of honour's gown, which was also altered incorrectly. He followed me out of the shop apologizing and trying to now “give” me the other sample dress as opposed to charging me for it, in an attempt to get me to “be happy.” I only have 3 weeks left before my wedding and ended up having to purchase a second gown and get it altered elsewhere.

Nicole Khan

Noting let me the online image.

Jenna Circelli

So expensive

Stephanie Kaldas

Zia did a beautiful job on my wedding dress. He came highly recommended from the store I purchased the dress from, and for good reason. Thank you!

Mya Mahabir

Best alterations. Decent pricing!

Rachael Hofford

I had my jeans taken in and hemmed and both were impeccably done for a reasonable price! Also the timing was very flexible- I asked if they could be done in two days and they were done the morning I requested :)

Lopsire L

Decent prices and fast turnaround for alterations.

Connie Wiebe

Zia did a fabulous job on my wedding dress! I went in thinking I would only need the straps and hem altered and he really went above and beyond. He added things, all included in his wedding dress price, that I would not have even thought of. And he did it, just because he felt the dress needed it. For example, he added boning in the seam of the buttons on my back to keep them laying flat, an extra three hooks with the buttons to support them more, and he even added a custom, hand rolled edge to the mesh back that I wanted. I went for three fittings I think, and on the last one, when he put the bustle up, it wasn’t quite up to his standards how it was hanging, so he took the time to fix it right there while I waited so I could take it home that day. You can tell he really cares about his work and takes pride in doing a quality job! He was also very accommodating when booking fittings. Thank you Zia!

Marlene Burt

Great tailor. Enjoyed talking with him. Great service

debbie pietsch

everyone should go there for alterations he was great with my daughters wedding dress

Maria Ferfi

I came to Zia since he was recommended by the boutique I bought my bridesmaid dress from. Overall I was very disappointed and will not be coming again. He seemed as if he wasn’t really listening to what I wanted. When I came in for my fitting everything was very poorly done. When he had to fix it he seemed very rushed. I am not happy with the final product but every time he “fixed” the dress it became worse to a point where I felt like he was doing more harm than good. Overall I’m really dreading wearing the dress to the wedding and upset with the whole experience. Pricing is also on the high end. Would not recommend.

Cee Kay Smith

Amazing work! I had two leather jackets sized and one needed to be repaired and re-dyed. It was as though I had two new jackets. I am very pleased!!

emily tibbet

Wedding Dress Tailor with reasonable prices and quality work

Alannah Stone

Went here to get my wedding dress altered and everything went very well. 3 appointments, length altered, sleeves added, dress taken in came to $550. Dress looks amazing and he always asked if I was happy at every appointment. He worked around my schedule and was very skilled with his work.

Ashley Fox

Zia perfectly altered my beautiful, all-lace wedding gown. His work was so beautiful, you could not tell that any alterations had been made to the lace! I would give him the highest recommendation.

Brayden Galbraith

Great work and a very nice owner. Self owned and operated. Support local

Kaitlyn Rombouts

Amazing job!!! My wedding dress was 6 sizes too big as it was off the rack. It was very big job, lots of lace and beading. When it was done it fit me perfectly! I am so happy with the work. Very much worth it! Thank you so much

Ashley Rozell

Very professional, trust worthy and excellent service! Safa Tailors did a great job on my wedding dress. Zia made sure I left happy! He put a bustle, hemmed and took my dress in. I will recommend Safa Tailors to any bride!!

Kelly RCO

Safa is amazing, I trust him with all of my alterations. He does a great job, is professional and affordable, highly recommend!

Kevin Vadovic

Fiancé booked with this place and they were extremely rude. Ended up cancelling because of their unprofessionalism Too expensive but that's an industry issue

Charlotte Henry

Zia did an amazing job with both my dress and my flower girl dress. Thank you so much for making my day even more perfect.