Sew Good Cleaners

Been coming to May for 3 years now and I wouldn’t dream of every going anywhere else. Her customer service manner is sometimes the highlight of my day. They are a beautiful family who run a very efficient business and they always take excellent are of my wife and I.

Used them three times for wash and fold. On the third visit, they ruined a cardigan and a set of sheets that cost $ 200. What a shame.

Had a simple alteration that I wanted to be done as I waited… I was happily accomodated and charged an HONESTLY reasonable price! 5 stars for sure! Thanks again Sew Good Cleaners!

We had a suit cleaned and pressed. The service was friendly, the work was good and done quickly, and the price was reasonable. I’d happily use them again.

AMAZING SERVICE! I brought two dresses there (one which had a HUGE stain on it from months ago) and they were returned to me in perfectly clean condition. Also, they are extremely friendly and will take good care of your clothes.
This place exceeded my expectations and I will definitely be returning. It’s also one of the more affordable places I have tried in NYC.

THEY ARE THE BEST. I take everything here. All items have special instructions and all come back pristine. Same day service. Can’t say enough good things

(See PHOTO) Completely ruined the leather lining on my blazer. Don’t take ANYTHING nice there, you will regret it.

Best place in the area! So friendly.

This place is amazing. The people who work there are so friendly and kind, and they do a great job with the laundry. I would recommend it to anyone in the neighborhood!

This place is a real gem, a throwback-​y bastion of old school business values. Everyone in there is upbeat and congenial and (wow) they actually learn your name after a while. One time I didn’t have a laundry bag so they offered me one that someone had abandoned. Old school, I tell ya. The prices are great, too. I sometimes suffer reverse sticker shock when I see the bill: «how can this cost so little in NYC»?

They’re like family to me. They call me by name and ask about my day. I totally recommend them.

The staff is all incredibly friendly, drop everything when you walk in and remember you/​your name, which is huge in my book. I drop my laundry and dry cleaning off and everything ends up great, consistently. I’ve also had alteration on pants done there and had a good experience. They are fantastic.

It’s a hit and miss with these people: I got because it’s conveniently close and I’ve had worse experiences but most certainly not because they are great.
Pros:
1. they are nice if you are a regular.
2. they are conveniently fast
3. success rate is ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ — meaning half the time clothes are clean, sometimes they come back with interesting stains and sometimes I have stuff in the laundry that does not belong to me. .But half the time it’s fine.
Con’s:
1. They are skimpy with detergent and clothes are never really clean. They sometimes even come back dirty and smelly
— My solution:
I give them my own detergent, which I prefer anyway. I have sensitive skin.
— Problem:
half the time even those I bring it they forget and then again the clothes are dirty and smelly again. I’m even willing to think this can happen from time to time but please just fix it. But they don’t at best you will find the owners daughter threaten to punch you in the face (so far my favorite responds) and the son will just pretend my detergent is now all of the sudden unscented. ??? — which it is not! I can smell the difference between my detergent and theirs. It’s just annoying when instead of showing a little costumer service and admitting the mistake fix the problem rather they prefer to pretend they used my detergent when the bottle I gave them is still full. The mom is usually willing to just correct the issues and rewash.
It wouldn’t be so irritating if it didn’t happen so frequently — it’s such a headache. I’m already buying my own detergent the only thing you have to do is use it.
One time my laundry has also come back with dirty finger prints — it looked like someone used my laundry as a napkin after it was washed and dried. I was trying to be gracious about it, but they just thought it wasn’t their problem by pretending the stains were there before I dropped it off. Realistically, dried on crusty fingerprints would have washed off if that was true — not even possible.
I see them load the laundry into cars and drive off to somewhere all the time — and I see them drop the occasional piece so I was not surprised to find street dirt and other black stains on my white sheets and clothes. Obviously they did not care about this either.
So now I use them when I’m in a bind and only drop off thinks like towels, sheets and yoga clothes. Never anything good they can ruin.
I now bring my stuff to Royal Cleaners on 4^th Ave and 10^th Street– who are simply awesome.
Their dry cleaning service is mediocre at best — I would waste my money on poorly pressed clothes and their alteration service doesn’t even come close to royal cleaners — so why bother.

As the grandson of two Seamstresses, I cannot give this place more than two stars in good conscience. So let me drop the scenario: I needed some new pants hemmed before I was to go on a trip. The place I initially went to said it would take 5 days though the price would have been around $ 6 per garment. I needed the alterations done much sooner so I stopped in to Sew Good and the woman said she would be able to turn all 3 pairs around by the end of the day. Then without asking if that was ok, she rung me up and charged me $ 38 for the 3 alterations.
On my way home I passed 2 places that did alterations for around $ 6/​piece with a 1 day turnaround, half the price of Sew Good! Then I thought, oh whatever, they are doing it with a quicker turnaround time and the price must mean that they will do a great job. Not true at all.
I hate to put them on blast because they were nice but these were simple hems and they looked completely amateur. The color of the stitching on my jeans were different than the color that was used on my pockets. All three pairs had slightly crooked hems. The lengths were fine and to be honest no one is going to be scrutinizing the bottom of my pants so who really cares. But at roughly $ 13 a pair, they should have been hemmed perfectly. My Grandmothers would have scoffed if they were still alive to see this.

I just moved to the East Village and was looking for a good dry cleaner — Sew Good had pretty good reviews on Unilocal so I decided to take my clothes there.
Do not go here!!! The first batch of suits I took came back fine so I took another batch last week that included a suit jacket and a dress. I pointed out some small black marks on the dress to them when I dropped it off (black purse rubbed on a white dress) and they said they would take care of it. Not only did they NOT get the stains out, but you could tell that the fabric had been rubbed vigorously and it now has very obvious rub markets and looks worse than when I brought it. The jacket I brought had a fabric waist belt and they lost it! I am so frustrated and really disappointed. They basically made two pieces of my clothing unwearable.

They did my laundry for three years when I lived next door. Friendly when you’re a regular, and fast turnaround for drop-​off service. Dry cleaning is fast and affordable, and the alterations were incredibly precise. I loved this place and it’s one of the main things I miss about moving out of the ‘hood.

$ 2 for wash and press a shirt, 4.25 for dry clean. Good clean, nice people. No complaints.

I love these ladies! They do amazing alterations at a great price. I trek out here from Brooklyn to get my clothing altered because I trust them implicitly. The language barrier was scary at first, but I find that if I am patient when explaining what I want and listening to their feedback we are able to understand eachother. I know that they wont make any alterations that aren’t going to work.

I go to this place because it’s conveniently a few doors down from me.
the staff is a little standoffish at first but once they know you they are friendly and funny. Which makes sense since as soon as you walk in, it’s obvious they get a lot of business.
One day turnaround for wash and fold drop off service, same day service if you drop off before noon, and if you’re a few days late picking they don’t really mind.
Prices are decent I think it comes out to 85 cents a pound. Been using them regularly for over 2 years and I have no complaints.

As another reviewer has noted, this place is pretty good for last-​minute alterations. I brought a few pairs of suit pants here before a business trip and they turned it around perfectly. I’d go elsewhere for good quality dry cleaning. I brought a few trenches — some to get buttons reinforced and some for dry cleaning. I guess it was a mistake on my end to think that they would cover the buckles/​buttons; I’d gotten this particular trench dry cleaned plenty of times before and the brown leather finished buckles came back with half of the finish missing. So if you decide to try out this place, be VERY specific when you drop your items off. Prices are reasonable.