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Porter Square Dry Cleaners and Tailors

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Local(617) 628-1124

89 Elm St
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Porter Square Dry Cleaners and Tailors
Local(617) 628-1124

89 Elm St
Cambridge, MA 02139

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User Reviews of Porter Square Dry Cleaners and Tailors

Yelp.com Review - by Eric P.

4.0 of 5 stars. I've been using this place for about a year, and generally they do an awesome job. It's run by a very quiet and nice Asian couple who do a great job listening to what you want. I'd say the guy speaks...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Miriam L.

5.0 of 5 stars. I loved the place I used to bring my clothing for alterations (also local to Porter Square), but I'm a grad student, money's tight, and my previous tailor was getting far too expensive.This past...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Very happy with these folks. I brought in an old leather jacket with a torn liner and asked her to fix it. She said it would be ready by Monday. It was. They did nice work and were friendly and did...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jen X.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is my go-to dry cleaner.Generally they do a good job. They have saved garments I thought were unsalvageable (e.g. after I accidentally ironed dark green crushed eye shadow into a bright red silk...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sara M.

1.0 of 5 stars. Overpriced and shirts came back wrinkled. Nice
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Alexandra R.

5.0 of 5 stars. David's Bridal had ordered me the wrong size bridesmaid's dress and I didn't have enough time for them to order a new one because the wedding was in a week. I went into Porter Square dry cleaners and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Chesley D.

1.0 of 5 stars. I have never written a review before, but feel compelled to do so given my experience at Porter Square cleaners, which seems to have been different than most people's experience. I dropped off 5...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by M L.

5.0 of 5 stars. They did an incredibly complicated tailoring job for me (not going to say what it was, because I'm sure the last thing they need is other people asking them to do something similar) that took a couple...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Laney D.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is great, the people are really nice and the hours are great. I got some pants hemmed here and they did an awesome job. Very fast service and decent prices.
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by scott p.

5.0 of 5 stars. I bought a pair of jeans last year that were too big around the waist and too long (i'm not good at shopping). Obviously it is too late to return the jeans to whatever store I bought them from. For...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by chelsea h.

5.0 of 5 stars. one thursday at 6:45pm (they close at 7) i took in 2 items to be altered- one was a pair of jeans and the other a rather complicated, ornate dress. after trying them on so that he can mark them to be...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by James K.

5.0 of 5 stars. Brought in a martial arts uniform for an alteration and they did a good job for a reasonable cost. They also have shoe repair (which I will get done...someday) and of course dry cleaning. Convenient...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Joy W.

4.0 of 5 stars. 1 star for altering my dress in 48 hours. 2 stars for doing a damn good job of it.-1 star for giving me the wrong dress. Twice.-1 star for not taking credit cards and not posting any signs stating...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Lucia M.

4.0 of 5 stars. This was my first experience going to a tailor... ever! I had never even gotten something dry cleaned. I was forced to find a tailor recently (thank you Yelp) to get a formal gown taken in, and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah K.

1.0 of 5 stars. They melted little black spots onto all of my husband's white work shirts. EEK
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Magenta R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Godsend. They repaired crotch holes in two pairs of jeans, a task which I thought impossible. (It is worth mentioning that until recently I was ignorant of the fact that any tailor could do it, but...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Danielle B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Top notch service! They were able to hem and clean a ball gown in a week! Their prices are reasonable and they really go the extra mile. They even said that next time I could just call and they...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Martha S.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is fantastic. I brought in a pretty fragile vintage dress with some weird stains on it and a few holes at the seams -- not only did they get all the tea-colored stains out of the white...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Cecilia Z.

5.0 of 5 stars. I'm one of those very last minute person and that's a big problem when it comes to getting tailoring done, but Porter Square Dry Cleaning and Tailoring did a fantastic job: better than I expected!So...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Darby F.

5.0 of 5 stars. Porter Square Dry Cleaners did a fantastic job mending/patching my beloved (and expensive) Nudie jeans. The stitching is barely noticeable and they even put an extra patch (invisible) in another area...
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jamie S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Wow, if any place was ever deserving of an updated review...After the mixup I mentioned in my original review regarding the button on the front of a pair of jeans, these nice folks went back and gave...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah R.

4.0 of 5 stars. Here's a little story about my first experience here a few weeks ago. I was going in to drop off a dress for an upcoming family party. While waiting, I witnessed an exchange between the customer in...
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by John P.

5.0 of 5 stars. Phenomenal. The staff are always courteous and attentive to your requests. And the prices are the lowest I've paid in years. I'll walk the extra thousand yards to this place, rather than the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by marie c.

5.0 of 5 stars. Thank you, thank you, thank you Yelp!I was seriously in need of a dry cleaner's and a place to get minor alternations done (any pair of pants I buy is always going to be 2" inches too long). Yelp...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Alicia L.

5.0 of 5 stars. I have never taken anything to get repaired before, so when I wanted to get a couple pairs of jeans tailored I did a little asking around first. Since I didn't get anywhere with actual people, I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by j j.

4.0 of 5 stars. I found this place on Yelp and for the most part, I was not disappointed. A little nervous about bringing my good winter coat, vests, etc to a "mom and pop" shop... however, they went above and beyond...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jenna T.

5.0 of 5 stars. I was really upset when I tore a hole in my favorite pair of jeans while on the Peter Pan bus from Woods Hole to Boston. I wear these jeans all the time - I love them - they are perfect - they...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by D D.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place really is amazing. I have gone here off and on for years to get stuff tailored and cleaned; I was always happy with their work and customer service. But, I just got my wedding dress cleaned...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Alejandra V.

5.0 of 5 stars. On time, perfectly done work. Their tailoring services are the best, and I'll take my clothes there even when I have three or four dry cleaners around the corner. I rather take that 20 min walk!
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Eileen H.

5.0 of 5 stars. I'm embarrassed that I ever brought my dry cleaning to Zoots, when this place was right across the street. For half the price of Zoots, you get excellent customer service, dry cleaning, and pressing....
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lindsey W.

5.0 of 5 stars. The owner has gotten additional help and I get everything back on time!
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Carol O.

4.0 of 5 stars. So far I've only used this shop to fix two pairs of shoes. I was really impressed not only by the great job that they did, but more so that I was a first time customer and yet when I came back to get...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Reshama H.

5.0 of 5 stars. This little mom and pop is great! They really took the time to tailor a business suit that I hadn't worn in years. The jacket needed A LOT of work and the cut wasn't easy to adjust. Hua went back...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeff B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Mamajam is right, don't let Zoots' scare tactics sucker you into paying out the wazoo to get your stuff clean. Hoa and Khanh are running a great business. I've been a tailoring and dry-cleaning...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Zeba W.

5.0 of 5 stars. The service here is great and cheap. I've brought many pieces of clothing with all sorts of weird stains and they almost always get them clean. I've also had a couple of dresses altered here, with...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kayla M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I feel very lucky that Porter Square Dry Cleaners and Tailors is my neighborhood cleaner and tailor. Hoa and Khanh are both so nice, friendly, honest, and caring. I have had many great experiences...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mimi W.

5.0 of 5 stars. People of Porter Square! I urge you to keep walking past the over-priced Zoots, continue through the Shaws parking lot, cross Elm Street, and give your business to Hua at Poter Square Dry Cleaners!...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Daphne M.

5.0 of 5 stars. The employees I've met have been super nice, and although their English isn't great they listen very carefully and don't miss a detail. I've used them for dry cleaning once (I have this bad habit of...
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by P M.

5.0 of 5 stars. It's true--this place really does get out the weirdest and most stubborn stains. They did a beautiful job on an old satin dress I picked up at a vintage shop. Decades-old water stains out of satin?...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alison T.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love this place. I've never bought the whole 'dry clean' only idea. But my boyfriend had to get a suit dry cleaned. I turned it in about two days before new years to be picked up the saturday...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2006
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