The Laundromat

Update — Was able to get this resolved.
Have been coming here for a while without incident but on my visit today I was massively shortchanged by the change machine. Called the 510 «help» line but no one answered. What’s going on?

Clean location with free WiFi and easy street parking on Santa Fe. The owner is very friendly and helps keep the machines available by emptying out finished loads.
It’s not often that laundromats have character — this one has an old manual weighing scale and some quotes looking the walls. I’ll keep going here even though it’s not the closest laundromat for me.

Very clean, spacey, well maintained and fair pricing. There were more than enough folding space, carts, baskets, and chairs for everyone.

I have dropped my laundry off here 2x for wash and fold. Every time I have been so thrilled! The owners are so kind and welcoming, and the low price makes it ABSOLUTELY worth it. They fold everything so neatly, and even matched my socks. Every interaction I have had with them has always brightened my day. I will definitely be returning!

Okay, This place has a new name.
Lolo and Lola’s — which is Filipino (there is a framed picture of the Pope in the Philippines).
While not super big, there is a decent amount of washer and dryers. This can be a problem if someone comes with 8 garbage bags of clothes as I witnessed this past weekend.
While not big, there are places to fold clothes and sit.
Vending for soap and sodas.
Great location, tons of nearby food options.
Parking can be a challenge, but it is along the road.
Very quiet and clean.
Affordable price.
Free wifi!

The laundromat is clean, quiet, affordable, and best in class. I’ve walked past this place a million times and finally came in because my washer is broken. Makes me wonder if I should get away to the laundromat more often.

I love this place! It’s always super clean and the owners are so friendly. I HATE doing laundry but coming to this little gem always makes me feel warm and fuzzy. They have all the kinds of machines you might need and plenty of dryers. Nice job Ron and Vergie! Great business!

Clean and affordable. Plenty of heavy load machines, folding tables and carts to change between washer/​dryer without touching the floor.

It was really crowded and I had to wait 20 minutes to do my laundry, after driving for 15 minutes looking for a parking spot. Granted, my laundry came out great. I suppose it was worth the wait. Also, I purchased one of their laundry bags and the handle broke the first time I used it. I hope I can exchange it!

Great location and very clean with plenty of multi load machines. I will do my laundry here as long as I need to.

The Highlights:
Kid Friendly
Snacks and Wifi
Very Clean
Reliable
Open Early
Downside: Parking can be tough during the work day, so go early or late.
As far as coin laundries in the Berkeley area, The Laundromat is my favorite. They’re open at 6am, unlike others closer to my house in North Berkeley. There are plenty of rolling baskets, and best of all it’s always clean. Way, way cleaner than the others I’ve been to. I’ve never arrived and all the machines were full. It’s also a good sign that rarely are machines out of service, and when one is, it gets fixed in a timely manner (…unlike Holiday Coin Laundry on University… NEVER go there, omg…). The WiFi is legit, there is a snack machine and some books provided to pass the time.
Only downside is that there is only street parking, and Solano gets busy during the day. There is a unloading spot reserved right in front of the door.
Bonus: They keep a stack of children’s books, a rolly lady bug toy to ride on, and child size chairs in the corner.
Prices:
Wash ranges from $ 2.25 – 5.50/load
Dry $ 0.25÷7 minutes

Came here to wash my king down comforter. One of the jumbo washers was occupied with a neighboring restaurant’s laundry, but a lady with a stroller (and no child, in fact, I’m not sure how she got that stroller) told me it was OK to move it out of the way. Ahhh. laundromats

The cleanest and least sleazy feeling laundromat I’ve ever been to. This mom and pop shop is so great and it’s on Solano so you can easily put your laundry in the machine and go for a stroll. There’s free wifi so I love to come here and do a bit of laundry and also a little work as well. I also love that there are people here who I can talk to and ask questions about the machines if I need to. Four stars instead of 5 because parking can be hard to find and there aren’t a ton of machines. But regardless, I’ll definitely be coming back!

I was nervous to go to a laundromat (I’m a laundromat noob and have heard sketchy people are often lurking there)… but this has been a great place to do my laundry. They are clean and my laundry comes out fresh (not stinking like smoke like some other laudromats are prone to). They have free wifi and table space so I can study while my clothes are being cleaned. There are always plenty of available machines. Gordo’s is right across the street. More than I had expected from a laundromat.
I haven’t done the wash and fold option, but it looks like the price is comparable to doing it yourself if you really value your time. It is own and run by a cute local couple who does all the washing and folding themselves.

I’m not sure why this place gets such glowing reviews — it’s a perfectly serviceable laundromat, mind, but I wasn’t blown away! Then again, I’m really happy to do laundry since my washing machine exploded a few days ago.
There’s seating, sure, but it’s all weirdly clustered in one corner save one chair so if a stranger is sitting in the corner already you’re totally up in each other’s business.
Unbelievably, even though I am even at this moment doing laundry at 7 in the morning on a Sunday, all 14 dryers are taken up by two other patrons and some dryers only have one bath towel in them. That’s ridiculous! How self-​entitled do you have to be when you see four other people in the laundromat to do that? I’m cranky about it but that’s not the fault of the business. People are just rude.
Despite the Towel Ladies, I might have bumped up to 4 stars if the owners hadn’t fallen prey to Daylight Savings. I showed up at 6:30 in the morning to a locked laundromat!

Love this place! It’s clean, great machines, free wifi and the owners are super friendly. So happy to discover this place, highly recommend it!

CONTRARY TO A COUPLE OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS, THE OWNER DOES *NOT* STRIKE ME AS A BIGOT
I just had a long conversation with him about these reviews. He had sensible explanations for how these two reviewers seem to have misunderstood his and his wife’s intentions. He struck me as an extremely nice, honest guy; I’m inclined to believe his explanations. He said he didn’t even know the ethnicity and sexual orientation of one of the reviewers, and laughed at her suggestion that he inferred the latter from her phone call with her girlfriend.
Oh, and yeah – all the other positive stuff people have to say about this place, I agree with as well.

This place is amazing. Easily the cleanest and most comfortable laundromat experience to be had in the Berkeley/​Albany/​El Cerrito area!!!
There are 10 or 12 normal (and a couple huge) very clean, reasonably new and effective machines. The dryers are also enormous and very effective — 20 minutes on medium heat and a double load is done — wow…
In addition to the actual equipment (which is the nicest I’ve ever seen in a laundromat), the customer service is awesome — it is straight out of a different era. The owner, Ron, is one of the nicest people I’ve encountered. He is cheerful, down to earth, and runs a good business.
He is frequently replacing washing machines to get the best he can, seems to legitimately enjoy his job, and is always offering to help anyone carry anything they need! I’ve watched him help a lot of people load their car for no charge, and also politely deal with really obnoxious peddlers that he could have easily been very rude to.
This laundromat has really good, clean equipment: 2 quarter dispensing machines, a vending machine, no obnoxious music or television on, offers WIFI, has some seating, and overall a very peaceful/​relaxed atmosphere while you do your laundry. We will never go anywhere else again.
(they also offer a wash and fold service if you are in a hurry, and you can purchase huge laundry bags for 5 bucks. good deal.)

This was a pretty cool laundromat. The price for washing was fine. The price for drying seems a little steep. Maybe electricity is expensive in Berzerkly.
There were three broken machines when I used it. Broken machines give the place a bad vibe. But I liked the place and I would use it again.

Now with free WiFi!