A Plus Cleaners

They are very nice people, and get things done quickly if needed. They have also repaired a few little rips and tears for me, and done an amazing job with that.
Good service, and always smiling — what more can you ask for

I work from home and do very little dry cleaning. So I’m here maybe quarterly. Yet the woman knows who I am. I walk in and she starts typing in my number to print the receipt. How does she know this? I can see that she’s looking at some kind of directory beneath the counter but I don’t give her my name and she finds me quickly. That and the fact that they’re a three minute walk from home gets me there. Plus good dry cleaning skills too.

Having witnessed two terrible customer experiences in this place, i will not be taking my laundry back. Between them charging my girlfriend for removing a non-​existent stain and then yelling at her when she contested it one week, then the very next arguing for 20 minutes with another guy who’s pants clearly shrunk. Regardless of who was right, their unwillingness to work with their customers drove me away for good. Looking for a better one close by as of now.

I had a wonderful experience with A+ Cleaners. After walking in simply to repair a missing button from a wool coat, they not only repaired this, but found other matching buttons to repair my OTHER missing buttons. They also worked to repair a glue stain that was left on by my previous cleaners. Extremely friendly people, I will be going back soon!

Every time I come to this tailor I leave feeling so happy. They are super friendly, efficient, quick and talented. They add new life to clothes I thought were lost forever!

Very nice people, always great service!

I’ve been going to this cleaners for five years. Whenever I’ve lived in a city, I’ve never stuck with the cleaners closest to me. But in this case, I lucked out – so much so that if I ever move to another neighborhood in Chicago, the thing I might miss most is living close to this cleaners. And I’d drive back just for the great customer service.
The owners are always friendly, always attentive, and knew my name (without my phone number) after about the fourth time I visited. They’e hemmed or repaired probably a dozen clothes for me so far, and each time I’ve been pleased with the results. Even better, I’ve left their store wondering whether they’d charged me enough for all the work that they had done. Their prices are more than fair, and they do their best to work as quickly as you need them to, whether for same-​day cleaning or to make sure your mom never knows that the sweater she gave you last Christmas was already falling apart at the seams.
I can’t recommend this place highly enough.

I’ve been using A Plus Cleaners for years, and there is a reason I keep coming back. A) They make me look good, B) They are dependable. C) They are always pleasant. It also helps that there is a fire hydrant right in front where I can conveniently park for about 60 seconds on a busy piece of Lincoln Ave. Once, I was picking up some laundry for a trip out of town. I had to leave for the airport immediately but my clothes were not ready. They told me to go home and pack and they would drop the laundry off in about 20 minutes. I heard a knock at the door and there was a smiling face with all my laundry for the trip, at no extra charge. Reliable businesses can be hard to come by, but the A Plus Cleaners is a real gem.

I have mixed feelings about this place.
This review is only for this business’ alterations, not for their dry cleaning services.
I brought a dress here a couple weeks before I needed it to have it altered. I asked if that was enough time, and they said no problem — it would be ready 3 days before I needed it. Great news.
I went into the little curtained changing room to put the dress on and show them what I wanted done. Clearly, the dress was too big and definitely waaaay to low for a bridesmaid dress. I asked if it would be possible to shorten the dress some, and use that fabric to sew into the deep V of the top. No problem, I was told. Again, great.
I take off the dress and bring it to the counter, credit card in hand. The woman who I had been working with told the man at the register (in a foreign language) what I wanted done. I asked him how much it would be, and he said they would tell me when I picked up the dress. Ummmm, that seemed a little strange. Why couldn’t they tell me the price up front? I was told the woman who prices out the seamstress work wasn’t there, and she was the only one who could tell me how much it would be. I had limited time available, that dress needed to be fixed, and i had read all the great reviews on Unilocal that their prices were reasonable, so I said OK and was told to pick it up in a week and a half.
I worked late on the night the dress was ready to be picked up, so I asked my husband to go. He got it, paid the $ 30 I was charged, and brought it home. I didn’t have a chance to look at it until the next day, and when I tried on the dress, I was disappointed. While the dress had been shortened, the dress now hung oddly on me at the bottom, like it was sewed incorrectly. I could live with that.
The part that upset me was the piece they sewed to the top. Or should I say, the part they snapped into the top. Yep, instead of sewing the patch flush against the top V part of the dress, they attached the piece of fabric with snaps! 2 snaps to be exact, so the bottom part of the patch wasn’t connected. The whole day I wore that dress, the top gave me nothing but problems from rolling and not staying flat to one of the snaps opening repeatedly.
Maybe she didn’t understand what I was saying, but I am just not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. I repeatedly asked for the piece to be «sewed» in. How is that unclear?
My guess is this place is great for simple alterations (shortening pants, etc.), but not great for the more extensive fixes. I would try this place again, as it was reasonably priced, but I’d stick with a basic alteration.

What a great cleaner and tailor! They also repaired my two pair of ripped jeans for less than half the cost from the cleaner/​tailor at Addison and Lincoln — plus they are friendlier!
Love this place!!!

Best dry cleaners I’ve had in any city in the world. This is why I trust them:
— They are friendly, lovely people that know me by name and pluck my hanging garments from the racks just as I walk through the door
— They treat clothing carefully, clean it thoroughly and tailor it well
— The prices are fair and competitive
— They work quickly. I often forget that I need one item sooner than the rest, and when I go to to check, they always seem to have everything ready to go a day before the ticketed pick up
Dry cleaning is really a utilty, right? You just want the clothes cleaned and pressed correctly with no drama. Well, they do this and yet transform the utility into a human experience. And that puts a smile on my face.

I’ve been a customer since I lived on down the street on Melrose in 2000. Now I live in Ravenswood and still go there because the customers service is so good. My wife, who is from Madison is always impressed because she’s never seen such good customer service at a dry cleaner. We’ve had them tailor suits, dresses, jeans and pants. My wife even had them clean and seal her wedding dress. They are the best!

We’ve been customers at A+ Cleaners for about three years now. We used to live walking distance from this little shop and appreciated it’s convenience. As we got to know the owners and became «regulars,» we were impressed with their customer service — from our third visit, the owner knew who I was as soon as I walked in the door and was scurrying to the back to retrieve our clothes and she always remembers our shirt laundering preferences (no starch for the hubby, light starch for me). And, they always fix little things for us (missing buttons, repairing small tears, etc), no charge.
I’ve also had a number of pants hemmed here — including jeans — and they do a great job (kept the original hem on the jeans and you’d never know they were hemmed)!
We now live further away and I pass about three different dry cleaners on my way to drop our clothes off at A+.

I’ve always had great luck here. After going to that grouch over next to Scooters (who way overcharges), A+ is a godsend. They get your stuff done quickly and always precisely how you want it.
I usually bring here both clothes from places like Banana Republic to be fitted and thrift store clothes that could be salvaged into nice clothing if given a little TLC. They are honest and tell you if they don’t think they could work it (like a blazer and a suit I brought recently — going to try a custom tailor). But they’ve done everything for me from completely replacing the inside of a used J. Crew leather jacket to hemming jeans to sewing buttons to fixing holes in shirts to ties dry cleaned, etc. And all at a reasonable price.
If I had a really expensive suit that needed more alterations than just pant length or sleeve length, I might take it elsewhere. But with everything else, I trust A+. They’ve never let me down and they usually give me a discount. Thanks Amy!

Well, let’s say they shrank THREE of my sweater and one of my blouse came back dirtier, kind of yellowish! Well since then I have switched to CD price cleaner on ashland! They do a much better job and obviously much cheaper. Even though I have to admit I was afraid to go to such a big place!
A+ cleaner people are nice people but it seems they do not know their job. Even my husband had to have some shirts altered and 2 times in a row he had to go back because they would not do what told!

It’s not really possible to look forward to a trip to the cleaners. But Simon and Amy make it as painless as possible. Prices are very reasonable, turnaround is fast, and they’re exceptionally friendly. The name is… suitable.

This place is GREAT — I have all my alterations done here and every time has been perfect — alterations are always spot on.
Super fast & super cheap — what more can you ask for?

Long story short: All 5 buttons from my jacket had been torn off at the cleaners. Somehow, they failed to tell me that when I picked up the jacket and had to go back in the next day and inquire. Basically, the buttons are gone, no refund, no apology, no explanation. The coat is essentially unusable until I go buy new buttons and sew them on (and these were antique-​style buttons)… I would avoid this place unless you want to risk your clothes.