Mint Cleaners

A really fantastic local Ravenswood dry cleaner! They always do a great job and deliver my clothes on time. Grace, one of the owners, was kind enough to properly fold my shirts so they would fit in to my suitcase before a trip! Really impressed with them, although their prices may be a bit higher, they are worth it.

Mint is really terrific! They’re inexpensive and they do a good job! Also, they’re within walking distance from our office, the Metra Ravenswood stop and not too far from the Brown-​Damen stop!

Avoid this place like the plague. I was excited for a cleaners that was close to my home, and the graphic design & interior of the place made me think it would be great, as others have noted.
But oh, was I wrong. Give me a dingy lobby any day over this place.
On one occasion, the clothes I had dropped off were returned to me without being cleaned (same wrinkles, same spots of dirt, all with the little colored tags still marking up the garment) but WITH the addition of dog hair covering the front of two pairs of pants and a dress. Since I don’t own a dog, this was confusing.
On another (fool me once, I know) occasion, after confirming that the clothes being dropped off on a Wednesday morning would be ready for a Friday AM pickup, the female employee at the front told me the clothes would not be ready until Monday morning. After explaining the shirts in the order were needed for a wedding party taking place the following day out of town, she said snidely, «Don’t you have another shirt?» and offered no solution. After an extended conversation, she reluctantly agreed to call the third party who handles men’s shirts to see if he could drop it off later in the day, but warned that she can’t make promises about when someone else will drop off their delivery. And as the bad-​experience-​icing-​on-​the-​cake, she charged me FULL PRICE for the order, including the shirts.
This place is awful. Stay away!

The clean, tidy lobby and tidy work spaces give a favorable preview of what you can expect here. Those dingy old dry cleaners with abused ancient tile and cluttered back areas always give me pause.
The other thing they’ve got going for them is generous evening and weekend hours. Even after a long commute home from the suburbs, I can drop off something after work and then pick it up on Saturday or Sunday afternoon whenever I have a few minutes free. They are open 7pm during the week, but I don’t recall the weekend closing times. Anyway, I am happier to use a cleaner close to home which affords me more flexibility.
Another nice bonus is the computerized ticketing system, which gives me some peace of mind about how organized and efficient they are. I’ve been to a cleaners where the lack of reliable ticketing has bitten me in the kiester.
These folks rescued a favorite pair of medium-​grey suit pants that I was ready to write off. They erased a candle wax stain and about 60% of a rust stain, to the point that I feel that I can wear the pants again. The rust stain is not visible under most circumstances, so I’m happy. Not bad for four bucks and a quarter.

I decided to check this place out after a few positive reviews, and boy, am I glad I did!
I brought in multiple kinds of garments: blouses, jackets, dresses, vests, skits, and EVERYTHING looks fantastic. I’ve been to a lot of cleaners, but you can tell Mint took the extra care and attention to make sure all my requests were made (spot cleaning, etc.) I’m really picky with the care of my clothing, so I’m thrilled to have a new place to come to in my neighborhood.
Bonus: Cute interior and friendly staff!

Okay… I never thought I’d become one of those people who only hangs out in their neighborhood because I’m usually all over the place (suburbs, city, allllll over~) but Ravenswood has spoiled me by providing me with all my necessities within walking distance. Mariano’s, gym, 2 wonderful coffee shops, 2 great breakfast places… and now… a wonderful cleaners with the cutest interior to boot!
So the place is called Mint Cleaners and the interior matches! It is so friggin’ adorable I feel like I am stepping into a 1950’s laundry room where I should be donning a poofy dress while ironing my husband’s shirt (ha!) Anyways, you get the idea, it’s all mint green and retro-​y inside so very visually pleasing.
That being said, I’ve had a good variety of things cleaned there so far and it was done without a problem but then again I’ve never had a problem with getting any of my clothes cleaned at any regular cleaners (only when I was using those discount cleaners, which I do not do anymore). I’ve also had a quite a few pants hemmed and the owner Grace does a fantastic job even with difficult silky materials.
Anyways, if this is in your neighborhood, I highly recommend it because I have tried all the others in the neighborhood (I actually live across the street from another one) but they are not very friendly at all and I am just not into spending my money at a place where they don’t appreciate my business. Oh and the prices are really good here too… very competitive pricing.

Mint Cleaners is a welcome new addition to this stretch of Lawrence that has been picking up ever since the addition of the Mariano’s, which works for me since it’s around the corner from my place. After issues with the other cleaners we were using in the area, I was happy when they opened. So far, I’ve only brought a couple things in (the only reason I hold back 1 star) everything we have taken in has been cleaned or pressed just as requested, in a quick time frame. My fiancé took in a number of suits and came home extremely pleased with how much cheaper it was than the other cleaners as well. So, better service and costs less? They won us over
What’s more is this cute little shop is run by very friendly people and it’s much nicer/​cleaner to step into than any dry cleaners I’ve ever seen. It’s so bright and cheery, you would almost expect it to be a gift shop or something. This is our new cleaners and I recommend it to all my neighbors

Dry cleaner criteria: Convenient location, good service, reasonable prices, nice people.
Check, check, check, check.
Don’t need a lot of dry cleaning these days (thanks, software industry!), but this will be our go-​to place when we do.