Olympic Cleaners

There was a Chicken Noodle Soup for the Soul story from a long time ago that said something about how when a family moves, one of the things that terrifies a mother is finding an excellent dry cleaner/​tailor and nanny in the new neighborhood.
I totally understand that mother’s fear. It’s hard to trust your clothes — especially professional ones that you may have emptied your bank account for — with someone who may not hem properly or does not know how to dry clean properly. Olympic Cleaners is the answer to my search in Koreatown. After living in LA for the past five years and Koreatown for the past two, I can’t trust my clothes to anyone other than Olympic Cleaners. I came here on the recommendation of an Angeleno who has been coming here forever. Great service, and they are open from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday! Perfect for the working professional’s schedule.
Warning — the only downside to Olympic Cleaners is their rather odd parking lot situation. There is no exit, but it’s one way only. I have yet to have an issue backing out of the parking lot onto Crenshaw, but for those who’d rather not risk getting hit on Crenshaw/​Olympic, there is plenty of street parking on Olympic before Crenshaw.

Lived in the neighborhood for over a decade and this is our dry cleaner. They’re super friendly and always do a great job. I can’t think of a single issue in ten years. Parking is in the lot and then it’s a ten foot walk to the counter. Perfect!

I started going to this dry cleaners after moving to ktown because it was the closest, but now I go for the customer service. The owners are really really nice, always smiling, and make an effort to remember your name.
The entrance is in the parking lot in the back (the parking lot sucks). I mostly go to get my shirts pressed for work so I can’t tell you too much about pricing. I think they generally ask for a few days but a lot of times the owner has worked around my schedule as a courtesy. Seriously the best customer service.
If you live in the same area you should be going here. Even if I moved a little farther away I’d still go here.

I really like this place. The service is fast and the prices are reasonable. What more can you ask for? :)

My local dry cleaner. Great location, only a few blocks away from my place so I usually take Otto with me to pick up my clothes… kills two birds with one stone. It’s a pain in the ass picking up dog poo while holding the leash with one hand and carrying dry cleaning with the other… but I’m getting better at it.
I used to speak Korean to the owners (an older married couple) but after a couple visits, they both just started speaking to me in English. Maybe because they got the feeling that I’m more comfortable speaking English, or maybe they just got sick of me butchering my own language. Either way, it’s better for the both of us.
Great customer service, they’re really nice and the clothes are always ready when it’s pick up time (which is usually a day or two, depending on how busy they are). And if your shirt is missing a button? No problem! They’ll sew a new one on, no charge!