Menlo Self Service Car Wash

Let’s face it, car washes are super expensive. You either pay an arm and a leg to get it done right, or you pay a budget price to get a crappy wax job or your car not cleaned at all. Sometimes you want to do it right yourself.
Thank god for this place. There’s two ways to get to it — you can turn into it from Oak Grove Ave, or you can turn into Jason’s Café on El Camino Real and continue past their parking lot.
It’s pretty damn reasonable price — cash, coin, credit all work. Every dollar is worth 2 minutes, with a minimum of $ ²⁄₄ min. For less than 8 bucks you can get your soaks, soaps, washes, and even a spot free rinse at the end — important if you don’t want water marks after it’s all over. They also have vacuums on the side.
Overall, if you don’t have access to a hose at home, this will easily be one of the best deals you can take for washing your car.

I have a cracked windshield and for anyone who has seen the Final Destination movies would understand why I don’t want to go through a car wash. Anyway, this place is a SELF SERVE car wash.
Let’s start by noting that this car wash is NOT coin-​only. They do except credit and debit cards. It’s $ 2 for 4 minutes. Pretty average. Their wash foam is pink and smells like cherries. The brush was soft bristled but still firm enough to clean off crusty bird pooh. I did see there was a change machine as well as vacuums, some with the option to use interior cleaner. I didn’t see a vending machine with air fresheners or wipes like most car washes have but then again I really didn’t look for it. There were several different washing options. Such as rinse, foam brush, tricolor spray soap (which would be cool if you are coming here with kids, I’m sure they’d love to watch the color on the window) there was also, tire cleaner, spot-​free rinse, wax, etc.
Over all, I would come here again.