Grand Ave Launderette

Nothing but friendly and all smiles! Such a lovely couple and I trust them completely with my clothes!

Whatever you do. Do not take your dry cleaning here. The couple that runs the place looks like they’ve been hitting the chemicals a bit hard (for decades), and when they wrecked my dress, they had these high school delinquent grins, as in «boy, we pulled one over on you.» Honestly I think they just take the clothes in the back and use some kind of automotive engine cleaner spray on them.

This is a small neighborhood laundry service I have been using on and off for several years. They get the clothes clean and the prices are comparable. The shop is staffed by a sweet man and woman who are always quite friendly.

Husband and wife team. Very kind and lovely people. Their prices are reasonable. What a pleasure it is to come home and just put your well folded items in a drawer. Sure makes me happy.

I’ll be brief. I just love these guys. They say they missed me when I don’t show up for a few weeks, they always know who myself and my husband are. We take our laundry in on a weekly basis and are always thrilled when we get back are beautiful piles of freshly clean laundry. Great pricing, great customer service, great overall experience. Yay for easy. Yay for friendly. Yay for cheap. Yay for local. Thank you guys! We’re busy professionals who would be lost without you.

I love this place because I hate doing laundry. Its $ 1 a pound of clothes and that sounds expensive but a huge garbage bag is usually $ 40. They seperate and fold everything nicely and wrap everything in paper for easy transport. The family that runs it are really nice too and they always have things ready in 24hrs. They will use any detergent you bring in if you have any special requests. Step yo laundry game up son!

This review is for their alteration services, which turned out to be awful for me. It was a basic hem job for three pairs of stretchy jeans. They all came back with comically puckered hems and crooked stitches. For some reason the seamstress choose the tightest possible stitch length, completely wrong for denim, and pulled on the fabric as she sewed. Amateur. The owner blamed the fabric, but they really should have just called me if they didn’t have the skills or equipment to do a decent job. Got just $ 4 off the bill, even though I let them know I was going to have all of them redone. Total waste of time and money. Do not take your clothes here to be altered, they don’t do quality work.

I’ve only used these guys a couple of times, but so far they have been great. They are extremely friendly and helpful and their prices are reasonable. I needed to get a button sewn back onto my pants and they did it on the spot for free. Even though they send it out, I use them mainly for dry cleaning because they do such a good job. They got a stain out of my workpants that I swore was going to be impossible to remove. Of course, if you need your dry cleaning the day-​of or the next day, these guys won’t work for you, since it usually takes about 2 – 3 business days to get your clothes back. Overall, I don’t think you can go wrong picking this place.

I have used them for years, and have been delighted. Very personable and respectful and high quality work. I bring them my shirts, dry cleaning and comforters.
I have tried other cleaners on Grand and elsewhere, and either have had problems with those shops or they were impersonal. This place is small and a mom and pop shop — the kind of businesses that help create the sense of community that helps Grand Ave feel like home. I know they send some stuff out rather than do everything on site. However, they do not disappoint.

After a vacation to South Africa I was sold on the wash and fold concept and was so excited to find a great one in the neighborhood.
My husband drops it off on the way to work and I pick it up on my way home and they even fold my underwear! They have always done a great job on everything we’ve brought in and are thorough pocket checkers which is good for us. Great service and a great value.

If you’re looking for an affordable, reliable launderette, Grand Ave. Launderette is your place. I started using them two years ago when I was really busy at work and I haven’t done my own laundry since. Donna, the owner, is an honest, honorable, competant woman who takes care of your laundry as if it were her own family’s. They do a quick fold so, if you’re particular like me, you may refold things when you get home but I like to do that anyway so it’s all good. Using this service is well worth the money and your laundry will be well cared for. Give ‘em a try and save your quarters for Las Vegas.

I walked in happy to pick up my new freshly dry-​cleaned clothes. Assuming it would all be fine I collected my items, paid and left the store. When I came home and inspected my clothing… my little black dress has a a different shimmer to it, the color is a little off. My black coat had some white fluffs stuck on it, and hair?!? My skirts and vest turned out the same as before… but I’m a little upset about my dress… On another note, they’re pretty cheap, I guess you get what you pay. $ 3.50 for shirts/​skirts/​vests and $ 7 for coats/​dresses. Perhaps, dry cleaning isn’t really their thing, but it seems they’re good with the laundry.

Having just moved in to our Lake Merritt apartment, we desperately needed to do laundry. 2 weeks in to our living here… still hadn’t done it. Our laundry in the building apparently is «broken», which means there is some trick to getting it to work, and we haven’t learned it yet.
Sooo, in need of a clean pair of underwear, we looked for the closest fluff and fold, and found this place. She is great. She was slow today, so we got lucky and got the same day service, even though we brought it in past 11:30. 2 HUGE ikea bags full of laundry, all for $ 33.
Maybe I wont learn how to use the machines in my building, and just stick with this place… Highly recommended.

I appreciate all of the reviews for wash n’ fold but I tried the dry cleaning service here and boy was it a mistake! They ruined a silk dress! I don’t think this is their area of expertise. I went to pick up my dress and she had a hard time finding my dress. I was starting to get worried because she kept pulling out dresses that were not mine. She finally found it and I was so excited but my jaw dropped when she brought it to me. It had a white film all over it. I asked her what she had done to it and she told me that she had dry cleaned it. I stood there rubbing the dress hoping the white stuff would come off but not a chance. She walked back to the counter asking me to pay and I was so stunned. I told her that I wasn’t going to pay for the services because my dress was ruined. She then freaked out. She started to raise her voice at me and I calmly had to repeat that the dress should not look like that and that I wasn’t going to pay her. She continued to yell at me as I walked out of the shop. I thought she was completely unreasonable and ridiculous. She should have apologized or something. Even though I didn’t pay I still felt like I had been ripped off… probably because my dress (that I wore once) had been ruined.

After much deliberation I decided to give in and test out fluff-​and-​fold. This place was incredible. I took ALL the laundry I had — lots of clothes (including 6 pairs of jeans), 10 towels, 2 sets of sheets AND a comforter. I was expecting it to be over $ 100 but, it wasn’t! It was $ 86!
And the woman who works there is SO nice!
I think I might have to make this a regular happening…

***cash only****Closed Sun & Mon****
So I wasn’t feeling well the other day and called in sick. Even though I wasn’t feeling the best, I didn’t want my day to be unproductive, so after staring at my pile of laundry and reading what other Unilocalers had to say about this place I decided to give it a try. I called at about 9:30a, to verify the price of the fluff ‘n fold ($ 1/​lb) and to see when my stuff would be ready if I brought it in that day. I was told that if I brought t it in before 12, I could pick it up before the end of the day. Woohooo. That was music to my ears. I packed up all of my jeans, work pants, some tops, and 2 sweater coats and off I went. I found it with no problem, right across from Safeway. I ended up having 33 lbs of stuff. I asked that my sweater coats just be laid to dry. I went back at 5:45p and my clothes were folded in nice lil blue squares. It was like Christmas, unwrapping all these clean clothes. My two sweater coats, were damp, but I expected that since I asked for them to be laid to dry and not put in the dryer. I haven’t put all my clothes away, yet, but what I’ve worn out of my bundles are great. I haven’t noticed any shrinkage or any funny business (missing buttons, etc). As I type this and spy my pile of towels, I’ll probably be back there to finish up my other stuff tomorrow. Yeah, I’ll be back for sure, but i don’t know if I’ll take my undies there. It’s one thing to have someone else wash my pants, but my pantIES that’s is a little too personal for me.

Since this is a review of Grand Ave. Laundrette and not about the a$$ — es that live in my building, I will try to spare you my venting about the inconsiderate tactics used to swoop in on the only working dryer in the entire building when one is about to put his or her wash in, or those jerks who take your laundry out of the dryer before the cycle is done, or the fact that prices were recently raised 100% from $ 1.00 to $ 2.00 for a dryer load (oh, and did I mention that it costs $ 2.00 for dryers that don’t even work!!!) Due to my overwhelming frustration with my situation, I searched Unilocal for a recommendation for a fluff-​and-​fold type laundromat. I figured since I have to pay obscene amounts to do a load myself at home, why not pay someone else to do it for me for about the same price, and save myself the frustration of dealing with rude neighbors or crappy equipment. The other reviewers were right on about this place. The couple who runs it is very nice and it feels nice leaving your laundry with a small, family-​run place as opposed to some large corporate operation (do large corporate laundry operations exist?). They are very prompt, offering same day service before noon or if it isn’t too busy, and the clothes are always perfectly folded in bundles. I still feel weird about letting them wash my underwear, but hopefully as I get to know them better, I can get over that hurdle. If you are not lucky enough to have decent and cheap laundry facilities in your building, I highly recommend this place. Oh, and they even help you carry your laundry to the car (but maybe that is just because they like me ;-)

Thanks, Lisa K! This place is a gem. Every sheet, towel and workout thing I owned was dirty (thanks to far too many work trips!) I was desperate for a reliable, clean and friendly laundry that would be timely and that I could trust. When I brought in my 2 HUGE duffel bags (that couldn’t zip) I was disappointed to learn I had missed the cut-​off for same day service and that they were going to be closed for the following 2 days. However, as I was a new client and didn’t know their schedule, Donna & Roland promised to have me my garments, clean & folded, by 5. At 5 they called and said 5:30– when I arrived they offered me money for my meter as they needed more time (they close at 5!) By 6, and having read my new Elle issue cover to cover while waiting in my car, Roland wheeled out and personally packed my trunk with their work. In a contemporary society wherein people do not often go out of their way for strangers or take pride in their work, I was incredibly impressed by the professional, courteous and truly kind service at Grand Ave Launderette. Short of moving out of the Bay Area, I will now go nowhere else. (And they fold better than the Gap!)