George’s Laundromat

Just wanted to add a more up-​to-​date review to the older ones listed below. While the old reviews are certainly entertaining, they are no longer accurate. As we moved in, a neighbor recommended this laundromat since is right downstairs and she mentioned it had JUST been renovated (this happened 3 – 4 months ago).
Based on the reviews below, that renovation was way overdue. There are new machines that hold tons of clothes and take credit cards. The place is usually pretty empty and clean. Short of having a washing machine in your unit, this is about as good as it gets!

This place seems to have been given a complete remodel since the last round of reviews people have given it…
— Shiny new machines that are *giant*. Seriously, we can fit a week or two’s worth of laundry for two people in one of the biggest machines.
— Credit card readers! Quarters suck.
— It’s almost always empty! No waiting for machines.
— It’s half a block from my apartment, which is good because I’m not doing laundry in the basement anymore after one of my neighbors got a notice that they had a bedbug problem.
— There are chairs now, so you can sit and keep an eye on your laundry while it’s in the dryer.

I think this place is under new management since the crappy previous reviews.
Brand new machines that take credit cards so you don’t have to lug quarters all over the place (although there are change machines). Charges accumulate as one bulk charge for the charges you have for that day instead of showing up as separate charges.
It’s pretty close to market street so I wouldn’t leave my clothes unattended which is a bit of a burden and there is no place to sit (although I noticed last week that a chair appeared!)
Everytime I come here, no one is here. I’m wondering if anyone is even watching the place? It’s never busy so you can always find machines to use. The machines are pretty big and so are the dryers which cut down on using multiple machines and having to wait for your clothes to dry for a long time.
I’d highly recommend.

Yippee! This stanky hole got a complete refurb… no more crack-​heads. your laundry will get done fast, but at a higher price. Not sure if I’d ever use a credit card at the laundromat, but it’s nice that there’s the option in a desperate pinch (I think). Excellent, brannd new machines. Will probably come back only when short on time.

5 stars for, well, starring in Claude VonStroke’s «Deep Throat» video.

The other reviews describe this awful place quite well. I have nothing to new to add. I just felt it was my civic duty to give this place a poor star rating.

Their crack is excellent, a bit minty with a hint of nutmeg around the holidays.

Why isn’t this place closed down yet? This laundromat has been a hell hole for years.
When the Mission Dolores was being built in the late 1770’s, the church used this site as is a burial ground for the Ohlone that were worked to death. So, you really can’t blame anyone who works here, because they are possessed by angry spirits.
The City should close this «business», raze the building, till the soil and salt the earth.

Received today from «carlos p» whose only review was of this laundromat:
«you are a full os shit talking about a person you dont know.»
I didn’t.
«so watch youre mouth»
No.
«and find another place too wash youre dirty underware.»
I did. This laundromat is a piece of shit. Of course I’m going to find somewhere else to wash my dirty underwear.
«liar.»
Nope, I just re-​checked every word of my review and it’s all 100% accurate and true.
«dont talk shit about someone you dont know.»
Again, I didn’t.
Seriously, «carlos p,» YOU only gave the damn place THREE stars.

i know its cliché, but this place really does deserve negative stars.
its the LAUNDROMAT OF DESPAIR!
the quarter machine is always broken as well as about half to two thirds of the washing machines and dryers. there is ALWAYS homeless people in the place begging for change or falling asleep in the corner. there are NEVER any supplies in the dispenser. and that scary crackhead guy in a skirt and his parade of crazy crackhead friends are always in and out of the place. they should just save themselves the trouble and burn the place down.
FINALLY, i have found a new place that does wash and fold for $ 1/​lb and will NEVER go back to georges, even if it is a half block from my house.

Every time I come here, I say it is the last time, but… considering its proximity to my apartment, it really is the most «convenient».
This place is so f***ing awful. Every time I go there something ridiculous happens, usually involving a homeless person, a crackhead, the scary guy who «works» there, and the people he sells drugs to.
Half the machines are always broken, and they barely bother to put signs up.
If you still want to brave this place, here are a couple tips:
1. The guy who own it owns the liquor store across the street. When you need your money back after a machine craps out on you (which will happen) go over there.
2. If creepy is in his den (aka the guy who «works» there) he will NOT help you if you knock. One time, one of the machines exploded and water was all over the floor, and I knocked on his door, and he yelled «What the F**** do you want!?»
What I have learned is he will answer if you say «I need a favor». How do I know this? Everytime someone comes to buy crack from him, this is what they say. And he answers.

I must agree with Troy… this laundromat is repulsive in every possible way, and plays host to most of my craziest «run-​in with bums» stories. Let me put it to ya this way… this laundromat is where the homeless do their laundry.
Spend 2 hours here on any day of the week, and you will see the bums come and go… and (apologies to Prufrock) they weren’t talking of Michaelangelo. What they were doing was stuffing their mangy clothes, shoes, sleeping bags, etc… into the washers and driers. One bum stripped down and tossed his clothes directly into the washer, unleashing a foot odor that was both vicious and un-​Godly in its stench. As the few people in there started to realize that they were in a gas chamber of fetid bum-​stink, the bum screamed out, «yeah, that smell is from my feet… let’s see how great YOUR feet smell when YOU become homeless.» That, dear Unilocal friends, was the greatest motivation I’ve ever heard to stay on the straight and narrow…(hence the one star).
Half the machines are constantly broken, the driers are very uneven in their drying power. I think I have spotted many sketchy clothes stalker/​thieves, who mysteriously lurk around and then leave and then come back, but never actually load or unload any washes of clothes.
The machines, when not half full of rancid undrained water, are always strewn with pubes, dirt, dried up liquid detergent stains, and all other manner of questionable wretchedness. If the SF health department gave laundromats a health rating, this dump would get a 27 out of 100. Also, it ain’t that cheap. Doing about 5 loads will cost around $ 25, not including the cost of the detergent. For $ 40 you can take your clothes to Anne’s Dry Cleaners across the street and she’ll wash and fold the same amount of clothes.