7th Avenue Laundromat

If you lost a brown towel, green-​ish towel, beige-​ish sheet with a patterned trim, or a pinstripe sheet with matching pillowcase in the first couple weeks of January 2016 you should go back to this awful business because I’ve just returned them after finding them in my own laundry bag after pickup. Upon returning the items and demanding to know where my missing things are, ‘being met with hostility’ is an understatement. The owner essentially blamed me for the mishap because I waited too many days after dropoff to pickup. And thoroughly explained that he does not mix customers’ wash, but said he didn’t know how this could have happened and even eluded to the fact that this was, in fact, my laundry that I returned.
While some people may have good experiences here (or maybe they don’t notice missing items), it’s not worth the risk.
(If you happen to have a dark gray bath towel, a lime green dish towel, or a cream/​beige flat Kirkland flat sheet please message me on the side.)
Would love to see this place out of business soon.

Absolutely awful. Manager/​owner yelled at my husband to «hurry up because they needed the dryer». The worst customer service I’ve ever experienced.
Pricing for laundry isn’t cheap either.
Would definitely not go back.

I’m not sure why there are so many negative reviews for this place. I’ve been using their pick-​up/​delivery service and dry-​cleaning regularly for the past year and a half. They’re prompt, and they’re the only laundromat in their price range that hasn’t returned my clothes with detergent stains.
They lost my belt once and located it for me the same day! Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for other places nearby.
All the employees have always been so nice to me. They even say hello when I see them walking around the neighborhood!

I particularly did not like the owner of this establishment who was very arrogant and nasty because I wanted to use my own laundry detergent and he insisted I use only the brand he sold. It’s my clothes and my money why should I have to use what he is probably buying at a discount cost and charging double for it. The prices he charges are also inflated.

DO NOT GO HERE! I dropped off my laundry before work and on the way home picked up what appeared to only be half of what I had initially left earlier that day. Once I got home I noticed I had a bathrobe and 4 towels missing. When I went back to see if they still had them lying around as they may have just misplaced, instead of an understanding and sympathetic employee, I was met with complete hostility. I was yelled at and basically called a liar. If you want to have all of your belongings returned to you, I highly recommend going elsewhere.

Like others on here, I will be walking extra blocks with my laundry because I don’t want to support this business.
The man who runs this place seems deeply unhappy and has been consistently (and inexplicably) unfriendly and rude to me. Still, I went there out of convenience.
Today was the last straw. When I walked in to change my laundry to the dryer he began loudly yelling at me that I had left my clothes too long. While this is a fair enough thing to mention (it was the first time in months of coming here that this happened on my part) the intensity and vehemence of his harangue was completely out of proportion and totally disrespectful. I assured him he needn’t worry about this issue because I wouldn’t be coming back.

This is the closest laundromat to my building, but I’d rather walk a few extra blocks than go here. I had been using it out of convenience, but upon my last visit decided to stop giving them my business.
Many of the washers and dryers smell off (not ideal when you want to have *clean* clothes), and half of the equipment are marked with «do not use» post-​its.
The last time I went, I used only a dryer to «wash» some of my non-​washables with Dry Cleaner’s Secret (which is like Dryel, without the bag or scent). I was told that I couldn’t use just a dryer, and when I tried to explain, was interrupted and told there was a sign (which I looked for and could not find). Personally, I think that $ 1.50 for 28 minutes of dryer time would still work out in their favor, especially given that I had been a good «washer & dryer» customer prior to this incident.

Avoid this place like the plague!!! We went in as usual and when it was time to dry our clothes we noticed that all of the dryers were full. We tried searching for an employee to no avail. After waiting a fair amount of time we decided to take clothes out from a dryer that was already finished, placed them in a little cart and put our clothes in. A while later a guy employee appears, walks over to the dryers and starts yelling. In a very confrontational matter he started asking who had put new clothes in the dryer. We answered it was us and apologized but suggested that next time he should perhaps leave a note that indicated that a particular dryer could not be used. The guy continued to yell at us like we were children. Do yourself a favor and take your hard earned cash somewhere else.

Friendly?
I really thought so. I was a regular customer until I dropped off a separate load to be hung dry. IN a separate bag with A NOTE on it reminding them it was to be washed separatelyand hung. It was not.
They shrunk 4 high priced items. When I asked Mohammad he was very apologetic and told me to try them on and if they shrunk he would reimburse me. They all were ruined .I came back the next day and suddenly he was very confrontational and told me that it was not his fault but his employee who took the order. When I reminded him that his employee worked for him, he told me if I had a problem I should take it up with his employee and it was nothing to do with him. Finally, he agreed to reimburse me for ONE item (or rather a percentage of the item. 10 bucks for a 60 dollar shirt. Yipee) and asked to have back the most pricey one to see if he could «un shrink it». Yeah, I was skeptical too. He told me it would be be three days and that he would call me when it came in. Never happened. Three visits and two weeks later, I got a perfectly pressed shrunk shirt back. I never went back to try and get my money for the shirt, realizing the it would be another large fight. Now I use
. They’re great.

I love this place. Mohammed (whose name I may or may not be spelling correctly) is always super welcoming and friendly when I come in to do my laundry. It seems as though most people use the drop-​off service here, but I’m here doing it on my own.
This laundromat is open an hour later than most of the other laundry places in the neighborhood, and one hour makes all the difference when it comes to getting laundry done. I’ve never had to wait for a washer or a dryer, and everyone has always been very kind here, including the customers. If it weren’t getting colder out, I might actually enjoy hiking over to 7^th ave to do my laundry.
When it was warm out, Mohammed brought a couple of chairs out front for my roommate and I to sit on outside while we waited for our laundry. So nice!

I believe since the last review the 7^th Avenue Laundromat has new ownership — and it’s certainly made a difference!
In the past I did drop-​off service which was always done within 24hours. Alas, a change in fortunes has made me bid farewell to perfectly washed and folded clothing and now I’m laundering on my own — there are always machines available as it seems most people do drop off at this location… so I guess I win in the end! It’s $ 2 for a washer and 25c for 7minutes on the dryer and like most places you can get change/​detergent from the friendly gentleman that runs the place.

Oh local laundromat. How I love thee. What, with your 75% out of order machines, your antiquated detergent dispenser which only a circus freak or woodland troll could access, and most importantly — your nonstop infomercials for muscle enhancement protein, complete with nu-​metal soundtrack. Whenever I hear Limp Bizkit, laundromat — I’ll think of you fondly-​ish.

I hate this laundromat. The only reason I ever go there is it is 1 block from my apartment.
I always do my laundry myself, so I can’t comment re: Arthurs positive review of their drop off service.
The location is is dirty with few chairs, no TV, no AC, many broken machines, as expensive as nicer laundromats on 7^th, and employees some very rude people. I always see people arguing with them as the machines eat quarters all the time… and they never give refunds.
I go here about ¹⁄₁₀ times as I just get too lazy to walk the extra 3 blocks. Every time I regret it.

I’ve yet to find another old lady who folds my clothes the way I want it — w/​o even requesting — like the old lady at 7^th Av Laundro.
Meticulously ordered, stacked perfectly inside my Glad Drawstring White Garbage Bag.
I miss you, Old Lady!