Cook’s Corner

Charged me for service only to tell me i had to come back bc of a problem with my cars computer bc i had just got my check engine light turned off. The retest was not free there was a charge of 27.50 and he charged me an additional 8 for certificate. This place sucks! Avoid. Go elsewhere

Alright, I used to come here at night all the time to wash and vacuum my car. It’s a good enough spot if you keep extra quarters on deck for when you realize you need more time.
I have now stopped by 5 – 6 different times in the past few months after 6pm (once I’m off work) and both change machines are either off or broken. So yes, the carwash is technically 24 hours. But, you had better already have $ 5 worth of quarters on you.
Update: So I’m starting to think it’s just a thing where they turn the change machines off at night? I keep coming back because I tried the next closest self wash but it reeked of urine. :(I am destined to have a dirty car.
Update #2: I went at 530p the other day and the change machines worked!!! Yay!

My favorite. You get nice sunshine all year long, the rinse is very powerful and it’s always cool to go. Never busy, so, no hassles. I don’t give a five star because it’s a little more expensive than its competitors.

I have been going to this car wash for quite some time now. It’s clean, I can in and out efficiently, the other customers are courteous and are clearly people who take care of their vehicles. Plus, the gentleman who runs the smog check is terrific. He’s nice and always says hello.
That changed today — March 21, 2015 — while I was washing and drying my vehicle. I witnessed a woman — in about her 60’s — pulling her vehicle into a bay that was already occupied, up close and practically into a customer’s car. He was drying his car off in the bay (as was I). Something I will do if there are no customers waiting and the other bays are not in use. At the time I was wrapping up drying my car in the bay, there were 2 open bays. The woman yelled at him and told him to dry his car somewhere else. She looked at me and told me to move my car as well. I responded that I was actually about to move my car out of the bay, seeing how she was pulling her vehicle within inches of the other customer’s car to intimidate him.
I moved my car to finish drying it, and the woman approached me and told me to dry my vehicle off in the shaded area, because that’s why she built it. So clearly, this was the owner. I explained that I do use the shaded area, but today, there was not one other customer waiting, and there were 2 open bays at the time. She continued to accost me, telling me that people will drive by and not stop when they see she’s busy and go elsewhere. I told her that the friendly man who works there has always been very conscientious in all my time using the car wash, and that she was doing her best to chase people away by treating them so rudely. She responded «Well I pay the bills» to which I said «and that gives you the right to treat customers badly?» She told me she owned the place before I was born, and walked away rambling about how rude I was to her. Why I did not record her rant on video, I don’t know. I finished what I was doing and left before she came back to continue her maniacle tirade.
I refuse to patronize a business who’s owner apparently takes great pride in accosting her customers. There are plenty of other places to go in this city where this will not happen. And in the meantime, all others beware of the 60 something woman in her black Lexus sedan who has no problem chasing away loyal customers. By the way, her car was spotless, and her efforts were solely meant to chase us away. If she had wanted to wash her car, she could have used either of the previously mentioned and still open 2 bays.

My favorite place to wash my car! Never busy and there is always an attendant working in the smog station of you need change or help with anything. Staff are always friendly too.
Machines work well and wash stalls are always clean. powerful vacuums and lots of space to dry off your car after your wash.
My only complaint is there are only a couple covered drying areas with vacuums for drying your car during the warm days. The employees always park their personal cars in these spots.
Overall a great place to wash your car though. Much better than any other self serve car washes around.

I went to this place twice, the second time I believe I was overcharged. $ 99 for a 1994 beat up Honda Civic? The guy who does the service was nice enough, but I think they are overcharging. Will be going elsewhere next time.

I have been going to this place to wash cars FOR YEARS. Don’t get my car smogged here because my mechanic does it for me. Anyway, I have noticed that for the last year or so, the management and employee has gotten a little ruder than I am used to. They have always had a wash basin with a ringer that you could use to rinse your towels out. When the faucet broke, the employee who smogs the cars said they were waiting for a new faucet and it woud be fixed. One, month, two months, three, four. i finally realized they were never going to fix it. They don’t want anyone to use water. Then, today I washed my car here. I was wiping it down with a chammy before I moved it to the vacum area. The emoployee came over to me and said that I couldn’t dry my car in the bay. I told him that there was no one waiting.. He said «doesn’t matter, you can’t dry your car in the wash bay». For one thing, I see people drying their cars in the bay ALL THE TIME. Secondly, it was in the 80’s today and I was hot. If there was anyone at all waiting I would not have stayed in the bay. Not only was there no one waiting, there was only one other customer on the lot, someone vacuming and there were three empty wash bays. How petty. Bottom line: I have referred people to this location for YEARS to have their cars smogged, Despite the fact that they charge more than a ton of other places. No more. When people are nice to me, I am nice back, and send business their way. When people act like a schmuck, I write reviews on Unilocal that reflect their schmuckiness.

Unbelievably rude & unprofessional staff!

A smog check here costs $ 69.50. Your free car wash is a $ 4 do it yourself value. Go to the smog place on Hollywood and Wilton for $ 40

Took my car here for smog check. The attendant clearly did not know what he was talking about at all. I’ve been dealing with cars my whole life. Very incompetent… only good thing from this experience is that I know how this place operates and will not go back to this establishment. Stay away unless you want to get ripped off and deal with incompetent people.

They charge considerably more than the competition, but I didn’t do my homework before I went last year, so my bad. When my car didn’t pass because of a check engine light, I was told I’d have to retest… and pay AGAIN.
I thought it was common practice to offer free re-​tests. I guess not. I found another place that did at 5700 Hollywood Boulevard, and that place was great! My suggestion is to go there instead. It’s only about a mile and a half away.

Just had two cars smog-​tested here. The man who works here and actually performs the test was great, very friendly, very quick.

Super service! Pleasant experience.

Have done smog on two of my cars here. Very quick and easy, pleasant people. Free car wash with smog. The times I have come haven’t been busy. Today I did it on a Sunday/​weekend. Recommended!

Smog Test was $ 60 plus the $ 7 – 10 for certification. No thanks. Funk Brothers is a couple blocks away on La Brea for $ 40 total. That review is here:

I’m still dumbfounded as to why I got such awesome customer service from a smog spot. To me, smog checks are so closely related to the DMV that you just assume –since it’s one of those things that you HAVE to do that businesses don’t feel obligated to slap a smile on their face and go out of their way to provide excellent customer service. I was sooo pleasantly surprised and happy that I came here today!
I got $ 10 off for mentioning Unilocal which I wasn’t expecting and while I was paying, Susan, the owner drove up and said I was also getting a free car wash (which I desperately needed). She asked me if I had ever used a do-​it-​yourself coin car wash. I have to admit that I have always been fascinated by them watching my fiancé run around the car scrubbing away, but I get all nervous about time restrictions. Haha.
Since I hadn’t used it before, she told me that she’d walk me through it. She explained how everything worked and told me not to worry about the time. :)
I was washing away and I guess my time got low because all of a sudden, I saw Susan come up like a coin wash ninja and add a few more minutes to my wash. It was the perfect amount too!
Anyway, awesome experience! I would definitely recommend this place!

it used to piss me off so bad when i’d pay my registration and 2 weeks later i’d get a letter in the mail saying it was void until i got a smog check. not anymore it don’t.
Cook’s Corner is never busy, the smog guy is super nice and quick, and you get a free car wash with smog check!!! i like taking my time with the do-​it-​yourself car wash part (crazy commando with the water spray gun, making monsters sounds when the soapy, gloppy stuff comes slowly oozing out, etc…) and even though i went over the allotted time, the nice owner lady ok’d me to get 4 more tokens for free… AND the dude got some towels out of his car for me to dry mine off.
i like it here.

I called on a Thursday evening to be sure this place opened early enough Friday to get my car SMOG checked and get to my appointment at the DMV in time. I showed up at exactly 8:30, and not only were they not open, but the lady who apparently owns the place waltzed over to tell me her employee who does the checks wasn’t there and she didn’t know when he would be. She then proceeded to tell me that I should leave my car and just come back later. When later she wasn’t sure.
Her employee showed up 15 minutes later, spent 5 minutes poking at his machine and then walked over and asked me to come back this afternoon because his machine was broken.
While all of this was going on I was basically scolded by the owner for not carrying AAA. WTF? None of your business, lady.
I’m never going to try to give these people my business again. Absolutely and completely unprofessional.

SMOG CHECK PRICE: $ 49 + Free Car Wash… thats a deal!!!

Cleanest coin-​op car wash in So Cal. Slightly more expensive: $ 3.00 per wash (most coin-​ops are $ 2.00 — $ 2.50 per wash).
Impressed with the owner. The spot free rinse did not work on one of my visits. Wrote a letter. When I went back the own had authorized the onsite employee to cover my last wash and next wash.
I will recommend Cook’s Coin-​Op Car Wash to friends.