Universal Cleaners

Believe it or not, I wasn’t even aware that making use of dry cleaning and laundry services was actually considered to be a «luxury» until recently… who knew?
I guess growing up and benefiting from such a commodity, I thought it the norm’.
Located on Beverly, just west of Western, sits Universal Cleaners and I can just as easily provide them with an additional star,… as I know now, when my closet runneth dry, just where to begin my search.
Offering adequate laundry and dry cleaning services at «fair» prices seems to be harder and harder a feat to come by. Just like «good help», a good dry cleaners is just as hard to find.
* I’ve personally witnessed a number of places charge upwards of $ 3, 4 and 5.00 just to run a shirt through sud-​filled water, apply some heat and spray on starch ONLY for you to return to broken zippers and missing buttons!
$ 5 – 6.00 just to clean a shirt is highway robbery! Uhm. Does it come with a foot massage??? It excites me to attest to «Universal» straying from the pack and offering a higher caliber of service at prices that won’t break the bank… well, most of the time.
Through grace and what I’m referring to as divine intervention, I managed to locate this place while in route to work, stopping off one morning (they open at 7am) all the while not knowing exactly what to anticipate. Parking was completely accessible (adjacent Beverly Blvd.).
Furthering the 5 star experience, customer service is stellar as while they politely inform you that select articles will take a few days longer, you’re then inquired with on whether or not there are any «vital» pieces you’d prefer receiving sooner… rather than later.
If you’re like me, you tend to wait until all of your belongings clog up your hamper and rockin’ wrinkles… well, it just ain’t sexy baby.
«Universal» actually enables customers to grab a few items the same or next day, …before the others become accessible, just to get through your week, ya ’ know?
This is WONDERFULLLLLLL!!!
Grant it, I just spent $ 92.00 on this dry cleaning yesterday, I’m not the type to deduct a star for my failure to frequent the establishment earlier or wash and iron my own frikkin’ clothes. The full closet consistent of fresh smelling, starched and creased threads will last another couple of weeks and this pleases the heck out of me.
They also perform on-​site alterations (no need to send clothing out). A definite worthwhile investment, if you ask me.

A-​OK is what I give this place. I called to ask how much a suit would cost. She told me it would cost $ 9.25. But when I got there it became $ 13.?? which was like hello you quoated me $ 9.25. She said 2 piece. I said No over the phone I asked for 3 piece. But I was like whatever and still left the suit there. I needed it the next day which was cool that they did it. They also take credit card not like the one on 3^rd street and Hobart. This place is a little bit pricey. For a white button up (mens) dress shirt it would cost $ 3… I think that is pricey for just a shirt. This is a great location. Parking on street or in the tiny lot.

Excellent service and cleaning. Prices are fair. Convenient parking.

So I’ve tried so many different dry cleaners and had not been happy. I was tired of paying outrageous prices. However I found that if it’s too cheap the quality suffers.
I found this place on Unilocal and I think it’s a happy medium. It’s not cheap but reasonable and the quality is great. I came to drop off an old Korean woman helped me. I pointed out special issues on my shirts that I needed deeper cleaning and she took note. When I picked up was satisfied. The armpit stains were gone and everything crisp & new.
The prices she charged me were (as of ¹⁰⁄₂₀₁₅):
2 piece suit $ 8.95
Blouses $ 4
Men’s dress shirt $ 1.90
Dress: $ 6.25
Hemming: $ 7
They take credit card for purchases $ 10.00 and up.
It’s in Ktown and there is free parking.
Their hours are: M-​F 7 to 7; Sat 8 to 6.
I would definitely return and recommend to others.

this place is extremely great and very reasonably priced. I’ve been taking my clothes here for four years and have never had an issue. I’ve moved and there are closer cleaners to me but this is still my favorite. definitely worth the extra drive.

The best dry cleaner in the universe. fits well with their name. They are friendly nice courteous and fast!!! If you have not been there you must try it out!!!

Absolutely worst experience, my clothes smelled like cigarettes and my clothes still had stains on them, also they lost a few of my clothes and gave me someone else’s. It was very expensive clothes and their response was to wait two weeks until they could find it. My first and last time there.

Best price, best service. I drive 25 miles just to drop off my dry cleaning here for the past 4 years.

I’ve been here quite a few times and they really do a hell of a job. Prices are rock bottom and the quality is fantastic. Their weekend hours also impressive if you don’t have time to come in during the week.
They particularly do an amazing job on stitching. If you have anything that needs sewing, bring it here. They will honestly do a much better job than you trying it out solo.
I used to work out east and the cleaners in NJ are roughly double the price than Universal and they always threw way too much starch in the mix (which would wreck dress shirts). I would say this place is not only excellent, but the best dry cleaners I’ve ever been to in my life!

I needed one hole in one pair of pants repaired by Monday morning after dropping them off Tuesday night I thought that would be plenty if time.
When I go to pick up the pants on Monday on the way to work she is still sewing them. I am currently waiting for her to finish my pants before I rush to work

Very affordable dry cleaners and they do a great job. Dropped off a pair of wool suit pants with month old food stains and they came out as good as new!

Universal did an outstanding job cleaning my wedding dress, which was held in a redwood forest! The dress was filthy after an amazing night dancing in the woods! :) I thought the dress was likely not cleanable, but wanted to give it a try because I loved the dress (and I’d heard about Universal)! Sixty dollars and just a month later, the dress was returned in «like new» condition. Excellent service! Thank you!

When it comes to clothes, there are few things more gratifying than turning in a crumpled heap of dirty blouses and getting them back all literally silky clean and perfectly flat, draped in plastic and hung on new hangers like a present. Thanks, Universal Cleaners!

I recently bought 2 pairs of handmade curtains from Craig’s List. I’m a bargain hunter, so when I saw that the owner paid over $ 1200.00 to have them made & was selling them for $ 100.00 I jumped on it! The only caveat was that I had to get them professionally dry cleaned & they needed some repair from his two, too-​playful cats.
I took them into a local cleaners on 8^th street & they wanted over $ 40 to clean just 1 panel! I was a bit concerned having to spend almost twice as much to clean & repair the bargain I finally found!
I piled the 4 panels in my large bag & did a Unilocal search… VOILA! I found Universal Cleaners on Beverly Blvd (only a few blocks away from home)! GET THIS: They charged me ½ of what I was previously quoted. I dropped the rest of my dry cleaning off & have been more than pleased with the results!
Give them a try! Inexpensive AND great results?!! INDEED!!!

All the Five Star reviews are legit! I purchased my wedding dress (previously worn once) and the seller kind of misrepresented the damage to the bottom layer of the full organza pleated mermaid gown. There was a very noticeable brown ring at the tail end. I brought it to Universal Cleaners and one month and $ 100 later the ring is gone. Highly would recommend them I don’t dry clean much but I when I do, I’ll go Universal Cleaners!

I know, I know… this place has good reviews and there’s no doubt that they have done a good job for other people, however, they screwed up on me. Two shirts ruined. One shirt had tiny dents on it while the other shirt had the color of its buttons come off. I’ve taken these shirts elsewhere before to get dry cleaned and this had never happened before. Sorry guys, I’m not coming here again.

I’ve been going here for two years and after switching from an expensive dry cleaning establishment nearby I am blown away by the high quality and reasonable pricing not to mention the smiling service provided by this hard working husband and wife team. Easy in and out parking.

This is the only place I’ve been in LA for tailoring or dry cleaning in the nearly 6 years that I’ve lived here. I have always been very pleased with the quality of their work, the prices are unbeatable, and the couple who run the place are so kind. It’s about $ 7 to get a pair of pants hemmed, and being 5’1″ every pair of pants I buy need to be hemmed. I’ve had a number of more extensive alterations done here, too, and I trust them completely. They are also remarkable at getting stains out. I got a fancy silk dress caught in an escalator gear once, and it was covered in black grease marks from the mechanism. I figured it was ruined but brought it in just in case, but they removed the stain completely. Also, they remember your name! A+ service.

First of all, I want to say that I moved to LA 7 years ago and looked for a good reliable dry cleaners for about 3 years.
I LOVE this place. They truly know how to clean clothes and their prices are great. The service is the best I have seen in SoCal.
Secondly, I owned two dry cleaning plants with my own shirt laundry machines for over 20 years. This cleaners is TOP NOTCH in their abilities.
I read some of the negative reviews and most are unfounded, NO OFFENSE to anyone. The lady who bought the items from India should know that many items from overseas are not meant to be dry cleaned. I have had some things fall apart on me here but because of my background I knew that their explanation made sense.
It is REALLY hard to make someone who does not know this business understand how these things happen.
I have been on the other end and I can assure you that for a NON Hollywood location, this place is unbeatable.
One of my cleaners was voted top 3 in Sacramento for 10 years.
Justin

I’ve been waiting a year to review Universal Cleaners, my go-​to neighborhood dry cleaner. I try to buy machine washable clothes as much as possible but when suits, jackets, and coats have to be dry cleaned, this is where I go. They’re open before I go to work in the morning and close late enough so I can pick up on my way home. I’m terrible at domestic tasks so I also ask them to sew things for me.
This past week I got 4 suit jackets dry cleaned and pressed, including one that needed some serious mending. Total cost was ~$ 23 and they even rushed one of the items so I could pick it up in under 24 hours. My clothes are always extremely clean and the lady even knows my name.