A Laundromat

I went there to do laundry an hour and a half before it closed and the attendant would not let me in. There were a lot of signs saying last wash «10:00» & the hours sign said open till 11 — but, they would not let me in even though it was 9:25 & were very rude about the entire thing. I have come here before with no issue, but after this experience I will find a new place.

Came here to do some last minute drying and the lady closing the place is just rude. The dryer took .50 and didn’t even start. I asked the lady if she could give me the money back to get them started, she tells me «it’s not my problem.» I know I’m last minute with the drying and they are closing up shop soon but come on. I’m watching her put money in other dryers that she is using. It’s the first and last time I’m coming to this place.

The joint is affordable and neighborhood friendly.
This is my go-​to spot. However, on my most recent visit the janitorial staff went the extra mile. I accidentally left a full load in the dryer on a Wednesday evening. When I realized my mistake, the laundromat was closed. I returned on Thursday a.m. and my clothes were gone. I left a post-​it note for the attendant and a lady returned my call AND my laundry. Reunited and it feels so good.

Clean enough and a safe area. But one of the washers ate my quarters and there is no one around to help and no contact number for the owner. Tried the number on Unilocal but no answer and no voicemail. I won’t be returning.

This laundromat is located on Piedmont Ave. If you are looking for a place to wash, dry and fold your chones that’s a hip as some of the surrounding shops, keep looking. The interior is dingy and a majority of the machines could use some elbow grease to get them into sparkling condition. The ambiance is a bit 70s and maybe some of the machines are too. However every machine that I used worked. 2 bucks for a wash. 25 cents for 10 minutes in the dryer. Not too bad. The laundromat doesn’t have the greatest facilities, but they’re functional. It is also an awesome location. There is plenty to see and do in the surrounding area… You know if you’re not the type to watch your socks as they spin in the dryer

Go somewhere else. Machines that don’t work. You find out after spending a couple of dollars to find your clothes still wet. Lots of bums on this street begging you for your money.

I was just here tonight to wash my clothes and while the sign out front and inside says the mat closes at 11pm and last wash is at 10pm. My wash finished at 9:30pm and i put my items into the dryer for 30 minutes, left and returned 45 minutes later 10:45pm. The lights were out inside the laundromat and there was a great big heaping hulk of a man waiting inside. As we entered he said «we’re closed!» And we said we’re just getting our clothes from the dryer. He then claims to have been waiting for us for an hour (which cannot be true) and that the laundromat is already closed. I pointed to the sign and said it says you close at 11pm, and he said «no, these days we close early!»
I said, there is nothing to indicate that, they should change the signs. Not all my clothes were dry so i was separating my wet clothes from my dry clothes so I could dry it latter. I wasn’t upset I just figured I’d dry the rest at home since i have a washer/​dryer anyway. Out of the 9 loads I washed, there was only a single bag that hadnt dried. As i’m separating me clothes he starts to say hurry it up, and making annoyed sounds. Then he comes over and says «alright you need to move faster, i’ve been waiting a bleeping hour! I have someplace to be, you’re making me bleeping late!!» And i said «excuse me, if you would let me pack my clothes i’ll be get done» and he said «i don’t talk to women!» So i said well don’t talk to me then, to which he responded «i don’t talk to women!» So i said well stop talking and let me load my clothes «i don’t talk to women!!!» He keeps saying. So at that point i realized he was absolutely insane. I continued packing my clothes and left.
I won’t ever return to this laundromat again! By the way, he does this whole thing in front of my 7 year old daughter who was totally traumatized by it. She says it was the worst monday ever. Poor thing. I don’t know what meds that guy is on but I sure hope no one expects this place to be open til 11 because its unreliable and run by a crazy man.
You’ll have better luck letting your clothes hang dry at Gaylords coffee house down the street.
Yeah this seriously just happened to me… Wowzers. What a terrible way to end the evening.

I came back tonight at 10:50 to get my laundry from the dryer and the whole place was closed. There are three different signs that say that they close at 11.
I just moved here for a new job in the city and I spent 10 minutes crying on the sidewalk because I am so scared that something is going to happen to my clothes. Except for two shirts and a skirt, that was all of my work clothes.
If anyone knows of another laundromat that is walking distance from Piedmont, please tell me.

The laundromat adventures began when the washer and dryer at home began to fail. A Laundromat is in a terrific location — Piedmont Ave. But … the washing machines gave me back whites that somehow became less white after a wash, and at least one towel came out of a dryer with a brown burn mark on it. We didn’t go back. Woody’s is a stellar alternative, if you need a laundromat.

Change machine ate my $ 5
There is no contact info anywhere in here
And the phone number on Unilocal accepts no messages

Apparently, members of the staff arbitrarily take your laundry out of the driers you paid for and move them to other machines, where they don’t dry at all. In the past, on a few separate incidents, I found loads of dry laundry in places other than where I had left them, and ended up with mystery garments as a result. While I knew something had been up, the specific process was revealed today after finding someone else’s laundry in my drier. The staff confirmed that they moved it to another drier and I discovered it still half-​wet, costing me more money and an extra half hour.
Seriously? This is completely unacceptable and shady. If you go here, make sure to babysit your clothes.

After checking out some of the other laundromats nearby, I have new appreciation for this place. It’s bigger and less expensive. There’s actual seating. It’s by everything, so grabbing a coffee/​bite to eat or running an errand is super easy.

Since our neighbors in our building don’t know how to share (people seem to forget to come and get their shit when it’s done) so we started to do our laundry here.
I see the reviews so maybe I’ve just gotten lucky. I’ve always been able to get washers that work as well as a dryer. I’ve been able to do all our laundry in about an hour and a half’s time.
Yes it’s run down but it’s functional and close to home… plus I don’t have to fight d-​bag neighbors to get our laundry done!

I changed my mind about this place. It’s really run down and the washers and dryers don’t work a lot of the time. The tables and chairs (and everything else) needs to be really cleaned. There is a lady who I see cleaning sometimes but she’s not really doing a good job. There is a giant pinkish red stain of some sort that has been on the floor for a year. The dryers don’t get hot so it takes twice as long to dry clothes. Once the washer got stuck on and ran for like an hour and nobody is there to stop it. I had to go look around piedmonster avenue to find the old codger who owns the place. I think it’s time to invest several thousands of dollars to get this place fixed up or sell it to someone who can really take care of it.

Clean enough. Quarter machines work. The washers have never given me a problem.
The dryers? Man… If only people would stick a sign on the ones that don’t work instead of just moving their clothes… So much heartache I’ve had from coming back 30 minutes later to wet clothes. :’(

$ 2.00 wash. 10 minutes per quarter in the dryer. Fair warning, half of the dryers here blow cold air and are, consequently, utter shit.
+ nice, safe neighborhood. lots to do while washing: bookstores, produce stores, flower shop, cafes, pretty-​people watching.
— it takes a good hour to dry a single sock, there are only two tables, tone deaf homeless guys occasionally use this place as a spot to plug in their boom boxes and let out the awful jams.

I was just there with one load of laundry.
It is a decent place to wash clothes, although the lack of baskets didn’t go unnoticed by me or other Unilocalers.
I also think there should be more chairs.
I did appreciate the convenient location and the 75 cent guava juice in the soda machine.
Compared to other places I’ve been to, it’s your average laundromat.

I am satisfied with this laundromat. If it is conveniently located near your home, I recommend washing your clothes here.
— sweet wallpaper
— functional high-​bill quarter machines
— accessible by road and sidewalk
— convenient to many locations suitable for killing time while your towels dry
— root beer in the vending machine

Too bad this is the only laundromat in the Piedmont Ave. neighborhood. From time to time, I have to come here to wash the sheets, duvets, mattress pads or 3 week worth of laundry.
The reason I go to a laundromat is to use the oversize washer, and it’s frustrating that there are only 2 of them at this place and I have had to wait to use them. There are only 2 tables and 3 carts, and the place is pretty small.
On weekends, it can get pretty packed in here. It’s a good thing that you can put clothes in the washer, take a stroll on the avenue, start the dryer and come back to finish up. If you decide to leave the laundromat while you do laundry, please be considerate and return on time. (especially if you’ve got stuff in the oversize washer).
It gets brutally hot when the weather is warm.
For now, this laundromat will have to do for me. However, if an enterprising person opened up a new laundromat that’s like Brainwash in SF with relatively easy parking, I’m totally there.
Please, someone with money, open a laundromat in Oakland/​Emeryville/​Berkeley, where I can drive to, eat, drink, hang out, and get my work done. I swear I will spend a lot of money.

I happen to know the owners and the people who tend to «A Laundromat», they clean it every night! And for some reason people not only bring their dirty clothes but their dirty habits as well, it seems like people have NO HOME TRAINING!
If it is ever dirty it is due to the people who come to wash, not for the lack or service!
If you have any complaints the owner is usually in her office in the back of the Laundromat.
I agree that there is a lack of tables, baskets and chairs! Suggestion box anyone?