Sunshine Center Laundry

Tuesday Feb 2, 2016 6pm. All but 2 ($ 2.50) top loading machines are broke, and have been broke for weeks. When your not lucky to get one of those 2 machines, you have to use those front loading ones starting at 2.75. Smokers from the bar next door smoke right in front of the laundry doors and by cars in the small parking lot. Smell and toxins from all the cigarettes linger inside the laundry and inside your car. If fact, one women from the bar with a dog spends lots of time blowing smoke into the cars as she talks on her cell and walks her dog frequently between drinks. From just looking at the bar patrons, I can tell everyone has an arrest history. The parking lot is always filled up by cars owned by the DUI bar patrons. Inside the laundromat, homeless men loiter, charge their cellphones, smoke cigarettes, and beg for quarters. Some undress and launder their clothing.

I get this place one star for a particular reason and due to a particular customer service rep this evening who gave the most unsatisfactory customer service I have ever received. This woman would not allow me to use the restroom because the floor was wet. She told me to go to another store, I explained that I knew I would not make it, again she denied me access to the bathroom and told me to go to food max. I then told her that I know I will never make it there and that I have a bladder problem. She just didn’t care at all. I explained to her after leaving the laundromat and coming back that she displayed the poorest customer service ever. To which ensued a verbal spat without expletives. She then went on to call the sheriffs department because I had put shoe marks on her wet bathroom floor. Can someone please call Law & Order or CSI to put up crime scene investigation yellow tape around the bathroom here. I was asked not to return to the laundromat to say the least by the sheriffs department who by the way were extremely respectful and completely understanding. Bön Qui Qui stayed behind the counter and my cousin finished up our laundry while I sat in the car. I call her Bön Qui Qui for want of a better name as I do not have her name but it definitely describes her attitude that I received. I am definitely going to come back in tomorrow and talk to management about this woman. She is horrible and does not represent this otherwise pretty decent laundromat. She certainly doesn’t represent the owners who I have met here and seemed quite lovely. I however, will never return to the laundromat ever again while this employee still works here.

I have been there today. there are many washing machines and dry machines. Place is clean.
You can buy soap at 75c, Washing 2.75 $, Dry 25c/​6min. This place is the closet to downtown that I can find. I’m a traveller and i’m impressed with this place.

Facility offered quite a few units, washing ranged $ 2.75−4 /​load but worth it to have multiple loads finish at the same time. Clean place but older. Tv to watch and a few quarter machines, nothing fancy.

Sister & I visiting from TX needed somewhere to wash our clothes. This place is clean, parking in front of building, food next door, & seating everywhere.
There is only one or two outlet plugs for charging devices is my only negative. Plenty of washers for different size loads & dryers.

I used to love coming here… but its a little too dog friendly for me. I just don’t feel like I can wear a cleaned item if it accidently fell on the floor. The prices are competitive and some of the machines are new, but others smell like mold and mildew. Guess ill stay at home and was slow and clean.

The lady working there was super nice and the place was clean. Even with a drunk or two hanging out.
There is a bathroom inside for customers, 2.75 to wash and .25 to dry. Pricey for us but I guess California as a whole is a lot more than Arizona. No comment was made when I plugged my phone charger in and sat on the floor to read my book.
Don’t want to wait inside? 5 feet away is a little bar and next door to that is a Mexican restraunt.
What I liked most and why I’m writing this, the overhead planes as they come in for a landing. So cool, so close and at first I thought it was crashing! About every ⁵⁄₁₀ minutes one is coming in for a landing. My other mother would have loved sitting there and just listening to them fly overhead. A couple times I felt it rattled my teeth. Really neat!

This place is just fine. It’s clean, there’s plenty of machines, I’ve never had a wait time. Big machines are $ 4, small machines are $ 2.75. It’s right next to a bar, so can grab a drink and/​or some food. There are folding tables. There is limited parking for free in the parking lot. I’ll be coming here a lot more often.

This place is great. The staff is very helpful. There is an ATM on sight with the coin machine also. Everything you need is right here on one spot. Parking is my only issue but that seems to just be all of San Diego though. I will come here again.

I dig doing laundry here. I enjoy the day because its quite. The night is nice too because I can always meet a friend on the weekend and make it a laundry night. am super o.c.d. and appreciate how clean they are. The owner is helpful too. Once in awhile I’ll use her fluff and fold service if I’m too busy to do laundry on my own. I recommend it here.

Love the large capacity machines, five dollars for a very large wash, couple quarters to dry– average pricing… Bring your change. Dog friendly, Cherry Bomb next door and Papas & Tacos next to that– all you need for a day!

I agree with Ann Marie to a certain extent. This not a ‘destination’ laundromat… it’s for locals. That’s precisely why I LOVE THIS PLACE! Yeah there are no fancy lounge chairs, hip laundry baskets, or conversational art hung on the walls… That’s ok because I’m not looking for ‘atmosphere.’ I simply want a clean safe reasonably-​priced place nearby to clean my clothes and Sunshine Laundry is absolutely perfect for that purpose.
Wheeling my laundry cart just a block or two through scenic Bankers Hill to their convenient location is a refreshing reminder of what a cool neighborhood I live in. Sunshine Laundry is always bright, well-​lit and inviting. Once I arrive, I’m always greeted by either a familiar neighbor’s face or a cheery greeting from the attendant Sara. She manages to keep the place immaculate and she’s always ready to offer her assistance, if needed. Machine prices could be a little lower but are generally competitive so it’s no big deal. In fact, it’s actually a steal considering what I save in detergent given that most of the machines are newer front load water-​efficient washers. Plus there are reasonably priced assorted single serve laundry sundries if I forget something, two (2) change machines and an ATM that conveniently dispenses ten dollar bills for a nominal fee. Although there are plenty of large tumble dryers to choose from, only half of them have been updated so far. Not a problem though because the older models work just as well if not better than the newer ones. LOL! My favorite aspect about this place again is its location. Instead of being confined to a chair staring at the dryers, I have the option of stepping next door for a drink at The Cherrybomb; grabbing a bite to eat at Hob Nob Hill or the adjacent Mexican restaurants; or even pick-​up a few groceries at the Brite-​Rite store across the street.
And if I am really pressed for time, there is always the affordable fluff-&-fold drop off service available too. The one thing missing seems to be wireless internet – but then again, its a laundromat… not a coffee house. This place is great!

Nice little laundromat, always clean. Dog friendly. Right next door to a little dive bar and taco shop if you want a beer or burrito while you’re waiting for your wash.

Three stars. All for nostalgic reasons. My boyfriend (now husband) & I used to do laundry here. We used it as a date. Throw the laundry in and get a beer at Cherry Bomb next door. Shortly after we started doing laundry here we both got an itchy skin rash… he on his shin & me on my arm. This went on for a summer. Finally, we moved neighborhoods and went to a new laundry mat. Both of our rashes went away… I think this place is dirty and even if you pay for hot rinse you get cold so the soap doesn’t rinse properly. Still… we were young. :)

Dumpy and overpriced.

I have laundry at my place but I go here often for their extra large washers and dryers when I need them. It is a typical laundromat, with coin dispensers and little laundry packets. I would give it a higher review as I think that it is completely sufficient and almost every time I have gone I have had interesting conversations with other launders, however, the owner hassled me once. I walked in to see if the large washer was free and he was asking me if I was a patron or if I was just merely using his coin machines and that I wasn’t allowed to use the coin machines if I wasn’t going to do laundry. Had I been using the machines this would have been a valid question, but I was not and he was quite pushy, it was unsettling and obnoxious. I go there often and have only seen him there once though.

Meh. .. It’s a laundromat. Nothing special, but it gets the job done. It is kind of pricey and definitely no frills. I honestly only come here for the ATM, which dispenses $ 10 and only charges $ 1.50. I know, small victories.
Another bonus. .. the Cherry Bomb is right next door, just in case you want to have a few drinks between loads.

HORRIBLE
Homeless men and women come here to bathe.
The video camera inside the Laundromat does NOT work.
The manager, Harvey is unprofessional and RUDE!
Sara the on-​site employee doesn’t help at all.
This place is Dirty, Poor Quality and they steal your clothes here BE CAREFUL!

This is an awful laundromat!
Super expensive and not the cleanest looking place…
Lots of flies, buzzing and dead on the floor.

I thought I would give it a try, because its a block from my place. This is an awful laundromat. The prices are outrageous, there was no attendant, and when the machine took my $ 3.75, I called and left a voice mail for the manager, but they never called me back. Also, the quarters machine wouldn’t take my bill. The $ 5 was in pretty good shape, but after 10 min. of failed effort, I gave up in frustration.
I took two 5 dollar bills to do laundry, and after the washer stole my quarters, and the change machine rejected my other 5, I had to leave, $ 3.75 poorer, in search for an ATM and a different laundromat. Save yourself the frustration.
****UPDATE****: the manager called me back and said he would refund my $ 3.75 that the machine took. I was thankful that he took responsibility. I will probably still choose another laundromat though.