Bluebird Cleaners

I’ve never used their laundry service but this review is for the lady that harassed me for parking in front of her shop. It’s a green 15 min curb and it was available when I parked. I was headed to Heartbaker, across the street, when this lady, who I assume works at the laundromat, chased my sister and I to ask if we’ll be gone for long.
Me: ummm no?
Her: this is a green sidewalk, you can only stay 15 mins…
Me: ya I know.
Her: I paid for this curb to be green.
Me: ya ok…
There’s no sign that the curb is intended for her customers and I was planning to just grab a pastry and leave. Instead, I am waiting right by my car and will take every 15 mins that I am legally allowed to park here. That type of ignorance is why I will not patronize this place.

THEY WRITE ON YOUR SHIRTS. DO NOT USE! unbelievable, in 10 years of getting shirts cleaned, ive never experienced a cleaner who is bold enough to write, with permanent marker, your name on the fabric of a $ 100 shirt. they wrote on all 10 of my shirts! the hispanic worker there stared at me blindly and said … «yes, we write on shirt»

Great place. They took out stains in my white blazer, which looks like new, although there is a substantial upcharge for it.
The tailor hemmed my jeans perfectly and they look like I bought them that way at the store.

Well, they are very convenient and friendly. I usually go to another cleaner in the neighborhood but she was on vacation, and unfortunately I made a bad choice for a substitute.
I paid TWICE as much for wash and fold, in addition to two extra dollar per sheet for bed sheets. In total, my wash which is typically about $ 30 or less was $ 78!!!
EXPENSIVE

I’ve been coming here for years and don’t really want to go anywhere else. I started coming here many years ago when I lived in SF and 3 years ago I moved to Daly City and I still drive out to drop off my dry cleaning to them.
I have taken my dry cleaning to others closer to DC, but have ran into problems, mostly they would either shrink my clothes or they would smell like chemicals, not at Bluebird Cleaners. Every time I get consistent good results and that is very important to me. They do a great job, and to other Unilocalers who are complaining about pricing, all I have to say is you get what you pay for. I do not mind Bluebird’s pricing because they consistently do a good job and when you are dropping off expensive suits that cost upwards of $ 800.00 I wouldn’t trust anyone else to touch them other than Bluebird Cleaners. Great work guys keep it up.

This is a great business with quality service; courteous and honest employees. I realized after a few hours after dropping off my clothes, I accidentally left $ 400 in one of the pants pockets! After calling the store to inquire, they immediately called back stating they found the cash, and could pick it up at my convenience! How often does something like this happen in a big city!!! I’m using them for the long run, and invite others to do the same!

Blue Bird was my cleaner of choice for years. Unfortunately, I am now switching to another cleaner.
I needed a shirt cleaned overnight (brought in about 12 noon), and they said they couldn’t do it. Then I asked if they could at least press a jacket. They said they didn’t have someone coming in work the press.
OK.
When I asked if they knew someone who could do it, they said no one else would be able to.
Wrong. I found someone who not only could clean and press my clothes, they would be open until 8pm. On a Saturday! And they were much nicer and way cheaper.
Another indecent: I asked for some minor repairs on a pair of pants. When I got them back, they did more than I asked, or would have wanted, and they said it was a deal because they were only going to charge me half for the unasked for work. If you’re going to do extra work on a garment, either call and get approval, or do it as a gift. At the time, I had been going to Blue Bird for over 15 years.
So I had 15 years of good service, which is why I give it 3 stars. But I’m not going back now that I found my new place.

Thank God we found this place! We’ve been going around the area looking for someone who can iron/​press my husband’s suit a day before our wedding. Since it was President’s day the day before our wedding, we had an extra hard time finding cleaners that we’re open. Also, most of the places that we went to didn’t do ironing/​pressing only and majority didn’t do dry cleaning on site. Here’s a summary of our experience and why I am giving them 5 stars:
Pro’s
— you can get your stuff right away if you’re in a hurry (we only had to wait for 15 minutes)
— price was reasonable considering it was a rushed job (no extra charge, we had a suit, pants, and long sleeved shirt pressed)
— the lady who greeted me was very, very friendly and accommodating (and for that we gave her a hefty tip coz she deserved it)
— plenty of street parking
Cons
— no waiting area inside the place (we had to wait in the car)
Now I know where to go if I want something dry cleaned, pressed or altered. Nevermind that it’s so far off from where we live. I would still bring my stuff there just because of the efficient and excellent service!

First, and foremost, the ladies at Bluebird are quite friendly and courteous. My wife and I needed some alterations and repairs done. My wife had a knitted sweater with a torn pocket, and a coat that needed repair. I had a few pair of jeans that I wanted stirrups attached. They didn’t understand this at first, however, once I showed them, they understood completely.
This isn’t a criticism, just information. They completed everything perfectly.
My wife and I are two very happy campers. We recommend Bluebird Cleaners with four thumbs up. They have our business. They ought have yours.

I sure miss Bluebird Cleaners! I moved from San Francisco in May 2011, after 10 years of Bluebird cleaning my clothes. Now I’m trying to find a decent cleaner in San Jose, and I’m seeing problems that I NEVER saw with Bluebird. Their attention to detail was superb. I used them for about 70% laundry and 30% dry cleaning. Shirts were pressed accurately, light starch was perfect. Pants always turned out great. Stains disappeared. Alterations were awesome.
In 10 years of going to Bluebird, the only problems I had centered around shirts with certain button types: cake-​style buttons and snaps. Bluebird replaced cracked cake buttons on two shirts at NO CHARGE, replacing them with regular buttons so I could send them through the normal laundry process. Some other shirts with snaps, they recommended that I just dry-​clean them since that was cheaper than laundry+hand press.
Words to the wise: If they have cake-​style buttons or snaps, you MUST have these shirts HAND PRESSED or dry-​cleaned (also hand-​pressed). This is the case with ANY cleaner. When they press laundered shirts, it goes into a huge machine that applies too much pressure for anything other than a regular button. Cake buttons will crack, and snaps get marred and cracked. Take my advice and ask your cleaner about special handling for anything that’s not regular buttons. You will be glad you did.
Some reviewers complain about the policies around credit/​debit card usage. Please be aware that small businesses get SCREWED by bank merchant card service fees. For small transactions, card fees can eat up the profit margin. I would always let them run my card as debit or credit, whichever was best for that transaction size. And if I was dropping off a small order while picking up big one, I would pay for both at once, consolidating the two orders to minimize the percentage of the transaction they paid in card fees. No real inconvenience to me.
I’m missing my friends at Bluebird. Best cleaners ever!

Hey everyone. I thought it might be helpful to update the review to provide the following information:
1– Bluebird’s service is still consistently good. I got another pair of jeans patched and i’m a fan (though their patches can be kind of big. i don’t really know how patching works on the other hand).
2– If you’re spending less than $ 20, you should probably bring cash. They have a store policy of only charging cards when you spend $ 20+. I figured that might be useful for someone to know before heading over to get their stuff. :)

Another Clement Street treasure. If you need your jeans hemmed, and don’t want them to LOOK hemmed, this is where you need to go. $ 13. A little more than I’d like to spend IN ADDITION to what I already spent on too-​long pants, but if you don’t like the draggy-​saggy look, or the rolled-​up look, which I don’t, you do what you have to. These clothing stores that think we all need 33″ and 35″ inseams can go suck it. Bluebird is the answer for shorties.

I feel terrible writing a scathing review to anything, but I feel like people should be deterred from this place. Particularly, women that get their button up shirts laundered!
I dropped off a few mens and womens shirts to be laundered (not dry-​cleaned). $ 2.50 each, ok fine. The women’s shirts are the same cotton fabric as the mens shirts, except they are ¾ length sleeve and have a little fold on the breast pockets (mini cargo pockets).
Anyway, when I pick them up I am told that they are BLOUSES and therefor $ 5.50! Despite the fact that they are the same as a man’s shirt, just smaller. This is a pinstripe, cotton, collared, button-​up shirt. Nothing blousey about it.
I got pretty upset and tried to debate it, «um, no this is a shirt, no different from the men’s right here. there is no way this is a blouse!» and I didn’t even get the «Ok, well sorry for this time, but next time that’s our price.»
The service was a stubborn assertion that my button up is a blouse. $ 5.50 to have one of my work shirts cleaned.
Never again, forever.

I can’t speak to their dry cleaning, I only had shirts laundered. I am glad that there’s an eco friendly cleaner for when I need it, but I’ll be taking my shirts and pants elsewhere to be pressed.
As others have said, they are way too expensive, $ 2.50 per shirt and starch was extra, even light starch. That’s more than twice what I paid in when I lived in the Castro, and there are tons of other cleaners around here. And they won’t take a credit card under $ 20, seriously?
I think we all know that credit companies charge 35 cents to run a transaction. If that eats into your profits too much, charge us 35 cents. Charge us 50 cents. Why does SF hate credit/​debit, is it too easy for the IRS to track?
Oh, and I went in with a new customer coupon, but he wouldn’t validate it. It was my mistake, it wasn’t dry cleaning. This was around 8am, and I didn’t get any early bird discount nor was I offered to have my shirts back same day.

this place is the best! i take my uniform here to get dry cleaned and pressed and what a great job they do with my uniform! I had them make some alterations and all the alterations i asked them to do came out perfect!
great customer service! i have not had any problems.

«And above all– care for your clothes. You cannot be well groomed if your clothes are not well cared for.» — Christian Dior
Blue Bird’s prices are very fair, especially considering the quality of work they do. Sure, you might find a place that charges a dollar or two less on some items — but you get what you pay for when it comes to mass production. And if you need dry cleaning, don’t you want the best for your best clothes (otherwise, you should stick to Old Navy wardrobes and skip dry cleaning altogether).
I also very much love that they use the most environmentally friendly cleaning processes. I am concerned about dry cleaning solutions: the fumes emitted in your own closet are carcinogenic. But Blue Bird uses an alternative process. Keeps them and their customers safe! Now wouldn’t you pay a little more for this? Compared to pedigreed Peninou, this place is quite the deal!
Alterations are great, too. I was going to have Bloomingdale’s alter my gown (for an inaugural ball in D.C.). Since I bought it on sale, they wanted to charge me $ 80 because of the delicate silk chiffon fabric. They claimed I could do no better with an outside tailor. Not true! Blue Bird charged me $ 25, and it was beautiful.
Plus, Eileen the owner is so lovely and professional. It’s a pleasure doing business with good people, don’t you think?
And if you get there before 9a on weekdays, you get a 10% discount. Very cool.

THANK YOU Bluebird Cleaners.
These folks are diligent, hard working, laundry masters!
Imagine this: My best friend’s wedding, open-​bar, fight with boyfriend (now ex), mother’s Burberry trench, and a bumpy car ride home…
Well, if you haven’t figured out the equation yet, I thought my mother’s Burberry trench was ruined! However… Bluebird laundry masters were able to remove every stain after a diligent 3 cycles of dry cleaning. Once I admitted to them what the stain was, they were able to ameliorate the problem.
Replacing my mother’s trench would have been like ½ of my teacher’s pay check! :(
To them, I am indeed grateful!

Very friendly and the alteration service is fairly good. I’ve had some things dry cleaned and laundered here and they’re not cheap but I was happy with the state of the garments when they were done.
Most notably are their hours of operation which are great!
Also the other day the zipper on my bag was all jacked up and the alterations lady fiddled with it and fixed it for free! I had offered to pay but she said to just come back with items to dry clean. That was cool.

(+) decent job
(-) crazy high prices
I just can’t justify paying $ 12.79 for a pair of pants and a long sleeve shirt! It’s double the price of any other cleaner. They do a good job, but not twice as good! Never again. Run don’t walk, run AWAY!

Blue Bird has been my local dry cleaner now for about a year. They have always done a nice job for me and have welcomed me with a smile and decent prices every time. The icing on the cake recently was when I took a shirt that I had just spilled red wine on and they were able to get the stain out with almost no trace.
Nice people, great location for me and reasonable prices.
4.5 stars.