Wishy Washy Laundramat & Cleaners

Been doing my laundry here for 10+ years, and it’s always been the most reasonablly priced game in the neighborhood that didn’t require me to lug my laundry up/​down a hill. Glad to see the new machines, including the oversize washers — a real upgrade than what was here before. Still less expensive than elsewhere, and the change machine seems to be better too. It would be nice to have some of the folding space back and the dryers could use an upgrade too but hopefully that is coming with the new management as well.

I’ve been coming here for two years – the whole time I have lived in the area. It’s always been close and affordable, and now it’s actually 400% better than it was before, as it’s under new management.
There are newer, better machines. The new owner is frequently around, and he also often offers help and advice and better knowledge about the newer, bigger, eco washers. He will also ask how we like the new lighting he installed, and he leaves his contact information on the change machine if needed. He’s pretty accessible.
I almost don’t want too many people to start going there, because I like it so much. Gotta help his lousy rating though. If you go during off times and hours, it’s pretty perfect and chikl. He even does $ 1 off washers on Wednesdays. Since this new guy took over, I only have to go to the laundromat twice a month instead of every week, and that is really the best part.
It could really only be improved with some music, or the full-​service laundry facility that he is capable of having, and plans to soon.

New management. New machines. The new owner is really nice!

I’ve been washing my dirties here for over 5 years. I’m glad to see that there is new management making improvements, the place REALLY needed the facelift. I wish they would have done a gradual price increase but I get it, it’s not cheap to maintain a laundromat and let’s get real– rent is expensive. Also, the new owner had to purchase new machines (yay) because the others were all worthless. As long as the machines aren’t all out of order (including the change maker) and the place stays clean, I am happy to keep coming back to wash my dirties.

This place is the worst. The machines are always broken, the change machine never works and the staff are hostile/​unhelpful (if you can find them).
DO NOT GO HERE.
There are better laundromats on Haight St or Oak St.

No guarantee you laundry will come out clean. Machines are constantly broken, the change machine rarely works and owner does not care. I will not use this laundromat

do not!!! bring your clothes here i repeat do not!!! they send your clothes out to a cleaners that ppl steal your clothes my pants got stolen and they made it seem like it was my fault for bringing them on top of all that they trying to take me to court because i didnt have my recipient i found my recipient and they still wont give me my pants or my money for them if u dont want a headache or being taken to court u should find another cleaners this is the first ever review ive written on here its sad

Good enough!

Zero stars. Change machine doesn’t work and I called the number provided and their response is… «I dont know why it doesn’t work». Machines smell and half broken.

Change machine works about 1% of the time. I use to think there was a system for getting it to exchange your dollar. But your dollar could be pristine and those machines (or should I say that machine, since one actually isn’t on) will almost always spit it back out at you.
Do yourself a favor and walk to the laundromat at Divis and Oak, or just have someone do it for you.

My clothes came out of the dryer with permanent grease stains. Never again.
I now go to the Launderland on Oak Street, which always has available working machines, a change machine which works, and an onsite assistant. You can even purchase a card to use on the machines. No quarters necessary. Also lovely cafes all around for waiting.

One star is far too generous. The change machine is ALWAYS broken and when it’s working, it hardly takes your dollars. The machines aren’t that great and are often broken. Sometimes homeless people hang out there. Just an AWFUL AWFUL LAUNDROMAT!!!

No one likes going to the laundromat.
There are sketchy people at every one (even the Bernal Bubble).
The change machine still doesn’t work at the Wishy Washy.
BUT it’s not as bad as most of the reviews suggest.

This place sucks… the owners don’t give a shit about it… machines don’t work, change machine doesn’t work and there is no detergent in machine for specifically that. I wish they would sell this place to someone who would actually care about it… but apparently they know the neighborhood doesn’t have a lot of places so they keep it to make money… they suck!!!

Spin cycle didn’t work on a load, no one here to refund my money, had to wash clothes again, still no one working here (even though they have a wash and fold). Came here because the machines are cheaper than the place on haight, but ain’t worth it if you gotta wash your clothes twice. Don’t waste your time or money here.

Poor Communication.
Poor Management.
They have no suggestion box nor telephone number…
The management wasn’t helpful, but the cleaning lady was sweet.
So if your machine is malfunctioning, you’re pretty much stuck with…
a.) Wearing wet clothes
b.) Wearing the same stinky clothes
c.) Wearing absolutely nothing…
My clothes didn’t wring in the washer and I wasn’t able to be re-​imbursed. I had to wait until the following day for them to dry them…
and I’m still waiting for an attendant to arrive!!!
Wishy Washy… please update your telephone number so I can wear my clean clothes!

Place is a dump.
I live nearby and always find they have at any given time:
— 2 out of 6 commercial washers broken
— 2 out of 16 regular washers broken
— 1 put of 2 change machines broken
Not only that, sometimes you get to be the lucky bastard who winds up getting one of the broken machines and not knowing it because the hand written ‘Out of Order’ sign went missing.
Save yourself the effort. Walk a block south onto Haight and try one of the better places.

This laundry mat is sub par… Unless you like belly button lint that is.
Yeah, it seems cute and cuddly at first, but after a week of picking it out in the morning, it is not funny anymore.
The thing about dryers is that you need to clean the lint trap, otherwise fuzz will get in your clothes, and hence on your body. Or in my case, it will get on my blankets and comforter, and then on my body.
You can’t clean out their lint traps on your own, the staff needs to do it. Unfortunately the only staff that is ever visible is a drunk old lady who is not real responsible to say the least. I am guessing the lint traps have not been cleaned out since they got new dryers about two years ago.
Sick. I am wearing your underwear fuzz in my belly button. That isn’t funny, it isn’t kinky, it is just sick.
And don’t get me started on their broken down washers. They barely mark them to let you know they are broke. And when they are broke, they stay that way for several months.
Oh, and did I mention that all of my clothes now smell slightly like burnt rubber. I am guessing there is a bad belt in one of trhe dryers that is causing this, but it probably won’t be fixed soon since they don’t seem to service things.
Anyway, Wishy is a block from me so it is conveniently located when I need it, but now I think I will walk a couple of extra blocks. Maybe my girlfriend will stop laughing at my belly button lint if I stop going there. Though she would probably stop laughing if I told it what was actually causing it.

I don’t expect a lot from a laundromat, but this place pretty much let’s you down in every way but one. You can wash and dry clothes here, which is the only reason for its one star. (And Unilocal doesn’t allow zero star ratings, which it should!)
The clientele is a mix of neighborhood folks and neighborhood crazies. Why the crazies chose to wash their clothes here I don’t know but I once stepped out to get change (I’ll get to that in a second) and I came back to find one stealing my detergent. Another deterent here is the extremely finnicky change machine. The one side of the dual-​sided change maker is always broken (or has been for at least 6 months) and the other has the most discriminating taste in bills I’ve ever encountered. I’ve repeatedly gotten change from a nearby laundromat with the exact same bills this machine has rejected.
The nearly non-​existent staff is not good about putting up signs on the broken machines. So at least once a month, I’ve gotten a machine fully loaded, put the quarters in, only to have the machine not start up and not give me back my change. Once it happened 3 times in one day.
All in all– a frustrating enough place for me to walk a couple extra blocks out of my way to wash my clothes down on Haight street. I would complain to the staff but like I said, they are never ever there. Avoid this place if you’re not too lazy to go somewhere else.

This is part 1 of my laundry saga in Lower Haight. My review for Wishy Washy Laundromat has been long overdue but I needed to be reminded of what it feels like to wash your clothes in a developed nation today (see part 2) so that I could more fully appreciate my memory of this disgusting place.
As a place it’s not that bad. Pretty standard laundromat fare: washing machines of the double and single-​loader varieties and dryers. Well, I take that back. If more than half of the dryers actually worked, I could make the claim that they actually have dryers. This however, is not the case. Functioning dryers are scarce in the Wishy Washy. The change machine is nice, new and functional. Prices are comparable for the area.
It’s the dregs of humanity attracted to the Wishy Washy that makes the place so creepy. I did my laundry there twice and I had the following experiences in which I was:
a. Spooked by the crazy crack-​skinny, vagrant lady swilling something from her pocket whilst pushing a broom around the floor and talking to herself. And p. s., she wasn’t really sweeping anything with that broom of hers.
and
b. Witness to a poorly acted epileptic seizure by a homeless woman after she had shoved her overstuffed backpack into one of the double-​loaders, presumably to hide it from the other crackhead outside. She was polite and asked if I was using the machine first. I’ll give her points for that. And just so you don’t think I’m a horrible person, there were two other people in the Wishy Washy that night and between glances over the edges of our reading materials, it was apparent that none of us were buying the show. After our disinterest was verified by Cracklina and her energy waned, she decided to eat a cup-​a-​noodles. Where did she get the hot water? I have no idea.
I’ve always thought that the goal of washing your clothes is to have them come out smelling clean. Not like you just finished a night of clubbing and fell asleep on an ashtray. You question the cleanliness of your clothes at the Wishy Washy. Furthermore, I draw the line at folding my clothes on a counter that would most likely give me a raging staph infection.
I went there because I thought it was close and cheap. However, there are better options in the hood that don’t require a prophylactic course of antibiotics.
Wash at your own risk.