Embassy Autowash

When too lazy to wash my car this is great value (especially with a coupon) and so much better than the other options locally (i.e. the drive through car washes). Staff does a wonderful job.

Ive been coming here for car washes over the past few years. Compared to other places I’ve been to this place is much better. I generally do the drive through wash so I can’t speak of more specific detailing services. They do a solid job not to mention they send ½ price coupons on a regular basis so its a good value. When my car is super dirty it always ends up coming out super clean. This place can get pretty crowded on the weekends so if I don’t go during the week I usually try and go early on a Saturday/​Sunday in order to beat the crowds just a little bit.

I moved to sterling from Europe and brought a BMW and needed a place to do a nice wash, dry and detail from a machined washed car. Well i chose this place and its getting worse by the day. But today was the last draw as I decided to help them out and put all the mats on the passenger side and vacuum between my seats and under them, cause they never do, and I purchased the Platinum like I do all the time. Well one of the fat Taco boys told the other employee on the other side to not touch the mats and not vacume them, and called me a idiot all in spanish; but the dumb immigrant didn’t know I spoke spanish. So I decided to not say anything and conduct a immagration query on the workers here, as I know some of them are illegal immigrants, and the last thing I want is someone here illegal, taking my hard earned money, and talking in their language behind my back as if I’m a dumb American. Not going here ever and I’m going forward with my DHS complaint.

Not a bad joint to take your car if you don’t feel like washing it yourself. It is what I call one of those «conveyor-​belt» «move’em in, move’em out» type of places where they do a little bit of detail while sending your vehicle through the machine. The volume of customer is high here, so the idea is to get your car in and out. I’ve used this place on and off for about 5 years and personally had no issues. My car has always been satisfactory clean both outside and inside. It’s a good place to take your car in the winter to knock off the road salt spray from winter-​time driving.
I will say the workers at this location work hard and quickly. This can be a good this as far as time, but I can see where attention to detail may suffer for certain folks. I understand the mixed reviews.

On second thought not so bad for $ 11. I was a little harsh in my original review

Wish I read reviews first. What a waste of money!!! Not only are they rude as hell, but the car looks terrible! There has to be a better wash out here.

Skimping on soap and poor maintenance of equipment. I suspect the quality of cleaners and equipment is one of the worse.
Car came out mostly dirty, but the owner refuse to wash it again or clean it up.

I use the Sterling location. I never go without a coupon, usually a 50% off coupon. They’re routinely available in Valpak or Money Mailer. They do a ‘good enough’ job. The wipe down phase is hot or miss. Go when they’re not busy for the best job.

I’d like to start off by saying I have been using Embassy for years. I used to live in Burke and would go to the Embassy in Fairfax and never had a problem with their washes. I work in Herndon and come out the the Dulles location on lunch.
Every time I get my car washed at this location I tell my self I will never come back. Each and every time there is something missed, overlooked, or just untouched.
The first few times I came here, when I would leave there would be black marks on my windshield. After watching closely I found that they throw the floor mats on the windshield before washing them. I think by telling not to throw the mats on the glass they thought I meant not to wash them, because this time they had not been touched.
I pay for the premium wash, thinking it is more expensive they would do a little more, I guess not, the interior dash was not wiped down and the cup holders were full of whatever cleaner they use on the glass.
I hope other Unilocalers see all the negative posts about this wash and take their money elsewhere.
I don’t like spending $ 25 on a car wash to then spend another 20 – 30 minutes finishing the wipe down once I get home.

I’ve been using this car wash pretty much since they opened and have been generally satisfied. They don’t clean every little thing like many people expect but overall it’s a good value, especially using the half price coupon. I think people expect to much from car washes, the complaints I hear about missing a cup holder etc. Please, give these people a break, they are paid very little to work in the hot sun or freezing cold. I hear complaints about coins or bills being stolen, and yes it’s wrong but it’s also wrong to tempt someone who has none by putting it right where they are going to see it.
JC, Sterling.

Wishy washy service. Don’t tip if the service is not acceptable.

What a waste of time this place is. They couldn’t even do what I wanted. I needed the interior of my car cleaned, and was told, «Sounds like you want our deluxe clean… But we’re not doing that right now.» The woman then hands me a sheet of paper with packages and prices to which I respond, «Well, I don’t need this if you can’t do what I need.»
Seriously, I wasn’t there window shopping or price comparing. I wanted my car cleaned — You know, what they’re supposed to do there, but clearly don’t.
Won’t be wasting my time returning here.

I’ve taken my truck there three times. The first two times I purchased a basic wash just to get the dirt off. The outside was what I excpected, but the interior looked like a monkey with ADD had an episode. Nothing was completely done. From cup holders to floor mats to windows. I figured I caught a couple of people on their «bad» day. I went there today to give it one more shot. I purchased the Deluxe wash ($ 27 + tip) thinking I’d see a vast improvement this time around. Nope. Absolute garbage. I stood out there and watched as the workers chatted away and feigned the motions of actually cleaning something. Every single tire was half done. Every window was half cleaned only to have Armor All sprayed all over it. Absolute garbage. I will NEVER go back there. I’m so mad I created a Unilocal account specifically to give this place a bad review. Thumbs, both of them, way down.

I needed a car wash and had a valpak coupon for $ 5 off the platinum wash and I feel pretty ripped off after seeing everything the platinum wash comes with and I feel like I didn’t get any of it. I thought my rims would be cleaned out well… they weren’t, there is still dust in them. My floor mats were still wet when I got in and they didn’t even clean the dashboard very well because there’s still dust on it. I thought my cupholders would be cleaned… there was still dust in them. I will never come back to this place. I paid $ 18 for what felt like literally 18 seconds of nothing. I could’ve done a better job.

Really good place to get your car washed, they do an awesome job when wiping down your car and they do detailing as well, they have a lot of specials and coupons that I like to take advantage of, as almost every carwash that I have been to they get extremely busy in the summer but they get you pretty quick

This place is the pits. I won’t come back here again. I paid for an express detail which includes armorall and they obviously didn’t touch my cup holders. When I complained about it they claimed I needed a more expensive detail to include cup holders and not the express. I couldn’t tell any difference from a regular wash to an express detail. This experience was a waste of my time and money. I will be in the lookout for a new place for washes and details.

Attendants are very grumpy. They quickly spray your floor mats and put them back in wet fir mold to form on your carpet. WTF

Always been happy with their car washes there over the years. They are more thorough than the fully automated car washes.

Got the outside clean, and saw them work on the inside as well. However when I got into the car I didn’t notice anything: in fact, there was still dust/​dirt on the armrests and the cupholders. Also looked like they left bits of their rags on my dash. Was disappointed and won’t go again.

Honestly I could have done better with a rag and a bottle of windex. I only came here because I bought a groupon: $ 22 for 2 platinum washes. Mistake. The coffee stain in the cup holder I came there with was still there when I left. My rims looked halfway clean and the back window had smudges marks. The only thing that looks good is the shine on my tires.
After I use the rest of my groupon, I am definitely not be going back.