Just have to say that their delivery team is wonderful. Francisco is the guy who has been delivering and picking up our clothes for a couple of years now. He is so darned friendly that we leave out a bowl of candy and bags of chips for him. And the quality of the dry cleaning is terrific! read more

I brought a sewing project and about $800 worth of fabric to Ablitt's. At drop off, the staff seemed unsure what I was asking for. They told me a manager would call me and asked me to leave the fabric with them. Nobody called. I called the next day and asked for the promised callback, and didn't get one. I called again the following day and again two days after that. I still heard nothing. Today I went in to collect my materials. I was told they had done nothing wrong because they couldn't understand their own internal notes. I've used Ablitt's for dry cleaning clothes and curtains for years and paid more for the convenient location. I won't be back. Other local shops handled this project and others faster, for less money, and actually returned my calls. read more

The pricing here is absolutely insane!! They charge more an hour then roofers, auto mechanics, electricians or even plumbers! ASK what the price is, I didn't and was left with a $320 bill for basic alterations on two jackets... I stopped at The Perfect Fit in Montecito and showed them the work they did and how much they would have charged and it was no where close! I'll never be back, GO TO THE PERFECT FIT! read more

Ablitt's is very good at cleaning clothes and has good and prompt service. What more do you need in a cleaners?

Everything was last minute on my end and they were accommodating. Tux ready to go less than 24hr... perfect. Drive up - to drop off - pick up... easy. Tux smelt clean the right kind of clean they must continuously clean their system unlike so many dry cleaners read more

I took 3 pair of jeans to get laundry and pressed but my pants were dry cleaned instead and I was charged an excessive price of $42 which is very expensive. I am new to Santa Barbara and I usually pay around $20 for this order. I now read the other reviews and see that others also acknowledge that this place is very pricey and overcharges unreasonably. I am most likely not to return and will consider other options. read more

I dropped my pants off to be tailored and it's almost been a month with no call no text no email nothing.‍ a month to get shortened a couple inches. I hope they don't expect me to pay much. read more

I brought in a vintage hawaiian shirt that needed the kind of care and pressing I never quite learned how to offer to my clothing... and not only did they give my shirt the proper treatment it deserves but also delivered it to me before I even had a chance to miss it. I don't think it's too much to say that Ablitt's understands clothes aren't just fabric to cover yourself with but rather important elements of culture and identity that pople love and cherish. Thank you for taking better care of my shirt than I could. read more

This was my first time using Ablitt's. I had an ink stain on one side of my linen duvet comforter. Everything I had read on the internet was to take it to a dry cleaner immediately and not to attempt removal on my own. I dropped it off around 6pm. At the time there were only teenagers running the place and they could not really tell me what would be done to remove the stain and that there were no guarantees that it could be removed. I handed it over, but in my gut felt like I was making a mistake/ felt uncomfortable leaving my item not knowing what would be done. I called the following morning to speak with someone more competent and was told that yes they would try solvents before hand to remove the stain as long as they knew what type of stain it was. I got the duvet back- and the ink stain was not able to be removed fully BUT ON TOP OF THAT the ink stain had been transferred to the other side! This side was undamaged prior because there had been a down comforter between the sides when the stain happened. It seems that they may not have attempted to remove the stain but perhaps just dry cleaned it?! which was my fear. I'm upset because previously I could at least turn the comforter over, but now it's unusable. read more

Handsdown, best drycleaner and customer service!! I ordered a special event gown on Amazon way too late in the game. The gown arrived on Friday evening. Unfortunately, It was delivered with silver or white (animal?)hair on it, wrinkled and showed signs of being worn by someone else, ugh! I had only read about these kind of reviews on Amazon where this happened, well it happened to me. The gala event was the next day, Saturday began at 5pm. Trying to use a roller brush to remove the hair and steam the gown, this was not working!! Panic kicked in! I called Ablitt's Fine Cleaners at 11am on a Saturday and spoke with Miguel, the general manager. Miguel said, "bring the gown in within an hour and I'll see what I can do. After handing gown over to Miguel at 12pm, I recieved a phone call from Miguel at 2pm, " the gown is ready!! Yay!! It looked flawless!! Thank you, Miguel!! You saved my life! And I recieved so many compliments on the gown! P.S. I have used Abblitt's on may occasions. One of those times, I brought my long coat in to be dry cleaned. It was missing a button when I dropped it off. When I picked it up about a week later, no one at Ablitt's said anything, but when I removed the plastic cover and hung my coat up, I noticed my coat had all of it's buttons. Miracles do happen at Ablitt's!! read more

Called this morning about a price on a specific item when when I got down 2 hrs later there pricing was double I decided not to get them cleaned there, even though they do good work I was just irritated at the fact that they didn't acknowledge that I had just called and gotten a totally different price 50% more then what they quoted this morning... Bad bussines practice, they didn't honor the phone quote...or even offer a consolation. read more

So they left our freshly dry cleaned jacket outside by street hanging on our outside lights. They always would bring to the front door. They are making an excuse at best (lie) that the passenger/people gate was not open/ (ie locked) but it was unlocked. They also didn't ring the call button on the drive gate which would have another option for them. Normally they would park on the street with lots of easy parking and walk it to the front door. When my husband spoke with Shawn, the manager, he just had excuses. I would have recommended that he speak to the driver, use it as a learning opportunity and give us a call back. Perhaps give us a credit to give them another try. On top of it, it was Misty and rainy out when they had left it outside. We didn't even like about it until the next day when we were calling Ablitts about our delivery. It was days after it was supposed to be delivered. When they told us, it had been delivered a day or two earlier, we had to go out and look around at the front of the property and we found it hanging on outdoor light. We are lucky. It did not damage yet, but I'm sure it was not good for our lights attached to the wall. Why they didn't put it on the gate is shocking. But of course why they didn't walk through the gate and bring it to our front door. That is covered is doubly disappointing. Hopefully Shawn will look at this and get back to us. When something like this happens - it's how you handle it that matters. We've been trying to work with them directly. However, there is no learning opportunity. There's no confidence and assurance that the problem won't happen again. A problem that could lead to our lights kidding pulled off the wall due to the weight of the dry cleaning left on them... which could become a fire hazard when the lights come on automatically!! ( if they hanging off wall wired exposed) Or the clothes being stolen being left out by the street. Normally Ablitt's would come up to our front door and leave it there. Certainly we've never had anyone leave things hanging from our hand forged lights We totally understand that mistakes can happen. But when they deny it and don't give us any assurance about it, not happening again.... And contradicting us on house facts - it just shakes all of her confidence in then We are rooting for local businesses. They have grown so big, and maybe just rest on that, versus working with clients when their hiccups. It's really disappointing. I wish I could be giving them a great review. I understand they have a place to recycle plastic bags. I don't know if they still do that or that and it during the pandemic, but it was things like that that made them special. Sadly - we are pretty incredulous about what happened with how they left the dry cleaning out at the street on the lights versus coming up through the gate and to our front door which they have done in the past on and off over the years. We probably only had the dry cleaning, delivered to our door once or twice a year, but enough that the details should be in our profile. The driver didn't even try to ring the drive gate. We ensure that the passenger gate was unlocked and had deliveries to our door by other suppliers We've had issues with Ablitt's in the past (small spot on white silk blouse. Blouse came back ruined ). and so I don't normally just set out a difficult review. But it feels like we have to push so hard just to get accountability. Again, we understand the hiccups and issues. But it's how people work together...Ablitt's what happened to you? We hope this is just an unusual rough patch and we hope to hear back from you... For Now for sure - Zip clean. A local dry clean and tailor, on the mesa will be worth the drive for us Ps a dear friend, had her dry cleaning, stolen out of the Ablitt's van not that long ago. They have insurance, but can you imagine... read more

Great service, very nice staff! Went in for a tailoring for my p-coat and was in and out of there in 10 minutes!

Great Service - best quality. Thank you for your service. Great customer service. Great Service - best quality. Thank you for your service. Great customer service. read more

I took my new linen dress into be dry cleaned. Two days later I get a call that my dress is ripped. I asked to see video and the video of when I arrived shows the dress is not ripped. Two days later they show me a video of the dress ripped in one of their baskets and claim it's my fault! What dry cleaner discovers that two days later! Clearly they damaged it and are claiming it's my fault. I asked them to repair it as a way to make it right and they refused even though it was a simple seam hem and I had already had a dress in to be altered. The way they handled it was extremely rude and unprofessional. No sense of apology about what happened to my dress. They just wanted to blame it on me and get as much money out of me as possible. Well, they've lost me as a customer. I would not trust them with any nice clothes of mine ever again. read more

Best dry cleaners in town. They are very fast and good. Love that they text you updates on your order. Also the fast checkout experience is great. read more

Though they're a decent dry cleaning service, they are pricey. However, options are limited in the area.

wow went to get a leather jacket cleaned and they charge 75$ to clean a leather jacket. absolutely wrong all they did was wipe it with a wet towel. will not be returning read more

They are amazing! I had a tray of red wine spilled on me by a server. I immediately went home and tried several home remedies I found on YouTube but nothing worked. I had to wait another day before Ablitt's opened (they are closed on Sunday) and took my pants in. They said there was a 50-50 chance of them being able to remove the stains and that it would have been better for me to have brought them in without any attempt to clean them at home. I picked them up the next day, and the stains were completely gone! It was amazing! I'll be a fan of Ablitt's forever!! read more

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I had a substandard experience that turned into an excellent experience. The manager of this business (Eric) is determined to help the customer attain an excellent outcome. I purchased a wool vest while traveling abroad, and when I got home, I realized that it had an "animal smell". Apparently, there was confusion about the price and the treatment of the item and it was not done when I first went to pick it up. After some drama, Eric stepped in and created an excellent solution. They ozonated and cleaned the item, and it now smells and looks incredible.....much nicer than the one I purchased! Eric's communication was excellent and he made an effort to honor the prices on their website despite the item needing extra care. The attention to detail and customer satisfaction has been wonderful. Without a doubt, I will return to Ablitt's. read more

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Brought in a sweater with substantial pilling. The pilling was the ONLY reason why I brought the sweater in and stated such at drop off. I also explained it was just cleaned but if cleaning it was the only way Ablitt's could remove the pilling, I would agree, provided the pilling would be addressed. I was assured "The pilling is complimentary - we will take care of it." Great. Not so much. Picked up my sweater, paid 18 bucks and ... you judge for yourself. read more

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Pricing is ridiculous! I took in a brand new suit and dress shirt that had some wrinkles after being shipped to me. Press only and it was $50.00!!!! read more

They really are the best and make it so you hardly have to do anything. You always get back a very nicely done garment and they've saved many pieces! read more

Best quality dry cleaning. If I'm going to trust someone else with my clothes, I'm willing to pay to get the very best outcome.

they are an excellent dry cleaning service. The one star is for what they charge which is random... my last invoice is for 2 items: $47 one blazer:$23.38 one blouse:$24.06 according to their price list posted on the website, sport coat:$19.85 blouse regular:$13.15 considerable mark up ... when I called this is what I am told: my blazer has lining therefore is an extra dollar ( what extra dollar?) and the $11dollar markup for the blouse is because it is a brand name. I find it excessive and not stated in their website I.e 100%mark up for brand name items. how are their prices controlled? read more

I took in 39 shirts to be cleaned, and the turn around time was just 2 days. I was impressed. The staff was very nice.

Prices are high, but in return Ablitts is reliable and provides high quality services. I have had really bad experiences with all the other dry cleaners and tailors I've tried in Santa Barbara from ruining garments to taking months past the expected return date to return garments. Ablitts is run like a business, and does what they say they are going to do when they say they are going to do it. Their staff is friendly and professional. I really appreciate having at least one business in town that delivers results, even if the price is high. read more

Ablitt's is a great place to bring my dry cleaning. I've had a positive experience here every time!

Love this place great customer service and they definitely know how to take care of your clothes. They are fast and have your clothes done on the same day if you go before 10AM. Super convenient for people who are busy read more

I have been going here for awhile. the prices have become crazy. I was charged $56 for a cropped sweater jacket. I am not likely to return.

I brought my new custom made dress shirt to Ablitt's to clean up some stains. The shirt came bank with rust colored splotches all over the right cuff, which were not there before. I brought the shirt back to them and was told they would try again. Two days later the shirt came back. They got the stains out, but in the process they bore a large hole in the cuff! Nothing like this has ever happened to me at a dry cleaners before. I'm still waiting for the owner to decide what, if anything, he's going to do about my situation. Needless to say, Ablitt's will never get any of my business again! read more

I've had my wedding dress hung up in my closet since October 2013. This dress was long overdue for a cleaning. I also had my sweet 15 dress hanging in the closet as well. That's over 15 years old! I took both dresses in to get cleaned at the same time and Ablitt's did a a hands down fantastic job. They gave me realistic review of what to expect with the types of stains the dresses had (dirt, food, drinks, you name it) and the decorative details such as beading and plastic type details but they exceeded my expectations. I opted to have my wedding gown preserved and the quinceñera dress regularly stored with just a bag since I will be gifting it to my niece for her 15th birthday next year. They also offer to take your preserved dress out for "airing" after 4 or 5 years. I highly recommend! A++ read more

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Would never come here. Had a cashmere sweater dry cleaned and repaired. They called me to quote a price as they found some holes and when I came to pick it up try tried to charge me triple. I explained you can't quote a price and change it later. I even spoke to the 'manager of alterations' Marguerita and she was completely unhelpful. Would never bring clothes where again. read more

Fantastic! So glad I found this place. I needed alterations done within 5 days and I was not charged a rush fee. Everyone was very nice. Transparent with their pricing, they're listed online. Open on Saturday's too! Cants say enough positive things, thank you! read more

I have been a customer for about three decades, and I have been pleased with their service, whether by my dropping items off or their pick up/delivery service. The employees are courteous, and the way they carefully clean my clothes is excellent. We had one problem about 25 years ago, due to an unusual circumstance, but the service after that was much improved. read more

This is the best dry cleaners in SB with the best service and employees! Armando is our delivery person and is just amazing! Only reason why I can't rate a 5 star is because prices are a bit on the higher side, but the service and quality is amazing! read more

Dropped off my wedding dress on Thursday evening, it was steamed and ready by Friday night. Looked great for the big event! Efficient and professional. read more

The owner called me apologizing after writing this review and corrected everything. Axxess card does work and they refunded me. Yay for Ablitt's customer service!! read more

Ablitt's is the only place I get my dry cleaning done in town, and it's all to do with the service. Nataly makes me feel like I'm just coming into visit friends read more

Do not come here. I was told my designer garments were expensive and therefore needed an "extra fee" so they would be treated delicately. When I received my Saint Laurent Paris jeans they broke off the chain hang tag. They also told me a small stain would be removed on my Gucci sweatshirt and it was still there when I got it back. If you value your items go somewhere else. read more

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