Let's start with this - I hate laundromats. Needing to go to a laundromat is a fairly new phenomenon in my life, and it is one that I am fervently unhappy about. I like doing random loads of laundry in this middle of the night -- that's the only was to get by!
That being said, I LOVE this place. I have been to many different landromats in the area, and this is without a doubt what I consider to be the golden standard for laundromats. I'm going to use bullets to explain why.
- CLEAN. SO CLEAN. They were actively cleaning while we were there. I would even consider eating a french fry that fell onto one of their tables had it been a fast food place. So. Clean.
- Friendly staff
- Free WiFi
- Music is not in Spanish and is a mix of new stuff and old hits
- Televisions are on closed captioning and do not compete with music. Why do all other laundromats do this?
- Half the televisions were on a Spanish-speaking shows, and half were on English-speaking shows. I appreciate this after too many yelling spanish soccer matches at other laundromats
- Bathrooms on site (I think you need to pay to use them, but that is reasonable given the area)
- Vending machines with laundry supplies, snacks, and drinks
- Stupid little claw games that help pass the time
- Massage chairs. Yes, they are $1 for 3 minutes, but when you've got a coinpurse full on unused quarters and singles from past laundromats it seems like a really good idea. No regrets.
- They serve fresh coffee for ~$1.50
- Machines are well maintained. Loads that took more than 45min to dry at another laundromat took less than 30min here
- Card system instead of coins
- Machines that are HUGE. Can accommodate anywhere from 2 loads to 9 loads. NINE. THESE MACHINES WERE AMAZING TO SEE.
- Machines have an "emergency stop" button. This is great because occasionally you realize something is in that SHOULD NOT BE and here, you actually can get it out.
- Air conditioning. No one wants to do laundry on a hot day next to hot dryers. This is probably the biggest point of success for this place next to the cleanliness
They also have a laundry drop off service that I did not use, but at $0.99/lb it seems really reasonable for those without the time to sit around waiting for their loads to be done.
I went on a Saturday around noon with my husband and, honestly, I actually left in a better mood than I went in with, which is amazing when you consider my aforementioned hate of laundromats. We actually had fun, got to watch an episode of "Friends," and were in and out in less than 2 hours including sorting and folding (which is basically unheard of for us) and neither of us broke a sweat from a lack of a/c or ventilation like at every other place around. It was practically a date. Stop going to other places. Go here. Just do it. Minus one star because It didn't "wow" me how other five-star places have, it's more that this is what I have always felt like laundromats SHOULD be. read more