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    Golden Gate Laundry

    2.8 (34 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 10:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Tommy B.

    Most of the machines are either completely out of order or don't function properly (ie: not fully rinsing soap scum out during the washing cycle or not actually heating your clothes to dry them). Homeless people are everywhere so you cannot leave your clothes unattended. Out of order requests left unattended that are over a week old. It truly feels like a scam to eat people's quarters. Every time I have to come here, it makes me just want to buy new clothes instead of coming back. Do better. Yelp should allow for 0 stars in reviews

    Chio G.

    I stayed in Fishermen's Wharf area for two weeks and came here on a Friday afternoon and it was immaculately clean. No problems with any of the equipment here.

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    Monica B.

    I've been going to this laundromat for over two years. It's definitely a no frills kind of place, and it's definitely not perfect, but I can at least get my laundry done here at the end of the day. And that's what counts, right? Lol I usually come on week nights around 8 or 9, or weekend mornings/early afternoons. If you go on a weekend I highly recommend going early or late in the day as mid-day is most crowded. Weeknights are usually pretty good in terms of the crowds, should not be a problem to pick out your desired washing machine. I always stick to the white, $3 top-load washing machines. They're the cheapest washing machines in there. They have bigger machines for more money (up to $5.50) but if I just have a normal amount of laundry from the past 2-3 weeks, I can usually be fine with 2 or 3 of the $3 machines- depending on how much sorting of darks/whites/delicates I have to do. Dryers by the way are $0.25/5 minutes. They're pretty strong, usually I dry all my clothes in 25-30 minutes. The coin machine is meh, lol I've struggled with it for years. Just try your best to bring your freshest bills and hope for the best. There's two slots on the coin machine, sometimes one's out of order but at least one is usually working. I would love it if this place could upgrade and have machines that accept cards, like my college dorms had that at least, but I've learned to accept that we can't always get what we want lol. There are times when dryers don't work so just make sure to check the dryer is hot a few minutes into starting your cycle. Actually I think I only experienced it once with dryer #28 so don't use that one- on the top right end. And several times I've had issues with machines eating up my coins. On each occasion this has happened, at least 4 times, I've left a little refund request slip in this little black box and like a week later I'll receive like $2 cash in the mail in a random envelope with no note or anything - in other words it's weird lol and I feel like each time it's coming from a different address. Which leads me to believe that the guy who owns the laundromat is some weird millionaire on vacation constantly and owning multiple homes and not really giving a shit about the quality of his laundromats because it works "good enough" to provide steady income. LOL but I've digressed... I at least appreciate that you don't ever have to worry about losing money to the machines- I've always gotten paid back. One of the biggest and maybe only pros to this place are the hours. They are open daily 7am to 10:45pm, last wash at 9:45pm. Okay, the second pro is that Trader Joe's and Safeway are up the street, so I often do grocery shopping while waiting for my laundry. The final pro is that there is a bench and a table that I often hop on and sit comfortably on while waiting for my laundry - other places in the area don't have that much seating to offer. Now, most importantly, let's talk about the characters who hang around this joint. I'm honestly concerned sometimes when I'm in here lol but after over two years I've just learned to settle and accept the discomfort. There's like a few crazy, homeless, drunk guys that often just sit on the bench here. There's like one weirdo half the time I come here. I'm not sure why the laundromat doesn't seem to take any steps toward warding these guys off but anyway. I always try to avoid eye contact with them and always keep to myself. They luckily haven't bothered me too much but their presence can be disruptive especially when they're smelly and drunk and there are beer cans around the laundromat. I blame them for the beer cans but maybe normal people are just drinking while doing laundry lol who knows. Besides the homeless guys, the people who do laundry can be super varied characters as well. I think some are foreigners visiting, I hear a lot of people with different accents, others are just weird but I can't put a story behind them. One time this weird old guy with a beard started talking to me when I was minding my own business, asking me about Cal cuz I had a Cal t-shirt on. He said he went to Cal too in the 70s and before you know it he's trying to ask me out for drinks. No, no, no!! Lol. I remember looking especially effortless that day, lol like in my pajamas and glasses and no makeup. It was like a weekend morning, it's too early for that shit! Leave me alone! Lol I should really be giving this place less stars but I've come to terms with it and would rather feel more positive than rant negatively about it. If you're in the hood and this is the most convenient place for you, I think you'll learn to accept the discomfort and weirdness like I have.

    Passed out drunk, frequent occurrence at Wash This
    Mike K.

    4 out of 16 washers and 2 of 12 dryers are currently out of order. Drunk passed out an spilled vodka AND whiskey on table and floor. Shopping cart and trash around. Awesome laundromat, really well taken care of by ownership.

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    Wash/dry machines, tables, and everything are always clean and change machine always has quarters.

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    The app is difficult to avoid needing to end up paying twice for a wash. Refund is only via email…read more There were three such double paid washes. But after the first refund was processed the next two were given long boilerplate excuses citing suspicion of something fraudulent. Payrange app has yet to refunded the two double pays; amounting to 50% overcharge. AND a significant number of machines are out of order.

    I would give this place 5 stars but, like the other reviewers have noted, if Shaun (the blonde guy)…read moreis working, it's probably going to be a rough time. He gets exasperated and rants to customers about OTHER customers as soon as they leave the laundromat (!). He gets loud, talks down to people, and makes the environment very tense--especially chatting up women who I can tell just want him to leave them alone. I have been to the laundromat many times over the past 2 years, and it doesn't matter what time I come if it's his shift; he is in a bad mood and taking it out on everyone. I feel like management really needs to talk to him about how all of this is not okay. I work retail and if you need to blow off some steam, go somewhere that's not your store to rant and decompress--or, just text someone about an exchange if you're pissed! Happy is great, as are the other folks who work there when I've done laundry. The facility is always clean and there's many machines, a quarter machine, and ways to get laundry supplies. I appreciate the hours and the days it's unlocked just for self-service, too.

    Golden Gate Laundry - laundryservices - Updated May 2026

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