My favorite place in Berkeley to wash my car. Cleaner and more updated than the one on San Pablo. Everything works well. I have a few paint chips on the hood of my car and the pressure washer and brush haven't worsened the chips which is a plus. Haven't tried the automatic wash. read more

Today I was contacted by Seth the real owner he was super nice and really took the matter seriously he apologized about what happened but was very sincere Thank you Seth I will be a returning customer. read more

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Loved the experience, great place to get my car squeaky clean! I'll be back again.. Highly recommend it read more

This was my first time using their service. Overall a good experience, but when I went to buy a towel from the machine it was empty and just took my coin. I called the number and someone called back apologizing for my situation and said they would like to send me a free car wash in the mail. It was much appreciated so I thought I'd leave a positive review and come back again! Thanks. read more

Automatic car wash did not clean the car very well, wouldn't pay for that again. I took a while at the start signing up for their reward program first and now wish I hadn't. read more

The machine that dispenses out tokens doesn't work it took my money and gave me nothing. I looked around everywhere, there's no one ever working and they don't provide any call back number or contact information besides a web page that directs you to an email address that no one responds to this place is a ripoff you're better off going somewhere else that understands how to actually provide customer service instead of hiding behind a fake website. read more

Reasonably priced and a awesome place to wash your car on your own! It is a great workout. They are equipped with a foam brush and many different sprays. The vacuum facilities are really great able to pick out dirt and stuff. Gonna keep coming back to wash my car there! Really appreciate the help that the staff went through by going through the trouble to make up a mistake with the machines! Thanks! read more

First time went to a self service car wash and wanted to try as my car really needed a wash.We did not know much Bo who works there helped me to started and show me .He came out of the way though he was on break.I would love to come often.Great price and excellent customer service read more

I'm a big fan of this spot. Although others have reported issues, I've never had any problems and I've come here multiple times over the years. The price is very reasonable and the tools are good quality and my car looks great afterwards. Love the convenience and value! read more

BEWARE. Went there to use the vacuum. When l I pulled it all the way into my car I realized it was covered with SHIT, (which smeared into my car and on my sweater.) Disgusting... No attendant available, even though there was supposed to be one. After numerous calls, someone finally returned my call and agreed to pay for cleaning my sweater and to reimburse me for the vacuuming portion of the drive thru car wash I went to afterwards. Well, I ended up getting a big envelope full of Solar Car Wash tokens instead. As if I would really use them! Repeated calls but still no response... read more

I've walked by this place dozens of times but just noticed that they have an automatic car wash too. Car was filthy from sitting under trees (aphid poop!) and so thought I'd give it a try. I thought we'd need cash but the drive-up takes credit cards! The car got very clean and all for just $3. We'll definitely be back. read more

You can't beat the fast $4 Splash n Dash drive thru across the street from Foster's Freeze! It always gets my Trooper squeaky clean & spot free. Today the prompts had me back up then pull forward in the midst of the wash. It was a little strange, but that is the 1st time that has occurred. I just did what I was asked & things went swimmingly. I have to drive a half an hour to get to this car wash, but it's totally worth it. It has never been on the blink. My credit card was rejected once months ago, so I just always make sure I have 4 crisp dollar bills before I go. Occasionally I treat myself to a hot fudge sundae across the street with the money I save on the wash. Remarkably all the water residue has evaporated by the time I get home. My SUV is white and I've never noticed any water spots. 5 Thumbs Up! weathersaloysius@aol.com read more

Was going to write a good review to balance the people who seem to not realize this is a do-it-yourself car wash. Until I drove across town this morning to find their credit card machine was broken. Going to another place. Won't be back, too much hassle. Will find a carwash that maintains their equipment. read more

Great place to get car soaped up for $6 dollars and then spend another $3 to finish it up, seems pointless for the price it makes more sense to go to an automatic car wash and not have to do the work yourself....it will cost $10 to wash your car correctly here, and you will be soaking wet after...it's not cheaper to come here! save yourself the trouble. They do have an automatic car wash but its terrible, it does not dry your car, but they will sell you a towel for a dollar, but again you have to do the work yourself once more read more

I went here on a whim because I prefer a self wash or a drive through rather than a detail service I have to wait on. Not a bad wash but certainly nothing extraordinary. Good for a quick rinse. read more

Please, beware. It's set up as a self serve car wash and self-serve drive through for an automatic car wash. After I completed payment for the automatic car wash -the car wash mechanism failed to activate. I called the "800"number provided for 'Customer Service' and left a message with my contact info -as they require. I then followed up several times after that. -It's been almost 3 weeks, they never contacted me or attempted to resolve the problem. Their policy of failing to follow up to correct non- delivery of service following payment made in full speaks to an absence of forthrightness -and business integrity. A heads up -BEWARE! UPDATE: I was contacted and sent Solar Car Wash Tokens. read more

Great service... i read some of the reviews on yelp and was not sure if I should try it. But it is so conveniently located for me, so I gave it a try and was very pleasantly pressurized. For $6, which is less than half of what I pay for the cheapest wash at the car wash on Oxford st., I washed and vacuum the my car. I did not get soaking wet, I did not have to wait long... I will use this car wash again read more

This place is really good. The price is fair and if you can move quickly you can get your car done within the time limit. I would say that the token machine, using all of the different gadgets, and the method of payment can be a little confusing for the first few times. read more

This place is definitely a solid four star DIY car wash. It's hard to really compare a DIY place to a traditional car wash that charges north of $30, but overall this place is pretty good; I think some of the bad reviews are a bit off-base. I've used DIY places a lot in the past and compared to others, this place is really well maintained. The high pressure wash and foam brush work well, and the fact that they take credit cards is actually really surprising. Ended up spending about $10 for everything, my only complaint is that they don't have an air blade for drying, but the $1 for a heavy duty drying cloth isn't bad. Until I find a reputable full service wash in the EB will definitely be coming back here. read more

Short on time for wash,and chemicals diluted not correct for what they advertise. Good luck on refunds from the. Law office that doubles for this operations HQ. read more

First time using a self-car wash in Berkeley, and the attendant Chris was super helpful. He even helped me find my credit card in the suds after I had finished washing my car! The whole process is pretty easy to navigate, you pay for so many minutes then use the hose or brush to clean your car. But when the button to add more minutes was stuck and I was getting panicked, a gentleman (possibly the owner?) came to my assistance. He even provided me tokens so that I could finish my wash since the payment machine wasn't working properly. read more

First time using auto car wash and it was great experience here! Chris is so helpful he basically showed me step by step how to get car cleaned and even helped rinse the foam and stuff. Will come back for sure! read more

Our car needed a cleaning BAD after a road trip from CT to Berkeley in January. Solar Car Wash got it done! The best part was the foaming brush, which is never seen before and thought it was amazing!! Easy to find and use. I definitely recommend it! read more

Simple do-it-yourself car wash. It's pretty simple; put in the coins and go for it. The more experience you have with it the cheaper it is. I was able to do the whole car (Subaru Legacy Station Wagon) with 4 coins (dollars). If you want to be picky it's still way cheaper than any exhaustive car wash. The guy here was very helpful and taught me a thing or two about keeping my engine clean. Will be my standard car wash. I haven't used the vacuums, but then again I also have one at home. read more

DO NOT GO HERE. $3 for a car wash? More like $3 to cover your car with suds and spend another $6 doing the rest of the car wash. It is absolutely impossible to wash your car in the measly 3 minutes they give you for $3. Complete scam. On a side note, if you forget to bring towels like me, you can do what I did and quickly drive down to the Shell station and use a whole bunch of free paper towels to dry your car ;) However, I will never be going to this car wash again. read more

Received excellent service when I tried to use the carwash on a day when it was not operational. I have used the drive-through hundreds of times and have saved a boatload of money by coming here. It is rarely shut down. One day I payed before realizing it was not working. I called the number listed and received an immediate call back from the Genl. Mgr. and my $$$ back in tokens in the mail along with apologies for the inconvenience. I was impressed. read more

Solar car wash is any customers nightmare. I went there and removed my very expensive bike rack so as NOT TO DAMAGE THEIR AUTOMATIC CAR WASH EQUIPMENT! Normally i would pull up and use the vacuum after my wash and then retrieve the bike rack which was left at the automatic car self pay booth. However I was in a hurry and decided to come another day to vacuum and therefore forgot my very expensive bike rack. I realized this in less than an hour and immediately returned. I found a "customer service person" with his head buried deeply in the trunk of his car. I asked if he worked there and he replied gruffly that he did. I then asked if he had seen a bike rack. he replied he had and that it was garbage so he through it into the dumpster. I was quite astonished because I believe any person of average intelligence would not have thought my bike rack was garbage but that someone had left it behind. They would put it aside and wait at least a couple of days for someone to retrieve it particularly since that someone would be one of their customers.He then stated that he could have just said he hadn't seen it, so he as really a good guy. He then told me if I wanted it I should climb into a filthy dumpster and retrieve it. I am a 72 year old man who had a hernia operation in the last week and have been diagnoses with malignant cancer and suffer from A-fib. I then decided to call their service line and explain what happened. I did and got a machine so I left a very clear message as to what happened but have received no return call. I then sent them a written message explaining and asking for someone in authority to contact me - they have not. So if you're the type of person who likes a company to treat not only your possessions, but you as well, like garbage then SOLAR CARWASH IS THE PLACE FOR YOU ! read more

Clean, fairly priced, both the self service bays and the drive through. I have been a customer for several years.

Anthony is the greatest and I love the musical selection on their PA system really great working equipment and it's nice to go there

Great place to do a quick wash and not run your car through an automatic wash (which always scratches up my black Infiniti). At solar, they have a brush which expels foam bubbles to clean off all the bugs/sap/grime and a pressure washing nozzle to clean and wax car. read more

The hubby insisted on doing his own car wash - yes, the manual labor, at $3 for 3 minutes. He claims that the automatic car wash for $3 sucks because the bristles scratch your car. Anyway, let me tell you...because he didn't want to pay more than $3 for this car wash, it was the most intense, quickest car wash I have ever seen - 1 minute for the initial rinse, 1 minute for the suds, and another minute for the rinse and wax...we didn't bring towels because we're ghetto like that (You can pay another buck to borrow their towels to dry off your car). Yup, we drove off and let the car dry off on the freeway - au naturale. Minus one star for the sucky vaccums. Minus another star for how they charge you for everything. I'm sure they don't think that people will spend only 3 minutes on a car wash (a normal person simply can't do this as quickly as us)...but 3 minutes later, and voila! a totally quick ghetto carwash. It does it's job, but don't expect perfection...for that, go to Touchless in Berkeley, where I normally go sans hubby (believe me, I'm not going to sweat and get my pants wet just to save a few dollaroos). read more

Chris was really helpful and made it super easy since the instructions are a little confusing and it's not clear. Thanks for the help!

I went to this car wash this morning. I went there because it's close to where I live, and because it advertised $3 car washes, which I later learned was BS. First I found out that it wouldn't take quarters (I had brought $10 worth), only bills and credit cards. You have to exchange your cash for these silly ass tokens to wash your car. No problem, I had brought plastic. They have ONE card reader there, which only works in increments of $5 (not $3). No problem - next I had to have the service tech come over to get it to work. After trying several cards he finally got it to work using the first card I'd tried doing exactly what I had done. That got me 5 tokens, which lasted long enough to do the pre-wash, soap the car up nicely, and rinse about 1/3 of the car. I only have a small Ford Focus wagon, so it's not like I was washing a Hummer or anything. Once the rinse ran out, and with my car still essentially covered in suds, we tried to get the card reader to work again. I tried, he tried... I finally drove out with my car encased in suds and rinsed and dried it at home carrying buckets of water out to my car. If you choose to wash your car here, plan on soaking, sudsing, and rinsing your car in 3 minutes or less. And oh yeah, act like you're going to a strip club and bring nothing but ones. I'm not going back. read more

I was contacted by the owner of the establishment, an really took the matter seriously and responded really quickly. He apologized what happened and refunded the money in a timely manner. Hopefully the next time I come back, the machine will be working and will be a returning customer. read more

The concept is fantastic and the prices are good (if you are able to be efficient), they have a good setup for anything you may want to do. My boyfriend and I brought both of our cars and did the self washing option at the same time in two different stations. I soaped up my car with the soap brush and moved on to the rinse with the high power water... I had selected more time at least 5 times trying desperately to get the soap off my car but the water run off was still extremely soapy then my boyfriend came over to my station and said he was having the same problem and was pretty sure the high pressure water for rinsing had soap in it (scam?). He said he was giving up after spending $10 trying to rinse the soap of his car and decided rather to run it through the car wash which I decided to do as well because I could not leave with this much soap on my car. When we got home and I looked at my now dry car, I noticed tiny scratches covering the ENTIRE car! His car is gold so if it was scratched we could not see, but now my black car has horrendous scratch damage on the entire surface! I am livid!! I ended up spending $22, absolutely horrific. read more

I've been here a couple times now. It's hard to find a diy car wash in this area that feels safe. I really like that there is an attendant on duty. Spent about $8 total to wash and vacuum my car. That included the $1 I spent to buy a towel to dry. I like the self-serve as I have to clean the floor mats by hosing them down. Probably the only car wash I'll use in the Berkeley area. read more

Today I went to this car wash. I attempted to use the drive thru. I put in my money and recieved my 1 token change (no they do not give you actual change). The car wash did not work. The machine would not give me my money. I left 2 messages on their 800 number. 2 hours later I recieve a call from the general manager saying he can send me tokens as a refund! I asked if I could just go get my wash today....No! I asked for an actual money refund....No! I asked for a phone number to speak with someone in the corporate office...No just the 800 number! This is absurd. Where else do you pay for a service that you dont get and you are told you have to wait weeks for a refund that will only be usuable at their business? Its a rip off! Not to mention they dont give you actual change when you dont spend the full amount of your bill. They give you tokens only useable at their business! read more

If I ever need to wash my car this is the place I go! The location is perfect and the employees are always helpful if I need anything! You cant beat the pricing of this car wash. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!! read more

Have been using Solar Car Wash stations to wash my cars over many years. Very economical, and even when I've encountered occasional problems, the business has been very helpful in resolving them. read more

I have used Mister Car wash for about 3 yrs never had any issues. Sometimes the soap was diluted. But moved to Cypress and Mister car wash was not close so joined Bluewave. Never had any issues with customer service or cleaning my car. But it tore off my left side back bumper. My car in only a yr old. My co worker told me it did the same thing to his bumper and to his friends too. My husband said his bumper seems detached as well. Well it broke my clip and now I have to replace the entire bumper. My brand new car needs a $500.00 bumper. I switched to Quick Quack today and went through the wash. I have been using duck tape since this happened and every time I went through Blue wave it would tare the tape off. With Quick Quack the tape didn't budge. I also noticed that Quick Quack rotates in brushes in the opposite direction. But something is definitely not right for this to happen to 4 cars of ppl I know. read more