The management team at the self serve Solar Car Wash in Pinole deserves a thumbs up for taking action. When two of the stalls were faulty, I left a phone message indicating which machines needed service. Barbie, from the team, returned my call and was exceptionally personable and professional. My tokens were refunded and the both stalls have been fixed. read more

It's a car wash place, no pebbles in the brush, high pressure hose works fine/ happen to have staff on site when we pulled up. Friendly across the board read more

Nothing ever works half the bays are broken, some labeled as broken, some not. Creates chaos of people getting backed up and stuck in this tiny lot. Most aggravating car wash I've ever seen. read more

Can't say enough good things! I ran into some issues with the vacuum and car wash and called the customer service line. They called me back and mailed me my money back in tokens and refunded me! So sweet and great customer service, will come back for sure! read more

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Stay Away!!!! The equipment is broke or subpar. I put money in the machine and the equipment didn't work. I called the number listed several times and left a message. Finally after 2wks a lady retuned my call and said she would mail me a refund which I never received. It's the principle and I will be reporting this business. read more

After a new interface at the car wash, they did update their system. Their price now is $6 for 10 minutes with the clock ticking slow. But catch this, I checked my credit card statement, I was charged fucking $10 for 10 minutes. What the fuck! Before it was $5 for 5 minutes which was a total ripoff. The price now is still a RIPOFF! I do not recommend this place for the locals, go to Martinez instead. You will get your moneys worth read more

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Poor experience, I have membership, but there are no where for me to scan the qr code. Wasted my time to go there. definitely need upgrade

Spent 15 dollars in tokens, couldn't use any of the bays. One bay was not accepting the tokens and kept spitting them out. The other three bays were blocked off for credit/or debit card only. Now I have $15 of tokens I can't use at this location (the closest to me, which is not at all close) Also, no attendant to assist, but lots of broken parts and features that prevent the DIY-ness of it all. And as a side note there was quite a bit of garbage left by other patrons (mid week). Which is not necessarily the fault of the owners but that's not very neighborly of the patrons. Oh! Plus side is, all the overpriced wet wipes machines worked just fine. I could have spent all the $15 on individually wrapped moistened tissues. Edit: Thank you to the owner for quickly (minutes in fact) responding to this review and reaching out to resolve the issue. I appreciate the consideration! read more

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I use this car wash all the time and it's truly my go to. The machines always work. It's clean and safe. I recently had an experience where the machine took my money, I contacted customer service and they got back to me right away with a refund. I received a special message in the mail from the general manager Seth Zweben. Great customer service, thoughtful and I am a satisfied customer and I recommend this Pinole location. read more

Idk what the bad reviews are about, things must've changed. Tap to pay worked great, car wash was powerful, vacuums were strong

Great self serve car wash, cheap and easy. Sometimes it's crowded but that's life man! Everything works great, up don't need change for most machines, and you can get your car real nice and clean here. They have quick dry towels and tire shine and air freshener all in the vending machine. read more

Equipment all worked well and for four bucks I got the top layer of crud and bird crap off my truck. Quick and convenient. No replacement for a hand wash, but 10 minutes and I was out of there. I was there around 930 on a Sunday morning and it got crowded for the value lane. But I didn't feel rushed in the expensive lane. Ha. Facility was clean and there was an attendant sweeping up. The stall I got was full of soap foam but I knew my rinsing would wash that away. So I drove right in no waiting. Getting in and out is not perfect as street is narrow and there are parked cars and residents around. Reasonably safe looking area but not sure I'd go after dark. But who washes their car in the dark anyway! read more

I went on a Sunday, the wand for the brush was broken, spraying me all over. The attendant saw me and came over and said it was ok to use it. I said I can't cause I'm getting all soapy .I felt very intimidated as the attendant smelled of alcohol and he walked away staggering. I've tried calling the number listed but no return call. I will not be going there again. read more

Came here with the kids to wash the car highly recommended. Great price , great value.

A good self-serve car wash. I trust myself to wash my vehicle better than any automated machine. Had too many times where the they've chipped the paint and had to hassle with the facility to make it right. Not anymore, I'm washing here instead. Some employees have treated me with much better service than others. The majority seem fairly friendly and polite. Usually make a visit every other month. I tend to stop by if I need to wash off the day to day road grim that collects on my car. Can get a bit expensive if there's extra muck you have to clean off. read more

The value was changed to only accept credit cards now. Wtf? The only reason I self washed was cause it was a decent deal with the whole extra coins for $20. Not only that, but the price also rose to $6 from $5. Nah I think I'll pay the extra amount for an automatic wash that saves me labor and actually does better than a self wash. I'm using the rest of my car wash tokens and that's it. Ya'll screwed up. read more

Went back and things were working great. Glad to see the car wash up and going. It was popular too. read more

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I love washing my car here and find it healing to do it oneself but my card while swiped at the value price it charged me $10 ... this is my third time and today I double checked it. Today .The sign says $6 ? Do I get my refund or a coupon ? Three times it charged me $10 ... credit card machines need to be updated or maybe an app? read more

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The vacuum really is strong, it is the main reason I stop here. My only complaint would be that there is not a lot of space around the vacuums. This isn't to big if a problem for me; I go on weekdays when it isn't busy The vacuum and wash bays do not take cash. You need to get tokens that machine takes cash and credit cards. It is $2 for four minutes of vacuuming, double what I pay in Martinez. I am a penny pincher, but the machines here to the job so well that I'm willing to pay more for clean seats and rugs. read more

Just finished washing and checked my visa. I was over charged. Not going back and not recommending this place.

I just checked my bank statement and I was charged twice for the vacuum and you don't even get a receipt!! Come here if you want to get ripped off I will not be returning! read more

Came here because I didn't trust any of the car wash people in the area due to the Yelp reviews. So I decided to try a self serve for the first time. Car Wash Bay: This place is cool. Many different cleaning options. Insert your tokens (normal bay $3 for 4 minutes or if you wanna wait for the value bay $5 for 10) and there's a dial that you turn to select what you want to come out of the hose. You start with a pre-wash, then high pressure soap, then a brush that foams and ya rinse off with high power again. There's also a wax finish and a tire cleaner. Everything performs quite well and does the job, but you might have to go through a few cycles of your car is SUPER dirty like mine was. Vacuums: there's a few stations to vacuum your car once you're done but I didn't get to check them out, nor was I able to see the rates for them. Extra Goodies: You can buy air freshener, window wipes, and a towel (not worth it in my opinion had to use like four to dry my car) and all those a a $1 each. Definitely bring your own drying cloths so you don't end up spending $4 on just drying your car. I really enjoyed my experience here, it makes washing your car much easier than doing it at home and I'm definitely gonna be coming back and my car ended up looking pretty good. I might bring a sponge though next time for those few bug spots on the front that I couldn't get off with the brush. read more

Solar Car Wash - Pulled my car into the vacuum bay so I could wipe it down. - Car Wash Near Me - Pinole, California

My car was really dirty yesterday, so I ended up going to the car wash. They are really cheap, and the process was really simple. You put your money where you want it to go, you choose the type of washing need for your car, and then you press the button and pay. You then proceeded to take your car into the car washing place. Make sure you keep your car. A neutral, and they do the whole wash for you. After the wash somebody comes and drives your car out manually, I recommend you give a tip, but you don't have to. The best part comes with a free vacuum cleaner, you're able to vacuum your whole car, clear out all the trash, and really make your car feel brand new. If you want a cheap place to get your car washed, and a free vacuum this is the place . read more

The coin machine malfunction after accepting 3 tokens, which were not returned. I called the number listed, gave my name, address, and description of the problem. Seth Zweben, General Manager, sent me a refund plus a couple of extra tokens along with a note. I appreciate the customer care. Rloeta read more

I have a very favorable impression of the Solar Car Wash in Pinole CA. It did not start off good at first because I was having so much trouble using the machine to pay for the wash. I decided to use another car wash stall that provided more time. When I put my credit card in at first it did not accept, but finally it did; however, for some reason instead of charging me the amount $6.00 for the machine, it charged me an additional $4.00. Anyway there was a number to call if you encountered a problem. So I called and left a message. Today to my surprise, I received not only a full refund, but a note apologizing for the difficulty that I experienced. I appreciate the General Mgr getting back to me. I felt like a valued customer. And I definitely will used the facility in the near future and tell me friends about my experience. Thank you read more

I wash my work van here since it doesn't fit in those automatic gas station car washes. Nice location and not overly crowded when I go. Their machine takes cash and quarters and dispenses tokens for you to use. Typical self service spot. read more

Not to fair on the amount of time they charge for a wash. You can kill yourself trying to wash your for just $2.00 and that is only if your dusting it off NOT scrubbing using the soap brush. So be careful don't bloody yourself trying to out run their clock it's fixed. So you will be out of at-least $6.00 and maybe you might just finish with the feeling of accomplishment. Good Luck! read more

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Very good place to take your car for a quick or long wash its up to you. I usually take about 15 minutes to fully was my car considering I like to get every crevice. At the very end there a value bay station that's $5 for 10 minutes instead of $3 for 4 minutes. There's a lot of choices as far as car wax, tire cleaner, high pressure soap etc. The place accepts $1,$5,$10,$20, quarters and credit cards. The place can get pretty busy so just make sure to go early in the morning or late at night. read more

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So I thought I'd try out the self car wash place in Pinole and I was disappointed. Just an FYI to all my friends. The sign says $5 10 minutes I already thought that was not enough time being that place on Alhambra in Martinez is 20mins for $5. So I stuck my $5 in and all I got was 6 min. So bummed, wishing I had got red bull. I asked the guy who worked there about me getting cheated he said only one of the washing stations is 10min. I was like what??? Who does that! Then he states I shouldn't put my money in before reading. So rude. I read a big sign that says "$5 10 mins" not 6mins. My next thought was does one of your vacuum stations give more time to vacuum than the other? Geez that's the last time I go there. read more

I always got my Toyota washed here, but on one Sunday morning I stop by to have my Mercedes wash before church and as I began to enter a worker had a big broom and dropped it on my hood and began scrubbing and I requested to him to stop. It left scratches all over my hood. After service I went to put the cover back on the car and noticed the scratches and the next day I went back to the car wash, to tell someone one and I was told I had to talk to the manager it took about a week to catch up to him and he look at the hood and immediate denials it happened there. It's sad for a owner not to take responsibilities for his workers read more

Disrespectful owner said "park on the other side" just to dry my car. Was not blocking the entrance to the bay anyways. Won't come back after that. read more

Washed my car here last weekend and the token machine shorted me $6. I reported it to the contact on the signs, and they promptly responded to the claim. Not only did they refund me, but they also sent additional tokens for the inconvenience. Awesome experience! I will be a Solar Car Wash customer for as long as I have cars! read more

This Review is for the Solar Car Wash in Pinole. I've tried to like this place and given it ample opportunities to make me a recurring customer. The reality is that more often than not, it disappoints and I can't understand that. It's a car wash for God's Sake! There's an attendant here, but I'm not exactly sure why. There are signs letting customers know that loud music is not an acceptable practice, yet people blast their music anyway. As a matter of fact, I was there a few weeks ago and someone was playing music while detailing his car right by the entrance to the bays. The attendant and the individual were chatting quite nicely. Since this is a Self Service car wash with wash bays and vacuum cleaners, this is all that people should be using it for, yet almost every time I've come here someone is detailing their car at the vacuum stations, making them unavailable to people that have just washed their cars. Today again, someone was detailing their car immediately by the entrance to the bays making it difficult to navigate around him. I reiterate, what is the purpose of having an attendant present if he does nothing to keep cars moving? You need to seriously ponder and decide if you're running a business, or providing a "social club" for your staff! read more

Great value at the value bay for $5 10 minutes... There's a free wash offer if you checked in on Yelp which they will mail to u... I didn't input the correct email address.... That's why I got the error.... But after my review on yelp, the message me and I noticed my error so I updated this review to change it to a 5 review for the great service (even though it is a self wash station) and their quick response on Yelp read more

I had a horrible experience here. All I wanted was to do a light cleaning of my car - throw out whatever trash things had accumulated. This man that claimed he owned the place (I mean first he said he was the manager, then he said he was part owner, then he started screaming about being the business owner here and not wanting me on HIS property) began arguing with me from about 60 yards away about me "dumping" all my trash. I had only been there about 90 seconds before he started yelling at me, asking if I was even going to use the vacuum or if I was just "bringing all your trash from home and dumping it here". It was an unwarranted, unnecessary attack. I had not done anything wrong. I was not playing any loud music nor was I talking loudly since I was alone and not on my phone. I was not throwing trash on the ground. I was not being disrespectful of his establishment at all, but I guess because he saw me empty the contents of the little garbage pail made for cars that I have in my car, I guess he felt like I was doing too much. And maybe I would've used the vacuum. Maybe I would've even run my dusty Prius through the wash... if he hadn't have run me out of there in tears. I am a 40-year-old mother of 4 with 3 jobs. And I coach basketball. And I have to shuttle my kids around to their activities. So, I pretty much live in the car. So, yes, it does get messy. But I don't need some jerk yelling at the top of his lungs from across the lot about how messy my car is when I am at a place designated for people to clean their cars out!!! Thursdays are my only days off. I was finally going to get to spend some time with my kids and I just wanted to have a somewhat cleaner car for them to get into when I picked them up. Instead of the excitement we had built up to go watch the 1:10 showing of Black Panther, my kids got into the car with a crying, upset mom which upset them and dampened our whole day and experience... So, if you know the man on duty at 12:15 pm on Thursday, 2/22/2018, please send me his name and a list of any of the other businesses he is affiliated with because I do not want to ever come into contact with him, nor support him in any way. And I DEFINITELY will not be back to Solar Car Wash ever again. And I would whole-heartedly discourage anyone else from going there too. Thanks, Rosemary Oliver rikasmom@yahoo.com read more

The vacuums need some improvement but i do enjoy coming here and being greeted by the man who maintains this car wash. Raymond is awesome

Legit! I've been coming here for a long time. Didn't even realize there were multiple locations throughout the east bay. Had an incident where the pressure washer was broken after depositing money into the machine. Wrote an email to express my concern with the expectation of no one responding, but low and behold a response was sent along with my refund. Thank you. read more

$5 for 10 minutes on the last bay! Never had to wait to wash or dry my car. Fairly safe and quiet during the weekdays (I go during the morning or afternoons). Very clean and the machines are never broken. read more

I honestly think if you wanna wash your car. This is the place to go! I've been here several times and I never have to wait. I got to meet the owner, Paul today; super helpful and funny! Being a 17 year old and on a budget the price is fair in my opinion. I recommend this place and will be coming back! read more

No attendant was there when I arrive to claim my free tokens for checking in. So was bummed bc it would've been my first time taking advantage of checking in on yelp. Anyhows, it was a nice hot day and perfect to hand car wash here w the foam, water, wax. Plus in toll w me were 3 kids ages 10-14 who were super excited about cooling off w car wash. Tip: bring your own drying cloth so u can park aside after the wash dry off water spots. Or u can also buy 1 strong paper towel for 1 token. There's also vacuuming if u need to vacuum inside your car. read more