Let me preface this review by saying that I have lived in this neighborhood (2 blocks away from this location) for almost 2 years. Within the time that I have lived here I have NEVER done my own laundry, and that's because of South End Laundry. I come approximately 2-3 times a month and literally have all of my laundry done by their wash, dry, fold service. At $1.10 per pound compared to the prices of other laundry services that are offered within the South End, the price for the quality of service is unbeatable. Prior to using their services I had been doing my own laundry for almost 10 years, and I have never been able to have my laundry come out smelling as fresh and nice as they are able to get it here. Both women are extremely nice and friendly and they work their butts off 5, 6, 7 days a week for probably 11-12 hours a day. Sometimes I come in and we have great conversations with each other, sometimes I come in and pick up my laundry and we don't say very much to each other, they can be tired, I can be tired, who knows? At the end of the day I drop off my laundry in the evenings, and pick it up the next day after I come home from work.
I've also dropped off laundry at 8:30 AM and picked it up at 6 PM, same day. All I need to do is put away my laundry and everything is already sorted for me (I have a lot of gym clothes that go through them as well as my professional shirts). I predominantly wear different patterns of white collared dress shirts for work, and made a point to switch out older shirts (that didn't fit me anymore) and start purchasing the "no iron" shirts, and guess what? When I get them back they're folded perfectly and the only "wrinkle" is from where the shirts are folded. Otherwise they are crisp and ready to go!
I'm confused as some of the other reviews do not make sense and I think that people have their stories wrong;
-The person who had a "stain" on their bedding; I drop off my bedding (fitted sheet, and mattress protector) every week. I've never had a stain come back on it. That may have been from some of your extracurricular activities.
-The person who said the place is sketchy and the ladies are curt; the place isn't sketchy, it's a byproduct of the gentrified area that is known as the South End and how close it is to subsidized housing and its proximity to other areas of the city. They don't know you, you don't know them, you might be the nicest person in the world, but these ladies work their butts off and they could have been really tired at the time. You don't know their story. I'm sure if you went back multiple times you wouldn't experience the same results.
-The person who said they had moldy pillows; I've brought pillows before, multiple times, they do not cost $8/pillow. It's $5. Also, if it's $8 per pillow and you brought 4 pillows, 4*8=32, and that wouldn't include the cost of washing your duvet. So I call BS on your review because you asked for a $24 refund when you would've paid a minimum of $32? Something other than the math doesn't add up here.
The ONLY time that I had a bad experience was when I dropped off those super soft and cozy throw blanket things as part of my regular laundry without telling them, I was charged an extra fee for the additional work that they required (they don't dry the same as standard clothes). WHOOPS, of course I paid it without complaining because not only was it the right thing to do, but because that makes sense. It required extra resources for them to wash the throws and dry them, duh. Now I know better for next time! read more