Venice Cleaners

Elena is absolutely amazing. She must have a photographic memory or something as she knows your order and name as soon as you walk in. She is always accommodating and friendly to her customers. Fast turnaround and fixes lots of things too, so I take all my problem clothes there. Have been going for years and been meaning to write something here for ages. Should be a perfect 5 stars!

This place kicks ass! I’ve had alterations, patches sewn on, clothes and my Army uniforms cleaned here. Elena always makes sure everything is done right. She even has my stuff waiting for me before I walk in the door, too!

Great dry cleaners! The lady who works there is very nice and helpful. I literally bring her ALL of my problem clothing pieces with all sorts of stains from blood, oil, ect and she works magic for me. They also have hemmed many pairs of my pants and dresses. They also clean rugs for cheaper than anyone in the area!

I went to Venice Cleaners on the recommendation of a friend who has been going there for years. I took in a pair of jeans I bought for a bargain price with a loose rhinestone on the back pocket. The woman there quickly sewed it back on for me in a matter of minutes and refused to take any money. I was impressed and will definitely be going back there.

We’ve been coming here for 6 years regularly. My husband dry cleans all of his dress shirts, pants, suits here regularly. The prices are very good. The owner is sooooo nice. She knows us and never need us to show her the ticket to know which ones are our clothes. The work is always fine. We’ve never had anything damaged. I hem all my pants there and it always come out the perfect length. It’s a small neighborhood cleaner business and I’m so happy to be supporting it.

They shrunk three of my shirts, including my favorite shirt. Only go here if you want someone to professionally ruin your clothing.

Great place. Their prices are the best in the area (call and compare), and the service is very friendly. I’ve even been given discounts because I’m a repeat customer, so if you go often enough you may qualify. Parking is a hassle because they share a small lot with Fatburger, but it’s manageable. There are usually spots available just up the street on Sawtelle if the lot is full. I’ve used them for both cleaning and repairing garments and have been happy with the results of both.

Since I’ve been here, I figured I should add my 2 cents for the Unilocalers out there needing a cheap cleaners who can also do alterations. I’ve been to Venice Cleaners several times over the last 4 – 5 years. I have mostly brought alterations but have also brought some items to be cleaned.
I have had mixed feelings about their work. While they are the cheapest around (good!), sometimes the work isn’t up to par. They’re nice people and they do decent work, but the details are not superb. I’ve had little problems, but sometimes those add up. Examples include:
1. They’ve used white thread for the inner cuff of my black dress pants (which can sometimes be seen);
2. They didn’t cut a pair of jeans evenly when hemming (you can tell when holding them, but when on, thankfully you can’t really tell);
3. The repairs on a pair of jeans seemed to use hemming tape that sticks out and scratches my leg when I wear the jeans (I cut it so now it’s better, but still).
These are generally small things and given their good prices, perhaps are to be reasonably expected. But coupled with a HORRIBLE parking lot (I’m sorry, but that lot is truly awful!), it’s made me start looking elsewhere. I would still bring items here in the future, but not very expensive items or things that I thought were more likely than not to need precision and careful attention to details.
As for the items I had cleaned, that went pretty well. In fact, one of the times I brought several items that were splattered with red spaghetti sauce and they all came out perfectly. Again, I think their prices are very good and I have not had a bad experience with their cleaning services, but I’ve also used this service much fewer times so I can’t comment too extensively.
The people who work there, in particular the woman at the front desk are generally very nice and do remember what you brought, what you asked for, etc. They also make a good effort to accomodate requests regarding when your items will be ready, which I definitely appreciate.
All in all, not a bad place, but not great either. The cleaning is good, the prices are great, the alterations are alright, and the parking lot sucks. I wouldn’t specifically recommend it, but I also probably wouldn’t try to deter someone from going there… hence the 3 stars.

I’m still quite a fan of this place. The woman who runs this cleaner (possibly the owner) is a very kind woman. She clearly makes efforts to learn her repeat customer names and is very conscientious. I’d have to put parking as the biggest issue with this cleaner — but I’m more than willing to deal with that quirk given how hard it is to find a consistently good dry cleaner.