Laundromat

Felt like a real New Yorker doing my laundry in Hell’s Kitchen! Staff were friendly and helpful. Felt comfortable — was not a sketchy place. Would have given it 5 stars except many of the dryers were not working so there was a line to use them.

I’ve been here a couple times now and haven’t had to wait to use the machines and I think it is very reasonably priced. The small machines are $ 2.75 per wash and then $ 6 and $ 7 for the larger machines. The dryers are $ 0.25 for 6 minutes so it depends on how much you have and how long it takes to dry. I typically do not dry all of my laundry and prefer to hang dry some things so if I dry the rest of my stuff I can usually get it done for about $ 1.50 or so.
The only downside is there is really no where to sit and wait for your laundry except for the ledges in front of the machines but you can make it work. They also have a drop off service that I have no tried but also seems reasonably priced.
They’ve got rolly carts you can use and they will exchange your bills for quarters for you. They also have soap if you forget.
As far as doing your laundry yourself in the city this place has what you want.

It’s a Laundromat people. It was clean, the machines worked well and the people were friendly. What more can you ask for.

Seems like many city dwellers don’t do laundry here in New York. They drop it here, and pick up or coordinate a delivery. Employees works very hard. Folding laundry, putting it in a plastic bag, organized piles, and to deliver by bike.
I couldn’t be able to find a coin operated laundry near by Columbus Circle. 2.50 for a load & 0.25 for 6 minutes don’t make me complain. Secure place to do laundry because employees are always there. I would come back here again if I need to.
Oh, this place actually gets very busy once people who do laundry themselves show up. This is nothing different from San Francisco too.

The place is a bit small, I can’t imagine having done laundry if it was busy, I would feel so claustrophobic. I went in the middle of the day on a Tuesday. Maximum 4 people in there including myself.
$ 2.50 for a small load, 5.75 for a bigger one. Tide detergent powder boxes were $ 1 so was softener and dryer sheets.
The place is good for a small load or even a big one if you go when there are barely any other people in there. It’s clean, efficient and conveniently around a ton of places to keep yourself occupied if you’re okay with leaving your stuff there.
My only huge problem is the size of the place and the fact that there are no seats. There’s a small wooden bench that’s a tad low to the ground, another is a wooden plank right above the radiator, which I guess is okay during summer since it wouldn’t be on, but in the winter it’s nice at first because it’s like a butt warmer but after awhile, waiting for 2 hours sitting on top of that, it gets uncomfortable. So if those two actual sitting areas are occupied, you’re left to sit on the ledge where the machines are and if you’re small enough to fit, that’s great, otherwise half of your ass is going to be pretty uncomfortable.
I recommend if you need to wash a small load or if you have nothing to do in the early afternoons on a weekday and want to wash a bunch of stuff. They also provide drop off and pick up wash services.

Not awful. It was clean, the lady in store told me how to operate machines. I think what’s perceived as rudeness is a language barrier. She’s not warm and fuzzy, but I don’t expect that. It’s in a great neighborhood so lots of ways to keep yourself amused. If this place is convenient for you don’t be scared off.

Ugh!
Too many people in this laundromat, how original it’s called ‘Laundromat,’ and only 3 benches, what do I ride the subway and supposed to sit next to somebody? The ‘owners’ (I don’t even know who they freaking are, like I like to KNOW MY laundromat) didn’t play any Skrillex, just some Spanish mariachi pop music. That’s not even on my spottily playlist. And WHO even takes Spanish beyond Junior year? Duh, the category for Best Latin Jazz album wasn’t even a Grammy category in 2012. ugh.
And the other customers, it’s like they didn’t even WANT to be there. They just sat there on their phones depressingly contemplating their mortality during candy crush breaks. When I do my laundry, I’m trying to have fun around me, not the clickity clank of dryer sheet free loads. When I do laundry I want it to be fun.
And their service, it’s like when I wanted service I had to actually ASK for it. As if the outside didn’t say SELF-​SERVICE. I KNOW it says self, BUT THIS SELF WANTS YOU TO DO IT FOR ME FOR FREE. OMG. NONE of the washing machines had Kelvin temperatures included. How cold is cold supposed to be? I don’t want these clothes to shrink finally. And I don’t use Kelvin, but SOME customers one day MIGHT want to if they would bother going the extra mile.
You want me to be specific? Fine. Here’s the scoop: I wanted 7 dollars worth of quarters and only had a 10 (fml I know, right?) so when the guy counted out $ 3 of quarters from a $ 10 roll then I counted the remaining for $ 7 of quarters and omg there was one quarter short. And when he made this 25c mistake and I had to walk 10 feet to ask the guy for a gum ball’s worth of money back he gave me this snarky flaccid look and asked «Did you check all of your pockets?» as if I wasn’t standing there in my PJ’s embarrassed to ask for 25c. I don’t even have pockets in my jammies or my new Uggs. Ugh!
He gave me the dumb quarter but whatever I was so over it by then.
The masseuse wouldn’t offer Lomi Lomi massage massage so yeah that wasn’t an option, and when I requested that one quarters guy from earlier to fold my clothes he couldn’t do it for free. On top of that he didn’t even know origami animals beyond elephant, swan, octopus or turtle folds. I don’t know about you, but when I go to Bikram Yoga on Mondays, I need these lululemon yoggs to be folded like Fieval Mouskewitz; not Speedy Gonzales. I’m not doing Anasara yoga anymore, NOT acceptable. What am I, a Warner Brothers cartoon working on Friend’s Universal Principles of alignment? Totes NOtes.
Then…all the customers attacked me with BS questions like, «Excuse me, can I grab this basket from under this table?» «Is this your sock on the floor?» «Are you finished folding here?»
I came here to relax with my girls, not get hit on by some bearded guy from whatever country pretending to do his laundry trying to peek at my underwear. Then when I was practically rushed off of the table by him, he actually wiped off the table where I JUST folded my clothes as if I wasn’t RIGHT THERE and didn’t just wash and dry my clothes. Wowzies. NOT fetch. At all.
And some dude was eating pizza. Like who does that? And when I left the place it was STILL RAINING outside so my clothes almost got freaking wet. FML soooo mad, I’m never going back except every 6 weeks.
As if playing candy crush, streaming music, smelly pizza creeping into my air while Kelvin-​free temperatures turn my quarters into thin air with AP Spanish-​level music peeking through my stupid Spotify commercials while receiving an inept backrub wasn’t nightmare enough, now someone’s staring at my body by Victoria collection. blurrrggghghg. Not cute, ‘The Laundromat.‘
tl;dr — Laundromat’s aren’t SUPPOSED to be fun. ‘Laundromat’ s a good laundromat.

As so many people here have said, beware the Dragon Lady. She’s the Asian owner of the place who’s super cranky and — as I found out recently — possibly shady.
When I asked for change, she took out a roll of quarters, peeled back enough to retrieve the coins she wanted to deduct, and gave the rest to me. I was a little put off… normally they count out the coins for you on the counter. I gave her the benefit of the doubt… but sure enough, after I loaded my washes, I discovered I didn’t have the correct number of quarters left.
When I confronted her about this, this normally cranky non-​refunder instantly gave me back what I was due. But I had to put my headphones back on quickly to drown out her screechy «Next time you should count your quarters at the counter!» Um, lady, that’s YOUR job. But you can be damn sure I will be on top of this going forward.
Of course, other than this walking nightmare, there are redeeming qualities: The laundromat is fairly large by NY standards, the machines are new and efficient, the other workers there seem nice, and it is NOT crowded during the day.
If you do go at night, make sure it is by 8pm latest, as the place closes at 9:30pm and, yes, you WILL get your head chewed off by the Dragon Lady if you try to wash any later.

I have lived right across the street for the past three months and the asian worker in there might be the rudest person on 9^th ave. I’ve come encounter with. She just told me to not put my empty bag on the table because it was crushing her table, what sense does that make. this is also not the first time ive had a problem with her, she started yelling at me one other time because i had my headphones in and i couldnt hear her right away, sorry if i want to listen to music while i do MY laundry. I’m now taking my business to ⁵⁴⁄₅₅ on the west side… cheaper and faster!

The good:
Machine prices are reasonable.
Machines look new.
The bad:
It gets very crowded.
Very little seating.
They’re very rude about making change.
The ugly:
At most businesses, closing time is when they lock the doors and begin to close, gently encouraging patrons inside to finish their business and leave.
At this laundromat, closing time is about 5 – 10 minutes after the rude, unfriendly lady completely loses her cool and starts SCREAMING at customers to get out. Clothing not dry? Not folded? Not in your bag? Too f-​ing bad for you… you had better get your butt out of there or risk possibly being locked in overnight.
I’d been using this laundromat for about 7 months, but I’ve really had enough of that lady’s attitude. She is not my tigermama and has NO right to scream at me.
TL;DR
If you like being treated like dirt and screamed at, this is the laundromat for you.
As for me, I’ll be looking for another laundromat.

Weekday Morning — Busy, had to wait for a machine.
Large machine wash $ 5
Regular machine wash $ 2.50
Dry 0.25 for 6 minutes — it will take more than 0.50 to dry your clothes
Drop off wash and fold service is available per pound with same day service. A bit more than buck a pound.
Detergent, bounce, generic bleach is available for purchase. Change is available at the counter. The Asian lady is a bit rough so fair warning. Watch your wash-​she decided to add additional liquid (detergent??) to a customers cycle without his permission. Sucks cuz the customer was very sensitive/​allergic to certain detergents. He left, with his wash not completed. The lady wouldn’t apologize or refund his wash.

I love these guys, but I’ve only done pick-​up/​drop-​off. Sometimes they’re super-​nice; other times they’re a bit brusque but are never rude. I always bring laundry for hot water in an orange bag and, for cold, in blue, and they remember. They remembered this only after a few months!

The service just sucks because of the lady that works there. Everytime I go, she’s very unfriendly, does not know the words please, thank you and excuse me but instead only knows the word «move» or she does body actions at you if you were a dog. Never going back. I don’t even wanna give A star for this rating…

Three words of advice if you just moved near this laundromat: WASH AND FOLD
I went here ambitiously on my second week in new york and was shocked, humiliated, and left uncomfortable.
I went around 10am on a Tuesday, and it was hoppin’. The first thing that I noticed was the frantic, loud Korean woman who owns it. She was constantly yelling at every customer.
The machines were fine. Nothing fancy but got the job done.
The one thing that did creep me out was this dude who kept staring at me while i was waiting for my clothes to dry (had to run the dryer again about 30 min) and then got closer when i was folding my underwear. I’m not sure if it was the warm room, the smell of laundry and chemical cleaners, or the fact that the owner started yelling at a customer, but i got the courage to yell at this dude. He left, and I just packed up my clothes and got out of there too.
Found a cheaper and faster wash and fold service on the west side of 9^th ave btwn 54&55.

This laundromat inspired me to use a wash and fold service for the first time in my life. (A wash and fold service at a different laundromat, of course.)
It seems like a pretty standard laundromat for the area, in terms of price, size, and level of cleanliness. The reason my rating is so low is just that the first time I went here, one of the washing machines ripped one of my dresses. I showed the guy working there and I couldn’t tell if he didn’t understand or just didn’t care. I didn’t even expect him to really do anything, I just wanted an acknowledgment that it happened and maybe an apology… no dice.
And, I completely agree with the other poster that the dryers in this place are just awful. Every time, I end up just bringing home my still slightly damp clothes and hanging them up to dry the rest of the way.
Clothes are expensive to fix and replace, so I would prefer not to bring them back here, where they will be torn and improperly dried.

This place is a bit grimy inside, but the machines work well. The staff is super-​nice (though they will give you a slightly condescending look if you tell them a machine is broken and all they have to do is push the coin slot a little harder than you did to make it work).
It can get a bit crowded at peak hours, so i suggest going at 7am on saturdays or sundays so you can watch the people doing the Walk of Shame down 9^th ave. while your clothes get clean.
(They offer drop-​off service and delivery, but i never used it.)