Certi-Clean Dry Cleaners

I don’t use dry cleaning that much, but it’s important for me to have a good dry cleaners close by. I’ve tried a few and didn’t go back, but I will continue going to Certi-​Clean as long as they continue working out as they have, which is perfect. For a reasonable price they do excellent work, and I’m able to pick up my garment quickly. I didn’t have cash one day when I was dropping off/​picking up and they were fine with me paying for both when I picked up the other item. Little things like that mean a lot.

Very pricy, $ 7.95 for women short sleeve blouse, and $ 9.95 for short summer dress… The one on 39^th and Powell is much more reasonable or even the earth friendly one in the Pearl which uses environmentally safe products.

$ 1.50 to clean button down shirts (male)
$ 4.25 to dry clean pants (male)
$ 4.25 to dry clean button down shirts (male)
$ 5.25 to dry clean a sweater (female)

These guys are cheap (recently cleaned and pressed seven shirts, two jackets, and a pair of trousers for $ 29.75), effective, and conveniently located.
So why the three stars?
Most seriously, when I gave them a drop-​off of two shirts and a jacket and was told two business days, they were not at all ready three business days later. I managed to get my shirts just in time for an interview, but talk about a garrison finish. They provided no warning that they would be delayed, either.
Also, today, when I came in six hours after they said everything would be ready, they asked me «what color are the pants?» and spent awhile looking for them. They found them, but the fact that they had to ask does not inspire confidence in their work. Still, better that then trying to guess which ones were mine.
I wouldn’t mind waiting a little longer for everything to arrive or paying a little more if it meant receiving exactly what I paid for at the time specified on the ticket.

Dropped a couple Lolita dresses and a blouse off and they came back quickly (2 days) and clean. Even had a nice smell to them. I plan on bringing a couple more in. No complaints.

I had to get two suits cleaned last minute because I was leaving town the next day for job interviews. They were able to get the suits ready in under 24 hours.

This guy does all of my sewing repairs and alterations. He does great work!

Great service every time I come in! I’ve been a regular here for almost two months and I won’t take my clothes anywhere else.

I recently went through a quarter life crisis. Part of what that entailed was having a job that required a button up shirt and tie for a year, quitting that job, getting a new job that allowed me to wear whatever my slob self wanted, quitting THAT job, and moving to Portland.
What am I left with? 27 button up shirts that haven’t been washed or ironed in a year. Enter Certi-​Clean Dry Cleaners.
These guys did a fine job with my absurd order of having 27 shirts cleaned. I came in on a Friday and dropped off my (literal) garbage bag of shirts. You’ll notice on their Unilocal profile that they have a private lot. This is technically true, but in practice, there is rarely any space in it. They share the lot with some sort of clinic that must overflow into the dry cleaners’ allotment of spaces. Minus ½ star for inconvenience.
I’m no fancy-​pants, but I know that when you drop off stuff at a dry cleaners, they ask you about starch. I’m not really sure what that means, but I know that among acceptable answers are «heavy, medium, and light.» I’ll be honest, I have absolutely no idea what this refers to… but starch makes me think of white flower and potatoes, and I want neither of those things on my shirts. My go-​to answer is «light.» Yet these guys didn’t even ask. I don’t know whether to be relieved or upset. Minus ½ star.
I fill out a form with my phone number and the woman says it will be «about 5 days.» Whatever. I’m in no hurry. They’ll call me when I can come get my shirts. PSYCHE! Even though they take down your phone number, they DO NOT call you when your order is ready. So here I am in the neighborhood, two weeks later, and I decide to check in and see what’s taking so long. Turns out my shirts have been done for 10 days. Minus 1 star.
In the end, they provide a necessary service and do a quality job. It’s probably unfair of me to complain. But at the end of the day, compared to the handful of other dry cleaners I have been to in my life, these guys are A-​OK. Nothing more, nothing less.

If there is one thing that I look for in a dry cleaner it is the ability to clean clothes. If there is a second thing I look for in a dry cleaner it is a lust for life. If there is a third thing I look for, it is a bowl of mints on the counter. These guys delivered across the board. I would recommended washing ANYTHING here.

I walk in with a blazer stained in four different spots from food and wine (it was a good wedding, okay?). I walk out a few days later with a completely clean blazer for only $ 7. SOLD.
And hey, added bonus for a parking lot on Division.

My old drycleaners (who were just o.k.) closed so I was in search of a new relationship. I’ve taken my clothes to Ford Cleaners (cheap but you get what you pay for) but I was hoping for something closer to home — Unilocal!to the rescue!
I must have driven by this place 1000 times but it’s so nondescript, I’ve never noticed it. I’ve even been INSIDE the petstore next door but never paid attention. They could use some fresher signage with more information. .. like, their business hours which are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (LOVE it!). They are open on Saturdays, too, although I neglected to ask him the hours when I stopped by to pick up my order. Part of the reason I forgot was that I was refreshingly bewildered by their service. My pickup was for Saturday and everything was ready but he wasn’t satisfied with how a blouse had turnedout — he wanted to redo it for free and include it with my next order (which I was dropping off). Wow! I am loving it.
Add to that the fact that they have off street parking — yes, their own parking lot! — right on Division. Makes it very easy for the customer along with the rightly priced, excellent service. I’ll be on a first name basis with these folks in no time.

I take all of my dry cleaning here, and I’ve never had a problem. My clothing gets a lot of abuse, and they always do a great job cleaning stains as much as possible and they are great at pressing trousers and lapels. In fact, they get a beautiful lapel roll on all of my jackets, even the ones that didn’t come with beautiful lapel rolls originally.
When one has a lot invested in a suit, it’s really difficult to trust a dry cleaner. My first few trips here were worrying ones, but I had no cause nor reason. For men’s clothing, especially good suits and jackets, this place is a great one.

We’ve been taking our cleaning there for years. The clothes always look good and they have a very fast turnaround. When we’ve left items in pockets, the owners have been able to get them back to us. We trust them and are really glad they are our neighborhood dry cleaners.

Last summer, I got the invite of all invites. Dinner with the corporate board of directors and all the VP’s. The big time. Uncharted waters for a lowly engineer… or my boss… and probably his boss. [Insert further hyperbole here.]
And yes! An opportunity to wear my one and only suit that was not a wedding or funeral!
So I’m surviving the dinner and am having a great conversation with a kind gentleman who has had a long and fascinating career. He’s getting deep into a story, the hands are waving, and… a full glass of pinot noir in my lap (which was ironic since I was the only guy at the table not drinking red wine). After refusing the kind offer for the man to buy me a new suit, I had to figure out where I was going to get it cleaned.
[Fast-​forward 6 months of the suit hanging on our coat rack by the front door.]
On my way to the grocery store a few Saturdays ago, we dropped my one and only suit off at Certi-​Clean because (1) the place we used to patronize on Powell closed and (2) it didn’t seem like there was a consensus amazing dry cleaner in Southeast.
Certi-​Clean did a good job (though the suit was not heavily stained). They had it done by the following Tuesday and only charged $ 8.99 to clean both the jacket and pants. I dig.

I know, I know, I should just give up the balsamic and red wine if I want white whites, blah blah blah.
Experience here has been a little mixed. I’ve had a few items hemmed (I assume they send these out) and they came back quickly, looking great.
There have been a couple of cases however when they haven’t been able to get spots out, and on one occassion they did a weird press-​job on one of the mister’s shirts, and it was never the same. That said, we’ve had *lots* of cleaning done here, so clearly the few problems haven’t been enough to make us go elsewhere.