Adamo Dry Cleaning & Shoe Repair

I only take my white clothes or anything with a stain to Mrs. Lee. I live in hillcrest and drive past at least 10 dry cleaners on my way downtown to Adamo because she is amazing! My whites looks fresh and new after many wears and she is the best at removing stains! The location is not the most convenient if you’re driving because of lack of parking, but Mrs. Lee makes up for this by having you call when you’re outside and she comes to your car. All of my transactions occur in my car.

Awesome service, very kind people in this dry cleaner. I recommend it ! Its very close to everything and it’s very fast to have your clothes !

Did an excellent job quickly. Came here to get my white peacoat cleaned, and to see if they could remove a few set stains from it. Not only did they finish the job quickly– it looked amazing! They even were able to remove the set stains– it looks like they never existed. I’ve never seen that coat look so perfectly clean even when new.
Will be coming here from now on for all my dry cleaning needs.

Came here to get a few custom suits and shirts starched and washed and they did an awesome job. They are super friendly and affordable.

Typical asian owned and operated establishment along with the typical bad customer service. I moved into a downtown loft across the street. It would have been very convenient to drop off all my dry cleaning. I spend $ 300 a month on dry cleaning. The owner asked me to pay for $ 80 in dry cleaning up front before the work was done. I have never heard of such a practice in a customer service industry! Any time an establishment asks for payment up front it is because they are not confident in their work and they do not stand behind it. Stay away.

Heading back this week

Excellent work on resoling my Danner boots I use for work. They even texted me when the boots were finished after only 2 days. Excellent price and texted me a coupon for 15% off my next repair.

I’ve used this place a number of times and have never had a problem. The lady there is nice and my clothes are always back on time and looking good.

This review is short as it’s quite simple. Adamo is a nice find in downtown San Diego. I’ve been coming here for the last 1.5 years and service and quality have been consistently great. Mrs. Lee is the best!

I have been coming here for the past year and Mrs. Lee goes above and beyond the average customer service. She truly cares about how she runs her business and it shows! I have dry cleaning and alterations done here and she’s always done a great job on both! I also appreciate that she has accommodated a few last minute requests when I forgot I needed something dry-​cleaned before leaving out of town! Her cheerful personality and remembrance of my name and who I am always impresses me:) I wish I had her memory!

I will never go to another dry cleaning place other than this one ever again! Great work and best customer service you could ask for. Mrs Lee is the best. I’ve never seen my white pea coat look so good. :)))

i love mrs. lee! first of all, she is an incredibly sweet person and i always leave with a smile. she also sets the gold standard for customer service – she always remembers my name, the name of my partner and the name of my dog. she even remembers the garments i bring in.
in addition, she is incredibly skilled at her craft and hands down the best dry cleaner (and tailor and shoe repair) i’ve ever experienced. she has literally fixed garments and shoes that i loved but was on the verge of throwing out from damage, but they have all miraculously come back as good as new.
lots of Unilocal love for adamo and the wonderful mrs. lee!

I have been to Adamo twice already since living in Downtown and plan on coming back every time I need my clothes dry cleaned. The first time I went to Adamo was to get my husband’s uniform dry cleaned and the second time was to get his suit and dress shirt dry cleaned. Each time i needed the clothes done in two days and each time, it was a little less than $ 15. Super affordable and she even remembers her customers.

I’ve used Adamo almost every month for the past year and have yet to be disappointed. She does an awesome job and has great customer service.
I’ve taken a variety of items to her and it all comes back spotless, including a white cotton jacket with leather cuffs (very hard to clean and not ruin the leather), bed sheets and gowns.

About clothes:
I was very impressed when I used their service first time. I found this shop through Unilocal.They managed to make my clothes super clean and new, especially when they were very old and had been in my suitcase for years!
Shoes:
They claimed they washed my shoes but they did not clean them at all! She said if it looked dirty, it means it couldn’t be cleaned! That is so not true. I could clean it easily on my own. I also had them repair my shoes. It was just okay. Definitely not the place for shoes.
Attitude:
Here comes the most important part. She always acts very disgusted by my clothes I bring — how filthy the clothes were, how dirty my husband was, even telling me he may not take shower?! and etc. Plus, her son was like really disgusted too. She demonstrated how her son felt about my clothes. I get it. Maybe she was just making fun. I’m Korean and she is also Korean. Is that the reason? She educated me to come more frequently so it’s easier for them to clean or it’s going to be impossible to do the job. Okay, I maybe very sensitive and take everything so seriously. What she says is not wrong. But that time I just spent about 200 $. I can’t spend so much money all the time on dry-​cleaning. However, most of my clothes need to be dry-​cleaned.
Today:
Okay, I still continue to use their service since they do pretty decent job on clothing. I went to Adamo today to pick up my clothes. Then she let me know that her Latino worker screwed on ironing my husband’s tux shirt. After that, she started blaming the shirt. She kept mentioning that it was made in Korea (even showing me the label, I KNOW it!) and that’s why it’s hard to handle and easy to be ruined!?? I’m not really sure who irons the tux shirt like that. I get it, it’s a delicate shirt. But they are professionals! The problem is even I wouldn’t iron that way! So, do they mean they only take Italian makers? They discriminate customers’ clothes? She was not even going to redo it. She said if my husband wears it inside a vest, it’s okay, just take it. What??? Although she means she thought I needed it right away, it doesn’t sound right at all. What do you think? She didn’t even know my phone number so couldn’t make a call and let me know that the shirt was not ready before I leave. My name was written as, meaning Korean kid. She had my name and phone number. Who knows what happened? She then still kept explaining how hard it is to handle the tux shirt with such thin wrinkles. Then she gave me a look and said I didn’t look like I could understand what she was saying. Okay, I get it. I looked like a dumb maybe. Does it mean I can be insulted directly like that? I clearly think it’s a total insult.
Well, that’s all I can think of right now. I just feel very stressed every time I visit there. The service is satisfactory but I wish each visit could be stress-​free. Maybe I’ll have my husband deal with her from next time. I guess it’s pretty fair to give three stars for such experience?
(Update) She didn’t compensate for the shirt she ruined. How irresponsible! I tried to fix the shirt in many places but I couldn’t. Other shops told me it is not fixable. They were amazed by how ruined it was and curious who did it. Sigh… I stopped using their service since then. They are irresponsible. There are many other decent places. Don’t use them. They won’t be responsible for your clothes once ruined. I took a photo of my ruined shirt but it’s now in my computer. I’ll upload it asap.

Great customer service. She is so helpful, and will even come to your car outside so that you do not get a parking ticket. She also was able to fix both dress shoes that I brought in, and clean up a stain on a shirt that a previous dry cleaner was unable to get. Highly recommend.

I was hunting around to find a place that would meet my boyfriend’s expectations because he wasn’t happy with his previous dry cleaners. They could never get the stains out of his suit and didn’t offer other repair services, all while charging way too much. We live in the downtown area and tried this place out since it had great reviews and was close, and after the services my boyfriend was 100% satisfied! She got the most difficult stains out, hemmed one of the suits and had it ready in just a couple days at my request. The best part was I brought way more money than I needed. Even though it is a few blocks farther than the one we used to use, we will be going here for our dry cleaning/​repairs from now on. :)

I brought in 2 dresses that both had stains (1 meat grease, 1 strawberry daiquiri). I had read all the great reviews and I decided to bring my dresses here. I was a little nervous because both were kind of expensive dresses/​nice fabrics. Ms. Lee said they would be no problem and assured me she could handle it.
I picked up my items a week later and both stains are completely gone! No sign of them! I was very (happily) surprised.
I will definitely be taking all my stuff to her from now on. She is great with customer service — even offering to pick my stuff up from my car on the street so I wouldn’t have to park!
Without hesitation I would recommend her business!!! Very much impressed!!!

Adamo is a little place that’s hard to find but the customer service is fantastic.
Hours are short but it is a one or two woman operation here so cut them some slack!
I have had my dry cleaning, alterations and wedding dress boxed here all to perfection. My experience tells me that if you are a regular customer who is nice and pays cash consistently your price will go down.
Next to Subway and Stout.

I kinda wondered why this place has so many stars, but after taking my clothes here a couple time I know… it’s the service.
You’ll probably drop in and say to yourself, «Self, what the hell is Mateo talking about», but the nice lady behind the counter (Mrs. Lee) will remember who you are, what you brought in last time and will generally take care of you. No, not literally… although I didn’t ask ;)
My clothes came back clean, pressed and were ready fast. The price, very low… like $ 2 and change per item (shirts).
Quick, competent service with a smile. I have to agree with the other reviewers — this one’s legit.