Rainbow Cleaners

My FYI, that I agree with most of the peeps here, this cleaner is the bomb! I’ve had a pretty good experience overall keeping that funky smell out of the dry-​cleaning that you get from others in the neighborhood. The front reception lady does receive you with a big smile and remembers you everytime. It is good to know that they do stitching and drapes for the curtain rods. The price is fair and I have been happy with them for the last 6 months which is a big relief for me.

I have been going here for past 3 years. There were total of 4 incidents that happened and I am never going back here again. First time, they messed up hemming my pants and left the side wide open and of course never apologized. Second time, I went to go get my pants hemmed again and it was uneven. My husband’s pants were shorter than what we asked for and mine was uneven and short. I told her about it, she told me it is even to her but she would do it again for me. So basically don’t ever alter anything here because they will mess your stuff up. Third time, I wanted to get shirts laundered, I never said anything to her and I had about 10 shirts on me, when I went to go pick up the clothes, I told her I never asked her to dry clean and she was smiling back and saying she did and I owe her 45 instead of 15 dollars. I did pay for the entire thing anyways. So today, I went there to go pick up my blouses with my infant son, she was looking for it for 5 minutes and told me to come back because she cannot find it (she never once decided to apologize and it was supposed to be done 4 days ago). When I got back home, I called her to see when to go pick it up, she said she found it and I should come get it. (10 minutes after I had just left). I was pretty pissed because I had to go walk back there with a baby, and I saw her and asked her if she could at least say sorry, she started yelling at me. Does she really have any right to yell at me after making me come back because of her mistake? She said it wasn’t her fault but who else’s fault is that then? I mean, am I really overreacting? I thought she was nice person and she just didn’t have much business skill at first and kept on going back because I try to support small businesses, now I started to think that this lady in front is horrible. I just cannot believe that she had yelled at me after she messed up that many times and never once apologized. She might be nice at first but just don’t go here it will get really ugly as soon as she messes things up.

Love this place. The personal touch and great prices are the best kept secret I know in San Francisco.

I was temporarily staying at my sister’s. I searched for good rated dry cleaners and I can see why this place was highly rated. Extremely nice, efficient and honest. Plus they open late!

What’s with dry cleaners in SF messing up your clothes and absolutely refusing to admit fault? Mistakes happen, but just own up to them. The first couple times I came here, there was no problem and the lady was nice, but it got ugly real quick after that. I noticed a blue stain on one of my shirts that was not previously there and decided to go in and ask about it, as well as to tell her to please be careful with the new batch of shirts that I had just dropped off the day before. She didn’t take responsibility but instead gave me some excuse about it being from a pen stain that I already had there before, which I was quite skeptical of, because I literally never use blue pens, but accepted it and just told her to be careful with the current batch.
However, then I found another shirt also with ugly ink stains and I decided to ask them about it again, and she had another excuse for that shirt and made it sound as if these stains are just bound to happen. When I called her out on these excuses and mentioned that no other cleaner I’ve gone to had stained my shirts like that before, she started flipping out. Basically made no sense in the following ten minutes while half yelling at me about how I was questioning her explanation or something (yeah because it didn’t make sense) and that I shouldn’t have been so adamant that she was the cause of the stains, because I’m just as likely to be responsible. Uh, no, if I drop something off and there isn’t a stain on the cuff, and when I get it back there is a stain there, you caused it. Just admit it, say sorry, and move on, I’m not asking for any monetary compensation here. I stayed calm while she was flipping out but I kept at it because like Jerry Seinfeld once said, «just once, I would like to hear a dry cleaner admit that something was their fault.» Eventually it just made less and less sense as I called her out for yelling and she said that it was my fault that she was yelling. Huh?
Anyway, not coming here again. The flipping out and absolute refusal to admit her mistakes made this experience particularly bad. From a even more practical standpoint, though, I’m not coming here again because they messed up my shirts, and I’m just not gonna risk it with this place when there are plenty of other places around. Also they did a pretty terrible job of actually cleaning out sweat stains around the collar and cuff too.

Magnificent place. Value for money and very very nice! I always take my shirts and all of my laundry there. Very handy. Not one sock lost so far.
Also a good place for alterations.

This place is awesome! The woman who works the front desk is always in a good mood and truly seems grateful for the business no matter how few items you bring. I started coming here based on other Unilocal reviews and the quality of cleaning, speed and price is unbeatable!
I travel a lot for work and usually have to wear business formal so I bring a lot of clothing here. It is cash only, but totally more affordable than what I’m used to paying for dry cleaning. They also do tailoring — I have shortened a few pairs of jeans. One time I had a tear in my dress and they sewed it up for free!
If you bring in stuff before 1 PM on any given, day, they will have it done by EOD (after 5:30 PM) that same day at no extra cost!
They are also open late, until around 8 PM Mon-​Sat, so if you are rushing to bring your stuff in after work — they will be there! They don’t open until 8 or 9 AM though, so the before work drop off is hard.

I drop off my clothes Friday afternoon for cleaning and pressing and then drive into town Saturday afternoon from San Mateo county for pick up. That’s how much I like this place compared to other places. It came highly recommended to me from SF locals and I see why. Friendly staff and good turn around time for items.
The late hours is a huge plus. My local places don’t run the laundry plant on weekends, so nothing is ready until monday afternoon at the earliest

I love them! I went based off of other Unilocal reviews when I first moved to the city. I now drive across town, since moving, to make sure I keep supporting this business. She also does great alterations and for an extremely reasonable price. Just make sure you bring cash as they don’t accept cards.

Best cleaners and service in the city! The receptionist is amazing nice and happy. She not only has amazing service, but with a genuine «thank you» which is rare these days.
I brought some clothes in at 8:30am and just asked for same day cleaning on one item… they offered to do them ALL same day with no extra charge! Awesome! Not only that, but they stiched up a sweater and said «no charge, thx for the business.»
Love this place!

Good service, nice people. Provide good cleaning. I trust them which is important with dry cleaners.

I don’t know the nice ladies name at the front desk but she is amazing! She is always so helpful and nice makes you feel like a part of her family. I’ve been going there every since I moved to San Francisco. I first lived by the cleaners and wondered in. I was hooked from day one! Everything they do is super quick. I’ve had multiple alterations done and they do it ridiculously fast and the work has been unbelievable! I have since moved all the way across town, but I still go there for any dry cleaning or alterations because of how amazing they are!!!

The nice woman who works the front always greets you with a smile and laugh, and always has your order waiting. They turn around wash-​and-​fold the fastest I’ve seen in the neighbourhood and same day dry cleaning (at no extra cost) if you get it in early. Thank you for being so reliable!

Still blown away by the quality, prices, and service of Rainbow Cleaners! I only wish I had known about them 15 years ago, instead of giving my business to some one else.

I had absolutely no problems here. I found the people working at Rainbow cleaners to be incredibly helpful and surprisingly upbeat (HI! HELLO! THANK YOU!).
One thing I really liked was that I dropped off my suit, pants, and a shirt for the next day but then after an hour or so after dropping off my order I realized I needed the suit by the evening. They were able to give me the suit back (cleaned) by the end of the shift! That was very nice of them. Everything was professionally taken care of and the price was not expensive. I’ll be back to get my clothes dry cleaned, thank you!

I can’t seem to remember the name of the sweet lady who is always smiling and courteous… I’m thankful they’re always so fast… This is the only cleaner where I’ve yet to have a «lost item» in years!
Although accepting debit cards would give this place a solid 5 stars…

Rainbow Cleaners gives you top notch service, quality work, reasonable prices, and they always have a smile for you.
I have been using them on occasion for 5 months now and I have3 to say. I think they are one of the best cleaners I have ever used. The quality of the work has always been good and the prices are reasonable.
The woman who works the counter is super friendly and always smiling. She remembers me — don’t even have to give he my name and she gets my order. If I walk by and say hi and tell her I’ll be back later to pick up, when I get there my clothes are already hanging near the front waiting for me.
And the hours they work are crazy long — they are there late quite often. Also, they have a tiny lot that they share with the market next door, so you can usually drive and park if you need to.
The only downside — cash only. So be prepared.

I’ve been going here for years, and I still go, even after moving to Cow Heights. Great service and prices. Sabena knows me well, and often knows better than I, what I have to pick up. Very friendly. Good wash and fold too, for when I don’t have time to do laundry.

I’ve never gone to get any of my clothing dry cleaned until I started dressing my age in the past couple years. I’ve accumulated coats and jackets thanks to the bf spoiling me whilst getting rid of hoodies and pull overs. I got a blazer, and 2 heavy coats dry cleaned and one of those coats needed fixing on the inner lining where the shoulder and body met. Grand total came to $ 25. The other reviews have said it all so I won’t repeat the great customer service, quality, location, parking, and what not (whoops… I did it anyway).
Their pricing is taped on the counter when you set your stuff down so be wary! But I won’t go there for hemming since it’s a bit expensive @ $ 12/​pair. I’m sticking with Eldo in SJ for her quality and prices ($ 6/​pair). The other nice thing is that they are right over the hill from me so getting there isn’t a problem at all and there’s always a parking space right out the door.
And please don’t forget that it’s CASH ONLY!!!

My local dry clean — even not the closest one.
Everything is done on promised time, clothes returned better than I dropped them there.
And quite cheap as well:
1.70 for laundered shirt
4.50 for sweater