Rene’s Cleaner

Ever since the old owner’s sold this place, service is at a bare minimum. To boot, they never say Hello, or Thank you. They just lay your change on the counter and expect you to leave.

Overall I was not impressed with Rene’s. It is so close to where I live yet I cannot keep going there. My shirts come back looking wrinkled and are not even wearable (I’d have to iron it before I wear it and I thought that is what I paid the dry cleaner for.) My husband’s shirts are just mediocre… and they charge more than the cleaners I used to go to in Hayes Valley that was better. They are really nice but the quality is not very good. Also, they do close at six and are not open on Sundays.

One of the first things you do when you move to a new neighborhood is find yourself a good dry cleaner. I got lucky with Rene’s Cleaners. Not only is it three doors away from my building, but it is owned by a thoroughly nice, service-​oriented woman who has never missed a delivery date she promised. Except for some initial confusion over the degrees of starch in the shirts, the cleaning has been excellent. The one weakness for those who may have commutes is that it opens at 8AM and closes promptly at 6PM.
Rene did have a curt, older woman close the shop on weekdays, and the buzzard would actually close 5 – 10 minutes before the closing time. When I knocked politely on the glass door, she would not look up from her TV screen nor do anything that remotely resembled service. I have not seen her lately and am hopeful she has since sought vocational guidance. Women’s correctional facilities could use her talent. But alas, I’ve been taking my suits and shirts there for four years, and Rene herself is a jewel. She also does fine patchwork for pants that need mending around the… well, you know (blush).