Queen Anne Laundry Room

I’ve never known a laundry mat to be a place where I want to hang out with my friends at, so some of these reviews are not quite fair to the establishment.
I have found QALR to be cheaper than my apartment’s washers and dryers, and also more reliable. I have not had any issues at all with the washing or drying quality. Wash is $ 2.25-$ 2.50 depending on cycle and are 32 minutes. Drying is $.75 and takes 16 minutes. I usually put a ton of clothes in at once in the large dryers (10 – 12 towels or 3 jeans+ 8 tees+ leggings & tanks), and so it takes 2 cycles. I’m done in under 90 minutes, and have all of my laundry completed. Payment is on a card, which costs $ 3. There’s also a 10% bonus if you put $ 50 on your card.
Yes, the owners smoke outside. Sometimes when the door opens, the smell comes in. Oh well. Yes, the older guy who works nights isn’t the best dressed, but I have heard him talk to customers and he is friendly. The chairs are old, but I am there for a whole 1 hour and 15 minutes– and there’s wifi– so I can deal with it.
The two Asian men who work there during the day (maybe the owner?) are very nice. I personally like to use the large dryers (there are small ones too, $.75 for 30 min), and he knows this now so if he is doing laundry for their drop off service, they save a couple open for me. Overall very convenient, and as a bonus, usually I can find parking out front as well too.

They’ve been an absolutely fantastic laundromat. Until recently they were my go to for laundry, I’ve relocated, and they’re still going to be that if they’re still around. Their prices are reasonable and the machines work well. The gentlemen who run the place are awesome, get to know them.

I started using QAL when I moved to the neighborhood and started accepting insurance as an acupuncturist. I was so much busier than I had ever been. I’ve been going there regularly for more than 4 years, and they consistently provide great service. They are super friendly and do things like randomly drop off my laundry at my business when I need it the most.

I needed a laundromat while awaiting installation for my washer and dryer. I like that you don’t need to stock up on quarters since they use a paycard system. There were plenty of machines available for a Saturday and their dryers are super efficient. Two laundry baskets worth of laundry fit in a single dryer with room to spare and were dry within 30 minutes. It only took me about an hour to do what normally takes a full day at home to finish. The two attendants there were super pleasant and were ready to answer any questions I had.

I live in the Maple Valley area where full-​service laundromats apparently don’t exist, although there are dry cleaners abound. I used to work in the Central district and don’t anymore but this place is still better than basically everywhere else in the greater Seattle area if you want to drop your laundry off. They will wash, dry, and fold it at a very reasonable price. I also appreciate the fact that they don’t randomly take vacations and close the shop down for days at a time like another place I tried and that they answer the phone unlike yet another place I tried. Although we as a society may never reach laundry nirvana, in which my clothes instantly wash, dry, fold, and put themselves away, this place comes closer to that than any other solution to my knowledge.

I recently used the drop off service.
They burnt holes in all my nice towels…
I won’t go back!

If you go here, don’t take the owner to be rude. He seems rude, but he’s really helpful and friendly… just super blunt.
I have pretty much no experience with laundry mats, but I went here because my apartment building has only 1 washer and dryer and I had a lot of laundry to do. I also live 2 blocks away so I figured I’d try it out. It may be faster, but definitely not cheaper.
I don’t really know what the going rate for laundry mats is, but I am cheap and expect to pay less than 6 dollars for doing 2 large loads.
It cost me 3 dollars to buy a laundry card. 5 dollars for a large washer, plus 2.25 for a small washer, plus 2.25 for three 16 minute dry cycles (which didn’t fully dry my clothes). So it ended up costing me almost 13 dollars… meh…no thanks.
It’s nice for convenience if you live nearby or you are planning on hanging out in Queen Anne. But it kinda sucks that the dryer only goes for 16 minutes each cycle (when I can pay 75 for an hour dry at some apt. complexes). For 3 cycles, my clothes weren’t done and I was tired of being there so I just ended up taking my clothes to my apartment and drying them.
The washer and dryers are pretty low-​key, they don’t wash my clothes any better than the cheap ones at my apartment complex.
Overall, I was disappointed. But what can I say, I had no idea what I was in for and now I’d rather wait and just do loads separately for cheaper.
I would give 2 ½ stars if I could.

Hi — I live in a great vintage Queen Anne apartment building. I started to look for laundry service in the Upper/​Lower Queen Anne areas. I looked at the reviews and decided to try Queen Anne Laundry Room. They have a blue bag special for $ 20.00. The staff and services they offer are fantastic. I have an entire week of dirty clothes in my bag, including sheets and towels. When I pick the laundry up everything is neatly folded and clean just like I would do myself. I only use the Queen Anne Laundry Room now. Fantastic and Friendly Workers, and Great Service. The added benefit is the place is very clean and a convenient location.

First time in seattle, as hotel laundry prices are atrocious thanks to Unilocal I’ve found this haven of cheap laundry! 3.50 with ‘soap’ provided. Quick and hassle free. Highly recommended. (If going from downtown on 3^rd Ave take bus no. 3 towards Queen Anne and exit on the last stop on Boston St. Place is across the street, on the right)

if it gets the job done it ok by me. It is pretty run down with old machines and even older chairs. I was scared to sit on them so i stuck with the plastic ones they provided. the man running the place was kind enough to show us how to get a laundry card. But after leaving that place i wanted to take a shower. It was a little messy and cold inside. But hey its a laundromat what else can i expect… my clothes got clean and 2 loads cost me only $ 5.25.

Convenient laundromat in the heart of Queen Anne. Needed to wash some extra-​large items and tried out this place out thanks to Unilocalers. Has a total of 75 washer/​dryers, so availability is pretty much guaranteed.
Friendly service. Caffe Ladro and Starbucks are both down the street, while you wait. Offers both self-​service and laundry service options.

This place is awesome! Well priced and the attendants are helpful but not too helpful ;-) I have yet to try the bag service, but I’m here doing my laundry myself, and it’s been a positive experience.

Fantastic service and free wifi. Owner was fantastic. I came in while large-​capacity washers were being replaced, so there were only 2 working. He offered to remove the bulk wash he was doing in machines and let me use them so I didn’t have to wait. He even took it upon himself to move my things to the dryer while I was @ ladro. Definitely recommend!

My apartment building has only a couple laundry machines and you have to go through a dark creepy hallway to get to it and when you are down there, it is super scary. Therefore I do not use it. I used to go to a laundromat in Ballard, but doing the amount of laundry I need to do takes hours, and plus the drive from upper Queen Anne is horrible as well. Even though the picture of the storefront of Queen Anne Laundry Room looks run down, it’s actually not a bad place at all.
I use the drop off service and it has been a LIFE SAVER. I had two weeks worth of laundry that needed to be done (21 lbs of laundry). I had never done this type of service before, so I was hesitant at first, especially since the guy who runs the place just tapes your name and number onto your bag of laundry (you don’t get a slip or anything to take with you as proof that you dropped it off). Dropping the laundry off actually saved me 3 hours of my evening to be productive.
The next day, the same guy remembered my name (great memory!) and had my clothes neatly folded and ready for me to pick up. Service is great… only $ 20! It is SO worth it! I will be doing this from now on and telling all of my friends about it to keep them in business!!!
Parking is not awesome, but what can you do?

First off the attendant on site looked like he is living on the street which did not make me feel welcome at all and does not fit in with the Queen Anne vibe. Now I am not one to judge so I went up to the gentlemen politely and asked how to get a card to do my laundry, to which he replied: «Didn’t you see the sign?» The sign says no loads after 7:30 and it was 7:40. I understand why the policy is there and would have had no problem obliging but this guy was a jerk about it. Even another patron apologized for his lack of professionalism.
Never going to this place again!

All laundry mats have that Outer Limits feel to them right? This place smells like a grumpy old chain smoking man, which is probably because that is exactly who runs the joint. Either way– this place is alright. It’s clean and accessible, so whatever– gets the job done. Useful things to know before coming here:
1) The machines don’t use quarters. You will need three singles to buy a card at the machine when you walk in located between the two front doors. From there– you can use singles, fives or tens to load up the card. Another thing is hold the card in the machine for a moment for the transaction to go through. I kept sliding it in and out like a debit card and the old man wouldn’t let me in on this bit of information, i had to figure it out myself.
2)There is parking out front.
3)The machines lock once you close them so you can go across the street to grocery shop or whatever while your clothes run through their cycle, which is to say you won’t have to worry about people rifling through and stealing your Hanes Her Ways.
4) There’s a play ground equipped with a swing set around the corner which is much more fun than grocery shopping.

The folks at Queen Anne Laundry Room are spectacular. Everyone is very friendly. The store is very clean.
They rescued me when my washer broke mid-​load.
Their wash and fold service is super convenient.
Only thing I would change is a free parking lot because finding parking on top of QA can be a pain!

I have benn using this laundromat for years… recently though, it seems that it is in decline. Several machines are broken and for the price, it might be cheaper to use a drop off service. The attendants are usually friendly, however I witnessed the owner of the place yelling at a customer… this dramatic scene lasted for 5 minutes… it was the worst customer service that I have ever witnessed! Given that I work in a loud and sometimes dramatic environment, I prefer to spend my free time in places that are peaceful and not so negative.
Unfortunately, I will be traveling to the U-​District to do my laundry from now on.

On my last trip to Queen Anne Laundry Room the attendant was a different guy. He didn’t seem as friendly, but still, it’s good to have someone there if you need assistance. Also, the Tully’s closed and is now some tea shop, FYI.

So, I’ve got this suitcase. It’s a small suitcase that I picked up for less than $ 10 at a druggist’s near my grandmother’s old house over a decade ago when my beautiful brocade case with brass latchings and scalloped edges positively exploded in a fit of whimsy and wouldn’t stay shut any longer. And me with a run-​on sentence and a plane to catch!
So my new suitcase, now my old suitcase, is small. This means that for holidays longer than a few days I have to pack strategically and, chances are, do a bit of laundry.
The Queen Anne Laundry Room is unassuming, mellow and quiet enough; it has some odd pictures of surprised cats taped to the wall, a small television for the soaps in the suds, and they only take cards that you have to load up there. This is totally fine for someone like me who rarely has more than a dollar in change on them anyways, and they do offer a bulk purchase discount which sounds great if you’re local. It’s near a Noah’s, a Starbucks and a Peet’s, so you can snack as you launder. Sustain and destain!
So why five stars? I did my laundry in the morning and came back right before closing when I realized I was missing a precious, precious sock. The kindly manager remembered both me and my sweetheart and checked the lost and found to no avail — but! A late night laundry room patron overheard my sartorial predicament! She had just returned from putting a load of her freshly dried duds in her car and thought she had seen an alien sock in amongst them! So thank you, late night laundry room patron, for listening, retrieving and returning my errant sock, so very necessary when one has a small, small suitcase and only one day to do laundry. I hope you have excellent laundry karma from now on!
My sweetheart said that my faith in humanity was restored, so great was my glee. This is perhaps not an exaggeration.