Wallingford Dry Cleaners

Buyer beware: ensure you get them to tell you the exact cost of the service and then be possibly ready for a one-​sided argument when you pick up your garments. I was ripped off here.
I called ahead and inquired what the cost of waterproofing a jacket was: $ 10. My father needed to have two jackets waterproofed so I dropped them off along with two pairs of jeans that I was asking to have patches stitched on. I inquired what the cost of patching the jeans would be and the woman working there simply stated that «they assess that after seeing the garment» so that seemed reasonable to me though unfortunately she didn’t even give me a range to expect.
When I came to pick up the jackets and jeans, she told me the cost was $ 25 for each item. I reminded her that the waterproofing of the jackets had been quoted as $ 10 each and I had called ahead to which she replied, «Yes but they cleaned and pressed them also.» Except… I didn’t ask for that service and additional charge! The jeans patching was $ 25 each pair also and the quality of the work was rather poor.
Basically in this situation, your clothes are held hostage if you don’t want to pay and there is no chain of command. The woman working simply said I would have to speak with her manager if I wanted to complain and that he wasn’t there. End of story. Furious. What a rip off. I basically paid $ 100 for what services would have cost $ 50 total at another dry cleaners. There is little recourse in this situation except to blacklist the location and tell everyone you know about the poor experience. Here you go.

They did an excellent job tapering my pants. I brought in three pairs of pants from goodwill that they tailored to fit me LIKE A GLOVE. Best $ 20 I’ve spent!

I like this place. Having moved from San Diego, been looking for a good dry cleaners. They have great service, found a spot that wasn’t cleaned off my shirt and they took it back to have it spot cleaned. Still awaiting the results. I’ve also spilled cooking oil on a few of my nice dress pants and they’ve removed them all! Dry cleaning is about $ 8 and washing clothes is ~$ 2 an item.

Gosh, this is two bad dry-​cleaning experiences in a row, but first in Seattle and this is my 2^nd time living here. However, first other neighborhood place farther away.
No 2^nd chance for this place. Went somewhere else this weekend with 2 suit pants and a suit jacket. Turns out there’s a good, not more expensive, dry cleaner on Fremont that has a higher rating than I saw because there are multiple Unilocal pages for the shop and 1 page with just a couple reviews comes up as a lower rating.
1. They send back in bags you can’t see thru, so if say your go with the flow spouse picks up and doesn’t go to effort to look inside you can’t tell what you’re getting back. Petro based products are used in a lot more products than you think. Their «green» bag undoubtedly used more resources than the barely-​there plastic bags and it’s not like that many people are reusing them — only to use more resources to remainder them.
2. About $ 16 for a lightweight pair of women’s wool suit pants and a long-​sleeved dressy shirt (but nothing special for a top — was just from Ann Taylor).
3. The brand new lace and silk top came back with a noticeable fabric snag. Fortunately using scissors took it off without further damage.
4. My suit pants came pinned to a hanger hung out side of waist to side of waist the long way. Instead of down the dry-​clean line that falls down the mid thighs to center of knee all the way down to center of ankle.
5. Because the pants were hung out with the press line unfolded, it didn’t hold the press line.
6. This also caused the fabric not to drape right and caused a huge amount of extra wrinkling.
7. By the end of the day I was embarrassed to have on these high quality, lined, suit pants.

I was looking for a local cleaners service to take care of my suit before an interview. They did a great job and I was able to pick it up a few hours before my next flight. They missed a button that needed fixing but otherwise everything went very well and on time. I’ve already gone back for the same suit and even handed off some ties and zipper repairs.
Street parking is pretty easy there and, if not, QFC’s parking lot is right there if you can justify a grocery run.

I recently had my winter coat dry cleaned here and was impressed by the efficient and friendly customer service. The young man working behind the counter was very professional and kind, working quickly and with a smile. My coat looks great and cost $ 18.51, which seems like a reasonable price to care for a major piece of my wardrobe.

I came here because I was looking for a green dry cleaners alternative and I’m so glad I did.
I slipped in at 4:59pm on Saturday. I thought it closed at 6 but I was the jerk who showed up one minute to closing. However, the man opened the door for me and was so helpful and nice. I took 3 winter jackets in and they told me it would be available in 6 days.
I ended up getting too busy and didn’t come back for about 2 weeks. I didn’t have my ticket but they didn’t mind and again were so friendly, helpful and kind. They always had a smile and helpful attitude! My jackets were waiting for me in the front since I had called an hour earlier. The short jacket cost $ 15 and the two longer coats cost $ 20 each. I felt this was fair for green, chemical-​free dry cleaning.
I’ve been wearing my jackets ever since I got them back and they feel nice and clean and are in excellent condition. I’ll definitely be back for my future dry cleaning needs!

Professional, prompt, and excellent service. Dropped off a coat for my BF before leaving town (never do this). Of course we lost the ticket, and since I had only just gotten a new phone, number, and plan about a week before I left them what I THOUGHT was my new number but we were rushing to get to the next destination…
The perfect storm in the dry cleaning world.
The coat only took a few days, but I picked it up later than the date they told me. I knew it was going to be hard for them to track down the coat, so I described it and offered a couple variations on my actual number… The guy at the desk was really nice and patient, and no one treated me like the giant jerk I felt like.
End of the story– they tracked down the coat and it was pristine. Will be coming back for leather care and more dry cleaning!

This is kindof tough to write about as I’d always had great results in years past. As I’d done in spring for the past four years, I brought in my down comforter and the young man who took the order marked it as such on the receipt. Unfortunately, there was a mix up and I was given a poly filled comforter instead. When I returned the poly, asking for my down, I was asked to wait 30 days to see if mine turned up. Later when I returned I was handed a comforter and when I looked it over, realized it wasn’t mine, although it was down (different style & color)… yet I was told to take it anyway (?!). This really wasn’t okay for me, so I returned after a couple of days and spoke with the owner who said that he would replace my lost comforter with a new one, suggested Costco, so I headed off to get it.
Finally, I returned with the receipt at which point the owner said that the woman who took my comforter order remembered the transaction well and knew it was not a down comforter. ummm it’s down. how could I not know this?! and the order was taken by a young man anyway. He said he didn’t want to argue with me, but he knew his female employee had a good memory. ugh. Why would I lie about a comforter?! He finally did the right thing and cut me a check to reimburse me… but told me he wouldn’t do any cleaning for me in the future. I am sad at how this all turned out because I work nearby and really want to support other local businesses.
Be sure to carefully mark your belongings!

To be fair, I haven’t actually gone into Wallingford Dry Cleaners… but here’s my story:
I don’t live in Seattle, but I will be getting married there in a couple weeks. Because my dress wasn’t purchased in Seattle, I’ll be shipping it up and will need to find a dry cleaner to steam it in advance of the wedding. I called Wallingford Dry Cleaners asking how long it would take just to steam the dress (no cleaning required), and they said they were completely unwilling and unable to commit to anything less than week. A WEEK! I understand steaming can take an hour per gown, but the fact that they cannot put a rush on something — when I’m more than willing to pay extra — is ridiculous. I’ll be going elsewhere, thank you very much.

My boyfriend and I recently moved to the area and I needed a dry cleaner I could trust with my suits. My boyfriend needed an inexpensive cleaner for his dress shirts. We’ve both been very happy with the work here. The service is prompt, their hours are good, clothes are ready when they say they will be, and more than anything-I’m always confident that my clothes will not be lost and nothing will be ruined. My stuff comes back looking great!

I’m over this place. I like the location. and i’ve been going to them for years now.
At first it was just chipped and cracked buttons which is fairly common.
Then it was a ruined sweater that I specifically warned the guy about. When I came back he had remembered me telling him and had already called around to macys/​etc to try to replace it, which was an unexpectedly nice thing. But I knew it was impossible since I’d already had to buy a 2^nd when somebody else had ruined one — which is why i warned him. so he said he was going to put a credit on my account for the amount of that days dry cleaning — like 40 – 50 $ approximate value of the sweater too.
Went back to pick up clothes today and a shirt I’m fairly sure was in the mix wasn’t there but since I’m not 100% sure I can’t hold that against them. But the real rub — no credit on the account from the torched sweater. Plus now I’ve got one pair of flat front pants with a horrible center line creased/​pressed into what was a lush pair of wool trousers. Hope that can get fixed.
(I’ll update the review whether or not that shirt turns up around the house)
$ 97 for like 12 items including a suit, trousers, cashmere sweaters, silk shirt and dress shirts so decent price but not worth ruining nice clothes.

I give them a 3 for quality. Its average and there is nothing special. Ive been dry cleaning for over 10 years and typically have a decent relationship because I spend so much time there… There is a guy about 5 minutes away near Rivena that does just as good but offers a 15% discount on anything over $ 100. I mentioned this to them and they wouldn’t match. I spend $ 100 + a month. Their loss. $ 1200/​yr plus referrals..

Prices are pretty reasonable, considering they are earth friendly. I love that they provide the reusable bags. Also, every time I have been in, they are always friendly. Last time I came in without my ticket and they didn’t even mind! Great dry cleaners!

This dry cleaners used to be right around the corner from where I lived and once I moved, I still continue to go here. They have the best prices around and do a great job. I called around to a few locations to clean my down comforter and here it only cost $ 30 plus tax.
Very simple drop off, and once your number is in the system, you’re in and out in no time! The hours are convenient and the guy at the front is always friendly!

These guys are wizards of fabric magic as far as I’m concerned. I had a sharpie permanent marker explode in my pocket, creating a big ugly patch of dark ink down the leg of my light grey suit pants. The fabric was soaked. I was ready to call it quits and just dye the pants black in a last-​ditch effort to make them usable at least. Fortunately, I took the whole suit to Wallingford Dry Cleaners first. When I showed them the pants they immediately went to work on them. When I came back to pick up the suit the pants looked like new! My light grey suit lives on!

A nice little neighborhood cleaner. It’s super convenient, though parking can be tough during busy times (I usually walk there). The owners are very pleasant, and the only time I had any problem (missing button) they apologized and took care of it quickly. The reusable eco-​bags are great as well

I found Wallingford Dry Cleaners a few years back on Unilocal and I’ve been meaning to get back ever since to sign their praises.
It’s so simple and good. Yes the shirts come back *perfect* every time. Yes the eco-​bags are great and the price is usually less than what I walked in expecting to pay.
But they are also a neighborhood place. More than a few times when I walk in they’ve recognized me and just pulled up my shirts. They have gone the extra mile on some complex mending projects that have saved me hundreds of dollars.

By far the best drycleaner I have ever had. The clothes turn out to be perfect, never had any issues. Here are a few things that make this place stand out in my mind —
1. They use green drycleaning bags and ask customers to recycle them
2. One time, the owner couldn’t find my shirts on the day they were supposed to be ready, he apologized for the inconvenience, said he’ll call me as soon as he’s able to locate them, and I don’t have to pay anything this time. Great experience!
3. He has saved me several dollars by telling me about clothes that don’t need drycleaning, instead I can care for them on my own. Honesty!
This is how a small neighborhood business should be run. I am a loyal customer. Won’t go anywhere else.

Took a white shirt in to be laundered and pressed. Got it back with blue stains by the label, a missing collar stay, collar stay press marks from not removing the collar stays before pressing and they wrote my name with permanent marker on the inside of shirt itself. I understand some places do this but I’d perfer not to have my name written on expensive shirts.
Dropped off my suit pants at the same time — After picking up there is a ring line where the hem on the pants is. It wasn’t like that when I dropped it off.
Two stars because my wives dresses came out fine.