Atlantis Launderette

Finding a place to do your laundry after moving to a new city is hard. It’s even more challenging when you’re an American expat that knows little about your new city.
I stumbled upon this place while walking down Great Western. Their prices are affordable (£3.50 per wash £1 for 10 minutea for dry) and the machines are kept clean. Isn’t that half the battle? The machines work quickly as well! A was ranges from 19 — 25 minutes and the dryers usually only take 30 to dry your belongings. They also have an oversized washer (£7.50 per load) and dryer (£1 for every 6 minutes) that you can use for bedding and towels.
The slowest days to go are typically Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the mid afternoon. If the attendant isn’t using the folding table you are able to use that too for folding your laundry. Be advised that if you show up with more than 2 loads after 430p they may or may not allow you to dry them depending on how busy they are. They close at 6pm sharp.
My favorite attendant is Anne and she’s always eager to help. They will make change there for you, and if you forget your detergent will sell you some for £1 a load.
I’ve never used their drycleaning services but have witnessed many happy customers do so.
Overall, a cheerful place that is clean and reasonably priced!

A disgrace to the industry. Refused to accept three suits for dry-​cleaning at 5.58pm as they «closed» at 6pm, despite having an «OPEN» sign in the window. Incredibly rude staff and obviously they don’t need our custom as they can afford to turn away paying customers. Unbelievably poor.

Somewhere along the line, laundrettes appear to have morphed from a place to wash your dirty Y-​fronts to a place to meet friends.
For instance, while travelling through the USA, I noticed that many now featured arcade machines and some even had licensed bars, encouraging you to drink and dry. While it hasn’t quite reached that stage here, several city laundrettes have clearly recognised this potential and changed their stance.
This particular place, on Park Road, does not have a Dot Cotton-​clone with a fag hanging out her mouth to welcome you, but rather young, pleasant staff. With gig posters scattered on the wall, BBC 6 playing and a range of magazines aimed at young people (no TV quick here) available, it has a pleasant atmosphere.
You’re still washing your Y-​fronts, admittedly, but at least now you might have some like-​minded company while you’re doing it.

The Park road Laundrette is a nice addition to the West End scene but is unfortunately a little too far away from my flat for my liking. Their mantra is pretty much this;
«Life is quite busy, we have nice washing machines that are kind to the environment and if you pay us we’ll wash your clothes and even iron them for you too». That’s not official but its pretty much the gist of the park road laundrette. Opened up recently and is nice inside, in fact as laundrettes go its very nice. Dry cleaning is offered as well.

When sent on an errand to dry clean some silk dresses for my friend for a party, I was eager to find one as close and as cheap as I could.
When I enquired as to how much it would cost for two silk dresses and another cardi, my jaw literally gaped open when she told me it would cost £28. That is until I took my silly little self off to another laundrette — a more mainstream one, in search of cheaper options. Then my mouth almost left my face completely when I was told it would be £30 a dress for the same services!
Ashamed, I scuttled back to park road the next day, in desperation as the party was that night, and asked if they could carry out the services I so foolishly refused the day before and have them done and dusted by the afternoon. They told me they’d do their best, but it was unlikely, and they’d let me know. At 2.30 the same afternoon I got a call from them, letting me know they were ready for picking up — I was very impressed and thankful.
Make your way here for dry cleaning — you won’t regret it!