Island Cleaners

I do my dry cleaning here. They are very friendly and usually have the the dry cleaning done within a couple of days. I imagine they can do it faster, but I’ve never been in a rush.

Do NOT go here for alterations! They can’t follow simple instructions and the work they do do, is doodoo. My dog could probably do a better job. I brought a dress and two bikini tops for alterations. I wanted halter straps put on the dress and the ribcage shortened on the bikinis.
I went to pick up the dress and when I tried it on, I could see that one of the straps, where it attached, was sewn crooked so that it buckled. Also, the straps were attached beneath the top of the dress, so when it was on, the top folded down. I asked them to sew the straps all the way to the top and fix the buckling. I then showed the man exactly what I wanted done to the bikinis. I repeated it several times and physically pointed out what I wanted done. They were to undo the stitching, remove two of the buckles, and reattach the fabric to the remaining buckle. It was simple. I would have done it myself had I had a sewing machine. He said he understood and I asked him if he was going to write the instructions down for the seamstress (if you can call her that). He said he was going to tell her directly.
I came back again to pick everything up. The dress strap had been sewn again, but it still did the same thing. Upon further inspection, I saw that one strap was attached with light blue thread (the color of the dress) and the other strap was sewn with black thread. Really? That’s laziness and/​or inattention to detail. The dress had been pressed the first time, but this time, it came back wrinkled.
Then I examined the bikini tops. They did not do as I had instructed. All of the buckles were left on and the fabric was simply cut shorter. They didn’t finish the ends of the elastic, either, so there is white glaring against dark colors. The bits of excess threads weren’t even trimmed off. Top quality work. Fail. I can’t believe I had to pay for that. They offered to fix the problems, but I thought, «You’ve ‘fixed’ my dress twice now, you really think I’m going to let you ‘fix’ it again?» The bikinis can’t be fixed. It was a one shot deal. All of the material is gone. I have to either wear them the way they are (they look ridiculous with 4 fasteners/​clasps so close together, or throw them out and be out the money I spent to buy them and the money I spent to alter them.
Looking back, I should have hand sewn them myself, but I assumed (wrongly) that a ‘professional’ could do a better job. I will never go there again, not even for dry cleaning. They do not deserve my business. Go to Crown Cleaners on 10^th, as that is where I will be taking my business from now on.

This cleaners is the best. I went in to have my soiled suit cleaned over the weekend and picked it up on Monday in the best of shape. The person in attendance was cordial and easy to deal with. Price was reasonable also. I will be back.
R.V.

I used their laundry service. Clothes were returned damp and wrinkled. I would not recommend this business.

It’s tough to give this place only 2 stars because the woman was so nice. However, business is not about being nice, is it? Anyhow, we stayed at a nearby hotel and wanted some clothes to be «fluff and folded» and they were haphazardly folded. Part of the reason I am willing to pay $ 3 per pound (which is reasonable,) is so I don’t have to fold the things and babysit my laundry all day at a laundromat. Well, all my clothes were folded but wrinkly. Most likely, they either waited too long after the dryer stopped to fold my clothes, or, more likely, they just folded with little care. To top it off, the clothes were jammed into a bag (s), which compounded the issue further. (My current fluff and fold takes much more care, and my things are not wrinkled. In this case, aI was vacationing so I did not have much choice.) Glad to be back at home, with my regular fluff-​and-​folder.

This review is based on Island Cleaner’s ability to clean leather, only.
I traveled with my leather jacket and during the flight my hairspray leaked out on the jacket. Thankfully, just in two spots, but I still wanted the spots removed. Island Cleaners advertises leather cleaning on their storefront window, so I decided to stop by and talk to them to see if they could get the spots out. The man said they would spot clean the jacket and the spots would most likely come out, but might have some water lines around where the spots used to be. That sounded good to me. I picked up my jacket and it looks even worse than when I dropped it off. I am very unhappy, and I still had to pay the 40 dollars for the cleaning. The spots are not lighter, and now there are water spots around the preexisting spots and the whole jacket feels crispy now. Save your leather, take it elsewhere!

If you need your clothes dry cleaned, fine. If you need tailoring, look elsewhere. I had several items in & I could have done most of them better myself.
Reason I didn’t do it myself: I didn’t want the items to LOOK as though I did it myself!
Don’t waste your money here!

4 stars only because it was 15 bucks to tailor a shirt! Judas Priest!
That’s a lot!
But I can say that it was pretty much worth it because the shirt came out PERFECT. He barely even pinned it at all and it came out gorgeous. I was at UPS next door and was going to head to El Cajon for a tailor-​but this guy was right next door. Lucky for him!
Would go back here anytime!!! I trust them with my clothes!

I’m embarrassed to say I chose this cleaner because it was the shortest walk from my house and and because they accepted American Express (that way it was easy to get my husband to pay for his cleaning out of his wallet!). I’ve been going there for almost two years now and they have never made one mistake with our clothes, sewed on many a button for us, and have always been very friendly and willing to please. They recently added send-​out shoe repair to their services… haven’t used it yet, but will when the need arises.