Little Tokyo Car Wash

I liked this place up until the last time I went there. The outside wash was fine but my interior has been damaged. The screen (for radio, navigation etc) has been scratched as though it was wiped over with a scouting pad and my hazard light buttons are sticky with a goo which I have spent an hour trying to remove but whatever was used on them seems to have caused permanent damage.
I won’t be going back there and now have to live with a damaged interior on my very nice car.

Horrible! They charge a lot for a shitty job done! Their vacuum job sucks. There was so much left behind from their clean up. I would not tell anyone to go here ever!

The best way to describe this place is half-​assed.
I’ve washed my car here twice, so I gave them a second chance to impress and they didn’t.
First wash was a standard hand wash. Didn’t expect it to be a full detail, but the car came back and the paint was all streaky as if they had dried it with dirty rags (no scratches though, so maybe that wasn’t why). Interior looked to have been cleaned, but they missed a lot of spots and clearly had no attention to detail.
Second wash (and different car), I asked them to clean the interior as the passenger side rear seat had some crumbs and stuff from when my sisters baby visited. They said $ 40, do the entire interior and wash. Oh… they did the entire interior all right… globs of armorall on everything even stuff that shouldn’t be armoralled. And really, who still uses that stuff? even armorall has better products out, this was the original greasy slimy stuff and all over a 1 year old lexus interior. Glad it’s a lease, cause I doubt I’ll ever get it back to normal again. All that said, you’d think they would at least have done a good job in coating my car in goop? Nope, it had all kinds of spots missed, ¼ the dash, as if someone just wiped rags around haphazardly. It felt like the kind of wash you get at a hertz rental car when the guy is really busy. $ 40 may be a good deal for a full interior clean and wash, but I guess you get what you pay for and I won’t be making this mistake again. Save your time and skip this place unless you really don’t care about your car. Only reason it got 2 stars was because at least the guy was nice.

Close to work and can pretty much do it on your lunch break and walk somewhere close to eat. They did a great job and were nice and fast.

Great little car wash on 1^st and hewlit st. Cheapest wash is 13.99 and mists pensive is 140. They take their time and are pretty efficient on their work. It’s hand washed and it only took about 15 – 20 minutes. I will be a regular here from now on.

I take very good care of my car and get two mini details a month. Normally when I drop off the car, it is more of less clean before the detail.
I’ve been going to Little Tokyo car wash for over a year. I began because I was impressed with how accommodating they were to me: when the owner realized how often I was coming for details, he started regularly giving me special albeit inconsistent pricing – basically, he would negotiate with me every single time I went, at times to prices almost 50% of those advertised. He also would store my car for free at the neighboring parking lot for several hours until I was free.
In recent months, he has refused to continue giving me special pricing. This is fine – I was always okay paying the advertised rates and honestly uncomfortable with the aggressive negotiation every time I went to get my car wash. However, the quality of the details has plummeted. I have found black smudges on the exterior paint several times that needed to get buffed out. The last four times I got my car detailed, I found dried mud on the floor mats, which have consistently not been washed at all. I would be more understanding that the floor mats weren’t cleaned if I was paying for a simple wash each time. However, I am paying for a detail for a reason. They were filthy.

Great customer service and value for a real «hand car wash.» Thus is my downtown car wash spot, never crowded, easy accesses, great service, great value ($ 12.99), hand wash, includes windows, wheels, tire dressing, air freshener, and vacuum.
Cheapest full service hand wash anywhere in LA. Gotta try it if I were you !

Wow! I don’t think my car has ever been this clean since I bought it! $ 35 for everything and wax! I drive to norcal quite often and it’s just really hard to get rid of those dried up bug splatters! They did an incredible job of getting those buggers off!!!

There were 4 cars ahead of me, I told the guy I was in a bit of a rush and he estimated about 45 mins. In the end, I got out just under an hour, which is great for having been that busy. There were only 2 people working at the time and they were definitely working hard!
They did a great job, no drips, or sloppy drying.
Great service and clean job! Not bad for $ 13 (plus tip)

Great and thorough service! They squeezed me in last-​minute and worked hard to make sure I got out of there in time to make it back to work. The whole staff was professional, friendly, and courteous. I will definitely be back!

This carwash is very close to my place. It is really convenient for me to go here.
Usually I get the cheapest wash $ 13 and its ok. Kind of streaky but overall cleaner than before.
But at my last and final visit, I had my car delivered from the east coast so it was super dirty. I asked them for the $ 80 wash and clay wax and he was like oh $ 140 is better. What’s the difference? He couldn’t really explain. But I figured, they’d care more. So I agreed.
In general, my car was cleaner. But it was a mess. There was all this clay in my car emblems. I was going to go back and tell them to clean it again. But I was in a rush, and they were busy, so I just left. And then… I went inside my car. OMG. They used the same clay wax rag to clean the inside of my car. There was clay everywhere. In my doors, chunks in my chair leather, and worst of all my navigation screen. Everything inside was so gross and streaky. I wanted to go back and make a scene. But what can they do? But make it worse.
If you really want to try it here, their $ 13 wash is ok. Just tell them to NOT wash your navi. And don’t get any of their «detail» washes. SO NOT WORTH IT.

First visit here and it was not a bad wash. $ 13 for regular wash +$ 3 if you have an SUV/​bigger car. Waited about 45 mins total. Convenient location close to a lot of restaurants and cafes in Little Tokyo.

Great little spot that’s efficient and cheap– $ 13 for a basic wash– this even includes armoral on the tires. Its close enough so that I can walk to pie hole, grab a slice of pie and coffee and come back for my car (40 minutes). This place takes credits cards but you need cash for tips. If you don’t want to walk to pie hole, there’s a couple of chairs you can sit and wait at. I will def come back here for future car washes.

The quality of this place sadly has gone down :(
I came here a lot before and recommended this place to a lot of my friends. I noticed a lot of complains on Unilocal and I was wondering if they were true. I paid for a deluxe wash that included interior vacuuming. When I came back to get my car I noticed they didn’t even vacuum the inside of it. That was the whole point of why I upgraded from a regular wash. I was disappointed. There was visible soil all over my seats and mats.
Won’t be back again.
Here’s a tip: Check out your vehicle before you give tip.

Unfortunately, I can’t recommend this place.
Went to get my car washed on a weekday morning, and was told the wash would be done in a reasonable 20 minutes. Well, the car was ready after 20 minutes, but it seemed as though they’d spent only a fraction of that, judging by all the water spots still on the hood. One of the staff told me he couldn’t get the water spots out — uh…
I think you’d get the same quality at an automated gas station car wash. :/

Scratched the hell out of my car AND didn’t offer a refund since I couldn’t «prove» that the deep lines they dug into the digital dash display were caused by them since I didn’t have a photo before I came in.
Was still mud on the rugs and hair all over the vacuumed seats.
Really ruined my day.

Half-​assed job, and the cleaner did not clean the spots I specifically pointed out.
I love Little Tokyo, so I came here to get my car cleaned while I went to lunch. What a disappointment! I paid for the $ 80 interior detail and told the cleaner what spots had to be clean. I pointed to the areas where someone vomited in my car last night.
The cleaner told me it would take two hours. I left my phone number with him and went off to hang out in the shopping plaza. Two hours later, NO PHONE CALL. So I took it upon myself to check on my status. Lo and behold! They put my car in a parking lot. It’s been done for a while, and I didn’t receive a phone call! What a waste of time!
Worst of all, the spots I pointed to earlier, weren’t cleaned! I had to tell him to do another go around. After the second go-​around, I checked the same spots, and WOW, still not cleaned. I left unhappy. This is as bad as a cleaning job as the staff at Wondries Toyota. Holy shit. Awful.

Came here on a Tuesday around 1:30pm, approximately zero wait time. The attendants were fast and courteous. Prices range from a $ 12.99 regular wash to $ 140, for a full detail package. That’s right $ 12.99, you can’t go wrong, especially because they did an excellent job. I was in and out in 25 minutes.
If you leave your car here and it’s done before you’re back they park it on the street, so don’t get all bent outta’ shape and surprised if on your way back from lunch you see your wheels on the curb.
I’ll be back soon.

Great mom-​and-​pop on the edge of little tokyo. Small space, but they really get the job done. Owner is very kind, as are all the workers. Had a great chat about ramen as I was paying. Left my car there and walked to have ramen and a massage (asked for a full detail). It was ready and waiting well before the 2 hours I told them. A regular wash will be an hour.
They don’t try to upsell you, and take pride in doing a good job. My car came out cleaner than it has been since I bought it. Lots of regular customers and repeats, which shows you it’s a good business. Will definitely be back anytime I need a wash for my baby.

Only if you have the time, or it’s a weekday. Sunny weekends will mean at least an hour. No frills. Unless you want a detailing of some sort, you really only have two choices, with the difference being whether you want the interior and exterior paneling «dressed.»
No nonsense, nice guys. A couple walked into the lot carrying a big metal bucket. Not a bucket of a car, but a bucket, bucket. Kinda like a bucket you put 20 coronas on ice in. The dude had on skinny, black slacks, a shirt and tie, a vest and a fedora. It was 99 degrees. Seriously. I checked. Anyway, they asked the head dude if they could have the bucket cleaned. This place actually soaped and scrubbed the bucket, wiped it dry, and declined payment.
It’s small. It looks like, and probably is, a converted 12 car parking lot. But they cleaned the shit out of my ride. I can’t give this place 5 stars though. The place I normally go to has an air conditioned waiting room. Makes a difference when it’s 99degrees. I know. I checked.
But they’ll see me again.