Wash This!

I’ve been going to this laundromat for over two years. It’s definitely a no frills kind of place, and it’s definitely not perfect, but I can at least get my laundry done here at the end of the day. And that’s what counts, right? Lol
I usually come on week nights around 8 or 9, or weekend mornings/​early afternoons. If you go on a weekend I highly recommend going early or late in the day as mid-​day is most crowded. Weeknights are usually pretty good in terms of the crowds, should not be a problem to pick out your desired washing machine.
I always stick to the white, $ 3 top-​load washing machines. They’re the cheapest washing machines in there. They have bigger machines for more money (up to $ 5.50) but if I just have a normal amount of laundry from the past 2 – 3 weeks, I can usually be fine with 2 or 3 of the $ 3 machines– depending on how much sorting of darks/​whites/​delicates I have to do. Dryers by the way are $ 0.25÷5 minutes. They’re pretty strong, usually I dry all my clothes in 25 – 30 minutes.
The coin machine is meh, lol I’ve struggled with it for years. Just try your best to bring your freshest bills and hope for the best. There’s two slots on the coin machine, sometimes one’s out of order but at least one is usually working. I would love it if this place could upgrade and have machines that accept cards, like my college dorms had that at least, but I’ve learned to accept that we can’t always get what we want lol.
There are times when dryers don’t work so just make sure to check the dryer is hot a few minutes into starting your cycle. Actually I think I only experienced it once with dryer #28 so don’t use that one– on the top right end. And several times I’ve had issues with machines eating up my coins. On each occasion this has happened, at least 4 times, I’ve left a little refund request slip in this little black box and like a week later I’ll receive like $ 2 cash in the mail in a random envelope with no note or anything — in other words it’s weird lol and I feel like each time it’s coming from a different address. Which leads me to believe that the guy who owns the laundromat is some weird millionaire on vacation constantly and owning multiple homes and not really giving a shit about the quality of his laundromats because it works «good enough» to provide steady income. LOL but I’ve digressed…
I at least appreciate that you don’t ever have to worry about losing money to the machines– I’ve always gotten paid back.
One of the biggest and maybe only pros to this place are the hours. They are open daily 7am to 10:45pm, last wash at 9:45pm. Okay, the second pro is that Trader Joe’s and Safeway are up the street, so I often do grocery shopping while waiting for my laundry. The final pro is that there is a bench and a table that I often hop on and sit comfortably on while waiting for my laundry — other places in the area don’t have that much seating to offer.
Now, most importantly, let’s talk about the characters who hang around this joint. I’m honestly concerned sometimes when I’m in here lol but after over two years I’ve just learned to settle and accept the discomfort. There’s like a few crazy, homeless, drunk guys that often just sit on the bench here. There’s like one weirdo half the time I come here. I’m not sure why the laundromat doesn’t seem to take any steps toward warding these guys off but anyway. I always try to avoid eye contact with them and always keep to myself. They luckily haven’t bothered me too much but their presence can be disruptive especially when they’re smelly and drunk and there are beer cans around the laundromat. I blame them for the beer cans but maybe normal people are just drinking while doing laundry lol who knows. Besides the homeless guys, the people who do laundry can be super varied characters as well. I think some are foreigners visiting, I hear a lot of people with different accents, others are just weird but I can’t put a story behind them. One time this weird old guy with a beard started talking to me when I was minding my own business, asking me about Cal cuz I had a Cal t-​shirt on. He said he went to Cal too in the 70s and before you know it he’s trying to ask me out for drinks. No, no, no! Lol. I remember looking especially effortless that day, lol like in my pajamas and glasses and no makeup. It was like a weekend morning, it’s too early for that shit! Leave me alone!
Lol I should really be giving this place less stars but I’ve come to terms with it and would rather feel more positive than rant negatively about it. If you’re in the hood and this is the most convenient place for you, I think you’ll learn to accept the discomfort and weirdness like I have.

Aside from the unsavory vagrants that use this place as their clubhouse the overpriced washers and dryers are consistently out of order, mysteriously switching to the no heat setting for unknown reasons, and/​or ripping and burning your clothes. This is the fourth set of $ 200 sheets that has been ripped and burnt in a Wash This! dryer. It is never the same dryer so there is no way to tell what you are gonna get. I have tried leaving notes for the management and have never received a response. I only ever use this place as a last resort and pay for it every single time. Really hope they lose the lease on the place and get a new owner who knows how to manage a business.

This place was caught on fire! The fire department came and put out the fire. The next thing we know, this place is still in business after the fire even though the dryer’s door exploded.

Way too pricy to begin with not to mention that a local homeless man lives there. It wouldn’t have been that bad except he was belligerent for no reason and threatened my boyfriend and I with a blade. I will never come here again. I would have called the owner to complain but there isn’t a phone number to be found anywhere. Bottom line DO NOT COME HERE

I’ve only used this place a half dozen times but it’s always worked well. Drying is a bargain and washing slightly overpriced. It’s clean and always full of interesting folk.

Well, I guess there’s a reason a laundromat gets such low ratings. Change machine doesn’t work, go to get change, come back and it’s filled with people drinking 40s. And it smells like pee all over the place…
I feel like I need to take a shower and get some shots after visiting this place.

its a laundry mat in northbeach. what to say. Takes your coins, washes your laundry. Crowd looks like a laundry mat type of crowd. fair.

Hard to get excited about a laudromat, people generally use the one most convenient and I am no different, the place is at the corner. Nice mural inside of North Beach. More importantly, yesterday I got an ERR message from two machines. This morning I went back and got another. I was annoyed to tell the truth. I dialed the number posted for emergencies and was called back by Ted, the owner within minutes. He said, «I’m on my way down there.» He fixed the problem and comped me a couple of loads. You really can’t ask for more. A responsible business owner who cares about his customers. Kudos, Ted!

It’s a laundromat, and it works. No complaints, although my dryer seemed a little slow (a very small load, I would have thought 30 mins more than enough).
But it’s clean, lots of washers and dryers, an ATM, change machine, washing powder machine. I was there around 11am on Sunday so it was pretty busy.
There is a nice looking café across the street, but as it was busy, I didn’t want my clothes to end up turfed (or possibly taken, as seems to have happened to others). It’s small, well-​lit and felt quite safe to hang out at the laundromat until the washing was done.

No complaints here. My machines worked, dryer dried my load in 40 mins. ATM, coin machine, folding table, and soap/​dryer sheet dispenser available. What I really liked is the café with free WiFi right across the street to help kill the time. Also, no hobos outside when I went around 3−4pm.

What a dump! This place doesn’t clean their machines and they’re always broken. Change machines out if quarters and bums all the time. If I had a choice, I wouldn’t use this place.

Thanks, Wash This, for the stinky hobo near the change machine, drinking a can of Steel Reserve, waving his farts away from himself toward the rest of us, waiting for everyone to leave so he can start stealing clothes out of the dryer.
Stinky hobo.

4 out of 16 washers and 2 of 12 dryers are currently out of order. Drunk passed out an spilled vodka AND whiskey on table and floor. Shopping cart and trash around. Awesome laundromat, really well taken care of by ownership.

I think this is a pretty good wash house considering there is an ATM inside along with a coin dispenser. A few blocks up the machines get pretty pricey. They also have a few different sized washers including the large commercial machines, and the dryers are really big. Another plus: there is free wi-​fi at the café across the street and the neighbors are pretty friendly.
Doing laundry sucks, but if you can cram a bunch of dirty clothes into one machine and surf the net while you wait — it’s not so bad. There is a payphone in there too, so sometimes, you get regular crazies chatting it up… but it is one of the last pay phones in SF — so that’s pretty impressive — right?

My laundromat.

Laundromats! There are maybe 4 great ones on the planet, and I’ve never been to any of them. However, I’ve gotta give it up for the alright but cheesily-​named Wash This!, because its 2 blocks from my house. Trader Joe’s and Safeway/​Walgreens are within a block of the place, as is Barne’s &Noble, so killing time is easy. Most machines get fixed quickly, its clean, the driers are hot, and there’s never a bum washing his nasty shit in there (like Today Laundromat on California St).
Never had a laudry/​dryer fight in here, which is important, because all people hate washing their clothes in public. Whatever.