Carlin's Laundromat — Local services in San Francisco

if you have a choice to go anywhere else to do your laundry, do it.

the washing machines are often decent, if not overpriced (with a recent increase), but the driers have ruined several articles of my clothing, and wasted way too much of my time and money.

some days the drier on medium for 30 minutes will burn or melt my clothes, other days i need 1hr 20min ($8!!) on high just to get them damp.

additionally, the machine to load your card is frequently faulty and has eaten many of my dollars. the driers will also often take money off my card, but not allow me to add time to the drier.

today i spent $17 ($18 including the dollar the machine ate) on one load of laundry only for it to not be dried fully. this is not the first time i've had to do this.

i will be getting rolls of quarters and going to ocean blue laundromat from now on, as i have given up...

Terrible in every way. It's pricy, dingy and oddly laid out, forces you to use a card rather than quarters (though, of course, you still have to load that card with cash. No extra convenience here!) and said card never reads on the first time - sometimes not even on the 8th! Oh, and the attached cafe closes early, so if you're doing laundry after work, forget about having a nice place to hang out while you wait. Last time I went there the door sign was incorrectly turned to "closed," the ATM was unplugged, the only assistant was in the cafe mopping, and my towels came out of the dryer smelling weird. I'd rather walk an extra block or so to go anywhere else, and recommend others...

My usual laundromat was gone!?! This was closest. Prices were a full 15% higher than just down the street. The laundry card is ok a least I have money on it for next time. Put all my stuff in large washer ($10). Didn't work. Had to pull my soap out by hand and change machine. Drier. Same thing.i loaded and then had to swap out. Would be nice if out of order signs were there. The attached cafe was ran by two rude ladies with the whole looking at me up and down rolling their eyes trying to decide if I actually needed change. I have to come back because I put $20 on the card but when that's done probably won't return. Who knows maybe next trip will...