Harbor Hand Car Wash

I always bundle my oil change with my car wash. They do a great job. Never had a complaint with the quality of my car wash. The inside of the waiting area does need a bit of a refresh, but other than that i love it. My son really likes watching them through the window as the car goes through the wash.

I have to give this place some credit. Yes, as other reviewers have mentioned, the cashier could use a little improvement, though my last experience was positive enough. That said, they always do a good car wash for a relatively inexpensive price. They clean the dash, vacuum the carpets etc all for the basic wash. My opinion is that for the price of a basic wash you won’t find a better basic wash elsewhere, although perhaps one with a better cashier. Lol.

It’s truly not that bad.
Unilocalers have got to be a bit more sensible here. They’ve done some improvements based on previous readings.
My vehicle was in dire need of a car wash. We’re talking bout more than two weeks of accumulated dust & even cobwebs forming on one of my outside mirrors.
Embarrassing! I know.
So, attempting to explore other places other than my town I ventured here.
The attendant greeted me quickly, and took my car into the wash. Granted there was no line (Monday Morning), all the employees were kind and respectful.
Once inside, like Unilocalers mentioned the cashier was unattended but as soon as I approached the counter – an attendant came out of nowhere. (Hey, they’re attempting to rectify this issue here).
She charged me fine without any attitude.
I was satisfied.
Now, my car attendant, Agustin, did a great job on the drying & interior cleaning. He was so friendly and cheery. Nothing like great interactions with good hardworking people. Tipped & off I went!
Got the basic wash with a car freshener:
$ 14.99.

I never write reviews, this is seriously my first. I am more than grateful for the results on my car today. I had blood on my crème color headliner of my car (and blood is not easy to remove), considering other places said they wouldn’t touch it, I was extremely upset with my friends and doubtful it would come out. Anywho, They did not promise me they would get it out but they said they would try and won’t charge me if they couldn’t. well with a short wait and confidence in them, the stain was removed for only a $ 10 charge. I couldn’t be happier, and this will be my new location to bring my car. Thank you so much!

Went last week for the first time. .great job just got the basic wash. Usually go to El Dorado but they do lousy job lately! I’ll go to Harbor hand wash now!

Baby Jesus help this place… can we get any slower and pay any less attention to detail? This place use to on be point… not sure what happen…

I’ve been coming here for years. The customer service has always been great. The guys are friendly and helpful. The car wash service is pretty good. You definitely got to give your ride a once around, but they’re pretty good at hitting the forgotten spots.
I’ve also been getting my oil change here for years and the service is always great. They’re not the cheapest place, but you feel safe and you get a free car wash.

Took over 30 mins on a not so busy Sunday morning, my car sat wet in the sun for 10 mins before anyone dried it, probably has water spots. Save your money go somewhere else…

Horrible service, cashier is beyond rude
Will never g I back to this horrible unprofessional place again! !

This is a public service do not go to this place they are crooks. I brought my car in at 8 am to get the seats washed and the whole inside and outside clean the guy informed me that it would only take 2 hours I come back at 12 and it’s still not ready that’s 4 hrs later. I had places to go being that it was a Saturday and told the guy that I would pay him for what they had already did. I took a look at my car it wasn’t washed the windows were dirty the floor wasn’t washed and only the seats were wet it was the worst interior cleaning that I have ever had. Seeing that it was half done I told them I would give them half the money which is 45 $ the guy insisted on $ 80 they wouldn’t let me leave it was a nightmare boxed my car in and we’re incredibly rude. The guy finally took the $ 45 and I got to leave do not go to this place these two people are theieves.

They are pretty good. I really enjoyed watching my car getting washed the price is good and they are fast enough.

DO NOT GO HERE! They did the worst job ever. I got the outside hand wash only for $ 8, which was supposed to be the best of just the outside wash options. Half the car is still dirty and there are so many spots ugh had to do it over myself. Never again.

Horrible Horrible !! Like mention before in a previous post THEY STEAL from your car. I went there after work for a carwash. They didn’t take long but as I was handing my receipt to the guy who cleaned my car; he mentioned that one of the other guys had stole my iPod. I went to get the manager immediately and explain the situation.
The manager tried to come up with different excuses and explanations like «maybe the vacuum sucked it up» how is that possible for such an item to be sucked on a vacuum. Anyways he kept trying to look for it and came up with tons of other absurd explanations. I told him what his employee had told me; that he had seem the other guy pocket my iPod. He then looked surprised he said he will look into the cameras and ask around. I couldn’t wait any longer because I had to be somewhere later on that afternoon. He said that he will look for it and he will give me a call back. I assured him I would be back the next day. Next day came and he wasn’t there, I asked to speak to another person in charge but was denied said nobody of the managers were on duty. What kind of answer or place is that? No managers on duty? But anyways I left and kept coming back for a few days straight and nobody help me they kept denying a manager or that they even knew about the situation.
I’m never coming back to this place. People please save yourselves some and money. And if you do go hide your stuff and take them out before handing them your keys. This place deserves no stars at all!!!

Great place to get a car wash! Got the premium package for $ 25. The worker did the interior with care not just rushing through like all the other car washes. Been coming and will be back.

After viewing Ramzys comments regarding my review of this business it is painfully obvious that he is a smoker himself. Only other smokers believe that second hand smoke is not a problem. Why don’t you do the right thing Ramzy and have a dedicated smoking area on the east side of the building so the smoke does not travel across all of the loyal non smoking customers. I have spoke to at least a couple dozen regular customers that feel the same way. Come on Ramzy do the right thing and congregate your smokers
On the east side of the building so you are not jeopardizing the health of the non smokers who only want to breath in the least amount of carcinogens possible. I’m sure all the elderly, expecting mothers, children and all non smokers would appreciate it.

I have a black SUV and paid for the $ 19.99 package after talking with the employee who wrote up my ticket for service.
— They didn’t vacuum the back interior behind the seats (it was empty so nothing needed to be moved)
— They let my car sit in the sun and didn’t begin drying it promptly (even though a few available employees were standing around) so my car had water spots in several areas.
— I watched one guy take his time to clean and treat all the black plastic/​rubber areas on another car being dried but the person drying my car didn’t do the same.
— The rims of my tires weren’t anywhere near as clean as I was told they’d be.
It wasn’t worth the wait or $ 25 I paid (incl. tip). I could pay a lot less somewhere else for better service.

THEY STEAL FROM YOUR CAR. I went to get my car washed today and when I returned home, I realized the $ 50 I keep under my car seat for emergencies was missing. I tried calling and the phone is purposely left off the hook. I returned 20 minutes later and immediately asked for the manager. Before the manager asks his employees or whoever handled my car, he immediately blamed it on the vacuum– saying that the vacuum sucked it up. Lies.
He asked to look at the car– for what? to see that the money was missing?
Then he told me that I shouldn’t leave things in MY OWN car. (regardless of the fact that it’s mine and i decide what I leave and take, the car is new so it’s empty.)
Then, he says I shouldn’t be so trusting with things left in the car– I’m sorry, but if I hand you the keys to my $ 25,000 car even to just clean it, I’m trusting you so your business IS about trust.
Anyway, after we argue for a good 10 minutes he decides to talk to his employees who have congregated around the car and are watching from a distance. It takes no more than 3 seconds before he returns to me with my $ 50 bill and claims someone found it in the vacuum and didn’t know who it belonged to. The dollar was still crisp– it hadn’t been sucked in the vacuum!!! and when I asked why they decided to clean the vacuum all of a sudden before I got there they responded that they clean it after every car, which means they’d know which car the $ 50 came out of.
It’s a total scam– and my car wasn’t that clean. They left water marks by the tires and along the sides. DON’T GO HERE.

I will not go back. I paid extra for the Deluxe Wash ($ 17.99) over the Basic ($ 13.99) and it seems the only extra that got me was a car freshener. The car is just not clean. I will now scrub the spots that they did not. I’ve had better washes from kids at school fundraisers. $ 4 at the corner Chevron drive through will clean the exterior just the same.

I think I finally found an alternative to nearby Mirage Car Wash. Harbor Hand wash seems less sketchy, does at least as good of job and they accept Mirage’s coupons… problem solved! However, your key take-​away for this review can be summarized in three words:
«$ 5 EXTERIOR WASH»
This is a truly awesome product. As most car washes creep closer to $ 15, this is a refreshing, faster alternative to doing the full-​blown car wash, especially if you have a dark-​colored car that you generally keep clean. Here’s how it works:
1) Pull in and merge over to the far lane to the left of the «vacuum lanes.»
2) Give the man a $ 5 bill IN CASH
3) Follow instructions and pull your car onto the conveyor
4) Hand wash, rinse, blow dry
5) Car pops out on the other end
6) Dude dries most of the remaining water with micro fiber towels for about two minutes.
Not 100% pristine, but a SUPER value. I recommend doing this about two out of three car washes and save time and money!

**This review is for their Oil Change service only.**
I noticed this place as I was driving to Torrance yesterday.
Knowing I was in need of an oil change, I stopped here on my way back South to inquire about the banner showing «Oil change $ 19.99». The guy explained it was for (this unknown brand) of oil called «Racers Choice» and was only $ 5 less then the Castrol brand. I’m sure it meets all of the requirements and standards of the other oils, but I opted to go with the Castrol instead. They also have a number of other options:
They were just finishing one car, so they were ready for me within 5 minutes. The guy pulled my car in and started on it immediately.

They drained the old oil, replaced the oil filter, put in fresh 5W/​30 oil, topped off the windshield washer fluid, checked the coolant level and inspected the air filter. All in what seemed like no more than about 15 minutes! I walked over to pay the cashier in the car wash and when I turned around my car was right outside the door. NICE!
Overall, for a random oil change place I just happened to be driving by, I was in and out again for $ 29.88. Very nice!