Sonia’s Dry Cleaners

Sonia’s is the real deal when it comes to quality. I have read a few reviews on here about girls who were upset for this and that reason, but let’s get real, do you just want it done OR do you want it done right — with personalized customer service, inspection of your shirts to make sure no buttons are broken and when you dropped off your sheets (or pillowcases in my experience) do you not expect them to come back crisp, fresh and spelling like angels touched them? YES, YOU DO! If you want to have crappy, sloppy maybe it would have looked nice stuff than learn how to do it yourself… BUT if you want it done right take it to Sonia’s because you’re going to look like a million bucks when you put on the favorite shirt and realize that cracked button is fixed, or lay your weary head on pillow cases so neat and soft you feel like you staying in a 5 star hotel.
Here are the facts: I moved here from NYC 3 months ago, where I came from the dry cleaning and laundry business was so competitive you literally got bottle of wine whenever you got your things out of cold storage. I use to struggle between two cleaners because they were just so damn good. I moved to San Francisco and I thought:
«Well I will never have to worry about finding a good dry cleaner, because no one will ever be that good».
I eat my words with a side of «I’m sorry» on the side, because Sonia’s is just that good, only better. They don’t worry about trying to be like some other cleaner. Excellent is there base standard.

Sonia’s is literally the best dry cleaning service I’ve ever had. She is incredibly nice and their turnaround time is pretty quick.

Sad to say I moved away from the city and won’t be able to use Sonia’s Cleaners for regular cleaning anymore. But I will DEFINITELY drive back when I need alterations.
I’ve been visiting Stephanie, Ella, and team for years, for all my cleaning and alterations needs. I tried other services around the area but Sonia’s Cleaners tops them all in terms of service, quality, and overall trustworthiness and reliability.
My shirts and suits are all good as new after many launders and dry cleans. I’ve had various suits altered to a perfect modern fit by Stephanie. Nice and expensive Burberry and custom suits — not a problem trusting them to Stephanie.
Will miss you guys! Thanks for all you’ve done for me.

I was a big fan of Sonias. Until today. I have been dropping off my launder/​fold regularly (this includes my sheets and pillowcases) for the past two years and have been very satisfied! Last week, i dropped my sheets off again for a regular wash and fold, a job that would normally run around $ 20-​$ 25. Went to pick them up today and nearly fell over when I was told the total of $ 73! Stephanie informed me that she was very sorry but they did the ironing job on the sheets and this is why it was so much. I was absolutely shocked! I reminded her that i have been a loyal customer for two years and i have never requested this service for my sheets so why would she think that i would request it now. Why wasn’t this question asked when i dropped them off? I further informed her that i was extremely disappointed and that i would find another dry cleaning/​laundry service. She took off 20% which still was $ 58. Unbelievable! There are many excellent dry clean and launder services in the City. I will take my business elsewhere. But if you choose to go to Sonias be careful! You may be in for a shock when you go to pick up your wash and fold.

I dropped off three dirty button up shirts that also had some dog hair. Overall they came out amazing. Clean and hair free.
Price was $ 17
Making it my go to place.

I have to give them a shout-​out — this is the best place — super friendly service, and twice now they have come through for me when I needed same day service (dry-​cleaning and alterations). It was also half the price of my corner cleaners, with parking to boot!

Sonia’s has been my dry cleaner and clothing repair go to for 4 years now and I couldn’t be happier. Their hours and location are insanely convenient. Recently I took one of my favorite dresses in for repair. Honestly it was beyond repair — the poor old girl (silk) had worked for me for years. Sonia’s somehow was able to patch up the tears discreetly so that I now can get a few more wears out of it. Really amazing. Don’t hesitate to give them a try.

This is only a review for their customer service. I tried a few times to call them on a Saturday morning 10:21 am on ¹¹⁄₁₅.
They did not ever answer the phone. If they were busy, at least answer and ask me to hold.
They have no answering machine. Maybe someone called in sick or for some reason they were closed.
But a company that values its cusotmers and wants to grow with new customers should NEVER have an unanswered telephone call.
Voice mail is practically free. If they are on an old POTS line, invest in an answering machine.
Jeez. .. I am sure they do good work based on the reviews but there is no excuse for not answering the phone.

Sonia’s is just what I’d expect from a drycleaner — simple, friendly, family-​operated business. Not particularly cheap, but the service is nice. After two tries at other places on Geary, I think I’ll stick with this one.

I decided to try this place after going to another cleaners on Geary that didn’t meet my expectations.
I dropped off my clothes on a Thursday and the guy told me they’d be ready on Monday. I didn’t end up picking them up that day, but received a phone call from Stephanie inquiring about my missing button on the dress I gave to them and I told her it was fine and that I knew the button had been missing. So, I thought it was great of her to be that conscientious.
I picked up my clothes and was very pleased. The stains were gone and my clothes looked better. Although they are slightly pricier than the other dry cleaning place I had went to, I don’t mind paying more for better quality of service.

Reasonable prices. Great service.
Green dry cleaning. Suits, skirts, coats. If you need it right away, let them know so they can accommodate.
Also had my pants hemmed. Not the Chinatown hem price, but still really good.

Great customer service. Needed to get a suit dry cleaned in a day… and they did it on time.
They also repaired a pair of pants.
I highly recommend these guys… they are really really good!!!

Sonia really a nice cleaning house-​just did all the great to my clothes and my jacket specially–
It was just dust and stained for the years and totally was out of use-​even some bad smell of wine and coffee — — !!!
But just put it here and got back so clean and fresh with a healthy smell–
Really don’t know how they did it and how it be possible to make a new look from a shabby cover!!!
Price? Do you think so high for this great job?
Not at all-​too reasonable and very honest!!!
Recommend you friends.

Over the years, my bed had become a little stained… eating breakfast in bed and spilling your coffee — not a good idea.
I unzipped it and brought it into Sonia’s. In just a day, they were able to get out all the stains and it looks as good as new now! I’m not sure how they did it, but I know it took more than one treatment to make it whiter than white. Cost was amazingly reasonable reasonable — and definitely saved me buying a new mattress. Thanks Sonias — I recommend you to my friends!

This was my first dry cleaning go in SF and I was pretty pleased — $ 38 to clean a suit, another suit skirt, and two dresses, so not bad for SF prices although not the cheapest. She was quick and professional and I like that she seemed to take pride in what she does and was organized and efficient.

Sonias did a great job on my dry cleaning and alterations! I dropped 6 items off on a wednesday, and was told I could pick up the items on the following monday.
My last dry cleaner’s took a little over a week for alterations. I even got a call from Stephanie before they washed one of my black dresses, to alert me that the ink in the fabric was already starting to bleed. I told to go ahead anyway, and the dress now looks great.
4 pants altered and 2 dresses dry cleaned (with 20% off) came to $ 64. Not too bad.

The story of «The Impossible Stain!»
I took a dress into Sonia’s that was light blue with netting underneath. It’s adorable, very Judy Jetson like, and I bought it for New Year’s eve a few years ago. I was going to wear it again 2 New Year’s ago (2009) and noticed a huge brownish stain on the front. I figured out that it was from 2 – 3 years previous to that (²⁰⁰⁶⁄₂₀₀₇) from a leak in my wood paneled ceilings from my crappy Trinity Management apartment in North Beach (side note, never ever ever rent from Trinity Management if you can avoid it).
Anyway, I shoved it to the back of my closet and I’ve ignored it. So basically this is a stain comprised of dirty rain water, wood stain, and it’s been on this dress for 4 – 5 years.
I just picked it up from Sonia’s and the dress is freakin’ beautiful. Stain is GONE! I danced out of the place.

Great for alterations. They did a fabulous job on my pants. They are also very friendly and will help you find the correct length before they hem them.
And hooray for green dry cleaning services!

Even if my shirts WEREN’T perfectly cleaned and ironed.
Even if my sweaters WEREN’T soft and had a good fresh feel…
Even if my delicates WEREN’T in perfect condition when I got them back…
Even if Sonia’s didn’t do all of the above at a ridiculously reasonable price, the following two words were enough to make me love them:
«Open». «Sundays».

Cheap, prompt and excellent. $ 3 to $ 4 dry cleaned shirts, $ 2 to $ 3 laundered shirts — c’mon, you can’t beat that. And, they don’t write on your clothes to i.d. them, they use those little paper tags. Plus if you speak Cantonese you’re golden. Highly recommended.
And now, for a little more: my people are good at dry cleaning by stereotype. These guys prove that stereotype right — and another one as they are cheap!
I’ve been looking for a place that won’t chart $ 5+ a shirt and were nice enough to give you the time of day. Have you been to West Portal? Talk about highway robbery. And with these guys, I found it. The place is hustle and bustle with lots of commotion going on. It’s warm, which is great on a cold day, and the service is warm too. You can have your clothes same day, next day or any other day you like, but they won’t have it early for you.
These guys do it right. My dress shirts were perfectly cleaned and laundered. And instead of buttoning each and every button on the hanger they did two — just right. Dry-​cleaning: pants were $ 4, shirts were $ 3 to $ 4 and about $ 2 for laundering. Also good for tailoring — sweater hole repair: $ 8. And early bird special (20 percent) before noon — yes, noon.