Sun Drive-In Cleaners

I think I paid roughly $ 70 to get two curtains hemmed for one window. Should have asked for a quote initially. I didn’t think it would be so expensive.
The drycleaning shirt prices seemed reasonable.

As everyone else says, they are too expensive. Plus, the last time I used them they lost one of my dress shirts and chipped all the buttons on my suit jacket. Shame on me for not checking within the one month window where they were «responsible». I called to follow up too late. No shirt. No apology. No nothing. Would recommend you find somewhere else for your dry cleaning.

I have used Sun frequently over the last two months and they have always been pretty pricey, but I felt like I was paying for the overnight service. Then the prices would often spike. Apparently they would arbitrarily raise prices on items they thought were more difficult. Sometimes they charged $ 3.50 for dress shirts. That should be the cheapest part of your bill. When I brought it up to him and said I couldn’t keep giving him my business if he was going to change prices in the middle of the job, he shrugged his shoulders.

These guys are masters of stain removal. I was sold when they were able to lift a small bowl of melted butter from a 100% gold silk skirt – for $ 9. The skirt looks brand new. They’ve also removed bike grease from a white fleece jacket after it got tangled in my bike chains.
On several occasions, I have gotten a little too ambitious with the dryer and shrunk several pairs of pants. They are the only place I can find that will successfully stretch them back out. Most places won’t even attempt it.
They are slightly more expensive than most dry cleaners, but only by a few bucks and it is absolutely worth it. Often the will throw in a free pants press when I need a belt loop fixed, a stain removal when I need a hem, etc.
Their customer service skills aren’t great, but they are friendly enough and I have never experienced anything bad. They are just brief, which is fine with me as long as they continue to do a great job on my clothes.

I had been using this place for drycleaning for years. I took a couple curtains in to get hemmed. They told me to come back in a week to pick them up. When I came in they hadn’t even started them but said they had a question. Why didn’t they call me? I answered their question and they said to come back in another week. When I did, the curtains were different lengths. They were going side by side on the same window so that doesn’t even make sense! I asked them to correct the curtains and they said it would be another week. No apology at all for messing them up. In fact they were pretty rude about the whole thing and grumbled that it was my fault. How? When I came to pick them up they had overcharged my credit card saying it was a complicated project. I had the estimate in hand showing what they were supposed to charge me. They said that was just too bad and refused to give me a refund. I had been really nice up to this point but after numerous mistakes, NO apology and 3 weeks I was really annoyed. I told them their customer service was disappointing. At this point they started yelling at me. Actually yelling! Wow, I’ve never been yelled at in a store before. These people are crazy.

There are plenty of dry cleaners around who are probably cheaper, but Sun Drive-​in Cleaners has grown on me throughout the 8 years I’ve been taking my stuff there. They know my last name, are always polite, and happy to see me, even if they haven’t seen me in 6 months or more (they STILL remember my name, wow!)
A word of warning about two things — their prices have gone up quite a bit since the last time I took in stuff (maybe $ 10+ for a sweater now). Once had an issue with a button on a jacket which fell off. However, at the time I couldn’t be 100% sure whether the button was really on there to begin with (I’m the type of person to leave used kleenexes, receipts, pens and bobby pins in the pockets of my clothes), so I let it pass. However, a friend did complain they never admitted to tearing a favorite sweater, so she refuses to go back.

I’m not sure why the reviews here are what they are, but I’ve had great experiences with them. I just moved into the neighborhood and was searching for a reliable dry cleaning service and tailor. They not only did a fantastic job tailoring some of my dresses (needed two zippers replaced and hemming, including one rush job) but also took really good care of my copious amounts of dry cleaning. The business is owned by a cute Korean family — the dad and son runs the front and the mom does the tailoring. They are super nice and am I am so glad I found them in the neighborhood! The prices are really great too!

I’ve been using Sun Drive-​In Cleaners for over 8 years and enjoyed their service and friendliness. The family has gone out of their way to help me on short notice, have figured out how to clean my hallway runners and mended our garments without a request from me. They take great care of our clothes and when I’m running in just as they close, they see me coming and have the cleaning ready for me.

Been going here for 8+ years in the Walli neighborhood. Owners have been great to me and the whole family has gotten to know me. Always on time. We did have a few problems with stains not coming out and a garment got lost, but all in all for 8 years really great.
I totally recommend. Be polite to the people and they’re polite right back.

Wow, some of the reviews on here are quite surprising and it seems those seeking alterations are having the worst luck. As for the service, I’ve yet to experience chatty or friendly service at any cleaners. This spanning CA, KS and now WA residence. It’s just the biz and I almost consider it a novelty among dry cleaners.
For this review, I’m focusing on my WA experience with cleaners. I first visited Sun cleaners when I lived in Fremont. I remember one instance in particular and it’s a story I often tell; I brought in all of my work shirts with 2 pairs of pants and had them cleaned for $ 8 and some change. I honestly thought a mistake had been. It was so cheap! No complaints with the work either. That was one of many visits at the time.
Then I moved to Auburn and the cleaners there was also cheap. I remember once taking in several blankets and was surprised at the low price. Of course living in Auburn did not last long, so farewell to those cleaners.
Currently I live in the Admiral area of W. Seattle. I hadn’t used a dry cleaners in a long time but recently I brought in 3 pairs of slacks and 1 shirt which came to $ 23 and change. Whoa! That seemed pricey to me. I won’t name the cleaners here because what I should do is a separate review for them. No complaints on the service or work, but so much for staying local.
The point of all of this is that I plan to return to Sun cleaners. I’m moving soon and that’s typically when I take in blankets, comforter, coats, etc to have it all cleaned at once and there’s no doubt in my mind I’m going to Sun cleaners.

First of all, they were 2 days late on having my order complete. I went in on the day my receipt (and the lady at the front) said my alterations would be ready and they weren’t. They offered no apology for the inconvenience.
When I did go to pick my order up, they charged me double what my receipt said I owed. The receipt they gave me said my total would be $ 42 yet I was charged $ 90. Apparently the lady who wrote the receipt made a mistake and didn’t include a jacket in the price. I tried to explain that the mistake wasn’t my fault so I shouldn’t be held to that cost, but the man didn’t care. He didn’t seem to understand why I was upset at paying double what I thought I was going to. He went as far as to threaten to not give me my jacket by taking it out of the bag on putting it in the back of the store. I was offered no apology, no anything. Terrible customer service.
I think 1 star is being generous and I will definitely not be going back.
My suggestion if you do go is to make sure that the price they put on your receipt is the price they will actually charge you.

I brought in a single dress shirt. It came back with half the stripes erased, and a shredded and ripped front (!). Do they have rats in there? The owner suggested the damage was entirely my fault and if I didn’t like it, to go to court. Will be taking him up on his offer. In the meantime DO NOT LEAVE YOURS CLOTHING HERE!

Don’t use their service and DON’T park on their lot! They are using a fraudulent «parking enforcement» company called Platinum Parking that issues false parking citations and uses scare tactics to con your money! We need not welcome this sort of business practice in our neighborhood! Boycott Sun Drive-​In Cleaners! There are plenty of other dry cleaners in Wallingford!

It wouldn’t let me give zero stars. Bad customer service, Extremely high prices, Bad counter help. Will not be returning

I recently just moved to the Fremont/​Wallingford area and am currently looking for a local Dry Cleaner. In the past, I have been going to the same dry cleaner for about a year, and they have always done a great job and the turn around was fast. I stopped by Sun Drive-​In Cleaners and was charged 3 times as much as I was paying before to have my Dress Shirts dry cleaned. When I brought it up they insisted that this was the proper way to clean. Needless to say, I will not be returning.
Any suggestions for a dry cleaner in the Wallingford/​Fremont area?

I’ve always had a very high level of service at Sun Drive-​In Cleaners.
My shirts are never too starchy and pants are creased perfectly. I’ve gone to other dry cleaners in the area that are closer and easier to get to from my bus, but it seems like all of these places have managed to crack a button on a couple of my shirts and not even notice it or fix it! Sun has never cracked any buttons. They clean your items with care.
I will always go back to Sun if I am in the area. The owner is polite and has even remembered my last name now!

I went here today with a pair of my favorite jeans that needed some patching. Normally I would go and get a new pair of jeans when mine start getting shabby, but unfortunately they stopped making this particular style and they fit my body oh-​so-​well. Anyway, I went in there and the guy behind the counter was SO RUDE. He told me that he wouldn’t fix them –because he was too busy, and to go somewhere else!!! I told him that it wasn’t a rush and that I am a paying customer, but he refused and then turned his back to me!!! I’m not even kidding. I will never go here again. I’m going to the little alterations shop across the street on 45^th.

I have an interview on Monday and I was out all day (Saturday) downtown picking up a suit at Nordstrom’s that I just bought a few days earlier. I was looking for some ties and dress shirts. I ended up buying one shirt and a tie at Nordstrom’s. Next, we had some coffee and then went at got lunch with Meg’s friend. On our way out we stopped at J. Crew and I bought two more ties. The guy who rang my ties up complimented me and suggested I’d look good in their jeans… LOL!
Anyway, the point is I totally forgot to go pick my dry cleaning up today. At at about 530 pm we went over to Wallingford to pick it up and much to my dismay they were closed. Luckily, I saw some folks still inside closing up for the day so I decided to kick on the door.
A gentleman (I’m not sure of his name, I’m assuming the owner) came over to the door. I explained to him that I had be running around all day and that I had forgot to pick up my white shirt and that didn’t have another clean, pressed one for my interviews on Monday.
Without a second thought or giving me an excuse not to help, he was more than happy to pull my dry cleaning out and accept my payment. In my opinion, it really is the little things that make all the difference, not only does Sun’s Drive-​In Cleaners have good quality service (my white shirt looks great!) they also went the extra mile to help me out even though they were closed.
This is a great local place and I will recommend them to everyone!

This is the best dry cleaner I have found in Seattle. The service is friendly and prompt and our clothes are always done perfectly… every time! We’ve been going there exclusively for over two years and have tons of dry cleaning done every week, so they have a great track record. They also do great and inexpensive alterations.

We lived in Wallingford several years ago and always had wonderful experiences with Sun Drive-​In Cleaners. Then we moved to Ballard, and tried out a few dry cleaners there. What a shock — they seemed to beat and boil my husbands dress shirts so that they’d only last a couple months! As a result, we now drive all the way back to Wallingford every other week with the shirts and other cleaning. Good cleaning, and very pleasant service.