Eskimo Laundry

As this was our first time here, I was I bit hesitant to enter, as it wasn’t such a big shop. As soon as we opened the front door the two young chaps welcomed us in and made us feel that we were accepted. We did our own washing and drying and the guys helped us when ever needed.
As we were sitting waiting, a lady removed her clothes from the washer, placed them into the dryer, then left. One of the guys checked the washer and found a sock, he then put it into her dryer. Now that’s service.

This place is convenient, inexpensive, and above all the service is fast and great. Would definitely recommend it. We needed a large load of wet laundry dried and it took about 30 minutes and cost only £2! The two workers were very friendly and they have a nice little waiting area in the back.

–I haven’t fully used this service yet as I am waiting at home for a pick up. I gave them the time of 11:00 — 12:30 to pick up my laundry. When I called at 12:30 I was told that the driver forgot. So for now this place is definitely 1 star. Will write more after I get my laundry back.
–The driver finally showed up around 1:15 to pick up the laundry and was unapologetic.
–They did return my hand washed clothes the next day at the correct time. Then they returned my dry cleaning 3 days later, as it was the weekend and they don’t deliver on Sundays. The drop off for the dry cleaning was also punctual so I will up their rating to 3 stars now.
–After receiving the laundry the hand washed clothes smelled great and were very clean. Only the socks were not paired up but everything else was nicely folded.
–The dry cleaning really was immaculately done. Even had some old stains that other dry cleaners didn’t removed taken out by Eskimo. Great job. Guess this should be at least 4 stars.

Let’s be real — I hate doing laundry.
But, as adults… we must do this task.
When I moved to New York City for a year, I learned a very important thing. No one really has their own washer/​dryers, but there is a laundromat on every corner.
Then I moved to London, and I learned something else. Dryers do not exist in people’s homes here. Oh, the humanity. Crunchy towels and laundry strewn all about my house drying for days on end? NO THANK YOU. I do not have the patience.
So I sought out alternative resources. And I found it. Eskimo Laundry! On Unilocal!
I started using Eskimo Laundry about 10 months ago shortly after I wrestled with the drying situation a few times, and I’ve never looked back. They pick up at my home on Mondays (laundry AND drycleaning), and drop all back off by Wednesday or Thursday of the same week.
Easy facts:
There is a 20 GBP minimum per pickup.
They also do dry cleaning.
They pick up at your home at a designated day/​time window.
The staff is very easy to work with, and very nice and professional.
Every few months I get a bill and pay via CC on the phone with the owner.
My only bit of constructive feedback is that the folding is a bit haphazard and I do end up redoing a fair amount of it. I’ve been spoiled by my favorite Korean lady in the world (Brooklyn) who somehow managed to fold 2 huge bags of laundry into the pile the size of a notebook. Magical. I like crisp clean lines and square corners… except fitted sheets, those are the worst. Forever.
It may seem like a luxury to some, but to me – I will happily save elsewhere and dish out 20+ GBP to have fresh, clean, DRY laundry arriving on my doorstep.
Now, if I could just get them to also put it away… ;)

So, moving to London has certain drawbacks. One of which is that most flats are equipped with a small washing machine, which sometimes doubles as a dryer. Ours does not. So, having clean clothes means perpetually manoeuvring around drying racks and dealing with crunchy trousers.
Eskimo has fixed this. Each Thursday, Christian comes before work and picks up our clothes. He drops them back off on Friday. They’re clean, dry, and folded. Our shirts are hanging and pressed. And it’s all for about £20/​week for two of us. Every few weeks, I call and pay for what we’ve used.
William is incredibly responsive over email, which is easiest for me while I work, and has even been incredibly gracious on the few times I embarrassingly left town without notifying Eskimo.
When we moved from Islington to North London, Eskimo was there the next week without missing a beat. We’re incredibly grateful to have solved our laundry quandaries in such a lovely way.

Great laundry, very friendly guys that work there, and nothing is too much trouble. Clean and new machines, and a good shirt service too!

This is a great little family owned laundrette. All the machines are brand new and the staff is friendly. Their prices are competitive, and the even offer drop off laundry services as well as dry cleaning. Just started going here, and love it.