Our ratings of 322 area cleaners reveal that there are many excellent shops-including some with very good prices. But beware: not all drycleaners are able to produce top-quality results consistently, and with a few, the risk is high that what you get back will be barely better than what you dropped off-or that your garments will be damaged or lost.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Drycleaners

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Drycleaners Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Drycleaners.

• Subscriber from HOCKESSIN, DE wrote Another Cleaner: Never a problem with Hockessin Cleaners in 10 years of use........
• Subscriber from LANSDALE, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Very timely and job well done. Courteous staff and database onhand shortens visit........
• Subscriber from DOWNINGTOWN, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Staff is always accomodating. Service and quality is excellent........
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Cleaner: consistently outstanding over many years a deservedly strong, loyal patron base.......
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Returned someone else's dress shirt. When they could not find mine, they gave me a..........
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Cleaner: great down comforter cleaning.......
• Subscriber from WILMINGTON, DE wrote Another Cleaner: Green cleaning method, clothes never smell and are not stiff like normal dry cleaning.......
• Subscriber from BEAR, DE wrote Another Cleaner: After my last experience with Governor Sq cleaners, this is where I ended up. So..........
• Subscriber from LANGHORNE, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Collars and cuffs on shirts remained dirty. Couldn't get simple stains off of suit jacket...........
• Subscriber from WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA wrote Another Cleaner: The best in the Yardley-Newtown area........
• Subscriber from NORRISTOWN, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Low Price - Low quality.......
• Subscriber from YARDLEY, PA wrote Another Cleaner: I had to stop using them because there were too many problems. They'd break buttons..........
• Subscriber from UPPER CHICHESTER, PA wrote Another Cleaner: The woman who does the tailoring and mending does an excellent job, is very helpful..........
• Subscriber from WARMINSTER, PA wrote Another Cleaner: The owner, Frank, is very friendly, my dry cleaning is always done on time. Any..........
• Subscriber from YARDLEY, PA wrote Another Cleaner: I found them through Checkbook, and they're the best in the area. Not the cheapest,..........
• Subscriber from BLUE BELL, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Staff is friendly. Quality of service is excellent. Repairs are reasonable and well done........
• Subscriber from NEWTOWN SQ, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Great local store. Friendly staff, prompt service.......
• Subscriber from GLEN MILLS, PA wrote Another Cleaner: And reasonably priced repairs........
• Subscriber from THORNTON, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Cleaned a raincoat that had several stains. Redid it several times by their own account..........
• Subscriber from NEWTOWN SQ, PA wrote Another Cleaner: My husband has been going to D&B for years with few complaints. He had gone..........
• Subscriber from WARRINGTON, PA wrote Another Cleaner: They did lose a pair of my pants BUT they adequately compensated me for the..........
• Subscriber from CHERRY HILL, NJ wrote Another Cleaner: Very courteous and helpful, excellent tailoring jobs.......
• Subscriber from WARMINSTER, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Only time I used the cleaners was 4 days before I was leaving for a..........
• Subscriber from WILMINGTON, DE wrote Another Cleaner: Prices are rather high........
• Subscriber from WILMINGTON, DE wrote Another Cleaner: A bit on the pricey side, but good quality........
• Subscriber from BEAR, DE wrote Another Cleaner: Woha...$3.00 to sew on ONE button and you supply the button? I think not. I..........
• Subscriber from BLUE BELL, PA wrote Another Cleaner: The quality is not the best, but is adequate. You get what you pay for........
• Subscriber from DOYLESTOWN, PA wrote Another Cleaner: On alteration: Made hem on one leg of pants shorter than the other........
• Subscriber from BLUE BELL, PA wrote Another Cleaner: They have never lost an article of clothing I have brought in and they have..........
• Subscriber from WALLINGFORD, PA wrote Another Cleaner: It's NOW $1.99 for dry cleaning and 1.69 for laundry service. Good clean place with..........
• Subscriber from WYNNEWOOD, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Staff makes mistakes in entering items, lost items. Didn't know how to dryclean dress with..........
• Subscriber from HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Ruined a couple of clothing items with too aggressive cleaning that left holes........
• Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, PA wrote Another Cleaner: Good, but very expensive........
• Subscriber from WOODBURY, NJ wrote Another Cleaner: They are ok. They are constantly changing employees........