$2.29 Pressed Cleaners

2208 Sunrise Hwy, Merrick, NY 11566, USA

Address:	2208 Sunrise Hwy, Merrick, NY 11566, USA
Phone:	+1 516-415-7571
Rating:	3.1
Working:	7AM–7PM 7AM–7PM 7AM–7PM 7AM–7PM 7AM–7PM 8AM–6PM Closed

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Reviews 17

Thomas Shim

I have little problem with their dry cleaning, and their staff is courteous and prompt. There are two troubling items that prevent me from recommending this establishment: 1) In the heat of summer, this palace has no means of air-conditioning. In place of that, they have a ginormous fan that renders even hair doused in AquaNet tousled in a millisecond. If youve ever wondered why everyone who exits has a throwback do like theyre part of a Flamingoes tribute band, now you know why. Despite its Mach 2 wind shear, it still cant replace good ol A/C when the heat index is over 100. God bless the staff, who have to work through these sweatshop conditions, aggravated immensely by the enormous heat generated by the cleaning equipment. Most of them were dripping sweat profusely; no wonder they wear black T-shirts, otherwise their (ahem) axillary perspiration would be rather copiously obvious. I dont work for the Labor Department, but Ill hazard a guess theres a workplace violation somewhere here. 2) Given my reasonable experience with their dry cleaning, and their purported green methods, I was tempted to proffer them my dress shirts for laundering. Again, very good service, remarkable given the inhumane climate conditions. I returned for the cleaned shirts later that week & brought them home, removing the protective plastic, when I was overwhelmed by the smell of sweat permeating the shirts. While trying to figure out whether I was imagining things, my wife passed by and said, "Whew! I hope you clean those soon." The second batch was almost as rancid, but a bit more tolerable (either that or I built an olfactory tolerance from the first round). Revealingly, two shirts that needed buttons sewed back on & therefore laundered separately were pretty scentless, thank goodness. I returned the two nasty batches to the cleaners, and again, to the staffs immense credit, despite the sub-Saharan conditions, they promptly offered to re-launder them without hesitation. Upon picking them up again, the smell was noticeably improved (how could it not be?), but get this: there were still tinges of sweat scent, especially compared to the aforementioned mended shirts. When earlier Id asked what might have happened, we agreed that my shirts mustve had the misfortune of being washed with a horribly soiled batch of another customers; hey, I was down with that: it happens. That doesnt wash so well (no pun intended) with the second less-overwhelming but still noticeable experience. Grasping at straws, my nonscientific hypothesis is that the staffs unavoidable sweating in such torridly overheated conditions had something to do with it. I really wanted to like this place. Really. But given my experience, I cant. Oh well. Maybe in the winter when its cold, lol.

Angel Vargas

First and probably last time. Buttons will Crack as as result!!! Really hoped to like this place. Employees are very cordial but service is "you get what you pay for". Buttons on several shirts are now cracking after being pressed here. Shirts Ive had for quite some time and laundered by another spot on Merrick Road. Should have never experimented. 3 of the shirts had to be re-done because dirty or pressed wrong way. Jacket was supposed to have been fixed and cleaned. Knowing my previous pickups were not up to standard, I chose to inspect onsite. Right on the front side was a large size visible dirty spot. Annoyed, I showed it to the gentleman at the front desk. He said he would have it "touched up". However, once is an anomaly, twice is a trend... To top it all off they charged me an additional $3 upon pickup of my jacket. Insult to injury!

Janet Perkins

I started going to 2.29 cleaners when they were 1.99. I didnt expect much for the price but I thought they did a good job for the low price. Today, that all changed. I gave them a white blouse with a black collar to clean when I picked it up today it was GREY with several black lines across the front of the blouse. I was told I brought blouse in that way, one person explained that the black probably ran into the white, then they said they didnt clean it. Jeff, since you are the owner you need to get involved. They kept my shirt and plan to remove the collar and "make it white" then put the collar back on. My blouse will be ready on Tuesday. I will update my post then. Just be honest and admit you made a mistake and ruined the garment.

Dan Sea

THE GOOD: the turn around and price can not be beat. THE NOT SO GOOD: they dont really clean. If all your clothes need is a freshening and a press then this place is great! However, if your clothes actually get dirty, I suggest pre-washing them in the machine first (if theyre not dry clean only) or just taking them somewhere else. Even when I point out a spot that needs a little extra care they still dont really get it clean. And im not talking about stains, just your average "dirt" that generally comes out if i work on it with a damp cloth. Despite that, I still continue to use them for the price and turn around, I just have to pre-wash my work clothes much of the time.

Carmilla Cunny

Unless you want your clothes returned with the same dirt DO NOT TAKE YOUR CLOTHES TO THIS CLEANERS! I used this cleaners 3x and 2 times my clothes came back with the same dirt, smells and in worse condition than what they were. The first time it happened I brought them back and they cleaned them but the third time I refuse. If I could give it no stars I would!

Dan L

I figured I would give it a chance for the low price. Once again, the lesson is that you get what you pay for. This week my wife had to wash a weeks worth of shirts due to a terrible musty smell. Previous times there were wrinkle or slight smell issues but I would tolerate. I will be changing cleaners and paying the higher price.

Pia Armand-Garland

This place is AMAZING!! When they say any garment, they really mean ANY GARMENT. We dropped off all our coats, which were a mixture of wool, leather, down, and there was no surcharge for the gigantic oversized coats! Turnaround is 3 days, which is not bad considering the price. I will be coming here for a VERY long time.

Steeve Joseph

Quite frankly, the quality of services is undesirable, yet again they dont do much about the publics feedbacks. For the price, you can not beat that, but once again, the quality of service sucks...

Cornelia Myers

Love this place... never a problem with service. they have same day service for all regular items and 3 day for oversized. They now also offer alterations. I will continue to come here!

David Matuozzi

I love then. Price is great, clothes are usually ready early the next day, very MOS friendly. Only downside is they take a little long to hem clothes.

mark klein

Prices are excellent, but service and customer service is TERRIBLE. You get what you pay for, its cheap, I received cheap service.

Ronald Barber

Stains and Dog hair were all over my clothes when I picked them up.

Mark Bottoms

Reasonable prices good job cleaning! Thanks 1.99!

Chevon Jackson

Cheap but my clothes smelled funny upon return

designer11566

I go to them all the time. They are the best.

John Cicero

Cant beat the price. Nice to deal with.