Peninou French Laundry & Cleaners

SCAM ALERT:

I just had 5 men's dress shirts dry cleaned at Peninou. Total bill was $139.99.

Yes - $28 per shirt for regular dry cleaning.

I called to say this was ridiculous and asked what the standard fee is to dry clean a shirt. Answer: it varies by customer and no price list was available for customer service to refer to while we were on the phone..

Moral of the story: Stay far, far away... As far as I'm concerned, these people are just a bunch of scammers and I don't want their smell on my clothes!

I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau asking for an apology from Peninou and a written promise stating that Peninou will cease such abusive billing practices.

Peninou French Laundry & Cleaners is on a bit more expensive than other cleaners, but overall, when I have something that I particularly care about, Peninou has reliably cleaned my clothes. Specifically, I take all of my white and tan pants to Peninou for dry cleaning. Other cleaners have returned my white pants looking a bit yellow, but Peninou has cleaned my whites looking as good as new -- stains gone with no yellow. Recently I had both a tan and white pants cleaned which had been soiled by greasy foods...stains completely gone and looking as good as new!

This is not the place to take your $20 sweater. Go here for when you need your dress shirts to look perfect (they are hand-finished here) and that expensive silk party dress to look immaculate. I have brought them the oldest, ugliest stains and they get everything out. (If they cannot get it out, they will tell you.) Yes, you pay more but I have never had a problem in 6+ years and the staff is always friendly.

Parking is tough, though and they do not do sewing repairs.