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| - Pleasant, large, very clean laundromat with newer machines. There are five industrial-size washers that cost $5.50 each, and the other set of stainless steel front-loaders still holds a lot of clothes, and those cost $3.50. There's three change machines, some vending machines, and an ATM. They have a quiet study room, bathrooms, and lots of tables and chairs. There are also plenty of large flat-screen TV's. The parking lot is well lit, is right in front and there are plenty of parking spaces. No one says anything if you take a cart outside to unload your car - everyone was doing it.
They are staffed open till close if any problems arise. Before I went, I called about their hours and a very friendly person answered my question.
The hours listed on the Yelp page must be for the cleaners (which is in the same storefront, off to the side.) But both of the Starcrest coin laundry locations, on Country Fair and on Neil Street, are open until 11PM.
When I was there, there were quite a few people, but plenty of breathing room. Customers seemed relaxed and friendly, and the location feels safe. I washed three large comforters and a blanket in the industrial-size machine, and a load of clothes in the $3.50 front-loader. The dryers only give you 6 minutes per quarter, but they were very efficient and everything was dry in much less than an hour. Total cost for all of this was $14.00.
In my last town there were three laundromats and each one had its faults. One of the things I notice is if the machines are stingy on water. Starcrest's machines seemed to use plenty of water, which is really great, because it means the soap will really get rinsed out, and you won't have residue from the soap that the last person used in the machine.
Please note that they only take cash, and do not have any kind of card reader on their machines.
Nice laundromat all-in-all. It's too bad they're not open 24 hours! As far as I can tell, CU doesn't have a laundromat that's open all night, so Starcrest might be your best bet.
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