Nifty Cleaners

They always do a great job with alterations and dry cleaning… when I needed to get a suit dry cleaned in less than 24hrs because I just scheduled an interview, they directed me TO THEIR COMPETITION down the street knowing that they had a dry cleaners on site. Excellent service!

Awesome service, good prices! I’ve been coming for years and have always received great service. I’ve never been disappointed and you won’t be either. I drive over from the galleria area and pass at least 10 dry cleaners on the way.

The best tailor I have ever had. Pricing is affordable and she is always accurate. I’ve never received anything back that didn’t fit just right and that’s saying a lot as I have everything altered. Yvonne is extremely personable and always has great conversation.
I recently moved to Austin and haven’t had any luck with a company up to par so I hold all my alterations until my next visit to Houston. Yvonne holds my items and calls for a family member of mine to pick up. I couldn’t be happier with the service received.
Thanks Yvonne!

I picked this place because the only negative reviews were around price and for me expensive should mean the clothes are taken care of. So those negatives appeared to be a positive from my point of view.
Here was my experience dropping off 8 of my wife’s dresses (all Ted Baker, Cache, and Karen Millen). 2 of the dresses they wouldn’t clean though they’d been dry cleaned in Dallas prior to us moving to Houston. I was actually happy they refused to clean them because in my mind that meant the other 6 dresses must be safe from damage.
But to my horror, of the 6 dresses we picked up, 2 of them were damaged. One of them had a small amount of damage to the collar where the collar look kind of frayed and disgured, as if it had been washed 100 times. I would rate damage to this dress as a minor annoyance and probably wouldn’t cause me to write a review on Unilocal.
But the other dress was a Karen Millen dress which we never had dry cleaned and wound up with around 8 – 12 pea sized stains on the dress which looked like bleach discolorations.
We went out of town the next morning and I left a voicemail on Nifty Cleaner’s phone asking what they could do to help but they never called back. I am thinking about taking them to small claims court for the $ 300 in damages they caused to that dress. The second dress is probably harder to prove since the collar was the only damage and unless you know what it was supposed to look like, it’s kind of subjective that they damaged it.
Don’t go here! I am still looking for a great dry cleaners in the Washington heights area…

Out of my wife’s 8 dresses, wouldn’t clean two of them which we’re now thankful for given the damage caused to 2 of the her dresses. One of her 300 dollar Karen Millen dresses which had never been cleaned came back with what looks like bleach stains speckled in about 15 places. Another one of her dresses came back with a collar that now looks frayed as if it had been washed 100 times. Damaging ²⁄₆ dresses was an expensive mistake. This place was not cheap which is why we went there thinking that meant our clothes would be safe. So angry.

My fiancé has been coming here for YEARS! Yvonne is so sweet, and so are the other girls there. I have tried many other cleaners when living in the suburbs, and none did a better job cleaning my clothes or mending them.
She has fixed numerous rips and holes, and you can never even tell there was ever a problem from the outside.

This is a great place, they always do a very good job and are very friendly!

Thanks for the great service when we needed a shirt for Dad’s funeral. Your sensitivity to the situation was very much appreciated. Refreshing in this busy world.

Ivonne is very welcoming.
Work is excellent. I am a regular here.
Recommended highly.

This is my all time favorite dry cleaner. They are fast, friendly and inexpensive.
Usually I bring something in and it will be done by six the following day. Many places will charge you double for this type of service. At nifty it is standard.
I am surprised to hear so many people saying that this place is expensive. To the best of my knowledge there was only one dry cleaner that was cheaper than Nifty Cleaners and that one was next to the bbq joint that is now the Black Walnut and the Chase bank. Many other places are 3 – 4 times more (at least for the articles I have cleaned).

This place is def pricey. I brought two wool coats here, and one had a coffee stain on it. Key word «HAD,» The lady remembered exactly what I had brought with not need to even look me up.

I love this cleaners because Yvonne knows who you are when you walk in, she is quick and efficient and I left a shirt there for over 6 months, I lost the tag and they still had it AND it was clean!
SCORE!

Pros:
Nice/​pleasant staff, clean, close.
Cons:
On the pricey side.

$ 3.50 for dirty pants?! You’re crazy.
So useless. I specifically asked the owner if she could get out a coffee stain. I would have «shouted» it myself but they’re new white slacks. I didn’t want to get a ring and produce a bigger stain. She said yes but give her «an extra day» to get it out.
Of course it didn’t even look like they tried to get it out. I would go back and complain, but man if you can’t even get out something simple like a coffee stain, you’re not worth a return visit.

So I searched on Unilocal to find a good dry cleaners and Im satisfied as of now. However, I don’t know if Im sold yet. I feel like I lost trust in Dry Cleaners a while back and everyone has confirmed my theory since then. Nifty has done a lot better, I do feel they are expensive but what other choice do I have. I will revise my review if they sell me on one of my dresses, Ive been dropping off a few pieces at a time.

Tried Nifty Cleaners based on Unilocal and was pleased with the results.
Really friendly service and Yvnone (owner) obviously tries to know each and every customer.
Quick turnaround.
Prices are a little higher than other nearby places, but those are the places that ruin or lose your clothes.
They also do alterations and shoe repairs.
I’m willing to pay for better service and a good location, so I’ll be back.

really clean, really great service, smells nice. lady is nice. good prices for the city.

Wonderful people. Know you by name by the second time you’re there — customer service is fantastic.

Good, reliable and fast cleaner. Yvonne is the best and great person to have a chit chat with. Easy to get in and out.

As I am writing this review I am knocking on wood. We all know how hard it is to find a dry cleaners that you can trust. I have been coming to Nifty Cleaners since I moved into the neighborhood in 2002, and I have yet to be let down. They have a boutique and alterations on site. The boutique is a bit dated, I think she still might have stuff on display from when they first opened up. The alterations, I can only speak for a jean hemming and it’s convenient and quality. The place could use a good dusting, but I can overlook that, because they take such good care of our clothes.
As you walk into Nifty you are immediately greeted by Yvonne with a smile. Yvonne will probably remember your name after your first visit. Any request you have regarding your shirt or pants will be met. Clothes will be back in a couple of days. If you want following day service I would show up early, so they can get it out in the first truck. In the 7 years I have been bringing my dry cleaning here I have only lost a couple of buttons on one shirt, I shit you not! I’m still convinced though, my wife called Yvonne and asked her to do something to the shirt since she had been requesting me to retire that specific shirt for 6 months. Coincidence… I think not.
Anyhow I highly recommend if you live in Cottage Grove, Rice Military, Washington Ave. Nifty Cleaners. You can trust them with your dry cleaning.