Palm Dry Cleaners & Coin

It’s an old facility but it was just what I needed for my laundry pit stop on my road trip through Florida. It was a little far from 275.

This is a great laundry. There is somebody on site from 8a-​7p 7 days a week if you have questions or need help. All laundry soap etc are sold onsite and there are 2 big change machines that will change up to a 20 dollar bill. I had 2 king size comforters and other bedding to wash so I opted for both ‘big Bertha’ machines. There is an assortment of machine sizes and everything is well marked. You can also have your laundry done for you if needed including comforters. Not great seating but doesn’t really matter unless it’s packed.

Don’t look for the name «Palm»; the storefront just says 24-​Hour Laundry. But you’ll know you’ve found it when the ‘plam laundry’ (sic) wifi network pops up. This coin laundry is very close to USF, on the east side of the plaza where you’ll also find Sonic Drive-​In, Winn-​Dixie, and the liquor store with the weird mannequin on top of a van. If you’ve been near Bearss and Bruce B. Downs, you’ll know the plaza I mean.
Inside you’ll find a wide variety of laundry machines, from the humble single-​load machine to Big Bertha ($ 7.50), the behemoth of laundry. We brought two heavy hampers full of laundry and still didn’t have enough to fill it (it holds 75 lbs), so we used two of the 30-​lb ($ 3.00) machines instead. Next time we’ll bring all our thickest comforters just so we can use Big Bertha.
The dryers are 25 cents for 6 minutes, and they’re big enough that we were able to dry our stuff in half an hour using two dryers (so that’s $ 2.50). Inevitably, the coin pocket of blue jeans, the collar of polo shirts, and other problem areas will need another spin; that’s actually better than overdrying everything else, since you can do one final spin while you’re folding everything else.
Amenities include three video games, one vending machine filled with Coke products so cold they’ll hurt your throat, and one vending machine with snacks reasonably priced. Bonus: since there’s a Sonic, a Winn-​Dixie, and a liquor store on the same block, and a pizza shop and a sub shop across the street, you have pretty much anything you’d need.
Given all this, you’d think I’d award five stars. You’d think that because you haven’t been spoiled by a laundromat two hours north in Gainesville where they serve draft beer and have a big-​screen projection TV. But I strongly suspect this is the best coin laundry in Tampa.