Finally had a chance to check out the Blue Cow Anacortes location last week - I really like the layout much better than the MV one (which can be hard to get into and out of on busy days. The Anacortes location is on a much bigger piece of property, with the vacuums conveniently located so you can actually get to them easily. The rest of the setup is pretty similar to MV, including self-serve and automatic car wash options, an easy check-in process (although, weirdly, the credit card option was down on the day of my visit so they were taking cash only), and you can still use your wash pass even if purchased at the other location. My biggest complaint about Blue Cow is that there aren't more of them! We could definitely use a second location in the MV area, and maybe one up in Bham too? :) read more

Blue Cow Car Wash - Car Wash Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

Your car will be clean -er.... Just had my second wash in a row here when I left with a car that was incompletely clean. Sides generally get clean, but the front, back, and corners are questionable. Not sure it's worth the money especially when I have a few scratches that I can't say for sure are from the car wash, but also can't figure out where they came from. I'll have to make an effort to try other places or just wash at home. read more

Blue Cow Car Wash - Not exactly exotic curves. Disappointing that it didn't come out clean. - Car Wash Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

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I use blue cow car wash because it's one of the only ones on my way to and from work and where I live, going into the tunnel car wash your assistance are horrible at guiding I have scarred my rims numerous times they say that it's just rubber there but no it is hard rubber and it scrapes my rims I'm pretty good at guiding myself but your guys are no help at all read more

Used to love your car wash, but every time I go it just gets worse and worse. My car leaves still looking dirty even after paying for the highest price option, the guys that scrub down the car do a half a** job, the rims always still look dirty, the bottom side panels still look dirty, so I don't know what they're even doing there, (mind you I wash my car weekly, so it's not even that dirty) then I go after hours and wanted to use the self service car wash, but you have all your vacuums blocked off. You're so concerned about non-paying customers using your vacuums that even the paying customers can't use them?.. I just left and drove out to Bubba Sudz where you can actually wash your car and vacuum it out. They don't even have the people out at the end anymore that used to dry the car at Blue Cow. They got rid of the dog wash. The wipes are always dry. The list could honestly go on and on as they keep coming to me. Sad, ya'll used to be great. I'll give it a 2 bc my daughter still likes to go through and see all the colors of the soap and the lights but besides that, ya gotta step it back up. read more

the worst wash on my Jeep Wrangler ever for $18. soap residue all over after it dried and many missed areas, even on the side windows. I thought it would save me having to wash it initially but guess what, I'm going to have to wash it anyway. read more

Went 25 mins before close and they had everything blocked off. Should not advertise hours if going to close up early.

Self wash $4 Nope I was charged $5 and $8 for one swipe of my card. I'd like my $9 I was overcharged back read more

I have a monthly pass and go through this wash at least once a week during the winter and more during the summer. The kids that work there work their collective butts off and are always willing to give a little extra when asked. Tip them well my friends! read more

PostWash I got the $20 wash, I'd say 3/5 stars. Of course this is a drive-thru wash, it won't get everything nor the stuck on stuff. Especially the rims, no automatic machine would be able to get brake dust from a 1,400 mile drive off the rims completely. But it could've been better, maybe if the pre-soak / scrub guys could pressure wash the rims please. read more

Blue Cow Car Wash - Entrance (Pre-Soak & Scrub) - Car Wash Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

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I literally drove 25 minutes out of my way to use this car wash. Got my car washed and halfway through vacuuming it - - and they shut off the vacuums. Two kids were working - - but neither of them could give me a heads up. If that's how it works there - - it sure would've been nice to have a heads up or see hours in the vacuum center clearly posted. read more

First time coming here and I will not return. Your website says your your vacuums are 24/7. I arrived at 6:30pm, drove all the way from Oak Harbor, and none of the vacuums were working. Stay up-to-date people. read more

Blue Cow Car Wash - Car Wash Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

Staying at a campground nearby and needed to wash my truck to get the leaves and sap off. For $20 , it did an excellent job.

Paid $20 and got scratches. Still had dirt on my car. Not worth the money. They had people scrubbing your car down and it still was dirty.

I do like this car wash place. I find the employees friendly but not all employees are knowledgeable in what services are provided here. The vacuums have awesome suction that will get any tiny children cracker crumbs from the carpets. They also have mat holders that make it easy to vacuum mats without hurting your back. The downside is when I looked specifically if they have upholstery vacuums (the ones that wash) their websites says they do but when I arrived they do not have that service. Unfortunately, i have to find a place to quickly eliminate the expired chocolate milk from my cars carpet. read more

I use to love this place over the one in Anacortes on commercial but they have really slacked off. No one to dry the cars and when you go in they don't scrub the tires and do the bumpers. I paid $16 twice now and my car comes out still dirty. The worst is I texted and emailed them to let them know and request a wash free after i saw it was still dirty and got no response its been a week. I wont go there again. Brenda in Anacortes, WA read more

This rating is because I reached out to the company and 3 weeks later have received no response. I paid $20 for the best car wash with hand dry. There were large spots of dirt on my car that were missed by the attendant who pre-scrubbed my car and missed by the car wash. There was no one available to hand wipe the car after. $20 is a lot to pay for a car wash that doesn't clean your car and fails to give you everything you pay for. If the owners don't acknowledge and respond to complaints how do they expect to retain customers or fix problems with their service. read more

Blue Cow Car Wash/Pet Wash- Anacortes. Waste of time & poor business practices. Their website info is not is up to date, it would appear from looking at the website (see screenshot attached) that the Pet wash is open Sun 9-5. if it is closed that should be noted there, so people don't drive there to find a locked building. Also the operating hours for the Pet wash are not posted on the actual building. Since it's a Sun no one was there to ask. Also I called the contact number on the website and the voicemail is full, not accepting voicemails. Big thumbs down. read more

Blue Cow Car Wash - Out of date website info as of 2/4/17 10a. - Car Wash Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

Second or third time through in the last year. This place is significantly better than the place in Anacortes, so we stick with this place (you can read my review of the other place, if you're interested). There is an automatic side and a DIY side. My husband has used the DIY side several times and he said it's perfectly adequate and he hasn't had any issues. I have only used the automatic side. I have an SUV, and it gets clean every time I go through. There are 4 price options, which is nice. All in all, a perfectly adequate, easy to use car wash that gets the job done quickly. read more

I had a couple of subscriptions for my vehicles for the monthly pass. I contacted them over two months ago and asked that one of the vehicles be removed from its subscription as the vehicle is no longer in the area and thus I won't be going for weekly car washes. First of September comes along and once again they have charged my credit card $32 plus for the subscription (the prices have also gone up a lot in the last year). I contacted them again, left a message and finally someone called me back. I explained the situation and how they once again charged my credit card for both of my vehicles. She said she would look into it and called me back and said they would be issuing a credit. I did receive a credit for one car, I assume for the month of September, A week later I take my other car to the car wash and it doesn't work. One of the workers comes out to the car and then goes in to check, apparently they canceled both cars (I only received a refund for one) so now I paid for the month and am unable to get my car washed. I actually paid for a wash and went ahead and washed it as I was already in the lane. I will not be going back. I have had up to three cars on monthly subscriptions for the past several years. After I left the car wash, I again called their number and explained what happened and to this date I have not received a call back. I've waited 10 days to post this in the hopes the owners would try to contact me to correct the situation. read more

Could really use this place if they fixed their dog washing station. Hopefully they do soon.

This place is now cutting corners. If you pay for tire shine make sure you get it.... the last two times I've been through here I've paid for it and got cheated and had to return to say WTF.... won't be stopping here anymore. Anacortes car wash is still doing things right so go there. BlueCow get your act together. You can't afford to do business in a small town when you keep cheating your customers. *****Spread the word, blueCow is cutting corners with its customers read more

Blue Cow Carwash charged my credit card 10 times between 5/1/21 and 1/1/22, without authorization. When the company's owner was contacted twice by email, he ignored my request for a refund. read more

NO! Just NO! On the way to a wedding in Anacortes I decided to stop here for a car wash, what a huge mistake! whatever cheap products they use took a complete and expensive detail and wax job to remove! I noticed when I got to my destination and I saw the paint in the sunlight a weird haze film all over my X5, I rewashed it the next day at home 3 different times and it just got worse and more worse. Upon calling and asking what the hell they use and told how bad my rig now looks, a kid gave a proverbial too bad so sad. $400 bucks later we finally got the funky film off. Wont take my investment back there. read more

I had a good experience, I get the monthly and get my car washed every 2 days very convenient, free vacuum use. My car also died due to the battery being dead, owner jumped my car and I was on my way home. read more

I have used Blue Cow numerous times since it opened. The price is reasonable and the service is outstanding from the employees there. The car wash does a good job of cleaning your car. I would highly recommend this car wash for anybody in the area. read more

Wow, what a crappy $12 wash. My car actually came out worse than it went in. Be sure to visit this place if you really, really hate your car and have an urge to throw money down the toilet. What a joke. Go to Brown Bear for a $6 wash that actually gets your car clean. If I could give this place less than one star I most certainly would. Yuck. read more

Probably the worst business owner in the Skagit Valley. I purchased a monthly membership for car washes this summer and canceled it at the end of August. Since then, they have charged my credit card every month, and refused to answer both my calls and emails in regards to their theft. I will be filing a complaint against them with the BBB and our state attorney generals office. For the record, the Kids who actually run the place year round are fantastic.......but ownership is pathetic. read more

I am giving a poor review because I am being charged a monthly fee which I was unaware I would be charged when signing up for the 30 day pass. My understanding of a 30 day pass was that I would get unlimited car washes within a 30 day window and that would be that. This is not the case. I have reached out to the owners/managers in hopes that this issue can be resolved. If this issue can be resolved, then I will happily change my rating as my feelings about their service is my different than my feelings about this snafu. read more

Always love going here :) I like their discount card so I can buy 4 at one time for the rice of 3! I go out of my way for this lovely car wash :) read more

Drive thru Car wash ripped my mirror off, never received any response to my calls or emails, so I submitted a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. read more

Super friendly service. Got here two minutes after closing and they let us go through the wash. All the staff was very nice. We just did the auto wash which worked great and our car came out clean! Then we did the self service vacuum which was fine. No complaints! read more

This review is not about the car wash itself. I've used the carwash and had no problem with it. This is reviewing vacuum station. I needed to vacuum my car before I was driving someone to the airport. I was aware that it takes 6 quarters for 4 minutes so I brought 12 quarters with me. My car was fairly clean and I just wanted to get some pine needles out that had accumulated. I put the first set of quarters in and it took me 2 minutes to realize the vacuum wasn't even on but the scrubber hose was on. So by the time I switched it I only got 2 minutes out of the $1.50 I had paid. So I started putting the second set of quarters in. This time it ate one of my quarters. And there is no coin release so you can't get the change out after you put it in. I would have put dollars in but it doesn't give change. And I only had a ten or twenty dollar bill with me. Err. I go to over to the little office thing and the change machine is out of order. I was able to scrounge up 3 dimes in my car but the coin dispenser only takes quarters! Ok so I go over to the little office, explain my situation and they don't even want to help me! Finally I get my quarter and go over to finish my car. So frustrating. Seems like their trying to bum any way they can and if they were just a little helpful they could get customers. I'm not going back there to wash my car even though it's super convenient for me. read more

We purchased a used car for our teen. It had some old bumper stickers on the back he didn't want. I removed them at home but was having a terrible time getting the old glue off. I took it in and the guys working took extra care to make the car sparkle! Totally spotless. Thank you so much for the extra mile. read more

Blue Cow Car Wash damaged my sweet 1966 Mustang Fastback. Manager helpless. Owner has not acknowledged my calls and e-mail. Let alone offering compensation. read more

This is the only car wash I go to anymore, though I have been to numerous ones over the year. I always end up with a very clean car, friendly service, and a complete wipe down after leaving the wash tunnel. I recommend it to everybody. I've never seen signs for a "pet wash". read more

I've been going to this car wash for several years, as it's located close to my home and you can't beat the convenience of an automated car wash. In the past, I've had some minor scratches on the sides from sand or grit in the washing pads, but I figured it was par for the course as I've also had the same from other automated car washes. Last time I was at this car wash was July 11, 2015. See photo for why I have not been back since then. Much more than minor scratches this time, extending almost from front to back bumper on the passenger side. Finally got time from my work schedule to get an estimate from a body shop to repair it: a whole day's work, close to $380 (plus rental car costs). The body shop guy who gave me the estimate urged me to at least bring it up with the car wash management, even though I figured there was zero chance of them ever paying for the damage. Talked to the owner's wife, who flat out said she did not believe me and would not even care to inspect my car herself before turning her back on me. So feel free to look at the photo yourself and see if you want your next $9 car wash to turn into a $380 repair job. read more

Blue Cow Car Wash - My car exterior after my most recent (and last) trip to the car wash. - Car Wash Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

Went through this car wash and it removed my passenger side mirror. I was told the owner would call me when they came in since they weren't in that day and it never happened. Needless to say, I won't be going back to this place! read more

In the car wash world it doesn't get any better than this place!! The equipment works wonderfully and your car will come out looking like new. The staff of young men are obviously hand-picked for their excellent customer service skills. They are kind and professional and not the usual punks that work at most carwashes, these guys are really great. I will definitely give them my business when I'm in the area read more

Wow! Great wash! We also used the self serve bay to wash our RV and had lots of access room to maneuver! The on site attendants were very helpful. Also they have self serve dog washes. read more

I really only want to rate this one star, but the second one is because the idea of the carwash style dog wash is ingenious. So much that I drive 30 minutes from Alger to wash my three big dogs when it's too cold to do it outside at home. However, over the last year I've had enough bad experiences that I'll just have to find an alternative. My credit card has been double billed because the first swipe took several minutes to process, so it appeared that it didn't run. I swiped again and it worked. Fine, I decided I'd just use cash there from now on. Next time, I ran "shampoo" over my dog for a full 2-3 minutes and never actually go soap. I had to go ask for that to be fixed and they gave me a token to restart my time. Ok, so someone didn't pay attention to maintaining product levels. I'm pretty patient. The last straw was taking my 11 year old arthritic, heart troubled dog in and waiting 3 solid minutes for the water to get warm. It never did. I soaped him up quickly anyway since I was already there, was alone, and didn't want to leave him to get help. Come rinse time, the water is even colder. Ice cold. So now we're 6 minutes in. I find help (3 customer service people standing around chatting) and say I need warm water and a refund. One worker tests another bay (can't use the 3rd bay because it always seems to be used for storage of products) and gets it slightly warmer; less cold, rather. So he comes back, hands me my $10 and says, "here's your refund. I don't know what's going on with the water." I ask what to do with a wet, half soaped dog and he says., "well, I can put in my code in the one next door to rinse him, but it's still not warm." I ask, can I then get credit to dry him since he's going to be cold? The worker says, "no. My code only works for rinsing and my boss says you can only do it once. You already got a free wash." FREE WASH?! My dog got an ice bath. How is that washing him when the water wasn't even warm enough to dissolve his body oils? So, yes, I got my $10 back, but I also had an hour round trip drive, and had to take home a dripping wet, 90lb,, shivering old dog in the back of my car, who is still as stinky as he was before the adventure. I'm sure my roughly $150/year spent there won't be missed, but it's sad that the quality of the service has so many problems that I won't be making the drive out again. read more