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    Northwood Cleaners

    4.0 (87 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

    Services - Northwood Cleaners

    Clothing alterations

    Clothing mending and repair

    Clothing reproduction

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    Custom tailoring

    Dry cleaning

    Ironing

    Laundry wash and fold

    Stain treatment

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    Christian W.

    Really wanted to love this place as the lady upfront was super sweet, reminded me of my mom! Timing: It's about a 3-4 day turn around. Dropped it off Friday afternoon and wouldn't be ready until about Monday after 2pm. Came in Monday around 4:30 and it wasn't ready until about closer to 5, which timing wise wasn't a big deal for me at all. Even having to come back twice wasn't a big deal. Cleanliness: The disappointment was honestly in the cleanliness of the job, kinda felt rushed especially with the stains left on it. From the looks, the marks seem to be from like metal or a quick brush up against something. Just disappointed to see them when I went to first put on the coat Tuesday morning straight from the plastic wrap.

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    Cecilia M.

    I took my new coat (6months old) to Northwood Cleaners to get clean without ruining it. When I picked up my coat I knew before taking it off the hanger it was messed up. I tried it on and the collar was two inches shorter, as were the sleeves. The lining inside was hanging over the bottom (third photo). I was very unhappy and took it back. I was told that they would send it out to try to stretch it. I went back after a week and as seen in the second photo, it was not right at all. As unhappy as I was with the service, how they handled my complaint was even worse. This coat is not even a year old and it's so ruined, I'll have to purchase a new one. The owner accepted no responsibility and would offer no compensation. I wasn't even offered a refund for the poor service. Do NOT take your items here, especially ones you love.

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    3 years ago

    Fast, professional, and overall high quality! I trust my best garments with Northwood Cleaners.

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    4 years ago

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    3 years ago

    Super friendly and always mail my rush jobs! Best neighborhood cleaners I've been to in chicago.

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    3 years ago

    My roommates and I love this dry cleaners! They are also amazing at alterations. Wouldn't go anywhere else now. Thankful!

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    6 years ago

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    3 years ago

    I love Northwood cleaners. Sue is the sweetest lady and has helped me with all my alterations and cleaning needs. Highly recommend!

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    3 years ago

    Amazing customer service and always return my clothing in a timely fashion. Also they do amazing alterations

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    5 years ago

    Great service and reasonable prices! So lucky this place is just around the corner, but I'd travel much farther for the tailoring

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    4 years ago

    Amazing service, quick and reasonably priced! Super helpful with requests and accomadating

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    4 years ago

    Always get my dry cleaning in a timely fashion. Also have tailoring services, and they do a great job. Would recommend!!

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    7 years ago

    Great service, very friendly, and they always remember my name! Decently priced as well. Great neighborhood cleaners.

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    7 years ago

    Good local cleaners with friendly service. Never had any problems here. Fast turn around time, decent pricing

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    Thank you so much!

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    Phil L.

    Thank you so much, Erica!

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    Convenient in terms of location, hours, and pricing. They've tailored jeans/slacks as well as taking care of my dry cleaning needs.

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    Thank you for your wonderful review!

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    8 years ago

    Northwood is awesome and has great prices. They are timely and friendly. They also do specialty winter boot cleaning and alterations.

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    Thank you, Allie for your review! We greatly appreciate your business!

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    I've been bringing my clothes here for several years now - both for dry cleaning and for…read morealterations. Within the 3 years, I have had consistently excellent service! I come here so frequently that my dog actually knows the place and stops when we walk by so she can say hi and get a dog treat :) I'm really picky about my clothes so I'm always hesitant when trying a new cleaners. In fact there's several others nearby I went to first that for various reasons led me to keep looking around until I found this one! For dry cleaning I've brought in my fair share of stains on silk and other difficult fabrics and am always pleased with the end result. Also for tailoring I've had a ton of designer skirts and dresses altered from silk to wool. Just today I picked up a Canada Goose jacket that was hemmed and it turned out wonderfully! Excellent price and excellent quality!! Thank you for being my favorite neighborhood cleaner!

    Northwood Cleaners - dryclean - Updated June 2026

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