Bluewave Car Wash

(310) 826-3529

11602 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025 34.0445 -118.4541

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Neighborhoods: West Los Angeles, West LA

Years in business

Established in 1963

Last updated 6.04.11

Category:

Car Washes

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

What People Are Saying About Bluewave Car Wash

Featured Review

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Contributor

Expert interior and exterior detailing is the norm at this customer-friendly hand car wash.

Editor's Tips

Save Money:
Purchase a book of ten washes, and save about 25 percent.
The Extras:
This upscale car wash also features a boutique, which offers aromatherapy candles, art and yoga books, and jeweled photo frames in addition to the requisite car accessories.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. Like I said in my headline, it CAN be a great place to wash your car, as long as you know how to pick the services.
  2. CAN be a great place wash your car.
service
12.5% positive
  1. its a bad car wash with HORRIBLE service.
  2. The majority of the staff are rude.
  3. They have horrible service, and they do a lousy job.
  4. Worst car wash and customer service, broke my mirror, car was still dirty when I got it and they were very rude.
  5. had to ask someone to work on it after I saw the staff started to work on expensive SUVs that came out from the wash way after my Toyota SUV.
  6. This place is in my neighborhood, so I used to go there on a regular basis until the staff became rude.
  7. Still, the people at Blue Wave have always been friendly to me and have done a fine job.
  8. The staff is rude and you can get the same kind of wash at one of those automatic drive in car washes.
value
50.0% positive
  1. and its so expensive but they are all the same , a leaving u with a nasty car for $20.00
  2. had to ask someone to work on it after I saw the staff started to work on expensive SUVs that came out from the wash way after my Toyota SUV.
  3. As mentioned below, they do do the hard sell for the pricey services but don't f.
  4. The price is not bad if you get a coupon, but they do a HORRIBLE job and they SCRATCHED MY NEW CAR!
  5. rather expensive great for a nice car
  6. Hand washes at a great price.
  7. SECONDLY, my ash tray/garbage can in the front is missing and they can't manage to find it anywhere -after searching through the disgusting huge can of trash.
  8. They are at a reasonable price in the west side if you have a coupon and they do a quick and quite decent job most of time.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. They are at a reasonable price in the west side if you have a coupon and they do a quick and quite decent job most of time.
  2. Like I said in my headline, it CAN be a great place to wash your car, as long as you know how to pick the services.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

08/10/11

do not come here

by alfiemaxter at Citysearch

I agree this place is a freaking scam stay away!

1 Star Rating: Poor

07/29/11

PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR CAR HERE UNDER ANY CONDITION!

by thedreamers4 at Citysearch

PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR CAR HERE UNDER ANY CONDITION, UNLESS FOR SOME REASON FOR THE PRICE OF A CAR WASH YOU DESIRE A VEHICLE AS UNCLEAN AS WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT IN BUT NOW GIFTED WITH NEW HORRIFIC DAMAGES! I brought my car in July 29 2010 to get a basic wash. Not only did they not wash my vehicle properly (my car had sap on it and they refused to wash it off the vehicle at all), they banged my windshield wipers so hard that the glass of my windshield CRACKED IN HALF. The entire windshield underneath the wipers is cracked horizontally from left to right. When I notified the supervisor of this, his response was to tell me I had done it myself and not noticed it. Hardly.

1 Star Rating: Poor

07/13/11

AWFUL!!

by J1133 at Citysearch

I took my new car in to get washed and waxed. When I picked it up there were scratches along the side of the door and the back of the car (I noticed that the rags they were using had been on the ground and think that little rocks on the rags may have been the culprit).

When I asked about it they pretended they had no idea what I was talking about and denied it. After leaving I also noticed that my floor mats were missing. I came back in to speak with the manager, who refused to look me in the eye and vehemently denied everything. I then spent 2 months attempting to get the owner on the phone. I spoke with the same receptionist numerous times and was never able to get in touch with anyone who could help deal with the issue. The damage they caused will cost me a new paint job and floor mats. Go elsewhere, these guys are horrible!

1 Star Rating: Poor

08/01/10

terrible experience

by westside gyrl at Citysearch

i live near bluewave and so i've used it quite a bit. but no more. the last time i was there was truly a terrible experience, far beyond the others. they messed up my gps system and had no regard for the problem or me. when the manager was called i thought i'd at least have a little regard, but not so. the previous visit my ipod headphones were stolen, this time the damage was far worse and they took no responsibility. do not use this car wash!

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/21/09

Theives at this car wash.

by Alice Esally at Citysearch

I went to this car wash, the car wash was ok. Gave the guy 5.00 tip. When I got home, I found that 10.00 worth of quarters were gone. Whoever lifted the quarters did not even leave one. When I called to speak with the "manager" he almost implied that I could be wrong. I am POSITIVE the quarters were stolen from this car wash. When I looked on the internet to find the phone number, I saw that many people have had problems with theft from this car wash.. For shame.

  • Cons: Sticky fingers

The Details on Bluewave Car Wash

Place Categories:

  • worst car wash
  • not even clean car
  • horrible customer service
  • great price
  • great place
  • worst experience
  • rude staff
  • clean bluewave car wash
  • poor wash quality
  • dirty tongue lashing
  • big friggin pen
  • disgusting can
  • dirty runner
  • worst car wash ever
  • friendly people
  • expensive suvs
  • recommend vip wash
  • poor vacuuming
  • great basic washes
  • not recommend carwash
  • big machine
  • rude majority
  • clean tires
  • old brand new mercedes
  • nice inch
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