Reviews of Whale Car Wash (Car Wash)

Josh Westlake

Great value and easy to use service. My only gripe is there is no way to dry your car unless you bring your own drying clothes and do it yourself. Still, I love having this place close to home.

HAPPY PUPPY

my all year round carwash.

peter ndugi

it is a car wash.... thats really just about it

Amelia Loewen

Good equipment and great rates, am able to give my car a quick wash in 5 minutes. I would assume the reason they don't let you dry your car inside is because you aren't paying for that time you are spending there, which can be an issue especially if it's busy. I haven't had any issues with this rule.

Frank Harder

One the best in the city the best time allowed per toonie

Mike Rempel

Large blgd. Easy payment method. Cash , credit card , etc Vacuums are less than stellar. The suction is poor .

YSR

You have to do it all by yourself.

M “omeghaMOON” D-C

We won't be going back as we were shoo-ed out at 9:30PM by an employee. We asked to confirm the closing time and were told 9:30PM, however the online hours say 10:00PM. When we informed her of this she simply shrugged her shoulders and said nothing. No customer should be rushed out before closing hours. Not the way to run a successful business. I don't know what it is with businesses being unable to commit to their posted online hours. It's a huge inconvenience to deal with this descrepancy.

Trever

Lots of space and clean

Anders Chapman

Best value wand wash in the city. Bays are always kept clean.

Denis Pedroso

Good

Tom Harrison

Awesome car wash

brett explorer

Even in the dead of winter -30 they are open!

Ben Franklin

Always clean. Fair price. Good pressure.

Drew Dudeck

Always a good place to wash the vehicle. Always clean and operational except the odd issue with the credit card reader not working.

James Pither

No complaints. It's a car wash, just like you would expect

Edwin Montoya

Good place to get a car wash.

Ayman Ayash

The best car wash in the city so far

Stefan Razella

Good equipment, well kept and proper water/suds. Problem is they don't let you hand wash or use buckets. I hate using the brush to clean as they have debris inside.

Kameshia Hope

Love it here. Only place I wash my car.

Tim Bembenek

The carwash is great to have close by home. The only problems that I experienced today was the cemet floor was very slippery and the length of time the water is coming out of the nozzle is way to short of time. I would recomend going to another carwash until these problems are changed.

Jerod Rathbone

Very convenient use with credit or coin with high quality pressure washing nozzles. Peak hours may have a small line which usually moves pretty quickly.

Shane Clements

CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD STATEMENT IF YOU PAY BY CARD!! I will never wash my car here again. I normally spend around $6- $8 when I come in(see my attached photo)- Just a quick soap and rinse. They installed a new payment system on the console where you can tap your debit or credit card- the one on the back is still there where you swipe your card, but this one is on the front so I started using this one. I took my car in a few days ago and noticed I was now charged $24 for the same wash and time spent. I was shocked. I looked at the one I did before that and it was $23. Since they installed this new payment system I think they are overcharging people. Be careful and check your card statements. I'll be disputing these transactions.

m g

Don't recommend if you have a truck. Both entrance and exit have stiff plastic flaps hanging down that hit the roof of the truck. Also, the bays seem small for a truck and the time you get for $1 is very short. Water was nice and hot though.

JAMIE SILVESTER

Quick fast clean place to go . It would be great if the timing would be a bit longer but I understand it need to make money so it's still decent time for the money ratio

Randall Pentney

Its a wand wash. Your able to use Visa/MasterCard or Loonies. I personally like using a credit card. I can continually keep washing without having to plug in coins every couple of minute's.

Shane Septon

It's okay, nothing bad, my stall just had equipment that was Not In Service which isn't super helpful, but can't always be helped.

GOPROTRUCKER MANITOBA

Good car wash

Darren Hennig

I went to wash my engine bay and get winter late grime off my SUV. I was there maybe 10 minutes, and got charged $25!!! I could have gone to Chamois for that price! And AT LEAST THOSE FOLKS do the inside too, and detail the vehicle!! The bay I had I could not read the timer/display at all, nor see HOW much the total was, nor get a receipt! It wasn't until I got home and checked my Visa to find a $25 charge! I called them at the "supposed" number and no answer yet they are open with 3 staff on! BAD service, total rip-off. Won't go back that is a certainty!

steve chudy

It's a car wash. I am able to do a quick wash for $5. Lots of stalls and usually not a long wait to get in. Fyi, this is a self service.

James m

Don't buy the cheap wash!

Lorne Adam

Like that you can use debit cards now.

Holly L

Done with this place .I am sick of the rude staff and the inconsistent charges on my credit card .I will bring my carssss elsewhere

P W

i really like going to the whale. they have large bays and their wands shoot lots of soap. price is good.

Avaenthia Tassos

i luv luv luv the car wash....always nice and clean. the owners are wonderful i wash my car and motorcycle. when its not busy....which is not often, they let u wipe your cars down id never go anywhere else

benedicta bazuaye

I didnt know this kind of place existed in Winnipeg.Super cool with lots and lots of items at very good prices. I saw beautiful dresses for my girls. Oh la la.This shop is it!!!

Devin Searle

I washed my car here and it came out shiny and I didn't blow through loonies either.

Sheri Boyce

I like this place! Great foam brush, open late hours. Vaccums work well. I enjoy the change machine.

Angie Gonczy

Most of the time the vacuum doesn't work and that sucks!

'Tunji Alao

DIY car wash but the payments run out quickly most especially for big vehicles.

Okechukwu Ikeh

Too pricey

Aaron Lamb

It's a good place to go for a car wash it has a really good wax. Do not use the spot-free rinse it makes the car really spotty LOL. Another good thing about this car wash is that it takes credit card

Jose Martinez

very clean establishment

Brian darweesh

Best car washer ever

David Gamble

Great coin op. Clean and stocked

RJ Accardo

Only accepts credit card and not cash or change.

fun in the run lone

It's good to take your car for cleaning, but from other side its time are less then what you pay for.

Ken Forgues

Good water pressure and good time per coin.

Leith Grenkow

Neighborhood "go to" car wash. Opens early. Usually able to towel dry indoors.

Don Stebnicki

Great

Scott Baker

I didn't know a dollar went so quick

Pawan Jaidka

Good

Larry

Good car wash

Inderjit Rupal

Good place to quickly wash the vehicles.

Brian Babiuk

Decent. Accept credit cards or coin op. Good ratio of fresh to recycled water.

Nathan

Change your hours on google maps, I've wasted my time going here twice in the evenings and you've been closed.

Matt Walford

Tight parking lot with not a lot of room for drying. I feel like they have recently shortened the wash time. Other then that it does a normal job of washing, just be prepared to spend a couple extra dollars then others!

Al Roth

Not enough pressure and time short

Xuan Pham

Best in town!

Al Goertzen

Place needs some major work all the hoses for the brushes leak and they need to recalibrate their coin machines seems to be getting worse & worse can’t even spray down one side of my truck on a loonie.!! I’m liking the new blondies wash at headmaster & Lag hope you read this. Owners of the blue whale.

Fernando Unrau

Always a great and affordable place to wash my vehicles

Michelle Korolyk

Good equipment fairly clean bays always seems to be open and has every thing you could have forgotten to bring for sale.

Bill Waugh

Great place, often very busy

Leon Be

Bays are always clean and you always see staff walking about. Timing in bays seems to be off from time to time. No pun intended.

Justin Q

Worked for me

Carlos Hernan Burgos

I didnt see any whales there but hey who cares I went there just to wash my car. Lol

Ria Doculan

This is my favorite car wash shop... It's huge and you can pay via credit card!

04srt4champ

Nice large car wash that takes debit and loonies. 10 to 12 car bays with all the usual wash options, wait time isn't usually to long if its full, the staff tends to keep the bays clean regularly. Drying your car inside is not appreciated if they are busy, car was is the perfect business even surviving covid19 lockdowns.

Asher Lee

Ive been here 2 times so far in different washing spots, and both of them, blow dry did not work. I know it comes out of another nozzle they have but they were definitely not working. I had to exit with my car wet, which resulted in water marks. I wish they fix it. I dont have hope though. Maybe ill just pay for car wash seasonal pass from petro canada instead especially in the winter. EDIT: I just went here to try again as my new car was just little bit dirty but I needed to clean it so didn’t want to spend a lot on the automatic wash. I found out this time that the timer seems so much shorter per loonie than before. Couldn’t even just do a hot rinse (1st step) the entire car. Another thing is, this time the blow dry seemed like its working but its very week. It barely dries any water on the car and I have to have it right on the surface of the car to blow away the water droplets. So I had to take out microfibre cloth to wipe all water, which definitely is much more work in order to completely dry without any streak. I think for sure I’ll go with automatic wash next time.

Edward Saunders

Always nice people working , great time for money and of course hot water when cleaning! I always go there to wash my car before a car show.

David

Great water pressure

Darin K

Clean cheap car wash

Konstantin Diachenko

All season self-serv car wash. Foam brush is generous, but rinse is relatively short.

Kody Cavers

Great Car Wash, does a great job. And the best part is that you don't have to pay for the time your in the building. Like some other Car Washes.

C.A.N.

I frequent many car wash bays but usually go to my usual spots. Today I had an MPI damage assessment and was looking for a nearby car wash. By far the worst value out of the ones I have visited in the past. A loonie gets you the shortest time ever compared to the Petro I was just at. Not even a close comparison I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mere 60 seconds. I was shocked when the wand stopped. Save your money and find a spot that doesn't gouge you on the time cycles.

ADA EVENT

The time at this wash is not the longest in the City. The pressure and soap is good, and the change machines work. Staff is on hand to assist and provide change as well.

Michael Kehler

Nice self service car wash, cheap, get to do it your way. Just recently repainted the entire interior

Jarrod Doern

best self service car wash in the city. I always loved coming here as a kid and watching my dad wash the car while I was inside. I thought it looked cool lol. but it's a great place, the change machines work every time. and the staff are awesome.

深い洞察

Always get my car washed here now, good equipment except the vacuums aren't the best

Eugene Corgos

They dont follow the opening hours that has been posted on the website same thing with the closing time. I went there at 7:40 in the morning and its still close and waited till 8:30 (dec.10,2017) then i just went home because it is still close.then I also went late last time and its still not closing time and its close already. Other than the time thats not good the facility is good and well maintained. Hoping that they follow their hours of service.

Andrea M

Great

Grewal harjeet

Not waiting too long

Peter Mueller Renovation

Good and friendly and affordable places to get your car washed.

Dallas Winston

Great car wash.Gets busy every now and the but still best manual wash on east side!

onkar sandhu

I used credit card and they charged me two times 25-25$ dont ever use credit card here

Bruce Giesbrecht

Place gives a decent wash but it's looking tired. That and the wands have a kink at the end and force the wand up making itiiring to hold.

Qader Rasuli

its ok not super goot

Jose G

Nice place. Not too busy later in the evening. They have a tap function but be sure to hit stop on the keepdad directly behind the dial you use to choose the setting or you get charged too much.

LeslieandCarmen Mehner

Not impressed at all today. There are signs everywhere that to enter one must be masked and yet the fella working there is wandering around unmasked as are some of the customers. If you are going to follow the public health orders as stated, and I assume you are given the signs, then your staff should also be following them and those not adhering to the terms that are clearly posted everywhere should be enforced. I spoke to the worker who just stated 'I just work here' and grinned through the whole conversation. My business will be taken elsewhere and I will share my thoughts on today's visit on my social media so others may make an informed decision.

mr.x xxx

Nice to have tap instead of looking for change and not stopping when washing

D S

Well maintained. Washing my car here for years.

Tony Carr

Takes too long for the soap setting to get rid of the soap in the water. You waste half your rinse time soaping your car. Otherwise great water pressure and the brush has tons of foam.

Nogood Username

Best place for car wash

Terry Roth

Great car wash for eating up your money. $1.00. = 60 seconds I'll never return

Misha Mlinar

Always a good experience. Have been coming here for over 10 years. Never had a problem. New tap to pay function works great.

Carlos Chacon

Clean and friendly

Andrew Pickerl

Pressure washers are high grade, can use coins or credit card for payment. Typically this wash costs me less than going through at a gas station and you get a better clean when you do it yourself.

Dave Smith

Excellent good looking woman also!! ????

Pam Hussey

Waxed the car and it still looked dirty

Chris King

I use to come here all the time...not anymore. Idk what happened to this place but I just wasted my money for it to look the same as i brought it in. It seems the cut the time down alot and only got the front end done by the time it ran out. And the pressure of the guns couldnt even get little leaves and branches off the hood. Ask if i can at least get my money back to use it for another round to wash it but got refuse because the office was closed...horrible. Better to go to blondies on main st.

Letitia Fontaine

Good vacuums. $1 goes longer than other places I've tried.

Tony Fast

Clean facility... think the cycles maybe a little short... wax in the wax cycle is the best I've seen at a wand facility... really gives a shine and gets the water beading. Say Hi to Erika????

Peter White

The place was clean and tidy, good water pressure and plenty of soap.

Rob G

Been going here for 20 years, cheap, easy, fast and fun.

R N

I like it ????

Haddiya Osso

They have many washing place.

Sherry McDonald

Waited a long time and then the my debit card wasn't accepted. I asked if there was somewhere to get cash and there was not. First time there, won't be back.

Rosalind Mclntyre

Always a good place to go, line ups move fast.

Ben White

If you forget loonies, you can get change here

A G

Has everything to get the job done.

Al Lin

The equipment all works great and many bays to handle a large amount of clients. Unfortunately, I’ve noticed time has been shortened on each loonie and will be moving onto another car wash facility.

Daniel Minero

Good place for getting your car wash. Just becarfull when using your credit card to pay for it. I didn't have cash with me and I used my credit card just wash the engine and I was charged $9

Mac

Good water pressure and lots of bay and spacious.

Georgia Skarpias

Today July 17/18 I went to wash my car at 7:15pm there was no attendant there at that moment when he came I told him that there’s barely any soap coming out of the wand and he just looked at me with a dumbfounded look! I don’t understand what he didn’t understand Anout me telling him there was barely any suds coming out I had to pay for this! ridiculous and he didn’t do nothing about it but walked away I live on McLeod and I will never step foot in that place again! Losers

Sat Brar

Great as usual

roger de melo

As one who has been going ever since it opened I liked the place I have washed every car that I have owned there. But there is a few things to take in account. In the summer I wash the car and then go out to dry. If I use the brush which is all the time I use the high pressure hose give it couple of swipes to clean the bristles of the brush. For the guy who complained about being not allowed to dry inside if there is no line up then ok but if a line up starts then common sense prevails. In the winter time I try to go there an hour before closing usually by that time there is no line up and u have time to dry. The key for the dry inside especially in winter is to go off peak hours. Oh ya one car hand car wash I avoid are the one that charge u by the time inside then forget about drying inside it will cost u

Nathanos Mous

Good experience but congested entrance with mcdons across the way .

David Normandale

Best do-it-yourself car wash in city. Hot rinse followed by spot-free spray = clean car for under $5. Don't need the foam brush--really.

Mike Ozmer

Timers seem short but otherwise a good self serve wash There's a guy who works here who is super friendly and helpful and keeps the place clean. If your wandering looking for the change machine he'll find you lol

Veeru brar

Cheaper than other

Janusz Podkowiak

Easy to work. Easy access. Friendly staff.

Jason Hamm

Good lighting make it easier to get a good wash. I only use the soap setting to get the car clean. No need for the brush. Vacuum had decent power also.

Greg Kopp

Good time for the dollar, you aren't rushed out.

l breese

Wish they didn't use ee cycled water.

Duah Bargeboe

Very nice place to do a car wash

Dharmesh Purohit

Worse experience ever.. water pipe was leaking so I stopped the wash right away and still charged me $3 for it. Later I changed my Lane and did wash for 2 mins charged me $5..

Darren Goulet

Always nice when you are waiting to give change even before you get a stall..great work

Erin

It's a car wash.

J Daree

Easy, do it yourself, not bad

Shauna Muldrew

I went to wash my car first thing on a Sunday morning, when it was not busy at all. Somehow my car automatically locked with my keys inside, so I had to call me spouse to bring the spare set. Not a huge deal, we live in the area. When I went to tell the guy working, he grimaced at me like I was about to make him lose hundreds of dollars. There was no one even in the line up! He was blatantly annoyed, and insisted I hurry up and move my car....yeah, cause I meant to get locked out of my car and hang around a filthy car wash all day! Seriously. The complete lack of service is enough reason to never return, not to mention the unsanitary conditions and run down equipment. Terrible business, I do not recommend!

Patricia Berestin

It's clean, I can get change in the office and I have never had a problem with the washing equipment.

Fred Clark

Great place... very accessible

John Addison

Great wash however, I washed two cars this weekend. April 14th 2018. I used my credit card on both. Both were quick rinses. The first one showed $4.00 on the screen the second one showed $6.00. I was charged $9.95 on both. I did push the stop button so it wasnt a case of it just running. ****These were just preauthorizations. Normally I don’t see a charge like this. For example at a gas station but the charges were correct a week later.

Alfredo

Good place good people

John Baptista

A good place to get your car wash

Christa O

Thank you, myself and my vehicle are very happy with the quality of the wash bays and service.

Rolly Grenier

Decent car wash for an older location, very clean and reasonable time for a looney

Keith Anderson

I like this place. Has everything you need to love up your vehicle.

Denys Smolianytskyi

Great carwash

Tim K

I like that you can use your Visa! Just remember to "end" your as soon or you could get a LARGE bill. Especially if someone takes your spot after you!!

Shane Jordan

Basic coin-op self wash, but likely one of the cheapest in town. Takes coins and credit cards.

Karen Podgurnycormier

Love this place , clean and friendly staff machine for change . Well priced for a car wash I can wash my small suv for 5.00. Bargin!!

Owen Anderson

Too expensive and very busy. I can't recommend.

Allan Gunner

I just spent 10 minutes waiting to get in the car wash and when I get in my ten dollars would not work in the change machines. So I went to the office to get change. I was told by the woman there she had no change. She told me to try the machines again and if that did not I should go to the store nearby and get change. I've always had no problem before getting change before when the machines would not except my money. Her attitude was that it wasn't her problem. I'm done with this carwash and won't be going there again. I've been going there weekly since I moved into the area. It's clear that they have no respect for their customers.

Sir Harrington

Spray wand in the holster is pointing at the customer while paying with credit card. As soon as you activate the water, it will spray you so watch out!

Dave P

Do not use a credit card. They will overcharge you about $4 per minute. Avoid this place unless you have money to burn.

Toban

Been going here since 2010. Really good place, good time limit for coin operation, or just use your credit card. Great equipment. Gets busy sometimes, especially in the evening and after rush hour.

Rachel-Lynn Normand

Awesome carwash. Good job !!

Cathy Klassen

Better signage how to pay using Interac where to stop the service confusing between credit card and onterac I pressed stop on the wash cycle and was charged 24$ for washing my cat that took 8 mins. Called and they indicated it was my fault for not pressing the correct stop button so maybe 2 more cars when in and used time on my expense thru interac...not happpy!!

Trevor Johnston

Large stalls and updated wand settings. Will go back again.

Noel M

Nice

sean wityk

It's a decent place to wash your car.

hariet smith

good place to wash your car if you have CHANGE, if not you will be dinged like 9 dollars on your card for 3 bucks worth of work of what your loonie can get