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Shell Car Wash

Beech Rd, St Albans, AL3

★★★★★3.3(26)
Shell Car Wash

Our Take

Two reviewers report the wash is cheap and does its job, but the most common complaint is a very slow queue, with multiple customers reporting waits of an hour or more. The ticket system has caused problems, with one customer told a ticket was only valid on the day of purchase and another unable to use a valid ticket because the wash was down for maintenance.

Visitor Reviews (17)

Phil Smith
★★★★★1.0 5 years ago

Bought a ticket for the car wash last week. Queue was too long and when I came back today was told the ticket was only valid on the day of purchase. Nothing to state that on the ticket or in the shop when I purchased . Staff not interested. Had enough of the lack of customer service so will be going to harpenden Rd in future.

Bartosz Bladowski
★★★★★5.0 5 years ago

Does its job, quite cheap

Andrew Willcox
★★★★★4.0 5 months ago

The kids love it. The few times I’ve been there has been short queues, if you find yourself behind 3 cars you’re in for at least a 30 minute wait, so keep this in mind.

Petro Kolea
★★★★★1.0 9 months ago

I paid for a premium car wash at King William Service Station, but the wheels were not cleaned properly. When I complained, the staff were unprofessional and only gave me a bronze ticket instead of the premium wash I paid for. The ticket was valid for 7 days, but during this time the car wash wasn’t working, so I couldn’t use it. When I asked for an updated ticket, I was just told to come back when the car wash works, with no clear answer on when that would be. This is very disappointing – I paid for a premium service but received poor quality, unhelpful customer service, and no proper resolution.

Angel Candrea
★★★★★2.0 a year ago

Most of the time closed, apparently, the system is shutting daily for maintenance. It's a car wash, not an IT server...wasted trips to get turned around.

Oshan De Silva
★★★★★5.0 a year ago

Good car wash, vacuum is just next to it as well. Very convenient.

Ciprian Sorin
★★★★★1.0 a year ago

I tried to buy a coffee and the cup got filled with water. An unbelievably rude person claiming to be the manger said that I should pay and threw offences. Small customer service for a company that should select more carefully the people in charge of its business.

overspeed30
★★★★★4.0 2 years ago

After an hour wait it was your usual bog standard car wash did a good job but if I wasn't feeling so lazy I could have done a better job. Was the last wash of 2023

Bertie Robertson
★★★★★1.0 2 years ago

The car wash is horrendous, simple as that

Darren Wootton
★★★★★4.0 3 years ago

Sat for 1 hour as was busy but it always does a good job

Maureen
★★★★★5.0 3 years ago

Very clean car, worth the wait

Mark Ainsworth
★★★★★2.0 3 years ago

Car wash is SO SLOW! Average time per car of the cars in front of me was 12-13 mins. If you join the queue with 5 others in front of you you could easily be waiting an hour and a half to get out!

Isaac Stein
★★★★★2.0 3 years ago

Long and slow queue. Took more than an hour

Waheed Khan
★★★★★4.0 3 years ago

A car wash that will wash your car properly

Axel Flaig
★★★★★5.0 6 years ago

Does what it says on the tin! Sometimes half price sale.

Colin Harrison
★★★★★3.0 7 years ago

Just a car wash

Colin Harrison
★★★★★2.0 7 years ago

It's ok for a quick wash but unscrew your Ariel first

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