Happy Cow Car Wash, Paradise Hills

Alyssa Mae D

★★★☆☆

4 years ago

I got a wash today and it said I was charged $4 since I only did a quick rinse. I look at my bank account and they charged me $20. Normally, I’d do a whole wash and they’d charge me $20, so I wouldn’t think they’d charge me a whole lot extra when I used way less time today. Now I know, you might as well do a full wash to your car cause you’ll be charged extra no matter how much time you use. Why do they do this? It said my card got charged $4, yet it was actually charged $20. Even when I do only about $10-15 dollars worth, they still charge even more. The car wash is decent and all but they should actually charge what it says on the machine for the time being used.

Star

★★★★★

5 months ago

One of my car wash stops during my cross country trip

Patrick Mlady

★★★★★

5 years ago

My favorite self service car wash in the SD area. Equipment is well maintained. Great pressure and flow on both hoses. Air dry hose nice power. (I never use brushes at public car washes but they seem to foam a ton and look clean and debris free, much better than a lot of places I've seen.) Vacuums have great suction. My only complaint is the Vacuum head/handle can't get into small/tight areas of the car unfortunately. The cost is more than fair. Best of all it's 24hrs.

Zaur Aslanov

★☆☆☆☆

6 months ago

Ridiculously expensive, i paid 17.25$ for 13 mins something whereas i paid 15 $ for 25 mins in Chula Vista

J. O. (Kaz)

★★★★★

2 years ago

You don't see this too often, a place with good pricing and higher-end capabilities. This has to be the best value to for self-service carwash. Every time I've gone, everything is in working order, and the car comes out cleaner than the automated stuff. The touch free capabilities are awesome, and the selection for the kind of treatment want is all there.

Lui Laz

★★★★★

6 years ago

This is a great place to give you car a really good wash. You can pay with your card for both vaccums and car wash. No need to worry about getting quarters.

Naima Johnson

★★★★★

9 months ago

Had a nice time washing the car very nice place has a mini store and vacuums. There is also a sink and towel drying wheel to ring out your towels and detail. Store clerks are also so helpful and

Jose Sifontes

★★★☆☆

a year ago

The facility is in good shape - no complaints about the condition of the equipment or the quality of the chemicals dispensed - it is top notch in that regard. The pricing is what will keep me away from this vendor. I deposited $5 in quarters and this gave about three and a half minutes to soap the car at warp speed. Then it asks for more money to do the rinse etc. Overall I ended up spending about $12 to manually wash my car. For a self-service car wash, this is too much. The inability to pause the machine while you manually scrub some areas of the car is a pain (you have to deposit $5 minimum every time you activate the machine - maybe there is a trick I am not aware of - if the amount were $3 it would be more reasonable, IMO).

Andrew Marshall

★★★★★

4 years ago

A fantastic experience and a very reasonably priced wash. Even compared to the ones back home in Kansas City where everything is cheaper.

Paul Babauta

★★★☆☆

a year ago

Pretty decent car wash for a self-serve. Went this morning and put in 10$ cash. Normally that’s 10 minutes, but it only gave me 8 Minutes. Been going here for years and lately I feel like I’ve been getting scammed. Gave me less minutes than I paid for, another time the high-pressure water wasn’t even working (no water coming out) but the timer was still going, another time I put in 20$ and it just randomly stopped at around 10 minutes. They need to upgrade a little bit so people aren’t losing money!

Charles Johnson

★★★★★

8 months ago

Always like this self-serve car wash. It’s clean. It always has the chemicals. It’s a great location. Every time I come to San Diego for vacation while driving, I always stop here to clean my truck.

Christo C

★★★★★

7 months ago

This is my preferred self service wash for many years now. It's a short distance from Bonita, but the car wash is clean and the equipment is always working properly. The employees are always friendly when I happen to be there when they are working. Keep up the good work Happy Cow!

Christine Kay

★★★☆☆

2 years ago

Nice and decent self-serve car wash in the area. But, there is always a black car in one of the stalls with people just staying there. I’m assuming they’re homeless. I pass by every morning and see this black car/people just sitting around and going through the trash bins. I’ve skipped getting a car wash one day because I kept seeing the car there, not knowing who they are and what they could do. I don’t like going to a drive-thru car wash so I just told myself to go there and go to the farthest stall from where they are every single day. Would help and feel more safe if people wouldn’t just loiter/hang around there but now I always have to be cautious and carry something on me just to be safe. You can never be too safe.

All of Amy Alexander

★★★★☆

4 years ago

I’m all about washing my car myself and not going through any of these car washes. This car wash has to be one of my favorites now. I love the fact that they have what each step does. The gentlemen that was working there this morning was extremely helpful. The reason for my 4 star review and not a 5 star was due to the fact that the RAIN-X option only works at a certain spot (which I will include in photos)

Brihana Villegas

★★★★★

a year ago

really well kept carwash. its rare to see a carwash have all the functions working but everything works here! also the air drying is a really cool feature that i haven't seen at other carwashes. the foam brush is amazing with how much foam soap comes out, completely coats your car in seconds. you can pay cash or card here as well. vacuums work really well. also there is plenty of bays to wash and vacuums to use. really loved my experience here and will be coming back.

Anthony Rodriguez

★★★★★

7 months ago

I love the fact that it's 24hrs and it's sepf car wash...I take my work truck every weekend and use my debt card...it charges 20 dollars but if u dont use all the time it takes a couple days to get the money back on ur card

Lori G

★★★★★

4 months ago

This car wash is 5 minutes from our new place. My bf has a work van that he washes weekly. He was impressed with the upkeep and was happy everything worked. The price is higher than the place he used before. He spent $5 and said he worked fast. I don't know how many minutes he had, but the other reviews I read have information. His budget is $5 bc it's a work vehicle. It's very close to where we live, and the property is clean and well-maintained. I gave 5 starts even tho the price is a higher. The cost of water in California is ridiculous. I understand.