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Customers love our reliable dry cleaning services for the fast, accurate, top quality results. Battiston's cleans curtains and drapes of all kinds, including valances, swags and jabots. We are professionals in the laundry and dry cleaning business, which means we always stay up to date on the latest technologies, cleaning methods, and solutions for dealing with stains or delicate fabrics.

Plus, we maintain the highest standards of business integrity by following local and national regulations and environmental safety rules.
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Battiston's Fabric Care Specialists, one of New England's largest dry cleaners, was founded in 1946 by Lino J. Battiston in West Hartford, CT. Lino began his career in 1930, at age 16, as a presser for a large dry cleaner and launderer in Hartford. During the next fourteen years the ambitious young Battiston graduated from the General Dry Cleaning and Dry Cleaning Management courses offered by the National Institute of Dry Cleaning in Silver Spring, Maryland, all the while working as a pants presser, spot remover and finally a manager of the Hartford firm.
Whether it's your nicest suit for special occasions or that pair of pants you wear to work every week, you're going to get great cleaning and finishing when you trust your wardrobe to Battiston's. We call it Executive Shirt Cleaning because you'll look so sharp you can walk into any boardroom, courtroom, ballroom or dining room and look like you own the place.
It means we're specially trained to provide the very best service available, on the trickiest stains, the most delicate fabrics, and every garment we face from vintage apparel to the newest fashion collections. Cleaning involves the most modern technology and the most environmentally safe cleaning agents available, plus hand-spotting and inspection by our dedicated staff to get out those stains that other cleaners can't.
Battiston's cleans curtains and drapes of all kinds, including valances, swags and jabots. Whether handmade or store-purchased, your window treatments add an air of class to your home, and they deserve high-class cleaning to match. To keep looking their best, drapes should be cleaned regularly, typically every six months or so if you're not rotating different window treatments in.
Reviews (29)
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Karen G.
Jun 24, 2022
When a couple pairs of mens pants were pressed quite poorly, the owner took it upon himself to repress the pants himself. The pants went from unwearable to 'like new' Go to Battiston's to find goodwill, quality work and customer satisfaction
Lizzy Wholley
May 23, 2022
The most incredible tailor. Mustafa graciously tailored a gown for me that I needed done ASAP. He was kind and understanding. Extremely fair pricing. I will ALWAYS go to him for tailoring.
Geo S.
Feb 01, 2022
Dishonest. Lost 4 items. Denied they had them for weeks. They told me 3 times they searched. Admitted they found them on 4th attempt. when i arrived no apology and still insisted i pay after making a trip for items they attempted to steal. dont use this company. if you do you need to photograpgh your items. unreliable and disgraceful.
Paula T.
Oct 25, 2021
My daughter and son in-laws wedding dress and suit were in a flood. They were dirty and started to have mold form on them. We thought they weren't going to be able to get their wedding clothes back to restored. I decided to give it a try and see what Battistons could do for them. One week later I had my son in laws suit back and it looked perfectly clean, mold free and pressed like it had just come from the store.

Two weeks later I went to go look at my daughters dress and it was perfect. It was as if it had never been sitting in a flood of water. Once I gave my thumbs up they immediately packed it in the preservation box so she now can treasure her wedding day memories for years to come. Thank you to Battistons for taking such great care of their special wedding day mementos.
Lexi M.
Oct 04, 2021
Had a wedding this past weekend and everything leading up to it was a fiasco! My dress was tailored by another business and when I finally got to pick it up, I brought it home to try it on - my sniffly toddler gave me a big hug while I was in it, and the material instantly stained the day before the wedding. I brought it to Battiston's because their website said the location offered same day service if it was dropped off before 10am. Luckily, this was on my way to work so I was able to meet that cut off no problem.

It was ready by 3pm and it was perfect! What was also great was that at the wedding it got spilled on and when it dried, I couldn't even tell! Very happy with the results! The only thing that bothered me was the person I dropped it off with was kind of curt; she also said she didn't know if they'd be able to do same day, even though I dropped it off by 8am. I'm sure there were other items that came before mine, but I don't think if you openly offer same day that that should be an issue
Emily F.
Jun 25, 2021
I'm not sure why I've been here more than once now, given that all the employees I've ever interacted with are in a bad mood, have too much attitude, and don't seem to care about their customers. Even regular people don't treat each other like the employees treat their customers. I'll no longer be giving this place my business, and I will be telling friends and family to avoid them.
Chris P.
Jun 25, 2021
I don't usually complain but they've been EXTREMELY rude to every single one of my family members. Just to let people know they have temporary hours at the moment. I walked to the door and the lady yells "We're closed" and shrugs her shoulders. Honestly that was the last straw. Never going there again.
Joe B.
Jun 13, 2021
Not a bad spot but I'm still trying to find a consistent go to place I like all around in Simsbury and Avon for dry cleaning. The quality is good but I didn't feel especially welcome as a new customer spending upwards of $40 on my first drop.
Theresa Caruso
May 19, 2021
I love this cleaners. The tailor is the best! Friendly prompt service.
Debbi Tomel
May 10, 2021
Always a pleasure doing business in the South Windsor store. Everyone is very friendly and there work is always impeccably! I have been going to them for 26 years! Absolutely the best
Carrie S.
Jul 02, 2020
First, we have had friendly service and they got the oil off my new coat-yeah! However, today my masked husband picked up his order and noticed 2 maskless employees that also failed to social distance-walked less than one foot of him to reach the end of the service counter. Two other cashiers behind plexi wore masks. Until they follow the rule of mask wearing of ALL employees, we won't return.
Lacey
May 07, 2020
Battiston's is good except they don't have a sign or anything saying how many quarters you need to put in for the time on the machines.
Kim McCloud
Feb 11, 2020
The tailor inside Battisons does awesome work! Our drapes were hemmed and pressed perfectly, it was well worth the money.
Brian Cronin
Jan 15, 2020
We worked with Battiston's on a recent mold recovery job. They handled the dry cleaning and fabric care like the seasoned pros they are and Kevin and Matt did a nice job on-site. We here at United Restoration of CT & NY will work with Battiston's anytime.
Mick F.
Aug 03, 2019
Pulled in at 5:25 - they close at 6 per their everything. The guy walks towards the window gesturing a slit throat. Assuming that means he decided to close. really bad.
Thomas Perone
Apr 10, 2019
They did an excellent job dry cleaning my suit. I asked them 2 days after I dropped it off if it was ready and they told me all of their clothes from 2 days ago were ready. Very good service here.
Chris Main
Jan 31, 2019
Awesome place! Left an overcoat for over a year by mistake. I went in and they looked up with phone number and had it in storage. Great job tailoring too! Very honest and I highly recommend this place!
Jennifer S.
Nov 02, 2018
I dropped off a suit and a button-down shirt to be dry cleaned on my way to work this week, and picked them up this morning. When I dropped off the clothes, I was asked if I wanted delivery service, which I used to have years ago, while living at my former address. I said I did not want the delivery service, and updated my address with the clerk, in case I wanted delivery service in the future.

This afternoon, I received a phone call from a delivery person working for Battiston's, asking if I wanted delivery service, and he mentioned my old address. So, clearly, my response of "no" and providing my new address to the clerk went nowhere. Seems very disorganized from a communications standpoint. Also - I think a drycleaning fee of $20.18 for a jacket/pair of pants business suit is obscene. Also, over $4.00 for cleaning of a cotton button-down shirt. Overpriced, disorganized and the clerk at the Avon store that was there when I dropped off and picked up my clothes (same person) barely acknowledged me and looked completely miserable to be there. I can understand why!
Diane F.
Sep 05, 2018
I have been a customer of Battistons for 30 years. I called yesterday to complain about my clothes and how over the past few months my clothes will come back with buttons missing, my shirts are looking worn and they sent back a shirt that was frayed. I called and spoke to Mike ( new owner) and complained. He could not have been more rude. The place has steadily gone down hill since the family sold. I am done. 30 years!
Doc M.
Aug 04, 2018
So here we are, instead of picking up my dry cleaning before the advertised closing time of 6pm on a Saturday, I picked up a smug gesture free of charge! Literally pulled right in front of the store at 530pm and was given the finger side to side under the neck gesture through the window - hint: current NFL players now get flagged 15 yards for this. Thanks.

Hey at least it only cost me my time and gas, and on the bright side you're open on Sund.oh wait. I might've given this person the benefit of the doubt had I arrived within 5 mins of the closing hour and/or they were open tomorrow. The best part is the guy made eye contact, saw I wasn't leaving, and proceeded to the lock the door - I envisioned this going through his head "nope, not getting through this lock buddy, better luck next time!" 0 customer service. Hold this 1 star Battiston's of Avon, you earned it.
Sydney Jeanloz
Dec 10, 2017
I had cat urine on my very expensive comforter and asked them to dryclean it for me. The woman at the desk said that dry cleaning wouldn't kill the odor and that washing would be much more effective, and she pointed me in the right direction and even gave me laundry pods because I didn't think to bring soap. She saved me about sixty dollars and was super helpful.
Appoorva S.
Jun 15, 2017
A very reliable place to get your shirts dry-cleaned, starched and ironed all for about $2 - cant beat that price! Owner is great and very friendly, staff is very efficient.
Mahesh N.
Nov 11, 2016
Over the phone they told me that linen shirt dry cleaning will be $8.50 and charged $10.10 at the end. When I asked about it, front desk has no clue and they don't want to fix. They made me pay for $15 for VIP by saying that I will get $5 for every $30.00. In fact they gave me only $15.00 discount for $150.00 order. Asked them to box all my shirts and they didn't do it.

More over they are clueless. This will be my last visit and will take my business some where else. First time I thought, there should be zero rating too. They are not fit even a Single star.
Brian E.
Oct 23, 2015
I enjoyed the great service and location but was a bit faltered by the price. I spent almost $50 to have a few shirts cleaned and pressed. To be precise, it was 6 dress shirts. Not sure if that's cheap or not. Turnaround time took 3-4 days.
Marcie G.
Aug 12, 2015
I had a very bad experience here with two counter clerks. They would not accept my legitimate Living Social discount and refused to call the owner as they said that they had no phone number. A "manager" appeared and started to listen to my story and one of the clerks started interrupting. Then He got a phone call, walked away and never returned. I was angry and told them that this is terrible customer service at which point the clerk said that I was being rude to her because she was black.

Imagine being called racist for no reason. Finally a very helpful woman came out and accepted my discount while the clerks in the back kept screaming about the whole incident. I will never return to this business and if the owner reads this I suggest that you retrain your help and make sure that they can reach you in case of a problem.
Dan R.
Jul 15, 2015
I needed a suit coat drycleaned ASAP, seems it had a close encounter with a piece of food that annoyingly fell off my fork and left a nasty stain on the left lapel. Anyway, I brought it in Monday night, which was very cool because they were open until 8 PM. I asked the friendly clerk when it could be done and she said "how about tomorrow?" I picked it up today, it cost $9.75 and it looks brand new. Yay, I'm a fan.
Lori Rogers
Dec 12, 2014
Battison's was called upon by our insurance company after a fire in our home to provide laundry and dry cleaning services to us. From socks to suits, bedding to carpets, even stuffed animals, they cleaned it all. Their services were professional and they were on time with each delivery back to our home. They made a difficult situation a whole lot easier!
George B.
Nov 15, 2014
We had Battiston's take down our dining room drapes, clean and re-hang them. We couldn't be happier. They were prompt, professional, and did an excellent job. They actually spent 1 1/2 hours hanging and fussing with them to make them perfect! We recommend them highly.
Erika M.
Oct 21, 2014
I brought a dress here to have it dry cleaned thinking that Battiston's has a good reputation. wrong! I took my dress out of the bag to wear to a wedding and much to my dismay, it was attached to the hanger with safety pins! I now have a beautiful dress with 4 holes in it thanks to Battiston's! There was absolutely no need to attach the dress to the hanger in this manner as it had hanging straps inside of the dress. Please beware of this terrible business!