Ocean Wash Bukit Merah is a 24/7 self-service laundromat at 149 Silat Avenue (#01-62), part of the Ocean Wash Laundromat network that has operated in Singapore since 2013. The branch houses five washers and four dryers and lives up to the brand's motto of 'Improving Your Quality of Life' — a full wash takes under 30 minutes, and a wash-and-dry run is finished in less than an hour, any time of day or night.
The shop is set up to take the hassle out of laundry. Premium-quality detergent and softener are dispensed free with every wash, coin-changing machines are on site, and the washers take up to 20kg — ideal for quilts, blankets, heavy curtains and other bulky items that swamp a home machine. Several machines can be run at once, so even large family loads are done in a single visit, and clothes come out clean, dry and crinkle-free.
The Bukit Merah outlet opened in September 2015 and serves the neighbourhood around Silat Avenue. It is about a one-minute walk from bus stop B10051 (services 120, 147, 167, 196, 197, 961), roughly 13 minutes on foot from Outram Park MRT Exit F, and has an open-air car park behind the shop. The branch hotline is 8499 9289.
Tucked into the ground floor of 149 Silat Avenue, Ocean Wash Bukit Merah is a 24/7 self-service laundromat serving residents of the Bukit Merah and Silat estates. It is one of more than a dozen outlets run by Ocean Wash Private Limited, a Singapore coin-laundry brand operating since 2013 under the tagline 'Improving Your Quality of Life'. The Bukit Merah branch opened its doors in September 2015 and has been part of the neighbourhood ever since, with five washers and four dryers available around the clock, every day of the week.
The brand's whole pitch is about giving you your time back. Ocean Wash machines use an advanced washing system that completes a full wash in under 30 minutes, and a complete wash-and-dry run finishes in less than an hour — clean, dry and crinkle-free, ready to fold straight from the dryer. As the company puts it: no hassle, no waste of time, only beautiful clean and crinkle-free laundry. There is no booking, no pickup slot and no basket of damp clothes strung across the flat overnight.
Ocean Wash frames everything around four savings: money, time, space and energy. Premium-quality detergent and softener come free with every wash, so there is no need to lug bulky bottles of detergent or disinfectant from home. Because everything is machine-dried, you avoid the high electricity bills of running a dryer at home and the unsightly laundry racks that take over a living room. Clothes come out crinkle-free and ready to put away.
Operation is deliberately simple. Machines are coin-operated, and coin-changing machines on site mean you never have to hunt for change beforehand. If it is your first time using a self-service laundromat, Ocean Wash publishes a short two-minute video with extra tips on operating the washers — most customers find the process straightforward from the very first visit.
Where the branch really earns its keep is with bulky items. The washers accommodate up to 20kg of laundry, making short work of quilts, blankets, heavy curtains and oversized loads that would overwhelm a typical home machine — and that could take days to air-dry in Singapore's humidity. You can run multiple machines at once, so a large family wash or a pile of bedding is cleared in a single trip rather than spread across the week.
Because the shop never closes, it fits laundry around your life rather than the other way around. Shift workers can run a load before dawn, families can push bedding through after dinner, and anyone who forgot a wash for tomorrow's plans can sort it out the same evening. At quieter hours you can typically walk in with a bag of laundry and walk out with everything clean, dry and fold-ready in under an hour.
The location is an easy one. Bus stop B10051 — served by services 120, 147, 167, 196, 197 and 961 — is about a one-minute walk from the shop, and Outram Park MRT station (NE3/EW16) is roughly 13 minutes on foot from Exit F. If you drive, there is an open-air car park directly behind the shop.
Questions about the Bukit Merah branch can go to its hotline at 8499 9289, or to the company at [email protected]. As part of an islandwide network — with sibling outlets from Chinatown and Dawson to Tampines and Yishun — the branch follows the same format you will find at any Ocean Wash: consistent, quality self-service laundering at affordable prices.
For households around Silat Avenue, Bukit Merah and the Outram Park side of town, that adds up to a simple proposition: laundry day no longer has to take a day at all. Bring your bag in at any hour, and less than an hour later everything is washed, dried and ready to fold — no hassle, no wasted time, and none of the stress of wondering whether your clothes will dry in time for tomorrow.