El Sobrante Smog Test Only

I called ahead to make sure they were open & to check the expected wait time. I drove across town to smog my ’85 pick-​up. I arrive and the guy tells me the equipment he needs to test my particular truck isn’t working and he can’t smog my truck. He could have said something before I drove across town. I don’t appreciate my valuable time being wasted. I’ll never smog any of my vehicles here…

Great service, very friendly, great price and fast. Recommended will bring more family in again

Friendly, fast, efficient and good price. Second time here and service doesn’t change. I would go here if you are on a time constraint.

This guy ripped me off. In 2014, the dmv sent me my registration renewal notice including a required smog. What i didn’t know at the time is that priuses weren’t required to be smogged. I went here and waited for over an hour (while very pregnant). All the while i find out (not until this year!) Priuses weren’t required to be smog checked until April 2015. And yet he still did it. He knew this and still took my money. When i got another smog notice this year, it took a bunch of calling around to figure out there was no record of my ever having a smog last year, AND that it hasn’t been required and was a dmv glitch. When i went back to ask him for a copy of the smog certificate, he blew me off saying he couldn’t get it for me. Total bs. Don’t risk your money here.

Came here one morning to get a smog test for my out of state vehicle. I was the only customer there so I was in and out in less than 30 mins. The person that helped me was very pleasant. Definitely will come back here next time.

This person is good, quick and cheap compared to lot of other Smog places. I called on the phone, told him I had a $ 10 off coupon, my make and model. I had two other vehicles ahead of me and I was done in 30 mins. His prices are about half of what others want to stick you with. Two years back there used to be another guy who was rude but this one smiles, talks to you nicely and is honest. Will be back with my other car.

These guys are horrible. They don’t care about you or your business. I was told my timing was off which was throwing off 2 other test. Had the timing fixed and 2 the other 2 test came out fine but my timing was still off. Obviously these guys don’t know anything about checking the timing. Then they tell me they put the wrong engine size so I get another free retest. Third time there went by extremely fast which tells me they just failed me to get me out of there. Didn’t see them doing half the stuff they did the first 2 times. Asked me what the hell I did because it was worse and they sent me off. Second and third time there, nothing was changed with the car. Timing was fine as per my mechanic and now I failed the same 2 test from the first time I was there.
PLEASE GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!! These guys are garbage or were probably lookin to get a pay off from me.

Best ever.
Fast service. Pretty cheap.
First come first serve.
Very helpful and nice owner.

Polite, friendly, and above all, FAST. Got here early and was the first person to get serviced but still figured I’d have a half hour to kill before I was done. NOPE. In and out in 15 minutes. Decently priced as well. Will be coming back for sure.

Fast, efficient and no messing around! Got in and out in about 45 min with two cars ahead of me.

Review is based on today’s experience. I was referred here by Smog Man in El Sobrante on San Pablo Dam Rd as they aren’t star-​certified yet. So this one was about 2 miles closer and happened to be star-​certified. When I got there, I let the owner/​worker know that I needed a smog check. He was working on 2 other cars before mine then he told me to wait in the waiting room. So I waited about 40 min but by that time he was still working on those 2 cars. I needed to get some important errands done so I decided to leave and come back later in the day.
After all my errands were taken care of, I called the smog center letting them know that I was there earlier and that I was going to be coming back to hopefully get the smog check done. Then I asked how many other ppl are waiting for their smogs and he told me just one other person. By the time I drove back there, there were actually 4 ppl waiting. They’re about to close in one hour (5:30) so I was hoping he would’ve been done w/​their service before he got to my car… and yes he was done w/​their smog checks… until this one other white guy shows up 50 min AFTER ME yet he goes ahead and serves him first. WHAT THE F8CK?! I’ve been waiting an hour plus the time I came this morning. I stormed out of the waiting room furious and PISSED OFF!!! I’ll NEVER come back or rely on them for my future smog check services. Apparently the owner plays favoritism and serves white guys first then older white women then mid age white woman and a mid age asian girl last or hardly ever (which is me)
Your service is BS, your waiting room is still filthy, and your employee is unprofessional with poor communication. Now I’m gonna need to find another star-​certified one even if it means going out of my way to get better service.

The owner is always easy to deal with. And very easy shop to get in and out of. .. even with my RV. He should make his waiting room a little more pleasant, but I’m only there for 15 minutes, so no biggie.

This guy is THE BEST! Fast, efficient and soooooooooo nice! My husband brought in the wrong car (we have two of the same make and model cars) and the owner let him bring the right one in… at closing time! Thank you thank you thank you!

Perfect place to get smog checked~~not too long a wait~~I was in and done in under an hour and I was behind two other people!
Sam was all business and did everything very efficiently~~but also quite friendly and sincere.
Great shop, I highly recommend it.
There may be a coupon for it in the «Marketplace» magazine – but it was still the best price even without that!

Quick, fast, honest. Could not find a coupon for this place but time and convenience cost money, so these factors make up the difference.