Central Coast Cab

Dispatch gave the driver the wrong pick-​up information, causing him to arrive late. He also went to the wrong address before picking me up because he didn’t read the address properly. Then he dropped me off far from the airport main entrance in the pouring rain causing me to get soaked. Pathetic.

Wow! I just called this company to ask for a ride from an address off of San Benancio rd on hwy 68. The dispatcher tryin to tell me it’s 20min from Monterrey airport and I should call a company in salinas !! R u f’in kidding me. The airport is 8 mi away! Salinas more than 10… A-​hole

The only thing they did right was get me to my destination alive.
They told me they would arrive between 30 – 45 minutes after the ride was requested by my (4 star) hotel. They arrived 1 hour and 15 minutes later. No apology from the driver, who said he couldn’t call because he didn’t have cell signal. I’m sure he was already late before he got to the point where he lost cell signal south of Carmel. He also had a companion in the front seat. I assume the delay was partly due to picking up his friend so he would have company for the trip.
The van was bare-​bones uncomfortable with hard vinyl bench seats and a metal platform folded up in front of the side door that banged constantly.
Twice as expensive as the Über ride I enjoyed on the way to Big Sur, and 1% as good.
I honestly considered getting out and hitchhiking.

Piece of crap company! Felt like the driver just rip me off. Took me from the Monterey airport to the closes shopping center, charge me $ 24 dollar. On the way back from the shopping center didn’t even put the clock back. Got back faster than getting there. No longer taxi driver our losing their business to über.

This can company is horrible. I called and scheduled a pick up. It was only 30 minutes from the time I wanted to be picked up but the lady said no prob. My time rolls around and nothing. I call back she says he’s on how was it will be another five minutes. I’m a local so nothing takes that long. Five minutes go by and still nothing so I call back. She says the driver is on his way. Ok so now 15 minutes after the scheduled pick up time this fool calls me and leaves a message like uh I think you wanted a cab. No duh Sherlock! Now it’s time to pay and this fool pulls out the his phone that uses the app to swipe cards and takes forever doing so. Well I needed them so I could catch a flight and thank god monterey airport is not that big and pretty quick to get thru. Lesson of the story use yellow cab or walk. You will probably make it faster without them.

First time I used this service, they showed up 20 minutes late. I tried them one other time and they never showed up at all. I use yellow cab now and haven’t had any issues.

I was hesitant to use them after reading these reviews… however, yellow cab doesn’t do reservations and referred me to them, so I took a chance. They were A-​OK. On time and courteous.

on new year’s eve, after a great show at the golden bough in carmel,
we called 626 3333 for a cab to go.
the dispatcher and driver were great guys, the cab was clean, which was a surprise, and the wait time was only a few minutes. another patron of the show said that he has never seen a cab arrive as quickly as this one did.

Every single time I’ve used this service they’ve been late. The service is usually friendly and helpful, though I would only consider Central Coast if you DONT have a deadline you need to meet.

Central Coast Cab Co
Driver in van # 21
Northbound 101(near Blossom Hill — probably going to SJC or SFO)
Approximately 7:30AM
August 13^th, 2012
Driver # 21 needs to visit the local DMV and re-​certify a drivers test, as well as review 2012 California’s DMV handbook. You have no idea how to drive within the posted speed limits. Brake checking drivers in the fast lane will yield you nothing but a potentially large accident.
While there were numerous drivers in the fast lane, (speeds of at least 70MPH) for some blatant reason, driver # 21decides to change into the fast lane at 50 MPH, causing the trail slam on their brakes. To top things off, driver # 21 brake-​checks people who come close to the van (at this point, I don’t blame angry drivers getting close). Driver # 21 continues to drive a maximum 50MPH on the fast (commuter) lane, with literally no cars for at least 2 miles ahead. Why don’t you move over and let oncoming traffic through? There are other lanes for slower traffic («Slower Traffic Keep Right»)
Driver # 21 needs to retire, consider a new job, or refresh driving skills.
P. S. We all could have changed lanes and cut around him, but those lanes were slow, so drivers would have had to slam on the brakes just to match the next lane, causing people behind me to slam their brakes as well.

Yesterday I got cut off twice after being tailgated on Highway 1 while I was driving south at almost 70mph… nuts! We I arrived in Carmel by the Sea, I realized that the cab was still just in front of me… so it’s like what they say… weaving in and out of traffic doesn’t get you anywhere much faster.

What a horrible experience! We landed at Monterey airport on Friday night and after getting our bags from baggage claim proceeded to the area where the cabs are typically waiting. The cab we went to, which was first in line, had no driver, so we attempted to go to the next cab in line, which refused to take us, telling us the driver in the first car would be back soon. A few minutes later when the driver of the first cab returned we asked if he would take a credit card. The reply was an immediate and terse «no!». We then asked the driver of the second cab if he would take a credit card. His reply was «is your credit any good?”/ Clearly he was able to take a credit card but did not want to do so. Both the driver of the first cab and second cab were extremely rude. Avoid this company at all costs.

Don’t mention the Marriott, three cabs told us they wouldn’t take us. Horrible.

Apparently they have an exclusive contract for the Monterey Peninsula Airport. Too bad, since my experience is that they never have enough cabs there when a flight arrives, and you can call them until you’re blue in the face, but they won’t show up.

Nope. Can’t do it.
When we moved here, we didn’t have a car, and, not knowing any better, used Central Coast Cab when we needed a lift. It was OK.
Fast forward a couple of years. We have a car, but didn’t want to leave it long-​term at the Monterey Airport. So, we called a day in advance, asking them to come get us the next morning.
The next morning came, but the cab didn’t. When it didn’t show after 15 minutes, we called Yellow Cab instead. They had a taxi at our door in about 5 minutes.
Never did see the cab we supposedly reserved.
They’ll never see us in one of their taxis again.