Cal Tile Co

Great customer service and selection, had a small order but was treated like I had a huge order by all 3 gentleman in the store very personable staff great experience, will come back and refer anybody for all tile or related needs.

Friendly helpful amazing staff. I have been working with a community group in West Oakland to create mosaics on the public garbage cans along San Pablo Ave. The staff at Cal have been incredibly helpful with the project. They have been inspiring and encouraging all along the way. We have completed four mosaic garbage cans so far and have managed to stay under budget while still using quality tile because of the help of Cal Tile. I cannot thank them enough.

This is a great place to go for the latest tile and stone. The sales staff is very friendly and personable. I frequent this business when ever I have the need for tile or materials.

These guys get it done and do an awesome job. Will work with you if you have to make adjustments in your design and make great suggestions. Will use them again with no reservations.

My entire experience with Cal Tile was first class. Taylor was incredibly helpful with design, Joe and Dong were timely, professional, clean and responsive installers, and Chito manages the project to your 100% complete satisfaction. You will not be disappointed if you go with Cal Tile for any of your kitchen or bath remodels. I am hoping to save enough $$ to get my kitchen done soon, I was so pleased with the service and quality of work, it makes remodeling much less daunting. Thanks guys!

There aren’t enough Unilocal stars to rate Cal Tile! Taylor was amazing in helping me with my selection; Chito provided excellence guidance on installation. To top it off, Joe and Dong did a fabulous job on installation. I couldn’t be more pleased and highly recommend Cal Tile!

From the first visit to their shop through the on time finish of the install, these guys were friendly, professional, and helpful – every single staff member we met.
There were no pressure sales, they let us take home several samples for a few days to get a feel for them in our space, gave solid advice, and were all around great.
The work started and finished on schedule, and our new floors look fantastic!
We couldn’t be happier.
I highly recommend Cal Tile.

Real, actual customer service. What a concept!
We recently purchased an «authentic» 1950s-​era home and wanted to keep some of the original charm intact throughout our renovations. Calvin was SO patient and helpful, giving me great ideas and really taking the time to show me lots of options. He even kept my toddler entertained while I frantically tried to choose tile for my kitchen and two bathrooms.
The end result is beautiful and I’m so glad to have found Cal Tile and Calvin!

We needed a new floor for a room in our 1924 vintage Alameda home. We thought porcelain tile, that looks like wood, was a good fit. We shopped first at Home Depot, where we got very little help. Our next stop was at Cal Tile. The staff there was very helpful and knowledgeable. Yes, their prices are higher, but their quality is first class. ‘Louie’ and her staff spent allot of time helping us choose the perfect tile. After a home visit to measure we were given an estimate. We went back to the store and finalized the order. The following week 2 installers arrived. They removed the old underfloor etc and had the tile installed that day. The next day they grouted and trimmed the baseboard. The new floor is beautiful! We recommend Cal Tile enthusiastically!

The folks who work there are very nice, but failed to mention 3 things until it was too late 1) The additional shipping fees 2) The tile I bought had to be purchased by the box, not per piece as it is priced in the store. I ended up being 2 pieces short to finish my bathroom, so I would have to spend another $ 197 for the 2 additional pieces. 3) No refunds, even if the tile boxes are not open.

cal tile is the type of place i really miss about my youth.
you see (puts corn cob pipe in mouth, slowly starts rocking in my chair) when i was younger, you still had locally owned grocery stores. i really miss village foods on ocean ave. (puts onion on my belt)
these days, when people think of home repair, they think home depot or lowes. for you that dont know, thats like thinking of mcdonalds when you think burgers.
recently i spent way too much time remodeling a house. i actually know a bit more than the average person having done this a couple times. it also helps that im in a related field as well.
sure you can find the slightly better quality but still on the low side places like sincere and granite expo… or spend way too much money at highend places like ceramic tile design, (and each should have a place in your repertoire) but there has to be a place with a really good selection items at reasonable prices and have an excellent staff that knows what they are talking about right?
cal tile is exactly that. they have an EXCELLENT selection of items. id would say 85 percent of the range any person would ever need is here. i was SHOCKED at their selection after stopping by nearly EVERY TILE OUTLET in the greater san francisco outlet. i dont know why i saved cal tile for last, but this is now my goto place for anything and everything tile.

As good as it gets! When it comes to tiling projects, Cal (owner) makes it feel like its his concern also — he is extremely helpful, knowledgeable and reasonable in pricing. The selections are plentiful and I can’t think of anything he didn’t have or got access to. My project was our master bathroom floor, but I wanted tile I saw elsewhere. He arranged to get the tiles there and matched the price. His installer did the diagonal layout install with black dots that I wanted and it came our precise and level — so elegant! And, Cal even took back the extra bag of grout and credited me — awesome! Thank you Cal. Yes, I would recommend this place very strongly.

Had a great experience with Cal Tile!
Was looking to redo both our bathrooms and our the floor of our patio – searched Unilocal and found them listed. Everyone there is incredibly kind and helpful – will definitely use them again whenever we need more tile!

I had visited 4 other tile places and was building a collection of rejected samples when I found my way to Cal Tile. It’s actually very close to my place in Oakland… just over the Park Street bridge. The people here are very easy going and down to earth. They even have a sense of humor which was very refreshing after some of the other stores I’d visited. But even more important, they actually had just what I was looking for! And they did the installation for somewhat less than other estimates I’d gotten. The tile was installed quickly and it looks great!

This place is an Alameda gem! So patient and accommodating. We just purchased tile for two bathroom remodels. We’re DIY’ers so we could use all the pointers and tools. Calvin made sure we had all our questions answered. If we were indecisive then he gave us room to decide and guide our decision. Finally made sure we had the right tools.
I will buy tile here again.

We are remodeling 2 of our bathrooms. We went to several tile stores and left frustrated looking at all the tiles with no help in site. When we do get someone, they were either clueless or was ready to leave us at any chance they get.
With Cal Tile, it was a total great experience. Calvin, the owner, is super helpful and knowledgeable about what he carries. He carries a lot of nice Italian Tiles at a reasonable price. Yes you could probably go to other store and find cheaper tiles but they are probably made in China or Mexico. This is a full service shop for tile. When ordering, he will sit down with you and talk about details needed for your installation. It’s just not picking the tile folks. There are many details I’ve overlook.
In my opinion, small business should always follow his model. He can’t beat big box store on price so service is where he could make a difference. He had quality tiles and the better than Nordstrom service was worth buying from him.

5 stars for customer service!!! The night before we were having someone come out to replace 2 broken tiles, my husband informed me that they would be using white replacement tiles (instead of the 30 year old pepper gray tiles we have). After a freak out moment, I remembered that these tiles are sort of common, and that I had seen them on a display at the big box hardware store nearby. The next morning I went to that store, and they did not have it (regardless of display and what the internet said!), tried Ace and they don’t carry tiles. We drove by Cal-​Tile, and they were closed (sob!). I had my husband drop me off at work and call Cal-​Tile when they opened. Apparently these tiles are not very common anymore, but standard enough. Since they are not common they usually sell them by the box. They called their warehouse and found that they had some in stock, and offered to sell us 3 individual tiles! They said they would have their delivery person add to them to their delivery that day by noon, which was late for us given that we already had someone at home working on the bathroom. BUT these managed to get us the tiles by NOON that day!!!
The tiles are in, and they are a much closer match than white! I appreciate them going the extra mile for a customer who was not going to get them a huge sale… THANK YOU for being awesome!

Cal Tile is a great place! Very accomodating staff, led by Calvin, who goes above and beyond the call of duty to ensure customer satisfaction. He even delivered an item to my house after hours to ensure we would have it for the contractor’s work that needed to be completed the next day. When we had extra boxes of tile, he was very willing to return my money for the unneeded tiles. Great place, great staff!

I cannot say enough about how helpful Cal of Cal Tile was. The selection of tile was amazing, including vintage 4×4″ tiles in colors that would be really hard to find, pretty glass glitter tiles, marble, modern, mediteranean, and the classic early twentieth century patterns we were seeking. We had just left another tile store, frustrated that we could not get help from a sales person. Cal was not only available to help, he laid out different prices and options, explaining the benefits and drawbacks of each tile choice, and prompting us to think about things we did not know we should consider. We left KNOWING we’d gotten a good price on some very good tile (having priced it elsewhere) and came back a few days later to pick it up. Cal double and triple checked the order to make sure we had everything we’d need.
The tile is installed, and looks really lovely. I’m happy every time I walk in that bathroom. I took the unopened cases back to Cal Tile and Cal happily refunded my purchase price as he’d promised he would.
Cal Tile may not look like the glitziest place when you first walk in, but that’s because they put their energy into fantastic customer service. Plus you can easily find everything you’ll need there. Just keep walking – the store seems to magically unfold to the back.
Plus, Park Street in Alameda? Make an afternoon of it!

I just happen to drive by and saw some tile display in front of the store, i basically just want to buy some good quality grout for the tile that i bought from elsewhere, i was looking around and notice their tile are mostly from Italy, and the price are comparable to other high quality tile that made in china, i ending up purchase some more tile from them.
beside that Steven and Calvin are super nice and patient, they will explain to whatever question you might have, also they can give you some good advise, great customer service, i will go back if i need anything done to my flooring.