Vato’s Garage

We were heading into Anchorage for the weekend traveling from Fairbanks when our truck started having issues Friday afternoon on the way there. Engine was making a loud noise & struggling to switch gears, no way we were gonna make it back to Fairbanks like that. We were so worried about our truck since it has travelled many miles from California through the AlCan to the interior Alaska and then some. We searched on Unilocal and called them Sat morning– they were able to check the car out right away and got it fixed and ready to hit the town. It’s been running great and smoothly since! The whole shop was awesome with their work and customer service. These guys were really honest, knowledgeable, professional, and real down to earth. And can’t forget to mention their affordable rates. Just overall good guys and great service! Definitely recommend!!!

I took my truck here and no one else knew what the problem was and he was able to find the problem…

The owner was really friendly and showed my daughter how to check her tread on her tires!

I panicked when my 4 Runner started losing power, thought her days were numbered as she has over 200k miles. Vato’s garage got me in the day I called (did take an extra day to finish though). The prices were more than fair. I will be going here from now on.

Top-​notch customer service and, the mechanics were awesome! Being a contractor my time is very valuable I was in and out in less than half an hour. Definitely will not be going to anybody else for my mechanic work thank you everyone in that shop.

The owner takes the time to explain exactly what work needs done and why. He will not charge you for work you do not explicitly authorize. Vatos’ prices are by far the best I’ve found in town. I highly recommend this shop.

We had an auto start installed and they were so friendly. Curtis the owner runs a great shop!

I mentioned to a friend the expensive prices Midas was charging to put new brake pads on my SUV and she mentioned that they really liked Vatos. They went there a few times with an older truck and said the work done was great and the prices way lower than other places they’d had work done in town. They sent another friend there for a couple fixes and he was also happy.
They were going to fix both sets of my brake pads but when they started in, they saw the front brakes didn’t need changing, so they didn’t mess with them other than to clean up the rotors. The price was at least $ 100 less than Midas would have charged and they fixed my front head light bulb for free! That’s some excellent service.
I’ll definitely be going back. It’s a great relief to find a good garage that is also honest about the work that needs done and not ridiculously expensive.