Arco

Great place to fill the car with well priced gas! The prices of gas go up and down and sometimes way up! Argo has great prices for gas. Recently started taking credit cards which became helpful! Also it does help when you have a car that doesn’t eat too much gas!

Do not go here! I’ve told them repeatedly that pump #6 doesn’t work, I’ve seen so many people try to use it besides myself, and it recoils as soon as you set it and sprays gas all over your car, your person, and the ground. This happened once again to me today, right in front of the attendant after I brought his attention to it, and he still claimed «it worked fine»! What an outrage! I’m now soaked with gas, and I saw all the gas that spewed out of the pump flowing out of the station with the rain water, right towards the bay. Awful environmental practice, customer service and maintenance Arco!

This ARCO is the lowest price in Marin or the North Bay for regular gas… and perhaps the entire Bay Area… and has been for a number of years. The new pumps are clean and easy to use. pay cash if you want to avoid a debit or credit card fee of, I think .35cents. Their little store is nothing special but who the hell cares? Other stations in the area are typically 50 or 60 cents higher (Chevron, Valero and other thieves). I don’t know how or why the others get away with the prices they charge. Does not seem to be any true price competition. This ARCO is good news and is very well located.

We were visiting out of town and this was the gas station just down the street from our hotel. It’s situated in a busy corner. The gas was 30 – 40 cents cheaper than elsewhere. They did have a 35 cent transaction fee. The payment station was easy and fast.

Cheapest gas in Marin located in a very convenient location right off of southbound 101 in Mill Valley. Gotta love it!
The one negative is that it’s often times very crowded and you have to wait for a terminal.
I commute to work and unfortunately go through a lot of gasoline. The Arco station is a regular stop for me. The store isn’t that special, but has the usual products to sell you from a medium-​sized store layout. I don’t go in the store very often, but when I have, I’ve received good service. It’s always relatively clean and well organized.
Avoid the busy times during weekday mornings and Sunday afternoon/​evening.

These idiots only take $ 20 bills in their cash machine! Not very customer friendly if I don’t want to get $ 20 worth of gas. I’ll never go here again! This place sucks!

Shhhh, don’t tell anyone else about this ARCO station… Oh? You already know this is the bargain-​basement of gas prices in all of Marin? Friends from San Francisco — are known to creep over the Bridge on fumes — to save pesos at ARCO. I skip the machines and pay in dollars. Let’s keep this little secret between us…

The cheapest gas in all of Marin!
Did I get your attention? Yeah, I thought so.
The Arco station on Redwood Highway (right off the 101 South) is probably one of the worst kept secrets around. Is it a fancy gas station? Hell no! The pumps/​machinery are a bit dated. But they do have a convenience store for all your beverage/​snack/​bathroom needs. And best of all, their gas is significantly cheaper than any other station within a 10 mile radius. I did a price comparison today (2÷30÷15). A gallon of unleaded fuel at Arco was $ 2.09. Across the highway at the Chevron station, they were charging $ 2.69. The numbers speak for themselves, folks.
Be warned — depending on the time of day, there can be a long line to fill up your tank. But if you can handle the wait, you’ll be rewarded with significant savings in fuel!

The prices are great! The location the best, but… This is the second time that my Debit/​credit card has been cloned there. I recommend you only pay cash-​always.
I see they have just remodeled with new pumps. i will inspect to see if they are tamper proof.
Still will pay cash. I would love to hear from anyone who has had the same experience!

Yes, this is the cheapest gas in Marin but I’m beginning to think it’s just not worth it. Why? Because every time I try to pump gas here the pump doesn’t want to work. It is extremely aggravating to try and fill up your tank when the pump isn’t pumping right. This hasn’t just happened to me the last time I went here I saw a few other patrions trying to pump their gas and having the same trouble I was. Arco please fix your pumps. I think I would rather spend the extra dough at Cheveron across the highway, at least their stations run properly.
Edit: August 2, 2015
They fixed their pumps! Gave them two more stars than before.

This gas station is located in a great place, is clean and has little tvs for you to watch if you are bored while putting gas in your car.

Lowest gas prices (in the Bay Area?) by 20+ cents against other cheap gas stations, opens all the time, and located right off 101S (a bit tougher for 101N as it’s in between two exits).
Cash only, however, one of their cash machines (or all machines?) accepts only $ 20 bills (guess you’re stuck if have two $ 10 bills or other denominations).

Easy on-​and-​off the freeway. A good selection of beverages and snacks. The driveway is set up so it is easy to line up for any of the three lanes while getting out of the way of the traffic behind you.

Cash only and actually not always the cheapest in the neighborhood, but convenient off the hwy. Always high strung, the owner, the stuff, and the clientele. Their door says «bring in your empty bottles», but don’t — they will treat you like a hobo.

Cash only, but prices are approximately .20 cheaper per gallon than other local stations. It’s worth it!

Unilocal Date: October 5, 2012 — ARCO Redwood Highway Mill Valley –CHANGED HOSES so they won’t EXTEND TO THE OPPOSITE side as they have since I’ve been going there.
Who’s lame, illogical thinking decided to replace them with fixed hoses?
I saw 2 people this morning who must have been regular customers unhappily try to fill up on the opposite side. Hose didn’t extend. I could see them looking at the top of the hose connector. Pull the hose again. Nothing. Both drove off, no attempt to come back and reposition.
Absolutely a cost saving move that will cost them customer abandonment immediately no matter how cheap the price.
Be forewarned!

The man that claimed to be the owner was an absolute ass to me. I simply explained that in this day in age to not accept credit cards and then to charge a fee for using your debit card was lame, he gave me a snarky response stating, «there are signs everywhere». That may be, but at least up the level of customer service and pretend you care about your customers.
Also, the lot is super tight, and tough to navigate. I will not return unless I’m running on fumes.
Hint to owner or day shift cashier, get off your i-​pod, and smile and say thank you to the customers and maybe they will return because they want to not just because they have to.

CHEAP GAS. No other reason to stop here but to fill-​er-​up and get going. Quick and easy access on and off the freeway. So hop off, fill up, and head out! you can even grab a coffee right up the road. Quick and convenient.

Cash only AND you pay a .45 surcharge. But it’s located conveniently off the 101.

The cheapest gas station is WHERE?!?
Years ago, I paid my rent babysitting for nice, rich families in Tiburon, and could never get over the fact that a gas station in MARIN, of all places, had prices that were consistently about 10 – 20 cents less than the cheapest place in San Francisco. I would wait all week to fill up my gas tank at this Arco. 7 years later, I have yet to see a place within 50 miles of my house that has cheaper gas prices than the Tiburon Arco (OK so maybe it’s not technically in Tiburon since it’s on the other (west) side of the freeway but that’s how I think of it cause it’s right there off the 101 by the Tiburon Exit).
When looking up Arco on Unilocal,I was a little confused as to which of the 2 Arco’s in Marin is «the really cheap one» (I didn’t know the street name). There seem to be a few in Marin but one look at the map told me this is the one — just off the freeway, after the Belvedere exit if you’re heading to SF (on the other side of the fwy is the ‘strawberry’ shopping center with the Safeway). I just filled up yesterday and gas was «just» 3.09 a gallon (yeah it makes me sick that I’m actually saying 3.09 is cheap but when the cheapest place in my hood — the Arco on Whipple — is 3.19 it gives me a sense of glee to know I just saved ten cents a gallon.)
Lines can be a little long but it seems like if your tank is on the right side of the car, or even if you don’t but have a small car and can stretch the gas hose all the way to the other side of your car, you’re in luck, cause the lanes for people with right side gas tanks seem to be pretty empty. Lucky for me I have a little CRX and it’s easy to stretch the hose! And I have to give this place kudus for their renovations. It’s huge now, compared to when I used to come here regularly after work.
I’m not crazy about the fact that they charge a debit fee, but I just plan ahead and bring cash (yes I am that cheap — I refuse to fork over that 45 cents dammit). Then when I go inside to get my change I know I’ll probably be able to use it for the hefty bridge toll.