Wards Corner Shell

Wards Corner Shell in Norfolk: I don’t often plug businesses but they took such good care of me, I feel compelled. My car had issues, they picked it up, diagnosed the problem, negotiated with my insurance, fixed the car and put it back into my hands with minimal frustration and hassle in short time and at a very reasonable price. Good honest business with great customer service!

Can’t write anything about their service, because I have never had auto work done.
The home-​cooked food, however, is another story!
They have the best cheeseburger and wings you will ever find at a gas station. Fresh, hot, full of flavor and not skimpy on the portion sizes! When I am in the Wards Corner area during lunch, I try to grab a Bubba-​Burger — ½ pound of heaven on a bun from a gas station.
Who knew?

For some inexplicable reason, the gas is ridiculously more expensive at this station than competitors just a mile away. Can’t figure out why they knowingly do this…
The only reason I visit this place, is to buy their boxed popcorn. Its the kind you find at carnivals. Nothing special or worth writing home about, but nonetheless cheap and delicious.

Will update later

So I thought I would update my review on this place since my last visit. What an awkward review this will be. Anyways, let’s start from the beginning…
A few months ago I had my oil changed at this place. #1 it’s expensive, it cost more than having my oil changed at the Volvo dealership, but I kinda didn’t mind because the Volvo dealership is somewhat of a long drive for me, and being that my husband is in the military and we just moved to Norfolk we don’t know many other places to have our car serviced. Specially so close to our house. #2 they forgot to put my splash guard back up under my car properly after changing my oil so it was scraping on the ground and I had to take it back to be put back up immediately. I understand people forget things sometimes so I let it go after they nicely put it back on properly.
THEN I went back because my drivers side break light went out. Again, they wanted to charge almost double what I would be charged at Volvo to change my bulb. So that time I said no and took it to the dealership, And came home to write a review on Unilocal that I was extremely displeased with their prices and felt like I was taken advantage of. Weather that be the case or not, that’s how I felt. Specially being a woman, I am also extremely skeptical when taking my car places because I have been taken advantage of before when paying to have something done to my car.
I had NO plans what so ever to go back to this place, but because of all the pot holes around this town, the left side of my splash guard was shaken loose; and being that this shop is conveniently close to my house I figured I would bite the bullet and have them put it back up real quick despite however much it would cost. Well, after it was done, the manager or whoever he is, came in and yelled at me in front of the other few customers in the waiting area. Saying «not to write online that he is a crook ever again» or something like that. I can’t remember word for word. All I said was «ok» and Walked out. He didn’t charge me for putting my splash guard up. Which I thought WAS actually very nice of him and much appreciated. And I’m extremely sorry he was hurt by my previous review. BUT that is no way to treat someone that gives your store business despite the prices, and my splash guard not being put back up that one time. I’m sorry I gave the shop a bad/​harsh review before, but I just wanted other people that may be super tight on money (like myself) to be aware that this shop can be rather expensive. That is what Unilocal is for. To help people to have an idea of a place before going there. My previous words were rather harsh, so apparently I shouldn’t have been so blunt, and for that I do feel bad. Hence why I’m updating my review. But I’m only human, and we all explode sometimes and say things we might have otherwise not said lol Hopefully your experience will be better than mine. I definitely won’t be going back because I obviously feel extremely terrible uncomfortable there since I got «called out» lol and have learned to be a little nicer when writing reviews, because you never know when you are going to get yelled at for one hahaha on another note, the woman that I think helps with the Budget rentals there in the shop, is extremely sweet and helpful.
Ps. This will be my last review on Unilocal.I’ll stick to referring people verbally from now on.

Avoid this place !! Gas prices are just ridiculous. The staff is not as friendly as they should be. There isn’t that much choices to pick from if your looking for a quick bite. Your better off going across the street for food. Just avoid.

The gas prices are always way more here. I’m not sure why it’s so expensive. The only time I stop here is for emergency gas only. And when I do put their gas in my car, I only put enough to get me to the next gas station.

**AVOID! ** **Extremely high Gas Prices** **45 cents higher than ½ mile away!”
OK folks, pulled in here to get gas off of I-​64 and it was $ 3.14 a Gallon. — All other locations in the area are $ 2.69 a Gallon! I never worry about 3 cents, 5 cents difference, I usually don’t even pay it any attention at all. But when a gas station is charging a full 45 cents a gallon more than others in the immediate area, AVOID em.
I had already put the nozzle in the tank and everything. But when I saw the price on the pump, I let out a «Hell No!», put the nozzle back on the pump and drove off. This is the only time in my 41 years alive that I have done such a thing. Yeah, when you are charging 45 cents a gallon more, equating to about an extra $ 7.00 or 8.00 for a tank full on a 16 – 18 gallon fill-​up. I’d rather head down the road half a mile to fill up, buy a sandwich to eat, buy me a losing lottery ticket, and still have money left over!
Time to «Boycott for life» just on the principle of the matter.

DO NOT BUY GAS HERE! They charge WAY too much at almost $ 0.50 more than average. Go down Little Creek a mile or two and save yourself $ 0.70 a gallon!

I found this service center while out on my bicycle one day. Their service has been good the 4 – 5 times I’ve been there (just moved here in late 2011). One thing I like about them is they don’t pressure you into spending a lot of money on a car that’s on it’s last legs (so to speak!) … they don’t push with the up-​sell, just do the job that needs to be done in a practical/​most inexpensive way. The one thing I don’t like — apparently this is a VA thing — is waiting for an inspection, no appointments allowed … waiting is not my strong suit! However if you’re having another service done, you can schedule the inspection as part of that. When I had an exhaust system problem, rather than do it and charge me a fortune, they were straight: said that they don’t do them all the time and would charge more than an exhaust specialist, and gave me a referral (to Andy’s, which was also good BTW). I’m glad to have found a decent mechanic that I can trust. OH, I almost forgot the best part! — they’re open Saturdays and Sundays! Yay, I don’t have to take off work to have car service done!

Came in for a state inspection other places said it was a five hour wait. They took care of 9 cars in an hour changed my oil too. Very polite clean and efficient. I will be back as a customer.

I always come here for gas not really for the quality or price but for the convenience. It is right by my house and it is on a convenient corner near 2 freeway entrances and exits. I feel 86% safe whenever I come here as long as it’s during the day.

I almost never stop here for gas as they’re way over priced. Maybe to drop $ 5 in the tank if the car is on Empty. However yesterday I left for work and discovered I had a flat tire. I was able to get enough air in the tire to get it up to their garage and arrived right as they opened at 8am. The tech Mike pulled the back tire, pulled the big square carpenter nail out of it and plugged it. I was back on the road in no time and made it to work by 8:30. I’m grateful.