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Asking me for a dollar to pump a little air in my tire! Are you kidding me!
I live around the corner and I’m a regular here too! you’ll never see me here again.
Besides that this place is dirty, poorly maintained and has very high gas prices.
Adiós amigo!

Gas pumps not maintained. Just leaked gas all over my car. Guy behind the counter was indifferent about it. Gas station is dangerous and must be some kind of basic safety violation.

Once in a while (like right now), this place has amazingly low prices for a name brand. Then the price will shoot up to higher levels, its weird. But im enjoying it now ($ 2.39!) and the location on el camino next to hillsdale is convenient

I have been buying gas here for over a year, usually paying at the pump with my credit card. Today I used cash and went inside to pay. No one was at the desk, but that’s not a big deal. I saw a woman restocking the candy shelves, with her back to me. I said Good morning. She did not say anything, did not turn around, basically ignored me. Thinking there must be another cashier somewhere I tried again «Hello». The woman stocking the candy, without turning around, said «I’ll be right with you» in a tone of voice that said «Just wait, can’t you see I’m busy?» She proceeded to fiddle with candy boxes. I almost felt like an intruder, and as she finally turned around and started to very slowly walk toward the desk I felt so offended, I had to walk out and go somewhere else. Will NOT be buying gas there ever again, even though it was very convenient location.

Consistently the cheapest name brand gas in the nearby area. I’m pretty sure they make up for it by having equipment that’s broken … a lot. Usually it’s just the card reader that’s busted, so I have to go find another pump. But that minor issue has never stopped me from coming here for a fill up.

They are cheap but the equipment doesn’t always function as you would expect. For example, I was heading home and needed a fill up. Went in and got the gas flowing, as I started walking to get the windshield cleaned — the nozzle pop’ed out. Weird I thought.
Put it back in, double checked everything — begin again. Things were looking rosy, went ahead and washed the front. Was putting everything away when the automatic stop engaged — and once again the nozzle went flying out. What ever savings I tried to get that day, I spilled it upon the ground.
Why the single star? When I went in to explain the situation on the pump — the two folks working behind the counter gave me the «…and your point is…» faces.
I then mentioned that I had spilled gas and it needed to be cleaned up (I use to work at BAAQMD and yah, one likes haz waste cleaned up properly). At that point, I realized that I needed to save my breath and just chalk this up to a wonderfully poor experience.
Mistakes happen — I get that. When they do, the mark of adulthood is to get on it and make the situation right. Usually, this means getting the properly trained individuals involved (by giving them the information) and doing what you can with what you have at the moment. This did not appear to have happened in my case.

I really can’t give this gas station a rating lower than 4 stars– it consistently has some of the cheapest gas in the San Mateo area. period. And we’re talking credit card prices– not the typical cheap cash prices either.

Definitely one of the cheaper gas options in San Mateo on El Camino. The co-​worker usually drops in here to fill up if we’re headed southbound (lives in Belmont). Peninsula gas is generally more expensive that the rest of the south bay so it’s good to have a few hidden choices here and there.

They put too much soap in the windshield washer liquid!

Usually the cheapest in San Mateo. They rarely run out :)

Consistently cheaper gas in San Mateo (the one I always go to even though there’s another 76 right next to where I live).