They need to be investigated. There's no way this guy is an accredited technician. My landlord hired these people to replace the fridge seal. That's it. That's all. He showed up unannounced. Then lied & said he called twice (phone records exist dude). Looked at the fridge for all of 5 minutes then insisted on "fixing the freezer" which didn't need fixing. Ever since then, our freezer & fridge are no longer keeping temperature & the fridge seal is still not fixed...which is what he was hired to do in the first place. He didn't speak a single lick of English - literally none; he can't communicate at all. The technician was supposed to come back today but I called 4 times & no one is answering the phone read more

terrible no communication or accountability. they never showed up to my house and continued to lie the rep on the phone Had the nerve to call me difficult because they didn't do their job !!!!! the people answering the phones are terrible and I see why the rating is 1 star they should have no stars honestly. Donot let anyone refer these people to you! SERVICE IS POOR IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE read more

Very rude and awful business etiquette Left my door wide open (key box) And started yelling after i asked a few extra questions on the follow up. read more

Would rate this place 0 stars if i could. My dryer was broken so i contacted Big Mikes Fridge on June 5th. The repairman has since come to my apartment several times and left without it being fixed claiming he would come back to fully fix it, and he never does. In fact, often times he doesn't even show up when he says he will. It is June 20th so i've been dealing with this way too long. No one seems to give a single crap about any of this. I am actually so upset. I hate this place with every fiber of my being. read more

They took my part & box without telling me! Cannot complain more about this company and their bad service! One week no reply after bringing the wrong part and didn't fix anything, they also took my control board part and its box without telling me!!! I didn't realize it until I had to hire another technician to come check the problem. Is this stealing?!! And the office lady kept telling lies about they "told me the problem, explained to me millions times" BS. Plus after the new technician installed a new control board, we realized control board failure was not even/not the only the problem. So in the first place the diagnostic was not even correct! PURE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. read more

zero stars This was the worst experience I've ever had. The tech showed up over an hour early with no courtesy call, damaged my wall and shelf dragging out the fridge, and didn't apologize or acknowledge the mess. He pushed my belongings across the floor with his foot and started removing food from the freezer without asking. When I asked him to stop and fix the shelf, he reinstalled it incorrectly, causing more damage, and hid the broken parts. I called and requested another tech, but was told it wasn't possible. I asked him to wait 5 minutes for my husband to arrive, and he walked off the job. When we called again, the secretary was rude, unhelpful, and didn't care about the damage. She promised a call back from the owner, then shifted blame to my building manager. They rescheduled for Saturday after 12:30 but arrived early again and refused to return. The secretary accidentally let me hear her lie to the owner, then hung up and stopped answering our calls. No one ever followed up. read more

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I had a small leak at the bottom of my refrigerator. I called the management office in my building and they sent over Big Mike's to repair the refrigerator. The technician who came today used a red hair blow dryer in the freezer and I didn't get to see what was done to the inside of the freezer until the job was done. The heat from the blow dryer warped and distorted the back of the freezer and the sides, please see photos attached. Below you'll find their exact response to me/ office management. If you own your appliance, please be careful, this company will justify technicians damaging your refrigerator and nothing will be done about it. From BigMike - "Please advise when the layers of ice are too much we sometimes use a heat gun (not a blow dryer). In this case the ice was too much and to avoid leaving tenants without a working fridge for multiple days our tech used it. The fridge was left in working order and since the side walls are plastic sometimes they bend a little or bubble due to temperature but that has no effect on the refrigerator whatsoever." read more

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Can there be an option for 0 stars? I never write reviews but this place is egregiously terrible. They wasted so much of my time, terrible communication, rude receptionists. Still waiting for my dishwasher to be fixed. I had no choice but to deal with them, as this is who my super/landlord are in business with but save yourself the time and headache and go literally anywhere else read more

Horrible customer service had an appointment with them I stepped out for 5 minutes they called me and said I had 5 minutes to get back was back in 4 and they had left they would not return so I had to reschedule for another 8 hour window appointment read more

Manager Marisol has a very nasty attitude very unprofessionalism, left me on hold to avoid my request to ask technician if he can possibly return back, was able to get back in contact by calling from another line and Marisol was giving me more attitude as if she did not want to help me and was avoiding my request. As for a tenant who's fridge hasn't been working for couple days I ask if technician can return back which he wasn't far I have a ring camera and it's being recorded she refused to help and left me on hold to not assist me. read more

This company is HORRIBLE!!! They came to fix my stove on 3 occasions he said I don't have the right part. I really don't think he knows what he's doing! Don't use this company go else. I'm upset that I had to give them 1 star. Very unprofessional read more

The absolute worst experience dealing with this company. My management company gave me their information and said that they would be the ones I need to work with in order to have my refrigerator fixed. I called made an appointment, a technician came out about a week later and said they needed to order a part and the office would be in touch. No word. Two weeks later I called they said they had the parts they would be out in a week. No one showed. I called a few days later to ask about the missed appointment and now the office says they have absolutely no information on me. They couldn't even find information regarding their own tech already coming out and writing an invoice up. Made another appointment to essentially start the process over and a tech comes out a few days later. I was explaining that the freezer now, in addition to the fridge is not working. The tech did not speak English so they called the office to translate. The girl said the seal would fix all. I tried to explain that the seal on the freezer was in perfect shape and that it seemed to be a separate issue. A guy, I'm assuming is Mike, gets on the phone and screams at me to let him do his job and then hangs up on me. Absolutely atrocious behavior and unprofessional to say the very least. read more

incompetent at best. I scheduled for the afternoon. tech shows up in the am. when I scheduled they called me to confirm and sent an email confirmation. Instead of answers as to why that happened I was stonewalled with bs and then they hung up on me. read more

My fridge has been on the fritz for a while. They arrived pretty quick, I was not waiting all day. They fixed the issue and were very pleasant. Process took all but 10 minutes. Great service. I reccomend. ​ read more

I am not surprised at all to see all of the poor reviews. The secretary/receptionist, I'm not sure of her title but the first point of contact (ivia phone) was very unprofessional and incompetent. She was also dishonest and a poor communicator. The technician, despite the fact that he was nice, did not even take a look at my fridge which had for the fourth time stopped cooling due to the back freezing over. The day before he was scheduled to come the ice melted and the fridge began to cool again. I explained all this and more to him and he said "call me if it happens again." Essentially telling me to call when it breaks again, at whatever point. A few weeks later when it inevitably did, I called back and was made aware that they no longer offered time-blocked windows (previously they offered 9am-12pm, afternoon, and evening windows) and that a tech would arrive "before 5pm" meaning one has to take off of work an entire day to have a technician just look at their broken required appliance. I asked my building management company if there is anyone else they could send to fix my fridge because of how poor the quality of service is and how much of a headache admin is to deal with. read more

This is an insult to 1 star reviews. We are mid Heatwave and I have a Broken AC in my apartment, for some reason my building booked this company to fix it, they told me theyd be here between 9-5 would not give any specific timeframe, but said they will call before they arrive. The morning of I call to see their whereabouts and noone is in the office. So fast forward at 1 pm and I call them to see where the repairman is and they said he came and noone was home, no call no ringing nothing. This is very unprofessional and if I did not have to go through my building to fix this I would never work with them ever. The lady on the phone was not helpful at all, kept saying that there is nothing she can do, that I have to take another day off of work to wait and have the repairman come. How can I even trust that he will even call me at this point?? Anyways, would not recommend, further proof that my Building owner is a slumlord, if this is the service they tie themselves to. read more

One of the worst and I mean the worst!!!!!! They tell you they will be there from 10-5 not only that I had to not go to work because who knows when they would show up. And on top of that they had the nerve to call me after 5 and tell me they will be there in 1 hour. read more

No even worth for a star! I was scheduled and my neighbor also the same day friday 4/27. On the day I was calling to find out when they come btw 9 to 5. After 5 they told me they will come. At 6pm they told me they came already, unfortunately they came to my neighbor not me! The lady (Aunnie/Annie) on the phone promised me she will schedule me next day Saturday the technican will come to help me. Same on Saturday when I called, there is no schedule for me. I had to take day off to wait for them, and they kept missed my work order! If this is not based on my cheap landlord choice, I will not even consider this company at all. read more

I wish I could leave a zero star review. I just needed a simple part replaced in my oven and have had the worst customer service, got the run around for my first appointment, and anyone I speak to is incredibly rude, unhelpful, and unprofessional. Do NOT use this service. read more

Big Mike's is without a doubt the most incompetent and infuriating company I've ever had to deal with. Our building management company contacted them 2 weeks ago to repair a broken dishwasher and we still haven't been able to get it resolved. They called a week later claiming they sent someone, but the repairman apparently got the wrong address and went to a different borough. A week after that, they sent someone again without any prior notice or call when no one happened to be at the apartment. Important to note that we have tried calling them more than 20 times over the past 2 weeks and haven't gotten a SINGLE PHONE CALL ANSWERED. It is quite literally impossible to communicate or coordinate with them. Avoid at all costs as it will add nothing but stress and frustration to your life. read more

Leave these fraudulent MF alone . I personally think the business doesn't have any real mechanics .They came to my home 2 times. The " mechanic "was in my apartment for less than 10 minutes both times. The last visit the "mechanic " told my building management that they left my appliance in workings order wish was a bold face lie . And that I was basically to hard to please. Lying bastards . I have proof that it wasn't fixed that day . I also have videos of everyday after the last visit . When my appliance completely broke down. They knew from the first visit it couldn't be fixed, they just wanted to continue to charge my building management If you do get this company to do work for you. Don't let them in your home without a work order for you to sign. And make sure you take video of them the whole time they are there. If they are sent to you through your building management let them know immediately what they are doing. Cause theses a*******s will lie through their teeth. Don't trust them not one bit. read more

This is company my scummy management company provides. They are just as unfriendly, unconcerned, and unprofessional. I have gotten my refrigerator " repaired " twice already for the same exact issue with no luck. I am now after almost a year still having the same issue but far worse. I have had a tremendous loss in dollar amount due to spoiled groceries because of the refrigerators lack of proper working parts. They set up an appointment with the time frame of 9am-5pm and there is no other option. Therefore I have to take time off of work every time they come. They were supposed to come today and because I didn't answer the phone which they didn't not make clear they would call first they just didn't come and tried to lie and say they knocked. That lie was proved wrong as I have a doorbell camera that shows not one person approached my door nor did the buzzer get rang in order to let the repair man in. Now I have to take another day off of work and suffer the loss of more wages and they only could say call my management if I have an issue. I will be calling to let them know they will have to pay for a third service due to BIG MIKES inability to fix the problem the first two times. I'm sure they are going to love that the cost of three visits doesn't even began to cover what I've lost due to BIG MIKES lack of actually fixing my problem rather than purposely providing a temporary solution they know will not last in order to secure more service request. That is a crime and shady business. read more

What a disorganized company. Today I was waiting for a technician to fix my refrigerator from 9am-5pm, but no one showed up. When I called the company, one said someone went yesterday and one said the appointment was today. The lady on the phone said she will send someone for tomorrow, but I was explaining that I had to work tomorrow. She hung up the phone. When I call again, she said "I know I have a beautiful voice but please don't call me again. Technician is going to your place tomorrow," I don't know who is Big Mike, but your company is a mess. read more

I just wanted to give a review of my experience with my freezer repair. I received a call with the date (following day) from 9-5 window. I requested a call before tech arrived. About 9:05 I received the call that he was 30mins out. He arrived at 9:30 and was polite and knew exactly what the problem was ( I provided a video of noise, since noise was not always present) and got to work. Short time later he had replaced the fan and gave me tips on how to make freezer and refrigerator run more efficiently. Beside a couple wire clippings you would never know I had a repair person in my apt! Happy customer here! Oh and the girl that made the appointment was sweet as well! read more

ZERO STARS. This company is useless. They don't show up when they say they will and they don't even bother to call to tell you. This happened to me twice! My management company uses this company because, well frankly, my management company is also useless. Extremely rude receptionist. This company needs to be shut down. read more

NEGATIVE STARS! I cannot even BELIEVE how unprofessional, rude, foul-mouthed, and disgusting the receptionist is. I had to hang up. I informed my management company and she said, "We've never had complaints about this." But after skimming a few of these 1-star reviews, I CANNOT believe that to be true. What an absolute waste. Completely unhelpful, and now I have to start the process of getting my fridge fixed with another company. Disgusting. CLOSE YOUR DOORS! read more

If I could give them a 0, I would. We had a gas leak in our stove and my management called this company to come fix it. They came out once and said it was the regulator. A few hours later, we still smelled gas. They then came out Friday after Thanksgiving and were angry that they couldn't come in the apartment through the buzzer even though I told them that they needed to call because the buzzer didn't work. He then told me everything was fine and all had been fixed and told me it didn't smell like gas. After STILL smelling gas the second time and letting them know, they called me. The guy was INSANELY rude and said "I won't come out again. You need to call 911 or the gas company and have them confirm and point out what exactly is wrong". Then proceeded to tell me he couldn't come out with "claims" of gas being smelt. Then hung up. Last time I checked, I wasn't a stove expert, so why am I being told to do your job for you? Turns out our stove was leaking a harmful amount of gas and the building had to evacuate. Needless to say, these people were so incredibly unprofessional about the whole thing and it could have been fixed if you took me and my roommate seriously. I have told my management they need to cut ties with this group and they're probably about to get a nice little violation along with my building from the EPA. I'm not sure how they are with other appliances, but for ovens, trust your own instincts and DO NOT use them! read more

When my landlord told me he called this company for my repair and I looked at their Yelp I was TERRIFIED. However, I felt obligated to write a review as I had a more than pleasant experience! The receptionist was very polite and nice, and got me an appointment as quickly as they could, noting that they had overbooked and were trying to rearrange things. I was given a timeframe of 9-1 and the repairman came around 12:45, and was in and out in less than 20. He was polite, friendly, and professional and I am very happy with the experience! read more

If you have the option to use another company, do it. Let me start by saying that I never post negative reviews on Yelp and I hate to be the kind of person who uses this platform to complain about businesses, but based on my awful experience with Big Mike's I simply wanted to put a warning out there. I fully agree with all of the one star reviews of this business. Without getting into too much detail - the receptionist (from the very second she picked up the phone) was impolite, vulgar, and insulting. Despite her clear lack of professionalism I maintained my composure and was more than accommodating and polite in the conversation, even after she hung up on me twice and refused to give me her name. All other details aside (and trust me there are about a half dozen other things I could address) this is quite simply not a company you want to do business with. After a two minute conversation with them I'm genuinely shocked that anyone solicits their business. Steer clear of this company. read more

These people almost killed us! They sent a fridge repairman to repair our fridge. He told us we needed a part and had to wait a week. Even worse, when he showed up, the fridge caught fire two days later (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joVyEBF4ZMU). The Haitian guy that they sent to repair it is very unprofessional. Dude took his shoes off. Who does that in someone else's house. The fire department had to come to my place at night because of this. HAD WE BEEN ASLEEP WE WOULD HAVE DIED!!! Don't ever trust these people ever! read more

RUN THE F AWAY FROM THESE CLOWNS. It will take approximately 3-4 visits for them to "FIX" any appliance issue. The person who answers the phone to this sham of a business establishment is incredibly rude and unprofessional. They are not located in the Better Business Bureau, which is shady. Management companies, I suggest you move your business elsewhere to avoid pissing off your renters. If you want to spend about 9 weeks out of 52 waiting for something to be fixed, than I suppose this would be right up your alley. However, when an appliance I use weekly breaks, I do NOT want take a 9 week sabbatical throughout the course of the year. Scheduling an appointment. You can schedule an appointment, however, that doesn't mean that they will come. That's right, you know that episode of Seinfeld where he talks about taking a reservation but not holding it. That's the scenario right there. This abortion of a company does not give a crap about inconveniencing you in the slightest. The "fixed" appliance, actually is not a fix. It'll work for a few months, and then it will break again. At which point another replacement part will be ordered, and you will have to sit there and wait. So instead of actually doing anything remotely productive, they just waste your time. If you are given a choice between this company and a feral raccoon. Take my advice, pick the raccoon. read more

If you can choose literally any of the other hundreds of appliance repair options in New York City, do yourself a favor and choose any other appliance repair shop. This "business" may be the worst choice amongst every single one them. After missing a phone call by less than five minutes, the repairmen sped off to tend to another "job." The receptionist has no clue what is going on around her so she was unable to provide any assistance. When the repairman decided to come back to the apartment, he was hostile because he was asked to come back and do his job. I promise you, there are hundreds of other options in the NY metropolitan area. Avoid this one as if it were a plague. read more

We've been waiting 3 weeks for our oven to be fixed. my landlord hired them and they've cancelled twice. Once because their "car broke down" (no it didn't, just say you're overbooked and go) and today because "they couldn't find parking" (it's NYC and you have a commercial vehicle I was born at night but not last night my guy). I hope all of their ovens break and no one fixes them because if I can't make my baked Mac and cheese then no one can. read more

Absolute joke. I've been waiting for 3 weeks to get my fridge fixed. No one knows if the part has been ordered...it hasn't been approved...oh no it is HAS been approved...but then they have no idea when the part will be here. Use literally any one else in the world besides this joke of a company. read more

wish I could give 0 stars. Can't believe they are still in business. 6 months and they can't repair a freaking dishwasher. At least the rude receptionist is gone! read more

I have been waiting over a week because they kept telling me a new oven would be delivered and then delaying the delivery last minute. The oven was piled on grease and grime and roaches when I moved in. I have been cleaning this thing for a whole month to get it out and it's still not clean. completely unsafe and disgusting. the guy came to check the oven. turned it on for a second and said everything's fine just clean it and walked out. tried to call and they hung up on me. completely disrespectful and does not take people's concerns seriously. there is a horrible smell and smoke everytime I try to cook. I havent been able to make a meal in my apartment and they're telling me it's fine. inhumane treatment. they have no respect no kindness no manners for other people. a NIGHTMARE. read more

DO **NOT** CONTACT BIG MIKES APPLIANCE REPAIR!!!! I have had bad experience with NYC utility/appliance repairmen and contractors in the past, but never SO BAD that I felt strongly enough to leave a review. If I could leave zero stars I would. This is the worst experience of of any utility/repair service I've ever had. It started with the receptionist lacking the ability to effectively communicate professionally calling me to TELL ME not confirm or ask, that I have to be available 9am-5pm on a Wednesday. I pressed her to confirm a smaller window of time on Wednesday morning to make the necessary arrangements. She said I would have to call her back in the morning because she'd forget. Unbelievable. I made arrangements to be home the entire day (losing money) when I called at 4:30pm wondering where the contractor was the "receptionist" said he was on the way. THE CONTRACTOR NEVER SHOWED UP! Judging by the terrible reviews this company has received, I can't imagine how they are still in business. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS COMPANY. read more

I can concur with the other users and have experienced the same failures of customer service, business competency, and basic human decency: +makes you stay home from work all day, no window +changes appointments without informing you +cancels appointments without informing you +never seems to fix anything in one trip +never seems to completely fix anything +repair guys are polite but incompetent +receptionist is harsh, confrontational, and displays zero human empathy or customer service skills +gives inconsistent and always changing explanations for why they can't just do their job (the part isn't here, the part is here but we can't deliver it, the repairman can't find parking, the repairman needs help from a different repairman who only works wednesdays, etc.) Our AC went out in the hottest month of the year, and this company has shown absolutely no interest in actually fixing it. Unfortunately, my property manager forces me to deal with these wastes of space. Terrible. Terrible. Terrible. read more

Waste of time and the level of disregard for their customers is ridiculous. They only set up appointments in 9-5 windows and in this case a tech did not bother to show up at all, no call or anything. I'm here with a fridge that doesn't get cold in the middle of summer and I'm throwing away rotting food because of these jerkoffs. It's beyond frustrating to think that my building manager has decided to retain this clown show for services of the cheap crap that constantly needs service. Avoid at all costs, for the sake of your time and sanity... read more

Terrible. They don't offer a time slot for service, so you end up waiting all day. After calling three times and insisting on getting some sort of time for when the repair guy would get to me, they finally told me he'd be there between 1 and 5pm. They close at 5pm, supposedly, but he didn't get there until almost 6pm! Waste of time. I agree with what everyone else said. Stay far away from this place. read more