Love coming here. It is like a toy store for metal. Staff is helpful and nice. Great prices. They have added a new inside shop with tools and supplies. They also have hinges and gate latches and all sorts of stuff. read more

I used to come to this place and I didn't like it. I came here a few weeks ago and it was way different. I asked the people at the counter and they said someone bought the company a year or so ago and they've been turning the place around. Highly recommend. Fair prices and professional place. read more

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The price of the precut 4' 3/8" hot round bar metal rod has almost doubled since April. I understand tariffs are affecting price but I'd be surprised if it caused the price to rise that much. But the quality has gone down. I'm paying double and now have to grind the ends of my 5/15" rods. Not happy. I'll look elsewhere. read more

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Escondido Metal Supply rocks! I have relied on these folks for my home and car projects for over 25 years. Awesome service, great prices, and massive selection for anything you want to weld on! And their sister company Metal Amore has all the decorative metal work for fencing, gates, and all the stuff my daughter's love to paint on! read more

Great customer service, great variety! I came here and quickly received help from one of the workers here, they were very fri fly and help full with helping me find exactly what I needed. Would recommend!!!! read more

This place is amazing. I went there to get some metal for blacksmithing practice. The manager, Manny, was beyond helpful. They had everything I was looking for at a very reasonable price. If you need metal, you need to go to this place. read more

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Edgar was a big help really appreciate this place. I had a stainless steel sheet metal cut to size. Fast and helpful.

Measurements, cutting. Customer service all around the best, come by for all your Metal needs

Everything is great here! Very helpful! Good pricing. The only place I go. They even have a full shop with welding supplies. read more

it was a very military experience. This guy Edgar did an amazing job. He answered all my questions.

Currently working on a project at home, I walked in not knowing a single thing about metal or what this store carried. Angel was extremely helpful and highly informative on what would be the best suited for the project. They had everything I needed and I was able to walk out with all the metal for my project. Thanks again! read more

This place has everything from small metal pieces to huge pipes and sheets. Super helpful staff and a ton of options. Always my go-to for metal supplies. Prices are fair, and the convenience of having such a wide inventory in one place saves me time and hassle. Highly recommend! read more

Great place. Great help. Have been shopping here for 5 years. Selection has improved.

I get metals for my art projects here, always helpful staff and they are open Saturdays! Can't beat that

I like to get surplus metal , they usually have wnat Ineed. They can cut if you need, I got metal to fabricate gate doors.

very friendly and very helpful with everything ask them a question and they help you right away

First time buying metal here for a railing project. They had a good selection and were very helpful. Prices seemed reasonable too. read more

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I source material for heating and cooling projects from Escondido Metal Supply occasionally. The admin ladies receiving orders at the will-call window are super crotchety, moody, and unprofessional. They're super snippety, unpleasant and disagreeable. I do not recommend this material supplier. Figuratively speaking/metaphorically, they give me the shits. They give me heartburn and diarrhea. Their staff are slow, inefficient and unprofessional. They're great at wasting my afternoon. I do not recommend Escondido Metal, do yourself a favor and go to Industrial Metal Supply Co. off of Ronson Rd., San Diego. I've done business with Industrial Metal Supply Co. for years, I'll continue to source material from them. IMS is open on Saturday, their staff is helpful and professional, their supply is robust and their prices are reasonable and realistic. Escondido Metal Supply is a terd, don't waste your time or the trip. Their negative track record speaks for itself, I figured it was time to add to it. read more

These idiots list scrap metal as .55 and .65 a pound but it's really $1.36 a pound. Even says .55 and .65 on the website AND on the whiteboard in their warehouse. Go to San Diego metal supply, much better and less shady. read more

I will not be shopping here anymore. Slowly but surely I've been making the trek to IMS more and more over the years. Today I called asking for a price on a 4x4 sheet and she quoted me. When I showed up, the guys tried to bury an extra 20 to shear the material to that size she gave me the quote for. No thanks. Not going to waste my time here again. Too bad since I've been coming here 20 years. read more

Great place with tons of options aardvark sizes. They treated my 14 y/o son with kindness and respect. They were very curious to learn about his knife making-skills. This is a great place tto come find raw materials. read more

The staff was super helpful with letting me know they had the aluminum piece I was looking for. I called ahead and the woman who answered the phone checked stock and had an answer for me in seconds. When I got to the warehouse, I checked in with her and she showed me around to the area where I could ask one of the warehouse employees for help. I got the piece of metal I needed and they cut it in half for me so it'd fit in my car. I was in & out in under 10 mins. Great service and the quality of metal was exactly what I needed! Will definitely be back for future projects. read more

I'm not an everyday customer of Escondido Metal Supply, but I have made many purchases there over the years. I just did so again today. All of my experiences have ranged from acceptable to excellent. (Today was excellent.) I saw the poor ratings here on Yelp and read most of them and would like to offer a different perspective. First, if you go there when they are really busy, you will have to wait a bit for help. This is a professional metal supply business which also sells to the public, so don't expect the Home Depot grab it, scan it at self-checkout, and be out the door in a few minutes. They have a process and are going to follow it to make sure you get what you pay for - no more and no less. Don't get annoyed at the guys who check your receipt on the way out. They have never found an error that was in my favor, but they have found an error which would have cost me money. Second, the world of metal working is hot, loud, dirty, hard, heavy, and harsh. Many of the customers who come in here live in that gritty world and can be a bit rough around the edges. That might be the cause of some of those complaints about the cashiers. When they deal with harsh people all day, maybe they get to be a bit calloused, themselves. I am always pleasant to them, and to everyone really, and they have always responded to me by being pleasant in return. I can think of one time when it took a bit of work on my part to get the cashier to lighten up, but we both ended up in good moods. I have never been to that metal place down in San Diego that is mentioned in some of the reviews. Maybe it is a better place to shop, but if you live in the north county it will cost you a lot more time and vehicle cost to go there and I doubt that you will gain enough value from the experience to make it worth the trip. (Have you ever calculated the total cost per mile to drive your vehicle? It is a LOT more than just the cost of gas.) read more

Really bad service, I purchase a piece of metal sheet for a project it was purchase by the pound it was only $11.00 dollars I was told it wasn't returnable, they have signs hanging but on the receipt is a different policy B.S. read more

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They got every kind of matter that you need and Surplus Army stuff and little jet skis you can weld to your metal crafts metal metal metal metal metal metal metal read more

The worst metal yard I have ever been to. $20 per cut on a sheer you have to be kidding me. Don't shop here. I'm been buying metal for 10 years now worst worst place to go. read more

How Escondido Metal Supply works: 1) Yard staff takes your order and writes it up (you can call this ahead) 2) you pay for it at the counter 3) yard staff picks the order for you. EMS is a full service shop which has a good inventory of industrial metals. Because they're in North County they don't have as big of a client base as Kearny Mesa companies, so they're not as big or as staffed. However they do have busy times, you want avoid the following: 1) early morning - staff is unloading trucks 2) lunch time - everyone is heading over at their break 3) closing time - everyone else tries to get in before the door locks. So during busy times it can be hard to find someone to take your order, etc, but the staff works hard within the process at the shop. It's not perfect but it's good service. IMS is bigger, has more staff, etc, but they're so far away that it's a 2 hour trip. If you're in the North County and have a good order this is the place to go. Please remember this is an industrial shop. If what you need can be found at Home Depot, this place is not for that order. read more

Don't Waste your time. The staff is unprofessional in the way they communicate with their customers. They were rude, and it is clear that do not care for the customers needs. Their job is to facilitate good customer relations and rapport. Instead, I got a snippy attitude when asking for a basic quote. I am no longer a customer but will think about returning if the atmosphere changes. The Guys in the yard though have always been helpful and polite. read more

I am a custom tiny home builder and try very hard to find good, local companies to source my materials from. I have tried several times to shop here and am officially giving up. The girls that answer the phone are snotty and act like you are bothering them by trying to order something. The guys in the warehouse are not much better. And their prices are more expensive than Home Depot. I don't know who owns this place but they need to do something. read more

Needed a piece of 3/16 scrap for a small project. Got stuck in Friday afternoon traffic and called at 4:50 asking the woman that answered if they could please give me an extra minute or two before closing since I was driving a long distance and traffic was bad. I said we'd be there very close to closing. She said they have a strict policy and a hard 5:00pm closing time. We pulled in at 5:00 on the dot and one of the workers with a beard told me they were already closed and that I couldn't purchase anything. There were 4 people in the yard and several customers. They were still cutting and moving stuff with fork lifts and I explained I only needed a sheet of scrap. No cutting or anything. He told me to come back tomorrow, Saturday morning. I just spent 45 minutes driving there. If they think I'm ever going back there, they are mistaken. The woman that answered the phone saw us pull in, she said she'd only been there a few weeks and really wanted to help us but said there was nothing she could do. At least the new people have some compassion. The guys in the yard couldn't care less. It's too bad the guys in the yard are the face of the place. They should leave customer service to the people that care about the customers and give them the authority to make a difference. read more

Rolled up to this place because a friend said you could buy the metal end to make a skate box to shred on. If you are like me and you like to go get your own parts at the junk yard or you git er done by yourself instead of forking your hard earned cash over to someone else. You have arrived. Yes its dirty every one is yelling obscenities. but its a real metal yard everyone is the to do work and work hard, so if you are scared you will get aids from dirt or you ears bleed when someone says a four letter word, go to home depot and someone will pat you on the ass and not know what the hell they are talking about. and they sell a bunch of cool other stuff like giant ammo boxes, military barrels, and surplus army backpacks. read more

They take way too long to get a simple task done, but they usually have whatever I need in stock. Their customer service is very mediocre, it's often hard to get in and out within 45 mins or less. read more

I've been getting small quantities of metal there for over 6 years. Mild steel, stainless, aluminum, etc. Their scrap aluminum is a good deal (around $2 per pound) if they have the shape you want. Prices: Maybe not the best, but way better than metal prices at a retail store like Home Depot or Lowes. They once special ordered an unusual aluminum alloy tube for me...no problems. It's grungy. The help and service are OK. They don't seem to be set up for giving advice on metals, or anything like that. You can walk around and pick through stuff without being hassled. read more

I have been a fabricator for 30 years and have never had such bad experiences as from this company. Sales ,service,billing all are not up to the task!!! these are children!!!! Industrial metal supply is always happy to help the guy off the street as well as the professional. save your money for a company who cares even a little!!! read more

So slow with anything they do. It takes forever to get anything and the prices are outrageous. I do my best to only use Tusker Metal in Temecula or Industrial metal supply in Clairmount Mesa. read more

I would like to say they had bpad customer service,l but the truth is they had none. I was allowed to wander aimlessly in obviously restricted areas with no signage or staff to help. This companies liability insurer would be wise to cancel coverage. It's an accident just waiting to happen here. read more

It's better than it's been in the past but i still feel as if I am inconveniencing them by shopping there. I can say that the Boys in the yard were really nice and helpful but the girl in the office almost made me drop all my things and walk out. read more

This is such an awesome place to deal with . I moved from the east coast 4 years ago and have been using them ever since. The staff is very helpful. I have even sent my son's or wife to pick up stuff for me and they have always been very helpful. My wife also enjoys the front decorative metals also. I highly recommend this metal place. read more

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I would still give them a five-star review. It's a metal supply shop after all, I'm not going there to expect world-class service, although I have yet to have poor service. They always had everything that we needed for a good low price and we can be in and out of there in 5 mins. read more

I saw the mixed reviews here on Yelp, but I decided to try Escondido Metal Supply anyway. All I can say is WOW. I have never been called "Sir" so many times in my life. It was almost like I stepped onto a Military Base, where respect is mandatory. I was treated like a king from the moment I walked in the yard. Everyone was friendly and efficient. I was a small time cash customer, needing only a 4ft piece of "L" angle aluminum. I was asked politely if I needed help, I said yes as I needed a piece cut for me. The piece was pulled and immediately cut to my requested length. A yard ticket was filled out and I was on my way to the cashier in less than 5 minutes. There were also at least 3 large business customers there too picking up orders with material cutting. We were all assisted with great customer service. My total bill was only $16.83 on 10/09/2014 at approx 1:45pm Invoice # 553616. All I can say is this place is great and I will go back there many times in the future. I was treated with upmost respect, the transaction was fast, efficient and never heard a cuss word at anytime. Maybe it's the competitors who are writing the bad reviews here. My experience with Escondido Metal Supply was very rewarding and their prices are very reasonable. read more