Frank&#x27;s Lock &amp; Key

(44 reviews)

Owner Darrin was quick to respond and very nice. He did great work and helped us quickly. Fair…read moreprices. Would definitely use again and highly recommend!

Very impressed with Darrin's communication and getting me scheduled so quickly. Very professional…read more Purchased 2 key fobs and have already recommended him to friends and family.

Onspot Locksmith 24/7

(18 reviews)

Ryan turned a "stressful situation" into a much more manageable one…read more I was locked out of my office and checked out Yelp to find a good Locksmith in the area; Ryan was the first to respond. He was very professional over the phone; asked what I needed and gave me a quote... (which was way more reasonable than other quotes I'd received)! Upon meeting, he was right on time, did the job fast, was extremely friendly and fast/ efficient. I would definitely recommend him to anyone in need of similar services or any lock related issue, as he seems quite knowledgeable and is extremely professional and reliable!

Ryan and Daryn were amazing to work with! We had a tricky lock that needed to be re-keyed and Daryn…read morewent above and beyond to creatively find a way to do it, and fix it for long-term. On top of that, they were a lifesaver when I got locked out later that day! Thanks guys. Customer for life.

Central Coast Lock Doc

4.2

(47 reviews)

I needed two key fobs made in a short time, I was able to make an appointment with ease because…read morethey continued to stay in contact with me and work with my time frames. The service was quick and a good price! 10/10 recommend to anyone

fast service fixed my key ploblem fast for my Toyota chr SUV le lx thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!! claytonread more

Sterling Locksmith

4.2

(74 reviews)

Awesome job! Isaac was fast, efficient, and friendly. I…read morecalled a lot of locksmiths but no one seemed to be able to help me make a spare key. Isaac's price was almost half the price I would have had to pay if I had to go to the dealership. Thanks Isaac

This business owner ripped me off. Unlocked my truck door. Took 3 minutes charged 175.00 others…read morewere 65. WHY BEWARE BE AFRIAD FOR YOUR WALLET

Keylock Security Specialist

(10 reviews)

Best Locksmith on the Central Coast, very reliable and honest, highly recommended: AAAAA+++++read more

An old-fashioned, quality lock & key professional!! Call…read morebefore you go, to make sure they're open: Wednesdays closed for lunch 12noon-1:30pm

Lowkey Locksmith

(5 reviews)

Wow! Frank of Lowkey Locksmith responded so quickly to our request to replace our front door handle…read moreset, deadbolt, and add a smart lock. We had an existing installation by our builder that was off center, resulting in continuing issues with our Baldwin entry lever. Frank was able to troubleshoot the problem and install the new handle set perfectly! After 15 years in our home, the front door handle finally works smoothly. Professional, courteous, and friendly service. Will definitely recommend Lowkey Locksmith to friends and have them back to upgrade our second entry with a smart lock.

It was such a pleasure working with Frank, and he helped us out big time! We had lost the keys for…read moreour 85 Vanagon and we're moving this week! We didn't want to tow it 50+ miles so we found Frank's service and we're so lucky we did. He got replacement keys for our old van in a timely manner, confirmed they worked, and was just a pleasure to work with. I will highly recommend him to anyone needing locksmith services.

Key Solutions

(41 reviews)

We were so lucky to reach Kelly on the phone when we had an emergency front door handle/lock fail!…read moreKelly came to our home within 30 minutes of our call and was able to repair our lock. He is very knowledgeable and professional!

Kelly stopped by my house as he was driving home to fix my door lock. He examined the lock, took it…read moreapart, fixed it, and then put it back together all within 35 minutes. For the past 2 months we've had to exit out the garage because our key did not work. A previous locksmith assessed the issue and not only were we told we had to order a new lock but were quoted thousands of dollars to fix it. Kelly did an amazing job, and I can use my house key! I will definitely be calling and referring Kelly to anyone with locksmith needs.

Pacific Locksmiths

2.4

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I highly recommend DO NOT USE Pacific locksmiths,Keyalike services or send a tradie!!…read more I acknowledge the Reception, timeliness & friendliness of locksmith earnt the star. However it's disappointingly a scam!!! I concur. Absolute set up. Scam. Keyalike services portray a special $29.00 call out fee. Absolute horseshit. The Keyalike locksmith that attended. Was onsite for 10minutes to unlock my car. The cost was over $350.00. Do not use this company!!!

Found the Locksmith is the manager Nathan at the Ace Hardware in Morro Bay. I get it business is…read moretough these days, just sayin' good luck. foodguy-martin

Central Coast Lock & Key

2.7

(7 reviews)

Central Coast lock and key were supposed to come out today made the appointment yesterday they were…read morea no-show no call left three voicemails have yet to hear back from them I read the reviews on HomeAdvisor and they are a joke they say they are five star company they've been in business 5 years you cannot believe the reviews that are on homeadvisors or on Yelp be aware of no shows I would give them zero Stars Central Coast lock and key never got back to me. They told me they would charge me a $75 fee to come out and then it would be $35 per door knob to be rekeyed that is ridiculous charges. I would recommend anybody using Daryl's lock and key he has been in business 50 years and he is very considerate on his charges definitely a five-star company. People beware don't believe the reviews you read. Zero Stars. Yelp wouldn't allow me to post zero stars. Reluctantly gave 1 star

Do not call this guy! If I could give less than one star I would. Do not employ this locksmith. He…read more committed fraud and has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I do not say this lightly about fraud, being an attorney. We employed Brandon to install a Lockly Vision Elite on our door. This nightmare started on May 31,2023 when we were charged $536.25 for the Lockly Vision Elite. He claimed that the product was not available and could not do the install until July. My husband and I thought this was odd but we gave him the benefit of the doubt. My husband would call and text Brandon and he would never respond. He finally arrived at our house on July 3, 2023 after my husband repeatedly called and texted him. He said he was involved in a car accident that day which is why he was late (Now looking back, I think he was lying.) Brandon did a horrible job installing the lock. First, the handles of the door were crooked and the door was not closing easily. He advised my husband that there was a missing "plate" for the door that he did not have with him and would have to come back later to install it. My husband asked why the current locking system would not allow us to open the lock with our iphones, which is feature on the Lockly Vision Elite only. Brandon stated that this "plate" he needed to bring would allow us to have that feature. Since July 3, 2023, after the date of the initial install, my husband kept calling Brandon and texting him to find out when the job would be completed. He did not respond at all. He left our door looking horrible with holes in it and the portion of the lock and bolt system in the inside of the door was causing our door to catch when you opened it. Last Monday, July 17, 2023, our door became completely stuck. We could not open or close it. My husband and I were extremely angry. Since Brandon was not answering my husband's texts or calls, I decided to call him. A woman answered the phone and was speaking to me in a accusatory fashion as if I was having an affair with him. I repeatedly asked to speak to Brandon and she wanted to know why? I stated he was working on a job and I needed to speak to him. She said, "what job?" I finally got to speak with Brandon and told him the situation. He said that he was doing a job in "San Diego" (he was always in San Diego) and was sorry about the door and could come on Wednesday morning to fix the problem. He also said he had the other "plate." On Wednesday morning, he texts my husband and says he can't come until Thursday, but Friday would be better for him. Being extremely irritated and mad, I tried calling him again and texting him and no one answered or returned our texts. I told my husband that if we did not get a response from Brandon by the end of Thursday, we needed to find someone else to finish the job, which we did. We found a local locksmith who came out and looked at our door and said that it was one of the worst install jobs he had ever seen in his 40 year career. My husband asked about this additional "plate" that needed to be installed to allow our iphones to open the door. The new locksmith said there wasn't another plate and the system was already installed. My husband gets the box that the lock system came in and it turns out, Brandon charged us $536.25 for the Lockly Vision Elite, but we ended up getting just the Lockly Vision which is worth only $399.00 if that. This whole time Brandon was lying about the product he bought us and was just stringing us along! This is a horrible company run by Brandon who committed fraud. Their website is dishonest, none of their 800 numbers work, there is only one person doing the jobs (poorly) and they do not service our area, although they claim to. He charged us $875.00 for service and install and the veteran locksmith fixed our door and did the proper install for $375.00. If you want one of the worst service experiences of your life then call Brandon, but if you want a job completed competently, timely, and with great customer service, find an experienced local locksmith.

B & B Garage Door Service

(129 reviews)

I just had B&B Garage Door install a new opener and replace a couple parts…read more They returned my call right away, got me scheduled asap and did a great job on the installation. They didn't try to sell me anything extra and we're polite and on time. I have used several Garage Door companies in SLO county in the past and B&B has earned the top spot for me. I will definitely use their services again.

I had a very bad experience with B&B Door which is unfortunate, especially given the fact that…read moreinitially had a positive exchange with Casey. I called and we had a nice conversation and he asked for me to text him some more details about what I need done, so I responded with the pictures and details that he asked for and we set up. He gave me a fair quote, and we set up a time. I felt very happy so far as far as the communication. I did warn him (in another text right after that, that I unfortunately due to my healing broken ankle and that some things had piled up so we may need to move a few things in the garage In order to get to the area to install the garage door motor that I already had. I even offered to help. Unfortunately, what happened after this was a crash & burn experience. Because of triple fracturing my ankle a week after I bought a house and i'm losing my house which is why I'm fixing the garage door because I need to fix everything up to sell it, so needless to say life has been very stressful for the last 2 years and adding more and pleasantness and stress to my life was not ideal, . I'm not sleeping well at all, because I'm in a lot of pain and rolling over in bed waking up and it takes me hours sometimes to go back to sleep So when Tony from B&B garage doors showed up an hour early without clearing it with me first, I had to answer the door with just a blanket wrapped around me, half asleep. He also rang the doorbell, and literally with less than a minute of waiting, he started knocking and didn't stop.He just kept knocking continuously, the way someone does when there's an emergency, so I answered the door in kind of a panic and stressed. Most people would ring the doorbell, wait a minute and then knock 2-4 knocks and then wait another minute, . When I opened the door with a blanket wrapped around me, he didn't even apologize. He just said "well, I called you and texted you" in a defensive way! That doesn't justify coming an hour early, especially when you didn't confirm with the customer that you're coming early and making sure that's okay. Then, he was gruff and crabby about having to move things around in the garage, when I had already messaged Casey about that, but apparently he did not communicate that to the person (Tony) that he sent over to hook up the garage door motor. Then he was kind of gruff and crabby about other things, played music on his phone while he was in the garage without asking, it was already awkward off to an awkward start.But it got worse..although he mentioned that he might need to leave and come back, When you live alone and you've been through a traumatic injury and you have limited mobility and you own a 3 acre property, you appreciate people giving you the courtesy and respect of letting you know when they are leaving and coming back onto your property and he never did that which was creepy too and felt unprofessional. At one point I went out to the garage to do some laundry and he was gone and returned later without letting me know he was back. Then, he hooked up the toggle switch linked to the garage door opener crooked, and when I pointed it out, he just shrugged and said, oh well...and left! Plus when I told him where I wanted to have him plug in the power cord plugged in for the garage door he didn't pay attention. I asked him "Do you want me to show you where?" And pointed at the area, that was only about 10 feet away from where he was standing but he wouldn't even look over. And he said, no, it's fine.... And then he plugged it in the wrong place. Then when I asked him to plug it in where I had actually asked him to plug it in, he said "we're not even really supposed to do that" ‍. And then did a really sloppy job. I had had to hire a manyman to not only re-hang the toggle switch straight and reroute the power cord in a not sloppy way. But then when I tried to pay, he said, I don't have service here and I said, well why don't you link to my Wi-Fi? And he refused to do that and left with just overall bad vibes from beginning to end as far as my experience and did subpar work. I immediately texted Casey as soon as Tony left and I said "please call me when you have a few minutes.I am extremely unhappy", and I never heard anything back from him. Now, 10 days later, I received a bill in the mail. I gave him a chance to remedy the situation and he never responded. And now I had to spend more than I spent getting the motor installed, because I had to hire someone to redo some of the shoddy work of the person he sent over to do it, but he never followed up to find out why I was upset. I'm going to pay it but I will never use them again, and definitely am going to tell people about my bad experience. Bad news travels fast in this area, and other than Casey initially communicating well and being kind on the phone during our initial conversation, the rest of this was an extremely bad experience. VERY unprofessional. See screenshots and pictures attached. ‍

Grover Beach Door

4.7

(71 reviews)

Responded quickly to our request for an estimate. We had one other company come for a quote, but…read morethey never sent it. Pricing was reasonable and our new door and opener should be installed next week. Our neighbor highly recommend this company after they worked on their garage door.

I'm laughing because I'm reading past posts and I love that someone said "Shawn is nice, funny, and…read moreexceedingly honest." I agree completely. But Denise is an integral part of the business. Last week I called early in the morning and Denise moved Shawn's schedule around so he could come out later that morning. Wonderful service! And Shawn speaks Spanish!

RAD Garage Door Services

(5 reviews)

Roger was super responsive to our request to replace the bottom seal of our garage door. Everything…read morehe needed was on his truck and completed the job very professionally. No more critters coming in the garage now! We will not hesitate to call him in the future! Thanks Roger!

Roger was very responsive and the job was completed quickly. He paid attention to detail and went…read morethe extra mile to make sure everything was done to my satisfaction. Highly recommended!

Besser Garage Doors

4.3

(48 reviews)

I was looking for parts to fix my LiftMaster/elite gate opener. I found that Hamon was the best…read morerated local supplier so I reached out. John was very cooperative and looked up the information found that it was discontinued, but gave suggestions on alternative sources. I would certainly Come back to his business in the future as needs arise. With an footer stating: Celebrating over 57 years of Overhead Door Excellence I am impressed!

They were responsive. Timely…read more The job was to replace the glass at top of garage door only in one panel. When finished the tech l, Landon didn't offer to show me the work and I had to say well let me see how it looks. I feel like he knew I was not going to be happy with it. Unfortunately the replacement miter cut window frame was not measured long enough so there was a 1/4" gap at corner. And the plastic frame pieces were not pushed in smoothly. In the center there were 2 shoved in areas and wrinkles. But it was just the huge gaping corners that shocked me. Clearly not cut long enough I'm used to working with contractors on home projects and I just tried to politely ask why he would do an install like this. And we recently had all new vinyl windows installed which is pretty much the same method where they cut the vinyl to miter and fit the corners of windows to seal it up, which is a similar process. Anyway I do feel that I understand how it was done . Just not why it was done so sloppy for lack of a better word. In future I would use this company again if a different tech was sent out. If I hadn't said anything I would have been upset with myself for not speaking up and asking why it looked so bad. Thankfully it's on the inside but I still expect it to look good inside or out. But thankfully the outside of window is good. I don't think the outside frame was popped out like the inside had to be. Anyway it was unfortunate. In response to manager comment: To correct your statement. !!!! Landon did not use the existing old that were perfectly mitered window frame clips that hold glass in. He showed me a long piece of stock and said he cut new ones because he destroyed the existing when he pried them off the window. That's where the problem comes from. He cited new pieces too short leaving huge 1/4" gaps at corners looking really sloppy and unprofessional !! He left the top piece old but added new badly cut short pieces on bottom and sides. They were cut too quickly without properly measuring and miter corners did not come close.

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Jean K.

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13 years ago

I went to Frank's to get a duplicate key made for my old Rolls Royce. Erin was very nice and tried to find a blank to match mine. She could not find one so she took a picture of the key to see if Luke could find it when he got back. I left my name and phone number. Ten days later no call back so I ordered a blank on line, when it arrived I went back to their shop to have them cut it. Luke was there looked at the blank asked if it fit in my lock I told him it fit fine. He then refused to cut the key for me unless my car there. Well my car is at home in my shop on jack stands waiting for some parts to come from overseas at the moment, it is not drivable. I left Franks went down the street to Miner's Hardware were a nice person cut the key for me and it works perfect. (They did not even charge me) I do not know what Luke's problem is but I myself would never go back and I will tell my friends in the car club and others about my experience.. read more

Josh S.

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8

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13 years ago

I called Frank's this morning because I bought a used truck that came with a camper shell but no keys to the locks on the shell. The girl that answered the phone was friendly and knowledgable. She asked if I could take the locks out and bring them in. i didn't think I could do that and thought I would have to leave the truck there for a few hours. When I took a second look at the locks, I realized I could take them out. It was easy to take them out (only two screws each) and brought them in and left them with her. Within a few hours I got a call from Luke letting me know the keys for my locks were ready and the charge was only $15. Awesome service all around. I will use Frank's for any locksmithing needs in the future. THANKS! read more

Earl H.

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4 years ago

I came to Frank's lock and key with what proved to be an especially difficult repair job which involved a locking mechanism that was old. When Luke accepted the job neither of us knew it was also badly broken. He stuck with the job and succeeded in repairing it, spending far more time than he initially expected, yet he stuck by his initial price in spite of the increased labor. I highly recommend him and will certainly return in the future. read more

Ginger F.

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1 month ago

I highly recommend Frank's Lock & Key! We have been using them for our Arroyo Grande business for more than 20 years. Erin is wonderful at working with our schedule, and Luke is trustworthy and always on time. We recently updated our office locks and Luke made multiple copies and numbered them so I can easily track all the keys. read more

Tish B.

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12 years ago

I've been going to Frank's for years now, why go anywhere else? It doesn't matter what you ask them to fix or do, Luke is on it! Erin is as sweet as they come, always helpful. Wonderful, nice people and as fair as they come, don't look anywhere else. Tish B. read more

Jo Ann L.

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4 months ago

The couple who run this business is great! I can't recommend them highly enough. Thoughtful, kind, hardworking and conscientious ... and fair! They are local residents who genuinely care about helping the people in our Central Coast community. read more

Steph R.

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7 years ago

The gal was very nice and tried to move forward but the man (I assume owner) was a hot headed jerk. I would not recommend doing business with this company. Sad as I prefer to stay local and support local small business. read more

Drake A.

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3

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15 years ago

Luke handled it. Brought an odd request in which R&R Lock in SLO couldn't handle and Luke had it done in 30 minutes and for $20. I would go back and recommend this place. read more

Sherri R.

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9

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13 years ago

Now I see why the high ratings! I chose this company based on yelp reviews. Fast, friendly, professional and clean! I highly recommend

Karl W.

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2

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11 years ago

I needed a key for a 1991 Saab. Worked out great. Very reasonable and quick.

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I have called them a couple of times, they were prompt and made some suggestions that I hadn't…read moreconsidered to solve my lock situation.

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