I haven't used a taxi for a number of years but I called Laclede because I do not like the way Uber and Lyft exploit their labor force. That said, I will use a different cab co. in the future. The person taking reservations on the phone was rude and curt. The driver was 30 minutes late! I missed a medical procedure as a result. A call saying you are late woulda been nice, Laclede. read more

+ On time. + Clean - Cabbie spent the whole time speaking in Nigerian on his cell phone. I don't think I even want to know what he was saying to the woman on the other end. read more

Worst experience ever! I arrived at my destination but apparently, the card reader was down. The driver informed me that I would need to pay in cash. I informed her that, that was inexcusable considering I was not made aware before I agreed to the terms and I was taken to my destination. She then sped off while my door was till open. She stated she would take us back to our original destination. I friend feel out of her seat, I asked the driver numerous to pull over so I could properly insert the safety belt for friend. The driver refused and my friend fell out of her seat another time. Thankfully, a city police officer noticed and provided transportation home. I will never in mu life take Laclede Taxi Company again! read more

I've used Laclede cab since I moved out of Soulard and into dogtown to get me around to all of the bars in Saint Louis. The service has always been supurb from the cab drivers and I've always had a great time socializing with them. Usually within 15 minutes of a call they are there to pick me up from my place and I am on my way to enjoy what the Saint Louis night life has to offer me. "But Joe? Why only 3 stars for these great accolades?" Well Laclede always is available to get me to the place I want to go to drink, but the problem is, when it is time to get home. Now I'll say I do stay out and usually close down the 1:30 bars on the weekends which is probably when the bulk of their traffic occurs. If I do make it to a 3:00am bar it is usually not until 4:00am or after before I'm able get a cab and Saint Louis winters are cold and windy. Case in point, standing outside Atomic Cowboy on the wednesday before thanksgiving in the rain, and the cold waiting for a cab that I called an hour and a half ago. Watch says 4:00am, body says drink now or forever you will sleep. It seems like everytime I try to get a cab either out of South Grand or South Gravois or The Grove it is almost impossible to get a lacede cab out there (which is interesting because Laclede is like 2 minutes from The Grove). I was outside Mangia on Grand for atleast 45 minutes before a cab showed up on 2 different occassions. Though if I am Downtown or in Soulard, cabs magically appear within seconds. I just have to be standing in front of McGurks or far enough west on Washington to get flag them down first. They are great for getting you to your spot for the night but it is hit or miss using them to get home. read more

I took a taxi from Schnucks to my house Friday. He charge me more than the meter show. I was upset that he did not want to go down a street. It looks like an alley, but it has a name, Frieda. There is no facing house from Morganford to Ulena. Taxi vehicle was #1012. I know there is many streets that there are no houses in this country. Was the cab driver lazy or what? Their is other cab drivers who are very nice and put groceries on the steps. read more

This is the best, most consistent cab company I have ever used. I travel a lot for work and use cabs, mainly, to go to the airport. When I call, their operators are always friendly. More important, their drivers arrive on time and are friendly WITHOUT a lot a chit-chat. Perfect! :) read more

These guys are my cab company of choice. I like the fact that they're stationed around the Central West End/Midtown area and have always been quick to respond to my calls -- from the airport, from the neighborhood, you name it. Sure, there aren't empty cabs floating around at every street corner, but that's the case for every cab company in St. Louis; this is not a taxi town. I remember reading a review or comment somewhere complaining that all Laclede cabs were pieces of junk. Maybe that's true on average, but I've never gotten a ride in a vehicle that didn't meet my standards. Try Laclede Cab yourself and let Yelp know what you think! Everyone looks better in red, anyway. read more

Called for a cab, got the text it was coming, got the family ready and down stairs THEY ALREADY LEFT!!!!!!! Called back and got a RUDE lady dispatcher!! Had to wait another 20 minutes outside w a 2 y/o and 4 y/o on a busy city street. *love my new Uber app!! Lost customer read more

I needed a ride from the Shrewsbury metrolink station to my hotel. I wasn't able to schedule a pickup from a public place, which kinda sucked, but I didn't have to wait long for my cab to show up after I made the call. My driver was Michael, cab #1004. He was super friendly and his cab was clean. The fare was $10 cheaper than what County Cab quoted. If I'm ever in the STL area I'll be using Michael for cab service. read more

Very professional driver. Wait time was really reasonable less than 10 minutes. I called instead of using the app. Great customer service over the phone. read more

Although we didn't talk much with our driver, we were very pleased with our overall experience! The cab was a few minutes early and so he patiently waited for us to finish getting ready and we left on time. He was a safe driver and very polite to all of us. We also initially had 6 riding and were set to pay an extra $5 because we needed a van, but when saw only 4 of us get in, he took off the extra charge. We will definitely use this company in the future! read more

This cab service is terrible. 1.) I was hung up on twice while saying "I need a cab." 2.) THEY DO NOT ARRIVE ON TIME. 3.) Terrible customer service. I needed to be at the Greyhound Station before 4am like an hour before and they were trying to send me a cab 20 minutes before 4am. So I decided to go with St. Louis County Cab. Now they are on time (especially in emergencies) and when they say they are outside they really are unlike Laclede Cab. This cab service is BULLSHIT!!! Go with St. Louis County Cab. read more

Prompt arrival and then terrible attitude barely spoke and then threw a fit because I did not have cash for 10 dollar fare and used card - no tip for you jerk read more

was so excited to see they had an app and you could see the status of your cab.....well tried to install it but the servers were down....so i called in the morning on a friday to set up a cab for 3:30 (so i could arrive at my meeting well before 4pm). At 3:34 I called to see if the cab was on the way....they said they didn't have a cab in the area and didn't see one there in the foreseeable future. Classy. I will not use this company again read more

Horribly unreliable service. On multiple occasions I've called ahead hours to arrange a pick up, am told it will be no problem, and never see a cab. When I call to find out where it is, they act like this is normal business practice and cannot even give an approximate time until one arrives. If it makes no difference what time you arrive at your destination (including up to several hours late), then this company is okay, but if you need to be there within any kind of schedule, stay away. read more

Made me super late for work. I'd rate with negative stars if possible. I called for a cab and also used their phone app (which is now deleted). After the cab was over 20 minutes late, I called and asked when it was going to arrive. Rude girl says "We real busy now. None of our cabs accepted yo' request". They had my phone number, they could have let me know..NEVER USE THIS CRAPPY PILE OF POOP CAB COMPANY read more

I was cool with company up until I had a small issue with a lost phone that I had left inside one of the cabs I had gotten a ride from. Their response each time was that they hadn't gotten a phone in their lost and found. I new the time of pickup, description of the driver, and they said they would try and find him for me. Every time I called, a total of 3 times, it was like starting all over again. Something that could be easy to solve is turning into a three day ordeal, because customer service closes on weekends, in which time any passenger could've found it and grabbed it. Plus unhelpful dispatchers who were quite rude, put the cherry on top. read more

Last month we decided to book a ride to the airport with Laclede Cab. We decided to book with them after we had a negative experience with Royal Car Service last year. Online booking with Laclede Cab was easy and user friendly. The night before I called to confirm our pick up time. Everything was good to go. Only problem, nobody showed up. After waiting 20 minutes I called Laclede Cab to check on the status of our ride. The dispatcher could not locate our confirmation number. We ended up driving to the airport and parking at one of the long term lots. When I returned from my vacation I sent an e mail to Laclede Cab with confirmation number and description of what happened and never received a response. Will never use them again. read more

Worst service ever! The dispatcher was incredibly sarcastic and condescending. We called for a taxi ride to the nearest auto parts store to replace a dead battery. After asking about an ETA, she told me that she was not able to provide one. I told her I was going to try other places first but she assured me I'd get an eta in 5 minutes by text. No text. I called back after 15 minutes and canceled. She used my first name and spoke to me in a condescending manner about patience so I hung up on her and called St Louis Cab Co. They were there in 5 minutes. read more

NEVER EVER EVER Will I use this cab company and I HIGHLY suggest you don't either!!! We were leaving town for a 2 week vacation and wanted a hassle free morning before we left so we made an appointment to pick us up at 5:00AM. I confirmed the order the night before we left, the only nice person we have dealt with says "everything is set for a cab to be outside our house right at 5am tomorrow morning..." 5:15am comes still NO CAB. I call and the people WERE RUDE BEYOND BELIEF, stating "LISTEN LADY THERE IS NO WAY FOR US TO GUARANTEE A CAB WILL BE THERE WHEN THE EXACT TIME YOU NEED IT. We don't even have one in route to you yet." I simply ask in a slightly annoyed yet calm tone "What is the point of making an appointment, if you can't guarantee they will be here. I confirmed with the lady last night that one would be here at 5. If you can't guarantee it then you should make appointments with people." Her yet again RUDE reply, "Stop yelling at me", hands the phone over to an even ruder guy! I ask him the same thing and his reply was "WE ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THAT A CAB WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU SET UP THE APPOINTMENT. I CAN GET ONE TO YOU IN APPROX 30 MIN." Let me tell you this, If you can't guarantee me a cab when I set one up, I GUARANTEE THAT I WILL NEVER EVER ATTEMPT TO USE THIS CAB COMPANY. Thank God we had other means to get to the airport in just the nick-of-time (5 minutes before the flight took off, literally) amazing friends that were willing to pick up the car at the airport so we didn't have to pay a fortune to park for 2 weeks. Otherwise this company would be getting the bill for parking and the new airline reservations for the $2000 plane tickets. read more

Important information - this is how Laclede Cab works, as explained to me by the driver: You place an order for a cab. The order goes out to drivers in the area. They individually choose whether or not to pick up you up. Laclede Cab, as a company, does NOT guarantee that someone will pick you up. Realistically, someone will *eventually*... but there is certainly no guarantee that you will be picked up at the time you requested. It also doesn't matter how far in advance you book. One would think that, if you book the night before, your cab would be virtually guaranteed to arrive on time - or at least within a 10 minute window... not so. My experience: I booked a cab for 7:30am, using the website, the night before my 8am doctor's appointment. (The doctor's office is only an 10 minute drive away, but it's not very metro-accessible and I'm a college student without a car.) I figured 7:30am was too early for 10 minutes, and that I'd regret not requesting 7:45 once I had 20 minutes to kill in the waiting room... oh, how wrong I was. When they haven't arrived by 7:35am, I call just to make sure that someone is on the way. The woman on the phone says that my "order hadn't been picked up yet" and hangs up immediately after I say "okay" without clarifying what that meant. I decide to wait a little longer, but by 7:45, I'm starting to worry and call again. She says that the order still hasn't been "picked up". At this point I call another cab company to book (they give a 10 minute estimate), then call Laclede back to cancel. They say, "are you sure, they're almost there", and I grudgingly accept, thinking they can't be TOO far off, and call the other cab company back to cancel that order. It's now 7:50am. Laclede Cab (automated message) calls me at 8am to say that my cab has arrived. They're nowhere in sight - I'm standing outside the building. I've been standing just inside the doorway for the past half hour and have not seen a cab. I call them to ask where they are, why I got the call, and then the cab (finally) shows up at 8:05. So apparently "arrived" means "almost there" and "almost there" means "15 minutes away". Great. The driver was awesome though, and totally brightened my morning - so 2 stars overall. This is only the third time I've taken Laclede Cab, and they were super timely the first two times - one of which was also booked online the night before. I do like that they have a short phone wait and online booking. But as someone who basically only takes cabs to get to and from medical appointments, 2/3 on time (and 35 minutes late when *not* on time) isn't good enough. tl,dr; If you want your 10 minute trip to take 45 minutes, take metro/bus, it's cheaper and more reliable. read more

Don't bother - they may never show up. We had a person in our party who had been severely debilitated by the long walk and many steps involved in getting from the Old Courthouse to the Arch, and then down to the riverboats, so the gift shop staff called a cab for us. We told them we needed the cab to come down to riverfront level; the cab driver apparently went to the upper pavilion area, and 3 subsequent calls to get the cab to come to the correct location resulting in nothing. The cab was ordered for serious reasons, because the person felt physically unable to make the return trip on foot, not just because someone "didn't feel like" walking. The no-show caused a great deal of physical pain and distress, ruining what should have been a fun visit. read more

I called for a cab and waited over an hour and it never showed. I also called the service 2 times and no one helped. Terrible service.

Horrible dispatchers, cool drivers. The dispatchers often lose your ticket and your cab passes you over, they are rude, show no sympathy, and do not give eta's. The drivers are usually pretty cool but it doesn't make up for the lack of professionalism in the office. Use another taxi service unless you're able to wave one of these guys down. read more

Wait was short. Driver was courteous and polite. Price good. Will use again on my next trip to St Louis.

Third time in two weeks I've booked a cab and they've picked up someone else. Use County/Yellow Cab.

I found Laclede Taxi on Yelp and since it had multiple reviews, decided to try it out. I needed to get a group of 6 to another destination and called the day before to make a reservation for a van taxi. They let me know that there was a $6 surcharge on the transportation, which was fine. The driver showed up a little early, which was fine. He was VERY, VERY patient with waiting for the kids he was going to drive to get their stuff together, and then for me to get in my car (I was following him with my car and more kids). He drove them to their destination and then waited for me to park and come over to pay their fare. Very nice & patient with me, herding around 10 kids! I will definitely use them again. read more

Literally the worst cab company I've ever experienced. DO NOT TAKE FOR ANY REASON. I called a cab, 20 mins later they texted me that my cab was there. We were waiting on the street corner but apparently took someone without asking there name. I called them after that and they told me I had already spoken to an operator and hung up on me read more

Took a cab ride on Saturday night and accidentally left my keys inside to my brand new car. I was freaking out because to replace the FOB pad and key was going to be $100s. It was 2:30am so calling them wasn't a whole lot of help. I had decided that Monday morning I would just have to go to the main office and hope they had them. Well I didn't have to because the cab driver knocked on my door early Monday morning with my keys in his hand!!!! That was so awesome and generous of him! I wish I knew his name! Thank you so much laclede cab! I will always use you guys from now on!!! read more

20 minutes late and driving 10 miles under the speed limit. I am freaking out about my flight.

Quick and efficient service when I called for a taxi. I called and asked to be picked up at a certain time and there they were on point. The driver was very friendly and took me to my destination using the shortest route. I will use then again when in need. Thanks BigJoeO read more

Terrible! Called a cab to be picked up from my Aunt's house to catch my flight. They said the cab would arrive in 15 minutes. I called every 15 minutes for the next hour. They kept saying, the driver will be there soon. The cab NEVER showed. On my last call they said they had no way of contacting the driver because the driver was out of radio range. Can they not afford cell phones?? Anyway, I missed my flight and had to pay the change fee. Thanks Laclede Cab! If you call this company I wish you the best of luck. read more

I've used this company many times and each n every time they were very disappointing, probably the worst cab company in the St. Louis area. Wait time is awful and the call receptionist are rude and ugly on the phone. read more

The worst. Called 24 hours in advance, needed a cab at 7pm. Cab arrived an hour and a half late. Used the iPhone app to hail a cab from a music venue. Cab showed up, picked up someone else and left. No phone call, nothing. If you're going to go out and have some drinks, and are worried about drinking, just get a hotel nearby. read more

I scheduled a cab for my kid brother for his first day at his first job. Any other day I would have taken him myself, but my roommate and I are both working today. I used the website to get an estimate for the route and it came to $29. I gave my brother $45 for the ride, a tip, and a little extra so he could get a snack or something. By the time the ride was over has was left with no money. I get that an estimate is going to change and is almost never really accurate, but going from $29 to $45 isn't a estimate, it's a guess. It's a 50% increase! If I would have known it was going to cost $45 I would have tried Uber. No wonder why the cab business is tanking. read more

While Laclede allows you to book online it is apparently not a given that you will get a cab. Not only did my cab not show up to me to the airport, they didn't contact me to tell me my cab wasn't showing up. When I called Laclede to check on my cab as it was 5 minutes past my scheduled pick up time, the dispatcher was rude and said they schedule accounts and airport first. I indicated my trip was to the airport, which they apparently overlooked. They continued to be very rude and indicated there were no guarantees of a cab when you book. I asked to speak to a manager and was told no one was on duty. I asked that the manager call me when on duty. At that point I had to drive myself to the airport, almost missing my flight. FYI- It's been 3 weeks and I have yet to hear from a Laclede manager. No apologies. read more

I have been stood up twice on my last two trips to the airport. Never again. Deleting their app because they are terrible. If they can't fulfill an order, they should tell you. read more

Ok look, yes, St. Louis is behind the times. We're the largest market with no Uber or Lyft. Just how it is. If you want to get somewhere, you'll need a cab. Laclede is the way to go. Their app works well. The drivers are friendly, most of the time. The dispatch? Effective. Friendly? Eh. Not really. But, if you need a ride, you need a ride. Go with these guys. If you don't, their competitor St. Louis County Cab/Yellow Cab are what you want. St. Louis required prices be displayed on the door of a taxi. Laclede is the cheapest. Use them and smile. They'll get you home safe just like they have for me. Harris, American and Meto are he highest priced. Good luck... read more

Quick service and I got a handy text confirming my request seconds after I got off the phone.

I always use Laclede when I need rides to the airport. I call a day or two in advance and they always show up at my house on time (usually early). The cab drivers are generally very nice and don't engage in chitchat. Their operators could be slightly more friendly, but I'm only on the phone for about 2 minutes so not a big deal. read more