I've used Mel a few times now and I'm never disappointed. Fabulous customer service, speedy repairs and very adorable! Thanks Mel, you rock!

The owner, Brad, was a great guy and treated your lock problem like an emergency. Unfortunately, for locals, he decided to retire. So, the business is closed. read more

Mel was great. Rekeyed our entire home and cut keys for us. Job was done fast and correctly. Great guy!

Brad was excellent! He came out on a Saturday and changed out old locks and replaced them with Smart keypad deadbolt locks. No more keys! Very friendly. Fast response. And didn't over-charge like all the rest of the locksmiths do. I highly recommend this business! read more

Mel was the best, I called late one afternoon and he was here the next morning. We had a sliding glass door that we could not lock. He worked on it for over an hour and he got it fixed~~no easy task. Thanks for top notch service at a very fair price! read more

We've resided in Cambria 10 years and Mel is a very nice man who does excellent work! Great prices and A+ service.

We Love Mel. Great guy very instructive lots of experience. He can help with sliding glass doors also.

Brandon is great. Personable, knowledgeable, responsive, and quick.

Fast , friendly and most importantly a good price ! I locked my keys in my car on a Sunday when most lock smiths were not working but Mel was able to show up in under 15 min! Only took him about 5 min or so to get me back in my car!!! Saved our vacation read more

Brad at Mel's Lock & Key is very down to earth and reliable. He helped us install some digital locks and made sure everything aligned to ensure proper operation. His rates are very reasonable and I would recommend him. read more

Mel's lock and key has helped me three times now. He re-keyed my house after I bought it. Then he fixed a broken door lock. And then the final time he was able to make some keys for cabinet locks to replace the keys i had lost. I didn't have any keys for him to copy. Every time Mel's Lock and Key has been extremely helpful, expedient and economical. Great business! read more

Always takes care of the task and is reasonably priced, keys work every time! Thank you read more

Mel's Locksmith is our go to when we need anything lock & key related. First class all the way

I needed a lock repaired at our house in Cambria and called Mel's Lock and Key. I left a message and he called back in 20 minutes and then immediately came to the house and made the repair. Not only did he repair the broken lock, he also made repairs to two other doors while he was here. Service like this is almost non existent in this world. I cannot recommend Mel's enough. read more

This is a small company and it took me a few phone calls to make contact, but once we talked, the technician was out to our house that same day. Rate is also very good read more

As out of towners staying at a friend's house we managed to lock our keys in the car inside the garage and closed the only two access doors on a Saturday afternoon. Within 15 minutes of calling him Mel was here and had us unlocked and extra key in hand! Well priced. Thank you so much...... read more

The key to open our tall grandfathers clock was becoming hard to work and finally jammed up completely. Since it is quite old and the lock parts are very tiny I was afraid it couldn't be repaired. Brad said he didn't have parts for furniture but would take a look at it. He also said if he couldn't help me he wouldn't charge for a service call. Brad could see that the bar in back of the lock was slightly bent. He was able to gently pry off the front part and adjust the bar. Now I can wind the clock and tell time again. This was not a typical locksmith problem and I'm so happy Brad could solve it creatively. read more

We recently bought a home in Cambria and not knowing who all had keys to the house I called and within 30 minutes we were having the locks changed. Service was quick and very reasonably priced. If I need any locks changed in the future I will be sure to call them again. Thank you so much for the fast and friendly service. read more

Mel saved our trip!!! My husband lost the keys to our trailer with All our belonging in it on a Sunday afternoon. We come to San Simeon once a year for 5 days with our dogs and stay in a Hotel on the water. I called Mel and explained our situation. He came out right away and got us in our trailer. To top it off he was extremely fair on his charges. read more

best locksmith on the central coast. been using Mel's lock and key for over 25 years. on time evertime

Looking for moonstones on Moonstone Beach, I must have dropped the car key. We were visiting Cambria for our wedding anniversary and suddenly the weekend might have been ruined. We called Mel on Sunday morning (thinking we would ask him to come Monday) and over the phone he quoted an estimate so reasonable and said he'd be there in 10 minutes. He arrived shortly thereafter, and we had a new key in hand less than 20 minutes later. The final price was less than quoted since the job was faster than he originally thought. Our weekend was saved, and not only that, he told me I could recoup almost all the cost from my AAA membership. Mel was great, fair, and thorough. read more

I have never written a review before but this guy deserves a bad review. I called him this afternoon at 430 pm while i was getting ready for work, and hired him to go rescue my 17 year old who locked his keys in his car 40 miles from our house at the beach. He said he would be there in 30min........but he never showed up. We tried to call him back and he did not answer the phone! Hours later we have figured out how to get in to his car, but what a pain in the but!! I can't believe he said he would be there and then totally flaked, on a kid! Totally lame! read more