Friendly, they always help me out for hours. No kidding, I'm in there for hours trying to get my…read morestuff sometimes. The employees always help me for as long as I need. They are great.

I went in needing paint. Alonzo was patient while I picked out my paint and was extremely helpful…read morein getting me 3 different colors.

We have been building a cabin for 12 years! So we've relied on Dalcar for some difficult to find…read moreelectrical and plumbing as well as stove pipe and roof flashings. Dale is the owner, manager and as far as we can tell, only employee. After shopping here for years we have learned his prices are usually better than the competition and his knowledge and helpfulness are by far better. This is the type of local business that we need to KEEP in business. Yes. This place is that good! He has OLD STUFF you probably can't find anywhere else! He is low tech. Doesn't use a computer. But he has amazing old fashioned but up to date catalogs and seems to know where to find whatever you want. Dale may likely never read this review. But that's ok. Sometimes old school works even better than high tech!

Always helpful and willing to share ideas. they are my first go to hardware store.read more

This particular True Value store used to have a good selection of women's work gloves. Not so…read moreanymore. Try the True Value in Chester for a better selection.

This is a decent sized hardware and houseware store, family owned and run for three generations…read moreapparently. In addition to the hardware (pretty much standard Ace stuff), you will find fishing poles, bicycle tires and tubes, gardening supplies, etc, plus high up on the walls are antique rifles, beer bottles, hockey sticks, fire-fighting equipment, a chainsaw, and so on. The people were super friendly and chatted us up a while. But they never mentioned the rattlesnake. There is a live rattlesnake in a box in the window. BOOM! Five stars! Done! Go check it out.

Love having this handy little shop locally! We visit one if not two times every stay and they…read morealways are helpful and have exactly what we need! Plus you can't go wrong with all their fun decor for decorating!

Free popcorn and Coffee in a hardware store ? Well, that is just the beginning of all the fun you…read morecan find in this jam-packed hardware store. Totally reminds me of an old-timer friendly and helpful small town hardware store, they seem to know almost everyone who walks in, except the visitors of the town of course. We always make an effort to stop in when we are in this area to browse through their unique collection besides the yard or kitchen tools !

Great customer service and friendly employees. Helpful and considerate! They help you out with…read morefinding what you need.

What an absolute opitome of customer service! Christine went the extra mile with my watch battery…read moredeliemma! She helped me with a smile and great sense of humor. What a multitasking! She helped two more customers while helping me. She make who hired her look good! YAY for Ayoobs!

This is everything you'd expect from a neighborhood hardware store and more! I can easily spend an…read morehour meandering up and down the aisles. I've been to this store a number of times and always find exactly what I need (and usually other must haves too) on my last visit I came in for paint. I needed just the right shade of yellow to make my original 1950's bathroom tiles pop! The owner herself helped me out. Gotta love these small town businesses I'll be back again and again!

That had a decent enough selection of fishing spinners/lures including some nice Panther Martins…read moreand Rooster Tails. I broke my cheapy fishy pole and bought a nice replacement there. Customer service was friendly...Lady was super nice. Hope her shoulder is better after moving the snowblower out on sidewalk for display!

We moved to Lake Almanor from the Bay Area a year ago, and I'm very impressed with this store! The…read moreemployees are all helpful and friendly! If there's something you can't find, they help you locate the item or direct you to the owner. Duane has ordered me items they didn't have stocked and helped me with my snow blower purchase. I grew up in Susanville, but I haven't had to deal with snow in over twenty years. The snow blower was a game changer. The big bonus that I didn't expect to see in Chester was the Big Green Egg smoker brand. I purchased mine in Santa Cruz a few years back, and I love the product. They have all the accessories and can order what they don't have in stock. Keep up the great work guys!!

This business does "not" stick to their promises or quoted prices…read more After a customer service person quotes a price and orders the product, item arrives, the price is not as quoted. Watch out and buyer be aware

A GREAT STORE IN THE HEART OF PORTOLA. This is a huge store with great prices....nothing marked way…read moreup just because they are in a smaller area. The guys working there are HELPFUL and very nice. This will be our go to in Portola as a new business. Thanks for your service, James and Kelly, Applegate Budget Storage, Portola

I've been going to the Ace Hardware in California for 10 years now. I would say and in far more…read morethan 100 Inquiries or transactions this Ace Hardware has been filled with the most unfriendly, rude, unhelpful sales people I've dealt with in this area. There used to be to be one nice, extremely helpful lady, Gaby Garcia, but she's long gone. It's hard to get some of them to get off their stool to help you. I'm an old lady and have often wondered what it is I've done to piss their sales people off. The Gra eagle Ace Hardware is exactly the opposite, friendly, helpful and a pleasant experience visiting that store. I do not recommend the Portola Ace Hardware; filled with a bunch of self absorbed grouches.

So I am about to go camping out here again this weekend and that made me remember this place and…read moreour past visit. Picture it, three years ago, during a really wet season even though it was May there was still a lot of snow on the ground. So my dad is driving his tank of a truck and we reach this long path of snow on the road so he decides to cut a path. Ok, no biggie, he is doing it super smart. Nice, slow and easy. Well my friends and his best friend keep calling him names that I cant type here and he finally decides to GUN it to finish off the trail as I decide this is a good time to get out of the truck and film it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu0DBNroJs0 So he high centers himself with all four tires off the ground. GREAT TIMES! No shovel, no flashlights, no water BUT plenty of beer so we are GOOD TO GO! We start walking back, all five of us, sun goes down, water coming down the hills from the snow, feet wet, getting cold, havent had dinner BUT STILL DRINKING BEER. 6.5 miles later in the pitch dark we arrive at camp and start a roaring fire to warm up. My dad was not a happy camper having to leave his truck out in the middle of no where over night. So first thing in the morning we drive into town with my truck and stop off at this place. This place is AWESOME! I mean not just mom and pop awesome, just down right BAD ASS! Has more things than you can ever imagine. Crazy thing is it is like organized clutter if that makes sense. The owner was super friendly and got a good chuckle out of the story even though my dad wasnt laughing. We bought three shovels and some heavy duty chains. We even mingled for a little bit in this store kind of making a mental list of future needs if we needed them. Anyway, long story not so short, we were able to dig the truck out of the snow after a couple hours of digging and we proceeded to drink MORE BEER as a little quasi celebration. Things were good again and we will never forget the little journey and store that helped us.

I have been traveling to Loyalton, CA for 35 years and I had never stepped foot in this store until…read moretoday. What an amazing adventure I had, and I only shopped in one aisle! This store is packed with all sorts of gems. I would recommend this store to everyone. I could see myself getting a gift for anyone I know. It had everything you could think of. I purchased a set of Zak recycled confetti bowls in red, white, and blue, they are beautiful! Oh, I will be back. :)