If you are driving through California to Nevada fill up on gas at Victorville...do not leave without having a full tank of gas. Otherwise you will be crossing the Mojave Desert and be stuck ar this gas station which was over $8! Not knowing the area I didn't fill up before. I passed on $6 dollar gas miles back to be forced to pay the premium here. The 3 stars is because the attendant was friendly when we passed through. read more

Stopped to gas up and use the restroom. Super sketchy. Only pump 4 working, all lights off in store, need to show receipt or pay $1 to use bathroom. Gas $8.19/a gallon. We would have filled up, instead we put in 2 gallons and will drive the 30 miles to Shell. Decided to not get any snacks or drinks from here, their loss. $30/overnight parking with shower use. Looks like a horror film trap.....BEWARE, The Hills Have Eyes!!!! DO Not stop here!!!!! Going to write to Chevron! read more

What a scam! This place takes such advantage of being the only gas station for a very long stretch on I40. Also the closest rest stop is closed for repairs so everyone was stopping here at night for the bathroom. They have a sign on the door that says use the outdoor portolets . Which is gross and I am sure the gas station has an actual bathroom but i guess it is employees only?! So we drove over to the outdoor bathroom and the nicer ones in a trailer are out of order and out of 4 single protolets 2 are chained shut. So 2 working and a sign on the door that says it is $1 to use if you are not a customer! Haha. No soap or hand sanitizer so be aware. Then we went to get gas and it was $9.79 a gallon!!!! We skipped it and drove the 30 minutes to Needles. read more

Chevron - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

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Don't allow customers to use the restroom inside, have to use nasty porta potties outside.

I'd give zero stars if possible. They should be ashamed of themselves! Talk about taking advantage! Rest stop has been closed for 5 years for "repairs". This Chevron station is just beyond it and is filthy and has porta potties that they charge to use. Hold it to Needles!! read more

Pieces of shit. $5 for a snickers bar. $11 for a large bag of chips. If you don't have receipt, must pay $1 for restroom, which is a Porta-Potty. Trash bitches read more

Chevron - $1 restroom fee. Security checking receipt - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

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Please get gas way before you have to stop at this place. Ten dollars a gallon! Restrooms are disgusting outhouses that were far away and all shut down. The clerk was a jerk too, and only 2 pumps open, the rest was yellow taped read more

Rip off! Gas is about $3-4 more expensive and they charge $1 for a portalet if you don't have a receiit. Do not come here! Horrible gas station. read more

On March 15, 2026 the price for Regular was $9.69.9, Plus was $9.69.9, Super was $9.89.9, and #2 Diesel was $9.89.9! This is highway robbery! I only bought two gallons, enough to get me to Barstow where gas was half the price. read more

This place has upgraded! There are 2 sets of toilets plumber in with fresh water. They are cleaned regularly and a trailer with restrooms, locked for the moment. And cleared potential parking with planted palm trees. They are very nice, clean, well maintained. A big plus since the rest area will takes years to finish. So you should check it out! read more

Chevron - New plumbed fresh water toilets - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

I've heard of taking advantage of a situation but this gas station charges you 3 dollars a gallon more than any other gas station in California! Just because they know there's not another station to be found nearby and they can get away with it if you're running out of gas. I'm not usually price sensitive, I know sometimes you have to charge a premium, but 80% more? I don't think there should be a situation where cheap land in the middle of nowhere deserves a colosal price hike like that. It's just straight up taking advantage of people. I also went inside and paid $8 for water... read more

Chevron - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

Bathrooms are portable outhouses and they charge $1. No thank you. That was a waste of a stop. For $1 it better not be an outhouse.

Do not stop here. These asshats want to charge you to use a damn out house. Also price gauging on their gas.

Horrible experience. Stopped for gas and needed gas and to use the bathroom. Porta potty's outside of the gas station are locked and the guy manning these locks will argue with you whether you're a customer or not demands a receipt or a dollar to use the potty. Argued with me that this isn't a rest stop and that people just try to use the bathroom and leave. I almost owed my pants while he called into the store to verify that my husband was pumping $8.00 a gallon gas. Ride and a rip off read more

Avoid this business. Tourist trap will charge you $1 PER PERSON to use the outdoor porta potty unless you buy $8-9 gallon fuel or something out of the overpriced convenience store. The nearby state rest area will reopen in 2026 after reconstruction. Until then stop at Ludlow exit where honest businesses will serve your needs. I drive I-40 weekly and I will not stop here for any reason. read more

I would give it zero if I could. Gas prices insane and they don't let you use the Porto-Johns unless you have a receipt or pay more

If I could give it a negative star rating I would. Let me start by saying don't stop here if you need gas or to use the restroom. Their gas prices are outrageous. Pretty much highway robbery because there's nothing else close by. Then if you have to use the restroom, you have to pay a dollar or show a receipt so if the receipt of the pumps doesn't work they make you buy something at the store. Then the clerk inside proceeds to argue with you. She asked me if I was a California resident I told her I was she then told me to ..." go use the free restroom that I pay for" she then directed me to a closed rest area near by that is "state funded". She then proceeded to say when the rest area re-opens it would be a blessing to not have "all theses rest stop people in her store" Please DO NOT STOP here!!!! They charged the elderly couple in front of us $1 each to use the restroom (which is a porta potty BTW) we make this trip often from California to visit family out of state and I can tell you this will be the VERY last time we stop here. I am all for supporting small family owned businesses but not people that treat their patrons so rudely. read more

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Literal scam gas prices. Nearly $9/gal. I'll never, ever ever ever ever stop here out of spite, ever again. Zero stars if I could. read more

If I could give a negative star to rate this place I would. They are pirates praying on travelers. They charge $8.00 plus for unleaded gas and a dollar to use one two port-a-potties outside, unless you have a receipt to prove you're a customer. All of the rest areas in the vicinity are closed for construction. If you can make it to Needles or Ludlow, get gas and use the restroom there. Avoid this place like the plague unless it's a dire emergency. read more

Picture of bathroom is a lie. They only have portapotties and no soap. Rest area is closed for construction and I suggest you try to make it to Needles. read more

Whatever happens don't stop here! There are no proper restrooms, potty is outside. Prices are ridiculous. read more

Chevron - Filling diesel, $8.29 a gallon. Ridiculous price. - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

They charge you to use a portapotty or show a receipt that you made a purchase. Dont bother stopping here. I could understand a real bathroom but not a nasty portapotty. read more

I want to put zero stars. Gas was $8.50. Bottle of electrolyte drink was $10. Toilets were gross. I hope you never have to stop here.

Terrible they are charging almost $9 per gallon stay away they are only doing it because next stop is 50 miles

The bad reviews are understated. "Restrooms" are Port A Cans, and they tell you when you walk in that "restrooms are $1 unless you buy something from the store". Gas is $8.50/gallon for regular. This place is pure robbery. read more

Disgusting and Ridiculous Over Priced for everything including the outhouse which is a dollar no joke also the employees if you can call them that. Just nasty stay away go support Carla Jr up the road read more

If I could give zero stars, I would. do not use this Chevron. It is disgusting. All they have for restrooms are Porta potties that you have to pay a dollar for or purchase something in order to use the restroom but you have to do that first and show your receipt . 10 out of 10 do not recommend read more

I prefer to give zero stars for this gas station. Rudest unprofessional staff I've ever come across not only to myself but to a mother with her young baby. The young mom wanted to change her baby on a changing table and they would not allow her in the indoor restroom to do so. They put their own signs stating the restroom was available for the disabled only and told her that her only choice was to use the portable outhouse. When the mother and baby walked out the male cashier said "Well I guess she'll never ask to change her baby here again". The older lady staff worker said "Good better for us" and they both laughed. This is disgusting behavior. To top that off, they have 2 woman sitting next to the portable outhouse asking for receipt of purchase before you can use their toilet or pay one dollar. I'm surprised they didn't charge for toilet paper. Chevron is definitely not being represented well at all at this location. read more

only one outhouse was unlocked and 5-7 people waiting! Asked if another one or tw could be unlocked but the other employee was on a break!!! Got my dollar back and left! read more

$8.59 a gallon. no prices inside store, 8 dollars for a bottle of water. I contacted chevron, and they said they do not charge their company stations station a delivery premium, because of location. This location is simply a rip off. gouging at its worst. Do not stop here. read more

I would give 0 stars if that was an option. This store is way too expensive, the gas pumps weren't working, and you have to show a receipt or pay $1 to use a disgusting porta potty that's all the way around the other side of the parking lot from the gas pumps. read more

This place sucks and the person at the register was not nice. When I stopped there to use the restroom a bus full of people also stopped and they were all in there buying something so they could use the toilets. I left because I would not give them a dime, and I only stop at chevron when I travel read more

This place is ridiculous. You have to pay a dollar to use the out house toilets. The trailer bathrooms are pad locked. There weren't any paper towels to dry your hands. Disgusting. read more

Yikes the prices are high here. This place does not have any lottery tickets. This place has a great selection of items. The property is really large, so plenty of room to turn around. read more

Chevron - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

Straight thieves here... The gas is 60% higher than the average gas station IN CALIFORNIA..

So sad they take advantage of traveling people. With gas over $9.00 a gallon. Don't even go inside the gouging continues.

You're just a couple miles from the Arizona border but because you're in California during Covid the gas is $3/gallon more expensive and the bathrooms are disgusting porta-potties. Total, unequivocal, insurmountable fail. read more

b r u h. prices at this gas station highest ever seen. absolutely ridiculous. more than $8 for one gallon. read more

Chevron - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

Date is May 10th 2023. Gas is $7.20 for the cheapest 87 unleaded. There are 4 portapotties outside for customers to use. That's all. P.S store worker said to just fill up enough to go to the next gas station. That is the purpose of this gas station. Don't fill up here. read more

Chevron - Gas Stations Near Me - Essex, California

We desperately needed to stop and take a break. This desert heat is no joke. This Chevron was the first fuel station we saw after a few miles into California. The miles long uphill climb was causing the pickup truck to overheat although it never hit the red. Whew! This gas station is the only one for several miles in both directions, so we made the stop (one exit before the rest area that we had already planned to make our stop). Just to be on the safe side, we decided to fuel up and let the truck cool off a bit. It's been doing great on the trip so far. We are almost where we need to be, but maybe we should have taken the detour to see the Grand Canyon. It's only about an hour to the South entrance from here, I think. If you stop here, just know that you will pay a lot more for gas. Like the first reviewer said, it's almost double what we paid before leaving AZ. However, as I mentioned, it is the ONLY gas station for miles!! The next gas station that I saw where we filled up was $3/gal (vs. $5/gal at this one)! Why only 3 stars when the bathrooms were very clean since the employees apparently had just cleaned them?! The post on the door upon entering had a handwritten sign "Wearing Masks are Mandatory"... buuuuuut, none of the employees were wearing masks! So, does that mean only customers are required to be wearing masks in order to enter the convenience store or use their facilities?! Hmmm. There were several tables with bench seats available to relax in the shade by the store and by the trees where you can let your pets walk around ... on a leash, of course. The water feature was not functioning or still under construction. The trees provided ample shade for several cars. Inside the shop, they had a selection of souvenirs, snack foodstuff, and cold drinks available. We just bought some coolant, water, and ice cream bars - ya know, just the necessities! read more

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