Love shopping here when I need to ask questions. The staff here are always offering to help and are very helpful when you do ask. They frequently walk to over to the right aisle or at least walk you part way in the right direction. They may not have as much selection as the bigger name mainland chain home improvement/gardening stores but their service far surpasses the others. Their prices are a like higher, but they are smaller, and they are local. Went during their bucket sale where everything that could fit in their yellow bucket (which you had to purchase) was 20% off. It's a sturdy bucket and quite a bit could fit. I also had to but a large garden pot that was bigger than their yellow bucket But fortunately it was 15% off so it was still a decent deal. I've had keys made here and they always say to bring it back if it doesn't work, but I have never had to bring it back. Shop local when you can! read more

TL;DR: Ample parking, offers a screen service Came here a few weeks ago needing to replace one of my jalousie screen and was told that it would take roughly 2 weeks to get done. To my surprise, it was finished within four days. The only thing is, at the time of my purchase it cost around $95 for a screen around 5ft x 3ft. If you're needing to replace your screens, be sure to check out this City Mill. read more

Bought all the things I was looking for for a reasonable price. Worker knew exactly where the products were. There is a large selection of products. FYI , If u need a portable tire inflator then City Mill has it for under $23. I always find something else i needed at City Mill. Ample parking and convenient to go to Starbucks for a refreshing drink read more

City Mill is your locally owned and operated hardware store. Prices are comparable to the big box stores. Each location of city Mill carries tools and supplies in every home improvement department. This location located in Waimalu also has fresh Christmas trees and everything you need for Christmas decorations. read more

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What do you give for a birthday or Christmas gift to a friend who has everything he wants or needs? City Mill gift cards are amazing. What guy doesn't live to walk the aisles of this store and pick and choose stuff he wants to tinker with? A handy dandy pair of snips? A power screwdriver? A can of glue? The choices are endless, the possibilities infinite. Men can wander aimlessly for hours in this store with a gift card to spend....its a great gift. Parking in their shared lot is close, knowledgeable associates throughout the store to help with all handyman neophyte questions and they'll even cut wood to your specifications. read more

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I always go to the local City Mill for my general construction needs. Their staff is great. And the paint department is solid.

I had to call ahead to check that they do propane refills. I feel it is very rare to get someone to answer the phone nowadays and I was able to get thru to a real live human! There was a sign that says propane refills here by a pillar but no instructions of what to do or who to call. I was able to ask the woman working in the key center and she said usually you stop by the checkout and they will call someone for you to have it done. She was able to help us out and we were surprised at time to checkout we showed up on the day they were doing $1 off propane refills! What are the odds! read more

I hate but love this place. Only because I'm always leaving with something else other than what I came for! LOL!! So it's a good thing because they have so much things for everyone. ITS DANGEROUS! Heh heh heh... Anywho, today's activity was for kids to make Mother's Day flower pots & it was AMAZING! Thank you for letting the kids be creative & having them explore their crafty side. Results will be posted afterwards. (I HOPE I REMEMBER TO POST... if not, sorry) But yeah... this place is AWESOME!!! Thanks again to City Mills Ohana. MUCH ALOHA... Birdie & KEIKIS.. Thank you read more

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Rude staff, horrible return policy refuses to return unopened items using a picture of the receipt taken or to look up on the credit card used to confirm. This is by design, I always try to support local, but it's games like this that I sometimes regret it. Hopefully this company will stop paying games or Home Depot will put this company out of business soon. read more

Friendly staff, good service. After not finding what I needed at anther store stopped in at City Mill. They may be smaller but the service is tops. I ask for plummers tape and was taken directly to the location so I could pick up what I wanted. Been here before and always had a good service. read more

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I guess this has been the hardware store for Hawaii for a long time. Way before Home Depot. Before I came on my trip to Hawaii I heard a sermon from Bob Wong . Everybody knows who he is . They call him the Pathfinder man! Petfinders are religious version of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for Seventh-day Adventist kids. He brought up city mill in a sermon so as a true yelp i had to go in and check things out. This isn't the exact Location but Close enough. Here's the link to the sermon to https://youtu.be/tnVu7BrBDFY read more

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Try to support local even if pricier but when my return was denied without receipt as they always did, I don't think I'll support anymore. Luckily it was just a $5.00 cabinet handle. read more

You can't always find what you need although you would expect to at large home improvement stores like HOME DEPOT AND LOWES but City Mill usually fills in those gaps or at least they have what you need without fighting for parking and foot traffic. Locals know you can depend on City Mill for the convenience, great customer service and good value. We've grown up with this store for many generations and decades. It's family and friends. I hope the community continues to support them. We can't afford to lose tradition. read more

Customer service! Not friendly at all. Been going here for years because it's close to where I live. It used to be good but I don't know what happened. I will definitely drive farther to another business just to get better customer service! Nothing like having your day ruined first thing in the morning by bad, sassy, know it all attitude! read more

Service is horrible! Called to get a product check. Cashier kept transferring me to lumber. Each time (4x) I called it hangs up on me. Fifth try, I asked the same cashier if she can just go do a product check since it keeps getting disconnected she said no because she's in the front so I decided to speak to a manager. Manager jumps on the line says hi. How can I help you without addressing who she is. I ask if she is from lumber manager she said she's the manager. I explained to her what was going on with the transfer out to lumber and all she did was back them up saying that they did answer. You didn't answer back when they spoke to you. Wasn't gonna argue. Maybe they don't know how to answer the line who knows. Anyways, she tells me how can I help you? I am telling her what I needed to get product check on and I'm waiting to hear what she responds with but all I can hear is her yelling at the workers saying they're trying to call you but you're not answering thank you very much, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Basically having a conversation with others, but yet asked me what I needed. Waited and waited. She goes oh go ahead and let me know what u need. The background is so loud and I am here repeating myself, and she can't hear me. I explained to her you can't hear me. Your background is so loud and you keep repeating the wrong things that I'm telling you. She says I think it's the phone. She continues to scold the workers saying no the lady was calling, but he wasn't answering blah blah blah Finally, she does something where it's quiet where she's at takes down the information says hold on one minute later says no we don't have it. Ya what a way to run a store! read more

Love browsing here when waiting for repairs to be completed across the street at Elson's. The employees are very friendly and will ask if you need assistance. Lol even the fellow shoppers are friendly & chat with you about great products they have found here! I always leave with some kind of gadget or plant that catches my eye. City Mill is also a store that I find the free Hawaii Remodeling magazine which I love to read! The friendly workers are probably the reason this local business has stayed in business all these years! read more

My husband and son came here to change the deadbolt tumblers and cut keys the middle of last year. The person that helped was MELVIN. He's a very rude man...don't think he enjoys his job because of his horrible attitude. At first, they thought he was having a bad day for his unacceptable service but today, we found out we were wrong! This is his normal service. Here it is, 6 months later. We came here to fill our propane tank so my husband decided to have a key cut. Low and behold, it's MELVIN behind the counter. My husband passes him a key, Melvin takes it and cuts the key. While this was happening, I was outside looking at the plants. I came just in time to see MELVIN toss our key across the counter to my husband! The first thing that came to mind was "How rude!" He then put the bag with the cut key on the counter. No "Thank you", "Have a nice day" or even a smile???? What the heck?! I asked my husband if anything happened? He told me from the time he gave MELVIN the key to the finished cut key, not one word came out of his mouth! He also said that he was the same guy that helped him and my son 6 months ago and had the same attitude. We informed some of the workers about him...they told us that there were other complaints about him. I'm hoping the owner speaks to him because his attitude is bad for their business. I will still patronize this local company on other merchandise because we experienced pleasant customer service from other workers but WE WILL NEVER CUT KEYS FROM HERE AGAIN! read more

My trip to City Mill in Aiea two days on different days this past week. My first trip was to get some curtain hooks in which they had it in stock. My second trip I need more curtain hooks. At the same time I went to the aisle to look at cement but I had no idea what to get. I was about to leave when I saw a staff standing inside of the paint counter. She kindly assisted me walked to the aisle explaining on what I should get. May I say her warmth and smile her knowledge of the products I was able to get the item she suggested for my first start of DIY. I sincerely hope City Mill acknowledges her excellent care for her clientele especially a Kupuna who at times have no idea what to get. Her name is Shantel (I hope I got the spelling right). She was understanding and patient with me. As a female Kupuna going into a hardware store I feel at times intimidated not knowing on how to describe on what I should get. The City Mill store I feel that are very helpful and comfortable going to is the Aiea Store. My choice will be Hawai'i kai and Nimitz shop read more

Wanted to give a shout out to "Tony" who went above and beyond to help my husband get a 2x4, which he found out, there isn't any 2x4s... Industry standard is 2x 3.5! WHAT, i don't think they should call it 2x4s, if the industry doesn't make it. Tony made us a 2x4, because that was the size we needed to mount our A/C into the wall. A 2x3.5 would not securely mount the A/C without it falling. read more

Minus two stars for just me having to drive back to redo keys that did not fit the first time. Should have known the guy made 2 keys too quickly and they did not match my original key to begin with. I was worried if the same guy would be cutting the next day and thank goodness it wasn't. Jordan did not look too confident at first since the 2 keys did not work yesterday but he carefully cut two new keys and when I got home they worked just right! He did polish and sand down the 2 parts on the key that was wavy. All worked out, 2nd times the charm! read more

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Hubby and I came here for an emergency. Our toilet in the house is leaking so hubby spent all morning trying to fix it today. He ended up cracking the toilet so we bought a new one here. A whole new toilet for $109! Not bad. It's a 5 minute drive from the house. I'm glad we got one. There were three left. Now only two! Hubby paid it and we left. We even got help from the old man that was cracking jokes about the toilet. I laughed. I liked that he was funny and helpful when he helped hubby load it in my car. We come here often. Seems to be hubby's favorite store other than Lowe's and Home Depot. We will definitely be back again! read more

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Came here to get TRR [Toilet Ring Remover] recommended by my son...the larger size was 19.99, 64 oz. the smaller size is 12.99. then I found an old paint brush, put some TRR in a plastic cup and brushed it on the ring. AMAZING STUFF. I forgot to take the before picture but this is the after. So to get the water level down below the ring I got bucket filled it with water then poured it in the bowl quickly, it flushed most of the water out so I could get a napkin to wipe it dry first. With in two minutes the calcium ring started to dissolve. all I can say is Wow! read more

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Came here to buy a Christmas tree because they had a sale, Ryan who work here is vey helpful and friendly, he helped me with my tree and even took the extra time to get some new ones out in the back. read more

Needed more potting soil and saw the Black Gold - Natural & Organic Potting Mix plus Fertilizer on sale $6.99. My yoga member gave me some Jade trimmings and tea leaf so adding to my collection. Customer service for plant / soil section was very helpful in teaching ways to propagate my other trees and how to take care of my existing succulents and plants. Mahalo!! read more

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15 minutes left before closing they stop letting customers in the store. I needed to just check for 1 specific part that Home Depot didn't have. I'm in a rush just as much as they are to close but you refuse to let customers in 15 minutes before you close? Seriously? Poor poor customer service. More than willing to support local small businesses but if you don't take care of customers than they won't take care of you. Shameful. read more

I think we sometimes are too fast to go to the big box stores before checking out our local stores which is sad. Ms. Fa at the Aiea City Mill and Ms Tui at the Ewa Beach City Mill worked together to get me the most stable and best dressers and desk. I am so amazed and impressed. Im not sure people are aware the City Mill workers will put these items together for you and they have better knowledge than us sometimes. They also offer delivery which was amazing. I feel they offer furniture in our price range and also fit better in our homes. These two ladies show us we should all buy local. City Mill have very good prices sometimes it might surprise you check there first before going to others. I 100% support City Mill read more

This review is long overdue. I try to shop local and City Mill is one of the merchants on my list . It was nice to be in the store for less than 5 minutes when a sales associate named Helen approached to ask if I needed help. She was quite knowledgeable regarding my situation about sinks and rusts. Helen led me to an aisle and recommend a product that she said City Mill may have stopped carrying. When she couldn't find it on the shelf, Helen recommended something else and asked what I had been using. When I gave her the product's name, she informed me that it wasn't appropriate and briefly explained why. Helen also gave me tips about rust and how to apply the product she suggested. It was a satisfying experience that day being asked if I needed help. In addition, I had called City Mill one day to ask if they had a particular shower faucet in stock. Helen was the one who answered the phone and went to check availability. When she returned after putting me on hold, she assured me that the faucets were in stock and that she could bring it to the front register since I told her I'd be right there. She said, that way, I won't have to look around the store for it when I arrive. It was a nice change of pace to be asked if I needed help and to receive the attentive and concerned customer care I experienced from Helen. I'm usually the one who walks around the store looking for someone to help me. When I do find someone, they're busy with other responsibilities. If I'm "desperate", I'll interrupt a sales associate to ask for help. Shantel is one of them whom I've asked during several visits. She stops what she's doing to assist me and never looks annoyed for being interrupted. She is patient, friendly and asks if I need anything else. She's been the person whom I've seen around most in the store. With the effects of the Pandemic, it's understandable that staffing shortage is an obstacle almost everywhere. Checkout is always a positive experience at City Mill. Cashiers Kathy and Teri have been present the past few times I was there - always pleasant and cordial too! One thing I miss at Aiea City Mill are those "mini aisles " that were located straight ahead when you walked in. Someone was always browsing at the variety of items on those racks. It would either be the first or last place I headed for. I can still picture it... was my highlight at Aiea City Mill. read more

I was back at City milk yesterday, and the 1st question I asked was to a man name Danny, and he gave me my information, than I found what I was looking for. Than I forgot other items that I needed, and I Came across a lady name Kelly, she went out of her way to call someone to check with the front or to her co-workers to see if you carry car trash bags, and she helped me look for my car trash bags, that you no longer carry, and I ran across Fa, and she was my original 5 star customer service who helped me the first time I came in snd she remembered me, and Fa helped me again because Kelly had another department, than I told Fa that I'll keep on looking so I ran into Tui, a sales associate and she was a 5 Star excellent service as well, besides Kelly they both helped me get my supplies for work, and seen me through my shopping. And Izzy was my cashier, he was very nice as well, great job on the team work to get all the customers satisfied. I really like shopping at City Mill even if the prices are a little higher than their competitors, I rather pay the higher price for great customer service!!! Great job yo the upper management for your excellent training. Thank you once again City Mill :) Best Regards, Dwayna Olivier read more

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Still convenient and helpful staff :) I usually find what I need when I come here. It is a rare occurrence that I cannot find the gardening tool or fertilizer I am looking for. Yes, I can go to the NEX garden shop, Lowes or Hoem Depot but I choose to come here to support a local shop. Local shops are slowly disappearing :( read more

Went here to get a few items for the house. Conveniently located close to my home so we usually shop here. The staff are friendly and helpful and willing to show you were everything is. They also have some sale and bargain items usually located in the center. You still need to wear your mask and social distancing is enforced. Great neighborhood hardware store. Highly recommend this store that is located in Waimalu Shopping Plaza. read more

Great customer service! I had an issue with a purchased item, and they took care of it right away, to my satisfaction! Thank you! read more

Whether you're a DIYer or a building professional, City Mill (including its 7 other locations) can help you find the right product, assistance and price for your building supplies. We've been frequenting our local home improvement stores as we've been going through home mini-renovations and minor repairs. We have found that City Mill has had the products or equipment we needed to perform our projects. But, what sets this location apart from the other home improvement stores is their helpful, friendly, knowledgeable and patient staff. City Mill must have a great training program for its employees toward providing customer service. They have enough staff around to help you without you having to search for them..in fact, they'll even come up to you to offer assistance. I'd like to express our praise to two individuals at this site who we felt gave their expertise and best customer service to us. - Kevin (Paint Department) kindly took the time in showing us several different grades of paint for our interior and exterior painting needs. He was able to perfectly match paint samples that were about the size of a quarter. Also, he shared his professional painting techniques and experiences with us while recommending a latex paint that only requires one coat. His recommendation was spot-on as we used paint brushes and rollers with no dripping, running or mess. - Gary (Screening Department) gave us his undivided attention, friendly and professional expertise when we brought in an odd sized window screen frame that had some weather deterioration. He spent some time explaining the functions/benefits of the varying frame types, helped us select replacement screen and spline colors, accurately measure and provide a price and an estimated completion date. He estimated a 3-day turn around for the project and not surprisingly, we were contacted on the third day to pick up our replacement. We installed the new screen and it fit perfectly! City Mill has garnered our local support for home improvement projects. All of their staff show a commitment to providing everyone their best in customer service. #331 read more

City Mill has been around for many many years and is apart of every community they are in. You can find everything you need to start, finish or fix any project. You can get keys made, purchase unique style furniture, cement mixtures, cleaning supplies, painting supplies, light bulbs galore, plants & plant supplies, flooring, and on and on and on. You can also find help quickly and they really know there stuff. This is #1 for me. So the next time you can't find something at the big box home improvement stores try City Mill you will be surprised. read more

The customer service at this City Mill is excellent! I bought two chairs from here and one was defective. Very easy to exchange. They swapped it out quickly and helped me carry it to my car. The workers are very professional and kind. I also like this City mill because there is lots of parking and less crowded compared to the one in Kaimuki. I will definitely drive from town to this City Mill pearl city location if I ever need more home improvement items. read more

First off, let me just say that every City Mill that I've walked out of has left me feeling empowered and ready to get the job done. I need to remove my Directv satellite dish (because Directv sucks - see my review on them). Rather than paying an estimated $300 to get it removed, I'm going to do it myself. I showed the guys at City Mill a picture of the dish and how it's mounted and they immediately instructed me on the best way to tackle this project and showed me everything I needed to get the job done. Can't wait to get started and erase any reminder of Directv! Thanks City Mill! read more

Went to pick up folding table, no one around, asked for help, help was on the way! Normally, ask for help with the "other" hardware stores, usually wait around for awhile, and when they come, usually not very helpful, can't even direct you, usual answer "try look in that aisle" Thanks for nothing! City Mill has the help you need! Wanted to see the actual height, length of this folding table, but no display, this very nice lady, so helpful, opened up a table, cutting all the wrapping etc so I could actually see it, then told me she's going to use this as the display. Other store's wouldn't do this, They can't even direct you.. Also bought chairs too, the gentleman was nice enough to go and get me a cart to load this up! This is the kind of helpful people you want working for you! Would definitely go back here! In fact all City Mill employees, any store, very helpful! Keep it up!! read more

Very helpful and friendly staff. They could use more workers cashiering. They do have lots of things in stock and this is my go to place to get random hardware read more

I love me some city Mill Never knew about their curbside pick up till all of the Covid started happening and I really have to tell you it's a true game changer to have the option to purchase the item and just pick it up curbside. I love time saving tasks!! Especially with two toddlers. There was an email for a city Mill special on Makita power tools with a free battery as a gift while supplies last. I had called in to ask if the in-store special would still apply for curbside pick up I spoke to a wonderful employee named Rich who didn't rest until he got an answer to my question Fast forward hours later after I'm done work and finally come into the store to take advantageous of the Makita offer and was assisted by Rich. He truly provided world class service from helping me find the item making sure it match the ad making sure that I got my free battery gift and free T-shirt to even walking my shopping cart to the front cashier and explaining the ad and special that I was taking advantage of. The entire experience is truly hands-down the best shopping experience I have had this entire year usually when I am coming to a hardware store kind of pointed in the right direction and that's it. Rich truly provided from start to finish from the first initial phone call into the store to walk in my cart to the checkout stand, A true world class customer service experience. I don't typically come to city Mill often because there are other hardware stores that are closer to my home but because of the experience I had today I will make every trip and mile to come to city mail pro city because of outstanding stellar employees and customer service that I received from Rich. Even while he was helping me find the special on the Makita tools other customers were asking him questions about things as well as we were leaving heading to the checkout stand he was making sure that those customers found what they were looking for. That time of superb service is truly not something you see every day in a retail store let alone a hardware store so it was wonderfully refreshing to have such an amazing employee like Rich help me. read more

Super helpful workers! They always help me find what I'm looking for. I can also call to see if they have what I need & they'll even tell me what aisle it's in so I don't have to wander around when I get there. I was looking for something to get rid of the white spots on my desert roses so I was referring to my phone. The worker showed me a spray that he said would be helpful & not damage my plants. It worked! I'm happy that we have City Mill. A local company with a wide range of products and awesome employees! read more

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I like supporting local business and City Mill usually has what I'm looking for 95% of the time. They have a variety of items to repair items around your home and they even have some furniture and live plants. The location is very convenient for me, next to Safeway in Pearl City/Aiea. There is plenty of parking and the hours are convenient. The workers are very friendly and always ask if I need help. When I have had the chance to ask for assistance, I'm impressed that every employee has had an answer, be it plumbing, ceiling fan or electrical. I even learn something new every time I speak to someone. The prices are slightly higher than big box, but this is a local company who hire local employees. The things I have bought here are high quality and not cheap. I hope City Mill is around for a long time! read more