OPEN still March 20 2026 and being run by new management and same staff…read more Ace manager runs this Dale store. Very friendly service, great selection. Highly recommend. It is not closed that is a mistake.

This place is my joie de vivre. I even have the sweater…read more The plant section is a Union City oasis. A slice of Eden. I love getting my perennial flowers here, lots of rare stuff that you can't find at most nurseries. I got my jasmine, fuschia, lavender, salvia, petunias, nemesia, zinnias, and cosmos here. They have lots of unusual colors. Tomatoes are $3 most of the time. Strawberries come in a prolific 6 pack. Thai chili and basil can be found here too, as well as okra and other harder to find veggies. Seed selection is the best. This was my year for planting from seed and the basil seeds I got from dales produced spicy sprouts that are so much more fragrant than that at the grocery store. Staff is welcoming and extremely chill as I tend to browse here for hours! Price point is lower than most specialty nurseries while providing a world class selection.

What a gem of a hardware store! Very friendly and helpful customer service. They had exactly what…read morewe needed and even met us behind the store to directly load the 100 pounds of cement we needed. Since 1983!

Avoid: Smug, rude employees that thought it was funny to play games and abuse an elderly person by…read moresaying she could use their bathroom, getting her to come back in the store; only to reject her causing her to have an accident. They lost a $450 sale from me today, and I will never return. Hopefully all of my neighbors will do the same. It's sad when I need to take my business away from a small business owner to a corporate chain that would never treat their customer in this manner.

Such a great hardware store, my local go-to, friendly knowledgeable staff. Unfortunately they are…read moreclosing up shop in the summer of 2026 and I'll miss them. Patronize them while you can, they deserve it!

I see that it's going out of business and that's unfortunate for their local customers. However,…read moreI've never cared for this hardware store. Of the few times I've went, what I was looking for was never in stock. Help was ok. I left wondering how they stay in business and that was 7 years ago! It's interesting because I've always found True Value Hardware stores disappointing. Orchard Hardware (now Ace) is my go to favorite.

Great staff, and they always have what I need. Their fastener selection has served me well…read more One note: working people with 9-5 jobs like to shop after they get home from work. It's 6:22 PM, and I'm headed to a store that's open...

Just a shout out to Ace Hardware in Palo Alto…read more The service is outstanding. Everyone is sooo helpful and nice. The store is always clean. I can most always find what I need when I go in. Of course the prices can be a bit more expensive, but I would rather shop local than big box!

I came in here looking to purchase a single 2.5mm hex wrench. However, the hex wrenches were only…read moresold as sets so I ordered the one I needed on Amazon. However, I was surprise to see a rather large freezer near the check out area. Upon looking into it, low and behold, there were frozen pies in it. On impulse, I picked up the Caramel Apple one for $18.95. Verdict: It was delicious. Who would have thought that, right?

Trying to get a semblance of customer service here is practically non existent…read more I needed a key copied and was told to go to some counter and ring a bell for service. I waited 15 minutes before giving up and asking the cashiers who were standing around scrolling TikTok if they could make a key copy for me. Nope. Apparently they don't know how to make keys.. Clearly management here doesn't believe in cross training. How hard is it to train people to make key copies?!

Great customer service! (Thanks Darius!)…read more Great selection of tools and ready to bake pies! Deals here and there.

I was looking for drywall screws to fasten a bookshelf to a wall at my new apartment. Nick was very…read morehelpful in figuring out what I needed and recommending products.

I decided to go to Pete's Ace Hardware after finding no help at my local Lowes. I needed a cabinet…read moredoor hinge replacement. The staff at Lowes said he was only doing stocking and I should pick out possible replacements and if it does not work, return for refund. His and my incompetence was at the same level. An entirely different experience at Pete's. Within seconds after entering the store, a staff member asked if he could help me. I showed him item I needed and he found the exact model needed and asked another associate to confirm it. Never get this type of service at a Big Box store.

If there's a place that I would rate for customer service satisfaction, it is this place!Staff are…read moreso friendly and helpful.I will assure you, you will never leave the store without anyone asking you ,if you need help! Love this store!!

Awful place to go! Will never go again! Workers are not friendly or eager to help!…read more Called to get an items and the guy said it's available and we have it but 'I do t have time to get them for you to put on hold' , so I had to drive to the store! Parking is a nightmare! The guy i first saw told me to go to the front desk not welling to assist at all! Then the same guy was called to find the item but some one else from the store came and went to fetch! I thought why is this guy did not just help me at the first place? They have some kind of Command in line? The place had few workers but no one really care to assist me! I am trying to purchase an over $100 stuff and came few miles away to get it but they don't seem to care! Then the guy came back and told me they don't have what I want ! The online is wrong! I think he is just stupid and did not find it!!! Completely waste of my time! Not sure what is wrong with Menlo Park stores! I have repeat bad experiences in a month so I guess i will not return to this town to do any purchases! Where is the old fashion service?? It's gone !! Or maybe now a day ' service' is an unknown thing!!! I will just go to home depot or Amazon. Instead! Store like ace should review their service , if Amazon or home depot monopolised the market , this will be a good reason! I got better service at home depot cone to think of it!!!

I needed some flare fittings that are not commonly stocked at big box stores. Acehardware.com told…read moreme that Menlo Park Hardware had six of them in stock today so I put an order in for pick up to make sure I didn't have to dig through a disorganized rack for half an hour to find them when I got there. Less than 20 seconds after my order confirmation email I got an order cancellation email full of broken links to files on someone's hard drive. No explanation, just "Your order has been cancelled. Bye." I contacted customer service to see what the issue was and they gruffly told me that my payment was rejected and that I'd need to call my bank. I called Discover and they said no one had even attempted to charge my card for anything in the last 48 hours. Basically, Ace is full of it. McMaster-Carr overnighted the fittings to me for $13. Same card and everything. The next time you see some local hardware store owner crying on the news about how everyone shops at Amazon now try and remember it's likely because they stopped attempting to provide anything their customers needed a very long time ago. There's dozens of small-time hardware stores in San Rafael, none of them have the lowest prices on anything and all of them are packed with customers because they actually try.

Small store but super knowledgeable staff that is helpful and professional. Don't hesitate to stop…read morein if you need anything. If they don't have it, they will tell you where to find it.

Over the years I fly to San Francisco and stay at my brother-in-law's home often spending numerous…read moredays carrying out handyman tasks around his yard and home! This year was no exception as he had a number on jobs on his 'to-do list'! #1 task- Replace the old wooden post metal mail box! Needless to say, he didn't get his new mail box to match the structure fitting that were there already! So, how do we solve the mismatch? He, now my not-so-favourite brother-in-law, says,'let go to Portola Valley Hardware as they always have a solution to my handyman problems'! We go to PVH and the friendly staffer at busy front counter cheerily says to go down Aisle 7 and I'll have Bob waiting to assist you! And there he was! Bob listened to our 'Mailbox' dilemma then offered a plan that efficiently put into action and solved our problem with a little custom carpentry and, voila, we left ecstatic that we could now complete installing the mailbox per his creative skill set! Thank you Bob and PVH staff for going way and beyond in ensuring you looked after our needs and sent us home totally satisfied! Hmm...what made my favourite -in-law most pleased and excited was that his bride was absolutely ecstatic at the awesome finished new mailbox! WELL DONE/5! Respectfully, Dave C. Kelowna, B,C. CANADA

I love the service and convenience of this store and hate making the billionaire big box owners and…read morethat bald guy at that online place richer, so I shop OSH first. They've really honored the tradition of the former Orchard Supply Hardware. I try to make this my first stop when looking for hardware items and avoid the big box stores. (At least as my first stop, more on that..) The challenge I have is that about a third of the time, I won't find what I'm looking for here and have to look elsewhere anyway. I love, though, how there are knowledgeable people working here who are genuinely interested in and available to help me. Their stores are a nice, manageable size (I don't feel like I need a roadmap to get around them, like the big box guys.) Plus there are often liquidation deals and sales that make things enticing. If you support local retail, as I do, I recommend popping into your local Outdoor Supply Hardware next time you need a hardware item!

IMHO Again, I was…read morelured into the store for the advertised 20% Senior discount on this particular Wednesday. I don't pay full price unless I can't do without! I specifically came for some zinnia flower seeds, and they had a great selection of Renee's Garden seeds. I picked up 5 packets and then headed out into the garden section to see what else might pique my interest. I saw some colorful plastic and durable pots in various sizes. I couldn't figure out the gallon sizes of the pots even when looking at the price labels. Instead of gallon sizes, it gave inch measurements. Oh well, I guess I'll have to eyeball it. At the register I reminded the cashier about my senior discount, and he asked for my phone number. None of the numbers worked (even though they have in the past), so we resorted to using my husband's number. The store was festively decorated for Christmas, and I might come back for some cute lawn decorations, when they are discounted after the holidays! LOL Can't wait to sow my zinnia seeds for next year's summer blooms!