Heather F.'s Profile

Hands down, great! I was concerned about some unknown creature stuff in my basement and called Marina Pest Control (they were referred by another reputable pest company in SF and they had great reviews on Yelp... win win!).

I was beyond psyched when Armando came to the house (in fact he was going to be a little late and even called in advance to give me notice and make sure it was OK) and did a very thorough inspection. He was patient and answered all of my questions and even crawled into the dirty crawl space beneath our house to complete his assessment. He told me that I could even delay doing anything because he wasn't sure I still had an issue but I decided to be proactive.

There were a few specific things that we agreed he should do and he got the job done quickly and on the spot. He's super friendly and easy going and clearly has a high quality bar for dealing with his customers' problems and issues. This is a family-owned business and he tries hard to do the right thing! I'd work with Armando again in a heartbeat!

We stopped in here without an appointment on a Saturday midday. They were patient with our 3 year old son (who HATES haircuts) and were gentle and handled him perfectly. Our haircutter was Dina and my son sat in my husband's lap during the haircut. She gave our son a professionally styled cut and it came out looking great, even, and we all left without any tears - it was a victory for all. They gave my son a free lollipop at the end and let him play with the toys after he was done with the haircut. This cut was MUCH better than another kiddo cutting place on Sacramento St (not naming names or anything) that we had been to previously and not only was the haircut better but the ambiance was 10x better as well.

Terrific addition to Noe's restaurant scene - easy, fresh and good food, cheap! Love it! We eat there, or do takeout, at least 1x/week. Perfect for the toddler too, they actually have enough high chairs for all the mini patrons to use.

It was always hard for me to believe that Noe was less than 1 mile away from the Mission yet we had ZERO mexican food - thank you Little Chihuahua, you are a huge PLUS to 24th Street. I love the basics here... chicken burrito - i've also had the super chicken burrito but you know what? You don't need the super version with the sour cream, cheese, etc...  b/c the regular version is so fresh and tasty, it is great by itself! The salsa here is fresh and delish! yay!

I don't advise using them for alterations.

This was the worst alteration job ever - he didn't measure both of my legs and so the pants alterations all turned out to be 1) hemmed way too short & 2) not correct for my leg length (one leg is slightly longer than the other which is apparently very common). In 11 years of pants alterations I've had done in San Francisco, and going to at least 5 different tailors over the years, I've never had a problem before this.

Even worse, after telling me he'd fix the alterations on the 2 pairs of salvage-able pants for free (the 3rd and most expensive pair was irreparable and are not wearable now), when I went to pick them up, he then changed his mind and told me he was going to charge me. Not a smart way to run a local small business.

Wow - this place was terrific - who knew gluten free could taste so good?

My sister was in town visiting and she is gluten free so I searched yelp for a gluten free restaurant and we decided to give Zadin a try on a Saturday night. It was terrific and my husband and I will definitely go back. They have both gluten free and non gluten free dishes (entrees, appetizers and desserts) AND they can also modify things on the menu to be gluten free if requested.

My sister usually is pretty bummed to eat out at a restaurant because things never "taste good" when they're made gluten free but not here - Zadin to the rescue, this place was delish. Cool ambiance, great selection of wines, and awesome foods and menu. Can't wait to go back!

I was sent to this particular smog test station for my Saab 9-3 because the first smog test station couldn't get my car's computer to "communicate" with their smog test computer. Richie is terrific - he was smart, friendly, the station was very clean and he knew his stuff. Had my mechanic not sent me here, I never would have gone here on my own as I think this particular Arco is in a sketchy neighborhood but Richie had clean chairs for me to sit on while I waited that were away from the noise of the gas station and after 20 minutes we were all set - I passed! whoo hoo!

It seemed like he just opened his business here and moved it from a different garage but a bunch of people seemed to know him and stopped by to say hello or were waiting with their cars while he was attending to mine.

He had to try the smog test a 2nd time in order to get the computers "communicating" here but I passed and that's the end of the story. Would definitely recommend this smog test place to anyone - he's fast, efficient, nice and the place is very clean and you won't be sketched out!

I read the reviews on yelp and was prepared with my $29.95 internet coupon (see http://sfadvertiser.com) - dropped off the car and came back 15 mins later to find my car's smog test had been "aborted" I was told I had to bring my car into the mechanic, that my car's computer didn't communicate with the machine doing the test and was asked to still pay the full $29.95 amount. I bargained him down to $20 instead. I called my mechanic who sent me to a smog check place at 14th and Mission, it took them 2 tries of the test, but they got it working. Apparently this is an issue on many newer model cars that have intricate computer systems. Not sure why this place didn't try my test again but I wasted another hour of time to finally get the smog test completed at the 2nd shop. It cost more at the 2nd shop but at least I got the test done!

Betty and her team at Coldwell Banker really set a high quality bar and we had an excellent experience working with them and we'll definitely work with them again when we're ready to sell our home. I'm a professional and set a high quality bar in my workplace so I'll just say that I had very high expectations in finding a good realtor for helping us purchase our home - Betty and her team exceeded our expectations.

We worked with Betty when we purchased our 1st home in Noe Valley 3 years ago, and Betty could not have been more "on the ball" - she and her team were excellent and professional from start to finish. In addition, she was not the "pushy type" of realtor that I've heard other friends complain about. Whenever we talked to the selling realtors of homes we were considering purchasing, they all had the same reaction too - Betty is excellent and simply the best!

Betty helped steer us to the right home that would suit our needs not only for the short term, but the long term as well and had excellent taste, was very knowledgable about the market and exercised very good judgment.

She and her team will work to make sure you get the customer support you need to complete a transaction. The night before the deadline for submitting an offer on the home we wound up purchasing, Betty worked all night long to help us prepare an offer.  My husband was away on a business trip and we had to have multiple conference calls after midnight going through the details together and she was extremely patient, accommodating and most importantly, helped us close the deal - we got the house!

As first time home buyers, we knew we were in excellent hands and I couldn't recommend Betty more highly. In fact, our best friends wound up buying not just 1, but 2 properties in San Francisco with Betty as their buying agent based on our recommendation. Betty is the best!

I was incredibly psyched when my good friend at work said to me "there's a new kosher restaurant on Castro Street - we need to try it out" and low and behold, she was right!  Given that my friend is Chinese though, she didn't realize quite what a gem this find was... I just got back from lunch there with 3 co-workers, two of us are originally from Long Island, NY and have a very "high quality bar" for deli, and we all agreed that this place was terrific.

One of my co-workers ordered the matzah ball soup which astonished me - it was totally homemade and delicious and not salty the way I'd typically expect it to be in a restaurant. The matzah ball had the perfect amount of "fluffiness" to it as well.

I had the Pastrami sandwich on Challah bread with Russian dressing. First of all, I was psyched that they even knew what Russian dressing was (most places out west here look at you funny if you ask for Russian dressing). Second of all, the pastrami is homemade there and was delicious. I haven't had a pastrami sandwich on the west coast that I thought was even remotely "OK" until today. Yay!

For dessert, we had a homemade chocolate pecan babkah with a homemade mexican chocolate ice cream on the side and it was delicious. It's a good thing I live in San Francisco and only work nearby here, otherwise, I might wind up here every day! Thank you for bringing a real, authentic Jewish & kosher restaurant to the Peninsula! Now you should open one in San Francisco :)

I've been waiting and waiting to fix my dryer because I wanted to find a reputable service place to call on for help. Well after searching on Yelp and finding such great reviews, I called on Friday afternoon, got an appointment for Monday morning in the 8-10 am window, and by 8:41 am on Monday morning, my dryer is now fixed.

Carlos was very professional, efficient, friendly and fast! He explained what had gone wrong and potential reasons why, fixed the dryer and that was that. Highly recommend, I'd do business with him again in the future in a heartbeat. Thanks Carlos!!