Bay Area Tow Inc

On-​time, and Great prices!
AAA was booked for 2 hours, so I decided to call Bay Area Tow. They were on-​time, and price was great!
I will definitely use them again, if needed!

I called Bay Area Tow and spoke to Jessy and quoted me $ 50 to tow my car from Steve’s auto shop back to my place. Quick and straight forward. I called Roza Roadside Assistance first due to Unilocal reviews and spoke to Philip. I told him I need a towing service in El Cerrito. He goes «Oh, I don’t cover that area.» Although his Unilocal profile says he covers areas like Emeryville and Berkeley. And like most people, I consider El Cerrito as Berkeley’ish area. I think it’s a blessing in disguise that he turned me down and I called Jessy instead!
Update: Towing my car went smoothly– and I can’t remember the name of the driver, but he was very nice and friendly. Thanks again Jessy and company.

Bay Area is a wonderful towing company and they also sells terrific used cars. Good Tow service.

A panic moments for me is when one of the work trucks used for plumbing Serice breaks down the driver is stranded with a 3 ton dually truck. In the past 3 years I have called Bay Area Tow on 5 separate occasions and each time they had delivered beyond my exceptions. The first was a non serious lock out in Berkeley in which they came in less than 20min and driver was backed on the road. The second incident a little more serious then the first when the truck stalled on bay-​bridge toll blaze. Their timing once again was beyond what I expected the driver with the truck made back to office within 1 and a ¼ total. The third incident was the worst when a truck was totaled along with another vehicle on a really bad accident. I made the call with the expectations that they might not be able to come out to San Francisco especially since the accident was on a Steafel and the truck was no longer drivable, but once again Bay Area total responded in a timely manner and the truck was back at the shop in lesson two hours. The fourth incident was when the truck stalled on one of the hills in the city and again the timing was quick. For the fifth and last incident one of the vans power steering gearbox came completely off of the frame. This time it was in the middle of the night and there was no way vehicle could stay till the following morning with all the tools. I tried 6 different companies in Richmond and all either where busy or had answering service that took a message which did not go far after that. I decide to call Bay Area to try my luck on getting a hold of someone after hours. Jesse picked up the phone and van was on the truck after 30min of initial call. I would highly recommend Bay Area Tow and their wonderful staff. If your looking for a Professional service good respond time and reasonable rates this company would be fit. As far as me and my best down fleet their are the go to for towing. Than you for the help.

Great job, Jessie! On time, quick and safe! Cost? One-​third the cost quoted by some others.
Larry C

I couldn’t ask for a better tow experience. Jesse was my service over the phone and the driver. Straight-​forward quote from the beginning, on time pick-​up and expert «backing in» skills into a pretty tight spot. Fast, friendly and professional all the way around!

Great service! The tow truck guy was fast, friendly and very professional… He made a stressful situation a lot less chaotic. I would totally recommend their services.

We just had our 1986 Westfalia Vanagon towed to a shop in San Rafael from our house in the East Bay. Had to call a couple places before I found one that would cross the Richmond Bridge. Once I found one, they wanted $ 300+ and wouldn’t give a firm quote. Called Bay Area Tow next. They gave me a quote that was almost ½ that. They were here ~30 minutes from the time I called. The pickup and drop off was quick and there were no problems. Jessie was friendly and his truck was clean. Everything was great!

This review is for today I called several tow companies to have my boyfriend car towed 15 miles and they gave me 300 $ pricing. So I decided to call this company despite the one negative review. The guy who answered the phone was very professional he asked me the reason for the tow and I told him that I only needed to be towed 15 from my house to sf. The guy told me 105 in which was the CHEAPEST EVER!!. The guy said there would be someone arriving 45−1hr. And just like that the guy arrived in a hour. He was very professional and took all the necessary info. I highly recommend this shop based off my experience today. Thanks again guys!!!

I would give no stars, but Unilocal won’t let me. This service is absolutely unprofessional! Arrived 3 hours after the call to the tow, then refused to take the car to where it needed to go for unclear and dubious reasons, presumably because they close at «9 PM» — their business card advertises «Emergency 24 hour/​7 Day tow.» The owner/​manager was perfectly find with me (as a young women) being dropped off somewhere in Richmond during a BART strike at 11 PM when I live in San Francisco. OWNER WAS EXTREMELY RUDE ON TOP OF ILLOGICAL AND FLAT OUT REFUSING TO DO THEIR JOB! HE SCREAMED AT ME ON THE PHONE, «WHY ARE YOU WASTING MY TIME.» Unfortunately, I didn’t call these jokers, the rental company did. I finally got to where I was going after both myself and the car rental company completed chewed them out on the phone. THIS COMPANY IS A JOKE! THEY ASKED DEMANDED $ 300 TO TOW ME 4 MILES! THEY ARE OUT TO TAKE AVANTAGE OF PEOPLE! Biggest headache ever!