Fon Locksmith Service

San Francisco, United States

4.9

Open now

20 reviews

Does not accept credit cards

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Telephone:
+1 415-433-1836
Address:
1135 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA, 94133
b/t Jackson St & Pacific Ave
Chinatown
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.2 miKearny St & Clay St
0.3 miBig Bus Tours Stop 3, Washington Square
0.3 miClay St & Kearny St
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Today

Today 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Open now
Local time (San Francisco) 10:44 Thursday, 12 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

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20 reviews of Fon Locksmith Service

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Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Quick, cheap, efficient. 4 Keys for $ 9. I was in and out in less than 5 minutes. A very nice guy who’s really happy to help you.
Was willing to do my «Do Not Duplicate» keys. He simply gave me a warning that schools or doormen might not like it.
Like the other reviewers said, it’s a bit hard to find. Walk into the smelly fish market to the back, and on the left side you’ll see a stand type thing loaded with keys and locks and junk of all sorts with a dude at the counter.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Wow. This was a treasure hunt!
The key fits +‘s:
+ Four keys with a little ring were made for $ 4.50. That’s so cray cheap.
+ Service was friendly and quick.
+ Cash only so bring it.
The lost key -‘s:
— Well it’s not easy to find. You have to walk down this fish mongering alley to get to his counter.
Overall I’ll come back to get all my keys done here!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
My favorite locksmith does it again! We had a mailbox key that 2 other locksmiths failed to duplicate (neither locksmith was able to cut the duplicate keys precisely enough to work), but this guy was able to duplicate the key perfectly on the first try, taking only about a minute and charging only $ 2.50 for 2 keys. Super fast, super cheap, and excellent quality!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Awesome. So fast and efficient. Really helpful. The guy is so experienced — he took one look at my keys and immediately knew that I was experiencing some difficulties opening my door with it. Just by looking at it — incredible.
Each key to be copied is $ 1.50. I got four keys copied, and I was charged $ 5. Each set of keys comes with a keyring. Super cheap, and now, all of the copied keys work better than the originals. He’s a miracle worker, and I was in and out of his store in five minutes. Come here. I will get all of my future keys copied here. Cash only.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Excellent service — prompt, efficient, and friendly. Did a house call in less than an hour on a Sunday afternoon! Will definitely call them again for future locksmith needs.
Place rating: 5
Saint Paul, MN
Amazing service!!! This was the only place open on Labor Day so I went on a whim and he was able to make 6 keys for me in ten minutes. I’m not sure how he does it so quickly. The keys are perfect and work even better than the original key. He only takes cash and the place is behind the fish market. Speciality keys cost $ 2 each and regular keys cost $ 1 each.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
What a lovely man! After seeing pictures on Unilocal,I was easily able to find this stand in the fish market. DON’T WEAR NICE SHOES!
He was very friendly & I quickly figured out that he speaks Vietnamese! We have a lovely chat and my key cost me $.90 to make.
He was unable to copy my «do not duplicate» key. I am unsure why mine was different from everyone else’s «do not duplicate» key. But to be helpful, I’ve posted pics of my key. i have not been able to find a lockesmith to copy these.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Only in Chinatown can you find fast service and pay $ 5 for 4 keys to be duplicated.
Yay for cheap labor: p
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Mr. Fon was great at fixing our front door when someone mistakenly installed an indoor knob for an outdoor door. And he speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
You may have trouble finding this place if you aren’t Chinese. I speak Mandarin and was even lost in Chinatown for a good 15 mins. My Korean friend came to the same place and got lost for a super long time because she didn’t know to go INTO the fish market in the «CANTON PLAZA,» so I had to help her.
There is a single guy manning this stand and he makes all the keys.
You tell him what you want and he does his thang. Then in a few mins, he is done and you just pay him in cash. Super cheap. Also, I came here twice with the same exact keys, each time its the same price (no more or no less). I was skeptical he would change the prices but he didn’t. He is very professional and seems like an honest man.
Just plug your nose while you wait, this is in a fish market.
SIDE NOTE: Sometimes I get my keys done at Home Depot and they aren’t even as good as the copied keys this guy makes. I am paying less here for a good quality copy of my keys!
Place rating: 5
Austin, TX
This is a great service for less than $ 2 a key. It’s worth the trip to Chinatown. Friendly and professional.
Place rating: 5
Phillips, Minneapolis, MN
I made it there yesterday at 5.58 pm (2 mins before closing) and asked if he could make a copy of my scooter key. (Keep in mind I anticipated that the answer would be no — because no one stocks 1985 Honda scooter key blanks, right?)
Within 6 minutes, I got a scooter key copy — he made it from a longer, existing key blank (cut for length), and told me to try it. It cost $ 4.50. He told me to come back if it doesn’t work.
Guess what? I’m back for a second copy. It worked! Wow. $ 4.50 without finding the blank. Amazing. And nice guy — originally from Vietnam. He does speak English, just not lots.
Happy riding!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
$ 0.80 for a copy of a key… You do have to walk through the fish market, but everyone was very friendly. Open on a Sunday, so they saved me!
Place rating: 5
SOMA, San Francisco, CA
I called Fon after calling a bunch of other locksmiths in town at 6pm when I got locked out of my apartment. Obviously, freaking out and hoping I’d find a locksmith in Soma and not finding any…
The person I called asked me to call his son, in Belmont, who not only came out here in a half hour in traffic, fixed the lock to my original keys, and charged me three times less than the last time I was forced to do this.
Highly, highly, recommend their service and pricing.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
So friendly, so cheap, so fast. :) $ 1 a household key or $ 2 for a first-​level security key.
Heads up it’s a booth located down the hall of a fish market, but you’ll recognize it immediately from all the keys and locks hanging on the walls of the booth.
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
Went in to have a pair of keys copied, and it was cheap ($ 1.50/key) and fast. Owner was very friendly and the keys worked great.
The office is a bit hidden. Just find the address (1135 Stockton) and walk inside past the merchants selling fish. Fon is on the left-​hand side about halfway down the building.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Amazing service!
I do want to call out that you need to walk into the fish market and the small stand is on the left. If I hadn’t seen that in a review, I probably would have walked right by the fish market.
Great that they were open on a Sunday. I went to get a key copied. Very nice gentleman working there. He stopped what he was doing to make my keys. It took him maybe 1 minute and cost only $ 1 per key! He put them on a key ring, and I’ve confirmed that they work! Sweet! I’ll take all my keys here.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
This is my very first Unilocal review, and it’s about a locksmith hidden in a fish shop in CT. I had to make 150 copies of a key for some reason, Fon gets it done in an hour, and he tested every one of them! It only costs a third of what would cost me at Home depot. Fon was so kind and skillful. His humble and friendly attitude was very heartwarming. He deserves to be on the front page of «locksmiths in San Francisco» on Unilocal.And walking ten steps thru the fish shop wasn’t that bad at all.
Place rating: 5
Russian Hill, San Francisco, CA
Seriously make the short walk to the back of this shop to see fon if you need a key copied. So cheap and so nice. I was swayed by the other Unilocal reviews below to try and it’s worth it.
You know if people care enough to write reviews about key copies it must be good. I really don’t know if you are supposed to tip locksmiths but he let me go get cash while he made the key so I did and he jumped with joy. Best key copy trip ever.
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
Super cheap and fast! I think I copied six keys and it was a little more than $ 2?
The only drawback is its location. It’s located behind a Chinese fish shop, so make sure you walk through the smell and the watery floor to get your locks done!