Mobil Charles Service Center

Real dirt bags keep taking my sign down These people only care about there self scum of the earth

I’m a fairly regular customer of this location, as I live in the area.
I haven’t seen the owner of this station in quite awhile. I’ve spoken to him in the past & he’s a very nice guy. The station is kept pretty clean, considering that there’s a bus bench on the property that various homeless people seem to gather at for extended periods of time. The various attendant’s can have some attitudes, as I did ask a female attendant once for help in opening the gas tank. She wasn’t too thrilled about helping while she was chatting on the phone, but she helped anyway. I haven’t seen her for awhile, so I’m assuming she no longer works here. The restaurant seems to do a brisk business, as I always see people going in & out of there.
All in all, I think this is a pretty good gas station. I don’t see any graffiti on the pumps, which shows that they’re trying to maintain the station.

Time: 8:12pm/54°F clear
Purpose: Needed to use a restroom and buy some gas.
Set-​up: Standard gas station with walk in services and traveling needs.
Staff: One older guy maybe of middle eastern very surly and never crack a smile while I ask him if I can use the restroom. Afterwards I can out and ask how much further to LAX so I can adjust my time in area with about 2hrs left. He just said go straight here and there while talking away on phone.
Cleanliness: Feels likes I was in a holding cell in prison. Sink had mold and mildew along the sink spouts, hear of CLR? Pretty much like when ever the health inspector comes cite them for a violation they would only fix what’s told, no incentive to look further or beyond.
Eats/​Drinks: 2 can of monster energy 2/​$ 3 after taxes $ 3.37
Products: Lotto, smoke, drinks, snacks, sunglasses, caps, chips, jerkeys, fruit salad, candies. Nothing healthy just items you would see in any other stations alike.
Punch Line: Located on busy intersection, small dingy place, rude owner, pumps need to be updated, sprouts market one block up, strip mall, starbux.
Final Thoughts: I know the rule of thumb is to avoid lesser known name stations. As they’re always cutting corners here and there trying to get by. Were as bigger corporate Chevron, Shell, 76 all have set up the same and carries the same items. They seem to be the cleanest and most helpful don’t know why buy it’s a proven fact. So much for your sol-​cal hospitality can’t wait til he gets to fisherman wharf in SF one day. Instead of the fishes gets skin alive he might as well as be the same. Attitude like that will mostly get you in trouble somewhere along in life. Oh well I was naïve and wanted to find the nearest station off the 405 just pull in a wrong station.

i like the morning coffee there

Always on the phone. Always sitting down. Always rude.
And never giving a fuck. I went here once, and swore never again, instead coming to enjoy the much cheaper, cleaner, better-​stocked, Chevron and its always-​smiling staff straight opposite on Westwood Blvd.
But the other night I chose to give the Mobil another chance because I needed to go left down Westwood straight after — and the same ol’ shit happened. Like I was inconveniencing them asking to fill up.
Bottom line? If your gas needle is heading south and you’re heading West on Santa Monica Boulevard, bypass the Mobil and drive another 30 yards to the Chevron. You’ll save dollars and frustration.

While located on a very busy intersection (Westwood and Santa Monica), this Mobil station is generally well-​lit, clean, and there are surprisingly less crazies here than you’d expect because there are a lot of alleys nearby.
They have a decent convenience store inside that is pretty clean and well-​stocked. If you are trying to buy anything that requires you to be «of age» the guys in here will card you frequently, which I’m thinking is a good thing. If you or a friend are looking for Swishers to make blunts, they sell them here… not that that’s what I use them for… but they do… I have heard… from other people… who do that…