Arco AM/PM

Good location usually not crowded. ARCO normally has the best price\gas quality ratio. I bought a Gatorade and some cookies. I questioned a mistake on signage and they wouldn’t go check the signage to see if they charged the right price. Gave me horrible looks. Don’t think I’ll buy my Gatorade from here anymore

Their Chase ATM was broken (it wouldn’t let you select the yes/​no options) and it was right next to the restrooms too.
If you use a debit card to pay, there is a $ 0.35 surcharge which I believe is illegal.

I come here for gas once a week because it is near a site in which I work. All the other reviews pretty much say it right; clean, sometimes difficult to get back to 101, fairly priced, etc. so this isn’t a review on the station.
My complaint is that Arco only accepts debit cards with which I usually have no problem. But two weeks ago as well as last week it began denying my B of A debit card both at the outside terminal and the one inside. Fortunately I carry enough cash to cover my purchase. So today I stopped by my bank to try out the card at the ATM and it works! Nothing wrong with my card. So I called Arco which referred me to BP Arco which covers NorCal and am told there is nothing they can do about my situation as all they do is supply the fuel. I will try again one more time and if it doesn’t work and nothing can be done about it I will be switching back to Union 76. My Outback just runs better on either of these two fuels. I guess I could continue paying by cash and thus saving the 35 cent transaction fee but I like the convenience of a card. A couple of years ago Arco partnered with the Discover card which I really appreciated. I hope they bring back their own card again.

Its not far from exit off whipple rd and cheapest priced gas too Very clean and large driveway has all the common AmPm offerings in store bathrooms are even kept clean. Has Chase banking ATM inside and the workers are nice. Didn’t get his name but was training the day I visited. Want to call him
Smiley as he didn’t smile until mentioned
Lighten up Homie working isn’t that bad and you do smile nicely BTW

AM PM doesn’t have cheap gas but there’s cheap food: corn dog., burgers, bbq rib things, fish, sammies, etc. .
eats: BBQ Ribs sammie (1.79)
–mushy pork pattie with zillions of chemical/​food compounds added.
–secret sauce makes sammie a saliva propeled vehicle suiting for barfing. (i controlled myself by chewing slowly each morsel.
after fininishing, there was a feeling this last meat was truly awful: it was the mother
of pressed pork samme: nastiness, .service ok, food serves 1 star.

A great alternative for costco.
Cheap gas.
I just learned that there is an ATM for chase (which I never noticed before/​never paid attention to).
Just be careful though, when I went here late at night (10-​ish) I’ve been approached by a lady who was asking for free gas and then gets mad when you refuse. Twice. On 2 different occasions. Dafuq?

«Good gas for less» and «Quality gas for less» slogans are emblazoned everywhere out at the pumps. And isn’t that what filling up is really all about? I’ve always been suspicious of the claims of the more expensive branded gas station that their additives are really worth paying a significant amount more for their gasoline. All I really want is a good deal on good quality gas, especially when I’m filling up my mother’s van as I was doing this day. Even at Arco’s low prices it costs about $ 80 to fill the tank.
Well, actually, I also want adequate lighting out at the pump, since I’m a female that travels alone quite often by car and wishes to feel safe doing so.
I also want clean restrooms and a well-​stocked convenience store. You’ll be happy to hear that this particular Arco delivers in all respects. The soda fountain had three different choices for diet drinkers: Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, and Diet Dr. Pepper.
It’s a little tricky getting back out onto Whipple Avenue as the traffic is pretty heavy and very few people are willing to stop and let you out into traffic but I navigated the procedure successfully and was on my way pretty quickly.

It’s just a little bit more expensive 2 – 5 cents than the Arco on Delaware @ Hwy 92. It’s still considerably cheaper than stations in San Carlos, Belmont, or Menlo Park… so deal with it. It’s easy to get in here, not so easy to get out, especially if you want to get back on 101.
Like any ARCO, credit cards are not accepted. If you really need that, go to the Valero across the street. Otherwise pony up 35 cents to use your debit or hand over cash.

My go-​to gas station was closed (oops!) and I had to move on down the road looking for fuel. I happened to remember this Arco was just off of 101 and pulled in to find some cheap gas. Fast, easy and on my way — totally did the trick! Don’t like that they charge 35 cents for using an ATM card and they don’t take Amex, but they were there for me when I needed them.

Best prices between Redwood City and San Mateo. Always happy with the service. East in and out. Usually no waiting.

OMG, after seeing a price of $ 4.95 a gallon in another location not far from here on Harbor Blvd., $ 4.27 at this place was a welcomed relief.
It was crazy trying to get out of this station in the middle of the afternoon and merge back on to the road way that would take me to the freeway. Wild ride, its alright.

Had the best Energy Drink there! Was called Liquid Nitro! I am hooked, blows Red Bull and the rest away

Doesn’t take credit card, but there are NO SIGNS.
Clean, spacious bathroom inside the convenience store though =)

The only reason why I go to this Gas Station is for the nice crushed ice and the drinks.

I do not know if this is a review as much as it is sharing my experience going here this morning. I go to this gas stop all the time and since it is early enough [I go get gas on the way to work] it is always really easy to reach an empty station. There is nothing spectacular about this place except their might be a panhandling problem. This is not about that though, this is about my morning there. This is my story…
Today was a funny sort of morning. I need gas about once a week and I always go to the same place. I get off in the morning on the way to work on the Whipple exit southbound and stop at the Arco. I do this all the time.
Last week I was there and this guy came up to me and told me his sob story about how he and his sister were heading up to San Francisco or something and they needed gas. He had the pathetic and sad-​sack look on his face and I was more than sympathetic to his plight. I spoke to him and I did not feel like «filling him up» or anything so I gave him the cash I had. All I had was like five dollars or so on me so I felt bad that was all I could give him.
Last week I actually felt bad for not being able to help more and nearly got out of my car once I started it to actually pay for his thing. I did not but I spent the morning thinking about my charity and my giving; or in this case, my lack of charity and giving. I was dirty because I skipped my shower for the extra few minutes of sleep and I had not shaved in two weeks because of all the overtime I had to put in at work. Why this might matter I will get to now.
So this morning I am back at the same station pumping the same gas and in front of me I see that guy again. He is asking the guy in front of me filling up his truck for the same thing with the same face and the same hang-​dog expression! I look at him incredulously. What is his boggle? Why is he swindling people? Is he a local homeless/​drug addict/​vagabond? Either way he is a liar, a con and a cad.
As I am thinking this, my hair still wet from washing and my face shaved and smooth, along he comes to me after being turned down and makes the same case to me. I mean the SAME CASE! He said the same things and had the same look as he did to the other guy and as he did to me the week before. I wondered if he could not remember me or if he could not recognise me… he looked at me nonetheless, eyes pleading for help.
I looked him right in the eye and said, «You did this last week.» I was calm and controlled, stating it as fact and not a question or an accusation. Instantly his face turned into a half-​scowl and he walked off without a word. He had done this so much and had been rejected and accused of repeat accosting enough times that it did not phase him. Was he a pro or something? He went to the next island of people as if nothing.
The guy pumping gas in front said, «Oldest trick in the book, eh?» but I could not answer. I just dumbly nodded at him. As the odd feelings of the previous encounter still swirled around me I turned around to see a older black man beginning to speak to me. «Excuse me,» he said in a rasp of age and defeat, «…I do not want any money from you I just need gas to get back home.» I looked at him. He looked sincere and he wanted help and I wanted to give it but I could not.
So fresh were the feelings of betrayal from before that I dismissed him. If he was sincere then it was bad timing and if not, no harm done I guess. It then really bugged me that this other dude made me question my faith in people even for a moment. I am actually angry at him. I do not know his story and I do not know what he was thinking or doing there but it still bummed me out. I do not want to process these heady thoughts on my way to work.
The man in front of me said something smarmy like, «I did not know gas didn’t cost money…» I know décor would have been to acknowledge him but I just stood there blankly staring and when the gas stopped flowing I got in my car and finished my trip to work. I just do not know how I feel about all this.
… So that was my morning. I wonder if I will ever see them again. Does anyone else ever have to deal with these people? Does anyone know who or why they are what they are and do what they do?
This is not going to keep me from coming but it does make me feel odd about the whole situation.