The Art Place

When I did research for a local print shop, I was fortunate to have stumbled upon this place. Whatever your need may be, PVC poster boards, help with setting up a print job, give this business a shot to help you.
Note: Everyone has been friendly, but ‘James’ is phenomenal and ensured we were happy with our print job.
Thanks James, we’ll keep sending you business!

We used the Art Place to make programs and street signs for a large band tournament. They did a fantastic job at very reasonable prices. Highly Recommended.

Very good customer service, high quality work, great prices compared to there competition, I highly recommend them to anyone.

Will never come here again. Owners replies say it all. I’m sure in not worthy of them either or a normal customer. One of the MOST not customer service friendly places I have ever been and I’m old. One star because I got my art work back!

Reading the business owners response to some of these Unilocal reviews is appalling.
I went in there about 2 months ago to ask them about a sign I needed to print. The lady acted like she has never heard of anything I was asking for. Basic things a print shop does that I have had done at other shops no problem. Her whole attitude just rubbed me the wrong way. I ended up getting the sign because I needed to right away but her lack of customer service has caused me to take my business elsewhere.

I have been a customer for over 6 years. I am a repeat customer because of the customer service I received every time. I always been treated professionally and with courtesy by the owners and their great staff members. The projects are always completed with great satisfaction. Great quality work with reasonable prices. Way to go! Kudos to Greg and James!!!

The Art Place in absolutely THE BEST! Their prices are fair and Tony repeatedly goes out of his way to make the job happen. Honestly, some of the best customer service I’ve encountered. He comes in early and always responds promptly to emails. Couldn’t do my job without The Art Place!

Always great service. On time, quality work. I love that I can just email my pdf, request and order and then just run in to pick it up. We’re a non-​profit grp so they’re always good about giving me a good deal. Would totally recommend this place for any printing you need. I’ve also had banners done which turned out great and is still in great shape after eight years.

Wow, what great service this print shop provides. My fiancé has been super stressed with our wedding, and we came here to get our invitations printed. We lost track of time, and got there maybe 30 minutes until they closed. The owner Tony and James were so great and patient that they helped reduce the amount of stress. We are definitely coming back to do further business with this shop when we need to blow up a few of our wedding photos. Thanks guys!!!

I left my voice message at 9:30 AM for a quote on same day service. In less than an hour I had received a return phone call from James and provided a quote and amazing prices. He even called me back to alert me to an esthetic correction he could make for me on a flyer for free.
I had the flyers available in less than a half hour and I call that 5 star service! What ever printing job you need from art work (and framing) to banners and flyers call them, you won’t be disappointed!

I went here on a Saturday about 1 pm and found locked doors. There’s also no signage indicating their hours of operation. I guess the place opens and closes whenever the hell they want. They’re certainly not open from 10 – 4 on Saturdays like their web site claims. Maybe I’ll try them during the week, maybe I’ll just take my business elsewhere. NOT recommended.
Update: Updated to 4 stars. OK My bad. The courtyard entrance (not the street entrance shown in my photo) has the entry doors for this business. However, just inside the door is a huge sign that indicated to me it was not the Art place. I went back during the week and took care of my business. The people here were great and very professional. They took my simple copy job and converted it into a work of art. And at no extra charge.
We also had a discussion about my first review and I got some insight into their business. All in all I would definitely recommend this place. The person who recommended the business to me said they make copies for only 10 cents. That’s only for first time customers, so if you go back, budget for their regular copy prices, which is still worth it.

Fantastic staff and incredible product output! I have come to this business with ridiculous project demands and VERY SHORT timelines and they always come through for me!!! Incredible attention to detail, as they catch errors I make and miss. They are always on time and charge very fair prices. They are amazing! Canvas wraps, banners, copies, signs! I’ve had them create all of the above and have NEVER been disappointed!!! The Art Place is the BEST!

Came in for a schools project. The cheap price for the quality print job exceeded my expectations. Ask for James … he helps you out :)

it was my first time coming into the art place the other day, I could not be more pleased with the customer service and the speed at which my order was printed! I had a giant poster to print out, and they accommodated my needs and then some! I will definitely come back to them for all my printing needs in San Diego

We sent them a file Friday at 5:00 and they allowed us to pick it up Sunday afternoon for an event Monday morning. Not too many places would do this. Best customer service ever!!! Thank you!!!

Excellent service from both Gallia and Tony. They really know what they are doing and have excellent prices.

So glad I found this place… they totally beat Staples and many other places for printing services. I come here twice a month to print at least 1,000 real estate flyers. They come out fantastic every time. The staff and owners are very friendly. I love coming here.

I have only been here once for printing services and I will not be back. This place is more conveniently located than where I usually go and I needed to print several documents so I figured I would save some time and gas money and give some support to a local business.
I had called ahead and found out that there’s a $ 5 minimum to use a debit or credit card. I should have taken it as an omen when the woman who answered the phone didn’t know what I meant when I asked, «do you charge for internet usage if I need to print documents from my email?» Ugh. I needed to print documents both from a USB and from my gmail account. When I walked in the woman mentioned that the computer had some issue or other, but I don’t recall exactly what was the matter.
Unlike the library or large chain printing service shops you don’t have access to a computer and the printer. As the customer you’re confined to a small lobby right inside the front door. She had to awkwardly swivel the desktop on the counter to face me and she was the only one who could get the print-​outs (behind the counter). So when an error message told me that the system couldn’t print one of my documents, but the printer had made noise anyway, I thought to ask her to double check. She seemed irritated. Turns out it only printed part of the document.
Because the computer would not properly print the documents (it even froze once) she had to open several documents in photoshop to get them to print (they were simple PDF documents which I was able to open and view at home and on the office computer). She didn’t seem happy about any of this, and actually THREW the mouse at me several times while helping me. AND she charged me for the messed-​up printouts that the computer said it could not print.
Halfway through my time there she informed me that she’s going to tack on a $ 2.00 fee. I don’t know exactly what it was for, she didn’t seem able to explain it clearly, and I was in a hurry so I decided to trust her judgement at that point.
My total came to $ 4.75. I asked if I could buy a pen or something small to round it up to $ 5. She said they have nothing like that, and she’ll charge me $ 5.00 anyway because of all the assistance she had to provide me («Isn’t all my help worth it?» were her words). I was appalled at her lack of professionalism, and asked if that’s normal procedure to charge for her time like that, and she said, «well we usually don’t have to be up here helping print documents. People just come in with their files and print.» Okay so are you calling me stupid? Because I think the problem was with YOUR computer and YOUR system. I mean, when you have 10,000 windows and documents open at once your computer is bound to be slow and freeze up. I started to open my mouth to give her a piece of my mind, but I thought better of it and just left.
Oh, and she actually threw my debit card at me and didn’t even try to keep up any sort of pretense of customer service whatsoever… no thank you, have a nice day or even a goodbye.
Let me just say that the best judge of a company’s character is how they treat their smallest customers, and this is a big fat indication that this company sucks. I won’t be back, and for as long as I live I won’t be recommending your business to anybody else.
And don’t advertise this as a printing service because it’s nothing like any printing service I have ever used.

I found The Art Place on Unilocal and they were also personally referred by colleagues of mine. I had asked around for a competitive local printer to bring my business to. Our order was quite simple… Postcards with completed artwork in PDF format in the quantity of 500. We provided the artwork in an email and confirmed the quantity required. No one called when our order was ready. We finally called and arrived at the store the next morning. When I arrived, the woman had trouble finding the order. When the box was brought out, it immediately looked like 1000, not 500. When I asked her about the order quantity, she was very defensive and asked if I was calling her a liar. She told me that my wife had asked for 1000 on the phone and that I should question my relationship with my wife!
I paid for the full quantity and told her that I would not be bringing my business back. Her response was «Money doesn’t matter to me!»
It seems to me that a print shop should have accurate ordering systems, friendly customer service, and show that you care (at least a little bit).
On a side note, print quality was good And the order was received timely. I can’t give them one star… Maybe I just caught them on a bad day? Hope they can pull it together for the next customer.

I will start off by saying that i have been here twice and their work here is good.
Having said that, i think that the staff could be more organized, more attentive and professional.
Both times, my order took longer than what they told me, and they did not bother calling me to update me on the time frame.
Also, did not get a call when my project was ready, which is frustrating when you are waiting for something.
Overall just ok, not sure if i would use them again.