Nob Hill Hardware

These guys are so very helpful. Best hardware store ever. They help you find a practical and economical solution, and have helped me work through several projects. They have even warned me when it can’t be done the way I want to do it.

Good selection tools and knick knacks needed for apartment living. Staff was extremely helpful. It looks like they are a UPS pickup dropoff point as well.

These guys are the BEST, and as a retired mechanic and do it yourself home repair handyman
I would know. Friendly as they come and the prices are very fair and lower than others.
I’m going to buy a kitchen faucet from them soon. Since BROWNIES was sold they’ve lost their style and the best sales staff in the area. I like these guys and there very honest.

We just love this quaint hardware store, we always seem to find what we’re looking for. The service is always great, the gentleman that works there does a wonderful job keeping his items in stock. And to top it off. the prices are very reasonable. Thank you, we’ll be back as usual! :-)

This place is so well run! The owner and staff are always always always so helpful and friendly and everything. They have an impossible amount of items packed into such a little space. Lots of very unique and hard-​to-​find items, too. They are open great hours and have very reasonable prices, considering (1) the property values on sNob Hill and (2) the price of running a small business in this terrible City, and (3) the costs of carrying so much inventory. Take a lot of money and just go aisle to aisle — you will find TONS of stuff that you didn’t know you even needed! — things that ping in the back of your mind, but you would have no idea where/​when to get them. Love it!

This place is the best — my wife and I live a few blocks away and they are always incredibly helpful and generous — returning items, spending plenty of time answering questions, and even just giving away a washer free of charge. This is our go to place for anywhere hardware related.

Nice people, good assortment of goods, and convenient location for those living in Nob Hill. However, it looks like from previous reviews that they have a tendency to not open at the time posted on their website and on Unilocal (8:30am). Same thing happened to me. Got there at 8:25, and the owner shows up after 9:30 (also, no hours posted in the window). I told him about the situation and he started blaming Unilocal and google for posting the wrong hours. He even said the nob hill hardware website wasn’t his. No apology for any misunderstanding or inconvenience at all. He just got defensive. Since they are also a UPS access point, their tardiness and inconsistent schedule is extremely inconvenient and inconsiderate for customers.

This place is awesome. I bought some drawer knobs that were a bit too long, and of the many places I called (including home depot) don’t cut metal. This was the one that cut them down for me. And for $ 1! How can you not love that?
Super friendly and knowledgable owner and staff… and when I went a couple months ago looking for Borax, they had it. Granted, it was a bit pricier ($ 1 more) than Target (which didn’t even have it in stock when I went), but I am pro-​supporting-​neighbourhood-​business.
This place is a gem. Shop here!

I normally don’t write reviews unless it’s exceptionally good or exceptionally bad. This one is exceptionally good :)
Very nice and helpful owners/​staff. They go out of their ways to help you including lending you tools to help with any small jobs you may have. They have just about everything you can imagine in such a small shop. Good prices too. Now it’s an official UPS pickup/​drop off location. You can have your package delivered here for pick up. Very convenient.

This is a pretty solid hardware store. Good staff, great selection, and they have good hours also.

I have lived in the area for 2 years and every time I come in this place the owner and his employees are friendly and beyond helpful. They have a little bit of everything in this store and I come in here to get random odds and ends for household projects and fixes. They have helped me with recommendations, I have even purchased concrete mix here! This is the kind of small business that makes San Francisco special.

This store has everything we need for any minor DIY project, and the store owner/​manager indirectly provides the best customer service for any hardware store I’ve been to. He asks many questions and is able to translate my unknowledgeable jibberish into exactly what I need, and he’s patient when you ask questions or are choosing between different products. I’m very happy to have this store only 3 blocks from my apartment.

This place is the ultimate. Not only is everyone who works there friendly and knowledgeable, they have EVERYTHING. I don’t know how they do since the space is small, but they do.
Once, I had to blow up a donut halloween costume, and I kept buying the wrong pump from them. So finally, they told me to come in and they blew it up for me! By hand. I love this place. Go and support a local business.

Best hardware store in SF. Selection is amazing. Staff is always incredibly helpful. Great prices. Honestly, one of my favorite parts about living in this neighborhood.

I’ve been to this store in the past and they have good prices and an ok selection, but today I went in for paint. I will not be coming back.
The man there, I think he’s the owner, was rude. I wanted to match a paint sample, and I understand it won’t be matched exactly (unless I went to a bigger place like Lowe’s) but this guy was so condescending and angry. He told me it wouldn’t match exactly and he took me back to the paints and took my chip and was trying to match to the can. They don’t even have paint sample cards? No mixer? I started to ask about this and he said «AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE, IT WON’T BE AN EXACT MATCH.» Completely rude and so angry. No thank you. I won’t be spoken to that way. I snatched my sample out of his hand and left. I went to Brownie’s, who DO have paint sample cards and who DO have a mixer. I came away with a match which I’m very happy with. I bought all of my painting supplies at Brownie’s too. Brownie’s got $ 48 and Nob Hill Hardware got $ 0. I know it’s not much in the scheme of things, but a customer is a customer and should be treated as such. I felt like I was being scolded for asking a simple question at Nob Hill Hardware, whereas Brownie’s was happy to answer my questions.

I love this hardware store. The offer great prices for the products. Most important, the guys that work there are always helpful and friendly. A bunch of times I’ve gone in there not knowing how to fix a problem at the house and they quickly help me figure out the best solution. Highly recommend this store.

Should’ve written a review ages ago, seeing as how we’ve gone here for so many home knick knacks. It’s a family run place, and the owner literally knows where every single item is without moving away from the register. They have everything you could ever need to maintain your home, and just random kitchen supplies too. Great prices, great service.

This place is great!
If you live in the area, you’ll be glad this place exists. It’s got all the «house stuff» you might need in a pinch for city livin’. Maybe not as well-​stocked as Home Depot or Target… But, then, it’s not Home Depot or Target. And it’s right here. In the neighborhood. What more can you ask for?
The staff is helpful and nice. They even let me borrow their power drill for an apartment-​improvement project. Other than hardware-​type things, they also sell assorted random things like house wares, cooking utensils, pet supply stuff, etc. Pretty much anything you might need for the «house», there’s a good chance they might have something that’ll work. Check ‘em out before schlepping out to the suburbs and support a local small business!

New to the area I needed some basic hardware store items (nails and wire to hang art) but also a custom length (pretty long, over 6 feet) wooden shelf board and although I really didn’t think I could just walk in a hardware store and get one, I asked anyway.
This was a busy Saturday afternoon, but Michael was very helpful and promised to cut one in the length I needed while I wait. The store may seem small, but I’d be surprised if you didn’t find almost anything in there. The staff is very helpful, and from observing the people that pop in while you’re being helped you can tell that many customers know and love the place and the owners. I love visiting hardware stores to begin with, and from what I experienced during this first visit, I will definitely come back.

Fantastic service and selection! Came here for a lidded trash can that could mitigate my fruit fly problem, and the staff went out of their way to give me fruit fly control advice and show me a cheaper plastic alternative to the stainless steel ones I’d been reviewing initially so I would be completely informed of my options. They also gave me advice on which trap to buy.
Not only was the service friendly and professional, the selection beat the other hardware stores in the area. I am definitely coming back – though hopefully not with more fruit fly problems. Yuck!