Can you service Atosa as an independent shop in Berkeley?

Yes. We're independent on Atosa, no factory-authorization claim. We provide a written repair estimate after the on-site diagnosis and before any work starts.

My Atosa is propane-refrigerant and another shop wouldn't touch it. Why?

That's R290, and plenty of general appliance shops aren't equipped for hydrocarbon work, so they say they can't get parts. We're trained and certified for R290 and handle the sealed system in-house with recovery, evacuation, and a weighed-in charge.

How does the diagnostic work?

It's $99 for full troubleshooting, and we credit it toward the repair. You get a written quote before we touch anything. On a tight West Berkeley job, shuffling neighboring units to reach the unit can add a little labor, and we'll flag that up front.

ATOSA · BERKELEY

Service · All Atosa Models

Atosa Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Berkeley, CA

Atosa R290 undercounters and prep tables across Berkeley's cafes, bars, and West Berkeley food makers, serviced by an independent shop.

$99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Atosa in Berkeley

Atosa refrigeration in Berkeley.

Berkeley runs one of the densest independent food scenes in the East Bay, and a lot of the newer cafes around Shattuck, the Gourmet Ghetto, and West Berkeley opened on Atosa. The price is what gets one through the door. When an Atosa undercounter or prep table quits, these owners want someone who'll actually diagnose the unit, not a parts-changer guessing on the clock. We service Atosa as an independent shop, no dealer claims, just a crew that knows the platform.

Atosa is the cheap commercial workhorse, and the repairs are usually simple once you've worked the line a few times. The MGF sandwich and salad tables clog at the drain, the MBF reach-ins lose an evaporator fan or a stretched gasket, and the thermostats sometimes quit holding temp. We carry fan motors, relays, thermostats, and gaskets on the truck, so a lot of these are repairs involving parts we usually stock in a tight West Berkeley kitchen.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Prep tables warming on a dirty coil. A Berkeley cafe runs its Atosa MGF prep table open a hundred times a shift, and the condenser packs with flour and grease until the rail swings warm in the afternoon. We pull and clean the coil, check the rail temperature across the pans, and clear any iced-up evaporator before it becomes a no-cool call. We log the cleaning and leave a dated sticker behind the panel.
R290 hydrocarbon undercounters. A lot of the Atosa undercounters in the bars and cafes here run R290 propane refrigerant. Berkeley's municipal water is on the softer side, but the sealed system is the same job everywhere: we're HC(A3) trained through Mainstream Engineering, hold EPA #1279674151528, and do leak repair, compressor swaps, evacuation, and weigh-in in-house with proper recovery.
MBF reach-in fans and gaskets. The MBF reach-ins fail at the evaporator fan motor and the door gasket. In a busy Telegraph or Shattuck kitchen the gasket stretches inside the first year and a half, warm air sneaks past, and the box ices up within a couple weeks. We swap the gasket, clear the evaporator, and check the seal through its full swing. We keep two fan-motor sizes on the truck.

Models we service

Atosa product lines.

MBF reach-in refrigerators and freezers
MGF sandwich and salad prep tables
MWF worktop refrigerators
Undercounter refrigeration
Pizza prep tables
R290 hydrocarbon units

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
Written

1 year parts and labor on the repair, 90 days on consumables. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

Nearby cities

Atosa service in neighboring cities.

More cities

Atosa across our service area.

FAQ

Atosa in Berkeley questions, answered.

Can you service Atosa as an independent shop in Berkeley?

Yes. We're independent on Atosa, no factory-authorization claim. We provide a written repair estimate after the on-site diagnosis and before any work starts.
My Atosa is propane-refrigerant and another shop wouldn't touch it. Why?

That's R290, and plenty of general appliance shops aren't equipped for hydrocarbon work, so they say they can't get parts. We're trained and certified for R290 and handle the sealed system in-house with recovery, evacuation, and a weighed-in charge.
How does the diagnostic work?

It's $99 for full troubleshooting, and we credit it toward the repair. You get a written quote before we touch anything. On a tight West Berkeley job, shuffling neighboring units to reach the unit can add a little labor, and we'll flag that up front.

Need Atosa service in Berkeley?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.