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Bay Area Refrigeration Commercial Refrigeration & Ice Machine Service
(925) 999-4095 · San Ramon, CA · CSLB #1136642 · BBB A+

HOSHIZAKI · SAN BRUNO

Service · All Hoshizaki Models

Hoshizaki Commercial Ice Machine Repair · San Bruno, CA

Hoshizaki ice machines for the hotel bars and restaurants near SFO, serviced by an independent shop out of San Ramon.

  • $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
  • Same or next-day best effort
  • CSLB #1136642
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Hoshizaki in San Bruno

Hoshizaki refrigeration in San Bruno.

San Bruno sits right under the SFO approach path, and a lot of its food and beverage business runs off that airport traffic, hotel bars along El Camino Real and Skyline, banquet kitchens, restaurants that stay open long hours to catch crew and travelers on odd schedules. Those operations lean hard on Hoshizaki ice machines and back-bar reach-ins, since a bar that cannot pour ice on a Friday night loses real money fast. We service Hoshizaki here as an independent shop, no dealer claim.

The town itself is mostly 1940s to 1960s tract homes climbing the hills toward Rollingwood and Crestmoor, and that residential side does not drive much Hoshizaki work directly, but a handful of those hillside houses run a built-in undercounter ice maker in a home bar, and we handle those the same as the commercial side. Diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair, and you get a written quote before anything gets touched.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

  • Harvest valve wear from a near round-the-clock bar schedule. A hotel bar near the airport does not keep restaurant hours, it runs late and starts early, and that near-constant duty cycle wears the hot-gas harvest valve on a Hoshizaki KM head faster than a nine-to-five kitchen sees. We test the valve's coil resistance against spec before deciding whether it is worth saving or needs an OEM swap.
  • Bin thermostat drift on high-volume ice machines. When a bin thermostat drifts, the machine keeps making ice into a bin that is already full, or it stops early and leaves the bar short during a rush. We calibrate or replace the thermostat and check the bin door switch at the same time, since those two failures get confused with each other on the phone.
  • Reach-in gasket failure in a banquet kitchen. Banquet kitchens push a reach-in door open and shut constantly during event turnover, and the gasket wears out faster than it would in a slower kitchen. A stretched gasket lets warm air in, the box ices over, and food safety becomes the actual problem, not just a warm drawer. We provide a written repair estimate after the on-site diagnosis and before any work starts.

Models we service

Hoshizaki product lines.

  • KM-series cube ice machines
  • Undercounter ice makers
  • Ice and water dispensers
  • Refrigerated prep and sandwich tables
  • Sushi display cases
  • Stackable flaker and crescent 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.

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FAQ

Hoshizaki in San Bruno questions, answered.

  • Do you work on the hotel bars near SFO, not just restaurants?
    Yes. Hotel bars and banquet kitchens are a big part of the Hoshizaki work in San Bruno, and we handle those the same as a standalone restaurant, same $99 diagnostic, same written quote first.
  • Is a home wet bar ice maker something you'll look at?
    Yes, some of the hillside homes above El Camino run a built-in undercounter ice maker, and we service those as residential built-in work alongside the commercial calls.
  • Are you a Hoshizaki dealer?
    No, independent shop, no factory authorization claimed. We're Manitowoc-certified on ice machines, EPA 608 certified (#1279674151528), and licensed under CSLB #1136642. Our Peninsula technician is based in San Mateo, and San Bruno sits on the same route as South San Francisco and Pacifica.

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