TRUE · BERKELEY
Service · All True ModelsTrue Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Berkeley, CA
We fix True reach-ins, prep tables, and back-bar coolers for the Gourmet Ghetto, Shattuck restaurant row, the Telegraph spots by campus, and West Berkeley's cafes and food makers.
- $75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
True in Berkeley
True refrigeration in Berkeley.
Berkeley runs one of the densest independent food scenes in the East Bay, and almost none of it is chain equipment you can swap blind. True gear shows up everywhere: a reach-in behind a Shattuck kitchen, a sandwich prep table in a Gourmet Ghetto cafe, a back-bar cooler at a Telegraph late-night spot, an under-counter unit in a West Berkeley maker space. These owners want an actual diagnosis, not a parts-changer guessing on the clock.
True cabinets are well-built and worth fixing, so the calls here are about age and wear. A common Berkeley True call is a reach-in that won't pull below 45 with a failed evaporator fan motor, or a prep table holding warm on a dirty condenser. We carry fan motors, relays, thermostats, contactors, and door gaskets on the truck, so a lot of these are one-visit fixes.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Won't hold safe temp. A True reach-in or prep rail drifting warm is the most common call, usually a failed evaporator fan motor, an iced coil from a stuck defrost, or a control that's aged out. Labor starts around $250 plus the part, with a written quote before we start.
- Back-bar coolers short-cycling. On Telegraph and Shattuck bars, True back-bar boxes that sweat or short-cycle usually trace to a bad start component, a choked condenser, or a torn gasket. We carry start kits and gasket stock, so most close the first trip.
- Sealed-system and leak work. Older True units eventually leak at a line or joint. We keep sealed-system work in-house under EPA #1279674151528 and we're R290 hydrocarbon-trained for the newer self-contained boxes. Recovery, leak repair, evacuation, and weigh-in done right.
Models we service
True product lines.
- Reach-in refrigerators and freezers
- Sandwich and salad prep tables
- Under-counter units
- Bottle coolers
- Glass-door merchandisers
- Back-bar coolers
Pricing and warranty
What it costs. What we stand behind.
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$75
Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
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Written
90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts and boiler work. Quoted in writing before work starts.
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CSLB
#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.
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FAQ
True in Berkeley questions, answered.
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Do you replace whole units or actually repair them?
We repair. True cabinets are built to last, and it's almost always cheaper to fix one than throw it out. If a unit genuinely isn't worth chasing, we'll tell you straight rather than push a sale. -
Are you a factory-authorized True dealer?
No. We service True as an independent shop. Our only factory certification is on Manitowoc ice machines. -
Down during service near campus. Can you prioritize?
Yes. Call (925) 999-4095, say it's an outage, and we move it to the front. We're dispatched from San Ramon, 7 AM to 7 PM seven days, same number after hours.
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