Commercial refrigeration & ice machine service · South Bay
Commercial Refrigeration & Ice Machine Repair · San Jose, CA
True, Turbo Air and Continental reach-ins and prep tables across the downtown and neighborhood restaurant base, Hoshizaki and Manitowoc ice machines in the Vietnamese kitchens along Tully and Senter and in the convention-center hospitality kitchens, Beverage-Air and Perlick units at the SoFA district breweries and bars, and Traulsen and Victory reach-ins in the neighborhood groceries around Alum Rock and Willow Glen.
- $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Service area
Where we work.
ZIP 95110 · 95112 · 95125 · 95126 · South Bay
Refrigeration in San Jose.
Refrigeration and ice repair in San Jose
San Jose is the biggest food-business market we serve anywhere in the Bay Area, and it doesn’t run through one neighborhood. Downtown carries San Pedro Square and the SoFA district’s restaurants, breweries and food halls, plus the hotels and hospitality kitchens working the convention center. Japantown, Little Portugal and the Alum Rock corridor run their own restaurant and grocery mix. Willow Glen’s Lincoln Avenue keeps a walkable dinner strip going, and the Vietnamese restaurant inventory along Tully Road and Senter Road is some of the densest commercial kitchen concentration anywhere in the county. We treat San Jose as commercial-first territory, restaurants, cafes, offices and groceries, not residential remodel work.
Downtown, San Pedro Square and convention hospitality
The SoFA district’s breweries and bars run Beverage-Air and Perlick coolers, and the food halls opening downtown lean on newer Atosa and Delfield buildouts. Convention-center hospitality kitchens need to scale fast for a full house one week and sit lighter the next, and we plan repairs around that swing rather than a flat schedule.
Japantown, Little Portugal, Alum Rock and the Vietnamese corridor
Tully Road and Senter Road run more commercial ice machines per mile than almost anywhere else we cover, mostly Hoshizaki and Manitowoc, and a unit down during a lunch rush in this stretch means a line out the door with nowhere to put the drinks. We’re Manitowoc-certified, factory-trained on Indigo NXT, NEO undercounter and QuietQube through the Manitowoc Ice and Koolaire seminar, and we service Hoshizaki independently, no cert claimed there. Sealed-system work, recovery, evacuation and weigh-in, we handle in-house under EPA #1279674151528. Japantown and Little Portugal add their own smaller kitchens and markets, True and Turbo Air reach-ins mostly, running on tighter footprints than the newer buildouts closer to downtown.
Willow Glen and the neighborhood groceries
Lincoln Avenue’s restaurants run standard reach-in and prep table equipment through a full dinner service, and the neighborhood groceries scattered through Alum Rock and the rest of the city lean on Traulsen and Victory reach-ins for their deli and dairy cases. I find grocery refrigeration gets neglected until a compressor actually fails, since the case still looks cold to a customer walking by even after the coil’s been dirty for months.
We’re dispatched out of San Ramon, straight down I-680, about 30 to 45 minutes depending on the neighborhood, and San Jose is the anchor stop of our South Bay route day rather than a scattered same-hour promise. A real outage, a dead walk-in or an ice machine down mid-service, jumps that schedule.
The diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair. Hours are 7AM to 7PM, seven days, same number for after-hours emergencies. Bay Area Refrigeration Service is a line of ADRIUM Service Solutions, CSLB #1136642, alongside Bay Area HVAC Service.
Call (925) 999-4095 or email welcome@adriumservice.com.
Refrigeration and ice machine brands we cover in San Jose.
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Manitowoc Manitowoc-certified, factory-trained on modular and undercounter ice. Certified to service, not to sell. Brand details →
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Hoshizaki Independent Hoshizaki ice machine and refrigeration repair across the Tri-Valley and East Bay. Brand details →
- Scotsman We service Scotsman commercial ice machines as an independent shop, with a flat $99 diagnostic and a written quote before any work. Brand details →
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True We service True reach-ins, prep tables, under-counters, and bottle coolers across the Bay Area as an independent shop. Brand details →
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Turbo Air Turbo Air reach-ins, prep tables, under-counters, and merchandisers, fixed by an independent shop with a flat diagnostic and a written quote. Brand details →
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Atosa We service Atosa reach-ins, prep tables, and undercounter units as an independent shop, honest about what's worth fixing. Brand details →
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Beverage-Air We service Beverage-Air reach-ins, back-bar coolers, under-counters, and prep tables across the Bay Area. Brand details →
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Continental Continental reach-ins, prep tables, and undercounters fixed by an independent shop with sealed-system tools on the truck. Brand details →
- Delfield We service Delfield reach-ins, prep tables, and undercounters across the East Bay as an independent shop, with a $99 diagnostic that is credited toward the repair. Brand details →
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Traulsen We service Traulsen reach-ins, roll-ins, undercounters, and blast chillers across the Bay Area. Brand details →
- Victory Independent repair for Victory reach-ins, prep tables, and worktop units across the East Bay. Brand details →
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Sub-Zero We service built-in Sub-Zero refrigeration as an independent shop: columns, drawers, and integrated units, sealed-system work done in-house. Brand details →
San Jose questions, answered.
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How long does it take you to reach San Jose for a service call?
Drive time from San Ramon is 50 to 60 minutes. We block South Bay calls so we run efficient. If we book you a window, we make it. -
Do you service the 95110 ZIP code?
Yes. We service 95110, 95112, 95125, 95126 in San Jose. We also cover Santa Clara, Milpitas, Los Gatos. -
What is your typical response time in San Jose?
Same-day calls go on a first-call list when we have a window. Booked appointments get a written arrival window before we leave the shop. If we are running over, we text. We do not surprise you. -
Do you cover Santa Clara too?
Yes. We cover Santa Clara, Milpitas, Los Gatos and most of the South Bay area. Ask when you call if you are unsure. -
What does the diagnostic fee cover and what is your warranty?
$99 diagnostic, credited toward the repair. Completed repairs carry a 1 year parts and labor warranty (90 days on consumables). After the on-site diagnosis, we provide a written repair estimate before any work starts.
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