Peninsula Hardware

I love this hardware store — convenient location and very helpful staff. A quick chat with the knowledgeable folks here turned what would have been a $ 200+ plumber house call into a $ 2.26 hardware purchase.

Love this hardware store and the nice, helpful people who work there!!!

Rude older man (the guy with the beard don’t know his name) doesn’t want to help. Won’t come back here again. Threw change in my hand.

I grew up in the neighborhood of this store and it is the go to place for household hardware and more. A small family run business that stocks almost always has what you need. Honest, knowledgeable, and helpful.

This places rocks really helped me out on a rug vacuum/shampoo’r and was cool about returning it a little late

This place is a neighborhood gem, I hope it never closes. Small store but amazing inventory. Best thing though is you get great advice on the best approach for your home project. If you live on the neighborhood this is your place for a quick trip to get hardware.

This small family run store blows away Home Depot and Lows when it comes to service, and know how. Very well stocked and friendly. I have been going to this store
sense 1978, when I worked as a stock boy at Bergmans Department store across the street (not there any more). And I will continue to get my hardware there. Please continue to support their business as it would be a tragic loss if they were to close. Great Job Peninsula Hardware, keep up the good work!

This place is awesome — it is nearby, the people are very knowledgable, and for a store its size, somehow they always have what you need in stock. You don’t need to commit an hour of your day to get in and out. If you describe what you need to do, they tell you what you need to get it done.

This is a small, but very well-​stocked hardware store, located in the Midtown area of Palo Alto, not far south of Oregon Expressway. They seem to have just about everything, and the guys who run it are very friendly and helpful. I have never gone there and been unable to find what I needed. Amazing! I like the friendliness of the guys who wait on me. They take excellent care of their customers. Example: I recently lost a small but important personal item, and called them to see if, perchance, it was there. it wasn’t there, but the guy that answered the phone (I don’t know his name) said he would have put it in the cash register for safekeeping, as he does with all small items customers leave behind by mistake. Now THAT’S service! :)
As to parking: I always can find a place to park nearby, whether the spaces right next to the store or on the neighborhood street nearby. There is even a traffic light on Middlefield that allows a safe and easy left turn to the street next to the store if you are coming from the south, and thus have to get across 2 lanes of sometimes heavy southbound Middlefield Road traffic
I simply cannot believe how they manage to fit everything in such a small space! (Bigger on the inside than on the outside? LOL!)
I like OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware), too, but this store is incredible. They even had the welcome mats I needed in the small size that OSH didn’t have.
Long live Peninsula Hardware!

Totally unfriendly owner. My bike broke down today while I was biking on middle field and I need a wrench to tighten a screw. I went in there and a very nice older gentleman offered to help me but asked the owner for help. The owner immediately asked me to go to a bike shop. Well— that’s what I was trying to do in the first place but needed to tighten a screw first before walking my bike another 5 miles in the hot sun to a bike store on university ave in downtown… Maybe he was just having a bad day???

My favorite hardware store, excellent service and knowledge. the owner, Gary has seen it all, I always know where to go with a question or for a suggestion on a home fix project and they carry most everything.

Go Green. Shop local. Gary is the best. They have everything you might need and Gary will show you how to make repairs. You would be surprised at how competitive the prices are as well
This is old school!

Great service, locally owned, professional and kind. However absolutely expensive. I recommend ACE hardware next to Whole Foods which shares all of the above excluding the over price.

What can I say except this place is awesum. Friendly service, knowledgeable owner who knows exactly what you need even if you don’t know yourself (You know I need that THING that…). This place is idea for home repair its quick in, quick out and you will get the part you need rather than wander some box for a while praying that the guy knows what he is talking about. I had an issue last year where they didn’t have the small part I was looking for and the owner told me exactly where I could find it quick. Its that exact kind of service that keeps me coming back.

This is a small, neighborhood hardware store which is family run. What I like the most about it, is if you go in the middle of the day when it is quieter, they have plenty of time to help you out. What is also nice is how much the owner is friendly and knowledgable. He’s not out to make a buck off of you.
The past times I visited for some repair supplies, he’s told me just to get a spare part from the manufacturer, which they sent to me for free, even though I was out of warranty.
The owner also told me many times how to do the repair, and what was truly the most essential things I needed, whether I needed the most expensive one or if a more basic version would suffice, and how to use the tools. I wound up doing several repair projects on my own and saving myself at least $ 150 if not $ 300 per visit for a repair person.

My first non-​paper route job I had was at Peninsula Hardware 25 years ago. Looking at the pictures, not much has changed. I’m so glad to see that it is still in business. I do, however, apologize to any customers I might have given insane hardware advice to – I was 15 and had no idea what I was talking about. But I could cut a mean key.

I’ve been here a few times; while it’s not as big as OSH or Home Deopt or Lowe’s, it’s usually got the little odds and ends that you need. I’ve never been disappointed

aWESOME LITTLE Local hardware store. Its packed like an old school toy shop, except for home improvement folks.
Lots of little things that you need to fix stuff in your house. And mostly everything else you can possibly need. No lumber, but they do have Winnie-​the-​pooh printed keys.
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This is an amazing and wonderful store!
I lived in Palo Alto for 30 years and always shopped at Gary’s place because it has everything under the sun. And Gary can advise you on whatever job you’re doing — large or small.
I moved out of Palo Alto 2 years ago, but still go to Peninsula Hardware. Why shop at the mammoth Home Depot or OSH? I just called Gary and he has a product I need that neither of those big box stores carries.

This is a GREAT hardware store!

I’ve been shopping at Peninsula Hardware for 30 years and have found the store to be a great asset in both the merchandise packed in to the store and from the advice given out by Gary the owner. I’ve almost always found the product I need to solve my home maintenance or construction project. I wish there were more community owned stores like Peninsula Hardware!
T.H. Palo Alto

This is a small place that is packed to the brim with stuff. The guy working there was very helpful and took some time to help me find the right hardware that I needed. He even made a few suggestions when I told him what I was looking for (which is more than I can say for the Home Depot or OSH guys).
Ya, it’s small, but the people who work here are friendly and very helpful.

I needed a bunch of miscellaneous household items this weekend and Peninsula Hardware was able to hook me up with most of them. The store is very small and densely packed inside, so I found myself a bit claustrophobic. The two men I interacted with were certainly more friendly than what I have come to expect at OSH or Home Depot, though not as helpful as those I’ve encountered at Palo Alto Hardware. In all it’s a fine option for small jobs and basic supplies, so I will surely be back.