5670 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Good clean store with decent staff. Fuel is available here and the price for 93 octane is good, 87 can be beat by local gas stations if you do a little research. Selection is good, meat and produce departments are well run. Good place to stock up on the essentials.”
90 Brink St, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Best dang gas station around! The guys are always helpful, Nick has helped me with my car on more than one occasion. Steve is awesome, they are all good people who take pride in their community. I’ll pay a couple cents more in gas to support this local, family owned business any day of the week.6/14/23 - RIP Steve. Nick and Mike are still the best and I will frequent this gas station for as long as I live here!”
911 Tek Dr, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Top notch location for trucks. Extremely nice and helpful staff. Go above and beyond. Do not park your truck here and leave or drop ur trailer. It will get towed.”
250 State Rte 31, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Filled up the gas at this location on Thursday, April 10, 2025. It’s a place I go often. It’s not an extraordinary experience but satisfies my gas needs! Enough said.”
985 Central Park Drive, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“I came here on Friday, May 8, 2026 to get gas for about $4.88 gallon. And I came here again on Sunday, May 24, 2026 to get gas for $4.78/gallon. ! I really enjoy coming to Murphy USAs and not much to say about the experience but it’s convenient having Walmart next to these locations! (Written 6-6-26)”
451 W Virginia St, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“It is a nice, small and crowded gas station in Crystal Lake. I filled up my gas for $3.16/gallon on Tuesday, July 1st, 2025. I do my research and this was the cheapest gas in a decent range of gas stations. It was a decent enough and easy enough experience. In and out and I got my gas. Thank you! (Written 7-9-25)”
415 W Virginia St, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“This place always has the best gas prices the girl behind the counter does not speak very well English it's hard to get through to her sometimes but she is sweet they're nice people here and the best gas prices in town!”
250 S Illinois Rte 31, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“(Translated by Google) Very good, good location, very clean and tidy, good attention and great service, recommended(Original)Muy bien ,buena ubicacion muy limpio y ordenado ,buena atención y gran servicio, recomendado”
105 Northwest Hwy, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Great gas station owned by Marianos. This is out front of the main store and has easy access in and out. The pumps are clean and user friendly. There is a discount if you have a grocery card. There is a single person working in a very small building. If you need snacks go in the main store.”
281 W Virginia St, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Not brag, but it's two blocks from my house. The people that own and run it are awesome! It has a beer cooler, snacks, some hard liquor, reg. Gas, diesel, car wash, camp fire wood, bags of ice. They have a fairly decent selection to choose from. A+”
280 State Rte 31, Crystal Lake IL 60012
“Great customer service! Greg and Wendy are great people, always very polite and helpful.Only had 1 problem in the 2yrs I have been coming here with a guy on the afternoon shift. Greg personally called me to apologize and resolved everything.Thank you Greg for excellent customer service!I will continue coming back, they are my morning go to!”
4811 Northwest Hwy, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Friendly staff, They started carrying smaller bottles of Starbucks mocha frappuccino just for me because I asked. Now I buy one every day.They also had a wide selection of snacks...”
220 W Virginia St, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“I thought it was a pretty decent place the workers are nice to not sure if there still there or not due to it being months ago but there was this very pretty lady there and she was just the sweetest and helped finding what I needed overall i would definitely recommend getting gas there ?”
770 S Virginia Rd, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Kuddos to the kind employees of this place for being so helpful and patient while I dealt with an emergency flat tire while dealing with 5 kids on board. Will patronize this place more often in the future hopefully without the flat tire this time!”
681 W Terra Cotta Ave, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“I was just in there and Sean was so helpful. It's 10:00 at night and during this whole virus situation he was able to help me out. I wish more gas stations would have more employees like him.”
339 West Virginia Street, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“Nice little gas station in Crystal Lake. Only a few pumps, a small convenience store and when I was here, great prices! I visited on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, and it was only $2.90 per gallon! In comparison, many of the other Crystal Lake gas stations were about $3.60 that day! So I was super impressed and the staff member there was also very friendly. What a great experience at the Amoco! (Written 5-30-25)”
280 S Illinois Rte 31, Crystal Lake IL 60012
“Five stars as this is one of my favorite locations, Yesenia though is incredibly rude and needs to do some serious customer service training. 0/5 stars for Yesenia.”
1095 Pyott Road, Crystal Lake IL 60014
“This Casey's is pretty great. I order pizza here often. I recommend joining up with Casey's rewards, makes the pizza less expensive, there are regular deals and special occasional deals for rewards members.”
7615 US-14, Crystal Lake IL 60012
“Great gas station always plesemt staff and nice people, very helpful and pleasant to talk and deal with, I recommend, and great gas, I treat it my way, my engines running so smooth at 222,222 miles vw two turbo, it's incredible, great BP, I never felt it this smooth I'm my engine.”
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