“Extremely courteous staff that served us at 11:55am on April 26, 2026 at Local Mart in Cobourg, helpful and patient as we needed to do transaction over as we wanted to redeem Optimum points and forgot to mention before transaction! Thank you”
“Lol what mr justice baker fails to mention in his review was he stopped in at 10:00 at night to get fuel yes and tried to pay for $15 worth of fuel with a $100 bill which is posted on our door that we may not accept anything above and including a $50 bill and then began screaming at the cashier stating because it's canadian currency we have to take it!!! Then after rattling arun he then proceeded to pay with a card after threatening to complain!”
“Sandy is great! Tough business. Tough location as of late anyway. Now has lcbo and looking great! After losing the convenience store, glad to have you guys! Thanks!”
“The owners are wonderful people. Great place to work if you are assertive and can tell bad people off! Wonderful staff and i hope this place is around for years to come!”
“Was in very late with a friend. To my surprise we were greated frankly with the best customer service ever. All I know is the young lady's name was Tracy. Will absolutely go out of our way to make this our regular fill up shop. Thank you again for making our night!!”
“As I was out on 401 east heading towards Ottawa, and due to delay/ crash by town of Port Hope, I took a detour and noticed this gas station low price of bellow $1.00, so I got excited, and inspite of some line up, I fuled up and minutes late I was back on 401 east. At least this low gas price made up for all the frustration of delay and crash.”
“Located in Cobourg I like this station because it also has a Tim hortons in it . It located about 1/2 a klm south of the 401 on the division rd exit . It also has a circle k variety store and is probably priced better than the enroute on the highway.”
“They were so nice to us, We went around 12 am normal when you have teenagers outside a store at 12 you presume the kids are going to be bad, but even tho we have the stereotype the lady was so nice to us even offered to help us pay, she was the sweetest employee I have met. Tysm ❤️”
“The owner fired employees because of some issues, and now it seems like 2 family members are working there... The store actually has some really good prices on certain items, especially rhino pills which is a plus. That said, the location is kind of strange, feels like it’s in the middle of nowhere. Not sure why someone would open a Shell here, but it is what it is. The staff experience really depends on who you get. One chubby guy with glasses and has greasy hair and smells stinky and he is quite rude and doesn't even know how the POS system works, isn’t very friendly and wastes your time and very slow and has refused to sell me certain items, especially rhino pills, saying I keep buying them out, which gets frustrating. On the other hand, there’s another employee with glasses who works on Saturdays that seems like a university student, is super chill, polite, and welcoming. He always says hello and tells you to have a nice day, and he honestly makes the experience way better. buying rhino pills and cigs from here, especially when he is working is super easy and amazing experience. He seems a bit low-energy sometimes and pissed off at something (not you or me or any other customer), but still makes the effort to be kind and professional. Overall, it’s a decent place to get gas or grab a few things, just depends on who’s working that day. Just not that chubby dude, you can tell who is chubby or not, the chill university guy is the better one.”
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