Green Garage

Always fast, good service. The most honest & down to earth mechanics I’ve ever met. 100% recommend them.

Got recommended to go here from Oscar Body Shop because my car had an apparently insane oil leak. The person I was in communication with the entire time (I believe his name is Derrick?) was incredibly professional and explained everything that was going on with my car and its repair to me perfectly. I am very happy to have received service from here and would come back if my car needs anything else in the future!’

Had an emergency flat tire and was lucky to be near this shop. Very professional staff and were able to fix right away. Thank you so much! Extremely helpful and saved my day!

Took my vehicle here for some routine maintenance in addition to some dash lights coming on. Green garage tried their best to fix the car, but ultimately found the engine had fatal damage they could not repair. Through the 2 weeks they had my car, Derrick was very communicative and easy to work with. After paying for the original service, only to find the fatal damage after the fact, Green Garage gave me a full refund for all of the services they completed. Transparency and trustworthiness of this shop was top notch in my first experience with them. Originally took my car here because their quote for a timing belt, water pump, and oil pan gasket replacement was 1/2 what the Acura dealership quoted me. Will be going back for future car repairs and recommending to friends

You can feel that you are in trustworthy and hard-working hands. My car was well taken care of and I got honest feedback about what work was needed to be done next time for a fair price. Derrick was so nice and explained everything.

friendly service and Derek always explains what is wrong with my car and the mechanical side of things. I would note the 3% credit card fee as well as the lack of loaner cars, but otherwise a great shop

I may have already left a review a couple years ago, so I’m back to say that this business cares about their employees AND their customers. The owner drove me home once when my car needed to stay overnight, and he was ready to pick me up the next morning. Doug is no longer there but the owner and Edgar update me on how he’s doing when I call to check in. And every single time I’ve brought my dog, she’s been loved up on. Good people. Trustworthy. So glad I found them.

Update: July 10, 2019: My experience with Nelson's Garage (Green Garage) did a 180-degree turn for the better. I am incredibly satisfied with the service provided by Nelson's Garage (Green Garage)-East Hennepin Ave location. I had a very honest, open, productive conversation with Nick Nelson owner of Nelson's Garage-Green Garage. Once he read my initial review he contacted me by phone and asked how he could make my experience with his auto repair shop better. I explained the issues I had with the Nicollet Ave-Green Garage/Nelson's Garage location and he graciously offered to see if he could get my 1997 Ford F-150 Truck fixed, no charge to me. I was stunned. This isn't something you get from local mechanic shops but Nick wanted his shop to stand out in the neighborhood and the community. I scheduled to drop my truck off to the East Hennepin location and coordinated things with Tim, the manager who by the way is a great person to talk to and work with on your vehicle. To the defense of Caleb and the team at the Nicollet Ave location, the problem that was finally diagnosed was something a bit beyond the knowledge level of that team. This took a seasoned, veteran mechanic who has seen this issue before to diagnose and potentially fix. Note: To Nick Nelson, it would be good ideas to have all locations coordinate a knowledge base when one location is faced with a diagnosis like my truck. Get help from the other shops. This bolsters the strength of Nelson's Garage in all locations. Nick's team went above and beyond to make my experience productive, respectful and I am forever grateful to them for that. Nick refunded all of the money I had already spent with them at the other garage trying to diagnose my truck issue. I know what is wrong with my truck, I can take steps to get it fixed or sell it. Knowledge is power and Nick Nelson and Nelson's Garage gave me the power I needed. There are not many shops that would offer to refund all of your money and diagnose your problem at a low to minimum charge. Not many mechanic shop owners with the character, integrity, honorability, respect to provide the service he provided me. This is rare in the world and rare in the Twin Cities area for auto repair shops. Nick's business is based on his ethics, values, character, and morals and from my experience they are top notch. People should not take for granted that auto repair shops like Nelson's Garage are a dime a dozen, they are NOT! Many of the "Mom and Pop" auto repair shops are being priced out, bullied out, by the city of Minneapolis, by unethical developers buying up properties and buying off politicians to hurt small business owners like Nick Nelson and Nelson's Garage. We as a community need to stand with and financially support our neighborhood auto repair shops because if we don't all that will remain are the dealer repair shops where you overpay for the shiny new building and lounge area they have. If you feel you had a bad experience with one of Nelson's Garage locations I strongly encourage you to contact Nick Nelson before leaving a negative/bad review. I wish I had. Nelson's Garage will get my business even if I live on the other side of town or in the suburbs its well worth it. My initial review was less than 1 star because I left Green Garage without a clear diagnosis and out $288-$60 refunded initially. Nick Nelson, Nelson's Garage team have changed it to a 5 star review rating. ________________________________________________________________________