Ralph's Garage
About the company
Ralph's Garage is a family owned automotive workshop located in West End, Brisbane. It services all makes and models. It specialises in logbook servicing and most repairs. Its technicians can service Japanese, European, Korean or American vehicles.
The workshop follows the service specified by the manufacturer. Services performed by Ralph's Garage do not void a new car's statutory warranty, with some exceptions. It charges what it quotes for the service. It discusses any additional problems found with the customer before carrying out further work.
What customers say
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I tried this local mechanic out for some regular servicing and diagnostic work on a Triton Ute. Simmo was fantastic! Quality mechanical work! Very attentive, thorough, and knowledgeable. They found cost saving along the way. He even took the time to explain components of the engine to me. I highly recommended Ralph’s garage! Keep up the good work 🤙
Very helpful and honest mechanic's. Wouldn't try another place
Amazing customer service. It's so nice to find a quality mechanic that cares as much about the driver as the vehicle.
I’m sorry I have to do this, But because of their ignorance they have wasted hours of my life. I booked in for a vehicle check over, told them exactly what vehicle I have, even called in a second time to ask about options and then said what my vehicle was again. Drove for half an hour away from where I need to go for my assessment at uni that starts in an hour this morning, arrived there and was told to park the van up the road. That took me a long time to find a park big enough and also check everything was locked and clear the front seats for engine access. Only to be told, after all that, walking all the way back, that they can’t service my vehicle because it was too long. Why not at least tell me when I stopped past to not bother trying to find a park??? I have exams and I literally drove 30 minutes away from where I already needed to be to get this serviced, they saw the vehicle, and still told me to park and come by with the keys. ‘I thought you’d been called’. Was the response. I have zero missed calls. I don’t have spare time to waste right now. I sacrificed time for study and practice and my life to get this here in the morning during the time period they stated it needed to be in. No compensation was offered for wasting my time. I clearly said at least twice what my vehicle is. And they still let me waste even more of my time parking it. I would like something back for all of this. I know I can’t get time back but at least something. I did nothing wrong here and it was their ignorance. I may lose marks for my assessment today because I wasted now 2 hours because now I have to go back to where I came from in traffic for class. I literally was 5 minutes away from uni this morning. They said there is nothing they can do but they could of at least told me not to park and I could of just driven back without extra hassle. So sad I was recommended this place and know some people affiliated with it. Please try and make this feel a bit better for me if you care. Thank you.
Simmo is the best. I don’t know anything about cars and not interested to learn, I clearly bought a lemon and got ripped off and Simmo was the only mechanic that helped me out and actually understood the assignment (“Im broke, I need this car to get me to work, please help me without judging my poor choices”). I really trust him and everyone else there is also very kind. Also my car works which is great lol.
I find the mechanics very friendly and their pricing is reasonable. I wanted to get my light globe changed and other 3 mechanics were charging me 30$ (in outer suburbs) and these guys did it for 15$. The service is good. I don't live in westend anymore but I always drive to them if I have any car trouble.
The words are not enough to praise these guys specifically Simmo! Such a nice man down to earth. Always helpful and do the best he can to solve your problems. If he cannot do it gives you the best recommendations. Best in Brisbane hands down. Love this garage. ❤️
Mechanics in Brisbane compared
Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews — businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 12 businesses in this category in Brisbane are compared.
| Rank | Provider | Rating | Reviews | Open Sat. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeMans Motors Car Service West End & Mechanic West End | ★ 5,0 | 459 | Yes |
| 2 | AISQ Automobile Inspection Service Qld | ★ 5,0 | 380 | Yes |
| 3 | Brisbane Euro Car Service Newstead | ★ 5,0 | 185 | No |
| 4 | Brisbane Euro Car Service Woolloongabba | ★ 5,0 | 124 | No |
| 5 | Bosch Car Service South Brisbane | ★ 5,0 | 113 | Yes |
| 9 | Ralph's Garage (this page) | ★ 4,8 | 127 | No |

