Ilkeston Garage Belfield Street, Ilkeston DE7 8DU

"Great service and pleasant chap. My car had been standing since the start of COVID lockdown and was completely dead. Came out to start it and did repairs and MOT overnight. Everything A ok. Will be my go to garage for the family’s cars from now on."

"Absolutely fantastic service, I had a Renault Megane with faulty window motors and rotten electrics, thought it would take ages to fix, was done within a few days all fully working and a very reasonable price. Since then, I now have a Van and take it there for every MOT, service or any issue. Polite, friendly, honest and an all round excellent service, you won’t get ripped off like many others do!!!"

"Matt was both very professional and friendly. He diagnosed the fault quickly and was up front about the costs. He took the car in 1st thing and had it back to us before closing. Can't fault him, expert knowledge and very skilled mechanic. Highly recommended, wouldn't take our cars anywhere else."

"It's seldom you come across a car mechanic as reliable and as trustworthy as Matt at Ilkeston Garage. Over the years he has saved me a fortune with his honest advice and speedy service. I can't recommend highly enough and I'm always pushing friends and family to take their cars here. On the one occasion I did take my car to the main dealer last year, here's what happened: This is what happened after I took my car in for repair. This review is based on the servicing side. For routine maintenance, they appear to be proficient enough but give them a slightly more difficult task and in my case at least they failed miserably. Without going into too much detail, I was quoted a new ECU £2200 fitted which, I was told, may not adequately fix the problem and may need new manifolds too £2000! Not willing to risk this amount of cash on a fix which I didn't believe was the actual fault I took the car to another garage for a second opinion. They diagnosed, correctly, a faulty turbo and I subsequently gave them the job of sorting it out costing about £1000. Had I left it with Variava they would eventually have discovered the true fault but not before charging me £4000+ for unneeded parts. After complaining to them with all the details they agreed to refund half my diagnostic charges whilst not admitting any liability which I accepted as I didn't want the hassle of taking this further. Their customer facing staff are well trained and polite, their mechanical diagnostic abilities leave a lot to be desired and I would avoid with all but the most routine service requirements. EDIT: Of course the "Other garage" is Ilkeston Garage, I'd trust Matt to do anything car related, I wouldn't trust any main dealer, they will charge rip off prices and really don't give a toss about the customers unless they are towing a large suitcase full of cash with them and have zero knowledge of their car and how it works.!"

"Break calliper was locking on, Phoned up car was booked in for the following day, and was all done within a couple of hours. Excellent service from a very helpful and honest mechanic. would recommend this garage to anyone."