Do not judge a book by its cover. Manolo is the best! No doubt about it. Years ago I had a fault on my BMW... many garages wanted £200 upfront to run tests... I was driving past MANOLO garage and something made me stop to ask him about the fault. Yes he was busy and did seem like he was rude, he took a look at my car , fixed the fault in a few minutes and charged me £5. Yes five pounds!! At Xmas he gave me a bottle of wine and a calender for the year! He also gives keyrings and tax disc holders! Mr Passionate... Need I say more? He can work on any car. He loves Mercedes and I've seen him fixing all kinds of sports cars. He is old school but he is a rare breed and not a fake person. Very hard to find these days.

Superb!!! Manolo is honest, has a wealth of experience and expertise and has always done an excellent job for me, my family and our friends over the years. Not only that, he does it all for an exceptionally reasonable price. You won't get better value for money in London. He is a Clapham institution and I highly recommended him.

I am quite astonished about the two reviews by Edward James and Rory Hederman. I have used Monolo a few times having seen his superb reviews 1.5 years ago. I have found him to be conscientious, honest and with superb workmanship skills. Monolo is not in the job for the money, but to keep himself useful, fit and purely for the love of it. He is the cheapest garage I have ever used in my life. I recommended him to my son, my husband and they all find him the same.