Terico

We bought some beautiful kitchen tile from here — 2ft x 2ft porcelain tiles that look like a cross of crema marfil and travertine at an unbelievable price. This place is more like a warehouse with a small display showcasing the varieties that they currently carry. The women there are quite helpful, but on a weekend its definitely a wait to get to talk to one of them for any questions. Forklift operators are very helpful too. Best prices in the bay area! Be sure to get enough quantity of what you need, since they might not have the same ones in stock during your next visit.

Terico is referred by my handyman. I was a bit scared going in to the warehouse-​like-​setting store, but it was very easy with the friendly staff there. I knew what I needed, and the selecting and buying was just simple. I was told they usually don’t sell the tiles if the total is less than $ 200, but he sold just six tiles of 24×24 for me, and I am very happy about the price. It was a bit less than $ 50 for six tiles, which is about one third of the budgeted price!
Thank you, Terico!
PS: Be sure to go there during the work hours.

Great prices and April was wonderful with the service. We have been making purchases here regularly for about a year now. Its bare bones, but if you don’t see something you want, ask if they can get it.
It is designed for contractors, not the general public, so it does not have a frilly display or showroom floor, just samples on the wall. You cannot beat the prices and I haven’t had any problems with supply.

Terico sells tiles for cheap. Period.
This is not place for you if you are offended easily, have no patience or expect business class service in economy class!
The people here are nice if you are nice to them. Tiles here cost half or a third of what bedrosians sells them for.
My contractor dissuaded me from going here because of some prior bad experience, but we’re glad we ignored his advice

I agree that it’s hit or miss, my experience is bad… Cheap which is good, however I still don’t have my item after a month & a half which is bad

I have bought all my stone for my remodel from Terico. It is a very busy and self serve kind of a place but every time I go Emily goes above and beyond to help me out. She is always smiling and happy to help. They always have the best price too.

This is hand down the best supplier with best price in the area. They are very professional and courteous. However, they are busy. But, they are busy for a good reason: because they prices and selections are the best in town.
They carry everything from marble, porcelain, travertine, granite, Onyx, and limestone. We did a lot of research, checking out price vs. selections at different stores before making our final decision to go with Terico.
Besides offering best prices, the people working there are super kind, they love what they are doing = helping people to select the right stuffs for their houses. They take pride of their work.
We have difficult experiences with our contractor in term of selecting the right materials for our house: 3 bathrooms: walls, floors. We are very aggressive in term of color selections. We were willing to take risk to try out different type of materials, different colors even in the same bathroom: travertine, limestone, porcelain, and Onyx.
April is super in helping us. She went an extra mile to help out us out in choosing different kind of materials, different combination. Even we had to change material selections a few times. She is very patient with us, and always willing to help us.
Even after the store is closed vs. their working hour, April still works extra hour to help us. She is doing this while her Daughter is waiting for her to go home. April is the best person that we ever work with!!!
Annalise is also super kind, and also help us a lot in the case April is not there.
The warehouse worker: Duc, he is also super good.
Anyway, we have the best experience ever with the people at Terico.
I strongly recommend this store to anyone who care about good price, and can accept that they are busy for a reason

Terico is the place where the pros go to get stuff they need. Skip Home Depot or the expensive tile showrooms and go straight to Terico if you want real stuff at great prices.
1. Excellent quality natural stone
2. Unbeatable prices (usually much lower than Home Depot and other big boxes)
3. Everything on display is stocked. No need to place orders, wait for materials, blah blah.
4. Helpful staff. Pay for it, they bring it out, load your truck and your project is on it’s way.
The guys/​gals who work there are direct and to the point. That might be come across as rude, but at that price & quality, I’m OK with any attitude.
Cash or check only. No minimums now, I recently bought $ 50 worth of tiles and they were OK.

Place has low price tiles but horrible customer service. Especially lady at front desk is extremely rude with every customer. She even managed to shout on a customer’s super cute and well mannered dog calling it grose and asked them to stand outside the door. It’s just ridiculous.

Great material and great prices. If you have the patience to look on your own, this is a great place to look. Otherwise, go somewhere else. Our patio tiles look great!
Cash or check only.

This place has a small selection of tile marble and stones. but if youre not looking for 1 specific tile you made up your mind to get. check this place out, you may be very surprised at their selection and prices.

I agree that Emily is awesome– I found Doug to be helpful and awesome too with a real love and insight for stone.;If you can get there when they are not over busy/​you cant get much help when there are 100 rude customers there. Yep it always turns out the person being rude and overbearing while I’m there is another customer. So kudos’ for putting up with it to Terico. Bottom line if they have what you want they have the best price — whats on the floor is what they have. Not sure but I thought credit cards were just an extra charge like % more on entire order but I could be wrong.

April rocks! Her family owns the store. The passion and enthusiasm with which she tries to help the customer make a choice is commendable. We visited the store twice and she was awesome both times. There was a gap between our initial visit and the subsequent one but she remembered us and what we liked the first time. Despite being pulled in multiple directions, she made it a point to help us figure out what we wanted, giving great advice in the process. She is extremely generous with the samples and was also willing to pull out a heavy sample from the back of the warehouse just to help us decide how it would look in our home. Trust me, it wasn’t a simple taking out from the box and giving a sample situation, she got someone to use the machine to move a couple of boxes and bring the tile box which was at the back onto the ground level and decided which tile was the best sample and proceeded to pick up the heavy 24×24 tile and transported it to the car, warning us to be careful when we pick it up at home. Since we had shown her pictures of the area we were making a decision about, she was aware that it wasn’t a large area but that didn’t matter to her and she gave it the same amount of importance as we felt since it was the entryway to our home. She generously offered her help on the phone with pictures and such if we wanted to communicate even after hours. She is a perfect example of how to be committed to what you do. We loved the samples we took home and are in the process of placing the order.

Personally I love this place, the girls here are extremely knowledgeable. And always have great recommendations. They also are very good with knowing what they have in stock. Enjoy.

I’d heard about this place for quite a few years; friends and contractors always seemed to have name-​dropped this place.
Working with a contractor for a kitchen remodel, and he mentioned it, so went online, and noted the hours (they open at 5:45 am), which works well for my schedule, actually.
Beforehand, I knew it was more of like a warehouse (and not a showroom) and I didn’t really have a problem with that. I did hear and read that they were kind of quirky, and I expected that. Note that once you guide me in the right direction, I usually know what I want, or know what to look for beforehand, without necessarily needing additional help, so upon coming here, I set my expectations accordingly.
They don’t have an obvious/​intuitive display on first glance, and the place is naturally full of giant crates/​bins, so the simple guidance I needed here was merely where to start, or how the place is organized.
I walked into the front office where the two women were. I asked if they had any display boards or pieces anywhere (porcelain, granite, travertine, etc). One of ‘em was short/​quick in her response, and told me where to go.
Note, that I know that they advertise themselves as a place for natural stone, though I’ve come across similar «natural stone places» that also carry quartz (not a natural stone, but is a man-​made material for countertop).
Soooo, I then asked if they carried/​stocked quartz. She shot me a quick/​rude look as if I had committed the Greatest Crime of the Century, after which she abruptly said, «NO! Dunno what that is!» She wasn’t joking, nor did she flash me a smile or grin.
So, to summarize —
1. They carry granite and marble slabs; and travertine, slate, and porcelain tile.
2. They have a small/​quick display area set up (right ’round the corner from the office). Everything they have on-​hand at the moment is displayed. I think that they’re good about changing ‘em up to whatever they have currently.
3. Make note of a sample that you want, and you gotta tell the fork lift driver, after which they spend quite a few minutes looking for the things in the warehouse!
4. They have a small subset of different products, though not substantial. Color and design choices seem limited to the more basic and straightforward without getting into the super high-​end look.
5. I think that their selection is pretty dynamic (i.e. their products change/​rotate).
I don’t doubt that they’ve got the right prices, nor do I doubt their quality. Again, they don’t stock quartz.
Fork lift driver dudes were super nice, though the front office women were not — not customer-​facing at all. I don’t care if you feel like you’re just in a warehouse dealing with mostly contractors. We’re really all customers, so suck it up, and be nice. For this reason, I bumped down my rating.

Tericos works for me.
There are no frills at the warehouse — it’s not set up to be a beautiful showroom where you’re served tea and the sales people ask you all about your project and help you pick out the right tile — so don’t go in expecting that. If that’s what you want or need go to a place that does that.
The staff is friendly and will answer your questions but limiting them to reasonably intelligent questions is probably the better part of wisdom. A shout out to Rebecca — super nice and really helpful.
Tericos is best suited for the contractor or home owner who knows what they want ahead of time, doesn’t need their hand held through the process, doesn’t need it delivered, wants a great deal on the product, has cash, and isn’t going to mind not being able to return anything.
If that’s you, go to Tericos. If that’s not you, no need to go to Tericos.

Huge fan of Terico. Don’t overlook this place because of the reviews. We did a whole house Reno and 75% of the tile was from Terico. Best prices around and we shopped Everywhere.
Good selection of split face tile, granite and marble tile and also Porcelain plank imitation wood tiles.
** purchases of $ 100 and up only
** Pay by cash or check only. No credit cards
** open till 2pm Mon– Fri
It’s a no hassle kind of place. Walk in, pick out a tile, tell and employee, pay and load your car. Easy peesy.
The employees are awesome. Especially Emily! Love her work ethic. I would walk in at least once a week to pick up tile w my baby strapped to me and she would go out of her way to help me select a tile and pay and load the car. Great employee! And she gives her honest opinion on what matches and what doesn’t.
And you can’t beat the prices. Split face tile. Was only 4.95 and 5.50 for the corners. That’s 5 $ cheaper than all the other stores around.
Try it!!!

1. Great Prices. Paid 1.75/sqft for 12×24 tile that would be cost at least thrice as much at other stores. After looking at multiple places — I for sure cannot tell the difference (Yes, mine are made in china!!)
2. We were helped by the staff — no problems. She even led us to where the palettes were to show 2 different porcelain tiles and compare both of them, lay them side by side and lead us to where other designs were. No issues at all. Yes, this is not a fancy showroom but it was more help than i got at a fancy tile place which has «porce» in it — just down the road — for a fraction of the price
3. Minimum $ 100 for purchase — they do accept credit cards but add a 3% charge. Debit cards are accepted too without the surcharge.
4. Limited selection — but what they do have is choice enough.
5. No return refund is an issue. But you can take as many samples as you like — just bring it back (no need to pay)
6. I don’t know if you have to tip the forklift driver to get him to help you load but I didn’t offer any and he didn’t help me load — but i did see another lady buy some tiles and got help with loading.

I love supporting local businesses!
Know what you want, tell them, load up, and GTFO
Its a warehouse of tile, stone, materials, and supplies. No glitz, no glam. Not a showroom. The display area is rugged. Prices are really great, but you need to know what you want. If you are clueless, bring a contractor. No refunds.
The fork lift drivers know the inventory well. Ask them first, then pay. I know them by faces, especially Duc, Doug, the other Doug, Mory, and Emily. Emily can drive a forklift better than the guys. Don’t make any stupid remarks, they’ll give you the boot.
There is a minimum order purchase amount of $ 100, but they can bend rules if you beg and plead.

Frustrating, but you can’t beat the price!
I have gone to Terico for years since they often have the best prices for tile around. The hours can be challenging and the process sucks, but that’s what you have to deal with if you want to do business with them Complaining is a waste of time because someone else is always more than happy to buy what you don’t.
Here’s my advice:
1. They have a minimum purchase.
2. Look over every piece of tile you buy BEFORE you take it home. We have paid for MANY broken tiles because we didn’t check things over before we drove off. They WILL NOT take it back or credit you. NO REFUNDS
3. Know what you want before you go in to buy. Help can be very hard to come buy and when you get help its very limited. They are busy!
4. Go early in the morning because they close early and the pile up with contractors can be challenging when you need to load your car up.
5. Call to make sure they have the tile in stock if you are planning on coming back later to pay and pick up. A few times they didn’t have enough tile in stock to fill my order when I came back. I now pay in advance if I need to come back and pick up.
6. Bring CASH or CHECK. They don’t take credit cards.
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