# Lee's Auto, Lake Forest CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/lake-forest/lee-s-auto-lake-forest-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-11.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/lake-forest/lee-s-auto-lake-forest-ca

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## In short

Lee's Auto is an auto repair shop in Lake Forest, CA. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Auto repair shop |
| Address | 23211 Cherry Ave A, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 6 PM · Sat 8 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (949) 465-9626 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 56 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 11, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 23211 Cherry Ave A, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 23211 Cherry Ave A, Lake Forest, CA 92630 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Lee's Auto | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (949) 465-9626 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Team | Lake Forest, CA |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

1 person is named on this page.


### Lake Forest, CA

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


## Visiting Lee's

Address: 23211 Cherry Ave A, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA. Phone: (949) 465-9626. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 6 PM · Sat 8 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Jeronimo-Cherry | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Jeronimo-Cherry | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 3 min walk |
| Lake Forest Golf and Practice Center | Golf course | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 56 reviews: Google 56. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.)

Lee's Auto stands out for its honest service and the trusted reputation of Pablo, despite some recent customer service concerns. (AI guess, from 56 reviews.)


### What people like

- Clear explanations of car issues
- Efficient oil changes and maintenance
- Reasonable pricing for repairs
- Trustworthy diagnostics and repairs


### What people do not like

- Service quality declined under new ownership
- Long diagnostic times without resolution


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 3 of the 17 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Manta | Listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### anyone been to both here and Horacio Auto?


### Why do people rate this shop?


### first visit at Lee's, what do I need to bring?


### Calling Lee's, or is there a better way?


### Ballpark for a visit to a mechanic in Lake Forest?


### best auto repair shop in Lake Forest


### membership, worth it or not


### bad experiences at Lee's, anyone?


### Does this shop split it over a few months?


### opening hours at Lee's in Lake Forest, what are they these days?


### where exactly is Lee's?


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip


### anywhere cheaper than Lee's in Lake Forest that is still good?


### Do they post anywhere?


### what does this shop actually get right?


## The AI Score: 33 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Lake Forest auto repair shops run 24 to 42. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Lee's scores 33, above the Lake Forest average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Lee's |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. |  |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 38 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 83 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. |  |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 72 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |  |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an auto repair shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Lee's |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lee's Auto | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| Lake Forest, CA | Person | #team-lake-forest |  |  |
| Lake Forest, California | City | #city |  | City Lee's is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the auto repair shops in Lake Forest, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best auto repair shops in Lake Forest: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/lake-forest/auto-repair-shop
- Best businesses in Lake Forest: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/lake-forest


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJLcrvERrp3IAR8oXmVxcvW-c (accessed Sep 11, 2026)