A claw machine.
For free.
Really.
We place, stock, and maintain claw machines at cafés, restaurants, and campuses across the San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego. You give us a corner and an outlet.
See them in action.
Phone clips from real placements. No renders, no stock footage.
Purple cabinet, city windowSuper Mini 
The full-size Joy Catcher mid-grabFull-size 
Diner corner, next to the arcade cabinetsSuper Mini 
A blue cabinet against a mural wallSuper Mini
Our actual machines, in actual rooms.
Every photo on this page is a California Claw machine on a real floor: a pizzeria, a diner, a tea house, a lounge with a city view. Stocked with plush we buy and restock ourselves.
When a cabinet runs low or a claw acts up, that's our problem to solve, not yours.
Get one for your space
A pizzeria corner, brick wall and all. 
Inside the Joy Catcher: pandas, cows, and a lot of pink light. 
Diner, checkered floor, a couple of arcade neighbours. 
A café window, two axolotls on watch. 
Mixed plush, stocked to the glass. 
Blue cabinet, mural wall, one very large elephant. 
Diner window seat, two plush on lookout. 
Pizza slices and boba cups, piled to the glass.
All the fun. None of the work.
You give us a corner and an outlet. Everything after that is on us.
- Free placement
- No upfront cost, no rental fee. We bring the machine and set it up.
- Full maintenance
- Repairs, jams, and tech issues are ours. Your team never touches it.
- Regular restocking
- Fresh prizes on a schedule, so the cabinet always looks worth a play.
- No hidden fees
- From installation to prizes to service, your cost stays at zero.
Up and running in days.
You apply
Tell us about your space with the form below. We follow up to talk through where a machine would fit.
We install
We deliver, set up, and configure the machine. You just need an outlet.
People play
Customers start playing right away. We keep it stocked and maintained, month after month.
Two regions. Seven counties.
San Francisco Bay Area
San Diego
Somewhere else in California? Ask anyway. We're expanding.
A small team that likes a good grab.
We're a small team in the San Francisco Bay Area. We started California Claw because a claw machine turns a dead corner into the thing people remember about a shop — and most owners never get one because of the cost and the hassle.
So we removed both. We buy the machine, stock it, fix it, and split nothing out of your register. You give us a corner and an outlet.
- We answer within 24 hours
- Every request gets a real reply from a person, not an autoresponder.
- We restock on a schedule
- You never have to call us about an empty cabinet or a jammed claw.
Coastal Vending Company, DBA California Claw
How free placement actually works
- You Don't Need to Buy a Claw Machine: Free Placement vs. Buying vs. Renting
- Free Claw Machines in Laundromats: What They Earn and What They Need
- Free Claw Machines in Restaurants: What They Actually Do for a Dining Room
- Free Claw Machines in Boba Shops: Why the Prize Mix Decides Everything
- Free Claw Machine for Your Business: How It Actually Works
Ready to get the claws out?
A free machine for your business or a rental for your next event. Tell us what you need, we'll review it within 24 hours, have a quick call, and get you set up.
- Call or text
- (510) 506-4159
- Hours
- Open daily, 9am–9pm