Texas has hundreds of pawn shops, and most of them are fine. A small number are different. They have thousands of verified Google reviews, ratings of 4.8 or higher, and the kind of repeat-customer base you only build by treating people fairly for years. To find them, we did not run a survey or take editorial votes. We pulled the Google review data for every Texas pawn shop in our directory and let the customers do the ranking.
These are the nine pawn shops in Texas with the highest combination of star rating and verified review volume as of May 2026.
The 2026 list at a glance
Ranked by Google review volume at the qualifying star rating. Verified May 29, 2026.
How we chose these shops
Every shop on this list cleared three bars:
- 4.8 stars or higher on Google, across at least one location.
- 500 or more verified Google reviews, deep enough to be meaningful for a single-location business.
- No significant red flags. We checked Better Business Bureau records, local news, and complaint patterns.
Chains were evaluated by location, not as brands. No shop appears here because of a corporate name. Review counts and ratings were verified on Google Maps on May 29, 2026.
Hitting 5.0 stars across 5,844 reviews, at one location, is something almost no service business in any industry accomplishes.
1. Sunbelt Pawn Jewelry & Loan
Sunbelt Pawn started in 2006 when Anthony Vanegas opened a single store on 34th Street and Ella Boulevard in The Heights. Nearly two decades later, that family-owned business runs 14 locations across Houston, Irving, and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The growth is the headline. The reviews are the story.
The Sunbelt #3 store at 337 FM 1960 W in Houston holds a 5.0 rating across 5,844 Google reviews. The #9 location on South Braeswood holds 5.0 across 4,492 reviews. The original Ella Boulevard store has 2,547. Hitting that volume at a perfect or near-perfect rating, across multiple stores, is something almost no service business in any industry accomplishes. Customers describe staff who explain the loan or sale clearly, prices that come in at the high end of what local shops will pay, and a process that feels straightforward rather than stressful.
If you are in Houston or DFW and need a trusted place to get a loan, sell jewelry, or shop pre-owned firearms, this is the gold standard.
Locations: 14 stores in Houston, Irving, and DFW · Website: sunbeltpawn.com · On PawnGuru: Pawn shops in Houston, TX
2. Uncle Dan's Pawn, East Dallas
Uncle Dan's was founded in Cedar Hill in 1987. Today, under Dan and Kim Felsenthal, the business runs nine stores across the Dallas metro and employs both a GIA-certified diamond specialist and a CAD custom jewelry designer on staff. The East Dallas location at 5404 E Grand Avenue has 2,885 verified Google reviews at 4.9 stars. The store handles firearms, electronics, authenticated designer handbags, and the full range of jewelry from estate pieces to certified diamonds.
Uncle Dan's offers an interest-free first loan to new customers and a Smart Jewelry Warranty that refunds 100 percent of the purchase price on items returned within the warranty window. Customers cite the expertise of the staff, the depth of the inventory, and the willingness to negotiate without pressure as the reasons they come back.
Locations: 9 stores across Dallas, plus a retail outlet · Website: uncledanspawnshops.com · On PawnGuru: Uncle Dan's Pawn, East Dallas | Pawn shops in Dallas, TX
3. Modern Pawn & Guns, Corpus Christi
Modern Pawn & Guns opened in 1989 and has been a Corpus Christi fixture for more than 35 years. The family-owned business is South Texas's largest firearm shop and offers gunsmithing and repair services that are rare at independent shops. Beyond firearms, the store handles the usual pawn categories: jewelry, electronics, tools, and musical instruments.
Nearly 1,800 Google reviews at 4.9 stars is extraordinary for any business in any industry. For a pawn and gun shop in continuous operation in the same community for over three decades, it reflects something genuine. Customers describe staff who treat them with respect, prices that are fair, and a culture that has not slipped as the business has grown.
Address: 1701 Airline Rd Suite 101, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 · Website: modernpawnandguns.com · On PawnGuru: Modern Pawn & Guns | Pawn shops in Corpus Christi, TX
4. Golden Cash Exchange, San Antonio
San Antonio's go-to destination for precious metals is a standout in a city full of options. Golden Cash Exchange buys and sells gold, silver, and platinum, plus name-brand jewelry, loose diamonds, silver coins, and luxury watches including Rolex, Tag Heuer, Omega, and Breitling. The shop pays cash on the spot with no fees and no high-pressure sales.
What customers point to in the reviews is the diagnostic process. The shop weighs, tests, and prices everything in front of you and explains each step. For people who have never sold gold or silver before, that transparency is the difference between feeling cheated and feeling fairly treated. Free estimates. Cash payment. A small public email address on the website. Those small signals matter, and the reviews reflect it.
Address: 5515 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78228 · Website: goldencashexchange.com · On PawnGuru: Golden Cash Exchange | Pawn shops in San Antonio, TX
5. Dallas Super Pawn & Gun, Dallas
Dallas Super Pawn has carved out a niche in high-value collateral loans. The shop specializes in jewelry, firearms, brand-name watches, and designer bags. With more than 1,000 Google reviews at 4.9 stars, customers clearly respond to the specialization. When you are bringing in a Rolex or a diamond ring, you want to deal with someone who actually knows what it is worth and is not going to lowball you.
Located on Frankford Road in North Dallas, the shop has built a loyal customer base that returns for both the loan business and the resale inventory. Reviews repeatedly use the word "fair" and call out specific staff members by name. That is the signature of a shop that treats people the same way twice.
Address: 2636 Frankford Rd Ste 107, Dallas, TX 75287 · Website: dallassuperpawn.com · On PawnGuru: Dallas Super Pawn | Pawn shops in Dallas, TX
6. Telephone Pawn, Houston
A perfect 5.0 rating across more than 900 reviews is almost unheard of in any service business. Telephone Pawn on Telephone Road in Houston's southeast side has somehow held it. The shop, managed by Juan C. Martinez, specializes in firearms and holds an active federal firearms license. It also handles gold, jewelry, electronics, and musical instruments.
The reviews describe a shop where people feel welcomed and respected. That matters most in neighborhoods where customers are often coming in for a fast loan during a hard week, and where chain pawn shops can feel transactional or condescending. Telephone Pawn is open seven days a week, Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The accessibility is part of the story.
Address: 10855 Telephone Rd, Houston, TX 77075 · Website: telephonepawn.com · On PawnGuru: Telephone Pawn | Pawn shops in Houston, TX
7. P & J Pawn, East Dallas
There is something specific about a pawn shop that has served the same East Dallas neighborhood since 1976. P & J Pawn is approaching its 50th year in business, which is a notable achievement in any retail category and an unusual one in pawnbroking, where trust and reputation compound slowly. The shop is a federally licensed firearms dealer and handles the full range of pawn goods.
Customers know the staff by name. Reviews describe the kind of relationship-driven service you only build with decades in one community. If East Dallas is your neighborhood, P & J Pawn has been part of it longer than most of its customers have been alive. The shop was also recently nominated for "Best Pawn Shop" by the Dallas Observer.
Address: 4501 Columbia Ave, Dallas, TX 75226 · Website: Facebook page · On PawnGuru: P & J Pawn | Pawn shops in Dallas, TX
8. Harrisburg Pawn Shop, Houston East End
Houston's East End has one of the city's most trusted neighborhood pawn shops in Harrisburg Pawn. The family-owned store at 5800 Harrisburg Boulevard sits directly on the Metro Rail Green Line, which makes it one of the few pawn shops in Houston that is genuinely accessible without a car. The staff is bilingual. The shop handles loans, buys, and sells across jewelry, electronics, tools, firearms, and Louis Vuitton pieces, and it is open seven days a week.
The East End is a part of Houston that national pawn chains have largely overlooked. Harrisburg Pawn fills that gap with the kind of personal service customers remember. Reviewers consistently note that the staff knows them by name and that the loan terms are explained in plain language.
Address: 5800 Harrisburg Blvd, Houston, TX 77011 · Website: harrisburgpawn.com · On PawnGuru: Harrisburg Pawn Shop | Pawn shops in Houston, TX
9. Uptown Gold & Silver Exchange, Dallas
Tucked into Dallas's Uptown neighborhood, this boutique gold and silver exchange has achieved a perfect 5.0 rating by doing a few things extraordinarily well. The shop offers expert watch repair, typically with a one-day turnaround. Free jewelry diagnostics with no obligation. Honest appraisals on gold and silver with no hard sell. The shop also buys and sells Swiss watches and offers custom-designed jewelry on request.
For Uptown residents who want the expertise of a jeweler combined with the flexibility of a pawn shop, this is the clear destination. The zero-fee diagnostic policy alone has earned considerable goodwill in the reviews. So has the staff's willingness to explain what they are doing rather than perform appraisals in the back room.
Address: 2817 Howell St Unit 230, Dallas, TX 75204 · Website: uptownbullion.com · On PawnGuru: Uptown Gold and Silver Exchange | Pawn shops in Dallas, TX
The pattern across the list
Four things show up in every shop on this list, in the reviews and in the public-facing information.
What the most-trusted shops have in common
- Long tenure. The youngest shop here opened in 1989. Most have run for 30 to 50 years. Trust in this business compounds slowly and breaks fast.
- Family or independent ownership. None are owned by a national chain. Every one answers to its local community, not to a corporate office in another state.
- Declared specialization. Each shop is explicit about what it is good at, whether that is firearms, gold and silver, or jewelry. None of them try to be everything to everyone.
- Public-facing detail. Real addresses. Real phone numbers. Real owner or manager names. Working websites. Small things, but most poorly run pawn shops fail at one of them.
If you are deciding where to take an item in Texas, the patterns above are the ones to look for in any shop, not just the ones on this list. The shops that get this right are the ones their customers come back to.
About this list
PawnGuru is an independent national directory of pawn shops, gold buyers, and buy/sell stores. We do not take payments from shops to be listed, and no shop on this list paid to appear here. Review counts and ratings were pulled from Google Maps on May 29, 2026, and are reproduced as shown there.
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