A&B Marble & Tile Design

A&B Marble Design has done tile and countertop work in Arlington for at least two decades — one longtime subcontracting partner, writing in a 2024 review, called the relationship over twenty years old. The family-owned showroom on Massachusetts Ave sells and installs granite, quartz, marble and porcelain, and its name comes up specifically for countertops, backsplashes and full tile jobs rather than general remodeling. The written record is deep and consistent: 40 reviews since 2021 across Google and Houzz, every one five stars, with Google reviewers landing at 5.0 from 45 ratings and Houzz at 4.9 from 16. The same names keep recurring — Jimmy Alves, the owner, and staff members Carol and Diane — and the specifics pile up. In a January 2024 review, a homeowner described Jimmy taking over a historic home's foyer retiling job after the original tiler had botched the prep work, diagnosing what had gone wrong and finishing the marble and primary-bathroom tile himself with his team. In a 2022 review, a customer said Jimmy repaired a shower seat that had come loose years after the original installation — work outside his usual scope, which the original installer had refused to touch. A late-2025 review described him driving to another installer's site as a favor to a customer's plumber, diagnosing a botched countertop job and following up until the other company fixed it. Several reviewers specifically called out pricing and process rather than just praising the outcome: one said A&B stuck to a promised timeline and offered reasonable pricing on a bathroom vanity replacement, another said their pricing beat a big-box tile store, and more than one described the showroom lending sample boards to take home and match against existing countertops or paint. Reviewers who work in construction themselves show up too — a 2023 review from someone who said she builds high-end houses called their standards the highest she'd seen, and both a residence manager and an interior designer describe using A&B repeatedly across multiple client projects. There's nothing negative in what's been written — every review across five years is five stars, with no complaint about pricing, scheduling or workmanship anywhere in the record. That's worth noting plainly rather than assuming it will always hold; a homeowner should still confirm current lead times directly, since a showroom this consistently reviewed can book out. For a countertop, tile or marble project — kitchen, bathroom, or a custom-cut piece — A&B looks like a well-established, specific choice in the Arlington area, worth a showroom visit to see the material selection and get a timeline in person.