Gayle and were in town with 2 of our grandkids. These darling girls are finicky eaters, while…read moreliking and hating different things. For the most part, going to most any restaurant was a waste of time and money. A better choice was to let them shop and choose at Safeway and then bring it all back to the Hotel. Our choices weren't all that nutritious over all, but it did reduce the drama and later cries of "I'm Starving"! My most pleasant surprise here was that my old California land line number was still linked to the Safeway Loyalty program. Past that, the combination of an unfamiliar store, and so many choices made this Safeway trip a fairly lengthy one. And later back at the Hotel, all was well.

On multiple occasions I have been told by a male cashier that this or that in the store - AND THIS…read moreIS AFTER I WAIT IN LINE AND BRING IT TO THE CASHIER - is not on sale anymore because "it expired." Expired? He's not talking about food expiring. He's saying THE SALE PRICE expired. (And very rude about it). When did it expire? Oh! After midnight. Safeway, if you keep doing this, I will pass out fliers at the store to have people complain to government agencies. When you have a tag indicating the price, THAT IS THE PRICE! If you know you have expired sale prices, you take them down. You don't have someone wait in line, go up to pay for it, then tell them to pay a huge price, and in addition be terribly rude about it. What Safeway is doing is BLAMING THE CUSTOMERS for the staff and management's incompetence. It is ILLEGAL and against the law to show a sale price and then totally change and increase the price at the register. Your staff needs to know that treating customers this way is: 1) ILLEGAL (we can make some calls you'll get fined) 2) Extremely unprofessional and rude. This is the only store I've seen do this kind of conduct that is totally against the law.

I love Trader Joe's! This store is located in Monterey, it has its own parking lot and is walking…read moredistance to many other shops and restaurants. The store is large, clean, bright and full of fresh delicious produce, fresh ready made salads, frozen foods, baked goods and so much more! I loved my salad and cinnamon rolls! The food here is always top of the line. Staff is friendly, they have reusable bags for sale. Definitely get your groceries here!

So the great thing about TJs is you have a pretty standard experience no matter where you are in…read morethe country. This one is no exception. The great thing is it's big (for a Trader Joe's) with plenty of room to move around. The parking lot is "big" as well. However it's shared with other places so it fills quickly. However I didn't have time finding parking the few times we went. It's close to some Inns as well as the transit center. It's well stocked and the staff are friendly.

Everytime I shop at this store I'm greeted by at least two employees. The store manager Olga is…read morequick to help with any situation. Customer Service at its best!!! I really wish other Lucky Stores were like this.

It's a shame to see how far this store has fallen. The atmosphere is genuinely hostile; the…read moreemployees seem miserable and are consistently disrespectful to shoppers. It's reached a point where the "service" is an active deterrent to coming here. To make matters worse, the pricing has become completely detached from reality. You're charging premium prices for a subpar shopping experience and an unhappy environment. Management needs to do a complete overhaul of the staffing culture and fix the price gouging, or people will simply stop coming. There are too many better-run options nearby to justify spending a dime here.

Always our 'GO TO' place for amazing sandwiches and they have Maryann's ice cream! So many flavors…read moreto choose from! Heaven in one of my favorites with the peanut butter ribbon in it! So yummy. Service is always welcoming. Great place. Great people

Usually very good service. They get overwhelmed like any of us. Bombers are a great sandwich and…read morethey have a huge ice cream selection from Marianne's ice cream out of Santa Cruz!!

Adj: Great Grocery Outlet…read more We've stayed on Seaside several times on trips to the Monterey Bay and have visited this GO a few times too. Like other GO's, this one has good deals on items that are close to expiring or is close to passing their Best By dates. Of course there's a lot of items that are plenty fresh and have long dates to go, they're still cheaper than regular grocery stores or at least comparable in price, just that GO doesn't carry all the national or local brands. We came to find some snacks and fruits to munch on before we went "hiking" on nature trails in the Carmel and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve areas. We found lots of goodies, some at regular prices, others on discount or clearance prices due to expiring soon, and all reasonably priced. Overall, this GO isn't too different from others, there's plenty of produce and pantry items, tons of snacks and candies to choose from, and frozen items in the freezer aisles like ice cream and microwave meals aplenty which is what we often look for to enjoy in the evening at our hotel. There are even kitchenware should anyone need to pick some up before a camping trip if they forgot to buy or bring from home. I'm thankful for this GO when we're on the go.

Would not let me use the restroom when myself and my party checked out. Pleaded that we just…read morepurchased goods and were refused without providing the receipt at the restroom (party was waiting outside after checking out) I had to run to the froyo place because I had to piss so badly. F this grocery outlet.

When you have 2 food finicky granddaughters, there is a good chance that the overall food choices…read morearen't the healthiest. Hence, began Gayle's search for a salad starting at this Santa Fe Market. This is a nice store that caters more to the Hispanic market. It's clean, well stocked, well priced, and with a lot to choose from. Unfortunately a premade salad wasn't really a choice here. We had already picked up a few items, and decided to put them back in search of a nearby Safeway. If we're in Seaside again with a different shopping list, we'll be back.

They've lowered their quality instead of raising the prices slightly at the hot food area. We…read moreordered a carne asada fries and a burrito. I've had the carne asada fries weekly, sometimes a couple of times a week when I used to work at one of the auto dealers around the corner from them and used to rave about them to family and friends. We stopped there to get dinner tonight, and I got the usual carne asada fries and was so disappointed. They've replaced the regular french fries with shoe string fries which have no substance to them and were not cooked all the way. The carne asada was so well done and chewy that I had to pull some pieces out of my mouth to spit them out and overall it had a very sour taste to the dish, and the amount of cheese and sour cream were nearly non-existent AND finally the container was no longer needing a rubber band to hold it closed like it has for the past 6 years that I've gotten the carne asada fries for lunch, it was about half full. I used to be able to either take home leftovers and have them for dinner or snack on them the rest of my workday, not any longer, now for $15.95 they give a half sized portion of absolute YUCK. What a complete disappointment. I definitely won't be shopping there again. Even their guacamole or Pico de gallo was brown in the cabinet, YUCK! They have really cheeped out on their hot deli foods, unfortunately.

We went on. Sunday on our way to Big Sur. Um, this might be the BEST burrito I've ever.. had. And I…read moredon't say that lightly. I grew up on eating burritos from all up and down the Coast and this place is a hidden gem! And don't skip out on getting some fresh produce on the way through. It's freshness that goes above and beyond a mainstream grocery store because produce/veggies are legit organic. We have decided this is our stop every time we do a road trip to Big Sur.

good place for family shopping and they have a lot of good stuff there including halal meat and…read morefresh products

Bought a Pumie pumice stone here for $3.98 and I later saw the same product at Home Depot across…read morethe parking lot for $1.98 so I brought it back in to return. "Vanessa" clerked both transactions. I told her it was half that price at HD and she refunded me $1.64, which was half of $3 plus tax, not half of $4 plus tax. It should have been l$2.18. When I noted the obvious discrepancy, saying the difference was actually over $2, Vanessa told me that I was being rude. I told her no one was being rude, but I could do basic math, and 4÷2 was two. She said "You needed to stop talking now!" I told her I didn't and wouldn't, and she said "I will not help you then!"and she called up an associate, Alejandro, who refunded me the correct amount.

The worst customer service ever, rude staff. When I finally got to the cashier, he was turned…read morearound bsing with a co worker, ok cool. But when I asked if they had dehydrated eggs, he acted like I was interrupting them & rudely said "oh, hi how are you? I'm good thanks". And then proceeded to patronize me. Then, the lady who was ringing us up didn't realize I only had one item, when I said "oh it's just this" she was extremely rude & said "well why didn't you say anything?" Umm, I did. She rang up 2 items that weren't mine and acted like the world ended. After I walked out she continued talking about me to the next person in line. Definitely won't be back. Hopefully management can re train their employees to be a little more courteous.

Found a product for a Thai recipe that I could not find elsewhere. Very nice staff. Very reasonably…read morepriced.

Super friendly , helpful service and an awesome variety of foods and some cool kitchen tools as…read morewell.

One unfortunate part of living in Monterey is the lack of Korean restaurants and food in the area…read more However, this market absolutely helps with fulfilling any Korean food craving you may have. They have everything you would need to make any Korean dish, even have freshly made banchan's if you want to buy them premade. Plenty of snack, drink and premade options. The owner and workers are so kind and sweet. If you are looking for a good Korean market, I highly recommend.

I was looking for a fast, cheap, healthy, portable lunch to take on a picnic to a nearby beach or…read morescenic viewpoint in Monterey and Kim's Oriental Market delivered on all counts! Thanks to my YouTube habit, I found this quaint, tiny, family-run Korean grocery in a travel video on inexpensive meals in Monterey. The travelers praised the freshness of the ready-to-eat refrigerated banchan dishes and the just made kimbap rolls availabe for purchase on the checkout counter. Perfect for my use case. I parked on the street around the corner which was easy to find & free for 2 hours. The store is small and packed with anything you can imagine from an Asian grocery. The upright cold cases are toward the back left, and the frozen proteins are in a deep freezer near the checkout counter. When I arrived around 1pm on a summer Tuesday, no one was in the store, but I could hear Korean voices in conversation from the back room. I did my shopping in the banchan case (pickled cucumber & kelp salad - yum!) then poked my head through that open doorway to ask, "May I purchase kimbap?" The grandmother / proprietor jumped up to say, "Sure! Are you ready to check out?" The plastic-wrapped roll was about 7-8 inches long and stuffed with typical kimbap ingredients: nori, rice, krab, carrot, daikon, tofu). A filling meal for me at $2. With my $4 salad, the whole cost was $6 and I had leftover salad for picnicking the next day. Sorry, I failed to take any pictures (bad Yelper!), but if you've ever had ready-to-eat foods from a Korean grocer, you know what to expect.