Nice to have an old school market still around. It's convenient for picking up stuff and has quite a good selection. I am a little disappointed with the butcher section. I was overcharged during my last visit. I got a three pieces of ribs that were from the deli section pre-cooked and I asked how much they would cost and the gentleman who helped me said 8.99 a pound. When he rung it up, he quickly took it off the scale, but I noticed it said .39 pounds and later after getting rung up and leaving, I noticed that I was charged five dollars!! Five dollars was written on the package. No indication of the weight was written on the package. He was also very selective of picking up the pieces he gave me...and I noticed that the pieces I got had large bone in them and very little meat. Definitely got less than a quarter pound of meat altogether once I removed it from the bone. So I have decided not to return because I don't trust that they're ringing up the meat correctly. read more

This is about service. On Sunday: 4/12/26, 9:30 am. Went into get breakfast burrito and coffee. Asked the woman checker if they had any, and she said, "Oh, I don't know. There may be something left." Shocked, I said, "Ok. Well. Do you have a restroom," and she said, "You don't want to buy anything. No." The rudeness was staggering from this store. If you don't want to work, don't! If you don't have a bathroom, say "No." read more

Ive wanted to check this store out for months & today was the day, its cute & just walking through the store i was greeted by 4 different employees, such a great ambiance, i bought the Shepards pie & holy moly its delicious!! Fresh, hot & tasty, i cant wait to try more items read more

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GROVE MARKET NOW HAS GRAFFEO COFFEE!!!! Roasted in San Francisco. Best coffee in the world!!! In addition to all the other wonderful attributes of this store. . read more

I've been a Grove Market customer since dear Ray Aiello left the Top Hat to work there. That's more than a few years! Yesterday I ordered a luxurious prime rib roast via Josh in the meat department. Today I picked it up and Josh had applied butchers string around the ribs, trimmed it, and wrapped it up nicely. I asked him for cooking tips and he wrote directions on the wrapper and we had a discussion. I am so grateful and pleased. Tonight, we have dinner guests and we shall feast! Great store with friendly folks. Thanks, Josh. PS: The prime rib roast was a delicious success and a perfect medium rare. read more

We've been getting lunch from the Grove market food counter, and it's amazing. Well worth a trip there.

Meets and exceeds all expectations! Actually blows them out of the water! BEST butcher shop around providing shoppers with/ the best cuts of meats. Ribeye not only delicious but cut w/ precision evenly cooks when evenly cut....PERFECT! Beef bacon A+, my family does not eat pork products, w/ the EXCELLENT variety of meats you'll find what you need for that big event or want for that romantic candle lit dinner,, Produce freshest around, (unless you go out and pick it yourself,, ) being in the agriculture basket of the world Grove market hits the mark! Service.... Kind, generous and all eager to help with a smile. History.., I will shop local investing my money in Grove market who enrich the small town with a residual effect that matters in Pacific Grove. Professionalism passed down from generation to generation.. something's are not taught in school Makes a huge difference. Lastly, if you want to be bored with product that may be or may not be ....then by all means go to a big chain grocery store ... If you want a unique experience rich in HISTORY AND QUALITY.. Then go here! To Grove Market. read more

Pricey but handy grocery store in town. We got some key items right when we got into the area - just in the nick of time before it closed. They have a section for wine and separate area for beer. The produce was pretty good quality. We even found some urgent baby items in one of the aisles. You'll find some necessary pantry as well as some splurge items. read more

I love this market in downtown Pacific Grove. It is compact, has everything I need, and the employees (whether stocking in the backroom, behind the counter or the checkstand) --it's guaranteed! Check out the mural on the outside-it's beautiful! read more

Great variety, considering its size. Local gem. Shout-out to the Deli and friendly service.

I'm back in town for a while and have been so pleasantly impressed with Grove market. From the friendly guys at the butcher counter stocked with bovine scrumptiousness, to the delicious hot food bar, to the immaculate produce; this is a heaven for foodies and a sheer epicurean delight. A genuine welcoming bastion of community is present at Grove market: a standard for excellence in groceries! read more

Don't go to the big chains. Period. You can get everything you need here when you're visiting Pacific Grove. I've lived here for 32 years. Wonderful people. Very convenient. Great service. go out of the way for you. read more

Lovely small market with everything you might need when you're staying for the night or a day at the beach. Everything from produce to frozen entrees and packaged goods. Love their locally made baked goods and artisan breads. I also love their organic fruits! One time I came here, I found THE BEST plums that tasted like candy!! This is our go-to store when we're here for the weekend. read more

Well appointed general store! Hot food at the entrance of the store. It smelled great! We did not try it. Good mix of groceries and some British food items. Well priced. read more

I walked in this store oblivious to the set up I have no idea why I thought the hot food bar was in the back. I kindly asked the tall bigger worker for directions, he was rude and says you just passed it. I would really have preferred he showed me where it was and a suggestion of what is the best seller. I won't give my business to a place that has employees with poor attitude's. read more

Grove market has been a favorite for years. Good premade food deli and Mary Ann's ice cream

Great customer service and deli counter. Wish you would provide meats without antibiotics as Whole Foods does.

I stopped in to this market because I was at Pavel's Bakery, and I thought, " it will save me trip to TJ's". I'm really glad I stopped in. I did a quick browse, then went to get bags from my car, and a cart. They carry a variety of brands, and I was able to get everything I needed. I even picked up some fresh meat (not wrapped in plastic and styrofoam ), from the butcher's case. I bought a stuffed pork chop, and baked it tonight. Delicious and juicy; just like my Mom used to make! Yes, I'll b read more

Super helpful and friendly staff. Came in for cold medicine, toiletries and snacks. Have been back three times. Great store

The Grove is at the neighborhood market and may as well the the "Cheers" of Pacific Grove. It is very convenient with a good selection and a friendly staff. They have a nice little meat deli as you walk in with some pre-made snacks and salads and then an old school butcher. It is small so the selections are simple and to the point. For a small store they have a great beer selection!! It is a little expensive but worth it to get that hometown feel with the friendly service you would expect and exactly what you need from a local market. read more

Great food, friendly, helpful employees, convenient and best of all, i don't have to cook!!!

Best local market ever. Catering to coffee with Charlie and Grove Market you can't go wrong!

Really awesome good food at a low key market. I've been finding fresh produce and local stuff that is fresh and delicious and keep coming back as a regular. Awesome staff and friendly. Very cool . read more

This place needs a remodel. They do have a nice selection through the middle of the store. The perimeter is disappointing. The meat looked past prime. Not sure where the prepared foods from photos have gone? Maybe a covid casualty. read more

For some reason, I always like going into local grocery stores when traveling. I feel it gives you a window into what it would be like to live in that city, versus a corporate hotel lobby or chain restaurant. On the hunt for baby food pouches and fresh fruit, we popped into Grove Market and it had that vibe I was looking for. It's a little tight in some areas here, but overall it's your nice, quintessential grocery store. The produce was really good and that's always a nice measuring stick for overall quality. We loaded up on blueberries and strawberries. Baby food selection was pretty sparse, but hey you can't win 'em all. The location for this was really great as it's not far from anything and surrounded by neighborhoods. Cheers to Grove Market for coming in clutch! read more

Good store for general shopping. They have household items, alcohol, food and good produce and a deli. It's a nice small business in the area read more

Chicken pot pie Wednesday has saved my weekday meal planning many a time. The market stocks fresh Kelly's bakery sourdough buns, and has fresh meat counter with super helpful fellows behind the counter, and easy parking in the lot or on the street. read more

Great little market serving Pacific Grove. They have tons of premise food so you can pop in and take a hot meal home, and/or do your regular grocery shop. If I'm on Lighthouse and realise I need something for home I'll pop in here, always quick and easy. There's a lot of organic produce and lots of health food brands. I like that they have a small import section with British teas and some canned/jarred goods that are difficult to find. Staff are friendly and there's plenty of parking. read more

With the shelter in place order Grove Market is only doing curbside service to delivery. My husband and I went there today to get some Salmon. After waiting 10 minutes, the young man in the market called me and said that in the future I had to order $25.00 dollars worth of food but they would make an exception for me. There was NO ONE Else there. While I was waiting for my salmon a young lady in the meat department opened the door and spoke to a couple walking by for several minutes. She could have gotten the salmon to me in less time. We left without the salmon. This service was unfortunately pretty typical of this store. read more

Such a wonderful and convenient market. I do wish you carried more gluten and cow dairy free items.

Exploring last Hometown Pacific Grove? Welcome friend to this perfectly packed, delightfully deli-delicious, cramped and crowded with goodies, staples, and customers (local and tourist) smiling, greeting, chatting through the neighborly duty of feeding the family and a bit of gossip and local news. I couldn't find Cornstarch at the local big stores. You know, if there's no Cornstarch there's no lemon meringue pie or gravy and this is a Thanksgiving emergency. There it was, if fact two different brands of Cornstarch at less than $3.50. I could have corned the market and sold the stuff for twice the price at the BIG stores. However, folks don't do that here; not in the Last Hometown. read more

Yes, everyone in the area knows that the Grove is a great little market with flair and fantastic employees and a real local-owned vibe. But they just catered for us and it was professional and excellent. I didn't even know they offered this service until recently. We will be using this service more and recommend it freely. read more

Friendly service, locally owned, amazing deli hot case, fresh local produce & the best ACTUAL butcher shop on Peninsula....keep this PG treasure going!!! read more

Appreciate the butchers here the most! They cut rib eye to sukiyaki style thin thin beef for me. Hard to find in this part of town. They also prepared prime rib, bone off and reattached during the holidays. Very fresh and flavorful meat. They also sell local delights-- like Marianne's ice cream and frozen gourmet pizza (Margherita, truffle mushroom) from a pizza maker in town! Go to Pickings Antiques across the street and the art gallery, music store, art store, bakery. There's lots to do around. Walk around! read more

Came here today as a tourist, to get picnic supplies and because I heard they have a good selection of locally-made products. That was all fine...there was a fine selection of fresh baked goods, and I picked up sea.salt caramels as souvenirs. Got some food from the hot foods, husband said that was good. The problem came when I checked out. I pressed the "cash back" button when I paid. The "nice" checkout lady then breezily opined on how good the store's b-fast burritos are, and observed that it looked like we were going to have a picnic. Then she blurted "oh, got another customer; receipt's in the bag, have a good day!" And shoo'ed me off. What didn't I get?? RIGHT...MY CASH!! And.a few minutes later, when we had driven away and I remembered, we looked thru the grocery sack, and NO RECEIPT either. Pretty slick, huh? If this gal does this even a few times a day to distracted shoppers, she has pretry fine supplement to her wages. And we didn't go back..because its her word against mine. I assume this is a locally-owned store, and I think their employees reflect on them. So BUYER BEWARE, don't ask for cash back if you shop here!!! read more

What a cute little market in Pacific Grove. We were driving around like crazy looking for a place to buy milk before finally finding this place (thank you Internet!). It's a super small grocery store that brought to mind, as I walked in the front door, your local, small, ethnic stores in SoCal. 4 aisles, 3 checkout lines and a deli for prepared foods. But instead of carrying ethnic foods in the aisles, they carry what you would normally see in a Whole Foods market: organic, and if possible, locally sourced. Example: they have a whole display rack of Lulu's Chocolatier selections, of Monterey. Marianne's Ice Cream, of Santa Cruz. And Monterey Baking Co., of Monterey. The workers are young and cheerful, like Trader Joe's. If you want to get something to eat without the fuss of going to a restaurant, go to their deli section: they have cold and hot foods to go. read more

Excellent medium-small local market. Great butchers, terrific quality produce. Bizarrely extensive selection of mustards. House brand of , jams & marmalades. Some interesting local items probably hard to find elsewhere, like some packaged Greek foods made in the area. Get the tamales from the butcher case. Good and cheap! Disappointed that I couldn't get Monterey Jack cheese from Monterey, though! read more

An excellent market, and a throwback to better times. This family-owned and operated market is an institution in PG/Monterey. It is my go-to market because of its convenient location, competitive pricing, and quality goods. The meat counter (and now the hot-food counter) is well known, and for good reason. The pricing is competitive (cheapest ribeye steaks in the area, for example) and the selection is great. The staff are awesome and will help fill your needs and offer cooking tips. Used to be the only place I could buy pork ribblets for Chinese-style stew. Beyond that, though, check out the produce section. The produce staff are great and will make recommendations about melons and the like. Local, organic products are available at competitive prices. They have the best asparagus (local) you'll ever eat, when it's in season. In the summer, local apricots, pluots, and berries are available. Given the size of the market, they are remarkably well stocked in all areas from canned goods to wines, and household essentials. A singular market. read more

This is a family owned local market that's been around for several generations. There is plenty of parking in the surface lot, and more in the city lot more or less across the street. Not the places to leave your car all day while you go to the beach but more then enough for a few hours of shopping. This is a largish store with an interesting mix of high to low end items. Not as much diversity as the stereotypical american 400,000 thousand item grocery, but you won't really be lacking anything either. Lots of gourmet items mixed in with budget brands. The budget brands are carefully placed so as to not be very noticeable, but if you shudder at the thought of paying 11 dollars a can for tuna, somewhere on that shelf will be the dollar can-you just may have to pay a bit of attention in order to find it. Not that there is anything wrong with the 11 dollar (it's by the caviar ) can-at least as far as I know. The produce is one of the smallest I've seen, but make up for that by being carefully stocked with affordable organics. There are some unique things here. The original owners were avid early sponsors of the pebble beach golf tournament. The back of the store is kind of shrine to 1960's, 1970's and 1980's golf. If you are interested in the history of the sport go check it out. They've a decent wine selection-again some okay bottles for three bucks or, some decent stuff in the hundred dollar range, and some excellent choices in the 20-40 dollar range. It's fairly certain that no matter what your taste in wine is, they'll have something for you. Better then expected collection of European brands -if you've a visitor from the UK that you want to get rid go pick up some marmite from here, then leave it out on the counter. Be warned though that if they accidentally open it you may have to burn your house down afterward. I'm not saying I hate marmite (I actually do), but I am saying that like balut or lutefisk it's very much an acquired taste. The major claim to fame here is the expansive meat counter. The menu rotates daily and weekly, and even though it's heavy on meat items, there are also some tasty tasty vegetarian stuff as well. We were able to stock up on chile relleno for something like 1.49 a pound which is an incredible bargain especially considering that it was at least as good as any offered by the area restaurants. Some of the dishes are arguably better then what you can get nearby. As a result that hot counter is really really popular. if you are looking at the menu and there is something popular on a three day weekend that you really want-come early. They can run out of certain items late in the day if not sooner. Honestly that superb hot bar is great by itself-all the other stuff just adds on to the awesomeness. read more

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Love the deli counter, the take away food, the meat counter and the choices! This is a gem in downtown PG