Trader Joe's has been really upping their game. Decent prices, full shelves. Some stores even have…read moredegustation stands! They make life easy. Tasty dips, herbs, fish, meats and pasta. Classy Main Street items for all. Review: 4

Great store, very clean, and very friendly service. Same awesome products you see in their other…read morestores. There's some fun desserts there now for Valentine's. It was so cold outside but everyone was cheerful inside.

Now that I am mobile with my Jeep again figured time to get some groceries. Hannaford is one of my…read morefavorite. It is not an HEB, but comes a close 4th place. Has a lot of fresh options that Market 32 or the CoOp don't. My favorite was ShopRite but they left Albany a year ago, so now only a few left. If I miss home there is always Whole Foods and Trader Joes.

The renovation at this store is now in its 6th or 7th month. I just visited and the deli was…read moreactually closed. There is no excuse for closing the deli, and just offering pre-sliced meats that often stick together after being put in a plastic bag. There is bagged cheese on both ends of the store, and navigating your way thru is difficult at best. Love the addition of all the self serve check-out stations. But this renovation needs to wrap up so things return to normal.

Great location, great layout, tons of parking. Lots of fresh produce, top end seafood and meats…read more Plenty organic, grass fed sustainable meats and seafood. Cheese counter amazing. Fresh hot food bar, pizza and beat breads in the area. All the workers are helpful and sitting/eating area is large and clean. Smaller than TX stores but much better in my opinion.

I have been to this Whole Foods before but never felt motivated to write a review. However,…read moretoday's visit incites commentary. Reasons for visit: 1. They stock Lamb Sausage which I need for my Easter Brunch, and it is not available at other places in my area. Bought it. 2. I want a jar if their Organic Vietnamese Cinnamon which Consumer Reports says has one the lowest levels of LEAD as compared to the majority of cinnamon offered by other markets. Bought it. Having just come from Trader Joe's on Wolf Road, I noticed some profound differences including: --Really high prices at Whole Foods. For example, quality Lasagna I buy regularly at TJs is $7.99. A comparable Lasagna at WF was $13.99! Really? Same size. --Many aisles were blocked with very large carts used by staff for restocking. Traffic jams! See photo. --Stock is displayed on shelving that goes from floor level to about 10 plus feet high! You need to get someone with a picker tool to reach items on top shelves. It was uncomfortable to get the items practically on the floor on the lower shelves. Not accessible to those with back issues. See photo. --Fewer staff on floor available to answer questions. --One check out station. I had planned on getting some prepared food from the self serve food section, but at 11:20 am none of it was out on the steam table. Salad Bar was available, but did not interest me today. I will continue to be a regular at TJs and only go to WF if necessary. TJs provides a more pleasant shopping experience with better prices.

Update: This location is closed. they have a sign up…read morerecommending you go to their new facility, namely, umm, I forget its name... I went to the new place and it was pretty good. Afraid I don't remember what it's called...

My wife and I live near Wolf Road and do most of our grocery shopping there, but I like to explore…read moreother supermarkets within a short driving distance. Knowing that this was the special "Kosher Price Chopper" we came here on a Saturday afternoon. Despite a bit of snow overnight, the roads were fine at 11AM when we arrived. But the place was deserted. I don't understand it. Like the other P.C. on Central Avenue east of here, this place was large and gorgeous. A huge produce section, lots of prepared foods areas, and wide aisles. But no one was here, staff included. The prepared foods literally had 2 pizzas and lots of open shelves. The deli was tiny. I asked the deli where the olive bar was and got "the olive bar?" as a response. Some produce we can get at Hanafords but we cannot get at either of the two P.C. listed, such as bagged snowpeas. Many of the apples of the type I liked were soft, mealy, or bruised here. The Kosher section was pretty nice with lots of food, though either due to the certification process or the shipment from NYC everything was much more expensive than non-Kosher equivalents. But, if you want to eat strictly Kosher food it was convenient to have everything together. What was disappointing was that the deli was closed (perhaps they were observing the Sabbath), with no staff around. I was hoping to get legitimate Jewish pastrami and couldn't, so I settled on the regular P.C. deli stuff. When I asked up front if the Jewish section was opened on Saturday I was told yet, but that they had called in due to the snow. People say lots of supermarket choices are good for customers. But what good is it to have a really nice store if customers don't shop there, the perpared foods sections are completely empty, and the things I need aren't available? I wasn't looking to switch stores, but this certainly reinforced how good I have it on Wolf Road.

Busy for a Monday night but easy checkout regardless. Very large with an upstairs (has cart…read morecarriage and an elevator) it's as expected for a Walmart but huge!

Don't go to this sketchy store! The staff here are rude and ignorant, imhe!! The snippy…read morerepresentative on the phone gave me false information about setting up an informational interview and made zero effort to facilitate such a meeting. When i followed their advice to ask to meet with a manager in person, the dismissive store representative aggressively ushered me out of the building! The staff treated me with disdain and didn't even bother to listen long enough to understand my request. This aint it boss. Do better Walmart!!! To those patient and committed enough to read my sordid tale, thank you thank you thank you!! Peace and love ( ^ _ ^ ) V

Inside, it was pretty much what I expected for an Aldi. There were some very good prices on certain…read moreitems, including produce, cereal, soup, and of course their own products. But I still read the small print a lot on things like frozen meats and fish. Some aisles were better maintained and stocked than others. Some areas around the outside aisles were pretty well picked through. Good luck navigating the parking lot. This store is very busy, and the spaces in front of the store are quite narrow.

Parking is inadequate…read more Third time in last few weeks at this location when there are NO handicapped parking spaces available And only ONE too tight space in the lot. I drove out of Aldi lot and went to Trader Joe's on Wolf Road where there is parking available both front and back of store. I have always found a spot in front. Parking is terrible at Aldis on Central Avenue! When I want to shop at Aldis, I will go to the store in Glenville or Rotterdam, both in Schenectady.

Need better food choices. More people are looking for cleaner foods with simple ingredients not…read morejunk which takes up most of your store. The check out lines are a joke, if there are 2 people it's a lot and people pile up because of it, then to top it off you have no baggers since covid. Why should we pack our bags it's not our job! Your prices are too high and your Bogos are just the normal prices per item. Try adding healthier food choices, hire more people to check out, and get baggers in there too. This place looks nice since the redesign but that's about it. 1706 Western Ave Albany, NY 12203

Everything. Sale signs are incorrect; they have expired so that when you get to the checkout…read morecounter they charge you the normal price not the sale price and you have to go through a whole hullabaloo to get the advertised price. Lamb shanks I bought today we're not due to expire for another 3 days but they were not edible because they had long passed a safe point of flavor and were beyond gamey

Not good at English. I had to repeat my order several times and I said "no spicy noodles" and she…read morestill gave me spicy noodles. Two hot for me so it was a wasted meal of $23.

Besides an interesting selection of South Asian groceries and some housewares, there is an…read moreexcellent cafe in the back. There is an all you can eat buffet, but we ordered from the menu: spinach pakora and masala dosa. The sambar with the dosa was chock full of all kinds of vegetables. The pakora was freshly made as was the dosa. Both were top notch. The mango lassi wasn't huge but was superb. The new owners are hardworking and enterprising. This isn't on any restaurant row, but well worth a stop as you cruise down Central Ave. It's right across from Lia Honda. Highly recommended.

I am disabled and everyone is so very helpful and kind. The produce is kept fresh and their seafood…read moreis fresh (no fish smell at all). The pharmacy is very convenient and helpfull.

This review is strictly in reference to the pharmacy at this location…read more There are two pharmacists: Kristopher and Shanaya as well as a Pharmacy Assistant (whose name I can't remember) The 3 of these individuals are true super stars. They are all extremely knowledgeable and personable and provide "old time" customer service. Too often many pharmacies staff are impersonal and treat customers as minor annoyances vs valuable customers. The 3 folks here treat my wife and me as people they care about and that are deserving of prime service. I give this pharmacy my highest recommendation as they are truly deserving of such high praise.