Review: The "Unexpected" Mystery of Trader Joe's Broccoli Cheddar Soup I walked into Trader Joe's expecting a warm hug in a bowl. What I got was a cold-blooded betrayal in a plastic tub. Let's talk about the "Unexpected" part of the name. I assumed it referred to an extra sharp kick or perhaps a delightful hint of Parmesan. Instead, the "unexpected" twist was the complete and total absence of the color yellow. This soup is white. Not "off-white" or "cream," but "Victorian ghost" white. It looks less like a hearty bistro meal and more like a bowl of Elmer's glue that someone accidentally dropped a single, lonely floret of broccoli into. As for the flavor? If you're looking for cheddar, keep looking. I've had more "cheddar flavor" from breathing near a closed box of Cheez-Its. It's as if the soup was made in a room where someone once whispered the word "cheese" three years ago. It's impressively bland, a feat of culinary engineering that manages to taste like warm, thickened nothingness. I'm not saying it's the worst thing I've ever put in my mouth, but if I wanted a bowl of hot, broccoli-scented library paste, I would have made it myself for half the price. Rating: 1/5 Stars. The only thing "unexpected" was how much I regretted my life choices while eating it. Trader Joe's, I still love you 5/5 stars read more

Trader Joe's - Broccoli cheddar soup - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

Quality/Quantity - While my wife shopped at all the other local businesses, I decided to stop by here and get another snack, another healthy snack. Well, I ended up eating the carrot cake samples, so good. A little too sweet for me. I also wanted to check out their wine selection here since we are in Napa. Atmosphere - Decent size location. Cool decor, see pictures. Expect to see a better selection of wines since we are in Napa! Open 7 days a week from 8am to 9pm. Plenty of mall parking. Service - Self service; friendly, quick, and easy check out. Thank you. Price - Reasonable and affordable. Owner Comment - Congrats on your company's success since 1967 (1958 if you count Pronto Markets). 1979 - Sold to Theo Albrecht, the owner of Aldi Nord. 2024 - 569 stores. read more

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Large Trader Joe's in Napa at the Bel Aire Plaza. They are well stocked. The store displays are spread out and don't feel cramped like some smaller Trader Joe's stores. Employees were helpful and friendly. Great place for some food deals. read more

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I got a little angry with the parking situation in Bel Aire Plaza. I couldn't understand why it was so crazy in there at 2 PM on Monday afternoon. Then it hit me. Silly woman, you're going grocery shopping on December 23. Oops. It was pretty calm inside the Trader Joe's. I settled into my list of routine TJ items. I was so sad that every holiday treat I ran across was loaded with carbs which my doctor and nutritionist assure me will be lethal (to me). Then I sadly contemplated the hordes picking up said treats and wondered how long it would be before they too became diabetic. Yup, I'm definitely coming down with the holiday blues. However checking out the prices put me back in a jolly mood blended with savage price comparison. I paid homage to the passing of two buck chuck by having a hissy fit (now 3.49 how dare they!). No I did not buy the Chuck, it's bad enough when it's only two bucks. There's no need to torture yourself by paying $3.49 and then murdering your palate and getting a hangover to boot. I noticed the price of Bogle had fallen and decided I had to practice some quality control tasting. I had some leftover pasta at home and decided to indulge in a nostalgic bottle of D'aquini red Chianti; it's been about 20 years and I decided on a blast from the past evening. This is the cheap Chianti in the bulbous bottle with straw wrapped around. Magically, the horrid Chianti blends with jarred tomato sauce wiping each other out and creating a state of gratitude that you can no longer taste either. Trust me, this effect is real but experiencing it no more than once a decade is about right. Deciding that I'd gotten into enough trouble in the wine aisle, I wandered over to the chocolates trying to find the sugar free one but was stymied by nothing but holiday indulgences. I paused before the alleged healthier goats milk but scientifically rigorous research told me I'm still lactose intolerant and goats milk wouldn't help. Also the sugar content in the goats milk is still sky high and I could practically see my doctor and nutritionist shaking their heads in unison. Cursing my overly vivid imagination I decided I was going to Costco because they always have sugar free chocolate in stock. P.S. if per unfortunate chance you purchased this Chianti and are now stuck with an enormous quantity 1) it does improve on the second day but not enough and 2) just cook it into your pasta sauce. read more

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This was an awesome visit to Trader Joe's. We were like in and out in 10 minutes came in exactly for the five items we needed and our cashier. Joshua was amazing and funny prompt service. read more

Trader Joe's - Can't wait to try these amazing price for 5.99 and flavors for multiple tastes - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

Joshua was great. Super friendly and had what we needed. We were in Napa and they had everything we needed for a quick run in for those few items. We love Trader Joe's and next-door is our other favorite another store but we love Trader Joe's easy and easy out. read more

Trader Joe's - Flowers - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

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I love this store. It has rally changed how I shop - it's a freindly place wth unique offerings and great prices with superfriendly staff. I love shopping here and have largely abandoned Raleys. I love most of the staf at Raleys but the store has questionable policies. I'm so glad that we have Trader Joes. read more

I really appreciate how friendly and personable the crew is at Trader Joe's. I heard an older lady telling a cashier at the other register how nice everyone is there. I agree with her. You feel part of the community going there. Side note: Did you also know that they contribute to the local shelters AND my mother-in-law was over the moon excited when she received flowers from TJ's. The unsold flowers found their way regularly at her assisted living home. Plus everyone loves their groceries. Grab a few and you have a party in a bag waiting to be opened! Thank you Trader Joe's. read more

Went to this Napa location where you can find items unavailable at our store in Fairfield. Here are some items: - Jumeokbap, a korean rice ball with plant-based bulgogi and vegetables. I just followed the instructions and was surprised at how delicious it was, and I had it for my lunch at work. - Kimbap, Korean tofu and vegetable seaweed rice roll, microwaved and great with wasabi and soy sauce. Will buy again. - Vegetables spring rolls which are filled with kale, edamame, mushrooms, and shredded tofu. We all know that, all the staff at traders Joe's are well- trained and provide excellent customer service. read more

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Lots of good and healthy foods to choose from. Average prices. Fresh meats and veggies. Service always top notch. Best deal in town for fresh flowers. read more

Looks like it's been 10 years since my last review of Trader Joe's in Napa and nothing has changed inregards to the rating I would provide. The store always continues to improve itself. Decor always changes with the seasons and holidays. The staff here is always friendly and helpful. They keep everything stocked and the store clean and tidy. This has been our go to grocery store for our regular needs. The seasonal items always make the visits exciting as we try and look for them to try. What is super cool about Trader Joe's is my 7 year old daughter looks forward to shopping here. Primarily because of Ms. Whitney. She made a cool connection with her and she makes it a point to look for her every visit. She says it's more fun looking for her than for Pat the Bunny. We are grateful for her as she makes our visits a joy. Keep up the excellent work TJ's! read more

I love going to traders Joes but this one was the best. I really appropriate eze for helping me with an issue. The managers took care of the little problem and I was able to get my product. Thank you napa trader Joes. You all have great customer service. I even complimented on being so organized and easy to find anything on my shopping list. Clean store. Great quality food. read more

The staff at Napa TJ's is amazing ! I'm in there 3 times a week (in my weird black t-shirts) and everybody is so friendly and helpful. I'm a house-husband (retired) and when I shop I go to 3-4 stores. Nobody is better than TJ's ! Love them ! read more

This location seems the smallest store compared to others I've visited. Just a quick stop to get snacks for the trip back to Los Angeles on the way to Oakland airport. Friendly staff and store neatly and fully stocked shelves of goods. read more

Trader Joe's - Restroom adorned with fresh flowers - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

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Small, overcrowded place. The layout of the store is so bizarre and random. Want to get nuts and hair/beauty products? Oh great, they're right next to each other. As for the staff, sometimes they can be nice, sometimes you'll get the snotty, over pompous kid who barely acknowledges you. I've noticed there's hardly any diversity in their staff: it's all mostly older, white ppl. Tip to management: please don't put an older clerk to run the 15 items or less checkout lane. They start conversing with customers and pretty soon you'll be standing there waiting for your turn about 15 minutes later. read more

This is a smaller location and it's fine. I came here for a bottle of wine and some meats to go with the cheeses that I bought at Oxbow Market. I found my meat and wine. They didn't have the refrigerated wine section that I can find at other locations. Also, I was looking for a wine and they were out of it. They'll reorder, however, I won't be in the area because I'm leaving tomorrow. But the people who work there are very nice and I appreciated the woman who asked me about the wine I was looking for and am glad that she got back to me. That was some great customer service, even if her answer was disappointing. read more

Trader Joe's - Charcuterie I'm choosing between Spanish and Italian. - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

Kaylee and Kimberly are amazing. They are the nicest Trader Joe's employees. They made recommendations and Kimberly went to retrieve some of the items they were recommending. Just so friendly despite how busy and crazy it was on a Saturday afternoon! read more

My coworkers and I called Trader Joes today, on April 8, at 4pm various times because an employee named Miriam would pick up and halfway as we asked our question, she would RUDELY hang up. I don't feel comfortable continuing to shop there. read more

I'm currently on vacation from UK. Staying with my daughter in Napa. Shopping yesterday I was looking for Breakfast cereals. Regular and sugar free bran flakes .Emma offered assistance without me asking. After our chat I continued shopping and she later came to tell me she had discussed these unavailable items with her manager and was assured it would be reviewed and given consideration for future options. I observed Emma was also assisting my daughter's friend later in the store. What a pleasant and helpful girl. She is a credit to Trader Joe's. What a valuable staff member.Amazing and wonderful shopping experience. Please bring this credit to her attention. This service was excellent and should not go unnoticed for her and staff career development. read more

What a great experience. I have shopped there a few times recently and each time the same. Amazing staff, nothing is too much trouble and even helped me to my car with a wine order and loaded it for me.I love dealing with them. They always answer the phone fast when I order wine and are always so polite. We think management pipes happy gas into the store !!! (joke) Thanks to you all. I love shopping with you. read more

Staff is very friendly & store very clean. This store has a big variety of flowers which was what we were looking for. Flowers looked beautiful & not at all wilted. Parking lot here sucks but I parked by Target to make it easier. read more

Trader Joe's - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

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I went in to see if they carry any Napa wine that is different from our Trader Joe's in Fresno. Not anything out of the ordinary but I did invest in some $2.99 Cabernet. If it's good, I'm going back tomorrow! read more

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always clean always great customer atmosphere always a great shopping experience thank you to the management for taking such good care of your store thank you to the employees at this location you are always very lovely n friendly. I love its not ever a surprise consistently wonderful experience. thanks read more

Great spot and ranks above the top in the North Bay! There are lackluster TJ's and great TJ's, thankfully the Napa TJ's falls in the latter category. I understand its a chain and sells them same products and staff are always great, but I tend to grade TJ's on a few factors. First factor is the size of the store, some are so tiny it makes it a pain to shop there, so I avoid them like the plague. Second would be customer service, if you need help typically they are there to assist, especially in the wine department! Third is how fast the checkout line move, which the Napa location moves pretty quickly, so that's a huge plus for me! I am sure many don't read these reviews to get an idea of what to buy or avoid, so I wanted to focus on the three earlier points in this review as it may help others to make the choice to visit or not to visit this location. Happy TJ'ing! read more

My favorite Grocery Store in the area! Always fresh flowers, great meat and vege selections, and always efficient and friendly staff. Of course, the free coffee and samples in the back helps too! ;) read more

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Friendly staff, if you need wine /spirit selections they are very knowledgeable and can tell you which Wine works well in cassoulet (the one like Julia Child used). Products are really good and the cheese is really reasonable! We will be back! read more

Trader Joe's - Salmon 9.00 per pound - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

Clean, well lit, & easy to find my favorite foods. The fresh raw pecans were fabulous & bananas were eventually very good tho green at purchase. Staff were polite & helpful. Parking is a burden here as so many shops are vying for the same spots during daylight hours. I haven't checked restrooms yet & haven't found food or coffee samples either. read more

I went on a Saturday. Glad TJ's is so popular but it seemed so crowded! I had to wait in line before entry because they were limiting the number of people inside the store due to covid capacity restrictions. I expected the inside of the store to be much less crowded, but I just felt like there were people everywhere. Maybe I just feel that way because of covid. Still, at times it was difficult to maintain a 6 foot distance from other customers and employees, especially on the aisle with the the boxed soups and granola bars. This was much less of an issue in the produce section, which is much more open. Even though I felt this way, I am sure that TJ's was maintaining their capacity restrictions as they should have. The gentleman who was letting people in at the door and the lady who checked out my groceries both asked me how my day was going. I appreciate their always friendly staff! read more

Thank god for Trader Joe's. This particular trip had me visiting them 2x. You can find a quick snack, sandwich, Vietnamese shrimp rolls, simple California rolls and veggie wraps. Found out the conference venue's restaurant was closed for lunch so had to drop by here. Perfect for grab and go. Of course there are the usual produce and snack options. Staff is pretty friendly and helpful. Would definitely stop by if I'm in the area again. Located in a plaza, parking is plenty but competitive especially during high peak times. Just watch out for pedestrians and other cars. Sometimes it's like playing "chicken" when you're already on the cross walk, you hope the driver or the person with their grocery cart sees you and you don't get run over. read more

I visit Napa often, and have shopped this location at least once every time. The last time was this past Saturday evening and what stood out that I noticed happened each visit is overhearing the employees gripe about their job. One was stomping around complaining about restocking. The cashier's have the same bad attitude of wanting to be anywhere but at work. What a turn off! read more

In my opinion, this store has done the best job during Covid keeping their employees and customers safe. Although it is inconvenient to have to stand in line to get in the store, I understand the reasoning. Once in the store, they have an excellent selection of flowers that are reasonably priced. They have a great veggies, a good cheese selection and their seasonal pickled popcorn is delicious! It seems all of the employees are happy, which makes for a good shopping experience. read more

Ive been shopping at TJ's for years and Im old so that's a might long time. The cool thing about this particular location is well, the location. Its in the same shopping center as Whole Foods and Target so if you need say Diet Coke (which neither TJ's or WF sells) you can walk across the small parking lot to Target to get it. Yeah, yeah, this is about Trader Joe's. The store is laid out well and the aisles are decently wide. They have the same array of great products you've come to know and expect from TJ's. The folks working there are super friendly and of course helpful. The dark side of having so much coolness in one shopping center, the parking kind of sucks. Good luck trying to get a decent paring spot in front of TJ's. Ive given up on trying and now just park on the other side closer to Target. If you don't mind walking a little it saves the hassle of trying to secure a choice parking spot. read more

Such friendly service. Like always! We were at our home away from home for the weekend (Silverado resort), just the girls, and there it was: Trader Joe's, just up the street! We stocked up on cheese, meats, dips, crackers, and of course, more wine. Friendly staff and fast checkout. Everything I love about TJs! read more

Trader Joe's - Wine and salame weekend - Grocery Near Me - Napa, California

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Stopped by for some crackers to go with cheese bought in Napa. One of the sales associates that was offering cookie samples gave us great recommendations for food and restaurants. On the way out, we ran into him again and he gave us awesome recommendations for tiki masala and soup dumplings. Both were great! read more

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Love this store!! Always can find great stuff as well as awesome selection of wines! Fresh produce, tons of fresh flowers & friendly staff

Well stocked Trader Joe's with parking lot right outside. Quick stop for groceries without much hassle

I visited this store few days ago after my doctor's appointment and had a very unexpected experience. All my previous visits to any Trader Joe's locations had been very pleasant, including this location in the past. Cashier, Maria, didn't even greet the customer and her entire body language said " I don't like what I do". No smile, no eye contact and can barely hear what she said. A man who came to bagged the groceries was not much better. So very disappointing. read more

We love going to Trader Joe's. I guess we just had a bad experience here. The cashier who was Caucasian with glasses had an attitude. Don't give attitude. You're supposed to have customer service. Yes, I had kids and he could have been nice to them and offer stickers. I didn't even want to ask him because he was already so annoyed. Come on dude! He could have been nicer. We had two baskets full of stuff over 200 bucks worth. Then the next day as I was making sandwiches the bread already was molded! Mold! How sad... The stuff ain't so fresh at this location. Very disappointed. read more

I'm a regular TJs customer and have been to several up and down Southern and Central California. Have even been to their stores in Las Vegas and other western States. Being it was my first trip to Napa, I half expected the Napa TJs to be stocked with some very interesting if not high-quality items. However and to my disappointment, I found the Napa TJs to be ordinary and somewhat less stocked then many of the TJs I've been to. It had some different items, but nothing to shout about. read more

Ughhhh, when will Hawaii get a Trader Joe's?? Every time I go to the mainland I always make sure to find time to visit a Trader Joe's. It's one of my favorite places to pick up food souvenirs for my friends and family back at home. My favorite items to pick up is: - COOKIE BUTTER - Butter Waffle Cookies - Speculoos Cookies - Mini Almond Biscotti read more