This is my favorite Trader Joe's location. While it's a bit smaller than others, I actually find…read morethat to be a positive trait. I've been shopping here for over two years, and this review is long overdue. My biggest complaint in the past was the lack of cell service due to the store being located in the basement. It was frustrating not being able to text or call my wife to check what we already had in the fridge, which often led to overbuying--though that's never really a problem at TJ's since everything is so delicious. The great news is that they now have Wi-Fi, which is a total game changer for this location! I'm a huge fan of their sheet cakes; I always pick one up to share with my co-workers. Trader Joe's consistently delivers quality products, and on the rare occasion I've had an item go bad before opening, the staff has been incredibly helpful and happy to exchange it. The team here is friendly, efficient, and always provides a great shopping experience.

What's not to love about Trader Joe's (TJs)? Well, okay -- parking is usually a challenge at most…read moreTJs -- but this location gets bonus points for its hands-free, ticketless parking garage. It's so easy to get in and out, and since I temporarily live a 1/2 block away, it's especially convenient for me. This Santa Monica Trader Joe's is easily one of my favorites. The store is clean, well organized, and easy to navigate, with everything you'd expect -- pantry staples, fresh produce, and their famously affordable (and beautiful) flowers. What makes ALL Trader Joe's locations stand out, though, is their staff. The teams are always friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable, and they make every visit pleasant. The only downsides are: 1. The store is underground, there's basically no mobile service inside -- so definitely screenshot your shopping list before you go in. This makes looking up recipes impossible. They need to get store wifi for customers, like Vons. 2. It's a bit smaller than most other TJ's, but it still covers most of what I need. And if they don't have something, there's a newly opened Vons just two blocks up Broadway. Overall, this is a gem of a store in a fantastic location -- truly one of the best grocery spots in Santa Monica.

Such a nice farmer's market! From pastries, to fresh flowers, fancy mushrooms and locally made…read morejewelry, there is no shortage of vendors to explore. I've visited this market before and I made a mental note of how nice the produce was. During my most recent visit, it was just as amazing. The strawberries were INCREDIBLE. Aside from ogling over the fresh and colorful produce, the smell of the fresh flowers throughout the market is heavenly. You can find everything you need here to make a full meal and more. They even have vendors who sell homemade dog treats and soaps. The layout of the farmer's market was confusing to me at first, but it stretches across two different streets separated by a crosswalk. It was easy to wheel a stroller around, as it wasn't too crowded. Only service dogs are allowed within the market. There are lots of local eateries, coffee shops etc. around the market so you can really make a full morning of it. If you are in the area, highly recommend checking it out and picking up some delicious local goodies.

One of my most favorite farmers markets in LA! I love the…read morevibe of Pacific Palisades! Its beautiful, chill, close to the beach and you can find almost everything. I usually get my weekly flower from them, they are fresh and last at least a week. Their freshly made shakes are also wonderful and healthy. Everyone is extremely friendly and chatty. Highly suggest this farmers market.

When That Lady wants a bottle of her favorite bubbly, a gift or an idea for a new cocktail this is…read moreher go to place. For the gentleman they have a wide selection of scotch, bourbon, whiskey or other branch water of your liking. Recently, I have acquired a taste for aperitifs and have been trying my hand at a few, since I have found very few bartenders these days know more than shared by the local supplier. Anyway, the proprietress has been more than helpful with new hobby. That Lady has found a few of my concoctions to her liking and the one's that miss the mark, become the maker's measure. If nothing else you might find something to your liking and help keep an institution of higher learning open. Mmmm . . . I will have to speak with my CPA about the educational write-off.

Went into this place to pick up some holiday gifts and I was really blown away. The selection here…read moreis amazing, but they also made these incredible holiday baskets. Was SO pleased with the store and the service. Tabi was awesome! Definitely check out Palisades Wine if you're in the area.

The low rating you're seeing for this store is mostly due to the pre-remodel version of Von's --…read moremake no mistake, this new Vons is the best grocery store in west Santa Monica! HUGE storefront with a LOT of products (grocery, pharmacy, deli, bakery, dairy, produce), and the staff keeps it very clean. There are lots of self checkout stations, free underground parking for customers, grocery pickup (through the app), and even an in-store Starbucks location. I feel like there are a fair amount of sales each week, and If you have the Vons app, you can save even more by clipping digital coupons. 12/10 -- definitely recommend!!

I am extremely disappointed with my experience. Tonight Feb 4 Wed 2026 at around 9:00 pm I had a…read moreTerrible fall at Vons, as I slipped on what looked like salad dressing all over the floor near the registers. Not only did the manager in glasses show a complete lack of basic compassion and empathy and humanity by caring more about me filling his report so him and the store not get in trouble, than actually seeing if I was hurt, He asked me dismissively if I was ok, didn't even help me up and just wanted me to fill a thing, and when I told him how I felt he got defensive and didn't gave a shit about making it better in any sort of way.. he started to argue with me.. I left the store, crying, upset in pain ( I hurt my knee really bad) and completely not taken care of and paying the little bit of things I had. He didn't even offer any kind of compensation to make up for their negligence, but his attitude made things even worse. I have been a long time Vons customer, specially the Palisades Vons and have always loved the employees and been really sweet to them. I never right bad reviews but I as really angry about this. If anyone out there reads this and cares I am very very upset at how this was handled. I work in customer service and this is not the way to go about it. Please do better! The woman at the cashier and the man who bagged my groceries was actually really sweet!

Such a nice experience. First time going here and it was definitely a local neighborhood type…read moremarket feel, easy parking & entry into the store, great customer service, with a good amount of products & choices for not being a huge corporate type grocery store. The staff helped me find what I need, they were very nice, and the prices were good. I'll definitely be going back in the future.

This neighborhood grocery store on Montana Ave in Santa Monica is a fine place for a freshly made…read moresandwich or cooked items in their deli case. They've got a nice butcher section with fresh meat and seafood. There's a deli case with close to 20 items -- ribs, chicken, lasagna, mac 'n cheese, soup and more, depending on the day. They've got about a dozen salads, including three potato salads, and about as many deli meats for sandwiches. The beef stew was excellent, the lasagna, chili and meatloaf also very good. The sandwiches are solid and very reasonably priced. Two things stand out for me here: their weekend barbecue and the tamales. Someone in their kitchen makes delicious Oaxacan tamales (which are not always available). These tamales are chock full of chicken mole -- perhaps the highest ratio of filling to masa that I've had -- and are neatly wrapped in banana leaves. The burritos are similarly pre-made and stuffed to the gills with the protein of the day. As for the weekend barbecue, every Saturday and Sunday morning they grill select meats from the deli (prime steaks, tri tip, chicken, etc) which you can buy throughout the day at the deli. The Farms also has fresh vegetables, premade salads and all the other items you'd expect from a neighborhood grocery store. Service is super friendly, and there's free parking in back. It's definitely a good spot for a meal to go.

7-Eleven on Wilshire Bl in Santa Monica. Generally, I do not frequent these type of convenient…read morestores for fear of possibly 'being at the wrong place at the wrong time' robbery situation victim. These convenient store tend to get robbed regularly and I almost always avoid them, except today. This was the nearest and most convenient market around. I was thirsty and needed alkaline H20 so I stopped inside this 7 eleven. Purchased 2 liters of alkaline H20, 2 liters of Fiji H20, a bag raw almonds and 2 bananas. The female cashier was super nice, friendly and helpful. She offered me a discount on the items I purchased and she seemed genuinely nice. I thanked her and asked where her lovely accent was from...she replied 'Burma,' next to Thailand. I immediately said, 'oooh I Love Burmese Rubies!' She was shocked I knew, I smiled, winked and thanked her again :) And right outside this 7 eleven is a guy selling fresh flowers. The flowers, particularly the stargazer lilies looked so fresh and intoxicatingly fragrant, wanted to buy a bunch but didn't have enough cash on hand. I spoke to the floral guy Ramon in Spanish and complimented him on the lovely flowers. Within 5 seconds he put together a bouquet and gifted them to me...such a thoughtful gesture. I gave him the limited cash I had and thanked him profusely. Despite my fear of convenient stores, there are some genuine kind hearted people that are just super nice with heartfelt intentions and do Acts of Kindness. I felt blessed and grateful to come across these angels xoxo!

They don't clean their fountain drinks at every 7-Eleven in Los Angeles. The fountains literally…read moretaste disgusting.

Maybe grocery stores don't get enough attention, but I have to give this pavilions a shout out for…read moretheir excellent customer service! Easy to navigate store, looked clean and organized, but really at the end of the day, but establishes one grocery store from another is the service you receive?

Whenever I go there whether it's in the morning evening or afternoon, the dairy aisle where the…read moreyogurts and cheese are and right across from that is frozen desserts and ice cream there are tons of crates and two people that work there are restocking. The aisles are small and I have a bad back and it happens every time and where I have to actually tell them that I need to shop in a certain area there and if they can give me a couple of minutes. Sometimes they have an attitude. Sometimes they're better. Excuse me? I came here to shop and there's four different crates there. Why can't they do this in the early morning and evening instead of during lunch hour? And of course like I mentioned no matter when I go there they're doing it. And sometimes the two people that are supposed to be unloading the merchandise are just standing there talking to each other. So that takes up more room with two bodies standing there where it's literally where I can't maneuver or move and then the other customers are trying to maneuver and move through this maze as well. It makes me not want to shop there because it's a lot of stress just to be able to maneuver and squeeze around these crates and then the to employees that are supposed to unpack those or just standing there and talking. If any of the managers get this could you please do something about this? Otherwise you'll lose a customer. And probably other customers as well. It's like being in a traffic jam in the dairy and frozen section.

Nice find! Somebody I was talking to in the area mentioned it. I got a turkey bacon sandwich to go…read more- sorry PETA - I'm betting on that they lives a good life ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Good service, easy to navigate, nice and helpful staff. A bit pricey, but the food was good. There's a side area at the front, it can get pretty warm after 10am/ I. The sun. All-in-all, not bad and I will return!

This is a funny grocery store. The co-op is a Santa Monica institution from the old days when the…read moreneighborhood had strong community values, although it's always been expensive and a class statement to shop here. It's usually been an older crowd that's wanted whatever health products were popular 10-20 years ago. At one point during the late 90's and early 00's, it was tremendously popular with the celebrity class of LA, and it was Erewhon before there was Erewhon. It has since drifted into a more relaxed, slightly frumpier incarnation now in 2026. As you can see from all the 1 and 5 star reviews, it's a place that inspires both stubborn loyalty and intense frustration in equal measure, and I think that about sums up experience for the uninitiated. You'll see that I've split the difference with this 3 star review in an attempt to capture reality. This is far from a perfect grocery store -- the prices are high, a lot of the produce is not looking so good, the milk is always about to expire, the aisles are poorly organized, they're missing lots of things you want. But it's also a real co-op and not a chain, it's possible to eat healthfully from here, and they are extremely responsive to their member's (numerously and frequently delusional and extremely SaMo) requests. The angry reviews about bad service here are overblown; I've been here dozens of times and never had a problem. And as long as it's member-owned, it can always change for the better very quickly, which I've seen happen here before, and may happen again. Personally, my reason for not shopping here is just the poor organization of the store overall, selection of dry goods which are widely second-rate to me, and shabby, soon-to-be-expiring produce and perishables attached to a luxury price. I see no reason to shop here when I have the SaMo farmer's market AND better organized specialty stores like Erehwon or McCall's right near by -- which are, despite what numerous reviews here desperately proclaim, the exact same price point as Co-Opportunity. I hope this clears up why the reviews here are all-over-the-place, it's because the store is too!