Loblaws

im not sure, but if i had to guess, this location would be the largest grocery store in toronto? honestly… if you cant find what your looking for at this location, its not in toronto. super clean, happy and helpful staff members, and a decent amount of parking.
its a shame i wont be visiting this location anymore, but it holds alot of awesome memories, and is a benchmark for all other loblaws

Updated to be claustrophobic. Left a half full buggy of groceries and walked out. Was a great store to shop but has been changed to uter confusion. I was Very disappointed to see it go so far down hill.

The new TNT station opened here in August and it’s really good! You get to fill a bowl with your choice of vegetables (no weight limit), just fill it until it overflows! The staff at the station is nice from my one encounter. Their Rotisserie chicken is of course delicious and their sides are okay too but their chicken tenders are HORRIBLE. The staff for the most part are nice.

Even though I live close to the Maple Leaf Gardens, I actually prefer the Queens Quay location for a real grocery list because the prices of some items are double or more at MLG, like fresh grated Parmesan or fresh salmon, organic or not.
I like that this location has a great selection of organic produce, even if most of it is PC organics brand.
This location has a lot of take out food options including sandwiches, sushi and hot food but not as good as MLG, but I usually am here for a restocking of the pantry, not lunch or dinner.
The one thing that made me not give this Loblaws 5 stars is the customer service desk — many of the staff are downright unpleasant.

Great selection of fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood and staples. Pricing here is much better than Sobeys and the location is very convenient too. Free parking in this area is very rare, and most of its parking is covered too. Lots of cashiers help you get out of here faster. If you live downtown and need to stock up this is a great place to go.

Unfortunately, I have to give this location a one star for the time being, which I hate doing. The location itself is great with everything you can find, but it has major pricing issues. The last few times I went, I checked my receipts and noticed I was overcharged on about 20% of items I purchased. And the differences are not small, we are talking about $ 0.50 — $ 1.50 per item. Hopefully Loblaws resolves these issues. If you do go, I would look out for the pricing for the time being.

This location is huge and has a wide variety of selection. I’m a big fan of the section where you can get fresh sandwiches or daily deals on chicken. Very friendly service.

Big. Clean. What you come to expect from loblaws. A big bonus that they have the fresh mixed berry muffins I like. Richtree style. As of today they are under construction. Btw. Free parking.

Came in here to grab a quick bite before the Unilocal Elite party.
Pro: Quarter chicken dinner for like… $ 4 because it was the special that day.
Con: Quality wasn’t so great. It was about 6pm at this point so everything was pretty dry. Also, paying took FOREVER. A combination of slow service and the guy in front of me having some complicated take out order.
I’ve been here to shop in the past and it wasn’t memorable. It has a PC bank machine and onsite parking, which is good.

This review is for the garden center — yes the Loblaws is good — it’s probably the best in the city, but I wanted to call out one staff member for her amazing work!
Joni in the garden center (she’s the horticulturist) was amazing! She took time with me (I newbie to gardening) to help me pick the right trees, flowers and plants for my balcony garden. She was funny, sweet and super informative! Joni took the time to get me a trolly, help me pick out the best of the plants we choose and even ensured that her attention was not diverted by other customers.
She made making my first planter garden super fun and rewarding! Gold star Joni!

With loads of free parking (you will be asked upon entry, «Are you here to shop?» otherwise, there’s a charge) this store would be quite handy for the SUV hauling groceries set if its location (the lower half of Jarvis) wasn’t always beset by construction or a pile-​up of all-​day traffic trying to get onto the Gardiner. I keep telling myself: it’s Toronto; there’s traffic; get used to it.
Formerly a 24 hr a day location, hours have been reduced from 7 am to midnight. Take a cart up the nifty escalators that the shopping carts adhere to by way of some mysterious feat of modern day engineering or find carts, but not always, stashed beside the second floor landing. The prepared foods and eat-​in area has a nice view of Sugar Beach and sometimes a real live actual ship. Produce is fresh but pricey. Deals can be found on baked goods (my last visit: four large chocolate covered croissants for $ 2.49; but being on a diet, yet again, I resisted.)

Great Loblaws location! Great store! Lots of everything available including an LCBO and Joe Fresh.
The downside is that the store is on the second level and it can be annoying to get a cart up and down those escalators. There’s usually no carts upstairs, so if you forget to grab one, you have to run back downstairs.
The bakery, deli and produce sections are huge and have an awesome selection. The rest of the store is okay — but they don’t really have the section where they sell home goods like cutlery and dishes or seasonal items.
I’ve never had an issue with parking at this location, but I could see that someone not familiar with the area might get annoyed. I prefer to access the parking lot from Queens Quay so turning in and out is easier.

For a grocery store in Toronto, this massive location is really hard to miss. What frustrates me is the road to get there. It’s almost always blocked with construction on one end, and jam packed with traffic on the other.
The best part is the open ²⁴⁄₇ option. I cannot tell you how convenient this is for last minute pickup.
There’s 2 floors so when you walk in from the parking lot, you are faced with a dry cleaner, mini LCBO, flower shop and a pc financial office. This really helps the one stop shopper. There is escalators taking you up/​down to & from the grocery section, which is great because you have no choice but to take them to get to the parking lot. So you can never really tell the difference between the lazies and the one’s that would’ve taken the option to take stairs.
Personally, I feel what they lack in customer incentives they make up for with convenience. As in, they really should offer a rewards program without having to apply for a credit card. On the flip side, they have independent checkout so you don’t have to wait in line and there is always an attendant ready to help you with scanning produce items.
cons
no organic parsley and tomatoes
selection of brands is less here
pros
huge free parking lot. shocking for Toronto
organic section
impressive meat section
xoxo
M.

I have visited this Loblaws location twice times and have been impressed on both occasions. Free parking for patrons is pretty darn awesome. The first floor has LCBO, florist, dry cleaners and a Joe Fresh stores. It is like a one stop shop for all your needs.
Their produce section is extensive, fresh and always stocked. They have a great bakery and deli section.
The aisle ways are wide for a pleasant shopping experience. The great thing about this location that it is 24 hours! You can get your grocery shop on at 2am if you like.
I am a repeat customer, hope you will be too!

I am not a big fan of shopping at Loblaws but I guess I end up going to this one as its 24 hours now :) This Loblaws is quite convenient and has a huge parking lot which happens to be free (they have figured a way to make more money by charging parking for the club goers across the street at Guverment) Selection is quite good but prices are not if you shop around you can get a better price on most items at other stores. The downtown market for grocery stores has heated up quite a bit as there are three 24 hours stores in this area now. I wish they would convert this to a Real Canadian Super Store. This store is now somewhat of a celebrity as well due to the appearance on Top Chef Canada.
P. S. Loblaws can you please start accepting Amex!!!
Also the store is now open from 7 AM to midnight

Came here for the PC Pavilion. I think I got lucky because it was raining the day I came here so, the pavilion was empty.
But, when I left there were two people waiting behind me. How lucky! Maybe because the rain lifted as I was strolling here too.
I checked out the grocery loblaws upstairs, and it is pricey like the longo’s near ACC. Was alright!

This Loblaws is great! I found it well laid out and the selection was great compared to my normal grocery spots (metro, rabba, sobeys express). As with most large grocery stores, there was a big fresh produce section, deli and bakery, along with lots of frozen foods. Shopping at Loblaws also means you can buy presidents choice — their delicious and well priced generic brand.
Other perks of this location — lcbo, joe fresh (!!), flower/​plant shop
The only thing about it is the location isn’t so convenient if you don’t have a car. It’s not on the subway line, so transporting your groceries would be quite difficult sans personal vehicle.
I’d like to say I’ll be back, but it will depend on if any of my friends would be willing to drive me (hint, hint!)

Massive expanses of free parking– hurray! But come here on a Sunday any time of day and this is what I heard. «They can’t possibly be out of all of this stuff!»
I needed some simple things like spinach– there were a few bags left of sub-​par quality greens.
Whole wheat tortillas– the shelves were totally empty.
Now that there are all the new condos with built-​in grocery stores, I’m hoping not to have to make this trek out again. At the end, I was just glad I can get the bulk of my groceries delivered from Grocery Gateway, now that’s service.

A super-​massive grocery emporium! With Joe Fresh and LCBO, PC Banking, a travel company, an optician — what more could you need in one complex? It’s like a suburban strip mall all landed in one building!
Selection of organic and specialty food items was good at this Loblaws, if you are into that kind of thing. The veggie selection was fantastic and the bread section was the size of my regular, close-​to-​home grocery store.
A great Loblaws for one stop shopping.

This is so far my favorite grocery store in Toronto, though it’s not that good. The organization is bad in that some product categories are located in three different locations but the individual products are not redundant so you might have to check all three areas to find the product you are looking for… and then you still may not find it. Like all grocery stores in Toronto the selection is weak and the prices are high (compared to the equivalent store in the US), but this one at least has wide aisles, ample parking, cleanliness, and is much larger than most others.
Though the store closes at 11:00pm most days, all the specialty sections (meat, deli, seafood, bakery, etc.) close much earlier (sometimes by 8:00pm) so keep that in mind if you’re planning an evening shopping trip. This complex also contains a bank, a travel agency, a liquor store, a dry cleaner, tobacco shop, and other stores that would make it convenient except all these other places also close too early (e.g. 7:00pm).
There are some items that I can only find here so I’ll keep coming back. I say it’s my favorite but it’s a pretty low bar, it’d be easy to make a better grocery store but I haven’t found it yet.