99 Cents Only Store

I’ve always preferred this particular location because it’s outside the grove and has always been cleaner than the other locations. Lately, however, it has been falling more and more below the wayside, with regard to cleanliness and order. This place hit an all new low, today. I was in the back, going through produce and there were two employees stocking; a female was stocking the dairy case and a man was stocking produce in the open air produce chiller. This man, in his 50s and clearly in his right mind, was busily putting bags of grapes in the bin when he spilled an entire bunch of grapes out of one of the bags and onto the dirty, dirty floor… right on top of a dark, wet, sticky puddle of God knows what. He quickly snatched them up, put them back into the bag and put the bag right into the bin with the other bags of grapes. When he looked up, he saw that I’d seen what he’d done and he quickly put his head down and acted as though he was preoccupied with something else. I walked by to check his name tag and, of course, it’s blank.
I proceed to the checkout and very quietly and as delicately as I could (so as not to draw too much attention from other customers) I let the cashier know what happened and she just stared at me for a moment as though I’d said nothing at all. Finally, she shrugged and said that she’d alert the manager. I told her that I’d prefer to tell her, myself. Lo and behold, the manager on duty is working the cash register right next to us. My cashier half-​heartedly tells the manager what I’d told her and that I’d like to speak to her. The manager then has another employee take over the register, looks up at me and then walks off. I’m thinking, «Okay, she’s going to grab the guy from the back and have him come to the front». A few minutes later, she hasn’t returned. I was JUST about to go look for her when I see her hiding behind a candy display and peeking over the top to see if I’m still waiting to talk to her. I marched right up and asked if she was the manager on duty. When I told her for the second time (remember, the cashier got to her first and had already informed her), she acted as though she had no idea who I was or what was going on and said, «Oh, I will have a talk with him». Stoooooooop the presses… what? A talk? I asked her if she was even interested in knowing where this bag of grapes was so that she could dispose of them and she said that she’d ask him about it and pretended that she couldn’t understand English very well. Even the security guard that was standing nearby looked shocked and disgusted. When I told her that my neighbor was a retail food inspector for the LAC Health Department, she understood THAT with no problem and literally RAN away and hid in the office. No joke. Took off like the Roadrunner.
It is disturbing that these are the people that are responsible for ensuring food safety. I’ve already spoken to my neighbor and this is what he had to say: willingly and consciously putting tainted produce out for sale is NOT OKAY and is grounds to file a report. The blatant disregard shown by his immediate supervisor, however, is enough to launch an investigation because now it is uncertain what else might be going on behind the scenes.

This 99 stores have cashiers at both entries front door and back door, an always Long lines, never enough cashiers at this 99 cent stores, by what was so funny as I was leaving the store there’s a building on the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire.

SOMETIMES you can find something worthwhile here. Most often it’s just trash. I don’t understand how they take the produce ‘fresh’ out of the box and it’s already rotten. Who buys this? I doubt even the homeless will take it, they can’t afford to get any more ill than they already are. I guess they can eat around the rotted blackened parts???
Employees are CONSTANTLY making BS ‘announcements’ over the speaker system. «X employee please open.» or «x employee please come to the front/​back» and more. It’s an on going DRAMA in this store. SO unprofessional. I get it’s 99 cents store, but GOD DAMN have some common decency! Sometimes they even respond back with attitude «I’m on my break!» Wow. How about having common sense? When you SEE a long line OPEN another REGISTER.
Very sad that they have to BEG people to work here. Just FIRE them. That’ll teach them JESUS! So may people out of work these days, why are you keeping LAZY employees on that REFUSE to work AND talk back?

Best 99 cent store in Los Angeles! Most clean and lots of surprises in the deli expensive cold cuts just buy and freeze! Good beers sometimes! Cheap bleach cleaning products baby wipes etc

The parking here is not enough, and the building is old with not enough room to navigate thru the aisles, but I’ve been here 2x. My fave 99 cent stores are the one on Pico and Sepulveda and the one in Silverlake. Anyway, the best «find» I got here were the clear shoe boxes, sorta like the ones they have at The Container Store which COST A GRIP. I have a sh*t ton of them cause I have prob have about (well actually I don’t wanna say how many shoes I have cause my boyfriend will freak out cause he makes fun of me for not wearing all of them). Anyway, so to find clear shoes boxes for $ 1 was a steal. I bought 16 of them. I would have bought more but fitting them into my cart, grocery bags, and car would be an issue. The thing about the 99 cent store is the stock in never the same in all the stores and they sell out FAST. So, gotta grab it when you see it. This store has a grocery store section with frozen foods too and I saw HONEY BBQ WINGS, but did not buy them. I shall come here more often if I am in the area/

I rock with these ninjas. They got it fo– cheap. I going back right now. If you see buy me something.

this store is great but he security at the sunset western store is horrible today
pdiaz was racially profiling white people at t
he door today
except he was harassing white people not homeless but who looked like they have money not the other way around
wow this guy needs to be replaced
p diaz security today here
my business lost forever don’t let p diaz lose u anymore bizness
good luck

Hadn’t been to this particular location in years. I would frequent here when I lived nearby. Happened to be in the area thought I pop in to see what’s new and its still the same pretty much.
Believe it’s a little unfair how this location carry more items like it’s other sisters stores. Things I saw could easily be carried in the same dimensions store. This area is a mid to high class area. These residents have mucho dinero here. US poor folk east of the 110 fwy could benefit as well 99 cent only stores. And I’m a avid shopper and been to many discount stores such as 99 cent only stores so I know my business.
Those residents in the Fairfax area can totally afford any store beyond walmart or target and very well 99 cent only stores. So come on 99 cent only stores brings some of those goodies I observed across east of the 110 fwy so a person like me won’t have to drive a mile to save a buck.

LINE WAS RIDICULOUS! If you see customers getting 20+ items in ever line, don’t even think about ending your shift early. For some reason this location gets A LOT of customers so naturally, you should have more people at the registers. The people here are nice, I have to say, and give customers boxes to hold their items so they don’t have to pay for a bag. But, the line wait was so aggressive that I don’t see myself coming back here.

Why review a 99 cent store? I typically skip reviews of chain stores, but I want to review this location to deter you from accidentally going to the other 99 Cents Only store facing La Brea.
Seriously, there are two separate locations just a block away from each other. This is the «good one»
This 99 Cents Only faces Wilshire, but the parking lot is accessible behind the store, on Orange Ave. It’s a decent sized lot and there is rarely any riffraff hanging around. This is in stark contrast to the other location on La Brea, which is notorious for being frequented by vagrants and the homeless.
I certainly get a twinge of sadness when I see people that less fortunate than me, but let’s face it: if I’m broke enough to be shopping at the 99 cent store, I probably don’t have any extra money to give out.
More about the store: very decent selection of produce (hello, raspberries!), cheap party favors, snacks, even bad wine! The lines can back up at times. More than once, I’ve seen a customer buy ALL of something from the shelves– imagine a lady with a full cart of energy drinks or kids’ toy pail and shovel sets. Weirdos. I don’t fault the store for their bizarre shopping habits.
But yeah, come to this location.

I have been going to 99-​Cent-​Only stores for years. They even used to sponsor a yearly Christmas musical in the early 2000’s which was always bizarre, because all costumes were made from items there, and professional costumers and choreographers put it all together. (disclosure: I worked on a few shows) Anyway, this store is the best of the bunch… I understand that each store has its own ‘buyer’ (or at least it did before the 99 family sold the chain last year). The Fairfax store has the best produce and at least for a while, did not stock beer or wine that was terrible! You could be reasonably assured of at least «Charles Shaw-​quality» wine, and some not-​bad micro-​brew beers. (e.g., If you shopped the Eagle Rock/Mt.Washington store for beer or wine, you could come home with some wretched stuff… or not. It’s a crapshoot. Should I buy this bottle? What if it is FABULOUS? I’ll have to come all the way back here to buy a dozen… but what if it’s AWFUL? I can’t buy three or six bottles because that would be a terrible waste! Should I buy one and go taste it in my car? Could I sponsor a wine-​tasting in my car outside the 99 cent only store? Probably a bad idea. So I buy ONE bottle and go all the way home with it… breathlessly opening it to see if it is terrible (D’oh!)
or great (D’oh! I have to go back there now and buy a case! Before it’s gone!)
But the Fairfax buyer seemed to pre-​taste the wine and we could trust her (or him).
I only got a bad bottle this year, after three years of «occasional» wine-​buying there.
Cans of Progresso soup are almost never under a dollar anywhere else; stock up here on basic ones and discontinued flavors like Cream of Kelp… buy black clay or china dinner plates from the 1980’s and set a smart dinner table… AVOID cleaning products unless it’s cleanser or Spic and Span brand or Rinso
for dishwashers (ok but meh). Otherwise avoid the mystery cleaning products that sound like your fav brand BUT THEY ARE NOT… instead of 409 they have ‘405’ …and instead of Fantastik (at $ 4), they have ‘Fabulous’ (at $.99) but it’s all water and floral scents.
Stick to ammonia and bleach (but do not mix them). I’ve landscaped yards with the tough, flowering succulents they sell… avoid their mini hot glue guns, just avoid them. Buy a proper one. They don’t get hot enough to melt the glue.
OH! And the drugs! Generic Excedrin, Generic Tylenol, Generic antihistamines
(unfortunately only Benadryl) and fake MUCINEX (under the name «Mucus Relief»)…
If you have allergies, you are poor because of medication costs. Mucinex has a monoply and it’s $ 40 a bottle at CVS… don’t forget the fake Sudafed and the generic AFRIN… a dollar… basically the medication aisle is an allergy-sufferer’s paradise…
Avoid cereals unless it’s a brand-​name discontinuation (like Kellogg’s
Gluen-​free Cow Patties). the low-​cost brands are meh but they really have about 1.5 bowls of cereal inside that large box)… the cookies can be ok, the generic brands of oatmeal raisin are basically ok, as are the Swiss imports of fancy cookies
and the discontinued Name Brands (like Keebler’s Used Motor Oil Tarts). but watch the sugar content, and the Corn Syrup Sweetener content!
Lately, some imported Large Dark Chocolate bars have been appearing, a mint flavor, a 75-​percent Dark Chocolate flavor, and a Dark Chocolate with Sea salt.
I highly recommend them. Oh, and don’t buy generic razor blades, you can always get BIC disposables there. Avoid any product with the brand Family Care. It’s probably water and color. Chips can run from awful to old fashioned (Granny Goose) to new brands that didn’t sell well (garlic-​rosemary-​gluten-​free-​puffed-​rice-​shoe insoles).
And to help cleanse you, after all that processed food, Fiber Pills ($.99/​bottle)…
The Sunset Blvd store in Hollywood was originally their Flagship store but it is too full of meth-​addicted semi-​human zombies. I find the Fairfax store to be too crowded but has the most selection and the employees look after the expiration dates on the foods more carefully… So each 99 cent only stores really is different… the Silverlake store would be my second best choice.
I live Downtown now, and the Washington Blvd store (at Maple) is huge but it has turned into a hell-​hole. It was cleaner last year, and well-​stocked. Now. empty shelves, fewer checkouts, tons of poor people (myself included). but produce
is still VERY GOOD. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries. only the tomatoes are unripe (Like at Ralph’s!). Avoid the 1^st day of each month (SSI checks, etc).
So stop being all hoity-​toity about your Place in Society, and take a late-​evening
romp through one of these stores, if just to marvel at the brands (I dare you to go the frozen foods case, although I have bought and tried most everything in there
and I am still alive)
I’ll show myself out now.
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Love this store!!! This will be the $ 1 store (well $.99) I go to every time I am in LA. I first stumbled upon this store when I stayed at Hotel Wilshire in 2013 for work. I got to the hotel early and my room wasn’t ready so I asked the concierge if there was a Trader Joes nearby that I could walk to. Sure enough they said it was just a few blocks away. I didn’t even make it to Trader Joes because I found this store on my way there. I got so lost in here with all the goods they had. I live in Hawaii so everything is extremely costly. I couldn’t believe the produce was so cheap too. Container of strawberries was $.99…same kind we pay $ 5 for in Hawaii and that’s IF it’s on sale. Also, big plastic container of organic greens (spring mix, arugula, kale, spinach) was also $.99…could not believe it!!!
I went again last week when I was in LA! Again, I bought a whole bunch of stuff. I needed a back up phone charger because the one I had was not working very well… Lo and behold! I found iPhone chargers. Also, my friend’s car didn’t have a car liter charger adapter in her car. I found that too! But on this visit, I just couldn’t believe… actual Slim Fast brand shakes were only 2 for $ 1!!! That’s 4 for $ 2! I buy a pack of 4 at Walmart in Hawaii for $ 6.
I will be back here on every visit to LA!

I live in Glendale and we don’t have a 99 cents only store, only Dollar King where everything is $ 1.11 and there are no produce or brand name goods. I was happy to stop at this 99 cent store on the way back from the Grove. I’ve been to other locations but this one is the best one so far.
There is lots of different organic greens including the Earthbound brand; spinach, arugula, spring mix, etc. They also have strawberries and grapes etc. I will be back!

The 99 cents store is really a hit or miss. I usually come here to get school supplies, gift bags, gift wrap, and other like items. I don’t understand how other places can charge 5 bucks for a simple gift bag. Yes the quality is a little lacking, it’s made out of thinner material, but it does the job it’s intended for.
I also recently have been on a no carb diet and was craving chips. And I found pork rinds. I’m not a HUGE fan but when I’m craving chips, it works. Anyways, they pork rinds for a buck. Haven’t purchased any other food items so I can’t really vouch for those items.
Free parking in lot.
Lines can get really long.

I have been coming here for over 20 years. They recently remolded and moved stuff around and got rid of some items, so it’s taking me a while to figure out where things are.
I NEVER buy food here unless it’s 100% sealed like potato chips and things like that. Too scary. However, I buy other things like household supplies, stationery, cheap tools, work gloves etc. They also have some cute novelty stuff for the holidays.
You can get some real good bargains if you put up with the parking mess and the loooooooooooong waits at the register.
I find that coming here later in the evening is better. Once the unemployment crowd leaves for the day it’s less busy and annoying. The narrow isles make it very hard to get around inside without getting in a very bad mood.
One last note: I boycott any thing over 99 cents. The whole point of the dollar store is to go inside and expect EVERYTHING to be that price. I agree with the previous poster that their name is now false advertising which happens to be illegal.

Before I start bashing this 99-​cent store, here’s how much I LOVE the 99-​cent store, in general:
BUT, this one is a hot mess. First of all it’s ALWAYS crowded, and I mean INSANELY crowded. Second, it’s crowded mainly by the blue hairs (old people) and I mean like knockin’ on heavens door old, as in, 99 means more than 99 cents, it’s the average age in here. As in, I literally saw at least 10 walkers or wheel chairs here today alone and NO JOKE, one lady was hunched over her walker shoving packages of bologna into a secret hidden pouch near the wheels. Granny be sleelin’ and wheelin’. I love me some oldies, but the ones in here are angry and on the bargain hunt and you don’t get between a blue hair and her bargain prunes.
The aisles are SO crowded that I often wheel my cart down and have to pass by several aisles because I cannot even get through with a cart. Making the crowded aisles even worse in the large displays of items they line up in every aisle so each aisle now only has about half the normal width since they love love love to put giant roadblocks and booby traps all over this location.
The real slap in the face is the check out. It takes the oldies 99% longer to check out than an average shopper, so expect AT LEAST a 15 – 20 minute line at any given register.
Why do I bother coming here at all? Good question. Either I’m in this neck of the woods wasting time before I have to pick up a friend, etc. OR, the real bitch about this place is that it is fully stocked. They have more of everything as compared to the La Brea location and often I can find better quality items and some real name brands in comparison to other locations. It’s not enough to make me go here on the regular since the blue hair infestation, but every couple of months I will forget how much I hate this location and make another trip from hell.
Oh did I mention the parking is a nightmare, but that is par for the course for all 99-​cent store locations in So Cal. Ok ok ok all of Los Angeles. As I stand right now I never want to step foot in this location again, but I know I will be back. Give it some time.

Be sure to bring your 99 hundredths of a cent… most items are not 99 cents, but 99.99 cents ($.9999), but are well worth it.
As other reviewers have mentioned, not everything is an amazing deal at 99 cents, but there is an amazing variety of things available at this locations and I did find some great deals. I only wish they had this store back in New York State.
So, what great values did I scope out? Well, the $ 1.99 bottle of wine definitely gives Trader Joe’s $ 2.49 bottle of Chuck Shaw a run for its money. Plus, your friends know you shelled out less than three bucks for olé Chuck, but nobody will be the wiser when you show up with a bottle of Ravait or some other brand. Also, the produce deals were quite good. I bought a small box of blueberries for 99.99 cents and quickly ate the whole box. I also spotted a box of 12 condoms for 99.99 cents. CVS wants a solid $ 8 for those.
Being from the east coast and used to the typical Dollar Tree, I was very pleasantly surprised with 99(.99) Cents Only! Check it out! And, if you spend at least $ 4, you can get your parking validated.

Joan and Melissa Rivers filming here… only in LA right!!!
Been here a few times to get few things here and there, produce mainly when it’s too busy at Elat Market where I like to go. This sotre is huge and super packed up with products, so it’s a bit hard to maneuver through it since it’s seems to be ALWAYS busy. And the parking lot is really small and people tend to lose their patience while others are trying to get in/​pull out… yikes!
The staff here works hard for what they probably make and always smile and are eagerly helpful! My rating is mainly for them. Great job! We appreciate you!

Any 99 cents store is always a hassle of parking and moving around the aisles with a cart, but this one gets a lot of points for being especially large. I don’t mind going out of my way to get the selection at this store. You can find anything here!
Not everything is cheaper here, so do your price shopping. For some things, buying in bulk elsewhere would be better. Even cans of soup can often be found for less than a dollar on sale at Vons. However, cleaning supplies are cheap here and so are some odds and ends like socks, toys, holiday decorations, spices, even beer and wine. I’ve even bought produce (2 heads of lettuce for $ 1!). The inventory changes often so you never know what you’ll find (or not find) sometimes.

This place is crazy! They have everything here!
I stumbled upon this store a couple of months back and I was so amazed by what was inside. I’ve been to dollar stores before but this place has more than what I was expecting. In addition to the usual snacks, drinks, toiletries, gift bags and wrapping paper, pans, cutlery and paper goods, the 99 cent store has fresh produce! Bananas, oranges, lettuce and bagged mixed greens, carrots, onions, tomatoes and the like are lined up in the back of the store just in front of the freezer section.
If you’re looking for anything random, or even a few things for breakfast or dinner, check this store out. Although a few things are marked at a slightly higher price, most things in there are $.99.