Publix

I love My Publix. They always have great deals like «Buy one Get one Free». Staff are always pleasant and very helpful. All Publix are organized and extremely clean. It really is a pleasure shopping at Publix. They are truly my #1 grocery store. Been a customer for the past 30 years in Miami Florida.

LOVE this «little» store. Sure, it’s old and it is not huge but it has a great selection of products and the staff here treats you like you are the most important customer in the world. They can’t do enough for you. Any item I have ever seen at another store or on TV is available to me the next day, I only need to ask. I once wanted an item Publix no longer carries. It is a hard to find item. Their employee tracked it down, called me at home and told me where I could get it. WHO does that? NOBODY. The butcher is great and will cut a special order for you while you shop. The manager at the Deli, Patrica, has been there for 20 years always goes the extra mile. Nice fresh produce. And the checkout is great. If it gets crowded (rarely) they will quickly open another register and guide you over. These people care. Plenty of easy access parking. Quick in and out.

An Old School Publix– this one is the same as the rest as far as I can tell form the inside; the 60s look from the outside makes it a nice landmark in the middle of Miami Beach. Otherwise just as you have come to expect from Publix — friendly and helpful employees, good groceries.

How can I not be a fan of Publix and «Little Publix» at that?! They say, at one point, it was the only Publix on the beach! I had only lived on the beach for a little over 2 years and so trying to understand that fact was tough. There are other markets and places to get fresh foods but Publix is a local grocery chain a lot of us south Floridians cannot do without. I always enjoy the smiling faces of some of the same workers who are there each day and do really care to help customers. These days that is a are item to come by. Their prices always match up and the BOGOs and deals in the weekly ad are wonderful. This spot in particular is nice since it is small and cosy and so if you need to just run and get a gallon of milk on Mid-​Beach area. There you go!

always enjoyed grabbing a sub at the deli or have them make me a wrap at the deli during my lunch when I worked at the beach. one time I saw these beautiful blue orchids. hope they never tear down this old historic Publix.

I have been terribly disappointed by this Publix.
I moved to Miami Beach in July, 2014 and this is my closest grocery store. I regularly look at expiration dates, but even with a cautious degree of scrutiny, I’ve been burned many times, and apparently take for granted that it’s someone’s job to remove expired items from the shelves.
I bought eye drops that were expired by nearly a year and just recently checked the expiration date of the salsa I’ve been eating, and it said November, 2013 — 8 months before I moved to Miami Beach.
There have been times where I wanted to buy plain Greek yogurt and could not find one that hadn’t expired. And when I came back a few days later, the same expired yogurts were still on display, and we aren’t talking days, they had been expired for several weeks.
Is anybody getting paid to remove expired items?
It’s scary to think that you could be taking home food, medications, or products that have been expired for nearly a year, and it’s a terrible waste of money.
Additionally, the workers move very slowly and the customer service is fair.
Some of the positives are that the parking lot is big enough so there are always available spots and it is rarely super crowded.

If you are looking for a small and easy supermarket to navigate through. this is it! This is an old historic Publix but I just love it. Some of the new ones are just so big and overwhelming. Always great deals here. fruits and vegetables are usually pretty fresh. I recommend going on a weeknight after 7 or 8
p.m. when it’s a bit less crowded. They even carry their own organic brand that is super affordable and even carry some of the same items sold at Whole Foods (ex: Mary’s brand items, LaCroix, and others)

Not a very large selection of products, taxis are never available and cashiers are soooo slow!!!

Old but still decent place to shop.

This publix customer service is great but it’s old and outdated, always tons of stuff missing, always frustrated when I have to go to this one… I guess because it’s so small?

Built in the Googie style of architecture, this Publix has stood the test of time, and witnessed the different eras and phases that the beach has gone through. It has seen celebrities who stayed in nearby hotels, remodeling, even some actual celebrity patrons! I like the convenience it offers me, being the closest Publix to my home. Another plus it has going in its favor is the ease in parking. No need to pay for parking or becoming dizzy going up, up, up in a garage with ramps full of speed-​crazy people who take the curves at 25 mph, resulting in a near miss of a head-​on collection. Here, there are plenty of lots, and I have yet to see them all fill up at any given time. The produce section is well-​stocked and the items appeared fresh.
What it has going against it though are the narrow aisles, as evidenced yesterday by some inconsiderate women who parked their carts to chit chat and created a bottleneck by having me and 2 other people patiently wait for them to finish their conversation. In some aisles, you can barely fit 2 carts side by side without knocking products off the shelves or bumping into the other cart, but in other aisles (like this one), getting 2 carts side by side is impossible.
Another thing that’s not so great is the fact that unlike the Publix on SoFi, there’s no hot foods section. I’m not even sure where they keep the rotisserie oven, as I could not see it when scanning around for fresh rotisserie chicken. I had to resign myself to the lone chicken sitting on the shelf for dinner. I guess that unlike other locations, they don’t prepare many chickens, so the risk of not finding one runs high. I consider myself fortunate for finding the very last one! Items like mac and cheese, which would be in hot trays and served fresh to order in other locations, were already packaged and refrigerated. I did not want to buy a pound of mac and cheese for the kiddo, so that was a bit of a bummer.
The deli itself is also quite small (not just the counter and the merchandise on display but also, the waiting area), and a bit of a wild west. Although there were tickets and people would take a number, the employees behind the counter would yell numbers randomly, like «32» followed by «43». Huh? They wouldn’t update the number ticker either after helping the next customer in line, who knows why. A guy almost got into a fight with me as he claimed he was «37» but my ticket said «37». When I asked him to produce his ticket, he became quiet. Ha! Then, a Russian man and his wife got angry that I was next in line, as they were «38» and had already started placing their order when I interrupted them politely… sorry dude, not my fault, should have gotten there earlier! He cursed me out in Russian, I am convinced of it.
To end the review on a positive note, the manager saw a line building up and quickly had one of the employees open up a register to ring me up, so kudos for the attentive service.
In conclusion: if you need to buy produce and grocery items, this is a good way to quickly run in, get what you need, and get out but you’ll need some patience if navigating with a cart due to small aisles and inconsiderate people. If you need hot food items or something from the deli or the bakery (which is also small), best to save your time and head over to one of the larger Publix locations (there’s a brand new one around 64^th and Collins that is HUGE!), so as to avoid disappointment.
PS: Andrej’s photos are inaccurate, and not for this location. I am unsure of which location he photographed, but it’s not this one.

Lactose– and gluten-​intolerant friends — BEWARE of this Publix’s deli area. The employees here have no idea what is in their food! Even worse, they have a tendency to guess, incorrectly I might add! For instance, I recently asked them multiple times if a single ingredient (butter, and another time I asked about soy sauce) was in one of the side-​dishes they prepare — the first response was a shrug of shoulders; the second response was «probably not». the third response i got (10 minutes later) from an employee who disappeared into the back to search for the list of ingredients, emerging 5 minutes later saying, «oh yes, it’s got butter in it». DO NOT TRUST THESE EMPLOYEES! If I had trusted the hunch of the first idiot’s assessment, my day would have been over!

From previous reviews of other area Publix — people probably know that I’m not a «big» Publix fan by any means — but for Beach attitude and a half hearted attempt to stock things families really need and not just cater to mythical gazzillionaire tourists — this Publix gets four stars for effort and nice employees — I was convinced I might be in a dual reality for a moment, but not, here — shopping indeed was a pleasure.

EXTREMELY small location. Very little to offer however, they do have a decent wine selection here (I was very surprised). If you know ahead of time that this location is very small, then it’s okay. If you don’t know that, then you might be very disappointed. There are better Publix’s in the area that are far larger and not far away at all.

Tiny… so that means it’s going to be easy to navigate. Parking is actually plentiful considering how narrow the aisles are inside the super market. Calling this place a super market is a bit of a stretch really. Although it is much bigger than your local corner store.
But there are 3 Publix supermarkets on Miami Beach, so if you’re looking for more variety, then there is variety to be had. Remember, everything about this store is downsized so don’t get upset if you can’t find what you’re looking for.
There are other fish in the sea…

This Publix puts the «fun» back in «functional». Stop here every year to get my pre-​marathon supplies (bagels, coffee, peanut butter) and never disappoints. Parking is at a premium but they have what I need and I’ve always been able to get in and out lickety-​split. The guy in the bakery yesterday was particularly helpful.
Maybe I am biased because I’m used to shopping in grocery stores in Brooklyn which are mostly skeeve-​tacular, but I like this clean, well-​lighted stores with wide aisles!

This is the smallest and oldest Publix in South Beach. It is conveniently located and serves the purpose when you need the basics. It has the best parking lot of the 3 because the lot is outdoors. No need for circling through those indoor garages. It would be great if they had a pharmacy too. Also all of the aisles for entry into the store are closed except for the last one. That way they make sure you circle the whole store if all you need are fruits and veggies.

I don’t normally review places like this but this publix is such a shit hole I couldn’t pass it by. Not only does their selection of, well, everything suck but most things are also expired. Yesterday I bought a chobani greek yogurt and when i opened it it had blue green mold growing in it– and I dont mean just a few specks I mean that shit had taken over the top of my yogurt– gross (and now I know why you should stir and not shake your yogurt). Then I went back today and bought some pepperidge farm cookies and they too are expired. so now I know– ALWAYS look at the date if you really must go here. I think i’ll be visiting the one on alton and 5^th from now on

This Publix looks very cool from the outside. It looks like one of their original stores from the 50s or 60s, which is a bit unique as opposed to some of their newer, larger and more up to date and modern stores.
That being said, inside, the entire store looks old, tired, dirty, poorly maintained and run down. I had 3 friends visiting from LA recently. They were in town for UMF, were staying on the beach and they mentioned on the way home from dinner that they’d like to stop and grab some snack foods and beverages for their hotel room. I took them here since we had dinner on Lincoln Road and this is the closest grocery store I could think of. Once we got inside, I was embarassed that I’d brought them here! While they found everything they needed, the place was pretty sad looking inside, their selection was limited, and to boot, their prices were pretty high, especially considing the condition of the store itself.
My suggestion to Publix would be to close this location down and encourage people to visit the larger one located a few blocks away, or to keep the cool, retro looking façade and signage, and gut the interior completely and start over.

This Publix is the closer one to my apt. so naturally, it is my convenience Publix. I just wish it was just a little more kept up. It really feels old and doesn’t have a lot of things in stock. I come here for a few quick things and when I don’t want to travel that much further. My favorite, newer Publix is down a few more streets. I know you guys are the oldest kids in the block, but a little TLC is due. One pro, I bought my gorgeous little Christmas tree here for $ 25.00 and I love the smell of pine as I walk in. I find myself coming here a lot more now during the month of December.