Max Muscle of Newport Beach

I bought some PB2, a peanut butter powder here on 5÷27÷15. Got it home and realized it was not the premium chocolate type. Took it back to the store on 6÷4÷15 and the kid at the counter wouldn’t take it back because he couldn’t find the paper with the returnable products. He called his boss, who didn’t answer and told me the boss wouldn’t be back in shop until ⁶⁄₉. I got home and looked more closely at the jar to notice that it had expired – as of 8÷19÷14!!! I will be taking the product back on Tuesday and getting a refund. Will not shop there again. Additionally, it is extremely hard to find a parking place in this shopping center if you are there between 11:30am and 1pm.

I’ve been here numerous times, but only because it’s the only sports nutrition shop nearby and I’m often in need of a quick supplement. Every time, I leave empty-​handed and wonder why I can’t just learn my lesson.
First, this store has very pushy, presumptuous salespeople. Second, it has a strongly inferior selection of nutritional products. You won’t find many healthy, respectable brands here — mostly low-​end crap loaded up with sugars and fats, and sold by unknown brands.
If those things weren’t enough, well, the products that *are* in stock are quite stale! When I’ve had the misfortune to buy protein bars here, they were dry, crumbly, off-​tasting. When I’ve bought premixed protein shakes, they were filled with little coagulated clumps! Apparently there is a problem with the HVAC or refrigeration or something.
Avoid.