Trader Joe’s

I love Trader Joe’s in general. This one has added benefit of being a bit more spacious then any of the others I have been to on either coast. This is my go to snack spot — traders has the best snack food. Somehow I feel like it’s healthier here even though that may not be true. I love the frozen section gyoza, wine bargains, the variety of chips, the selection of hummus and dip, the crackers, the nuts and dried fruit. I will say that this isn’t where I buy meat, cleaning products, paper goods or other common necessities. This store just doesn’t carry it all and thus for some categories it comes up short. For what it carries, it does well. I definitely go here frequently.

Convenient to have a store here in this location. It’s directly across from the beach. I had planned to go to that beach during our visit but we were short on time. It is a small plaza with a few shops.

I’m going out of my way to write a review for this particular Trader Joe’s because they were so hilarious/​helpful when buying booze for my recent engagement party.
We ended up buying wine pretty much exclusively from Trader Joe’s for the party– a decision I do not regret. When buying, people were helpful with suggestions, asked us where the party was, and gave us help outside and packing up our car. Super friendly and helpful staff — have been coming here for years and will definitely come back!

My favorite grocery store. Carries 95% of what I need in a big supermarket, with less time due to no long checkout lines, friendly staff and smaller space.

Ever feel like you walk into a place that seems utterly desolate and sucks the positive energy right out of you? No? Well then go to this place. Some of the crew here seem impersonal, arrogant, unhappy and unfriendly. I despise this place.

Been a huge fan of trader joes since a little kid, they got the best organic stuff, and also have cheap yet high quality wine/​pizza/​flowers
Also got my favorite cookie butter

Have to say probably the worst Trader Joes I have ever been to as far as customer relations goes. Started off with the parking lot creeper guard who literally followed us into the store to make sure we were shoppers (talking loudly to another employee about all the cars he had towed away throughout the day) Then onto the curt and clearly uninterested aloof food servers. I realize that it was an hour to closing but the attitudes of the employees was ridiculously unfriendly. Only one female cashier was nice (we had a large starving group). When we mentioned the rude parking lot man we were treated with even more curt disregard… we were a group of all ages ranging from 78 to 16. As there was no place in the store to sit and enjoy our goods we chose to sit on the back of our car and once again was treated to the stalking parking lot patrol man glares. (Did I mention the whole time we were eating about 4 various cars with beauties were parking and walking over to nearby restaurants?). Although the food was good… Our fun evening at the festival ended on a horribly sour note. Won’t be returning to this Joes.

Joseph gave me quality customer service, showed me quite a few samples of different products and gave Me some insight on how to select certain products. He was completely helpful and made me want to return.

Around visions 8pm 7÷17÷15. Very friendly place watermelon quality was very good good ripe and color like a blood color so sweet very impressive

Great food selection, great prices, great service, great market.
With all these comes a price… the crowd… which can be stressful, especially at locations that have small parking lots.
This one in particular has not been crowded but we go after dinner so it’s usually right before they close.
Their frozen dinners are actually pretty healthy and tasty! I like the salmon with mint and yogurt sauce… don’t knock it before you try it! ;-)
The packaged lunches are always a good choice. Egg plant wraps are our favorite.
Fruit and veggies are usually pretty fresh. Sometimes you have to search for the good ones but that’s the case as most places.

I am so tired of buying moldy produce, bread or rotten meat, etc. at Trader Joe’s. Not just this location, either. Check the expiration dates, folks. But even if date is good, I believe they do not properly store perishable food in their warehouse and things spoil. Bought chicken breasts yesterday and when I opened package, the smell nearly knocked me over.
Sorry TJ’s, but I am tired of giving you another chance.

Just found out about Trader Joes Orange Label Sparkling Wine. 12 bottles to take home.

We were on a two night get-​away in San Clemente for my «milestone» birthday, and took a little drive up the coast. We decided to stop here to pick up some Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate because we are not fans of hotel room coffee.
A beautiful tall young woman (I didn’t catch her name) asked us if we needed any help, and we asked for this coffee concentrate since the shelf where it’s stocked was empty. She checked to see if they had more in the back, but they were out (it’s quite popular). She told us there would be more in a couple of days, and we replied we’d be back home by then because we were only here for two nights to celebrate my special day.
We picked up a jar of Trader Joe’s 100% Colombian Instant Coffee instead (good too), and a few more things to snack on back in our room. As we were checking out, that young woman appeared with a large bouquet of flowers and gave them to me. I had to choke back tears.
Dear heart, decades from now when you are celebrating your **th birthday (the age I am now), I hope a young woman shows up on your doorstep with a truckload of September flowers for you. Just because.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Trader Joe’s is a California legendary grocery store that I wish we had in Canada! Alas this store is a great place to come to pop in and get a great view and cold drink & snack while heading north or south on the PCH!
Pricing on items is very reasonable and of course they have their Trader Joe’s house brand of specialty items that for the prepared foods, salsa’s, sauces and other unique/​interesting food items are both delicious and relatively inexpensive!
The view from the top of the hill is also great from this location! A great pit stop location!

Okay, I’m not allowed to buy their mochi balls anymore (after I finish the box of strawberry mochi balls already in my freezer)! Isn’t bite-​sized food supposed to help you with portion control? Well, that’s not really the case when you eat an entire box within 24 hours!
I’m sure my review would be much more helpful if I actually talked about their groceries (I’ll have to remember to come back and edit this later), but all I can think of right now are the one-​too-​many mango mochi balls that I just ate! There’s white powder… everywhere…
I actually really love a lot of things about Trader Joe’s (besides just their mochi balls)… it’s one of my favorite grocery stores!

This store is big, bright, spacious, and airy! It’s also clean and organized. Situated so close to the beach, it’s well stocked with prepared sandwiches and other delightful quick-​lunch or picnic-​appropriate foods.
The main thing I love about any Trader Joe’s is the staff; everyone I’ve ever encountered has been friendly, helpful, and exuded an infectious positive energy that rubs off on me. So, it was surprising to be greeted by a cashier who didn’t display those qualities; he had a ho-​hum, disinterested attitude, which left my husband and me feeling almost cheated of the «Trader Joe’s experience». We all have tough days; perhaps it was just an off day for this guy. Other than that, nice store, with plenty of convenient parking.

I’ve always been a fan of trader joe’s from the moment i first learned abt it. This store is located in the strip mall near pelican hill resort. It shares the same parking lot as Mastro’s ocean club resto. A small healthy grocery store. Prices are decent. I really love their bacon here, no nitrates! apple smoked bacon, try it out! ready in 15 seconds!
The workers were fairly friendly.

Convenient to Crystal Cove beach and cottages. Easy to grab stuff for a quick beach picnic or food while staying at the cottages. The thing I like about Trader Joe’s is that they will let you sample anything in the store. They will even open sealed items for you then sample them in the back of the store for other customers.

Probably ranks among the top of the «number of Ferrari’s in parking lot» list.

This location at Crystal Cove Promenade has all the usual delightful products that you love at Trader Joe’s. Right now I’m addicted to their powerberries (dark chocolate covered blueberry-​pomegranate-​cranberry). Anyway, whatever you love at Trader Joe’s, it’s here.
What makes this one better? Plenty o’ parking in their large lot and the widest aisles I’ve ever seen in any Trader Joe’s!