Kroger Marketplace

This Kroger is one of the best in the Cincinnati/​Northern KY area. However, the worst part of this store is the parking lot and surrounding streets. Stay alert and watch out for all the crazy bread and milk shoppers driving at 40mph through the parking lot to snag a spot close to the door.
This store recently added clothes and whatnot that has turned it into a more Walmart/​Meijer hybrid instead of a simple mega grocery store. Basically, everything you could want under one roof is available (except wine, liquor, and beer which are in a separate building due to weird KY liquor laws.)
The Starbucks inside this Kroger is almost an afterthought. It is located right by the customer service desk and not enclosed on any side so it is rather noisy and distracting.

The best grocery store in the Cincinnati area! There are a couple of grocery stores that are closer to where I live, but the selection/​variety and friendly staff made me a loyal customer to this store. The staff in the meat/​seafood department are wonderful. I purchased fish, and they offered spices, garnished with some herbs and provided a bag that was easy and convenient to bake the fish. Also, they are the only store with duck breast in the area, and the staff placed a special order for whole duck upon request.

Huge! Bigger and nicer than Walmart.

I deduct one star due to frequent stock problems whenever I go there. It is a very busy store but many items I need have empty shelves (different times of the day too). That takes away one star.
Kroger has been pushing their app pretty hard recently. Unfortunately, if you have no data plan on your smartphone or a tablet, you are out of luck — this is a Wi-​Fi ghost town. Extremely surprising for a company that prides itself with its IT department and considering stores like Meijer, Target, etc. (or pretty much every other store nowadays) offer a free, indoor Wi-​Fi. This takes away another star.
As far as quality, produce is very high quality. Would like to see wider selection of «health» foods, and the department is admittedly growing.
Their staff is amazingly friendly, unlike some of Meijer stores, (where you pretty much being felt like you are bothering them with your shopping there). Checkout is fast and plentiful, even during busy times. Their baggers are mostly absolutely great, although I have had one that spilled fragile fruit all over the floor and then tried to quietly place the fruit in the bag that was totally mushed up. Most though handle your produce with care and I love the lady who seals the bread bags from bakery with a sticker, before bagging (Thank you ma-​am!).
One more thing, the gas station carries E85 which is a plus (though annoyed theE85 prices never show up on none of the fuel price checking sites/​apps). Gas station can be very busy and it is clearly undersized for its location.

Our go-​to supermarket. Can get particularly busy on Saturday mornings however never so much so that we experience any significant delay. Excellent produce department chock full of fruits/​veggies as you would expect. Great seafood/​meat department. They do some prepared foods but I can’t comment on it. Nothing flashy but definitely clean which is all I ask for. Oh and samples on the weekends. Lots and lots of samples all over the place after 10am on Saturday. They’ve recently expanded to included things such as clothes/​furniture which is odd but is likely the result of direct competition from Meijer or Target. This location has an on-​site pharmacy, jewelry store, US Bank, Wine store, gas station. As long as the shelves stay stocked and aisles clean, we’re in.

This is for the floral department: If you need flowers go here!!! For anything. They did our wedding and it was inexpensive and FANTASTIC. Seriously like robbing the place cheap. Erica is simply the best. Have her do your flowers for anything and everything!

We had originally thought to go the path of least resistance for our wedding flowers, but after getting a quote of nearly $ 1000 for a small order of wedding flowers, we sought other options.
I am so grateful that our venue recommended that we check out Kroger’s florist services. Erica was an absolute dream to work with. Her communication style lets you know exactly what she has in mind for the designs and she was so patient guiding us through all the decisions. Her hands on approach and exquisite creations came in at under a third of the other florists we considered.
The flowers lasted for weeks after the event and were so fresh on the day of, they were practically busting with vibrant color. It is rare to love your vendor this much, but Kroger made our wedding flowers as least stressful as possible. Go check them out!!!

Needed to shop on Thanksgiving so of course this place was packed. Super friendly service at the butcher, deli & checkout on a hectic holiday.

This location is a huge store, and they offer everything you could think of BUT… the staff that they have is one of the worst I have seen.
I realize that there are a lot of young people working at this location, however, they should at least have some manners and common sense. They stock the shelves during the busiest time of the day, and the employees are rude and disrespectful to the shoppers, I have been rammed with a heavy cart loaded with boxes so high that the guy couldn’t see where he was going, and I guess an apology was too much to ask. He scowled at me like it was my fault for being there in his way…
The checkout lanes are always open, and they pride themselves on having the fastest checkout. I would rather stand in line a few more minutes, than have my items thrown around and smashed because they are trying to be fast.
When is it ever a good idea to put a loaf of bread in the same bag with a 2 liter of coke? I would like to be able to actually eat the food that I just spent my hard earned money for.
Kroger has a lot of good prices and a good variety, however, customer service goes a long way. I would rather spend my money at Remke, at least they value your business and say «Thank you». Not too much to ask in my book.

OMG — You could move into this place and never leave. Not only do they have the average grocery items they also have prepared foods, salad bars, bulk items, furniture, pharmacy items, housewares, flowers, and on and on. The place was clean and organized. The staff was helpful too.

This location might be too convenient– draws a crowd ²⁴⁄₇. However, the store is always exceeding standards. It is clean, stocked, and all check out lines are open. A great shopping experience every week!

No more double coupons, has me questioning if I’ll be back to Kroger.
Granted, if you looking for atypical fresh produce, spices, etc… they probably have it, but for regular grocery shopping the prices are not so great.
Last time I was here, I went to Target first and passed up purchasing several items, because I thought it would be cheaper at Kroger with the double coupon… then I learned NO MORE DOUBLE COUPONS — big let down.
On the plus side, they usually have good samples and the sushi is really good (for grocery store sushi).
My grocery store loyalty is in limbo right now…

This Kroger Marketplace is a beast. Sometimes, too much of a beast!
They sell everything from produce, to table linens, to decorative bathroom accessories. You name it, this Kroger probably has it. Actually my sister and I make jokes when we can’t find something, we immediately ask, «Did you check Kroger?»
The produce is always fresh! And I have a love/​hate relationship with their deli ordering station. YES! If you didn’t know when you walk in you can order from this nifty little machine that will get sent to the deli folks and they will have your order waiting for you when you are done shopping. Great in theory, horrible in execution! Every time we have used this it has actually taken longer to get our order, and seriously I shop for at least an hour.
Another tip: avoid this place like the plague on Sundays unless you want to punch a baby. But overall a great Kroger, and one of the biggest for sure!

You can get just about EVERYTHING at this Kroger’s. We even purchased our wedding bands at the Fred Meyer’s located inside of this Kroger’s. LOL
Great place to shop.

I’m updating my review for the Newport Kroger Marketplace… and I’m sorry to say it isn’t an improvement. I ran over to this location on my lunch hour from Covington so that I could get some items for dinner at my in-​laws. I also thought since I was going to be shopping over lunch, that I might as well get something to eat in the deli line.
So…it’s Wednesday and this place is literally crawling with people and activity. The «chef» stalls were active, samples everywhere (like it was Saturday). That’s not a bad thing, I can eat my weight in cheese cubes and chips and dips, but it doesn’t make for an efficient trip because it’s not just ME eating my weight in cheese, it’s a lot of folks.
I ordered a sandwich from a woman behind the counter making what appeared to be a catered sandwich tray. She was pleasant, but you could tell that she was busy, so the pleasantries were minimal. When I went to the register to pay, there was noone there… but I did notice that there were about…5 people standing around in the back, chit chatting, most of them in «chefs» coats. A female (in a chef’s coat) asked me if she could help and I advised that I wanted to pay… and then she gave really dark, ugly stares to the women making the sandwich trays and didn’t move an inch – later I saw one of the «chefs» ringing someone out, so I’m fairly certain she could have done it, but she seemed very self important. One of the ladies (who was actually WORKING) came over to ring me up and I went on about my business of attempting to navigate this very ill planned store.
Unlike the other Kroger Marketplace stores, where the pasta and Italian sauces are in or located near the «International» foods, the pasta and sauce in this store are mixed in with cookies and snack crackers. Because that makes the most sense. I spent 5 extra minutes reading signs to direct me to the pasta.
When I finally got the pasta/​sauce? Stockboys. 3 of them, to be exact. Never speaking, but standing completely in the way so that you can’t possibly reach passed them, whirling around you with crates of sauce, etc, setting them down to your left, right, behind so you end up almost tripping.
I swear, this store is SO off my list. I’d rather pay more and go across the street to Remke!

This is my Kroger. It is one of the new marketplaces and has a bit of a mega store feel. However, while they sell housewares and such, it is still primarily a grocery store, a decent one at that. They are missing a few items I enjoy but generally carry everything I need/​want. I also find the pharmacy to be very good. It’s nice dropping off a script and shopping while they fill it.
A few tips.
Don’t go on Sunday! It’s soooo busy! I’d rather go hungry!
Use your Kroger gas points here, you can use more than 10 cents at a time.
Check the meat at the deli, I’ve gotten dry, skanky slices more than once.
Drink Big K, it’s so good! Ha!

I love this place. I had previously gone to the smaller older Krogers untill I found this one. This Kroger Marketplace is way way better than any smaller kroger. I spend way too much time at the cheese island. Their cheese section is staffed and you can get samples of just about anything! Also, they have a cold good bar at the cheese island which has fresh hummus, and an awesome selection of olives and other goodies.
The store layout is well done and I have never seen a kroger with this much furniture for sale. You can’t go wrong here.

Fantastic grocery store: it always has everything the fiancée and I want and need. The prices for food and beverages are very reasonable, the pharmacy is well-​stocked, and when I need to get home furnishings, well, they sell those, too!
This Kroger is a proper grocery store, so, yes, you may have to actually walk through the store for a few minutes to get what you need. It’s not a quick-​stop grocery, so don’t expect to walk in and be faced with everything you need as though it’s a 7 – 11.

Located on Newport’s new Pavilion Parkway — known locally as «the folly on the hill» — this Kroger fails on many levels.
Since its opening my wife and I have been unable — on 8 separate occasions — to find the produce we want and would expect a store of this size to stock. 3 times they didn’t even have fresh cilantro, nowadays a common ingredient in many dishes. Each time we have driven to the much smaller and far more decrepit Krogers in Bellevue and found what we want there. There’s all kinds of wrong with that.
The layout is also very wrong, the pharmacy and toiletries located seemingly miles away from everything else. This is doubtless based on some kind of crappy ‘customer flow’ research from a clueless marketeer but it doesn’t result in our family wanting to shop there. The liquor store is also located in its own building, across a roadway containing a drive-​thru and very isolated… to the degree that we have never felt compelled to go in there.
Generally, Pavilion Parkway has been REALLY badly thought out. Every exit to the main road is fraught with danger as they have either been located on blind corners or electric boxes and/​or gas pump signs have been placed to undermine visibility of the oncoming traffic.
Just to add insult to injury — especially for the residents of Bellevue — there are NO pedestrian walkways on the outside rim of the development, nor are there an easy way for people on foot to cross the main road. The other day I saw a woman with a kid in a pushchair heading to the Target store who was hampered time and time again trying to negotiate traffic. In the end I was forced to stop my vehicle out in the middle of the road — gaining the wrath of fellow drivers — so she could get across safely.
This whole complex has not been built for pedestrians, even though it was built in the middle of a residential neighborhood. We try and shop at any of the stores — not that there’s many to worry about — as little as possible.
EDITED 1÷10÷12 TO ADD: — Well, obviously the Pavilion Parkway complex HAS encountered several vehicle accidents since its opening because they have now installed ¾-​way stop signs at the primary entrance/​exits. This does seem to alleviate some of the problems, although my own experience is that some drivers tend to ignore those signs and STILL don’t stop on the through road, so continue to be wary!

I thought all Kroger’s were created equally. Oh, how wrong could I be!
Walking into this store, I was overwhelmed by the fact that this was a grocery store at heart — because it sure didn’t seem like it. They were selling furniture, jewelry, knickknacks, electronics. Um … where was the food?
Oh, there it is, behind the giant Starbucks stand.
Once I found the things I came for — you know, groceries … at a grocery story — I was very happy. Everyone was clean and organized and it was easy to navigate and find just what I was looking for. They also have many, many check-​out lanes and it never seems to be that busy. I don’t think I’ve ever waited more than 30 seconds before I started checking out — that earns it a full star right there.
Also, there is an adjoining full-​liquor store. You do have to go outside and walk down to find it, but it makes me happy that it’s there.
Here’s the thing. I’m impressed, obviously, but I don’t go to grocery stores for everything. I go for food. And don’t get me wrong, their quality and selection of food is good — but do I really need to buy a major camping tent or diamond earrings along with my Captain Crunch? I’m not sure that I do.