99 Cents Only Stores

Okay so this may be weird but honestly this is probably the best dollar store I have ever been to (and that is probably an embarrassing amount). For real this is top notch. They have so many things, and a lot of pretty solid quality things too. I would be lying if I said I was in and out real quick. because I spent like an hour wandering around (I really need a life?). But there was a pretty good food section with some good brands.
Honestly it was just clean and felt like a grocery store. It felt nicer than most CVS or Rite Aids you go into. This is like top notch dollar store and I totally recommend it! The quality of things may not be over the moon amazing, but lets be honest, for a dollar… Solid.

CALIFORNIA HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS!!!
Don’t trust anything you buy here. Double check the expiration date before purchasing. They leave expired milk and other food products out on the shelves. When you catch it when you get home, they contest it when you take it back.
The roasting pan they sell for the holidays leak. Poured the bird’s juices all over the oven floor. Had to go to Stater Bros to buy a new one. Switched it out. Took it back. Clerk was RUDE and abusive. Would not refund.
Russian roulette with your purchases here.

This is a very clean and well kept 99 cent only store! Helpful associates too. This one doesn’t look as packed as others. The checkout line was pretty quick and fast. Closest one to my house.

Horrible, horrible horrible customer service. To the horribly rude employee with bleached blonde hair and piercings… I cannot fathom what day you might of had to be so incredibly rude to me over a shopping cart that was not mine. Then to call me a liar after I had checked out, well now ma’am that was absolutely uncalled for. I have NEVER been treated so poorly over something I didn’t even do. I called corporate and filed a complaint, I really hope you get your life together and treat customers with respect. Because you obviously have none for yourself. Will NEVER go back to this store. Tried calling 4 times and was hung up on each time, I would hope any company would not want to be represented this way!

Yup gotta love the 99cent stores :-) once u learn about all the items you typically used to pay 2−3x more for elsewhere you never shop anywhere other than your local 99cent store… you are silly not to!
This location isn’t bad but isn’t my favorite. It’s cleaner for the most part but not always organized.

Omg, if you go there you better be ready to be patient. If you have no patience, stay away. They are sooooo slow at the cashiers stations. They have about 5 stations and if your lucky two will be open, even if there are 20 people per line. The new girls are not personable to ladies. Only men. I love 99 cents store because they carry lots of things I need in my daily life,. Another BIG negative is that they have palettes everywhere around the store. Very dangerous and then they say thru the speaker not to go thru the palettes for your safety. Ive been there back to back and palettes still on the floor picked thru, come on 99 cents, shelf those items so people buy your items before they expire or rot. store looks a mess always. I will still shop there but I only go when I’m not in a rush.

LOST all loyalty, and respect for this store because of one supervisor named Jackie, and $ 2 dollars. Ridiculous! But it’s on principle to be sure!. Companies this large should really be carful when it comes to their leadership. This was a location I have been a regular customer at since they opened. I have driven out of my way to go to this store. I live in Silverado and could easily go to the Rancho or Lake forest store.
This is a store that I do large shopping once a month, and stop in only if I happen to be in the neighborhood at other times. On my monthly visits my bill is generally 100 dollars. As you can imagine that is a huge basket of goods from that store. I had such a basket on a day that happened to be very busy for the store. I even helped the checker bag so as to move the line. Well she had set 6 loaves of bread on the side so as not to get smashed, and then accidentally forgot to hand me one of the bags with two of the loaves. I get all the way home, and discover this. I put the receipt in my wallet and figured I would just bring it to the attention of a manager next time I was there.
That is what I did. On my next big shopping day there I rolled my cart that had 75 to 100 dollars worth of groceries up to a manager named Jackie. I pulled my receipt out and showed it to Jackie. She was not friendly to begin with, and then she looked at the bottom at the date, and because it was three weeks ago she actually laughed and said no. I was in total disbelief. I asked if she though it was strange that I would hold onto a receipt that was as long as my arm, and just randomly pick out 2 loaves of bread that I am asking her to replace with the two I had in my cart during that shopping day, which by the way did again add up to almost 100 dollars. I was not even requesting a refund of two dollars. But, she turned and as she was walking away still kind of laughing just shook her head and said «NO». She just dismissed me completely. I mean are you kidding me. They were not even busy that day.
Good lord. Common sense with a manager goes a long way. I just walked away in disbelief. I mean do you know how often I get all the way home and find out that all but one of the plums are all brown and bad inside the 2 bags I bought, or apples are bad, or strawberries grow furry mold in 24 hours, or that three of the pens out of the pack of ten don’t write, or the permanent ink wipes off, or something from the refrigerated area does not last to the expedition date, etc. etc. I have not ever once brought one thing back and asked for a refund. I have always chalked it up to the price I pay for the overall huge saving I get shopping there. And, even given those occasional losses, I way the gains, and therefore also have felt comfortable to continue to sing the praises to all my friends and family who never even considered the 99 cent store as a place to shop, especially for groceries.
So this manager Jackie that the 99 cent only store left in charge at 789 S. Tustin Street in Orange, Ca. location has single handedly put such an awful taste in my mouth about my feeling over that store in particular, but in general all the 99 cent only stores I have supported for years now over two loaves of bread. Her disregard for me, her lack of respect, and them seemingly humorous dismissal of me. But, aside from the nature of the inappropriate level of disrespect, how could upper level management leave someone in charge completely lacking ability to assess a simple situation based on it’s merit, as well as evidenced by the sheer number of items and amount of my bill. But even worse for the chain as a whole, were two loaves of bread worth a customer feeling like this, and wanting to share how bad the experience was with friends family, and even social media. This is the first time I have ever written a review like this. I did it because this experience over 2 loaves of bread had completely changed how I see the 99 cent only store!
Perhaps you could train managers like Jackie the importance of weighing the gains and losses, and making better managerial decisions as a representative of really ALL of the 99 cent only stores.

This is a nice looking store with easy parking. They have good stock. It’s located in an attractive shopping center.
However, the attractive store and nice surroundings are marred by some terrible problems. Many food items are expired. I found milk, some other dairy products, as well as packaged food on the aisle that were expired.
I told store personnel who seemed unconcerned. A couple of them acted like I was bothering them while they are stocking shelves. Sorry to bother you, but I am not going to just ignore your company selling expired or maybe spoiled food. I deserve better, as do your other customers.
There were only two Cash registers open. Lots of people in line, lines too long. I left empty handed.
This store has bad management. Terrible.
The company should close that location until it can be cleaned up. Or the health department should close it for them.
Is it even legal to sell milk 3 weeks out of date? See pictures. Milk dated November 24, and this is December 17! Geez. I posted a picture of it!

YOU LL WALK OUT WITH A HEADACHE!!!
New store, with horrible manager «Leo» so easily replaceable and yet he acts like he owns the place. He should level his attitude down before someone lays him out. Your lack of customer service shows throughout the whole store with your unprofessional untrained employees. You fail as a leader by acting tuff when I can see right through you and it’s all a front. Your cashier «Graciela» clearly doesn’t know what customer service is and her lack of people skills is terrible. For the convenience the store is ok but for the headache I rather make the drive.

When did the 99 cents store start selling things that were more than $ 1? Although this store was pretty large and had a large produce and freezer section, I couldn’t get over the price increase. They do a good job of marking packages that were over $ 1, but it seemed like half of the store was over $ 1. I’m not sure if it was an anomaly, but the checkout lines were ridiculously long.

A very nice store. A bit newer than others we’ve patronized. Cleaner and larger with lots of fresh produce and bakery goods. Unfortunately, like many stores the aisles are crowded with extra items for sale which makes it really tough when some fat butt patron decides to stop right in the way of traffic so you can’t get by.
My only complaint about the employes is:
Why am I being forced to bag my own products?
I hand the cashiers my reusable bags, they dump them with the check items and then just stare at me when I’m not bagging things for them. If someone behind me needs the plastic bags the cashier bags them. With me they just move on and let everything pile up on the counter.
Parking is crazy, too. Developers made the parking spaces the smallest they legally could. You’re better off parking down by Harbor Freight.

Decided to go in for a couple of things. The employees are clueless. The produce looked old not fresh. The only good things here are the gift bags and balloons.
Seems the employees like playing musical chairs but with the cashier registers. The lady kept saying, I’m not suppose to be scanning. Then don’t do it, omg it was a circus. DOUBLE CHECK WHEN THEY ARE SCANNING, they will double charge you. I was charge twice for the same item. Over this place.

Nice selections of 2015 Disney calendars for $ 1. Bought 2 Doc McStuffins. Classic Princesses, Princess Sophia, Jake the Pirate, Classic Mickey, and Minne Bowtique are also $ 1.
Clean store. Convenient location on Tustin St at the junction of freeways 22 and 55.

This is the best 99 cent store around. Its clean and the people shopping there seem normal. They have good deals on lots of items but if you see something you like grab it right away, stuff goes like hotcakes there. I especially like the ceramic mushrooms for your garden they have there for 99 cents, I have bought the same ones at the high end nurseries for $ 5.99. They look cute in the planters. I go to the 99 cent store at least twice a month.

This place is more like an actual grocery store than any other 99 Cent Store I’ve been. The produce was fresh looking. The store was clean, and most importantly EVERYTHING was 99 cents or less.
This place is my go-​to for cheap groceries & toiletries.

This store is hit and miss when it comes to the really good deals. Lucky for me, I scored big time today! I got the large 32oz bottles of Naked Juice today, full size packs of chips ahoy cookies, Kashi cereal, as well as the 89oz bottles of Gold Peak iced tea. If you see something there that you like, buy it right away because it will be gone if you wait and come back later.

This store is much cleaner than most of the other 99 Cents Only stores that I have shopped at.
Sometimes the cashiers are friendly and talk (greeting, brief conversation, and a thank you) with you, but most often you will get just ‘your total’ and sometimes a ‘thank you.‘
Parking lot is shared by a handful of other stores, which normally wouldn’t be a problem… but this lot is very small to begin with. Expect to circle around a few times before finding a parking spot.

This store is right off the 22 fwy which is convenient. Their produce section is pretty good which sets them apart from other discount stores. They stock their produce every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Parking is really bad sometimes since its shared with other businesses, especially on the weekends. Overall they have good deals so no parking issues will stop me :)

This space used to be a plant /​pottery /​crap store that was overpriced and pretty usesless. When I saw a 99 Cents Only Store was going into the space, I was not impressed. I thought parking and traffic would be horrible.
Well, I was right. There is a notable increase in traffic in the immediate area and the parking lot is almost always packed. I try to avoid this strip center.
We came into 99 Cents Only the other day to get some party stuff for my son’s 5^th bday. They have a decent selection of cheap plates, cups, candy, and favors. We bought a bunch of stuff for the party.
I also bought a couple Topsy Turvy tomato growing systems. At a buck, I couldn’t beat the price. Hopefully, the tomatoes will grow as well as advertised.
The store itself is surprisingly clean and well organized. It is small, but there is a lot of stuff here.
This store is an option for buying stuff on the cheap. That is A-​OK in my book.

This is a new location… I love new. It used to be a cute little plant & accessory boutique shop for the longest time… kinda miss it… they had these really cute purple mini plants that I would buy… oh well.
So this place has big containers of Organic Baby Spinach, tons of cherry ICEE in the frozen section, cool new flavors of marshmallows & tons of other goodies… all for .99 cents!!! Not everything is worth getting here though… very few things like the Campbell’s soup… cheaper at Walmart & some grocery stores when you can get 2 for $ 1.