Nob Hill Foods

Great job on the remodel, but… i feel like I pay for it every time I shop here. Price are way out of whack. The produce section though beautiful with the appearance of being robust is nothing but a generic offering basic produce. Lots of mushrooms, but only offer domestic, Cremona or portobello. No oyster, no shiitake.
If you want fresh basil, good luck. Plenty of sage, no basil. You want chilies only jalapeño and Serrano. No habaneros or Fresno chilies. We asked for fresh turmeric a month ago, they brought it in –two weeks later it arrived, now it’s gone.
I don’t understand we live in the «salad bowl» of California and the offerings are generic. No local farms featured. Plenty of broccoli and zucchini.
You guys need some help with your produce.

I always read Nobhill from my Research Work but never tried looking for a location. Didnt know they had one in Redwood Shores. The place was a bit private and if you don’t go that direction inside of RWS you wont find it. So we stopped by and found it really amazing, clean, lit and affordable.
This will be our one stop shop next time we swing by RWC.
They have a salad bar that’s also appealing for $ 7.99/lb.
The every corner of the Dairy section has free cheese section.

Everything about this Nob Hill is perfectly fine. The selection is good, the prices are a little higher than other places. But that’s normal, this is Nob Hill Foods after all.
After having visited this store about a dozen times, I can confidently say that something about this grocery store makes it easily the most awkward grocery store I have ever been in. I can’t put my finger on it but everytime I leave I feel like I’ve just had a strange interaction. It’s almost like all of the staff and all of the customers at this store are in a Twilight Zone episode where everyone woke up in the exact role that they expected themselves to be playing in a little grocery store drama, however they were somehow whisked away to a different town and everybody around them were strangers.
Anyway, if you don’t have an intense fear of minor sociallt awkward situations, this Nob Hill is just as good as any other grocery store.

The remodel is great, as is the staff. Huge inventory, vast selection of cheeses, international foods, etc., but the deli needs work. I just don’t find the food palatable. And forget buying wine here – the prices are insane.

The produce is fresh. The overall prices are 10−15% higher than Safeway.
The deli and food staff have bad attitudes.

It’s okay. Doesn’t offer the best products available, the hot food bar doesn’t offer a healthy variety, and the staff aren’t so friendly. I prefer Whole Foods Market and Sigona’s Farmers Market. At least there when I have issues or questions I receive guidance and recommendations. It is convenient for those who live in the area to get an item or two.

Nob Hill is my neighborhood grocery store — love their new look. Don’t buy my everyday grocery here — I do find the produce and most of the staples a tad bit more expensive than my neighborhood Trader Joes (or Belmont Farmer’s Market). I love their «Something Extra» Program and do shop their Sales Flyer on a regular basis. Love their Bakery (Winnie their baker is amazing! always has a smile, she is amazing with kids and really helped my son pick his birthday cake… he adores her… Thank You for all you do!) Love their Deli — there is an extensively good selection of salads that we pick when not in a mood to cook. There is a new beer/​wine bar which looks very hip and cool… maybe I will try it one of these days.

This place is the sister store of Raley’s and Bel Air from Sacramento. Pretty much the same layout but with a little more upscale product similar to Whole Foods, but without the Whole Foods prices. Super clean location and spotless isles. One thing that is great is that the isles are super wide and give ample room to move. They seem to have everything as well as a nice salad and food bar area. The parking area is a little tight as they seem to squeeze the cars in very tightly and negotiating the lot is a little tough. Super clean and polished concrete floors and the place is spotless!

I currently live in Redwood Shores so this is the most convenient. It is easy to get to and there is substantial parking. Everyone is friendly and the grocery store is very clean and neat. You never need to climb shelves or reach far in the back to grab something. However the prices are much higher than their competitors like Safeway. If it is close to you and there aren’t any other grocery stores close by Nob Hill will do it for you. But if not I’m not sure it will be worth it and you will feel the pinch in your wallet before you know it.

This is the most convenient place to shop for groceries for anyone living in the Redwood Shores area, as it’s the only grocery store on this side of the 101. It’s pretty large and it has an extensive range of goods. In a nutshell it’s pretty much equivalent to Whole Foods in what it offers. Along with their staple Raley’s brands, they also feature a fair amount of locally produced goods. They have a lot of prepared foods as well, and they just recently added a hot food bar, salad bar, and fruit bar to go along with stations where you can order sandwiches, taqueria-​style food, roastery-​dinners, and sushi. The hot food bar is kind of hit-​and-​miss. There are plenty of tasty foods, but some of them, particularly things like veggies and thick legume-​based foods look unimpressive after a while on the steam table, no matter what can be done to freshen it up appearance-​wise. Another recent addition is a beer/​wine bar at the front of the store where you can lounge and, in better weather, relax on an open-​air patio.
They often have some pretty tasty samples to offer. There is a demonstration kitchen in which they prepare samples of entrees that you can try, and then take a copy of the recipe if you wish, and all of the components are typically located right next to it, so you can grab everything you need to make it if it appeals to you. The deli has a decent selection of meats to choose from. They almost always have samples of cooked meats to try, most frequently sausage. On the daily, I shamelessly grab a sample of something that I’ve likely tried a million times over. I make sure to act like it’s my first time hearing it when I’m told that they make some particular sausage in-​house. «What? No way, I’m gonna have to come back for some of this!» But to their credit, their sausage is pretty good… and did you know it’s made in-​house?
The downsides to this place, imho, are the prices and the parking spaces. The parking spaces are pretty small, and I often have to slither and squirm out of my door that can’t open fully because it’s obstructed by another car, even though that car is within it’s space. I guess that food prices are all going to be fairly high in the bay area, but Nob Hill crosses that ethereal line where I’m reluctant to buy anything that isn’t on sale at a significantly reduced price. As a brief example, let’s take a can of Café du Monde coffee. At Nob Hill it’s about $ 10 for a can. Take 5 minutes to hop over to one of the Asian markets in Fo City and it’s $ 5 for a can. Recently one of the produce displays featured 1lb cartons of strawberries for something like $ 7.99! Mind you, they weren’t even organic! I know it’s off-​season, but that price still blew my mind.
All the staff seem to be pretty cool and helpful for the most part.
Anyway, I’ll keep coming back here, as it’s really too convenient not to. It’s a mixed bag if you’re on a budget, but if you’ve got the money, they’ve got everything you need. And did you know they make lots of their deli sausage in-​house?

If you want to pay restaurant prices at a grocery store, this is your place. If not, go to a different store.
I went there with a grand opening coupon for $ 2 off per pound of their hot food bar or salad bar. I got a normal meal’s worth of food and soup (which was part of the hot food bar) and went to check out. It just went downhill from there.
First, the check out guy seemed not to have any idea how to charge me for the food.
Second, he tried to tell me that the coupon would only apply to the salad bar or hot food bar, but not both. This made no sense and was just not what the coupon said.
Third, he tried to tell me that it didn’t apply to the soup that was on the hot food bar.
Fourth, he had to call someone over and finally seemed to apply the discount. But he would not tell me how much the food weighed or how much he had discounted me.
In the end, the moderately sized meal that I scooped up from their bars apparently totaled about $ 13 with the coupon, which should have taken off at least $ 4. I guess without the coupon, it would have been $ 17. Not exactly what I would call a good deal.
I walked out and left the food and won’t shop here again. Great grand opening experience.

Let me start off by saying that this is my local grocery store and that even if they weren’t good I would still shop there out of convenience.
With that being said… the new store layout is really nice and the new salad bar/​hot food bar is pretty awesome.
The people who work there are always super friendly and they have all of the items that I need.

This is a pretty nice grocery store. Probably one of the better ones in the area. It’s clean and big and it just feels nice walking down the aisles.
The prices aren’t always that cheap though especially the pharmacy items, so I probably wouldn’t go here for things like contact lenses solution.
Nob Hills is the same chain as Raley’s so you’ll see lots of Raley’s stuff here.

Nob Hill Foods is a notch-​above the traditional chain grocery stores. The store is clean, items are well-​stocked, and the produce is fresh. They have a good selection of local California wine and beer (local & out-​of-​state brands). Also, the staff at the store is helpful. I think they can add a few more rotating items to the hot food bar and consider having real milk/​half & half at the coffee station rather than the liquid creamer cups.

This is your standard upscale grocery store nestled within an affluent neighborhood. Everyone that works here is an absolute pleasure to deal with. The checkers are pretty friendly, and will remember you if you are somewhat regular. I would however say that everything here is somewhat pricey compared to something like a Safeway.
Their selection is decent, but their store layout makes my head spin. Do most grocery stores put milk, on the polar opposite end of the store from cheese? I feel like shopping should be quick, efficient, and easy. Going from one end of the store to the other to make a sandwich, is none of these.
The seafood, and butcher employees are very helpful and know their stuff, but again pretty pricey.
While grocery stores will never be super exciting, I would just assume cross the highway and go to a Safeway.

Not going to lie, I come here pretty frequently. It takes 7 – 10 minutes to get here from my office and it is the second closest food place.
They provide samples of some of their things on little trays throughout the store and outside of say a wadded up napkin some lazy derphole discarded, this place is very very clean.
No establishment will ever be able to top my La Playa Safeway Soup scenario, but today, there was a straight up BANANA PEEL in front of the deli counter. An entire banana peel 2 feet from the sandwich line! There were 3 employees at the deli counter and numerous others walking around, yet it was my coworker was so bothered by it he had to pick it up and throw it away with his bare hands! Maybe the employees were doing what I was doing — waiting for somebody to slip on it like a sick reality version of Mario Kart.
I’m not like «OMG NEVER COMING BACK» because I do really like Nob Hill and I love the staff, the store’s offerings, and cleanliness of the store on all other days. I just can’t help but wonder how long that peel would have been sitting there had my coworker not picked it up…

I love coming here during lunchtime and grabbing a quick lunch. They have good sandwiches, hot foods, cold foods. Just like your regular grocery store, with a bakery department, meat department, etc.
I love the food samples all around. Self checkout makes this store really easy to come in and go within minutes.

Just your regular grocery store, they have everything that you need, which is great.
Their deli is pretty good, they have a wide selection. The people that would in the deli are great! They are all so nice and helpful. At least the ones that I have come across.
I am a huge produce person. I definitely just a grocery store based off their produce. And the produce here is… mediocre. There is an okay selection and the produce itself is okay. not too good and not bad. The price of produce is alright too, just average but maybe a little more than safeway.
Now when it comes to checking out, they hardly ever have lines, that I have notice. Which is great! Who hates waiting in line at the grocery store? Not me. One thing about checking out however is that the checkers aren’t that nice… But since you’re not interacting with them for very long, who cares as long as they do it right and get you outta there quickly!
Overall, just your average grocery store, nothing spectacular.

4 stars for covenience and quality. This Nob Hill has a pharmacy, dry cleaning, wells fargo bank, Redbox, and Coinstar to get cash for your coins.
I don’t exactly know how to review a grocery store, but I think Nob Hill is a step above Safeway, or at least Lucky’s. On par with Lunardi’s. Their deli line is usually pretty short, and they have sushi which is ok. They do have a dining area within the store to enjoy your lunch though.
Produce is fresh and there’s a lot to choose from, but I do wish they had big beefsteak tomatoes. I’ve experience over ripe roma tomatoes and had to drive to Safeway to get them.
There is a GLUTEN FREE section for all of you who are gluten intolerant.
I always opt for self-​check out because it seems faster.

Minion cupcakes anyone? Too bad my little cousins weren’t here or I would take them here just for that.
Clean store, but a little overpriced.
They have counters for those who want to eat their deli sandwiches here.
I usually come here for their extensive coconut water collection of all things!