El Super

Many of the merchandise are so cheap and no additional cost. Some workers are nice and some of them are rude. I really miss Albertsons and I don’t know why they changed it to El Super. Anyway it’s an okay grocery store.

This was the only grocery store that is close to me. They should kept it Albertsons. I’m not sure why they closed it but, that’s beyond me.
Lines are ridiculous, they have all those registers in there and only a couple is open at a time. Maybe a little more at times, but still think they should have more registers open to stop lines from blocking the front end of the store.
Definitely only for last minute needs.

This is the worst store, I’ve been to. The meat never looks fresh. I asked the butcher the grade of the meat he had no idea. The lines are always long. I’ve yet to see the store clean. There is a very limited selection of items. None of the employees have a sense of urgency when it comes to customer service. The only reason I gave two Stars is the bakery. Worst thing to happen to City Heights. I wish we had a Vons, or bring Albertsons back. Never buy meat here

Being that this is my neighborhood «super» market, sometimes I don’t have a choice but to stop by for some last minute groceries. The store has a very open layout, and there are plenty of items to choose from. The produce is hit or miss, sometimes it’s fresh and sometimes I decide to pass on certain items. The price of produce is very competitive, which is definitely a bonus. They have a large selection to choose from, including some not so familiar items. Generally speaking, I avoid the meat section completely because the smell is enough to keep it that way. As far as the other products down the isles, they don’t seem to be fairly priced, and a few more minutes down the road could save you money at Vons. The lines haven’t seemed to be overwhelmingly crowded. I’ve only left the store one time due to the lengthy lines. All in all, if your on your last resort, I’d say go for it. Just don’t be intimidated by bagging your own groceries!

Only come here when you’re in need of last minute groceries. Definitely not a store you want to go to if you’re looking for good quality food.
Cleanliness & lines are always out of control.

Horrible! Didn’t last 2 minutes in this store. The worst customer service I have experienced. I asked One of the girls in the kitchen area where a certain item was, she looked at me, pointed a certain direction and said «over there» then turned to argue with her coworkers, completely ignoring me. I told her I didn’t appreciate her attitude and she said «well they’re over there, if you don’t see them, we don’t have any» THE WORST!!!

They find every stupid excuse not to have you return anything. They treat their employees bad which I don’t understand why the employees still choose to work there. One of the guy in the meat or seafood section is cool. We had an issue with the manager at one point, but the guy helped us out and gave us a better deal. Not saying his name or anything cause I don’t remember how he looked like or what his name was, but thanks dude. Your manager is the stupidest and greedy. Most of the workers here are inexperience and everything is just slow. Deals may be good for some stuff, but it’s probably spoiled or bad or whatnot. This place disgust me lol.

Not terrible if you have zero expectations but chances are if you’re looking for anything slightly brand specific it won’t be here. Gave them two stars though for having an interesting wine I happened to stumble upon and for some items being relatively cheap. There’s a taqueria inside which is cool too.

Horrible!!! I wanted to buy some yogurt for my son and what do I see? Most of the go gurts were expired as of September 21, 2015. No thanks! On top of that I bought some Tuna Salad for dinner and in the salad I found a piece of bell pepper with the sticker still stuck on the pepper. Called the store and they told me to send them a picture via Text message. Will take me a good while to go back… very disappointed…

I love the prices on meat at El Super. I was very excited when this store was opened in the neighborhood.
I love the prices on a lot of their meats. Sometimes they have boneless skinless chicken breast for as low as 1.27/lb. They often have great deals on produce however the quality is not always wonderful. They have a good selection of crema and salsas and even some items like nacho cheese and caramel sauce. They have tamales and papusas and lots of cheeses. They also have items like chicken nuggets and corn dogs in the deli area.
They have a nice hot food section, their carnitas are pretty good.
There are a couple of drawbacks. The employees take for granted that every customer speaks spanish. I wish they would speak english. The employees make no effort to say hi or how are you today or even did you find everything you were looking for. Don’t expect great service.
I get tired of the people who stand out front passing fliers. I wish the management could nake these people go away.

Creo q no debería ni dar una estrella es servicio en la caja es pésimo la tienda siempre esta sucia los empleados empezando por la manager son groseros no saben como resolver un problema en la caja q por lo general es de 10 a 15 min d espera en la línea para poder pagar horrible servicio odio esta tienda

I’ve gone through the comments and been to many El Super’s all over Southern California and I’ll be the first to tell you that all Mexican markets smell similar.
My review is based on my shopping experience and not the social welfare of the employees or El Super as a major company.
Like I said, all Mexican super markets smell very similar. I believe its the combination of fresh (and sometimes not so fresh) produce and animal products. As is traditional, there is poultry, beef, and seafood shop inside the El Super. Those smells travel across the store. I personally don’t find it invasive and when I do, I find it justified based on the assortment of animal product I can purchase here. Haggens, Vons, Sprouts, etc., will definitely not have some of the cuts nor the prices that El Super has.
In particular, I purchase a lot of their Swai and Tilapia for an always good price. Same with their fresh produce. I don’t, however, buy boxed or prepackaged products mainly because I don’t do that in general. They also have an in house bakery and Mexican fast food with tons of options. You can also find bottled coke, sprite, topo chico, Mexican beers, etc for very competitive prices.
The store can get a little crowded at times and the lines can get long, which is why it only got 3 stars, but these are minor set backs compared to the benefit of culturally diverse meals, scents, and products. I would recommend it and I would shop here again.

So sad City Heights had to get stuck with this crappy place. It’s huge, but their coffee aisle offers 2 choices — Folgers and Nescafe. And locking up their hair products, that’s just bizarre.
If they have an express check-​out line, I did not see it. Only 3 lanes open and all of them long.

This place is filthy; the stench of rotting food is pervasive inside the store. Employees cannot be bothered to remove errant shopping carts from all corners of the shopping center’s parking lot (in fact, El Super’s carts were blocking passage to Chipotle). While in the store, I feared that my car would be hit with multiple carts.
Today was my first (and last) time to visit this store; I only stopped there because I happened to be driving through the neighborhood and needed to pick up a few items. Between the lack of sanitation and the many security measures in place at this store, I felt as though I’d stepped into a supermarket in a developing country. My experience definitely didn’t convince me to abandon shopping at the Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s close to me.

This is a great market! Super prices, fresh produce, lots of spices on the cheap! It’s another Mexican style market, a step up from Food for Less, and a little further east than Pancho Villa. I met someone recently who lives in the neighborhood, and as we were on the hunt for cheap mangoes, we stopped in and found them at 3/​$ 1. Can’t get much better than that here in San Diego, although I do miss the days of mango rain in Miami. This is the price I pay for the weather, I suppose! I would definitely come here often if I lived closer!

Update as of 7−1−15 I am banned from El Super. I noticed some rotten pineapple juice that expired almost 4 months ago and decided to share with my fellow Unilocalers. While taking the pic I was approached by an employee saying I wasn’t allowed to take pics, so I said ok and went about my business. Then she said I needed to delete it, which of course I refused, and went about with my shopping. While waiting in line I saw that same employee with a manager and security guard waiting for me as they talked among themselves. The manager told me I wasn’t allowed allowed to take pics and I needed to delete it. I told him I’d delete it as soon as I uploaded it to Unilocal,then he says I have to do it in front of him, which was effn ridiculous. The security guard tried to intimidate me into deleting it, which wasn’t working one bit. Then the manager said «ok, you can’t come back in here». Fine with me, keep your rotten meat spoiled juice and fruit flies to yourself.
After I left the store, I shared my funny story with the people in front of El Super boycotting (who are always there) and e-​mailed them the pic. Avoid this place like the plague, cause you just might catch it eating their food. If I could give 0 stars I would.

This place replaced the Albertson’s in City Heights. They get one star cause they have some decent prices. But the lines here are freaking insane everytime I come. I’m actually standing in line right now as I write this. It’s almost 8pm on Sunday evening and there are 3 registers open and literally like 50 people waiting in line. Plenty of time to write this review.

This review is only for their cafeteria.
1^st time Iv been here since it used to be albertsons and I was starving.
Got a quesadilla and an agua de sandia and they were both terrible and super expensive. I felt like I jus wasted $ 8 bucks on some sloppy greasy crap and a cup full of sugar water.
Don’t ever ever eat here, it was so bad it made me not even want to shop here. You’d be better off at Murphys

Why the negative reviews? The only negative I have is that this place didn’t have pico de gallo. Other than that they have a large selection of meats cheeses and ohh yeah cheap yet good produce. Where can you get 3 pounds of Roma tomatoes for .99 cents a pound? Def not Ralph’s or albertsons. For your Hispanic needs this is the spot to go. Love it here

Extraño el Albertsons la gente era muy amable la mayoria de las personas q trabajan ahi parecen siempre estar de muy mal humor como si estuvieran ahi a la fuerza, la verdura una porqueria parece q la basura del antiguo Albertsons era mejor, tienen un resto de cajas registradoras y solo abren 3 pobres de las cajeras seguro NUNCA habian sido cajeras duran horas para atender esta muy mal organizado prefiero mil veces ir a la Murphy’s o a la Northgate aunque tenga q manejar 10 minutos extra

Whoa, went back to this place to pick up a few more cheap items– huge difference. I feel like they need to hire several new employees– seriously understaffed
Items still good price but items are just all over the place. This place needs serious organization. They need to find their groove bc they just have so many customers and not enough man power to deal with it all.
Need to step up their game

Major disappointment for this neighborhood. The produce isle looked like a hurricane hit it with vege debris all over the floor. Not to mention the quality was way below what I would expect for a store of this size. Not a single organic item to be found anywhere.
Check out the meat department — it’s a lesson on how thin you can slice really cheap meat and a menagerie of indecipherable organ parts. You have to pull a number to get service at the counter essentially making this the dmv grocery stores. I don’t want to feel like the cattle I’m about to take home and cook.
If you want to find shampoo. It’s under lock and key in the front of the store cause it’s basically the highest ticket item you can buy at this oversized junk store.
The sheer volume of carbonated sugar water beverages, hotdogs and chips/​candy makes up about a quarter of what the store has to offer.
The saddest part of the entire situation was that it was so packed with people buying garbage I’m sure it’s here to stay for a very long time. Look out Pancho Villa, Murphys, Northgate and other small local Mexican groceries. El Super is the El Walmart here to put you out of business cause what this neighborhood needed was another bargain bin collective to add the lack of choices in this already struggling food desert.