Target

some employees are ok, not the best store but it is close to home.
the lines are ALWAYS long no matter what time of day you are shopping.
even on a tuesday afternoon at 12pm there will still be five people in front of you with only four registers open.
come on target! open up more cashiers during the busy hours!!!
no one likes to wait.

This used to be my go to target store but the customer service was enough for me not to return. I go to target for all my shopping needs and recently decided to get a red card. It had been 3 weeks since I received my card and I did not receive it, I had called and had a new one of the way. When I went in to ask if I could still receive the new one and only had my temporary card the manager walked in told my I should verify my address and walked away. WORST customer service ever, enough for me to honestly not want to return here. I have never been treated so rudely… they should hire managers that make their customers happy.

What has happened to our neighborhood target? I was horrified. First of all it was a mess. Papers, tags, signs were strewn about the store. Clothes all over the floor (seriously – no exaggeration!) The bathrooms were worse than a gas station. All garbage cans were completely over flowing. Carts in parking lot had trash in them. Although the staff was good they seemed horribly understaffed. One checker at 8pm. I’ve been going here since it opened and I am not sure I’ll come back. It isn’t the Target experience I have always enjoyed..

This is the worst target. They are always out of stock on different things. How do they not know when they are out of stock? They definitely need new management. maybe the manager from the Camden location can show them how to run the business

Right now, it’s a convenient place to shop when I need to get some necessities, but on busier days, it can be hard to find parking and deal with the longer lines. Self-​checkout has rarely been an issue in terms of figuring things out.
Customer service can be hit or miss sometimes, but there’s a lot of turnover in the world of retail as expected. There have been changes over the years since this Westgate location opened way back in 2002.

I hate shopping on weekends because of the long lines and parking drama, but I was in the neighborhood with a friend, so we decided to browse the aisles and pick up a few things.
We were in the electronics section and found cute wristbands in the clearance aisle. It turned out to be an accessory for something else, so I wanted to find the item that it was an accessory for. I ask the guy working in electronics if he knew what that item was (and showed him the wristband box), and he said «no, I don’t know.» End of story.
I was shocked. Target employees are usually really helpful, and will say things like «no, but let me find out.» That’s why I prefer Target over Walmart. What the heck! If you’re not going to even try to be helpful, then transfer to stocking items or something. He was just standing at the electronics register alone — not busy with a customer or keeping busy in general. Just standing there. He didn’t seem tired or agitated, so I can’t fathom an excuse other than pure laziness on his part for not offering to even look up the item (and an item in his dept of all things!). I did a google search before I approached him, and it’s so obscure that I couldn’t figure out what I was trying to find. Believe me, I hate asking people for help, so it sucks when I do and they turn out to be unhelpful.
But the checkout guy was super friendly, even though he was dealing with many unpleasant customers. I would have understood if he was unhelpful.
Anyway, with amazon and
, I really don’t need to deal with bad customer service. This experience just cemented that view.

This Target store features two-​story buildings that have a wide selection of daily necessities. I am impressed by the wide selections of items and usually come here if I cannot find the things I need at Walmart as they are right next door to each other in a convenient shopping mall. The trick to best Target shopping experience is to look online first at Target online pricing. Target usually has a practice of randomly charging for items depending on its demand and availability. However, Target online pricing usually is cheaper than in-​store, and Target in-​store would honor Target online prices. So for those daily necessities that you buy monthly, you should look online first at Target online store and then bring those matching prices in-​store for best pricing. Still though, I find the next door Walmart usually has much better pricing for almost everything at the expense of less selections. So I would still need to visit Target from time to time.

Latest trip:
— Always clean and stocked.
— Friendly staff members who smile at me.
— I was surprised and elated to know they carried both Essie and OPI now!
— Got Colgate tooth paste and a battery operated Colgate tooth brush.
— Friend got bubble bath and a face mask (so many options!)
— Stared at men’s t-​shirts because they have the coolest designs! ALL the marvel super Heroes in a shirt — wow.
— Can’t help but stop by the dollar section and grab some jelly beans.
— Cashier named Barbara saw the lines getting long so she opened up a register to check a few people out. Team player!
Tip: Come here and stock up on $ 1 candies instead of spending $ 5 at the movies across the street…

Slowest Starbucks I’ve ever been to. The workers don’t even greet you and they look like they’re working at a prison. Never coming back here again.

San Jose, CA (Saratoga Ave.)
Target with an escalator /​first time was in Minneapolis.
A fairly large two story target but seems light on the inventory.
Most recently needed to buy some locks for the gym.
After asking 3 people and spending a few minutes longer than needed I found what I was looking for.
Back down the escalator to
The Self Check Out counter and I was out.
Note. Starbucks located within.
A-​OK 3 Stars

Target with an escalator /​first time was in Minneapolis.
A fairly large two story target but seems light on the inventory.
Most recently needed to buy some locks for the gym.
After asking 3 people and spending a few minutes longer than needed I found what I was looking for.
Back down the escalator to
The Self Check Out counter and I was out.
Note. Starbucks located within.
A-​OK 3 Stars

I really love this department store. I always buy frozen food here, and a lot of stationery here. Most of the stuff in my room is bought from here.

This review is actually for Target online: Very Disappointed. I purchased Earth’s Best Organic Delicious Din Din Baby Food Variety Pack, 4 oz. (12 Count) through Target. com early Dec. 2015, and received them about 10 days later. Guess what, these baby foods’ expiration dates were in 2013! Yep, they’ve EXPIRED TWO YEARS AGO. It really scares me that they would ship the OLD/​BAD food to customer and my baby was about to eat them… So folks, be careful for the online purchase and always check the expiration date!

Went in to purchase target gift card. I wanted to put in $ 5 in the card and the old lady Lynette said $ 10 minimum.
I will have to contact Target upper management because such policy i have never heard of.

Similar to the Target as Oakridge, this is a two story store.
They seemed a bit short on inventory, at least in the electronics area. They had loads of groceries but not much variety.
Cashiers seemed overwhelmed, probably because several staff members were concerned with the cart-scalator’s upset.

Shoutout specifically to Heather with the glasses and the awesome Christmas socks who made a valiant effort at trying to get me the tiny fake Christmas tree I wanted. I didn’t end up with the exact one I wanted but she went above and beyond to try and I did go home with a cool little tree at a great price.

The store itself is your standard Target. Their online services, however, are a whole ‘nother story. They have recently started offering Curbside pick-​up using the Curbside smartphone app. I have tried Curbside at another Target without a hitch and it went smoothly. This location, however, was a disaster. I received an email that my order was ready for pick up and that I had 48 hours to do so. I was a bit busy at the time so I wasn’t able to pick up until a few hours before my 48 hour was up. On my way there, I made sure to leave my Curbside app running on my phone and that I allowed location access in my Location Services setting. But when I pulled up to to the designated parking spot, nobody came out like they instantly do at the other Target I’ve tried Curbside at. I waited a few minutes to give them some time but still nothing. I then called Curbside support to which nobody answered after being left on hold for a couple of minutes. During this time, still nobody from Target came out with my order. I then called the store directly and was given the run around for over 25 minutes. They eventually said they will take care of the order and hung up on me when I said I would like to speak to a manager. Not wanting to deal with Target over the phone again, I tried calling Curbside back, which they actually answered this time after a couple of minutes and I was able to voice my disappointment. It was during that call that a Target associate by the name of Lynette finally came out with my order, over 30 minutes after I pulled up to the Curbside parking, and pretty much just shoved it in my face when I told her how upset I was with their service. She was actually kind of enough to give me $ 9 in gift checks as an apology but not without saying, «take it or leave it.» So much for customer service.
This is actually not the 1^st time I’ve had problems with this location and any type of online order. The first time was when I ordered 6 specific sizes and types of Pampers diapers online for in-​store pick-​up. I received an email that my order was ready for pick up but when I got there just a few hours later, they weren’t able to find my order and even tried to give me sizes and types that I did not order. It took 3 people nearly half an hour to finally find my correct order.
This location really needs to get it together when it comes to fulfilling online orders.

New Starbucks @ Target Westgate:
I am so thankful that Target put Starbucks in their store. It’s so convenient and it makes sense because I love my Target store — it’s a two-​story store with everything.
This Monday morning (11÷16÷15) I was shopping before work — and ordered a small hot chocolate with the Bacon Gouda breakfast sandwich. Unfortunately, when I tasted the hot chocolate while driving to work it tasted like coffee. I don’t like coffee so I always get the hot chocolate. I don’t think I’ll be ordering hot chocolate from this Starbucks unless they do something different to make hot chocolate taste like hot chocolate.
The barista forgot to turn on the toaster oven — told me it’d be 5 minutes before I get my breakfast sandwich so I said ok… because I can wait. The barista gave me a complimentary card for a free beverage which was good. But then she came up a few minutes later and told me it’d be another 5 minutes — I didn’t know what to say, she walked away… so in a split second I decided to leave. I didn’t bother to be reimbursed because I didn’t know how much time that would take. I drove around to the other Starbucks on the same Westgate shopping mall lot — ordered a Bacon Gouda breakfast sandwich and in a two minutes was on my way to work eating my breakfast sandwich. All is forgiven on the breakfast sandwich because things like that can happen… no worries. But that coffee taste in my mouth was awful.
Starbucks — please do something for your Target @ Westgate shopping mall location (San Jose/​Saratoga, CA) because I love your hot chocolate with soy milk and no whip cream :)

I ordered a cradenza from
. First unit was damaged. Replacement unit was used (packing inside was all broken up) and also damaged. I’ve been on with a service rep for over 40 minutes to get approval to return one of these pieces of junk! Customer service sucks.
Shop at the store not on line!

Very quick turnaround. they opened second counter as soon as there were people coming in to first line
Very courteous and got all things needed

First time coming to this Target last week. They had some very interesting music playing on the loudspeakers, lots of people looked disgusted. Nice change of pace from other Targets in my opinion.
⁸⁄₁₀ would go back.

WHOA. Yes! I finally found a Target that lives up to the ones East of California (e.g. Colorado, Illinois).
There are clothes, home goods, food, drinks, notebooks, nicknacks, (cheesy) greeting cards… And it’s clean inside.
Hallelujah. (Un)fortunately, it’s pretty far. (I say fortunately for my dear bank account.) Next time I am longing for a real Tar-​jay experience, I’m heading straight for this place.

OVERALL: Overall I’m a fan of this Target because it’s two stories with an elevator or escalator that also takes up your shopping cart. So cool! Due to the two stories it feels like everything is spaced out nicely.
LOCATION:Three entrances with two toward parking lots and one connected to West Gate mall. Great location to get more shopping done in one location.
DEALS:Remember to bring your own bags otherwise you have to pay 10 cents for one. They’re supposed to subtract 5 cents for every bag you bring in on your own. Use your Target Red card credit card to get 5% off every order.

I like shopping at Target because of the variety and cheap options that they ofder. Having a RedCard also gelps us save more. We often shop at this location because it’s close, but because of the other errands we can complete around the area.
I was just a bit disappointed with this location’s café: actual Target café, not Starbucks. When we were there, many of the tables were left dirty. Mins you, some of the customers left their own stuff without cleaning their tables. But most of the tables were empty, but had crumbs, dried up sauces, etc. Hopefully, this area could be cleaner. The rest of the shopping area is well-​maintained.

My original review got filtered out, so I’m updating and rewriting it:
This Target closes at midnight M-​Sat at 11pm on Sunday’s. Big plus! Selection, pricing, and availability are good, staff are friendly. I prefer there more selections of organic food items, and greener alternatives for home goods, but also understand that a specialty store suits my needs better and that Target must appeal to the masses.
Gino over at customer service is so helpful to everybody… Even to the hit or miss belligerent, rude customer. He still treats everybody with kindness and grace as should we all. I like that this is a two story store as I personally find it easier to locate things.
The top of the escalator does have a constant gas smell, so I opt to take the elevator instead. I hope they get this area tested and repaired soon!

Ahhh my home away from home. I come here so often I’m the Dutchess of this place! Seriously, maybe twice a week. It helps that I work right around the corner, but I’d still be coming either way. All of my friends make fun of me for coming so often that the jokes about me sleeping there, Buzzfeed Target videos, investing in stocks, and how much I spend comes in droves.
This Target is closest to my house and work so it sees me the most. Sometimes I’ll visit other Targets, but who can pass up a 2 story store with a cart escalator? Lol. I seriously come here just to stroll the aisles and relax. Crazy right? WARNING — but not on the weekends! You gotta go during the weekdays when there’s not screaming children running around disrupting your peace or lines that seem to go on for miles with annoyed, unhappy people. Ugh!
Everything is a good deal. Sure, there’s certain things I don’t really buy here like makeup, refrigerated foods, or clothes. However, everything else is good — specifically from time to time their statement jewelery, cleaning and personal products, and by far they have the best deals on food/​drink items.
Of course I have some complaints even though I gave it 5 stars. Sometimes their employees seem like they’d rather be ANYWHERE but there. I get it, it’s retail, it sucks. But hey, at least it’s not Walmart! Then on the other hand there are the ones that don’t shut up and talk to customers about EVERYTHING. Just imagine SNL’S Target lady and you get the picture. It’s like damn, keep it moving! Anytime you get in line it’s like playing Russian roulette. Then sometimes the customers hold up the lines. C’mon housewives, I know you don’t have anyone else to talk to during the day but again let’s keep it moving!
They recently put in a Starbucks. It would have been great if anyone knew what they were doing there. I was the only person there and no joke it took 12 minutes to get a shi**y drink. Next time, just pass and go to the one by Nike.
So you’ll probably see me there one day since I’m in so often. Be sure to add the Cartwheel app to your phone and check out
for more stuff. I just recently purchased 5 large furniture items from online and was really impressed with the quality, considering the cost. Been getting lots of compliments since I bought them!

This is one of the closest Target locations to me, but I find that it is pretty cluttered and messy most the time. Perhaps it was the aisles I visited (shoes, women’s clothing, activewear), but i was somewhat disappointed at the messy array I found the areas to be in! I came around 5:30pm on a weekday and it was packed. There was a point in time when there were only 2 registers open and the lines were 8 people deep each. Eventually, they realized they needed to open another register, which they did, so that was nice. But I definitely don’t recommend coming to this Target at rush-​hour time (after 5pm!)

Two story Targets annoy me. So although I love Westgate and the whole entire West Side of San Jose… I am just not liking this Target.
When we paid, the cashier didn’t even make eye contact, and when she handed back our change, she completely looked over my boyfriends shoulder at the row of registers behind him and dropped the change in his hand. He said thank you, she said nothing. I of course, said «you’re welcome sir» as we walked off.
This may sound rude but this cashier had a temporary sticker name tag… hopefully, if she doesn’t get with her job… shes only temporary as well. #sorrynotsorry

This. and the one in Sunnyvale, are probably my favorite stores.
This is a two level with groceries, skin care and clothes on level one and home furniture, electronics and childrens clothes in the second. Although the lines can get long, they usually have someone opening a another one or two registers.
They tend to have almost everything you need but its not always on sale. I like buying canned goods from here. They sometimes have hidden gems in the clearance food section. Usually something that wasn’t a hot seller and they are trying to get rid of.
This is a definitely a good place to get your miscellenious things

This is a pretty good location. I shop here when there are other errands I’m running in the area.
Good selection of pretty much everything. This location seems to have more room for furniture and household things, so if you’re looking for those kind of items, this store might be a good place to make the trip to. It has a second level, so they can get more stuff in there.
This time around, I found some really cool things for a party. As my daughter’s birthday is this month and we need to plan for inclement weather, I decided to buy art supplies as an activity and a take-​home favor. So I bought pads of drawing paper, colored pencils, erasers and pencil sharpeners here for the kids to use, either at our house or at home. The paper and the pencils were surprisingly inexpensive. The paper pads are 9×12 and 40 sheets for $ 2.39 each and the 12 pencil sets were on sale for $ 1.41.erasers and sharpeners were .60 each. Much better than those crappy loot toys that fall apart and hopefully will be used.
Anyhow, that’s just what I went there for. Along with buying birthday presents of course…
I do like their kids’ clothes too. They have some really cute character tees and great sale racks full of bargains.
Good size parking lot too.