Trader Joe’s

Great place with great food and great prices. =)
Everyone here is always friendly and are always willing to help with anything.

TOO SMALL for the area. The shelves are empty. you can’t even get into parking Lot.
You can go down aisles with a shopping Cart.
TJ’s if you want customers… get a Freakin bigger store

Small location that doesn’t carry everything the bigger stores carry, but the employees are all very nice & personable. There’s a decently sized parking lot too so you don’t have to worry about street parking.

Staff is always SO helpful and nice. Always leave with a smile on my face!
Love the free coffee samples too!

Great selection of food items to stock the kitchen for my AirBnb. Ginger cookies, pasta alfredo, gluten free products — you name it. Even healthy prepared sample plates to try while shopping.

Love trader Joe’s but this one is annoying. Parking is a headache and produce is often awful when I get it home. But still has all the other tj greatness so still go all the time.

Their chicken and kale salad??? BOMB… At 3.99, I really don’t think you can get a better deal… Love it!

Always courteous and friendly!!! A clerk followed us around helping with recommendations on what’s good! Personal touch!!! Customer service A+.
My family and I just came from a long trip and we wanted to stop by to pick up some ingredients from lunch. We were kind of all in a bad mood until a clerk came up to us and was very friendly and polite. The clerk not only recommended what was good but also told us that we could return something if we did not like the way it tastes. She was very friendly with the children and she changed all of our negative attitudes.
Needless to say we ended up getting hummus, chili which is very vegetarian as well as salsa and some fruit. Now all that’s left is to go home and enjoy our lunch.

I opened the store today and my mood was lifted by the especially friendly and upbeat attitude that all of the employees showed to me. Thy seemed to have made special effort to make the food displays very appealling. I know that this is a very busy Trader’s Joe but I got the impression that I was a very important customer.

I love shopping in trader joe’s and this location really great!
They have such friendly and helpful staff. Store is very clean. I love to buy there fruits, vegetables, nuts, yogurts and etc. They have always fresh flowers. Recommend!

Definitely great service and everyone that works there is fantastic. My gripe is with TJs labeling.
I bought the Salad with BBQ Flavored Chicken.
Why isn’t raw red onion listed on the front along with the other ingredients!!! I really hate raw onion and bought this salad because it appeared to not have any. When I opened it up there was a ton of red onion hiding under the dressing. I know this is a first world problem and not going to ruin my life but I’m stuck at work now with nothing to eat because I couldn’t get all the onion out of that salad. I’m pissed because I feel super lame and entitled even writing this but dang, all you had to do was write red onion on the front. Ugh!

I’m a regular at this Trader Joe’s, since it’s located walking distance from my work. The best time to visit this location is either first thing in the morning (at 8AM when they open) or between the hours of 9 and 10PM (right before they close). During these hours, the store is generally a ghost town, and it’s easy to find a parking spot, maneuver throughout the store with a shopping cart, and checkout without standing in too long of a line.
Be warned if you visit here during the middle of the day or lunch hours, as it tends to get extremely crowded. Parking’s a madhouse during peak hours, but they always have one or two security guards outside to direct traffic. Unlike other Trader Joe’s in LA, this location does have a large and convenient parking lot; however, it still gets super crowded and congested with traffic. If you live in the neighborhood or work in the business parks off of Ocean Park, it’s easiest to walk over here during the middle of the day.
This location is smaller than the store on Olympic and Barrington, but it still has all of the essentials. Everyone who works here is super friendly, and you can’t beat free coffee and samples!

Small but nothing is «missing», they really have everything you’d expect from a Trader Joe’s.
Staff is tremendously helpful.
I would give 5 stars if it wasn’t for the parking. Yes they have their own lot but it is VERY hectic, and tough to get in and out. They even have people in the lots directing traffic so they are clearly doing their best, but this alone makes it a tough place to just swing by.

Products are pretty much the same as any other Trader Joes and the store is always clean.
After grocery shopping today, my car battery died in the parking lot. Before calling AAA, I went back in the store and asked the manager if someone could help me.
He said YES, we have jumper cables! Awesome!!! So employee Cesar came outside with me and employee Chris W. Brought his car around to jump my car. It took 10 minutes.
These guys saved me time and energy today!
Now that is serious customer service!
Thanks you!!!

I read the reviews and having gone there, still to this very day, does not surprise me as to why such low ratings. But I’m giving it an extra 2 stars because I like their alcohol selection and how organized it was (for being small, it was an extra plus!) I hate going into the other TJ’s and having to search for the wines I like, I’m picky and have my mood swings when it comes to wine — some days bitter and dry and others sweet and dry — I know, so anal! And almost all of them it’s like a treasure hunt and me always coming up short. I don’t like asking them and I don’t like the pesky sales people (Whittier comes to mind) forcing their selections to earn brownie points or commission (Do they earn commission there??). Anywho… I like the wine selection and how they have the shelves clearly labeled (sweet/​desert wines, Cabs, Zinfy’s, etc)
As for the rest of the store, it’s about the average, so you know you’ll find the items your use to. Sales people were friendly — again as most of them are in other their other locations.
Parking: ClusterFlook! If I lived there, I would definitely avoid the parking lot at all costs!!!
There’s another location close by on Olympic, but I didn’t like their parking set up — drive up a winding ramp to roof top parking and worse everyone there’s hauling ass — this with a security guard trying to monitor traffic, un-​effn believable!
Luckily for us, we parked outside on the meters, only gets tricky when your trying to get out during rush hours, but it was doable for us, since it was on our way home after work. I wouldn’t make a special trip out there though.
Since we have business out there, I’ll be back to this one, it meets my needs and worked out convenient for us too.

A grocery store that makes me a better person?! Yes please! I have always shopped at trader joes no matter where in CA I have lived, but this trader joes on Pico made my week.
I told them it was my first time shopping at this location as my usual TJ’s was blocked off by construction tape & the reaction was hysterical. All the employees rang their bells and shouted and brought the manager out to fully turn my cheeks beet red from attention! The manager took two reusable shopping bags off the wall and pulled the price tags off to give them to us as gifts and a thank you. Talk about positive PR! I left with a belly full of tasty sample food, a cart full of groceries where I got my money’s worth, and a new reusable bag for the future. Thanks trader joes store #6!

I used to work at this store. If you have never gone to this store to buy anything, please do yourself a favor and go get their 19c bananas (well, i am Kenyan — and i come from a tribe whose staple food is anything to do with bananas).
Anyway, let’s start with the CREW MEMBERS that work here. They are ALL LOVELY. I loved all the people that i worked with and always loved going to work.
Wine Selection: While i do not drink anything alcoholic, Crew Members always taste the vast selection of wine and they are knowledgeble about the wines that they sell and can give you good suggestions. TRY them. Ptsss — heard of the TWO-​BUCK CHUCK? LOL. That is also good wine. In my defense however, i don’t drink.
Cheese:
This place has the best cheese around and they are WAY cheap — compared to their immediate competitor — Whole Foods.
Fresh Groceries:
These are shipped DAILY — and sometimes run out as early as 4pm. Well, they are doing something well.
Everything else is fair game. I go here about three to four times/​week.
While everything good has it’s pros, nothing lacks cons.
Parking Lot:
They have a small one. Sorry, but they are trying to get you in and out of the store ASAP.
CROWD:
Do yourself a favor — DO NOT GO ON A SUNDAY — if at all you can avoid it.

I come here from time to time but it’s a very small, tight store. Parking is always a nightmare and you have to wait for spots constantly.
The foods is always missing. One time i started liking these wraps and they never had them anymore because they are always sold out. Same with their sodas. How can it be the most popular item and they never have it?
Seafood department is always lacking too. Sometimes they have a lot and sometimes nothing.
I’ve been to better stores with more selection!

I think once you have to deal with the nightmarish parking situation, you enter the store all disgruntled. That’s what it feels like to me… All the customers are angry and frustrated and rude. But then you have the cheerful TJ staff and it really does make a difference in your shopping experience.
Smaller than other TJs (or just more crowded), the aisles feel super narrow. But I always seem to find what I need.
Love the quality of the products at TJs and the workers here make me not want to ram everyone with my cart. So yay for that.

I came at 7:50 on a Saturday, hoping to avoid the crowds by coming right when it opens. And what did I see? A crowd, carts ready, forming a misshapen semicircle in front of the doors. And even though I only had to get two items, I still got bumped into, I still had to wait in line, and I still had to fight my way out of the parking lot.
Sometimes it’s just better to go to a further, less stressful Trader Joe’s.

I love Trader Joe’s!
But this location, especially on the weekends, gets hetic! I would suggest coming during the week to avoid the weekend crowd.
The staff if very friend and helpful and (for how busy it is) keeps all the produce and other items well-​stocked.
And they sell liquor?! Whaaa. I’ve only been a fan of Trader Joe’s wine selection like any other wino, but Trader Joe’s has the best prices for wine, beer and hard liquor around. I normally stock up a few times a few to avoid paying over-​price-​mid-​level-​vodka — I like my White Russians — okay?! :)
The reason why I’m giving it three stars and not five is the crowd and the parking.
People push and shove, abandon their carts since it’s easier to leave your cart and grab things rather than trying to maneuver your cart through the masses. And the worst part is, I don’t think they feel sorry for cutting in front of you or pushing you around — but I’m a southern girl!
I only drove once to get groceries and parking was a nightmare. Now, I either walk or take the bus. The only downside is you have to be mindful of what you buy.
All those things aside, I’m still a fan of Trader Joe’s.