QFC

Open 24/​7, really nice cashiers, even if they don’t look so friendly and/​or kind of intimidating. What they may lack in smiles and bubbly energy, they make up for in efficiency and a calm, open demeanor that comes off as friendly. Small parking lot, and the entrance/​exit is so short and close to the parking spots, that I think there could be potential hold-​up or accidents if someone was trying to pull out/​pull-​in. Overall, it seems like a big lot, once you loop around. But most people probably want to park right in front.
At midnight on a Tuesday, the store wasn’t busy, but had more people shopping than I expected. Only one or two cashiers open. I saw the one guy consistently ringing people up. Lots of guys restocking shelves and there were pallets hanging around which kind of made maneuvering through the aisles a hassle (but that’s understandable given the time!).
Small store, yet had everything we needed, with a well varied selection of brands and items (no super stores at this spot, but I’m confident they have something for everyone: Organic spring mix, salad, spinach, kale, organic grape tomatoes and strawberries, organic celery that was super crisp, bananas, tuna fish, mayo, ketchup, bread loaves, rolls, pasta, sauces, Greek yogurt cups, organic eggs, gallons of water, Seagram ginger ale, organic frozen blueberries (among others), frozen pizzas, ice creams, my favorite Edwards individual cheesecake slices. We left with a full cart for our week long stay in Seattle. Also, bags of ice were stored outside as well as lockers for Amazon drop offs

Yes, this store is really small, but it’s always spotlessly clean, well staffed and the selection is surprisingly good. The parking lot is chaos but it’s a small price to pay. I have to drive here (or walk uphill 20 min with bags of groceries) but it’s so much more pleasant than Safeway down the street. I always come here to shop for entertaining. The deli and bakery are quite good. The self check may be small, but it’s easier to negotiate. The alcohol is in locking cabinets which are left open during peak hours, so it’s self-​serve. The produce dept is tiny, but the quality is very good. I’ve never walked out frustrated that they didn’t have what I needed.

This place has character to spare for just a grocery store.
1. The parking lot is total Thunderdome. Keep your head on a swivel.
2. The clientele makes for amazing people-​watching. Some unstable people for sure, but they always seem pretty harmless and hey, the store is in an area where you get, how should I say it… a wide variety of people.
3. The staff, oh how we love them. They have clearly seen a lot at this location and I will admit that some of them can be a little rough around the edges, but I appreciate how they take no punishment from some of the people alluded to in #2 above and keep things moving. Plus, they recognize us. And they are big Seahawks fans.
4. They have really worked on their beer selection. Used to be pretty boring, but it’s downright decent now, with lots of local brews.
4. Decent organic produce selection and just enough veggie stuff to keep me happy.
I find the Safeway down the street to be a little depressing, but not this QFC. It’s like a little adventure every time I go there and while that may sound sarcastic, I don’t mean it that way. I honestly enjoy it.

This QFC is smaller (size-​wise) than the branches I frequent on Broadway, and it also has half the number of self-​checkout machines. Put those together, and you have a much more uncomfortable checkout experience. Apart from that, the selection seemed no different from the usual offerings at other QFCs, and there is free parking available. At the end of the day, it’ll fulfil your needs – just not necessarily in the most comfortable way possible.

Deli NEVER has the soups out when they’re suppose to!!! They say soups are supposed to be out by 11 but they’re never there!!!

My homie the tatted up white checkout guy works late nights and days. When is he not working? I think I even saw him shopping there on an off day. He’s coo and fast; hallmarks of a great checkout person… Or you can use self checkout and use the medium sized paper bags for free.
They have a nasty bathroom for customers near the back storage area. It’s definitely a last resort kinda thing… only go if you have the runs in public. Namsayin?!
Anyway, enough tomfoolery. This is a standard QFC with Kroger products. Their milk and OJ are always on sale, their eggs less frequently so, and their box of mini chocolate chip cookies (36 count) are delicious.
This location is slightly less ghetto than the Safeway down the street and markedly better than the Othello Safeway aka most hood supermarket in Seattle outside of the Promenade Red Apple on 23^rd and Jackson.
More hood market reviews to come. Stay strapped and stay posted.

The prices and selection at this QFC are much better than the Red Apple Market up the hill. Although the store is alot smaller than most other QFCs. The parking lot is a nightmare in the afternoons and evenings. QFC should buy out the Rite-​Aid next door and expand since hardly anyone goes there. The cashiers have always been friendly to us in the thirty-​plus years we have been going there. Beware of the «New Low Price» tags on some items, as they are higher than the prices in the previous weeks. Also try to avoid the ever-​present homeless people blocking the sidewalk.

We just bought a bottle a wine and it said it was on sale, but when we paid, it turned out that it is a full price. We asked the guy and he said only if you have a special card, but the sign did not say anything! We took pic of it and wanted to show me but this damn fatty guy was so rude and unhelpful, he just run away, WTH! If I has opportunity to leave any stars, I would do it!!! No shopping any more there!

update — ran in here tonight to grab a few things, and a transgender person was standing 2 people in front of me in the line with a female friend. once they left, the cashier turned to the next customer and laughed, then said sarcastically «I was just saying I hope the LADIES have a good night» and he laughed with his co-​worker who was bagging. SERIOUSLY? Fuck you guys. as if this place could get any lower and unprofessional. I am not shopping here ever again, I’ll go to another store further away.

The lady at the self check out is so caught up on her phone she gives everyone who asks a question attitude. How about you approach me with some respect instead of saying «hey guy» smh and talking shit back to customers, don’t know why or how QFC keeps people like this employed oh well whole foods it is for now on rather take that drive then deal with this bitch again

This is my neighborhood QFC so I come here quite a bit. A few things worth mentioning:
–the staff: they’re super helpful and friendly and seem to remember their regular customers.
–the sales: they have decent deals that last for more than a few days, Outshine Popsicles have been on sale most of the summer and chobani goes on sale every few weeks.
–the salad/​hot bar options: nonexistent.
On another note, if you were here recently and have misplaced your drawers, I found them in aisle 7.

GREAT quaf, one of my favorites actually. I usually buy the supreme freschetta pizzas when they are on sale. My only negative experience was when I was asked to go outside for eating some food I bought inside the store. I have no problem eating things outside tho so its all bueno. A++++ will shop again here

Ok, I felt that I needed to come back and re-​visit this review — yes, it still has a yucky salad bar (filled with mayo rich macaroni salad and fried chicken wings), but it deserves a little better than 3 stars (ok not quite 4, but I felt the need to up their score, kudos to them for trying — read below).
This QFC has a decent selection of organic produce, which was a pleasant surprise, and I was able to buy quite a few things that I can usually only find in a health food store. They had an entire selection of Bob’s Mills flours, grains, etc, plus organic crackers, cookies, snacks, cereals. There’s a decent vegetarian/​health food section in the freezer aisle and a nice selection of spices. La Brea bakery isn’t my fave and definitely isn’t local, but hey, it’s better than that doughy garbage from Safeway’s bakery.
All in all, not bad. Ok, I wouldn’t make this QFC my main squeeze, but it’s A-​OK with me, and I will definitely go more often now that I had the chance to really look around. Give it a chance! It’s got some organic and better selections, rather than jacked-​up GMO-​laden stuff. Take a longer look next time.

Just another Kroger supermarket. I go here 2 – 3 times each week, but only out of convenience. I don’t drive and this store is built much closer to the main road than the Safeway is a mile down Rainier, so the parking lot tango is much easier here.
I used to deny the whole QFC vs. Safeway price debate, but it is true. QFC is just a little bit more expensive than Safeway. However, QFC seems to stock more local items (Schwartz Bros bread, Beecher’s Cheese.)
The produce here isn’t very good. If you have the means or the time, MacPherson’s produce stand on Mid-​Beacon Hill provides a much better selection, comparable-​to-​better quality, for much cheaper. I had a caterpillar crawl out of my bundle of parsley I had purchased here while prepping Thanksgiving dinner. Cute! But not really sanitary.
Whatevs. This is a supermarket that exists. Everyone here is relatively nice and they will probably have what you need. The end.

I go by this qfc from time to time just in and out. If I have a question where something is they usually walk me there, like today they where doing what it looked like inventory and I had a question and he had no problem showing me where it was. The checker was fast and really nice too. This qfc seems to have alot of local products because I can only find this local milk made chocolate jersey milk and in a cool glass bottle at this store and also I noticed today also they have cool selections of ice cream.
Update noticed a couple local qfcs carrying the milk now, a+

Great staff but high prices without the quality or selection of other QFC’s.
I always pop in here when I’m in the area and I’m usually reminded that I couldn’t shop here regularly if I wanted to, unless I changed most of my brands as they don’t carry them.
The up side is the staff are really nice and if it’s on sale, it’s usually a great deal. The meat section is much nicer than any of the local Safeways and their bakery and Deli both are really fantastic.
Also the floral department usually has the best plants/​flowers in the area, and that’s why I’m normally in this store over other neighborhood choices.
Overall, prices are too high and selection too random for my everyday needs but not bad to run in for a thing or two.

I’m a loyal Hilltop Red Apple shopper – let’s get that out of the way. Sometimes I find myself down the hill. Sometimes I’m looking for a change – or I’m leaving Lowe’s and I realize I need milk.
QFC used to be a locally-​owned business. It’s now part of the Kroger monolith, which means that it’s a standard corporate grocery store. The staff are outstanding – friendly, consistent, patient. The store is a reasonable size – not huge, not tiny, walkable. It’s a grocery store, okay?
Noteworthy:
**The fish department occasionally has amazing deals. Joe is a nice guy and will tell you straight up if the amazing deal is edible or meh.
**QFC shares a parking lot with Rite-​Aid. If at all possible, park on the Rite Aid side. The QFC side is always packed – even when there doesn’t seem to be anyone in the store. The spaces are set up strangely and it’s just a mess.

This location seemed a little small compared to other QFC’s, but other than that, it had just about everything you would expect. Not much else to say other than there is plenty of parking and is conveniently located right off of Rainier Avenue and is close to lots of restaurants so you can eat before you go grocery shopping which is always recommended.

Good things about this store:
–The staff. Funny, friendly and chatty people that make the unending wait in their long lines a little more bearable.
–They actually have a fairly decent selection of ‘fancy’ stuff for being such a small store.
–The produce section. Whoever is in charge here does a good job weeding out the bad stuff that I find too common at the Safeway down the street.
–It’s clean.
–Prices. There are really good deals on things sometimes. Just a matter of keeping an eye out.
Bad things about this store:
–The parking lot. Seriously whack layout, not always easy to maneuver around idling cars waiting for a spot.
–The transients begging. Seriously, it’s one thing to be hit up for money outside the store, but I’m not taking that shit inside of it. And that’s the responsibility of management to keep that to a minimum.
–The prices. For every good deal, there are probably two more that are totally ripping you off.
–They’re ALWAYS out of Chobani yogurt. Jerks.
–The layout in so much that you literally cannot walk between the aisles and check-​out stands when it is busy because the lines are so dang long.
Basically, it’s a typical QFC, aside from the begging transients.

This is place is A-​Ok in my book.
Again, I only come here for the brown cagefree or organic eggs, organic Whole Milk and maybe some organic fruits & veggies if I do not have time to run to MacPherson’s Fruit & Produce.
Oh, I can’t forget the specials on juices because I am a juice fiend… I seriously have a problem with Orange Juice… it is like crack in a carton for me.
The layout is small but I don’t need direction or customer service… but one guy in the wine selection does know his wines… he always recommends the tasty ones for me when I am in need to bring to a party.
A plus… this joint also sells Stella Artois… my favorite beer. So do come here with your QFC card because the prices are not worth it without the savings.
Tip: If you don’t have a QFC card or left it at home… Tell the cashier nicely that you left the card home and they will scan theirs for you to pass the savings on to you. ;)