QFC

First time I haven’t had struggled with a pharmacy. Thank you for the excellent service!

This is my favorite grocery store in Seattle. Even though this QFC is further from me than the UVillage QFC, I usually go to this one instead. It’s laid out really well, is well-​maintained and stocked, is right next to the 49 bus stop, and is typically less crowded than the UVillage location. Prices are excellent (by Seattle standards) as well.

I am so pleased with the customer service at the pharmacy in the Broadway QFC… they are very friendly and helpful! There was a slight mix-​up with my prescription (on the Doctor’s end), John got it sorted out for me pronto! Very professional and very cordial. Thank You!

Decent supermarket. The checkout staff sucks. They seriously generally border on rude to hateful if you try to make goofy friendly conversation. Butcher area is adequate but Safeway is better. (Butcher staff is great! I’m referring to the self service meat section more than anything). The only other staff exception is the very helpful young black woman who often works the liquor section. She has gone above and beyond to help me find things in the wine section and has always been awesome. They need more friendly helpful people like her.

Situated in what used to be a mall (according to one of the checkout clerks), this QFC is like three stores in one: grocery on the main floor, a home goods/​hardware store downstairs in the back, and a pharmacy a level up. As such, you can find basically everything here. Since it has three sections, though, it can be hard to find what you need, especially since the grocery area is not a typical rectangle like most grocery stores. Is plastic wrap found in grocery, pharmacy, or home goods, for instance? (It’s in pharmacy.) Are baguettes with the baked goods in front, or with the breads in aisles 2 – 3? Neither, they’re in aisle 7 by the seafood. Stuff like that.
The grocery store is clean and very nice, with lots of great sales if you check the weekly ad. You can often find some pretty great stuff in the Managers Special baskets in the pharmacy area, too — I got some Mrs. Meyers window cleaner for over half off last week. The donuts and many of the prepared foods are a step above what you’d expect from a grocery store, but still not expensive. You’ll often find that prices in the pharmacy are significantly lower than at Rite Aid a few blocks down, so check here first.
It is open 24 hours, but the back entrance (to the pharmacy) closes at 11, and the butchers area closes in the evening as well. If you’re here after hours, prepare for some interesting characters.

Not only is this place a good grocery store, but there is a decent priced and selection of wine… AND an entire small Target style shop on the bottom! This is a one stop shop for multiple items. Need to pick up celery and car accessories… you got it! The items in the «household» type area are a bit overpriced, but you pay for the connivence of having them there. Without a target or other similar store close by (other than Bartell’s) this is an easy all in one stop.
Their cheese selection is also phenomenal! And the pre-​cut cheeses all tell you about them (flavor profile & what they are made out of). As a lover of both wine and cheese, this is a go-​to for me!
Garage parking included when you shop is also a plus in the Seattle area!

I could spend hours in here. I enjoy my time in QFC. I would say I am a regular. I always bring my own bag. They know me. I might be what is called a «problem customer» but they still treat me kindly even if I pitch a fit. Unlike other grocery stores QFC is never out of my jam.

This QFC is very clean and very pleasant to shop to. The workers are not stressed out and they are friendly in the process. They are also nice to all ethnicities and cultures. I love going to QFC location.

I love this QFC. It has a good selection of affordable quality goods and it’s conveniently located near bus stops. If you’re in the hood, check out their cheese, beer, and wine sections. Some of the doughnuts are provided by Top Pot and are not bad even when they’re not fresh. There’s also a small sushi section if you’re craving fish. It’s also open 24 hours for those of us who’d rather shop in the wee hours of the night.
One caveat:
The Asian section is rather limited and is pricier than what you would find in Uwajimaya. $ 8 for a box of S&B Japanese curry mix? Wtf?

Don’t order a cake and expect to get it!
QFC allows you to order cakes on-​line from a variety of choices and I quickly got an email confirmation of my selection clearly stating the pick up date and time.
I arrived to pick up my cake and the clerk in the bakery department couldn’t find an order for me. I showed him my email confirmation and he admitted the online system does not work, they don’t offer most of the choices available on-​line and that management normally prints them out and brings them up to the bakery to call customers to choose something else.
I asked the clerk what he might suggest as an alternative and he just looked at me. I ended up buying a premade cake and asked if he could write on it and he said «no».
The next day I sent Kroger an email of the experience and a week later I have heard nothing.
Unbelievably disappointing for my friend the cake was intended for.

For someone visiting and never heard of QVC, it is an expensive grocery store!
Oddly, I thought it was more of a Safeway/​Grocery Outlet type of store, but it wasn’t. It equivalency it more like Whole Foods but w/​o the Whole Foods ambiance.

So there are a LOT of grocery stores near where I live. Everything from nice, expensive co-​ops to Safeways galore and yet another QFC.
Let’s just say this one takes the cake. They have bulk spices (which is waaaaay cheaper than those rinky dink little jars), a fantastic beer and wine selection, even more bulk grains and nuts, and then a whole housewares section down in the bottom level. In addition, all of the employees are super friendly and my Kroger plus card from back home works.
This is my new grocery store for SURE!!!

My review isn’t about the quality of this particular QFC, but about an Ace employee. Her name is Alicia. She works in the cheese section. This store doesn’t have a public restroom. I really had to pee and I had held it for as long as my body was going to let me. I have M.S. Well I let Alicia know my dire problem. She was so GREAT! She took me to the employee restroom with no hesitation! I CAN’T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT HER CUSTOMER CARE SKILLS. Thank-​you for hiring quality individuals:-)

No joke, spotted a mouse hanging out in a bag of tortilla chips here in the snack aisle.
Apart from that though (hasn’t happened again since that one time), it has the greatest mashup of club kids, barhoppers, college kids, concertgoers, and general weirdos from Thursday-​Saturday night, peaking around 11PM-​2AM on Saturday that is fucking fantastic people watching for reals. One weekend in February (read: def not anywhere near Halloween or antyhing like that) I saw a lady dressed as the back half of a giraffe buying two quarts of milk.
Go for the people watching, but probably not the tortilla chips.

The market itself is good.
I am just amazed to how friendly everyone is here!

Boy oh boy. Service here is terrible. I walked into what I thought was the main entrance. Apparently it was the back entrance. It clearly says this place is open until 11. I walk in at 10pm and was ready to check out at 10:02.
The person at the checkout stand said everything was all closed here and I had to go through the main area. I looked around, course not a local, but thought, well this looks like a drugstore main area to me with checkout stands. I asked where the main area is, and the checkout guy LAUGHED. He said I snuck in last minute and couldn’t check me out. In his eyes, I shouldn’t have been allowed into this store that was open until 11. What an awkward response and how so rude. He just said, «there» and pointed into the wine section.
This place is much bigger than I thought, with groceries and all but the checkout stand consisted of 15 – 20 self checkout stands. It was crazy. So basically, there is no service really since it’s all self served.
Then, to get to my car, I had to walk around the ENTIRE block just to get to my car near the back entrance.
Just ridiculous. All the guy had do was say out of courtesy when I walked in, by the way, this door is about to be locked but we have another entrance that will be available until closing. Sometimes people just need to be considerate. Walking in the rain back is not ideal sometimes.
There is not ample parking or a free lot around this store.

Wade and Emily in the gourmet cheese arena, are AMAZING!
Very helpful and knowledgeable about their products.
I enjoy and look forward to visiting when they’re there.

*Review about one of their baggers*
He literally just threw everything in my shopping bag and disappeared. I wanted to organize my bag again before I leave, but the cashier called for a next customer so I had to leave.
I came home and found my Boston lettuce looking sad and damaged. Meat packages leaked… Thank God I put them in the plastic bag before I checked out.
***Bottom line: If you see a tall, curly hair guy named Brandon, go to a next register***

This QFC has been so good to me for so long that I feel ashamed to be writing a review for it so late. I used to work along this area of Capitol Hill two years ago, often in the dead of the night. But thanks to this store being open 24/​7, I always had food easily available, not to mention a bathroom. I don’t even know the number of times I had to come in here to grab late night snacks. Chocolate milk and orange juice are my friends.
Aside from the obvious food and drink, this QFC should have pretty much anything you need for normal daily purposes. It kind of has stairs (it’s hard to explain) that go to another level, but I find everything I need on the primary floor. The store is surprisingly clean and the layout is friendly. My biggest problem with the store is that there are always homeless people loitering in front of it or people trying to make some kind of dumb political statements. Still, this QFC is much better than the one that is 0.6 miles south on Broadway.

This store is not very exciting. There is nothing wrong with it and it’s a solid place to get your groceries, but from a major chain located in a thrilling foodie neighborhood there was absolutely nothing that stood out to me.
You can get here your produce and other grocery items, as well as some home goods as vacuum cleaners, coffee makers and such. Everything had average pricing for this neighborhood.
I wish they carried something unusual, or just simply good quality and interesting. For instance, I like getting a pack of baked goods, like muffins, and freeze it for later, so I always have a warm treat at hand. The ones that they carry were those generic blueberry banana kind. That’s a pass for me. Sigh QFC…