Safeway

Really?! The store itself is ok, but the Starbucks inside of this Safeway should be closed down and not reopened. Slowest service ive ever seen! The girl with Burgundy/​red braids that works here spend the last 8 minutes talking to a customer about hair products, not even trying to help anyone else. Really poor customer service

Terrible check out experience. Cashier talked for 10 minutes to some chick who is buying like 20 things. Didn’t seem to notice the long line of angry people growing.

Yeah. I’m reviewing Safeway.
This has been my neighborhood store for the last two months so I’ve set foot in here quite a bit. I wish I wasn’t so lazy because even the QFC across the street is better than this place and Trader Joe’s is a block away. I hear in another year Whole Foods will be open too. For now, Metropolitan Market off of Admiral is the place to beat in West Seattle, even though you’ll pay a bit more.
Anyway… with one star being «complete suckage» in my book, I will give two because it’s not quite THAT bad. The prices are pretty reasonable and I’ve picked up some nice flower arrangements. But the lines are horrible pretty much any time of day, the store is cramped and in need of a makeover, you can’t buy alcohol at the Starbucks café (but you can pay for anything else, wtf?), and I wouldn’t call the produce the absolute freshest in town.
Generally the selection is poor unless you need the most basic of items. The Asian food section is a joke. Sad, considering we’re in Seattle. Also sad there were lots of bags of nasty «self-​light» charcoal but not a single bag of natural lump hardwood charcoal. Lame.
I recommend staying away from the hot prepared foods. If that’s what you’re into, try across the street at QFC. It’s no 5-​star restaurant but it might save you a nice pair of underwear.
Again, the lines! Fix it people, it’s not ok to have two registers open with 10 people in each line.

This is my go-​to choice for big name groceries in Admiral junction. They always have fried chicken breasts ready to go which the one in Alaska sometimes doesn’t (happened just the other day). I like adding their roasted shredded turkey to soups and that they do stock some «healthy» brands like EVOL. They are also one of the few stores that carry the super tough cat litter liners by Johnny Cat.
Parking can be nightmarish in the lower lot but you can almost always find parking on the side streets or on the upper lot. They also offer plenty of self-​checkout lanes which makes getting in and out of there a speedy process. Its proximity to my neighborhood Chase bank, Verizon Wireless, Great Clips, Metro Market and PCC means I stop here at least every other day.

I’ve given 3 chances to the fish dept and have been burned all three times. Today I bought salmon that had more bone in it then I could count. Waste of money and time. There lines are just a little less long then usual… so i guess that’s something

Insanely long lines and inconvenient evening access.
One set of doors is locked at night (9PM today), and the other door is intentionally blocked about 10 feet into the entrance by a row of carts, so you have to go through a register isle to get into the store.
In addition to this being incredibly inconvenient, it’s a safety hazard to have one potential exit totally locked and the other mostly blocked by carts (see pic). If there were to be an emergency such as a fire or similar, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are casualties.
Regarding the long lines– despite there being many registers, they typically only have half of them staffed even at peak times. It’s not unusual for me to see only one register open at 7PM.
If they can’t afford to properly staff the place at least install self-​checkout lanes.
Overall I feel as though this store is poorly managed without any regards to the customer experience. If it weren’t cheaper than the other two stores near my home– QFC & Trader Joe’s, I would probably never ever set foot here again.

This Safeway I suppose has what you need. Occasionally, I have noticed out dated items, and vegetables and fruit not so fresh looking. But most of the time it’s all ok. The deli food gets to look dried out in the afternoon, so probably should stay away from the hot food deli area. Couple of times I was at the deli, but no employees to assist me. But overall you can find all ur typical grocery items.

I’m so over this place. The manager refuses to believe that his store has an issue with the long lines.
The other day, after I thought that they had solved this problem, I was stuck in the ONE register line while the poor checker kept calling for additional cashiers who never came. I used trusty Unilocal to find the store’s phone number, called it and asked for the manager. When he was on the line I asked him to send additional cashiers to the front. He was totally confused.
By the time he made it to the front of the store, the phenomenal checker had reduced the line somewhat but he still refused to help out. Instead, he started berating the cashier for not calling for help.
Store is nice and clean and all that but the manager is a tool bag and you will waste your day waiting in the lines. Pay the few extra cents and go to QFC.

The parking lot alone is enough to make me not shop here again. They really need to repaint the long, skinny angled stripes. I’ve had a half dozen car dings and scratches added to the sides of my car from shopping here because their parking spots are so skinny and awkward

«Do not come back.» This is what was told to me by the cashier!
First time I was at this location. I came in late tonight to grab a couple staple items — Q-​tips and garbage bags — and a Cherry Coke. I had total sticker shock at how everything I saw is overpriced at this Safeway location. Do they think everyone in West Seattle is rich?
I got the cheapest trash bags I could find at 20 count, Safeway brand, that I thought would still actually hold the trash and not fall apart on me while walking the trash bag out to the dumpster. For a Safeway brand box, 20 count for 13 gallon kitchen trash bags, they charge $ 5.99! On their website, I can get the same thing but 45 count for $ 6.99 and delivered to my house for free!!! For the cheapest option they had for Q-​tips, which was Safeway brand again at 120 count, they charged $ 2.49! I can get 350 Q-​tips from the dollar store for $ 1, Winco or Safeway in Mill Creek for $ 3! And for a 20 oz. Cherry Coke Zero, it was $ 1.67 — NO, not a 2 liter, 20 OUNCES — and that was the SALES PRICE! Holy freak! Total with tax: $ 11.11!!!
When I went to the only cashier open, and he gave me the total with the whopping $ 0.12 off the soda, I muttered, «Good grief!» He then replied, «Yeah, it’s expensive here.» I said, «Wow, just wow. I can’t believe how much everything costs here! I may not be back.»
And this is what he said to me, without skipping a beat, and not kidding at all:
«Do not come back.»
And the guy didn’t even bag my stuff. Just handed me the receipt and started ringing up the people behind me.
Wow. I was in total disbelief.
I’m filling out the customer survey at the bottom of the receipt and calling the store manager tomorrow to tell them about my experience.
And don’t worry, Luke, I won’t be back.

Oh where do I start. I have shopped on and off for last two years. The store itself is dirty. Can’t find stuff I need there. But I can find food which is economical and basic staples here. Never buy seafood or poultry here. Quality is not so great.
Other than that the checkers are always nice.
Annoyed by the guy who stands outside trying to sell change newspaper… I donate to charities all the time but do not want to be hounded while doing my grocery shopping.

This Safeway is not a great place to shop. It feels dirty and the staff is not great. I will say that I left really uncomfortable because the manager, some guy with glasses, came over to my nice cashier and started harassing her with me standing there while I was being run up. He was asking her «were you late, why were you late.» She got flustered and stopped ringing me up and showed him on the schedule at her station that she was indeed on time. He did not apologize only stalked away with only an «oh, okay». Maybe there was good reason, but it didn’t need to be done in front of a customer.

I’ve been to my fair share of Safeways, and I think this one might actually be the worst. I live within walking distance so I shop here frequently, and I regret it almost every time. They are always understaffed, so you’re bound to wait in line for what I’d consider an unacceptable amount of time. Despite the long lines, the cashiers rarely to seem to be in a rush, although some of them are very sweet. There’s less variety here than at most Safeways, and they seem to run out of things quickly, especially if there’s a sale. It’s not so bad that I’ll discontinue shopping here entirely, but there’s a lot of room for improvement.

The rating is purely for the cheese ball 70s-​80s ballads they play overhead. I love it! Grocery stores particularly are on my rating radar because of this. The goofy, easy to sing alongs = higher ratings.

Ever since the Safeway in the Admiral District closed, this one has had an increase of foot traffic. It’s like bumper carts inside and terrible driving in the parking lots. We go to the White Center one on occasion, but it’s like the red headed stepchild; severely overlooked for lack of interest. I wonder if it is a simple matter of geography and demographic… Get ready for long lines and heavily picked through produce.

This Safeway is nothing special, unless you like dealing with this crazy lady who’s either at the Safeway or the Subway nearby. Seriously, she’s either at one or the other nursing a drink that looks like it was ordered when they opened. She must have a thing for places that end in ‘way’.
A Safeway is a Safeway. I think Ayn Rand said that. I feel like reviewing one is kinda pointless, yet here I am. It’s a grocery store. As long as you stay away from the meat and deli you can get pretty good deals on food, drink, and other sundries.
Okay, I’m reviewing it cause I’ve been drinking. Happy?

Seriously, how can I walk in this store at 10pm at night and get coffee from the Starbucks stand using my Starbucks iPhone app. Yet I go in at 4pm and not only can the two girls working Starbucks have no idea what I’m talking about, the store manager tells me not only, am I wrong because «Safeway» doesn’t take the app. But, further more says she is very busy and doesn’t have time for «this».
Why do I feel like Safeway has so much money that they don’t need me to shop there anymore. There is a lot to say for the «wal-​mart» world we have built.

I hate this parking lot. Hate it. Who is the moron in the city planning department who made these effing parking space SO SMALL. I practically drive a Yugo and I need to crawl out of my hatch back window to get outa the car.

Despite the large ‘Safeway’ sign you can see from Alaska St, it’s pretty tricky (for me, at least) to find the place. Who ever heard of a grocery store on the top level of a strip mall?
Spare yourself the confusion: turn south on 42^nd, then take a left into the upper level parking lot.
There. Now you won’t be a lost idiot like me.

I’m pretty sure this is the Safeway that we ventured into. Kinda new looking and clean… we were on a mission to find something quick to carry our oysters home. We had to catch a plane at SeaTac and we had like 10 minutes to think fast and find something. I saw Safeway so I though maybe an oversized reusable lunch sack that you could put sleaves of ice in.
That is exactly what we picked up and an employee helped us find it. Cannot beleive that this thing existed, I just kind of imagined it in my head. We picked up the «Lucerne» one that was bright blue and white and had the same motif as the milk cartons. Cows. Great but hey it was mighty useful. We packed it with a few dozen oysters from Blau Oyster Co. and Taylor Shellfish Farms as well as with some smoked salmon (3 types) that we picked up at Pike Place Parket at Pure Food Fish Co.
The bag was huge and perfect to carry on. Kept our sea critters nice and cool on our flight back. Only $ 2.99 plus tax which is cheaper than those cool boxes that they sell at Pike Place that have handles $ 10 which keep cool too. Threw in my home phone for some United Miles (yes you can link your Safeway account to your United Mileage Plus Acct.) and we were off to the aiport.