Dominick’s

Love love love them… I get it that a lot of people are so in love with Mariano’s but I enjoy the personable service I get when I shop at Dominick’s. They all speak when they see me they know some of my favorite items so they’ll hold them for me until my next trip. I’ve always been big on brand loyalty and excellent customer service. As long as I reside in the west loop I will be a lifetime customer! Love them!

Dominicks is going out of business! Half off everything– although there is nothing here!

I used to go to this location and buy groceries on a regular basis, not anymore. First they never have enough registers open. Second and worst, I got a bag of rice from them. Got it home… opened it and small bugs started to appear as I measured it… turns out the bag was completely infested with bugs known as rice weavels. DISGUSTING!!!

The West Loop Dominick’s has really stepped up its game since Mariano’s opened up about a block away. Nowadays, they usually have about 6 self check-​out lanes open at any given time (a huge improvement over the 2 that were rarely open before), it isn’t nearly as crowded as it used to be (the chaos is down the street at Mariano’s), and they run some pretty decent sales.

I like this Dominick’s! Customer service is nice! Except the deli department those women back there have major attitudes, not all of them but the one with the glasses and Yvonne are just plan old horrible! I hate to order from the deli of they are there! I’ve spoken to management several times! No change! Sad! It’s so convenient too!

I usually don’t have any issues when i go here. I can have a list full of things I need to get and there is always someone there to help me out. All the aisles are organized like any other dominck and they also have self check out for when I don’t get much. I usually come grocery shopping here on a regular basis, and this is the closest grocery store to my house, but I’ve never been on the holidays so I don’t know what the lines are like. My mom visits so much they know her by face. It’s a nice place and nice location.

Poor, poor Dominick’s. I hate to write this review. It’s like kicking a man when he’s down.
Ever since Mariano’s opened up across the street, Dominick’s has been trying to get their act together with awkward sample tables, updated displays, and extra, friendlier employees.
Too little, too late! You should have tried to garner customer loyalty and satisfaction back when you had no competition in the West Loop.
I wonder how much longer they will last. This location would make a GREAT Whole Foods! Just saying…

I don’t know what it is with Dominick’s, but the ones I frequent hardly ever have cell service inside. How can I compare prices with my app when I can’t get any service?
I think you can find a better selection and wider variety of things if you go to Mariano’s across the street. Especially if you’re on a gluten diet or anything very particular like that.

The store is small and manageable. I can find all the basics, and the produce is generally fresh and varied enough. It feels like they have more sales, and my cost per trip is still lower compared to the few times I’ve visited the grocery mecca down the street. On top of everything, the people who work here are super friendly.
Gosh-​darnit! I’m still going to shop here for the most part, but I’ll venture down Halsted for super gourmet items and for when I want to booze and run errands concurrently.

Not going to survive Mariano’s opening down the street.
Dominick’s on Halsted has a convenient location and good underground parking.
But the weary-​looking interior holds only a tolerable produce section and barely acceptable meat, dairy, and fish sections. Groceries include only mediocre brand and size selections. Really no reason to go here with Mariano’s down the street, unless it’s past 9pm.
When I was a yewt, Dominick’s was the «better» grocery store in Chicago. But when Safeway acquired them, they made a conscious decision to go down-​market, and that’s fatal in this area.

I am mainly writing this to say that I will longer be going here now that Mariano’s Fresh Market is open across the street.
The variety and quality of products is not good for a store of this size. Things look grungy and poorly maintained. I stopped buying ice cream here because it nearly always had a melted-​and-​refrozen texture.
The checkout lines are usually long and block the entire front of the store. And why are they required to ask every customer if they need help outside?

Very convenient for those, who live in West Loop or Presidential Towers. But the organic produce is way too expensive! Sweets are too greasy.
I only shop here, when I visit my friends who live in the West Loop.

I’m a big fan of Dominick’s, but this location is one of the smaller stores and they always seem to be under stocked. There’s nothing I dislike more than attempting to do some grocery shopping only to find out they are out of half the things on my shopping list.

It’s a Dominick’s. *shrugs*
(another useless review for the sake of putting it in a list…)

Sadly Dominick’s is the only store with a salad bar near my work. And it was pretty bad — not appetizing, poor presentation, not the best quaility. They had cold salad on one side and a hot bar on the other.
The hot (aka fat ass) bar had meatloaf, meatballs, tater tots, wings, fries, fried chicken nuggets. It was hilarious to see the «cattle» go down the bar. While on the other side there was the people who were in shape or at least trying to be healthier.
I walked in the other day, dreading another day of a shitty salad and lo and behold… was a new salad bar! All cold (no fat ass side). Fresher selection, more selection, and presented better.
Dominick’s may not be the best, but they are trying.

Finer foods my a$$. This store is overly complicated for no obvious reason, has outrageous prices (although the location accounts for most of this), surly cashiers and a sad, sad selection of everything but frozen pizza and cheese.
When checking out, I did not have my savings card and couldn’t remember the phone number I had when I initially got my Dominick’s card over 10 years ago and the disgustingly smug cashier told me I needed to solicit other customers in line to use their card if I wanted to get the savings. Luckily, a nice couple heard my plight and gave her the same ‘WTF’ look and graciously let me use their card.
The cashier then proceeded to take an inappropriate amount of time bagging my groceries because the couple let me use their card. I offered to help her and she told me, ‘I GOT IT.’ Ok, sorry, I was just trying to make the line move faster and offered to help you even though you made it perfectly clear you would not do the same for me. (Do unto others as you would have done unto you) She failed her Golden Rule class, obviously.
Screw you Dominick’s. Never ever shopping at this store again, even though I now live in the neighborhood I am going back to my old hood grocery stores.

Here’s my experience this past Monday afternoon:

Its 4:30 pm, I’m hungry but leaning toward a healthier choice for dinner, a whole roasted chicken could fill the bill and I could end up with leftovers for the following day. I checked out the roast chickens in the warming display, they all looked a little rough and had a posted time off 11:30 am. I’m not buying a chicken that’s been sitting around for 5 hours, so I head to the meat counter and pick up a whole fresh chicken. I’ll have the butcher cut it in half and roast it myself but the nice lady behind the counter tells me the butcher just left and anyway the machine has been cleaned. Oh the hell with it, I’ll buy it and cut it up when I get home and hope I don’t lose a finger in the process.
Next I head for the produce department, all the containers of fresh basil are turning black, the back counter display with fresh vegetables looks like its been ram shackled, and many of the plastic bag dispensers are empty, this turns out to be a hunt and seek for the bags.
So now it’s going on 5 pm, the store is starting to fill up with the after work group and the 11:30 am chickens are still hanging out waiting for a sucker to take them home.

This Dominicks is sweet!
The parking garage is enormous and you feel safe (you don’t feel like you going to get hijack when loading your groceries in your car) and it very bright.
Their sales are amazing produce is great alot to choose from Seafood is always fresh. fresh meat and dairy product too.
Really needs to open up more checkout lines, because the lines can get very long. Finally you make it to the cashier and they are super nice and they ask if you need help to your car. That’s a A+ in my book.
The Store can get pretty insane but the shelves are always stock and on special days they have free samples of food.
Overall, Just a great place for grocery shopping!

This grocery store is great if you buy normal staples and are not looking for fresh fruits and veggies. I even worry that the cooler has items that have been sitting on a shelf and just returned. The check out area never has enough tellers, the ATM swiper doesn’t really work right the first go around, and they never have enough carts. The self check-​out lanes are often broken or the person monitoring them is off in la-​la land.
It is fun to see the security trap people in the revolving doors or chase them down Halsted.
Unless this place is super convenient or your last resort, don’t bother.

Smaller than the Dominick’s at Canal & Roosevelt, but fine.
Close to the house.
Very good produce.
Improved layout
Free parking
Liquor department
Fewer checkout lanes than at Canal & Roosevelt.