Cost Plus World Market

This place is almost like Target for me in the sense that I always buy more than intended. Lots of cute furniture and homewares– most are reasonably priced. The snacks collection is amazing, I found British snacks that I remembered trying when I visited London a couple years back, and low and behold– Jammie Dodgers, stroop waffles and Cadbury chocolate galore.
The wine and beer selection is pretty varied as well, and if you come when there’s a sale, stock up! Today it was buy 4 bottles of rosé and get 40%, on top of that rewards members get 10% beer and wine every day. So saved a lot of money today on vino.

Excellent customer service today. Drove over 25 miles to buy a gift for Father’s Day. Could not find the item I wanted. Paige, a super friendly sales associate, told me they were out. As I’m wandering around the store, trying to find something else, she finds me and presents me with the item. She had searched the store and back room! Paige said she was worried that I had left already and didn’t want me to be disappointed! I have not had great service like this ever! Love this store and the service!

I love coming to this store even if it’s a 20 minute drive compared to the 5 minute drive to World
Market.
They are always up to date with their items and the staff are extremely friendly (but will also give you your space to shop without always asking ‘Do you need help with anything’).
I was just there the other day looking for a vintage frame for a new art piece I purchased. Although they were sold out on the size I needed I was able to find a few other items that was worth buying.
Although the parking sucks outside the store don’t let that allow you to drive away.

I can’t stand the Grossmont Center experience to begin with, a jungle of a mall with terrible parking. So to drive across town to visit this Cost Plus and deal with the other boneheads visiting WalMart next door on a weekend is an arduous journey.
But I came because they were advertising 25% off everything in the kitchen section, which is great because I needed a lot of stuff for the kitchen. But as I started picking through the offerings, I noticed everything I wanted was actually not part of the sale. I was told that cutlery, for example, wasn’t a kitchen item and thus not on sale, but utensils were. I guess that management at Cost Plus keeps their knives, forks and spoons in the bathroom.
I don’t have time to nitpick over every item, but when you have giant signs both indoors and out promoting everything in a certain section to be on sale, then please don’t waste people’s time and money when in fact there’s only certain things in the promotion. This is why I’m spending more and more money these days on Amazon, etc.

I have been shopping at world market for a while especially during the holiday season. My wife and I have made it a tradition to give different gourmet food baskets to our friends every holiday season. We typically create a theme and go from there. This past year we decided we would do baskets with cured meats and sausages and other items. We budgeted $ 70 per basket and we had 14 to make We spent in total after purchasing the baskets, fillings, cards, meats and other items close to $ 1,000.
After the holiday season we visited several friends and found the meats in the baskets we had gifted them had expired before the date on the packages. 9 baskets out of the 14 had spoiled meats. I went into the store and asked to speak with the manager and was told the store manager Tony would be out to assist me, I waited a good 20 mins.
When the store manager finally came to assist me it was as if I was pulling teeth to get any help out of him. I had to repeat my story several times. I left the store with NOTHING resolved. What a waist of money spent! I will never purchase from here again. This year I’ll take my $ 1,000 dollars elsewhere along with my year round shopping needs.

Horrible customer experience and very dissapointed in the lack of respect for customers! In January, I went to the store and they didnt have the item in store. I had to pay a deposit to get them ordered for a later store pick up date. I went 2 times to check on the item in store and they just reaponded with give it more time. Finally at the begining of March, I called the store and they couldnt find my invoice for the order and they allegedly called me to let me know that the item was not available. They item is available on line however they are separete entities so they are not able to validade any cupons or offers at time of inital purchase. The girl who was responsabile for the invoces said that she couldnt find it and that their manager would give me a call. Now Mid-​March, its been 2 weeks since I called the store and havent recieved any phonecalls from the store manager. I also called the customer service number and they couldnt do anyting either. What kind of customer retailer and service are you offering that you cant validate any transaction! Or care for your customers so that they recieve what they are paying for! You have defenetly lost a loyal customer. I Have bought several home furnishing pieces for my house. However, i will defenetly stop and I Will share the story with others so that they know what type of retailer World Market has become.

Do not try ordering on line cuz it fukn sucks! Tells you item is there and when u want to pay it kicks you off… There excuse is I caught them while they are doing inventory. Shouldn’t that be done at night when people are sleeping, just saying online shopping is the norm it should b done and ready for the consumer

Eclectic store with treasures on every aisle. Great place to shop for european spices, candies, ingredients. Teas, coffees, coffee syrups, imported and local beer and wine, decorations, towels, pillows, kitchen utensils and more. I love to come here for miniature bottles of olive oil, olives, mustards, and sauces to take on a picnic or to our local wineries.
At Christmas, they offer ornaments, stockings, advent calendars, sweets, chocolates, wrapping supplies and gifts.

I come here usually to check out their wines. Sometimes they have good sales and I like their unique collection or hard to find wines, even Bevmo does not carry sometimes. Anyways, I was looking for some Malbec, which fortunately they had a good selection to choose from.
The Antigal Uno was over priced I felt, unless you bought 12 bottles or more, but the Belasco Llama Malbec was reasonable under the member price for $ 12. I picked one bottle for the weekend. They also carry of local and out of the area craft beers and some impressive chocolates from everywhere. There were a few chocolates that I have never heard of, whichis one of the benefits of coming to a place like this. I always find something new.
The young lady at the register was totally cool. She greeted me nicely on the way in and provided relevant small talk at the register. By the the way, that bottle of Malbec I bought, was velvety and smooth.

I love this place! I come in mostly for coffee beans, but I always buy something else. I don’t really drink but I love looking at all the weird beer. They also have excellent soaps and lotions. Bought all my dishes for my new house here. Unique and fun place. Great staff too!

For a place that I never even thought to walk into over the course of several years of shopping at Grossmont Center, this place actually has a lot of great stuff at reasonable prices.
When I say «a lot of great stuff» I’m talking furniture, lighting, glassware, cooking equipment, Korean cuisine and cookware, as well as other Asian cuisine accessories, craft beer, wine, picture frames, storage and other craft goodies. It’s actually kind of unbelievable how much this little store contains. It’s also good to know that they are competitively priced as well!
I was really impressed with all the stuff they had here. They had a little «Asian Night Market» section that had everything from granite stone grill and pots to Glass & soba noodles, Japchae sauce, and a container of (instant?) of Kimchi and Bibimbap as well as little jars to make (store) your own Kimchi.
Their craft beer section has plenty of offerings from Stone, Anderson Valley, Bootlegger, Delerium, Ommegang, Sierra Nevada and some others I can’t remember. Regardless, I was pretty surprised with what they and especially the prices being on par and in some cases even cheaper than what I’m used to. They also have a build you own six pack that usually costs about $ 1.99 per 12 ounce bottle (unless otherwise marked). Which is a great way to try some beers out individually. They even have a little craft beer homebrew kit.
They also have a lot of great glassware to accompany your libations. There are plenty of pint glasses, that giant boot glass (perfect for Oktoberfest), some brandy glasses, tumblers, cocktail mixers, ice sphere molds, little shot glass sets, craft beer taster glass sets, wine glasses, etc., etc.
This store really has too much to list but due to all the cool and various items here, I’m sure that I’ll be back regularly.

Just about every time I come to the Grossmont Cost Plus /​World Market store, I buy something. It’s that kind of store. There is literally something for everybody here. You can make your home more distinctive, or you can buy gifts for people who are impossible to buy gifts for.
The kitchenware department rivals IKEA for variety. And even price, on many items.
Yes, you can find bargains here. I did today, in fact, a nice wicker end table marked way down. Gimme that ! I mean it was exactly what I was looking for, something I did not know until I saw it. It’s that kind of store.
They have excellent sales here, as well. Pay attention to the full-​color sale flyer when it comes out, and you will find something nice, I promise you.
This location does not have a lot of floor space, but it certainly has a lot of merchandise to gawk at. You simply cannot walk fast through this store, you need to slow down and just mosey along, looking right and left, and wondering why you don’t have that thing, or this thing, or those things over there. It’s that kind of store.
The colors are striking in their intensity and variety. Cushions, chairs, tables, lamps, knick-​knacks, everything has a spark of personality. The question is, is it your personality, or somebody else’s? Only you can decide, and this is the place to do it.
I’m a solid fan.

I like this store a lot, it has a little bit of everything you would need to turn a house into a home.
It has a kitschy vibe and lots of items that hail from various countries. Some of those items are overpriced like Pocky but if you don’t know where else to get canned sardines you can find them here.
Their kitchen ware is probably my favorite to browse through with their furniture and giftwrap tying in second.
You can always find a good house warming gift or any occasion something here.

I love Cost Plus. This is one of those stores you can spend quite a bit of time wandering around in. Fancy packaged foods, international candy, candles, coffee stuff, jewelry, booze, furniture, glassware, they have it all. I always come in here if I need a gift that almost anyone will love. They offer coupons in the mail sometimes which is nice.

I could spend hours in this store. Going from section to section, admiring the displays, exploring all the new products, and gadgets and just enjoying the atmosphere on the store.
There is so much merchandise packed into each space and corner of the store. Unique items that could enhance your living space.
The store is merchandised in such a way that each section tells a story or has a theme. As you move from one section to another you get all kinds of decorating ideas.
The look of the store is balanced with colors of the season and it flows throughout the store.
If you are looking for unique kitchen items, decorative baskets, unusually furniture, great wines, beautiful candles and candle holders, assorted decorative frames, colorful pillows and so much more this is the shop for you.
Friendly customer service, efficient cashiers clean and well organized.

Park in La Mesa. Walk through Grossmont Center parking lot. Walk into a whole new world~! If you are looking for that unique gift, or special something that will make your living room pop — this is the place. With extremely helpful floor staff who will assist in picking the right beer for the gift for a friend, or looking into their overstock bins for that one thing you saw that one time, these guys go the length to ensure you walk out with what you had in mind.
The floor is laid out in a convenient large to small items plan with gift bags and fillings just before the registers to make every step fruitful for their profits, and ensuring a full basket for you. There are no pushy salesmen, or items reduced so low that it induces you to make a purchase — instead the items are so unique and inexpensive you will want to buy them on your own accord.
When checking out the cashier will ask your typical questions ensuring you found everything you were looking for and sending a floor member to grab what you forgot. Perhaps the best impulse purchase set up I have found is their wine and chocolates selection at the registers. Inexpensive wines, and tid bits of chocolates glean you towards picking up that last minute bottle and a few morsels of chocolate to go with that brand new mahogany cutting board and crystal wine glass set you just purchased.
Always my go to place for quality gifts in real hardwoods, soft fabrics, and the unique and unexpected. Reasonably priced for the rest of us, and ordering made easy for anything not in stock.

WARNING: DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR ID WHEN THEY ASK FOR IT!!!
We’ve been shopping at this Cost Plus location for years and have bought Beer and Wine there several times and have never been asked for ID. Today, when we went to the check out with a bottle of red and a bottle of IPA, they asked for my ID. I am over fifty, have a full mustache and am graying here and there. No one has checked my ID in over twenty years. I thought the cashier was joking around, so I handed her my drivers license. Without asking my permission she keyed in something into the cash register. When I asked her what it was she would not tell me, only that it was store policy. We then asked to for the manager who came and told us it was store policy to ask for ID. I told him that I had never been asked for ID there before and I also told him that it was not only unethical, but also illegal to key in information from a drivers license, especially without asking first. He said if that was the case we could not make the purchase because it was store policy. We then declined the purchase.
We will not buy anything there again until we hear from this company. Their policy which was is not posted by the way is illegal. Recently we received the offer of a cash compensation stemming from a law suit against Restoration Hardware for asking us for our Zip Code when checking out. What Cost Plus is doing is far worse.
This is not the end of this story. I will post any updates.

I still enjoy coming here just to look around. During the holidays they always have neat décor to look at
This year I got some colorful glass skulls for the tree. 2 for 5 bucks. Tons of fun gift ideas too for something different. I would recommend again and again for looking around and buying. I would avoid the furniture though. Hugely overpriced

They always have the most unusual items that you can’t find anywhere else.
From foods coffees teas Bears winds so it is you name it they have a vast variety.
You do have to be familiar with prices though has some items are overpriced (in my opinion)
Seasonal items throughout the year as all other items are very unique to the store and generally not found anywhere else.

I can spend hours wandering around this store looking at all the knick knacks, unusual food and beverages, housewares, and furniture, you can get lost in all of it. Such a cool place with funky, unique and eclectic things. I usually have in mind what I need and the intention to get specific things but then my short attention span kicks in and I get distracted by all the fun stuff in here. OH look something shiny!
Anyways if you’re looking for a special gift for someone that’s not your average bolo tie, snow globe or teddy bear this is the spot to go! They also have a great section of beers and wines.
If you are like me and always trying to save a buck make sure to sign up for there email they will send you coupons and weekly deals! They have pretty good prices but coupons are always nice!