Ralphs

I understand that this is a small store so variety is going to be limited, but they so often are out of things they normally carry. Don’t know if they have an ordering problem or stocking problem, but it really bites when you stop in and they are out of something very basic. Also, I am very suspect of their meat and seafood. The selection is small and I have on more than one occasion purchased meat that has been suspect on the freshness scale. I live close by and prefer to travel to the large Ralphs in the marina and steer clear of this place. OH and the parking lot sucks.

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A friend of mine keeps telling me «Ralph’s is expensive, don’t you have a cheaper grocery store near you?» Well, I suppose I do, but I’m always pleased with the selection at this Ralph’s. I have several friends who go to multiple grocery stores to shop (one for produce, one for protein, one for blah blah specialty blah). Well, I must be lazy then, because I enjoy going to one place to shop for everything, and this is where I can get my needs and wants.
Sure Ralph’s prices may be a bit more expensive than some other grocery stores (hence only 4 stars), but I do appreciate their fresh salad bar, soups and OLIVES! They also have a nice selection of organic produce for relatively fair prices. Like kale. It’s never more than 99 cents a bunch.
So to answer your question friend of mine… One stop shopping. This is my neighborhood store! Plus I love the check-​out clerks, I always have great short conversations with them!

I have never encountered a rude employee here, they all do their jobs well. However, this place has the look and feel of a ghetto Asian market. It’s tiny it’s never as clean as other locations, they don’t have half the selections as other locations. It’s fine if you just need to grab something and go, but don’t think you’re going to get everything on your list here.

Love this location but careful when grabbing your shrimp on sale because they tend to package what they want and not what you asked for. Raw jumbo shrimp was on sale asked for three pouns. Opened after a week to find out it was cooked small shrimp!!!

Since Fresh and Easy went out of business, I began to shop here more.
It gets pretty busy during the day people are getting off work or around the time everyone decides to shop before a major sporting event and/​or holiday.
Parking lot: SUCKS!
I avoid the many non-​parking drivers by parking in the far back near loading docks or on the residential street.
Staff /​Service:
I received nothing but friendly service from each cashier and worker.
Highlight:
Great deli, bakery and wine selection.
I’m a pre-​meal type of girl :)

I’m revisiting this review & giving a fourth star. While it is true, there are not many options and someone needs to investigate whether the often empty shelves are a matter of stocking, ordering or supply, regardless of when I’ve been here, the service had been really great.
There are a legion of extremely polite, helpful, observant young men who work here. It is a rare experience for me to have such pleasant interactions with young men, as an invisible middle aged lady I’m mostly ignored or palpably «tolerated» by this demographic.
Whether they are well trained or well raised, I appreciate the opportunity to have positive contact and therefore, have another star, Ralph’s.

I love my little 4^th Street Ralphs!!! The entire staff is warm, friendly and so helpful always. I’m partially blind and I never have to look to fat to find something before someone comes to assist me! Thank you so much!

My husband and I love this grocery store! Clean great prices and great food! But most of all the employees are awesome! Always friendly and helpful! We have plenty of other stores to choose from in downtown LB but we choose to drive a bit further just because we love it!

If had no star i would give this store a 0 star. The seafood department is the worse. There always out of sea food that they put on sale on there weekly specials. I live so closed to the store that i hate to somewhere else. But i spoke to the managers n they dont seem to care. I spoke to the manager tonight n her respond was i am trying. Customers dont want to hear i Am trying.

Worst Ralph’s I’ve been too came in and the place is pretty small with a small selection of seafood. I was looking for ahi tuna steak and they didn’t have any, which I understand since it based on catch. So I went to the meat section. Again, very small selection of meat. I ended up buying one bringing it back and when i took it out of the package it had this foul odor that smelled like sour puke. Almost made me want to puke as well. Never shopping here again

I like literally 100 feet from this location and I love it. The only reason I didn’t give five stars is because they are never full stocked on all their items. I am a huge fan of diet dr pepper and they seem to alway always always be out of it. Yes it’s a smaller store and will not have as many items as the one on PCH and 2^nd street but to have this place so close and so readily available is awesome. I’m glad they have a smaller market in the neighborhood. Everyone in here is very nice as well, if you need any help they will be there right away to get what you need or at least the answers that you may need. There are often people/​beggars that will sit outside the doors and ask for money so be sure to put your change away before you walk out.

I have never had a favorite grocery store before. Always just shopped where the deals were or whatever was closest. However, I now almost always head to this Ralph’s – for one reason: Efrain in the deli department. Not only is he super knowledgeable about all the products he’s selling (meats, cheeses, salads, sides), but hes unbelievably courteous and friendly to anyone that he serves. He makes jokes, lets you try anything your interested in, suggests other things you might like based on what you’re ordering; hes genuinely a treasure. He always makes you feel at home, Like you’re at a small town store, rather than a huge chain. I will continue to shop here for as long as he’s around.

I just love the location, its so close and it is always clean and has a good turnover of staff. Small neighborhood store. Nice.

Really convenient and quick. Great find in the hood

Whooda’ thunk’ I’d have ever composed a review on a grocery store chain??? Well that day has come and I feel if anything, compelled to do so.
While I prefer Gelsen’s or Trader’s that’s neither here nor there, this particular Ralph’s location isn’t all that far from my abode and offers an abundance of (free) parking alongside a RedBox (never used it) outside and/​or a Coin Star inside.
I tend to visit when I find myself exhausted from work or just don’t feel like making the trek through traffic anywhere else.
In any event, not all that long ago we elected to have quiche on a Saturday (or maybe it was a Sunday) morning. Realizing that bacon makes EVERYYYYTHING better, it was a must as well and then my fancy side made his appearance and I suggested Moët for mimosas as well.
I know, I know… I could simply used André or Chandon champagne but well, you guys know, sometimes you wake up with that damned Iggy Azalea song in your head and feel inclined to splurge a bit! Lol.
Whatever the case, having grown accustomed to checkers ringing up our groceries and/​or bagging them (#spolied) at other grocery stores, we mozied to self checkout and wouldn’t you know it?, we darn near held up the line waiting on someone to assist as you’re unable to ring up your alcohol purchases yourself without assistance from an employee in authenticating your age. Whoopsies…
A few moments later, a nice woman by the name of Jeri made her way over requesting ID which was of course, no problem. I remember her name as my Father’s name is Jerry so… Anyway, upon finalizing that, she rang the entire purchase up and apparently there was an alcohol tax or something we didn’t account for. The price ended up a Few dollars higher than we’d intended and we thought, no biggie as we attempted to swipe a debit card to cover the balance.
Wouldn’t you know it? The machine wouldn’t allow dual cards or even for us to pay using the same (precious) card considering the transaction was, for the most part, finalized. We were required to pay cash, which neither of us had on us. GRRRR.
To sum a long story and bring it to a much overdue conclusion, this paragon of a woman came to the rescue opening her wallet and tendering the balance from her very own pocket stating that she was a firm believer in karma and that it should be a sin to prepare quiche and NOT serve mimosas as well!!!
Bless her heart!
We’ve revisited this store on occasions simply to repay her charity and haven’t bumped into her again yet. This review is to thank her for her model behavior as I pray she’s somewhere with her feet propped up sipping a Mai Tai engaged in a foot massage!—

I love this Ralph’s! It’s close to home and the people who work here are very friendly. It’s usually very crowded, but I don’t mind. It is my favorite place to do my grocery shopping. They always have everything I need. Their prices are great and the quality is fabulous despite the low prices. I love their produce and meat department. My boyfriend loves their bakery. I usually stop a few times a week on my way home from work and I’m never disappointed.

Pretty much ruined our Thanksgiving dinner! We ordered our fresh turkey close to a month out and came by at our scheduled pickup time (Thursday morning) only to find out that they had given away our turkey the previous night to someone else. Meat department manager offered us a heavy discount on a «partially-​frozen» (his words) as recompense. Got the turkey home, set it up to defrost in tepid water for three hours, pulled it out and it was still frozen ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
Probably a good thing we didn’t have a whole bunch of family coming over for dinner tonight because all we’d have to serve them is side dishes. Thanks, Ralphs! Your incompetence knows no bounds.

Pretty good Ralph’s! There is a pretty big variation on the products you can get from their selections, but their lacking on their alcohol compared to my local Ralph’s.
Customer service is great, and parking is excellent for the area. Prices are good too.

As a long time Long Beach resident and customer of the PCH store, I was reluctant to go to the 4^th street location today.
The store is so small! I was shocked. The only reason I am giving the location 4 stars is because of one of the gentlemen working named Pauly. He was so helpful and nice! He was knowledgable about product locations as I had never been to that location and was extremely frustrated. He walked me to the things I needed and was sympathetic about the close of the PCH location as well. Honestly, I will be back just because of him!

It’s not the biggest location, but after a renovation a few years back it’s come into its own. And since my prior convenient neighborhood grocery store shut down (twice), this Ralph’s is my new closest grocery store. It’s clean, friendly and has all the Ralphy amenities — money orders, Redbox, balloon kiosk, carpet wash. All that stuff.
Prices aren’t always the best, but they offer a decent selection of organic vs regular produce. And the meat selection is large, if not the tip-​toppety toppest top shelf.
A big plus for me is the self-​checkout. When it works at least. Be prepared to hear no less than three checkout errors. But hey, no more feeling self-​conscious around snoopy cashiers. Bring on the donuts and ice cream!