Jons Marketplace

Asides from Jelly and Honey this is a useless grocery store. Everything is way too expensive. You can get better deals at Rite Aid! lol
The staff are virtually non existent. At lunch or dinner they’ll only have 2 lines open. There’s been so many times where I dropped my eggs and milk and just walked out because I couldn’t stand waiting any more.
Finding a basket to carry your groceries is near impossible and most of the foods there are EXPIRED! The place is just another «only in LA» scam site. I never use my credit card or debit card there… you be sure not to either! I hope and pray that this crap hole goes out of business. If Fresh and Easy went under I hope this place does. They do not serve the community.

I love this supermarket. Vegetables and fruit are very good, fresh and delicious. Low price!

The customer service here is so terrible. The staff seems to be always angry, bitter and very rude. I’m done. Never coming back here again.

This is my go to market. Workers are awesome. Everything very clean and order. Although prices are a bit higher than other stores.

It’s way more expensive that Trader Joe’s, lesser quality in produce, mostly too ripe. Why do people shop here is beyond me, but they have a good section of ethnic alcoholic drinks and sweets.

It’s dangerous to buy a food at this store. I don’t know from where they get or made it. Sovietskoje shampanskoe alcohol, on a label made in Lithuania, but Lithuania never made this shampanskoe. Be careful.

Great prices and lots of Armenian products to choose from. I went to another Armenian market before here today and ended up paying over $ 5.00 for a jar of grape leaves. When I went to Jons for the herbs to make the stuffed grape leaves I found a similar jar of the same size for over $ 3.00. Next time I’m coming here.

I’m a little puzzled at the reviewers here talking about the low prices at Jon’s. As the last review was several months ago, perhaps their prices have gone up quite significantly because I find Jon’s to be actually rather expensive. It’s certainly more expensive than Trader Joe’s, which is also in the vicinity, as well as other grocery stores in the area. The cheapest eggs Jon’s had were over $ 3.50 a dozen, far more than neighboring stores, and I was shocked to see that even Bryer’s Ice Cream was nearly $ 7.00! Milk is also more expensive.
While I didn’t find anything particular unpleasant about it, I wouldn’t shop there again as the prices are significantly higher than neighboring stores.

Regular supermarkets are contrived and boring in comparison. Jon’s is one of those old school Hollywood markets that has everything eastern European and then some. It’s been there for years and years. I stop by at least once a month to trek groceries back to Palm Springs. You’re going to have inconsistencies here and there, that’s part of the charm, but I always find a bargain.

Seriously, this place is mismanaged.
The line to check out took 30 minutes, at 8 pm on a Thursday. Any other store would open another lane. It’s consistently dirty, and the employees are rude. Probably because it’s such a sucky place to work.
I have permanently given up shopping at Jon’s. Much better stores with similar prices are within a few blocks of here, and they don’t waste your time.

No matter what time of day, this place is horribly understaffed, with lines spilling into the isles. No express check outs, no self check outs, I often wait 20+ minutes in line just to pick up a 6-​pack. No one who works here seems to care. Horrible.

I been this place couple times and I liked it. They have international food here and very affordable… The only problem is parking. It’s take more than 15 minutes to find a parking.

Ugh… the management is pretty awful. See Adam X.‘s review… I don’t even have visible piercings or tattoos, and I was dressed well. They still stared me down like a criminal when I entered the store.
The management (four people in collared shirts with Jons name tags) stood in the entrance, blocking the way. I walked in the store and bam, right in the middle of their meeting. No one moved, didn’t ask if they could help, nothing. Just stood and stared at me, like «What the hell do you want?» I turned around and went outside to look for a sign with the hours, just to see if they weren’t open or something.
Nope. Open for business. Just having a meeting, right there in the entrance, blocking the way, like a short stack of pancakes. I finally said excuse me and someone shouldered aside, not even enough room to let pass by comfortably.
They don’t have hand baskets. Their prices are awful, and the quality is absolute shit. It doesn’t have the rat piss smell stores like this sometimes get, so they can have the star for that.
I left without buying anything. Just save yourself the time and don’t bother.

I love Jons. I am buying in different stores they have in LA, specially in the valley. Yesterday i went to this store for the first time, and i didn’t like it at all. Small, tons of people, AND — they don’t let you take the cart out! WHAT??? They did help me take everything to my car, BUT — i needed to put all the heavy stuff on the counter, like packages of water, and heavy drinks, instead just leave it in the cart, as i do everywhere. Never go to this store again. Not for me, and not for people who is looking for convenience.

Don’t even think to buy fruits in there, the quality is horrible, bought watermelon that was completely over freeze, threw it away, be careful.

As most people agree, the prices are decent but if you consider the low quality then I disagree.
Every time I shop here, at least one of my purchases is expired, molded or used. Once we snacked on doughnut balls while shopping. By the time we got in line and almost reached the cashier, we noticed the molded doughnuts in the center of container. I was completely engrossed. I told cashier our intention was to purchase these however they’re molded. She laughed, told another cashier then threw it away before she proceeded to scan my other items.
I don’t think I’ll return. My S/​O doesn’t hold too much regard to these incidents but I do.
This place is usually packed with long lines during the day. The staff have been helpful while customers are very rude.

I am a regular at this location and i have just have one simple question…
WHY WON’T YOU LET CUSTOMERS BAG THEIR OWN F’ING GROCERIES!!!
There are tons of little old Armenian ladies who need more help than I do. When I say, «Oh, don’t worry, I will bag those. Thank you.» I am straight up ignored and pushed out of the way. Your produce is amazing, your ethnic selection is great, your customer service could seriously use some fine tuning. I understand its their job to bag groceries but don’t be rude about it when someone offers to do it. Its service like that that makes me not want to come to your store. I am a self sufficient adult who can bag groceries, treat me as such.

Oh Jon’s how I miss you so! I used to live next door to you, I’d see you everyday, and I’d buy all your fantastic super cheap produce!
I’d leave with 2 bags of produce for $ 8! You were practically giving me onions for free! And potatoes! I’d always be surprised and delighted by your avocado specials! 3 for $ 1 ?!?
I love you! Come to NorCal!

I have visited a few different Jon’s Marketplaces and this particular location beats ‘em all for the following categories:
1) Produce — very fresh and huge selection of herbs and exotic fruits/​vegetables
2) Variety — diverse and lots of hard to find ethnic items
3) Location — easy to enter and park
4) Spaciousness of Store — large aisles, huge produce dept., deli and parking lot too
5) Customer Service — very helpful staff when I couldn’t find an item the grocer dropped what he was doing to help me find what I was looking for; the box girl helped me out to my car when I had a huge cart full of groceries. (very nice people=)
Thank you for a great experience! I will be returning regularly.

They closed down the Jons in West Hollywood, breaking our cheap little hearts. So my mother and I trek down to this location once every couple of weeks to stock our fridges full of their low-​priced items.
I mostly come here for the produce or deli items; fresh fruits and vegetables, well-​priced hams and cheeses, good cuts of meat and chicken, etc. I love cooking, especially from scratch, and I worship fresh ingredients. I love their fresh herbs. I always stock up on these. They send out a weekly flyer to people in their area, but I just look it up online and pick out the stuff that’s discounted even further than normal. I’ve never had any issues with the quality of their food.
Being an immigrant, I love that I can also find a lot of Eastern European and South American fare here as well; marinated pickles, pickled cabbage salad, taramosalata, Mexican coke, Riga Kvas, in-​house marinated fajitas, etc. They also have some killer deals on hard liquor. Win!
The only overpriced items here are the (GASP) typical brand-​name foods that you can get at any Ralph’s for $ 2 – 3 bucks less, such as cereal, cookies, sodas, and household items (dishwashing liquid, toilet paper, etc.).
Note: you can’t bring your cart through the checkout, but if you are buying a lot of stuff, they will help you out to your car via their own carts. I think this is pretty easy to understand seeing as grocery store carts get stolen all the time. So deal.