7-Eleven

This store is very clean and bright… Employees are very nice and friendly… :)

This place is always there for me when I need a pick me up. The coffee is great (as great as convenience store coffee can be!) and there’s always an energy drink of sorts on sale. You can find a decent lunch in a pinch as well, the vegetarian/​vegan section has some good finds and the chicken tenders are surprisingly good and inexpensive. The staff is always friendly and more than willing to help you or grab what you want if it’s not on the shelf. As much as I love & miss Wawa, I am thankful for a nice, clean, friendly place to grab caffeine close to my work.

As 7 – 11 stores go, this store, located at the corner of 20^th & Locust Sts. is one of the best overall – clean, well-​stocked, good customer service, self-​serve machines (Big Gulp and Slurpee stations in particular) always in top, working condition – unlike many other 7 – 11’s I’ve visited over the years. Though it’s much cleaner and organized than the Wawa which used to occupy this space from about 1990 – 2007, the lack of a deli with fresh ingredients, a la Wawa, is really the biggest and only drawback here.
Living very close by, I definitely appreciate having a ²⁴⁄₇ convenience store just a few minutes away. Yes, the prices are higher than a supermarket’s, but I doubt people come here to do their weekly grocery shopping. All of the essentials one comes to a 7 – 11 for are here, anytime, which is a definite plus, as there are very few establishments open all night in this part of Rittenhouse/​Center City West. The staff is almost uniformly pleasant and the manager is awesome – I once asked her why certain products were unavailable, & not only did she follow up on finding out why and ordered what she could, whenever she sees me she asks if there’s anything I need or have a question about.
All in all, one of the nicer 7 – 11’s you’ll find, especially in Center City (West).

Good service in purchasing slurpees for some friends. Clean.

I’m sad this isn’t a wawa, but it does have its redeeming qualities. Like this past summer I was having a dinner party and asked friends to bring lemonade. What a wonderful discovery! 7-​eleven lemonade does not have high fructose corn syrup in it! Plus it is often buy one get one free or 2 for something. Lemonade+Tequila makes a simple homemade margarita.
So 7-​Eleven has some redeeming qualities, but I’m still a wawa girl at heart

there was a wawa here, now there’s a 7-​eleven. apples and oranges to me, i like both stores. this one has a bunch of pre-​made vegan wraps and sandwiches though which is nice.

I know writing a review for a convenience store is a little weird, but I am not sure what I would do without this 7-​Eleven. The staff is really friendly, even the nights I have stumbled in late for an emergency Red Bull or after hours mixers. It’s bright, clean and safe with a HUGE selection of for the most part reasonably priced stuff. It’s a corner market off Rittenhouse Square, you can’t be expecting to be getting the best deals.
They have vegan and vegetarian foods! I know it’s no Wawa like the one that occupied the space formerly, but I LOVE having quick grab and go veggie options that are actually tasty and fresh enough. There is a large freezer section and a hot bar, but I likely will never order anything from off the rollers. There are the quick things you need including single serve pain relievers and really great grocery options like nuts and a huge selection of health bars.
Last they have a Citibank ATM. I love having my bank available on my walk into the square.

I don’t know this for sure, but my first impression of this place is that it is run by unscrupulous people. Come along with me, as I journey back in time — all the way back to Wednesday…
I step foot in this 7 Eleven, and the first thing I think is: this is one of the nicest looking 7 Elevens I’ve ever seen. It is very clean, bright, and spacious. Very nice looking selection of prepared meals. There were many that actually looked like they’d be quite good. But I wasn’t hungry this day. No. All I needed were a few items.
First, some good old TP. And let me be perfectly clear (as clear as Barack Obama): I DON’T buy the cheapest toilet paper because I’m cheap. I buy it because I like the way the cheap stuff feels. The more like sandpaper, the better. I like to feel like its working. I don’t need to or even want to feel like an angel is up there. Or some perverted freak named Scott.
In any case, I got myself 4 rolls. And then I just needed one more thing — some plastic cups for a little party I’m having this weekend.
I go ahead and drop my stash on the counter, begin to extract several singles from my wallet, when the cashier looks at me and says, «24.99.»
I respond, «That’s not right.»
He points at a price tag on the plastic cups which reads 19.99. I begin laughing. I tell him the price is clearly wrong. He tells me he’s got to talk to his manager. Meanwhile, I tell the folks behind me waiting in line that I’m just going to go run and get different plastic cups to hurry the process along. Before he got back from doing his price check, I already had another cashier ringing up my two sleeves of cups for 1.99 each. That’s more like it.
At around that same moment, the first cashier comes back from his consultation with his manager. He tells me that the price was, in fact, incorrect. And that the price is actually 14.99.
THAT’S the unscrupulous part.
CLEARLY, THAT price is also far too high. His manager did no actual price check at all. He simply told the cashier to pretend that the real price was actually 5 dollars less, thinking that I’d be stupid enough to accept this. Why, because I’m white, and you’re a racially superior Indian? You think white people are stupid don’t you? We’ll just believe what you tell us, and fork over our money.

Standard 7 – 11 but bigger, cleaner and better lit. Everything is about $ 1 cheaper than the other quick-​stop shops in that neighborhood so that is a plus but without an extensive selection of prepared foods or a deli counter it lacks what the others offer. This is a great place to stop for cash (with a cheap ATM in the back), for a drink or a late night snack. Also, it’s open 24 hours so at least this convenient store is convenient.

How I miss the Wawa that used to live here. How I miss the mac and cheese, the surly deli staff, and the grade-​A hoagie goodness. But Wawa decided to leave Center City West, and 7-​Eleven is redoubling their urban efforts.
The store’s a lot cleaner than Wawa was. It’s also severely limited in the prepared food, although I did see some Kosher vegetarian sandwiches and some intriguing Panini. Reasonable beverage selection — I mean it’s a convenience store after all. Nothing to write home about. Nice to have a place other than McDonald’s on the south side of Walnut again that’s open in the wee hours. The lack of enthusiasm is entirely aligned with me missing my shorti hoagies…