GetGo

I stopped into the GetGo location in Lawrenceville before work today to order something from the freshly made menu. I ordered a simple Italian hoagie on white bread. After being disappointed about the lack of bread choices it took the two females a hair over 15 minutes to get my sandwich into my hands. 15 minutes for a simple 7 inch sub? Come on. Give me a break. The two looked utterly confused in everything that they were doing back there.
I got back to my office and found the bread to be absolutely disgusting. It was very hard and had almost zero freshness to it. I somehow managed to get a few bites down and have felt sick all day since I ate some of the sandwich. This location is terrible. I generally avoid this location as much as possible because of the lack of parking and lack of decent customer service. I should’ve went with my gut feeling and not have ordered from this location. I will never go back into this location to order food.
**Giant Eagle responded to my E-​mail inquiry and doubled my money back because of this horrible experience**

This location only has four pumps and there is often a line. Of the 4 – 5 times I’ve come here for gas I’ve had to wait more than 5 minutes to gas up at least 3 of the times. The prices tend to be average for the area. The facilities are mediocre in terms of cleanliness and amenities.

This place is the worst. If you live in Lawrenceville, though, it’s one of your best options for gas and quick treats. And as far as I know, one of the only places that’s open 24 hours (come on, who wants to open a late-​night diner in L-​ville with me!!!).
The gas pumps — only 4 of them. It really doesn’t matter what time of day you go, you’ll always be waiting for one. And there is no discernible system for waiting, either, it’s every man, woman, and child for themselves. Do you need a receipt? Forget it — the printer isn’t working.
You will wait inside, too. This GetGo is teeny-​tiny, and has the most basic items. The only items I ever get are donuts and/​or Ben & Jerry’s. Half of the time they are out of donuts (big surprise). Items are fairly marked up here, so this truly is just a place you’ll purchase items out of sheer desperation.
The RedBox is almost always broken (not GetGo’s fault), another possible redeeming quality gone to sh*t.
It’s open 24 hours, and offers free air to fill up your tires, so there’s that. The employees must be sent from heaven, as they are typically pretty friendly. Idk how, b/​c this place embodies the definition of clusterf*ck.
I go here, but I hate it every time and have to restrain myself (most of the time), from screaming at the top of my lungs. I try to keep it to only swearing under my breath!

Rude, ignorant, and demeaning employees in the store. The ginger guy Jason is the worst of them all. He talks down to women especially my wife after she placed an order the other day. I finally had to jump in and say something to him. He said this is my store and to get out. He made a scene in front of others. Will never go back there.
The lot is hard to get in and out of especially when you need to make the left up 40^th street.
Always long lines in the store and at the pumps.
Hope changes come soon or this place is going to be a pr problem for the company if it continues this way

Get your gas and munchies here!

When I lived in LV I used to frequent this place pretty often. It’s a pretty decent location except for the panhandler who always asks me for change on my way inside and out.

Uggghhh. The location’s convenient, but it’s a pretty nasty urban gas station. There’s always trash in the lot, and it’s a terrible layout. (Half the lot isn’t used at all, and there’s frequently congestion at the pumps and/​or all the parking spaces are taken. Giant Eagle flushes money down the toilet because they won’t put money into a major renovation of this place.)
The clerks are extremely friendly 50% of the time and really mean and grumpy 50% of the time. I’d much rather have polite and efficient, but not necessarily friendly, 100% of the time.
This is a Get Go-​wide problem: these guys have the SLOWEST GASOLINE PUMPS in the world. Seriously. It takes me at least twice as long to get gas at Get Go than it does at other gas stations. The computer takes forever to process inputs (card swipes, credit/​debit?, car wash?, etc.), and they pump gas about ²⁄₃ as fast as other stations. This partly explains the lines at Get Go stations. I’ve even taken to hitting a less-​convenient but similarly priced BP near work just because it’s much easier to get in and out. (Because let’s be honest: getting gas is not a «fun» thing to do. Unless you’re at a Wawa or a QT. Why won’t Wawa cross the mountains and come to Pittsburgh?)

I used to come in here a lot but have lapsed in recent years, but once I found out that they now serve burgers, I just had to give them a try.
Are they trying to compete with Sheetz now? Or the Wendy’s across the road? Is there a Burger War underway in Lawrenceville?
Perpetual war for perpetual beef?
Anyway, they now sell an Angus Burger.
No, it’s not dressed in a schoolboy outfit. Jeez.
I built my own. I do think the touchscreen thing is weird since the person behind the counter can see you and hear you just fine. Talk about impersonal.
But about that burger…
Mine was a bacon cheeseburger. I built my own with tomato, lettuce, onion, mayo, ketchup, mustard.
It wasn’t bad and was a bit thicker than what Wendy’s serves. My only complaint was that the bun was too thin. I would eat it again, though. They made it pretty quickly too.
As for GetGo itself, they have a little bit of everything, even unexpected things like soft pretzels and… sushi? Yeah. It’s not always there, but they have it wrapped in cellophane when they do have it.
Hey, this isn’t Nakama.
I also love their soft, rich chocolate chip cookies and their chocolate and red velvet gobs. They don’t always have the gobs. I become perturbed if they don’t have them when I go. They, along with the cookies, are bakery quality. Like large deep fried Oreos without batter, scalding hot oil, and a state fair/​Regatta/​Arts Festival setting they are.
Uh-​Oh. We have a pastry war brewing between Deli, Crazy Mocha, GetGO, and Dozen.
Perpetual war for perpetual… sweets?
I kid.
For what it is, the L-​Ville GetGo is pretty good. If pollute the air with fossil fuels you must, come here to get gassed up, then get gassy on that Angus Burger.