Safeway

Yup, a dump. Carrie couldn’t be more rude at checkout. Basically tried to smash all the bread as she pushed it down while I bagged my groceries. Working there at 9:30 on a Wednesday night would totally suck so I guess you can’t blame her.

Ugh Safeway– I just can’t anymore. This location is small and safer than the one closest to my house but is so gross. The produce selection is minuscule so I usually just pick up staples– a quick stop during the week BUT that stop isn’t quick, when you need to double back and return expired items. This has happened here more than once. So disgusting.
ONE STAR and that goes to the manger for addressing this quickly and not wasting more of my time.

This is the worst Safeway in SF, but I keep coming here because it’s 3 blocks from my house. Of the MANY issues with this store, the biggest one is how incompetent its baggers/​cashiers are. For example: Not ringing up all your groceries so you’re about to leave and see something left on the conveyer belt, piling heavy items like milk on top of soft produce like bananas, trying to cram all your groceries into one bag even though you handed the bagger 3, taking forever to process payments, etc. The second-​biggest issue is that I’ve never seen more than 3 checkout lanes open, or fewer than 4 people in any line. It would get 1 star except that I can walk here in 5 minutes. Seriously, go anywhere else. When I need more than a few things, I just drive the car to Diamond Heights — the Safeway there is five times better.

This place is a dump. It drastically needs a facelift. I dread going to this Safeway and only go when there is an immediate need. The only thing right is the people that run the registers. They need help with stocking many items, they often run out of items like milk!
Skip it if you can.

It’s the Little Safeway That Could.
I Think There’s Milk, I Think There’s Milk, I Think There’s Milk.
Yes it’s small. Some of the seafood seems dubious. They run out of milk. But most of the time it gets the job done.
Having made this my Safeway for 3 years plus, the best part is the staff. Very friendly. Gives the place a neighborhood feel.

Such a dump and drastically different than other nearby Safeways (Diamond Heights and Taraval way better). I only stop here if I have an emergency or need a dried good. Produce is extremely hit or miss.

It’s okay. Selection is not as good as Mollie Stones. But prices are much better.

This Safeway is insanely overpriced (more expensive than Mollie Stones and Whole Foods) and uses deceptive marketing/​pricing techniques. I walked in the store and saw green grapes with a price tag that said «$ 1.99» on them — since the tag did not say «$ 1.99 with club card», or «$ 1.99 per pound» I assumed this price to be for the entire bag of grapes. When I rung up at the cash register I was informed my bag of green grapes was $ 8.50. And my little plastic basket of Driscoll’s strawberries was $ 7.99. Are you f&^%king kidding me?

This is an ok store for being so close to where I live, but it’s really lacking in selection. The staff is nice but it never seems like there are enough of them.

This Safeway has a good selection of wine and club price discount goods. Store staff are friendly here. Although I do think this store needs some exterior and interior renovation.

This is the saddest Safeway I’ve ever been to my life. Period.
The staff were not happy, they gave customer faces and they were not friendly at all. Honestly I don’t mind this location is smaller compared to other locations — it has parking lots which is a huge bonus in the area, it has carpet cleaner rental which is very nice, and there’s a recycle center right outside of the store which is great — however, nothing can add up to balance the negative energy in the store.
The grocery selection is very limited, if you are used to the «normal-​size» of Safeway, this won’t be your top choice.

This is a good neighborhood Safeway, not as big in size as most others. If you’re looking for inventory and selection you’d consider going to the one over in Diamond Heights, but if you’re looking to pick up staple goods and avoid long lines at times, this is a good one that’ll get you the basics of what you need.
There are 2 parking lots, one on the top deck and then the one providing front door access, as well as lots of parallel street parking.
This services the community of residents well and has been here for I think at least 40 years or so.
For those who live in the area, it’s easy to walk to and grab things without having to drive.
The service here is fine, and selection gives you enough options. It does feel a bit small and claustrophobic at times with more narrow isles and a lot of stuff crammed into a small space, but does the job.

First of all this place is super small and you don’t get the Safeway feeling. The deli section does not have a lot of things to order as other Safeway
I bought a chipotle rap here and they made me a chicken an bacon wrap with a lot of mayo but I didn’t mind. So I just bought another one thinking that maybe I could give the one with bacon to my boyfriend. So leaving the place with 2 wrap did not bother me much.
What really bothers me was that when I took a bite into it it was so hard I could not believe it. It literally felt like I was eating a rock! The wrap which is just a tortilla crumble when I bit in to it and the chicken felt like it may have been refried a few time the cheese was all burned that it was dark brown. Both of the wraps that I got from this Safeway were horrible I only needs to take one small bite to see how horrible this place is. I wasted 10 dollars on trash! I will never recommend anyone to come here for fast and convenient deli food

I HATE THIS SAFEWAY! The worst Safeway I’ve ever been to, by far!!!
The customer service is complete shit! There’s like 4 sales associates working there, 2 of which are cashiers. So if you’re grocery shopping and maybe want some assistance at the liquor cabinet, good luck, because you’ll be waiting there for a good while… (This happened to me today)
And then when the associate finally came to assist us with the liquor cabinet, the cabinet was jammed, so no liquor for us…
They really know how to test your patience…
Do NOT go here!

Was trying to find the hours of operation and came across this Unilocal!review of the store. Felt I should put my two cents in and set the record straight regarding this store — Unless you are some worry-​wort desperately in search of organic tofu or convinced that eating gluten is going to ruin your life; this Safeway is just fine.
I eat normal food and don’t spend myself worrying about pointless distinctions like some of the reviewers possess. This isn’t a fancy store, but I’m not some 20-​something who needs to be wowed by some fancy façade. I look for fair prices, reasonable selection and friendly staff. The Monterey Blvd Safeway has those attributes.
I’ve been coming to this store for a great many years. I find the staff and the manager, welcoming and I genuinely enjoy stopping by the store. It has the feel of some of the old neighborhood corner stores (which many of the reviewers were not around to remember) where you knew the butcher, cashier, etc. Even my ex always used to tell me that she really liked the store. Very personable staff and they all do their best to manage in a store that has some years on it.
If you aren’t convinced that eating something with gluten is going to be your undoing or that you simply must be at the newest, shiny something-​or-​the-​other; you will like this store.

Don’t park upstairs unless u want your car broke into.
Repeat — do not park upstairs.
This Safeway needs a remodel so bad, I hope the management reads this so that they can focus on high end customers that live in the surrounding area.

Lucky’s or Safeway? Those were the grocery choices in my formative years. My family fit the profile of typical Asian (Ken K.‘s A$N gene or Cherylynn’s Chinesey aspect). We used to shop as a family at a one-​stop shop named GET, a familiar name to longtime Sunset dwellers, on Sloat Blvd. After buying basic need items (school supplies, hardware needs, housewares. etc), we’d walk across the parking lot to the neighboring Lucky store for food needs. After they flattened GET and Lucky and later built the current Sloat Plaza, we had to find a replacement grocer and this was the nearest one. It is about ¹⁄₆^th the size of the popular Marina Safeway so you may not necessarily find everything you want here. Parking is sufficient with two levels available. It is busier here since the Ocean Ave. closed; probably a wise choice given the new Whole Foods Market.
While in the area, if you get hunger pangs, there are several dining choices here now. Rice Valley Shanghai is next door, Blue Iguana truck (Mexican) and Lucky River (Cantonese) across the street, and K’s Kitchen down the block.

The deli staff are the worst. How can you possibly be employed in A DELI if you cannot make a sandwich? Sloppy and undertrained.
The store itself is tiny. There is hardly anything there.

Unfortunately, this is my neighborhood safeway.
Normally, I would prefer to go to TJ’s for all my grocery needs but this safeway does have great deals once in a while whether I need some redbull or a good deal on boneless chicken breast.
BUT. there has been plenty of times where I have seen expired package deli meat and things that are actually MOLDING that are on the shelves.
Oh yeah … they recently got some creepy «security guard» asian lady that is a WEIRDO. She usually has some notepad writing down people who look like they’re «theives» aka me and plenty of other patrons and she tends to talk to herself. She just makes shopping for some groceries umcomfortable especially when it feels like she’s following me. Find a new job lady!

Y’all need a remodel, for real. I mean, for real, for real, for real. Every time i get in the elevator I say a prayer to Big Baby Jesus to make it through to the other side.
Also, some of your baggers are so slow and rude it makes me want to scream. Lady with the fancy long acrylic nails, I’m looking at you. You always have to interrupt the gaggle of women behind the deli counter to get something from them. I know you love to gossip ladies, but when I just stand there and stand there?
Best overheard sentence by a *ahem* thuggish looking gentlemen:
«Man. People be blowing up my Instagram. Haters… Yes, I brought my own bag.»
It they remodeled and their employees were a bit more chipper I could see my way to giving Safeway more stars. Alas…