QFC

Absolutely fantastic sandwiches. I highly recommend trying their deli sandwiches.
For $ 7 I got a giant sub with boars head meat. The rest of the deli is pretty solid as well.
If their food and alcohol was more reasonably priced I would have given 4 stars but I will still be back for sandwiches.

This is one of those «Decent» QFC’s. If you need the full meal deal I would head to the U Village location (or if you need something in the area-​ish head to PCC Greenlake Village.
They have a bigger store than the one on 145^th, and have more options for organic produce and proteins. They don’t have a huge selection of the pre-​made specialty items that you can find at the bigger QFCs — but this one has all the basic you’d need.

Not shopping here until they bring back Shelly! He’s the smile that makes shopping bearable. Check out Shelly’s story on
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Since your remodel the level of QFC caring/​customer service and hit an all time low. Employees do not enjoy their work, the all look like drones. I have just been informed that you are removing the Real Change from our store. I am saddened and quiet honestly this could be the last nail in the QFC coffin for me to be a customer due to a complaint regarding asking a person to stop so they do not hit a child.
Loudest voice gets heard ~ so she complained and you are asking him to leave. Don’t let a bully win. You will be loosing more customers by removing Shelly than you are by giving in to a complainer.
As a side note about Shelly, he always has a smile on his face, great with kids and his has TWICE stopped a car from backing out and hitting my son and I as they were not looking.
I hope you make the right decision.
Gretchen Leaders

The parking lot is crowded and hard to find a space, awkward in and out because it is on Northgate Way a very busy two lake road. The store is wonderful. A good meat section, and fish. I aways ask to smell the fish and it’s never fishy. A good produce section. However, I was once there and overheard a worker talking about her co-​workers rather loudly. I found that distasteful, especially in public. Overall though, the workers are friendly and helpful.

Shopped at this store for a long time (close to work location); however, they have an .“open door” policy when it comes to allowing dogs –all sizes– into the store. Because of this, am taking my shopping to another store.

I like this supermarket. It is always seem to be improving and the staff is very friendly. Nice quality food, great prices and sushi to die for!

Don’t go to this pharmacy, the entire pharmaceutical staff are imbeciles.
Last time I tried to fill a prescription the Asian pharmacist hassled me over my insurance and refused to call them to deal with it.
Today I tried to drop off a prescription and the white pharmacist didn’t even put it into the computer. He looked at the prescription, looked at me funny, and said «I have to verify this with your doctor first.» He was definitely profiling me, I’ve never been told that before ever, they simply checked in the computer first. If I was wearing a suit and tie I bet he wouldn’t have thought twice about it.
It IS a controlled substance but they have the ability to verify over the computer. Plus I have an incision that bled through my bandages today and an ostomy that are still healing from my recent surgeries, so obviously I’m not faking my pain.
I don’t think all QFC locations are bad, just this one.

Came here for a quick stop to get a few things for dinner and my two kids were having a bit of a rough day and reeeeeally wanted to ride in the car cart thing so thank God they had a couple handy! This was my first time coming in the store and it was so clean and well stocked! My daughter started losing her mind towards the end of our shopping trip and the gentleman who checked us out got me out of there quickly and put my items back in my cart for me so I could get the heck out of there with a screaming child! I never got his name because I was too busy getting child A away from child B. Anyways, great experience to be had here! I think I’ll start shopping at this location from now on even though it’s a bit further from my house

Overall, QFC is a quality grocery store. The people are always friendly and they have a good selection.
My biggest problem is at the deli. I stood there for 10 minutes one day waiting to get served and everyone had their back to me preparing food in the kitchen area. I ended up leaving because I was so frustrated. I understand they are prepping food for the day, but the customer who wants to buy stuff that moment should be a priority.
Also, every Saturday morning they decide to restock the store, leaving boxes and carts all over the place. They block major aisles with boxes and it’s impossible to maneuver through the area. I understand that re-​stocking is necessarily but they need to figure out a more organized system that doesn’t create so many tripping hazards.

This is a busy store. Take care when you enter the parking lot because you pass an oil change joint that can be problematic. I mention this because I’ve nearly been tapped twice by exiting cars speeding away from Jiffy Lube…
There doesn’t seem to be many markets in that area so they might be the only game in town, unless you head to Maple Leaf or Lake City. It’s a good thing they had well-​stocked aisles and nicely arranged produce.
I’ve only stopped in for specific things, not to do all of my shopping here. Every time I’ve been in, I’ve been able to get what I needed quickly and with little fuss. Parking was easy and staff was friendly.

I recently was planning my friends 33 birthday party and needed a cake. My friend is pig crazy so we thought it would be cute to get her a pig cake. I called around to several different stores in our price range (mostly grocery stores) asking if they had any pig cakes, but no one had what I was looking for. However, the people that talked to me at QFC were by far the nicest and most helpful. So I thought to go by little pigs and see if they can just make a scenery to put them into.
I returned to the store hoping for some grass with a mud pit that I could put the pigs on. I spoke with Ashley (Sp?) the cake decorator; who could not have been more pleasant! She seemed excited to do the cake and told me it was no problem at all.
When I picked up the cake it was well beyond anything I could have imagined (and much more than just some grass and mud)! It was absolutely beautiful and perfect for my friend (later I found out it also tasted excellent). The cake was fantastic not only for the price but for the time and effort that I am sure went into making it and truly made my friends birthday extra special.
Thank you Ashley for the wonderful customer service and for going above and beyond!

I am a new fan of QFC!!! I love how fresh their veggies are and the deals they have each week. I thought trader joes was a good place for veggies but this a closer/​cheaper runnerup!
PS. Please keep bulk items freshly stocked and lids closed– I go to whole foods for the mixed nuts cause they’re kind of overpriced here

Piss poor service. Lou the cashier is always angry about something. I wish his supervisor would cop a tirade over Lou’s ‘tude.
Oh well…

So I went to the pharmacy to pick up a new prescription. I’ve used them before and they are great people. Casey has some weird hair sometimes but is very capable and friendly.
I had changed from a Microsoft benefits package to my wife’s UW insurance. The bill for a month’s worth of pills came to $ 138. Holy smokes. The pharmacist (sp), Christian came out to talk to me. He said that the doctor had prescirbed the new, improved stuff but the price was outrageous. He told me if I could wait, he would call the doctor to discuss.
Christian called tonight and told me was authorized to get the generic pills for 3 months worth that would cost me fifty cents.
These dudes ROCK!

There’s something about this QFC that bugs me but it’s just that traffic and construction passing through the Target area. It’s not the fault of this place. lol. Well that and the confusing parking lot that makes it difficult to turn back onto Northgate Way. Don’t go through the side onto Roosevelt Way. It’s right turn only and then you can’t get on Northgate Way.
On a much more positive note and things the store can control…
The inside of this store is fine. It’s pretty clean, fairly well staffed and pretty nice. I was trying to get the $ 1 Campbells Soup (on sale) the other day and it looked like I accidentally grabbed a few of the wrong ones. They rang up as more on the bill and I was confused. Even though I unknowingly grabbed the wrong ones, the guy adjusted it and gave them all to me for $ 1 anyways so I can’t complain about the service!

I love QFC. Whenever I shop there, there are always discounted items on my favorite foods (DiGiorno, I’m lovingly looking at you!)
The produce I purchase is always on point and the people are mildly helpful, so overall, one of my favorite places to inhabit.
Plus two points for having a Red Box!

Great selection, great quality, and prices that are commensurate with that.
SITREP
«You get what you pay for.» An adage that rings really true here most of the time. In our hood, it’s either shop here or at Safeway. To be honest, most of the time it is Safeway. But that’s not to say there aren’t good deals here.
SETUP
For me, the litmus test of a store is do they have my: (1) Favorite Cheeses; (2) Favorite Snacks; (3) Favorite Sodas; and, (4) Favorite Frozen Items (I’m a bachelor and I’m not not going to either lie or downplay my cooking consistency — so bachelorness IS what it IS).
I love how they have my favorite Lays and Ruffle chips usually alternating on specials from one another (just like crop-​rotations in my mind). And they have my Pepsi One, which a LOT of Seattle stores still do not have.
So on MY four (4) basic food «groups» (haha), I have to give QFC 4 stars right there.
PRICING
But on prices, I can find most of my favorite items at Safeway for (usually) a lot less cost. And the produce — quality is very good, so don’t get me wrong — is usually more expensive, which is a factor when I go shopping with my mom here.
THE LOWDOWN
Great store that you do pay a bit more to shop at.

I frequent this QFC mostly for the Redbox machines. They have two and I love that! It gives me more choices of movies to pick from without having to go to another Redbox machine, most of the time.
But I do grocery shop here every so often as well, it’s either here or the Pinehurst Safeway. They usually have pretty good $ 1 deals for certain canned items or Mac N’ Cheese products. The produce section is pretty fresh and usually stocked.
I have seen bigger and nicer QFCs around in Seattle but I always get what I need so I have no complaints!

My sister always goes shopping here because it’s really close to where she works. She took me there the first time after a movie for on sale ice cream.
The store is very clean, neat, and bright. There are varieties of food and they are in good quality. Of course, the price is higher if it’s not on sale! We got snoqualmie gourmet ice cream for $ 1.99 per pint (We bought 6 or 7 of them). It’s definitely a good deal.
Though, the parking on the side can be a bit difficult getting in and out!