FOOD BAZAAR Reviews Summary

Category: Supermarket New York

Address: 201 E 125th St, New York, NY 10035, USA

Phone: +16467813181

Rating: 4.3
based on 100 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Friendly warm staff."
  • "Ronelda was very kind in explaining everything I needed to know."
  • "Great place to shop and the workers are good people."
  • "The staff is excellent, courteous, helpful, knowledgeable and ready willing and able to assist."
  • "Service agents at self checkout are super helpful and actively aware of customer troubles."
  • "The staff and management that helped me were really helpful and friendly they provided excellent customer service and support for me while I was there shopping with two children!"
  • "The employees have all been very helpful and polite."

Cons:

  • "I was happy until a few days ago April 7, 2024. Your employee that handles the basket harassed me at the elevator."
  • "Everytime I go there.. when you ask one of the workers for help there response is 'I don't speak English!'"
  • "He didn't seem to care about his customers due as he lack of eye contact, communication skills, and dismissive behavior towards me."
  • "The so called manager who I can describe as Indian hated the community and had something against young black men."
  • "Yesterday I visited this Supermarket this worker in the Meat Butcher section of the store was very disrespectful."
  • "I asked a young lady for help she screamed at me for no reason."
  • "Mohammed the store manager does not follow store policy’s and posted regulations employees are rude and unprofessional."

Security and Accessibility

Pros:

  • "Very convenient security/Red vest outside top notch."
  • "Also there is a big elevator to fit people comfortably even while having my baby stroller."
  • "There's free parking if you spend $75.00 minimum, easy access for wheel chairs and walkers being they have elevators as well as escalators and is very clean."
  • "They also offer delivery via their app!"
  • "Wheel chair accessible with escalators and elevators. (2nd floor)"
  • "You have to leave your shopping cart plus personal bags with security and use the store's cart but that's okay with me since security never leaves the area with personal belongings unattended."
  • "The store is well equipped with an elevator and escalators."

Cons:

  • "The security guards there are BEYOND unprofessional and RUDE."
  • "The security would intentionally follow me in the store, thinking I would steal."
  • "Security EXTREMELY rude over checking empty shopping (push) carts."
  • "These people (security) followed me (a black person) all around the store and then asked to see my receipt."
  • "The security guards follow you around because you're black they don't follow the white people."
  • "After paying for my things on my way out we were ran down by security and employees for reasons that were still unknown to us."
  • "The same security gentleman in my face."

Product Selection and Quality

Pros:

  • "Food Bazaar is amazing and huge it has almost everything you could need while food shopping."
  • "Gigantic selection from everything you'd expect a supermarket to have."
  • "The seafood and meat department is fresh and abundant, I got some oxtail and a rack of lamb. It was fresh and delicious!"
  • "It has food that I haven't been able to find locally (breadfruit, a yellow yam)."
  • "Great large supermarket with a variety of food selections."
  • "The produce section is amazing and so is their meat section, with butchers on hand for fresh cut meats!"
  • "Vegetables, meat, fish, chicken and also fresh baked goods."

Cons:

  • "A waste of $12 for a Chicken Sandwich."
  • "Meat is not fresh at all. And management is the worst."
  • "I was disappointed when I couldn't find gluten free pie shells during this visit."
  • "Their fruits and vegetables go bad quick."
  • "You guys sell live crabs majority of them are dead and smell even worse."
  • "The pieces that were not thoroughly coated with the Buffalo Sauce were completely tasteless."
  • "Their items are way to expensive, for the quality and variety."

Store Layout and Shopping Experience

Pros:

  • "Nice new store. Wide aisles."
  • "Big beautiful clean Market."
  • "I appreciated how clean, bright and inviting this place is."
  • "It's a nice looking and clean market with good variety and decent prices."
  • "This place is always very clean so far the staff has been very friendly."
  • "Grand opening and the supermarket is clean, bright and open!"
  • "The store is small and cramped. Not enough room in the aisle to walk around someone with a cart."

Cons:

  • "It was too overwhelming for me. I rather shop in a smaller market that is less hectic."
  • "DO NOT COME HERE IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE WITH THE PEOPLE. AISLE ARE EXTREMELY SMALL."
  • "The aisles are too narrow and the amount of people that are shopping is a lot."
  • "Access from 127th is complicated by one way streets, though."
  • "A little difficult to navigate."
  • "You can't enjoy walking down the aisle to see the products at all you have to choose and leave since is a small supermarket go to the one in 161 or Queens instead."
  • "These idiots keeps interrogating me and I said show me on the camera when I stole, no then they walk away like morons and say sorry."

Price and Value

Pros:

  • "The prices are still really good after the sale was over!!!"
  • "The prices were wonderful."
  • "The prices are not that bad it even has great offers."
  • "Prices are good and I need another shopping spot with fresh goods, produce is great also."
  • "Their products are second to none and reasonably priced."
  • "There are offers on products daily, with very good prices at the average level."
  • "Although a bit pricey you will find some great deals and fresh foods."

Cons:

  • "Problem is, it's expensive even by Manhattan standards."
  • "Parking is well needed there no parking how they want people's to shop."
  • "Food Bazaar does charge EBT customers $1.00 per bag."
  • "This place is ridiculously expensive!"
  • "Shopping bags are overpriced at the cashier."
  • "The parking sucks though. The bus area is in front so you can't park in front for long."
  • "Free parking in the basement if you spend more than $75."

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