FARMBRIA by FOOD BAZAAR Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff was somewhat helpful and knowledgeable about where to find product."
• "I loved that I could go to management and ask for an item and they listened and would keep requested items in stock."
• "Hi. This young lady really helped me with my shopping has a big smile on her face."
• "All the workers at this Food Center are warm, welcoming and super helpful."
• "The people that work there are very nice, keep up the good work!"
• "Staff is friendly and knowledgeable."
• "Many cab drivers in parking lot to help deliver food."

Cons:

• "The cashiers here are extremely rude and disrespectful and I refuse to spend my money in their again."
• "The cashier was very nasty she threw my receipt at me."
• "Cashiers should be more pleasant greeting their customers."
• "The supervisor was very rude and disrespectful."
• "Horrible customer service (cashier's barely smile and workers barely speak English)."
• "The cashier was extremely disrespectful and didn't want to acknowledge me."
• "Some of the employees didn't understand English and that's unfortunate."

Product Quality

Pros:

• "Lots of variety and products from different countries you can't find most places."
• "They have everything you need for the Caribbean culture."
• "Great selection of Caribbean staples, including beautiful fresh fish and produce."
• "Their fruits and vegetables are always fresh."
• "Great place to get Caribbean produce, meats and fish that you wouldn't necessarily find elsewhere."
• "Farmbria meat is usually fresh and so is their fish."
• "Has everything. Clean. Fully stocked with all fresh veggies and fruits."

Cons:

• "The meat they sell be so old and nasty. Half of the veggies are spoiled."
• "The food sold is unsafe to consume."
• "This is the second time they sold me spoiled fish and the the 3rd time I’ve bought bad meat from this place."
• "And the fish area sometimes the fish are not fresh but rotten."
• "The place is poorly stocked and the produce, meat, canned goods, and baked goods it has are almost always rotten and expired or very near to being rotten or expired."
• "I brought a cantaloupe and I had to throw it away it was white and green inside."
• "The produce is subpar, hardly ever fresh."

Store Layout and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The supermarket is great, it is more or less a stop shop where you can get almost everything you are looking for."
• "With the new management, the store seems much more clean and organized."
• "They've improved the aisle spaces, created a more neat shelving system and placed products accordingly throughout."
• "Clean bathrooms and aisles."
• "Much cleaner and larger variety of goods and much much faster checkout."

Cons:

• "The store is confusing and feels like a maze."
• "It looks like it is rarely ever cleaned."
• "Incredibly dusty and grimy to the point that if you smell your hands after touching a shopping cart or anything in the store, they reek badly."
• "This supermarket is filthy and rundown."
• "It's very veryyyyyy crowded....however, their fruits and vegetables are always fresh.. parking is very tight."
• "The store is pretty big but is very congested."
• "The isles are narrow, so you keep bumping into people."

Pricing and Value

Pros:

• "When People can Save a buck just to have extra in their Pockets it's good for. Everyone."
• "It's worth it to shop there and grace coconut water, the big one is $3.69."
• "And prices are excellent."
• "The prices are reasonable."
• "Prices are great too."
• "The prices are affordable, and conveniently located."
• "Prices are very reasonable."

Cons:

• "Big draw back is the price. I am a comparison shopper and the prices on items are much more expensive here."
• "The prices are exorbitant! I don't even see prices this high in Manhattan."
• "The prices have now tripled in just a year and a half."
• "It's ALWAYS over crowded and EXTREMELY over priced."
• "The PRICES For food IS EXTREMELY HIGH‼️"
• "This is a third world supermarket that charges Vivienne Westwood and Fendi prices."
• "A head of cauliflower goes for $9.99 and a box of cereal goes for $8.99."

Accessibility and Convenience

Pros:

• "Off street parking + Street parking."
• "There are new hours allowing you to shop until 10:30p which is great for me to avoid the long lines."
• "Above all; there is parking on site."
• "Convenient location, and everything always in stock."

Cons:

• "As a handicapped person I rely on handicapped parking. This supermarket ALWAYS has non-handicapped shoppers parked in the handicap spots and the parking lot security does nothing about it."
• "It is a very small supermarket, super crowded at anytime, parking is horrendous."
• "Parking is ALWAYS an issue!!!"
• "Parking lot a mess and congested."
• "The parking lot is always full so plan ahead and expect delays heading in and out of the lot."