QFC

This is the review for the bakery and cake decorator, Suzanne. We ordered a Mickey Mouse ½ sheet for our son’s 3^rd birthday. The combo was whipped cream icing, chocolate cake, and raspberry jam filling. When we picked it up, the cake was STUNNING! It far surpassed my expectations for a grocery store cake! All the kid’s at the party were continuously trying to stick their forks in and the parents kept asking us where it’s from. So pleased! And will keep returning for our kids’ birthdays!
Tips:
— Order the whipped icing over the standard. It is fluffier, not as sweet as the standard icing, and balances an already sweet cake nicely.
— If you’re in Bellevue and wondering which QFC to order from, definitely go to this one vs Crossroads. The cakes there are denser and not as delicious.

Love my neighborhood QFC! The bakery and florists are awesome. They have done my flowers for 2 family events. Clorissa was able to put together table centers pieces that were better priced than any florist could have possibly done and made amazing centers that were commented on by many guests. She spent a lot of time on them and had many helpful suggestions. Bakery made cake for my daughters Bat Mitzvah. Again so helpful with suggestions. They suggested wedding cake in her colors, pink and blue, and it was the highlight of her party. Everyone was surprised when I told them it was QFC cake, and not a specialty bakery. Today they made my day again when they put together 24 minion cupcakes within 5 minutes for last minute camp birthday party celebration. Checkers are always friendly and helpful too.

This place opened up around 2002 & replaced the old Red Apple store & i’ve been coming to it ever since. But just because you are friendly with the workers here, does not mean that this place is worth 5 stars! Service, food prep, safety & satisfaction is everything!
The staff are super jolly people but there are some that are completely rude & unprofessional including the managers.
Inside it gets pretty crowded for a smaller store. The lines can be very long & stretch out into the isle’s, causing a hazard problem. There are hardly any checkers or people helping at U-​scan. The place is most of the time clean. There’s been times when people drop breakables & don’t bother to tell the store employee’s. I’ve seen some accidents while shopping here but overall its a clean store.
There’s not alot of inventory here because of store size & they keep removing more products that i tend to buy, causing me to shop less here & more at Safeway. There’s been a few times when a item i buy is completely out of stock & it takes over a week to get it in. Not good.
Deli: Certain people in the deli are nice but sadly the old Asian lady doesn’t know what shes doing & i try to avoid getting things made by her since she put plastic in my sandwich. The sandwiches taste great but are over priced. Everything else in the deli taste like s***. They are constantly changing their recipe because of how awful it taste, especially the chicken tenders. A few people in the deli have been there for awhile but this store is constantly going through new workers! ²⁄₃ times there’s only been 1 – 2 people working when its busy. I’ve waited there for a max of 15 minutes & people have completely walked off & left. And the deli is tiny! The hot case is small and hardly anyone buys food from it.
Parking: ⁰⁄₅. Worst parking lot i’ve been in. Its small, hardly no spots available & I’ve seen accidents, horrible accidents in this parking lot involving cars and people walking. Its really hard finding spots & constantly people are walking in front of your car without looking. People have almost hit me & its been frequently. You need to keep your eyes out when walking between cars or even when crossing to get into the front door. Also shoppers keep leaving carts in parking spots and no one inside the store is picking them up. The cart racks are filled to the brim with them!
Price: Over priced on probably 75% of what they sell. Sale items are always nice & happen frequently so i recommend watching to see when stuff goes on sale because i bet you a week later it will if it isn’t now. Sadly this store has the worst close out items ever! I say this because one, they mark closed out items only 10 cents to 50 cents cheaper & most items are natural and what i tend to buy. Not happy about that, considering its a small store.
Produce: Every time i shop for fruit, the berries always have mold on them. You seriously cannot even eat them! I’ve wasted probably 500 dollars this year on berries that went bad 1 – 2 days after i bought them. The produce section is one of the smallest too and its hard to navigate around with so many people shopping there. The quality isnt there but at least they keep the department clean!
Meat & Fish: Great group of men who are very friendly & polite when you come over to the meat department. They help you out with questions, give you free samples. These are people you can trust to make good choices for you. But the bad part is that alot of the seafood doesn’t get sold & it ends up going on managers special. The quality isn’t the best either & ive had a bad batch of seafood before.
Starbucks: Its always busy, over priced drinks that attract snobby people. I’ve bumped into a guy holding a latte & he was a complete D**** Bag to me. The girls that work there are nice & get the job done but i don’t ever have a drink there. Before Starbucks went in, we had Seattle’s best coffee. Curse you Starbucks.
Bakery: Decent cakes & treats. Most of which aren’t even baked there. ¾ of the treats there are shipped in. So not so great & over priced as usual. Managers special baked items are always in the back of the store too which i find weird because the Bakery is at the front of the store.
Florist: The flowers at this location tend to die quickly, like someone wasn’t taking care of them. They never have a fresh selection of flowers and the department is tiny! Also no one is ever in the floral & waiting for someone to help you is not worth the 10 – 15 minute wait.
Overall, i dont like shopping at QFC. The people here are great but Quality is in your name QFC. You need to step up your game! If you don’t, you lose people like me to Safeway which actually has what im looking for at good prices.

All in all a good store. Cashiers Katie, Mary & Stephanie are always super nice as is Venus who always is singing when helping you. The pharmacy staff are always excellent. Decent Veggie/​Fruit section and organics. Deli area is also good. They tend towards the busy but I’m rarely in a rush so it doesn’t bother me. My only downside is QFC is generally a bit more expensive that other stores.

Poor
Long lines employes have no clue where things are on what row. Dirty manger never checks all see does it watches she is good at that. Poor choices in vegetables, fruit, seafood is good most of the time. When I been in for donuts they are not there by 630 .
It’s a great Circus I live 5 min away and you can’t pay me to go there Fred Meyer is the way to go !
Was there today long lines employee still have no idea where things are we going to check out is between 15 and 20 minutes I don’t recommend the store at all if you need to go to QFC go to Factoria not the one in Lake Hills it’s a total joke

I love the Starbucks here, the girls are always friendly and remember what I like.
The new store manager was really nice, instantly came up and introduced herself. I’ve never had a bad experience here and I like that they are carrying more gluten free items!

Terrible customer service! I called to ask what their highest quality peanut butter is and the gal told me that she was too busy to look. Excuse me? Do you not want my business? I shop here often due to the convenience (it’s right by my house) but I’m almost always disappointed with the service here. They are unbelievably LAZY.

Yesterday Sunday April 21^st around 2 or 3PM My Mother was shopping at this particular store in Bellevue. She tells me that no one assisted her. My Mother is elderly 72 when she called me I was home but was not able to come to the store to assist her. The employees should have helped her. Mom said she was trying to get to an item that was located on the top shelf & she couldn’t reach it. She did finally get the help but it didn’t come from a QFC employee nope!
Another elderly woman helped my Mom. My Mother has a lot of physical disabilities so I was really irritated that no one helped.
Mom said that she was at the dairy section. She asked a young man she says he looked 19 years old, Mom asked the young man where the soy milk was.
According to my Mother the young man rudely had said «Aisle 5».
When I heard this I was real mad.
I haven’t been into QFC now I really won’t go.
I don’t know what was going on with the young man but
he was just rude.

As far as QFC’s go this is the best. Roger (the manager) runs a tight ship with highly trained long time staff. Service is great. Kerry (service associate) calls floral when I walk in with my 2 year old and she brings him a balloon while we shop. My son asks if we are going to the store to see his friend. If you need an idea of what to do for dinner go see Saxon in the meat and seafood department he always has a good idea. He also loves to tell you what is the best value meat and seafood wise. Service is just as important and quality. QFC was always known for quality produce and products up until its acquisition by Kroger. This store has been remodelled and is like the QFC of years ago. Great quality and friendly people. I was also sad to see some of the reviews posted on this store were actually meant for other locations.

Stopped by QFC as I got lotto hysteria. They have a lottery machine which you can put in money to get quick pick tickets of your choosing. That is if you prefer letting a machine do the picking for you. In my case, it wasn’t. If you head to the customer service counter, you can buy tickets there as well including picking your own numbers. There is also a Coinstar and Redbox machine here.
The store itself is the main anchor of a strip mall off 148^th Ave near Bellevue College. Parking is plentiful. This QFC feels smaller with less of a selection compared to its other Bellevue counterparts. Visually it is looking a bit more newer these days compared to the Crossroads one I most frequent however.
Kind of the same feeling I have with Marketime Foods in my last review of it being the only game in the locale it is in. It is not the biggest and bestest in Bellevue, but certainly a QFC worth visiting if you live in the neighborhood. In this part of Bellevue, there really is no other grocery store option unless you feel like going to the Crossroads or Factoria area.

This QFC is right across the street for me, but I would rather drive up the road to Fred Meyer to grocery shop if I can. This QFC seems dirty to me and kind of behind the times. They are pretty spendy, even their generic brand! If I absolutely have to, I’ll go here, but if I have time I’ll go else where. The only upside is there is a Starbucks inside and I at least can get my coffee fix. :)

I’ve been the duchess of this QFC for awhile — namely because I’m walking distance from the store and it’s 24-​hours. Both of those are pros in my book, and what make it 4 stars. The graveyard staff in particular is incredibly chill and always recognize/​acknowledge my boyfriend and I as we wander in during the wee hours of the morning.
The two times I’ve realized I’ve purchased damaged/​past expiration goods [which has always been during graveyard shift] they are quick and trusting when I go and replace whatever I purchased with the same thing — I’ve had experiences at other stores where they immediately get suspicious when you bring something back in the store, but these guys are incredibly friendly and professional. And they tolerate my banter, and know I love ice cream.
As far as having a grocery store next door goes — I love living near this QFC. And QFC always has sales on ice cream…

I agree with Megan, this is not a good grocery store. At night it is a ghost town, I work for a nearby, competing (and WAY better) grocery store and was often appalled at the service I’d receive there. The «do-​it-​yourself» lanes were often closed, and of course when they were the 4 people who were shopping in the store at the time were all checking out.
I found out of date product more times than I care to remember. On one occasion we bought some organic tomato soup that was six months out of date. Typically not a huge deal, but when I went back, receipt in hand, for a refund or exchange, the supervisor acted like I was scamming them or something. Really? A box of tomato soup? Finally I made him walk back to the section where he discovered, much to his frustration, the entire line of that company’s product was out of date and dusty. He gave me 2 boxes of a competitor’s brand.
The addition of Starbucks to QFC was nice, I’d stop before school quite often for a latte. But besides that, if it weren’t literally a stone’s throw away from where I lived, I wouldn’t have ever gone in a second time.

I’m not too picky when it comes to groceries, I just want it to be clean, easy to navigate, have a friendly staff and maybe some food.
This QFC only had food. It is set up to confuse you and make people run into you. The check out counters cause a log jam so that you can’t get from one aisle to another without having to say excuse me to people who are trying to avoid eye contact and ignore you.
The check out lady doesn’t say a word to you until she says your total and then as your walking out with your cart, you stop to let someone by an old man «Ahem“s behind you all impatiently like. Do you want me to run people over old man!!!
Okay, maybe it was the people inside the QFC and not the QFC itself that made me have the most frustrating grocery shopping experience I’ve ever had. It is right across the street from Bellevue Square so I should have expected it, right?