Beastly Bite

Oh no! They’re closed… we loved and supported this place! Another victim of the economy, or just saturation?

Sadly, my wish is not meant to be. Petco has taken too big a chunk out of Beastly Bite, and they’re closing at the end of July. Thanks, Park Slope, for keeping it local.
Fortunately for them, they have two other stores in Brooklyn Heights.
Maybe Unleashed will get forced out when Wal*Mart comes to 7^th Avenue…

The guy who runs the store is really nice. We bought something for our dog that didn’t fit so we went back to exchange it. The only thing that would fit our dog was from a different brand and was missing the packaging. The guy didn’t want to run the risk of over-​charging us with the exchange so he made it even and let us pick out a treat as well. Really good customer service and friendly. We’ll be back!

place is overpriced… also, my friend and i noticed cans of cat food that was almost 1 yr expired… we told one of the employees… terrible.

Beastly Bite is great because it’s convenient to where I live and has a great selection of products. One of the cashiers, Iris, is super nice and very helpful as well. Beastly Bite tends to be on the pricey side, but is worth is because of the location.

This store is on my way home from work. It’s more pricey than where I usually go, but just as well stocked.
The people are always nice to me and my dog. I dunno what all the hating is about. It’s a pet food store.

The negative reviews on here confuse me. I go to this store, which is a block from me, every week. It is well stocked, well –lit, clean, and the employees courteous and pleasant. The store cat seems well cared for — I always pet him and he is friendly and does not seem to lack for food. Just today he was sitting on the counter on ½ the newspaper while the employee read the other page.

It’s not the best pet store I’ve ever been to. But the people who work there are friendly. They are often out of stock of the food I buy for my cats. I’ve put in a specific request to reorder a product they ran out of, and they never reordered it. They are a bit more expensive than other pet food stores in the area, but it may be because of the rent of the location — on a busy strip of 7^th Ave.

Well stocked but that’s the only plus. Employees look right through you though they condescend to answer a direct question. Prices are very high, can do much better elsewhere. Anywhere. One «manager» has a habit of playing hip-​hop very loudly, hard to ignore if you’re not a fan. I’ve never tested their product knowledge, I always do my own pet food research and only shop here in an emergency anyhow. Wonder what will happen to them when Petco opens a couple of blocks down.

I’ve had no issues with these guys, they’re conveniently located and have most of the things I need, and can order anything else for me. Sure they’re not the cheapest but what do you expect on 7^th avenue in the middle of Park Slope?
I’ve had mixed results with these guys getting any sort of informed information and special ordering. When the woman manager is around, the adult lady who seems to know what she’s talking about, I can usually get what I need. The rest of the staff is either clueless or completely uninterested in making any special moves to really help their customers.

Disgustingly overpriced. $ 27.99 for Fresh Step Crystals. Big bag or not that’s just unwarranted. Large selection of pet food but priced at least $ 4 more than anywhere else. Staff didn’t even greet me. The only thing good about this store is their fat grey cat.

I would prefer to give no stars if possible. The Owner of this store doesn’t care about animals but owns a pet store just for the money. The products are overpriced and you can get them at most other pet stores where they are more affordable, the customer service is better and where they actually like animals. The only saving grace to this pet store was an employee by the name of Emma and her cute little pup Ace. I also found out even though they were a pet store they wouldn’t let Emma bring Ace in anymore; kinda funny since EVERYONE loved Ace.
I went in today to find out Emma is no longer there and the person at the front was completely ignorant to products and could have cared less to be there. Further more if you have cleavage then the guy working the front will pay attention to you and even give you a discount but watch out for everyone who does’t have cleavage from now on you will not get good service in this store.
I am also scared to think of what will become of the store cat since people have admitted to not giving food or water to him if Emma isn’t working and once again the Owner doesn’t care.
Also watch out if you do animal rescue I have personally heard the Owner call us «Crazy Cat Ladies» and it isn’t meant in a good way. We purchase more than the average pet owner and yet he wants to insult us.
I am completely disgusted with this store and the way they want to throw away their only good employee. They let the wrong person go! They will not be getting the $ 100 plus dollars a week I would spend there anymore. I’ll choose to go out of my way now to spend my money.

I can never support a pet store that neglects a cat the way some of the staff at Beastly Bite neglect Smokey. The one person who actually took care of him, made sure he had food, clean water, and clean litter, was Emma. The neighborhood dogs know and love Emma for good reason, she’s the kindest employee at the store. Emma was fired today with no notice. I will be boycotting Beastly Bite and no longer recommending them to the many pet owners I know. My heart goes out to Emma and poor Smokey, who has no one to take care of him now.
Edited to add: Smokey was removed by the rescue group that placed him there, turns out the owner never paid the adoption fee and lied that he wouldn’t be the only cat. Smokey was fostered by a wonderful friend of mine and Emma found him an amazing home. The owner also called the rescue group a bunch of crazy cat ladies and didn’t want them anywhere near his store. I guess he didn’t care about all the business they sent his way. Too bad there are a lot of «crazy cat ladies» that won’t be spending any money here.