Gristedes

SUPER OVERPRICED. Case of water is 7.99!compared 3.99 at other stores. Paper goods were also double compared to other stores. I guess it’s for gouging college students.

I have lived near this Supermarket for over 10 years. Been there a lot. The quality has diminished over the past several years. Fresh Food and Produce is just old and plain nasty. Poor quality at high prices. Staff is generally rude and unpleasant. Recently, several items I purchased were missing from my bags when I got Home. Reason this place is always empty. Will take the long route to Key Food on Montague from now on. Bye. Bye.

Routinely displays expired dairy products on shelves — milk, cheese, etc. Extremely high prices, even for a NYC grocery store.

Still horrible five years after my last review. Don’t know what I was thinking… Stay away. The only reason they stay open is because we are all lazy and shop there. If we didn’t, they would close…

Horrible place! Staff doesn’t know the words like: hello, thank you… basics! I live next door and every time I go there the customer service is non existent! They treat you like sh*@
Today was my last shop in there! never again!

This is an outstanding grocery store. The displays are clean and appealing, the selection is excellent, the produce is fresh, and the staff is friendly. Brooklyn Heights is becoming more economically similar to Manhattan, and the prices here are very reasonable compared to any grocery store in Manhattan. Also, the hours are convenient: 7am to 11pm, seven days a week. And, there is a pharmacy as well. What more could you ask for?
The rotisserie chickens are ok, but I would stay clear of the other packaged, prepared food like the salads, sandwiches, and «meals» ready to be picked up in the deli section. They’re of low quality. That said, this Gristedes is my first choice for produce and other basic groceries like yogurt, eggs, and meat.
The 24 hour bodega next door also ostensibly selling groceries provides a huge contrast to what a modern, well managed grocery store (like this Gristedes) can offer. Unlike this Gristedes, the bodega’s shelves are full of things nobody wants to buy, like an entire aisle just for instant noodles, and lacks the things you want, like a wide selection of cereals.

A convenient location and a friendly morning staff. The prices can be steep on some items, but there are worse things in life.

This supermarket sits in Brooklyn Heights. I stopped in here to kill time prior to heading to my poetry reading in hopes of obtaining my default favorite snack– chocolate chip cookies (no nuts). I did not want many perhaps a small package of 10. I did not see anything enticing for chocolate chip cookies. However, I did see an eyesore package that contains «chip less» for chocolate chip cookies– OMG! You remove the chips in the «chocolate chip cookie»?! That equates to cutting off my oxygen supply! This Gristedes carry the typical European gourmet cookies, prepared foods for lunch and dinner.
Overpriced. The produce does not appear fresh.

A woman just spilled strawberries on the floor…
A clerk picked them up and put them back on the showcase to sell…

If you never experienced the Soviet Union circa 1987, come here. Gross food, high prices, terrible selection. The staff is nice though. It is too bad they have to work for such a bad grocery store. Please go out of business soon so you can be replaced by a Trader Joe’s or even a vacant store. Anything would be better. I believe 90 percent of the people who left Brooklyn Heights for the suburbs was due to this place.

I hate this place. It is overpriced. The produce selection is horrible and limited. Yet I continually end up here due to the proximity to my apartment.
2 $ for 2 limes? Suck my dick.

For some reason everything here is about 25% more expensive than the All-​in-​One Mart next door. Yes, right next door. They have a decent selection of beer and cheeses, but practically no produce section to speak of. There’s nothing unique or special to justify the price point. I know it’s Brooklyn Heights, but come on, homie.
And the deli! Precooked bacon. Microwaved eggs! The recipe for this sandwich is in the dictionary under «disaster.» The croissant was passable. A bit too tough and not enough butter. The eggs were devoid of any salt and tasted like they came from a carton that had been sitting open in the refrigerator for too long. The bacon was dry and reeked of artificial flavoring. Honestly, you can get better at Burger King.
This is the biggest grocery store in the general area, so you might be forced to go here on occasion if you don’t feel like walking a few blocks, but Gristedes doesn’t boast many redeeming qualities.

The only place where you’ll find a gallon of tropicana orange juice for $ 8. Tried to make a special Father’s Day brunch however it almost ran me $ 60. If you can don’t be lazy walk to the key foods on montegue. You’ll get more bang for your buck.

Last week I went to this grocery store to buy beef. It was more than 4.5 $ for about half pound of beef. The meat looked really fresh to me. That’s why I didn’t pay too much attention to it and just paid for it. What surprised me is when I opened it at home, the downside of the meat already turned to dark color while the upside is still red and fresh! It’s already rotten and they still sold to customers???
Besides, I have read a lot of comments and I know you’re all right. This place’s price is way too high for everything! I would never go there again.

This supermarket is conveniently located in Brooklyn Heights close to 2 subway stops.
It is usually not very crowded and good for picking up basics and some european gourmet cookies in the front. The produce is not very good quality and doesnt look fresh so I would say go here for staples just not produce. Prices are a little on the high side too.

This supermarket is in my Mom’s neighborhood, so it’s not one that I frequent, but on occasion she’ll ask me to pick something up for her on my way to her house and this is the only supermarket I pass when I leave the train station. My only other option would be to walk past her house to the Key Food on Montague. In the spring, that is not a bad idea, but in the dead of Winter that is not an option.
This store is seriously over priced. Just to give you an idea of how much, I buy this Lean Cuisine Steamables meal from Duane Read by my job (City Hall area) for $ 3.99. The same meal (same brand, same size) is $ 5.99 in this store. You can’t tell me the rent/​mortgage and property tax is so much more in Brooklyn Heights than it is Lower Manhattan… Absurd.
On a positive note, this store is always clean and stocked! Staff is cool, too.
The low rating is for their prices. Being that it’s a supermarket, this is a place people frequent. Most probably on a daily basis. Their customers are being over charged!

I live on Jay and Tillary. Grocery shopping options in this neighborhood are limited so I am forced to go to Gristides.
Let’s start withe positives. Gristides is open early morning and late into the evening. Its clean, well-​stocked, and the bakery is pretty good.
The bad however outweighs the good. The produce section is lame. Very few vegetables and the fruits are just not that good. EVERYTHING in the store is over-​priced. And by over-​priced I mean ridiculously over-​priced. I always feel ripped off going here. But it’s either Gristides or a 15 – 20 minute walk to Trader Joe’s or Key Foods.
Gristides was satisfactory in the 70s, 80s, and 90s when grocery options in NYC were horrible. However today they have to compete with Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and farmers markets, and frankly they come up short.

Well the good things first, unlike most Manhattan Gristedes this store is clean, fairly well stocked and the staff don’t look like they want to slit there wrists. That being said, the prices are outrageously high. I hate going in here as I know I am wasting money but sometimes convenience wins out, as this is the closest grocery to me.
It is still More expensive than any Gristedes in Manhattan that I have been to.
I’d walk a few blocks south to Key Foods for some more rational prices

Sad that a neighborhood supermarket has prices like a minibar at The Standard, but happy that they carry a few choice Shop Rite brand items that are significantly less pricey than everything else, or in other words, «expensive,» but somewhat bearable if you’re ok with paying a premium for convenience.
The markup is most infuriating in the produce section, where wilted greens sell for $ 3-​$ 4 more than they should if they were normal quality, which they’re not. Peas and Pickles sells better produce at more reasonable prices, and it’s right next door.
Here’s how it breaks down for a Brooklyn Heights resident:
Good Produce: Peas & Pickles
Slightly Better, Varied Produce: Garden of Eden
Canned Beans: Peas & Pickles
Canned Tomatoes: Mismarked La Valle cans at Garden of Eden
Bacon: Peas & Pickles (Boar’s Head)
Chicken for Stock: Gristedes
Chicken for Roasting: Key Food
Pasta: Gristedes (Shop Rite Brand = «Anna»)
Beef: Occasionally Key Food (Fairway)
Seafood: crapshoot (Chinatown/​Fairway)
Cleaning Supplies: crapshoot (Fairway/​Target)
Paper Goods: crapshoot (Fairway/​Target)

Ok, it’s a clean store, it’s located a few feet from my house, it’s stocked with large selection of groceries… but, like most other reviewers have stated, the prices are just crazy expensive. I just don’t get it… I can walk a little further to places like Trader Joe’s, Garden of Eden, etc. and get the same products for alot cheaper. Sure, Gristedes has been around much longer– since 1888 according to Wikipedia– and, they’ve stayed around despite the competition. Good for them, I supposed. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that if they’d lower the price of everything in their store by about 25%, they’d have alot more customers!!! Gristedes, are you listening? This is your chance to turn over a new leaf and not longer be thought of as «Gross-​tedes» or «Greedys.»