Whole Foods Market

Usually this place is awesome. Unfortunately tonight was a different story.
Caesar salad had soggy croutons and the sell to date is March 22. I tried to exchange but they would not let me. So much for a high standard whole foods!
Also, the minestrone soup had very wet and soggy noddles as well. Not impressed.
Is wegmans coming yet? Fairway? Because they are blowing the top off whole foods.

While at the counter when we checked out earlier tonight we spotted two items that were billed at regular price though they were on sale. After we pointed out we had to wait for a super to come and correct that for us. But only after coming home we noticed we were overcharged for one more item. Makes one wonder if overcharging customers is being done systematically at this store. Given the weather, I wouldn’t have bothered but for the price difference, it was over $ 20. So had to drive back to the store. Explained it to the same super that corrected the price earlier. She recognized me from earlier, went to check the price and found I was overcharged. All in all, wasted a whole hour of my evening driving 7 miles one way to this store tonight, to get the pricing right. But that was not the worst part, the super was trying to wave me off saying, «blah blah blah… its too complicated»! Great customer service guys! It will be a long while before you see me in your store again.

My little piece of heaven. I’m here easily 4 times a week. Georgie the barista deserves a shout out, she is hysterical and always sweet to me. There are several cashiers who have been there awhile but sometimes there are new faces– doesn’t matter– they’re all great, pleasant, efficient… I’ve been in this store at least 200 times and never once felt like an employee was rude in any way. The produce guys even get a mention for being super nice.
My kids love the gelato, the coffee is good, and the hot and cold food bars are perpetually rescuing me from making poor choices and going through the Duchess drive thru. Whenever I feel like my body is craving quick nutrition I fill a container with some arugula, beets and artichokes and it’s the best fast food ever. The butcher counter is always worth a stop– try the burgers and meatballs– SO GOOD. Especially the cheddar bacon burgers for your grill. Yes the array of organic produce can be hit or miss but it can also be a seasonal thing, I notice the same thing at Trader Joes… i.e. sometimes you can get organic grapes, sometimes you can’t. But your best shot at beautiful and/​or organic and/​or local produce is here. I find everything here to be worth the price. Keep an eye out for what’s on sale and consider their 365 store brand organics and really you won’t be paying more than what you would at Stop N Shop which is honestly dirty and full of miserable employees. And what you do pay more for– just look at it as the price of standing up against the Monsanto loving corporations that WF won’t do business with. I love this store. It makes my life so much easier and is always a pleasant experience for me.

This is a great whole foods, very friendly staff! The only thing I would say is the breakfast hot bar gets a bit too dry if you get there too late. If you get there early in the morning it is fantastic though!

Great hot foods bar — enormous selection! Convenient parking, vast store, very clean. Classic Whole Foods.

Oh boy. I never thought I would ever review a grocer store, but after what happened to me on Saturday morning I feel I must.
Before I begin I want to say two things:
1) The bathroom at this Whole Foods seems to be perpetually dirty. I have come here 7 – 9 times in the past 2 weeks and there is usually puddles of water and paper towels strewn on the floor every time I go in there.
2) The women who work the coffee bar are real troopers, they always seem very helpful even if there is a long line.
Now onto the review; I should say that what follows occurred at a time when the store wasn’t very busy and I am giving them a 1 star review because I spent 45 minutes in the store just to get some oatmeal and coffee.
I got to the store and went to the hot food line, I wanted to get a breakfast sandwich but noticed that there weren’t any out yet. I asked the deli guy if there would be any and he told me they’ll be out in 2 minutes. Naturally I waited, but after 5 minutes I pulled the wool from my eyes and asked him to check on the sandwiches. He went into the back room and came back a minute later saying that they wouldn’t be having breakfast sandwiches that day. «Ok» I said to myself, «Onto my backup plan of oatmeal.» They didn’t have the containers with the oatmeal sticker price on them so I took a container without an oatmeal sticker on it and headed off to the coffee bar. There were 4 – 5 people in line before me, and it took about 15 minutes to be served (no problem here though). I told the cashier that there weren’t any oatmeal containers available so I just used a container without the barcode on it. She took out a booklet and tried to manually enter some barcode into the machine, but unfortunately that did not work. She then told me I would have to go to a main line in order to get it wrung up. I took my coffee and went off to a regular line to pay for my oatmeal. I waited in line and when I got to the front of the line the cashier ran into the same problem. Knowing what the price should be I asked her if she could ring me up as a misc. item. She shrugged and said she couldn’t do it. She then told me to go to the deli and get them to print up a sticker for the oatmeal. I rushed off to the deli, waited in that line and then got a sticker for my oatmeal. I then went back to the cashier who sent me to the deli, but she made it clear that I would have to wait at the back of the line to be served. I was pretty floored by this, because I don’t mind doing other people’s jobs for them (getting an oatmeal sticker for myself), but the fact that I did someone else’s job and then got punished for it (having to wait in line again) is just ridiculous. I then went back to the coffee line (since it was shorter), and got wrung up there. The barista there asked me about the situation and seemed surprised about how it was handled and she said they should have just given it to me for free. Her final remark was, «I hope it isn’t cold.» Unsurprisingly my oatmeal was cold.
As a super side note, after the fact I realized that I got a small oatmeal and the deli guy rang me up for a large. So long and thanks for all the Fish guys…

This is my go to for coffee and the hot food bar! Great on both fronts! Good baristas who make a great cup of joe and the food bar always has a good selection of prepared foods to choose from. I go about once a week for lunch, and coffee a few times a week. I havent seen anything dirty about the foodbar either just another pissed off consumer who wants to take out their anger on something.
Expensive? Eh when you get down to it what isn’t expensive these days? I like it therefore i will continue to frequent this establishment!

It has been disappointing the past few times seeing that the majority of their organic produce comes from Mexico and on opening day they bragged about supporting local farmers. I much rather have non-​GMO foods from local CT farms than extremely overpriced fruits from Mexico, where they don’t last long because they’ve been picked at least a week earlier.
I have often been ripped off buying handmade soap because each time the cashier rings up a different bar code somehow than what was above the soap I was purchasing on the shelf. It’s not that expensive to make homemade bar soap in bulk but they charge about 400% more than small business owners who sell it.
They should also be more aware of what products are expiring, especially with the price. They have a big selection of probiotics and I wanted to purchase one over another when comparing the two but it had an expiration date of the next month which rendered it useless for being a two-​month supply container.
The food bar caters to select palettes. Typical you can find good but overpriced sushi rolls. They taste the same at Shop Rite and are sometimes twice the price at WF. The hot bar is often Indian or Spanish style food. The salads are often wilting. The pizza is fresh and good but again obviously overpriced.
I know it’s WF and is supposed to be better quality foods but it seems to be a glorified Trader Joe’s.

Everyone knows about WF, so I can add very little. Prices are actually quite reasonable given the freshness and quality. Staff here is the nicest and most helpful I’ve ever encountered in a food store. They’re just plain nice and will go way out of their way to be of assistance. I call that solid professionalism.
One quibble: the whole grains, bought from their bins, often have moth larvae. I’ve actually seen moths fly out when I open the bin tops! So, caveat emptor on these.

Went to Whole Foods. It has an excellent fruit and produce section. Pricing was a lot more reasonable than I expected. It was a lot like Trader Joes. I like the organic foods that they offer and they have a butcher shop and a bakery. It’s a nice neighborhood grocery store. I like the salad bar too. I ended my visit with a gelato and a coffee at the coffee bar.
Will go again.

Excellent food. I eat lunch here often. Try the bucks tuna salad or the chicken salad, both are delicious.

Worse hot food bar so far! Everything in the store is great until you hit the hot food area, not clean, AT ALL! I spent 8 bucks on Asian spice chicken (desert dry) Gouda ham & cheese balls (greasy, cold, gross) not whole foods standards at all! I grabbed a corn bread for .97 cents and it was AMAZING, everything else was trash! I wanted to take a pic of the display of food, but the employees where shamelessly standing there having discussions oblivious to how HORRIBLE the food bar was! I’ve been to this store sometime before, this time was different… this time it had the Stop & Shop appeal, sluggish unfriendly employees, and bad food… but the corn bread…97 cents… was GREAT!

This store is always clean, the people who work here are always nice. I really love shopping here, it’s always a pleasant experience. It actually relaxes me.

I have mixed feelings about this Whole Foods. On one side, they have a good selection of items. Albeit, I do find it harder to navigate this store than others for some reason. They also have a very nice and large dining area, more so than others.
The negative. Their vegetarian options in the hot bar could not be more bland. They have the same entrees every single day, which include some of the cheapest ingredients you can choose. Every single item besides the salad bar is some sort of rice & vegetable mix. Definitely nothing to write home about. They also don’t regularly have things like Salmon or Tuna, which most other Whole Foods have. If you want to eat what you could easily make at home for a lot cheaper, than this hot bar is for you.

Without a doubt the best Whole Foods Market in lower Fairfield County! While I don’t do a great deal of grocery shopping there, I do eat lunch there frequently. The cold and hot food selections are usually varied and plentiful, and if you don’t go overboard on the portions you can actually get a healthy and filling meal for around $ 6.00 (give or take). My only criticism regarding the daily hot food selections is that they’re frequently unlabeled and sometimes not replenished soon enough.
On the plus side, however, is the spacious and brightly lit eating area. It’s huge! I’ve never been there when it felt crowded. When you factor in the free Wi-​Fi, it’s also a great place to get some work done or conduct casual business meetings.

This is the worst Whole Foods that I’ve frequented, including the Whole Closet on Prospect St in Cambridge.
It’s new, and therefore nice. I also appreciate that it caters to a less obnoxious crowd than the one in Westport. But, let’s get real, the Fairfield WF leaves a lot to be desired.
First, It’s weirdly laid out. Produce feels cramped and crowded, but it’s like there’s a football field of extra space along the back wall. Second, I always feel like the bulk section is missing the staple I came to buy. Is it me? But my biggest complaint is about the food bar (hot and cold). It’s seriously want of good veg options… options in general, really. I don’t come here much but I always end up getting the same thing.
The service isn’t as bad as is suggested in other reviews but it definitely doesn’t match up to the price differential with other grocery stores.
Meh.

One of the better ones in the area.
It seems each time I go they do add more vegan and vegetarian options. That damn hot food bar though… it’s hit or miss and really no different than any old East Coast grocery store. Still, I’m patient with them as it continues to slowly change and catch up.
Best one is Venice, CA, for my kind of food!

Easily the best Whole Foods outpost in the state, if not entire tri-​state area. Huge selection, spacious aisles, and the enormous bulk bin center is the crowning jewel of it all. There are heirloom beans and grains I haven’t seen anywhere else, except maybe online specialty stores.
For anyone complaining about prices:
1) Remember, you’re paying for quality. I have never been disappointed by the produce here.
2) Coupons! They offer tons of coupons right on their website, and have different sales and deals every week.
3) If you buy by the case, you can get a 10% discount. That can really add up.
4) Avoid the prepared meals. While convenient and tasty, they’re marked up like crazy. Likewise, pass on the pre-​cut vegetables and go for the whole ones. It’s crazy what they’re charging for the luxury of having onions diced in advance.
Plus, employees are generally friendly and helpful. Mention an item you can’t find and more likely than not, they can order it for you.
It may not be my regular grocery store, but it’s still my favorite.

Gorgeous brand new facility. The selection and service are top notch. The fact that they carry and clearly identify locally sourced products is commendable. There is also a decent beer selection.
Because this was my first visit to a Whole Foods store, I kept an eye on prices as I walked through… some are outrageous while others are more than fair. Considering that quite a bit of what they carry does not come from massive distribution channels, it shouldn’t be terribly surprising to find some eye-​popping prices on products from smaller manufacturers.
On the other hand, you can make your purchases without having to worry about checking every label to see if there’s garbage in it. That in itself is worth a premium, just not always as much as they ask.
This is the only retailer I found that had Ben & Jerry’s «Schweddy Balls» ice cream, and believe me, I looked everywhere. But as a testament to their pricing, it was $ 4.99 while the other flavors were $ 3.49. I mean… really?
Upon purchasing that item, however, the cashier was highly engaging and made friendly conversation about it. Although I refused a bag, she offered me a (free) specially lined bag for frozen items, which I didn’t expect to be available and graciously accepted.
Would I shop here regularly? For select items, yes, and also to check out what’s new. They do carry things that are difficult to find elsewhere, but the prices on many items — despite their scarcity — will certainly keep some consumers away. I also agree with Debrin’s review in that their business strategy can only be supported by well-​heeled zip codes, and that the parking lot is massive, quite unlike the Milford location.
Bonus points for being a major sponsor of the Coventry Regional Farmers’ Market, and other worthwhile ventures across the country.

Over due is an understatement but good to have a local healthy grocery store choice other than the limited Mrs. Greens.
Typically I am a supporter of the little guy but he doesn’t always have what I need lol!
They do carry so many brands that I prefer & food alternatives to please obscure & discerning tastes alike: organic, vegan, gluten free, culture specific, Pam’ Baking, Bobs Red Mill, Simply Organic, etc.
I firmly feel they are too pricy & they usually set up shop in well heeled zip codes. Rah.
Huge parking lot (additional stop lights now cramming up traffic!)