Publix

I have never had a worse experience at ANY grocery store /​deli than I did at this location, which culminated in the old man behind the deli counter yelling at us in front of other staff and customers. First we stood in line at the prep line for 12 minutes, when we get to our turn and place our order, she tells us they dont do hot food at that line, even though it’s listed on the menu hanging over her head. She then sends us to the other food prep line that takes us 15 minutes to get through. We finally get our food and head to the registers in the food prep area, after standing there for 2 minutes, the old guy tells us to go to the other registers. I look, and those registers have like 10 people each in line and i have 15 minutes left of my lunch break before i needed to go back. When i point out that the register is on and there isn’t a closes sign he tells me again to go to the register because there is no line. I point to the line, and he starts yelling at me in front of all the other customers and employees. Finally he comes out, grabs my food, and walks over to put it on the counter at the register. When the girl at the register confirms to him that she has a line, he glares at her spins around and storms off. Needless to say i left the food and went back to work without lunch. I definitely don’t see what the hype about this place is.

This Publix is 75% awesome, great food, super employees-what’s not to love? Well, it’s the customers. This location is quite small and there are so many customers that the store serves. Way more customers than store space. It’s hard to get in and out of the store. When you walk in there are BOGO item bins right near the deli entrance that cause a bottle neck soon after walking into the store. Did I mention the customers? Yes, they are all like angry zombies using Bluetooth headsets and wearing their Lululemon active wear and they are all in the biggest hurry of their life… and just downright rude. Not sure what bad mojo is up with this location. I’ve vowed after about 5 awful visits not to come back. I recently witnessed two guys in the deli getting into a heated verbal exchange over the last rotisserie chicken available. This is not the apocalypse people, there will be many more rotisserie chicken available in about 30 minutes. Just writing this as a cautionary tale. Don’t grocery shop here if you can help it, unless you want to get rammed with a cart from another impatient customer (yep, this really happened). There are two fantastic Publix locations within just a few miles away.

Although all Publix stores go above and beyond compared to other grocery stores, this Publix location in Lake Mary has outstanding customer service! The managers, Tom and Dave have the store looking fantastic. The staff, in all the departments, always gets everything resolved with a smile, and everyone is willing to go the extra mile to make your shopping experience special.
The product in the bakery and meat department are 1000% better than any other market.
The fresh made sushi is delicious!
I have no complaints about this store and the location is fantastic!

As always, Publix is as welcoming as it possibly can be. It is #2 in overall satisfaction among all grocers after all. And this is how this Publix fares. I was browsing in the produce department and me being careless, a glass bottle juice fell out from my cart. Before I could utter «uh-​oh» to the glass shattering and juices flying all over the place mess, a manager was already next to me helping me! All in all, three employees helped cleaned up and the manager went to get me the juice that I broke, knowing exactly where to find it. This is a brand that is hardly known to anyone and it was tucked in between some organic items. I couldn’t believe he really knew where it was when he said he knew. Good for him for knowing his store. Side note, it also helps this Publix carries Häagan Dazs green tea ice flavor ice cream. That is why this Publix is a 5 stars.

I love this publix. They always have everything I need. All of the employees are very helpful when somethings have been moved. They are also very speedy at check out!

i just moved to the area & only been in this publix once and i liked it. im very picky as well with my publixes. looked very clean & new. i used it for the pharmacy. they found my records and filled my meds for a nasty pneumonia. very quick and efficient! i am soo pleased and will be back!

This is an excellent location with an amazing Deli. Who doesn’t love Publix’s BOGO’s… Great flower selection too.

Publix is always good with their BOGOFs (I do want to take a second to point out that it’s not BOGO, since it’s not exactly a deal when you buy one, that you only get one — instead of get one FREE, but I digress). On yesterday’s visit, I picked up some Barilla sauce — pretty good deal at less than $ 1.40 a jar!
How Publix and others are changing with the times — witness a whole shelf dedicated to Organic wines that I noticed! Publix’ wine selection overall is pretty outstanding for a grocery store. I noticed torrontes as well as Nero D’Avolas on my most recent visit — not exactly the most commonly-​known grapes. I ended up taking 3 bottles of wine yesterday, even though I’d gone in just to get water (since our water filter is under repair). Perhaps that says more about me than Publix :-)
Now if you ARE buying water, I recommend Publix’ «Purified» over «Drinking». I proved to my wife in a blind taste test which was which (since I bought both) even before I tasted the second one. Purified water is totally clean and tasteless, wheras «Drinking» tells you immediately that it’s sourced from municipal taps. I did find fault with the fact that their water shelves were practically empty early on a Friday afternoon — I told the customer rep that someone wasn’t doing his/​her job. She was apologetic and rectified the situation.
One more little peeve. There was a coupon on one of the wines — get $ 5 off when you also buy steak! Twist my arm no more — I’m in. As I was checking out — and I only had 7 – 8 items total, lady says to me when she looked at the coupon, «Sir: this is only good if you bought steak», she paused, since I was looking at her funny, «Did you buy steak?» At that point, I felt like pulling a Nicholson on her (you know, the little lecture he gave the waitress in Five Easy Pieces where she says he can’t order toast…) Ma’am — you just rang my order through, not to mention you also have it right in front of you on the screen, just like I have it on MY side on the screen: YOU tell me whether I bought steak and can therefore use this coupon! Furthermore, why are you asking me: if I didn’t buy steak, but told you I did, would you believe me?
Who knows: maybe that says more about ME than it says about her. Time to go home and crack open one of those bottles and de-​stress. It’s been a long week.

This grocery has everything when visiting Florida. I found a nice young man to help me find a few items. The only thing I could not find was the travel size.
They have fresh produce, fresh squeezed OJ, cheeses, bread, huge water selection, and even a beer aisle.
All the workers we very nice. I will be returning.

I love how friendly the workers at this Publix are and their subs always taste fresh! I come into this Publix whenever in the area to get my groceries because the staff is always so helpful.

I love my local Publix. The people there are always very friendly and quick to help.
The subs are awesome, as is the fried chicken, soups and salad bar… however I would stay away from the Chinese Food, I didn’t care much for any of it there.
the Pharmacy is fast and friendly as well. The fish and meat guys are fun and know their stuff.

They recently revamped their Greenwise section-it’s lovely. Their deli usually annoys me. Of course it’s always crowded, but it seems like no one can take the time to look down and see me in the wheelchair. At least I can always get through the sub line with no issue because it’s laid out properly.
I guess I just need to start screaming louder when no one pays attention… next time.
Bakery is always A++ and they always offer me a free cookie when I stop to drool at the goodies in the case. Fish dudes and hot foods close an hour (or earlier) before the store closes.
Awesome huuge clearance section by the pharmacy where I run into random people who do business with the same Dr.‘s that I do. This is where I found out that my Gyno, Dr. Zittel
does volunteer work at Shepherd’s Hope
. Love!

Where shopping is a pleasure!!! Friendly service, huge product selection, great prices … Definitely better than Walmart

My favorite grocery store! They carry a big selection of organic and have it all in one section. I’ve tried their hot bar and its delish. I have no idea how the other Publix’s in the area are still open.

While visiting friends we came to this Publix for some quick grocery shopping. As soon as we walked in we were greeted by one of the people that work there, and while walking the isles we were greeted a couple times more, even by managers.
Right at the entrance you have the deli and bakery, then vegetables, and the rest of the isles with everything you might need. This store is very organized and really clean and it seemed bigger than the Publix stores I usually go to.
One of the things we went for was beer… They have a good selection of American & Imported beers but, on top of that, they also have a selection of Craft beers for you to mix/​match and make your own six pack. That’s not all! They have a liquor store right next to it. Now, how convenient is that??? One stop and we got it all. One visit and I’m spoiled. I want «my» Publix to be like this one!

Best grocery store ever. Hands down. This place is always immaculately clean, the employees always say hi — without fail — and the produce is always fresh.
I love coming here and picking up fresh meats and veggies. It really is a pleasure to shop here.

Alright, so this is my fave publix. Why? Because of the awesome ready to eat aisle. First, they have a variety of soups (chili is my fave… although the chicken noodle is also good). If you are in the mood for soup, then head over to the kick-​ass build your own salad stand. This is not just your average 5 item salad bar, they have a decent variety of toppings like… are you ready… soy beans! heck yeah! Not a salad freak? alright, head to hot bar where you can find your traditional asian and latin american food items. Wanna grab something fancy for dinner tonight? go to the already cooked cold bar where you find a wide variety of lunch/​dinner items.
Asides from the amazing ready-​to-​eat aisle… I also like that this publix has a decent selection of organic items and that most of them are in one centralized location. No more running thru the aisles trying to find organic rice, cereal, or pizza.
Good job Publix… all your stores should be like this.

This is my home Publix. They have a great deli, food area. I love the Greenwise area so you can find all of the organic items in 1 area. The reason I can’t give them the 5^th star is because it is hard to get in and out, because of the odd layout.

I wish all Publix locations were like this one!
Great selection of vegan/​vegetarian/​organic/​Greenwise products. Friendly staff & great deli/​bakery area … the nicest one in any Publix I’ve been to. This location was renovated a couple of years ago and is, to me, kind of like a … Super-​Publix. It’s just a lot different and more sophisticated than the majority of the rest. Used to come here a lot when I lived/​worked in Lake Mary/​Heathrow. Now I’m downtown and go to the College Park Publix … which, mind you, is nothing to raise a fuss about. It’s just that the Lake Mary Publix is the best I’ve been to. Almost worth a drive on I-​4 just to go grocery shopping. I did that at least once — maybe even 2 or 3 times — since I moved downtown. Trying to rationalize doing it more often. Maybe I should just move back to Longwood/​Lake Mary?

This is an amazing Publix, just like the rest of them the service is the best and there prices are very competitive, not only that they take coupons from other retailers. The Deli is incredible you can get anything from your typical sub or a chicken cut up or Pizza, Chinese food.
The staff is very nice and friendly and your order is made fresh and pretty quick plus if you don’t want to pay up front they will be glad to ring you up at the register in the deli.
This location is located in Lake Mary right next to a Target, this former location use to be a Winn-​Dixie and got bought and remodel in to a very nice Publix. Great spot to go for lunch or dinner and then do some grocery shopping.
The food it self taste great and there is so many choices you dont know what to pick, there is plenty of space to sit including out side and inside and also you can get a soft drink from the deli or walk down to the aile and get something else or even better get some of there delicious sweet tea from the Deli.