Whole Foods Market

I am a simple man. A burrito can either make my night or ruin it. The last 3 or 4 times I’ve ordered a burrito from this Whole Foods it has been made unapologetically and lazily slapped together. Something you wouldn’t care about if it were coming from some cheap grocery store that you don’t pay top dollar to shop in, but something that drives me insane coming from such an upstanding store like Whole Foods.
Then there was David. David is an absolute savage when it comes to burrito making. He took the time and embodies the craftsmanship you come to expect from a high class burrito maker. He’s not like those lazy buttholes who couldn’t try at something to save their own lives, let alone my life which is smashed all over the floor just like I want to do to the shitty burritos that have been poorly shoved together and thrown in my face the last few times I’ve gone to Whole Foods. David takes pride in his work. He understands that even if there is more in store for him than making burritos, it is only attainable by doing the goddamn best job you can at the job you have. I would love to say that David deserves a promotion, but if he leaves that burrito stand, I am never shopping at Whole Foods again, just to protest those disgusting, sloppy, guacamole on one side salsa on the other pieces of shit that the other burrito makers throw in front of me.
Hell yes David. Keep up the good work.

First of all, BACON. Bacon is soooo worth it at the hot food bar during breakfast time but do go early. I will admit, I have gotten three full containers of bacon for my family for sunday brunch and a BLT dinner or lunch for the next day
This location is nicer and more spacious than the one over near Walnut St.

10am on a holiday weekend and I came for a quick bite of eggs and bacon from their hot bar– and it’s not hot. It’s warm.
Thankfully the fruit is colorful and cold.
Echoing other reviewers, the hot bar needs to be checked for temperature and supply. The prepared foods are good. The olive bar is delicious. The bulk nuts are plentiful. But the hot bar? Stick to Marty’s next door.

Reluctantly I have to report the Newtonville Whole Foods Market’s prepared foods bars in decline. By policy, they do not refill selections that are consumed, but deal with the salad and hot bars on a scheduled basis regardless of consumption. (See posted photos from May 15, 2016) Rotation of items seems to have largely ceased which is a problem for those of us who are long-​term users. Also I’ve never seem an employee test either the cold or hot bar for proper temperature. I’ve previously privately brought this to the attention of management, but there has been no change. The Newton Wegmans does continuously refill their hot and cold bars. Wegman’s employees can also be frequently be seen testing food temperatures with a portable meter. Whole Foods, in its most recently quarterly financial call cited declining stats. It will continue until they accept that competitors are outclassing them and they take remedial actions. We wish them well.

Whole Foods has become a weekly destination for me. Their prepped food section is always fresh, and the people behind the counters, although usually busy going in many different directions, are always happy to help.
The only reason it’s not a 5-​star would be its size — they’ve packed a ton of options into what is arguably an only medium-​sized space. It’s nothing like the massive Whole Foods over at Legacy Place in Dedham. Newton’s only other Whole Foods, on Beacon St, is actually smaller and suffers from its tiny size… which is why I prefer this one.

!!!Community warning!!!
Personally, I love Whole Foods. Best meats and produce around and no preservatives.
But I highly warn anyone who is using their food bar to re-​consider.
I have personally seen rampant sampling, my last 2 visits. I witnessed a lady reaching her hands into bean and potato salads. She would then spit out into one of her hands what she didn’t like and walk around the bar reaching into the containers with her other hand while resting her balled up hand of spit out food on the bar. She then would speak to the person with her and particles of food came out of her mouth contaminating the food and bar.
Three weeks prior, I had gotten food poisoning after eating food from the bar and after seeing this uncouth lady’s disgusting display, I decided then and there to never eat from the bar again.
Or not until they post a monitor to watch over the bar.
Now just yesterday, I was there buying some produce and breads, I witnessed two other instances of reaching into the bar and people nibbling. This is highly disgusting and very unsanitary.
You’ve been warned.

Worst whole foods I’ve ever been to by a long shot. I shopped here for two years as it was the closest store to my house that carried organic, fresh produce, etc. Parking is bad, people are rude and impatient, aisles are crowded, selection not near as good as many other whole foods stores. Thankfully I’ve moved so won’t be subjected to shopping here again!

My husband and I went to this Whole Foods with my one year old around 630 on a Wed evening for dinner plus some mid week groceries. We got the most awful service at from prepare food department.
1) stood there with a 1 year in hand for over 5 min still no one even look at me to offer help. The few guys there behind the counter rather served other people who were there later then me first, as if I was invisible.
2) my husband asked for a burritos. The guy said they don’t serve burritos, told us to come earlier next time. I was like earlier? 630pm is not early enough? Should I have came for dinner at 4? Beside how difficult is it to make a burritos, all the ingredients are there, you really just need to «wrap» everything together.
3) I wanted a pizza, I had to «interrupted» the two of them chatting by almost close to screaming at them so I can place the order. When I finally caught their attention, the guy gave me this attitude that he didn’t want to get me the piece of pizza. I felt like I was begging him for that piece of pizza that I am paying for.
4) my husband felt disappointed, so he wanted to order some plantain instead. Again we had to «beg» for the two of the guys to stop chatting to come serve us. When one of them finally did, he told us they don’t have plantain, and said «go order it online!» My husband was like «what do you mean you don’t have plantain? Order it online??? There is a bowl full of plantain at the burritos bar!». Then another guy came to the rescue. He is another piece of work. First he ask how many pieces we want, then he said he is not sure how to price it. We asked if it goes by pound, like the rest of the prepared food items, and about how many pieces in a pound. While getting us the plantain, he gave us the hand told us to stop asking. Then he said well it is off the menu so he is charging us the same price as a burritos, which is $ 8, and gave us 10 pieces. I personally think is expensive. It was clear to me that he just made that price up.
5) Then we asked for some cheese to go with the plantain (after all I am paying $ 8), he said no more chees caz it is late of the day, they are closing. I was like WHAT? it is only 630 pm and your store close at 10 dude! 6 – 7 is when normal people eat dinner!
6) I ended up with some soup too, which was so blunt, I had to put two packages of salt in a medium size soup.
7) o btw, when did they take out the ramen section? One of the reason I went is because they have ramen.
8) I was so upset so I went up to the customer service counter to complaint about my experience. I asked to speak with the store manager, he/​she is not available, so the front desk supervisor talked to me. He basically just said yes and agreed to my complaint. Did not do offer anything to me to make up my horrible experience. (as a side note, I proposed to the store manager at other Newton Whole Foods once, not even a compliant but a suggestion, the manger expressed apology, offered to pay my the item I planned to buy that trip and gave me $ 20 gift card for my next purchase)
As you can tell I was extremely angry about all the «treatment» I got that evening. I went all the way to this Whole foods instead of Wegmans which is actually closer to my house thinking I will get a better quality of food and service. Well next time Wegmans it is! Because Newtonville Whole Foods is just not the place I want to spend my money on.

I live on vegetables so basically I’m always looking for fresh vegetables. I’m always shopping at whole foods, but this location is really one I try to avoid. First of all the entire place smells like meat! I had to run here for a quick purchase of green cabbage, of course there was no price marked by it so when I took it to the register it was rang up at $ 1.49 a pound! Are they kidding me? I can see paying higher price for some other vegetables, I know I’m paying for organic, but this was only green cabbage! I refused to pay for this and walked out.

I like the salad bar and the hot breakfast bar in particular (the breakfast bar because it is hard to find breakfasts that aren’t all bread — the salad bar because it is a treat to have so many pre-​chopped items). There is usually a variety of other salads and hot foods also. The parking lot is always crowded, but I have never had to leave because I couldn’t park, even in snow.

I mean, you know what you’re getting into here. It’s a Whole Foods in Newton, MA. However, compared to the other Newton location of Whole Foods that can nearly drive me to murder, this place is just fine and dandy. They’ve recently remodeled a bit and have expanded the coffee/​smoothie bar, bakery, and added a nice candy by the pound dispensary, which is pretty cute, I have to admit.
I mostly come here for a few things that are hard to find elsewhere, but their overall product selection is good for a medium sized Whole Foods. I usually get in and out and successfully dodge Newton-​ites, though if you actually need to do a proper shop here it may be more a stressful experience.
The parking lot can be treacherous during the early evening rush during the week and on weekends. Instead of queuing up in the line that can form on Washington Street, I’d recommend entering through Marty’s parking lot and then finding a spot towards the edge of the Whole Foods lot. Easier to make a wine stop at Marty’s before or after as well…

If you’re not sure what a GMO actually is, but you’ve heard it’s bad — this is the place for you.
Every time I’ve dared to enter this store, I am usually looking for something pretentious. Let’s be realistic, that’s why one goes to Whole Foods. When I needed a DivaCup to collect my menses in a greener way, or some home-​churned soap that leaves you smellier than you started, or some soy substitute whipped cream for huffing, this is where I came.
The staff can never seem to answer any of my questions, and, let’s be real for a moment — it’s overpriced. I actually dread going to Whole Foods so much, that although it’s walking distance from my house, I would rather drive to Porter Square and go to Cambridge Naturals.

I’ve been coming to this Whole Foods all my life since I live a couple blocks away from here. I must say, it’s impossible for me to leave this place empty handed. Their bakery is amazing. I definitely recommend their spinach&cheese croissant and assorted muffins. Their chocolate cakes are amazing – the buttercream frosting is not overly sweet. I am also in love with their cinnamon babka. I still have yet to try their macarons though. As for the sushi, they have pretty good sushi for a supermarket. They have a lot of sushi that’s pre-​made, but you can ask them to make a fresh roll for you. The staff is overall friendly. They are always willing to help you. I love how I can find such unique ingredients at this market, especially when I feel uninspired about what I should cook for dinner.

Great location, really nice produce, bakery, and fish/​meat sections! Overall nice store, not huge but well laid out and pleasant staff.

First a general review of this Whole Foods:
This place is awesome. It’s a little far from where I live so it’s always a treat when I have an excuse to take a trip to Whole Paycheck, I mean, Whole Foods. Yes it’s expensive, but I think it’s totally worth it, especially in the meat and fish. Based on this alone, however, I would give a three or four star rating. It’s super expensive.
Now, the reason for the 5 stars:
My wife and I were having a really frustrating time finding a good vendor for our wedding cake this summer. We went to several tastings and tried a lot of very mediocre to terrible cake for absurd amounts of money.
One day I was drooling over the cake counter at this Whole Foods and had an epiphany. Whole Foods cakes are awesome, so why not just buy a bunch of cakes from them for the wedding? It turns out that not only were they happy to help with this plan, but they suggested they could make an actual wedding cake for us at a bargain price!
This is when I was introduced to Kara, who was amazing to work with and created an absolutely gorgeous and extremely delicious custom wedding cake for us at a ridiculous fraction of the price we were quoted from those very mediocre wedding cake makers I mentioned.
The cakes were available on a day/​time that worked for us so they were super fresh. Everyone raved about how good everything was and my wife and I couldn’t be happier with our experience with Kara and the entire cake department at Whole Foods! Thanks for everything!

I would say this whole foods is better than some others that I have been to. It’s certainly better than the other Newton location and the Bedford location. There is ample parking, the store is spacious and well laid out, and although they don’t sell booze, there is a liquor store right next door. Same shitty prices as all the other WFM’s but what can you do?

I go on 2 mile walks as often as I can. Whole Foods just happens to be the halfway point for me, and I occasionally stop in for a salad bar fix. I like that the salad bar is fully stocked with lots of options. If you’re a vegetarian, this is a salad bar haven for you. I love the hot bar, although it’s quite dangerous because it’s just so damn delicious. Pot stickers are very tasty, but today they didn’t have any — they had tamales. Next time then!
I’ve never had an issue here in terms of service. Staff are quite helpful, the store is organized well with great signage, and if you go on Fridays, you get to sample lots of yummy things in the store.
I agree with other reviewers when they talk about the parking lot. It’s not that big, and peeps drive in the lot like they’re playing bumper cars. It’s okay to slow down… and not try to hit people.

Nice location! Lot of parking, nice staff, clean and organized store.

I often go to this Whole Foods for lunch, and it is one of the more limited ones around. First of all, they have no cookies by the pound, which means no miniature chocolate chip cookie with icing sandwiches. The salad bar is pretty good, certainly better than the Whole Foods in JP, but it is not as expansive as the one in Dedham or even Charleston, SC, where I lived until recently. The choice of homemade pickled stuff at this Whole Foods is somewhat lacking.
The parking lot is also a problem. Although there is adequate parking, because of how it is laid out, people often behave foolishly and end up tying up traffic. Finally, Whole Foods gets two stars because of their CEO’s anti-​union and anti-​universal healthcare nonsense. We live in a world of bad choices, so I do go sometimes because it is on the way to work and offers a nice salad bar, but sometimes it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Ample parking, strong selection of produce/​seafood/​fish — the salad bar is always fresh and with interesting options.
Nothing to differentiate it from other WFM, but if you’re already a fan, you probably won’t be disappointed.