Western Beef

I prefer the location in Flushing, as it has more selection. I was disappointed when I came to this store and couldn’t find a few items. I left empty handed and went to the location in Flushing instead. Lesson learned!

Wonderful meat department with competitive pricing and vast choices. Bravo Western Beef.
Bob I

It’s not fairways but if your on a budget and plan on spending wisely this is it. Try to avoid all the processed foods unless your looking to pack in some pounds. I really enjoy the meat freezer due to the fact you can really get everything you need for a bbq. This place could look a little cleaner and the staff could use some soft skills. Otherwise it’s okay!

Been shopping here since I was born ! Now I’m 23 years old! You can pretty much find everything here. Cereals need a bit update but everything’s cheap here compared to other supermarkets

I travel from Brooklyn to Ridgewood to this store, i love the bargains they have on meat and vegetables throughout the whole store. Just missing some of the personal things i like but thats just me but its a great supermarket

Been shopping here for years and years. The have changed for the better and the place has cleaned up. Prices descent. 1 of the best features is the meat locker.
Go get your zip cars and go shop there.

Not the most fancy of supermarkets but definitely some good deals available.
Large parking lot with a liquor store right next door.
Butcher section is large and very cold, a little smelly.
I’ve never seen flies by the fruits and the selection is pretty large.
They have fresh bread on premises.
They sell lotto as well.
One word of advice check expiration dates have noticed some boxed items past expiration here and there over the years. Other than that it’s a decent place to shop.

You have to go into Western Beef understanding what it is, a HUGE ‘Big Box’ style mass market grocery store. Sure, some of the employees don’t have the best attitude, but I would like to see the attitude of those complaining if they had to work on their feet 8+ hours per day for $ 8 an hour.
I would say prices are similar average, similar to Stop & Shop or any other large grocer. The product selection and brands are a bit random, but what ever Western Beef does have, you can count on them to have TONS of it. The produce dept. wasn’t as bad as I was expecting, but nothing special either. I was surprisingly unimpressed with the meat dept. I went in specifically to get a chicken to make soup. The entire meat dept. is a giant freezer, which you shop in, with hunks and slabs of meat wrapped in plastic everywhere. There was also some kind of weird odor in there. After having made the soup, I’m not to happy with the quality. The chicken was dry and rubbery. I make this soup all the time and don’t usually have that problem.
Overall, if you live near by I would def consider coming here to get packaged/​shelf groceries. They have tons of stock and decent prices — just check to make sure they carry what you are looking for first. I definitely wouldn’t go out of my way to go to the produce or meat depts. here though.
Huge parking lot also a plus.

Beware, when you shop here you have to make sure you check the expiration dates on everything. A few times I’ve found expired foods. Another thing you have to pay attention to is the prices. Sometimes the food will be marked one price and when you get to the register it’s another price. It’s a shame because this is a very big supermarket but needs better management. As a customer I want to shop for my food in a clean environment. I also want to be able to trust that the food I put in my carriage is not expired and when I check out I want to trust that I am being charged the correct amount.

I hate this super market! Yes it’s huge and has a big selection of everything but it is FILTHY!

I don’t know how all these people are giving this place great reviews. I will admit this place is pretty big for a supermarket in NYC but to me the place is just FILTHY! You’d expect a place that sells food to look bright and clean but this place just skeeves me the hell out.
First off, the area is surrounded by an industrial wasteland. Looks like something out of a Tim Burton movie. The parking lot looks like it was hit by a huge artillery barrage leaving craters throughout the lot. The shopping carts look more like wheel barrels that were used to haul trash and debris. Once you walk in, the structure is very outdated and there are thousands of fly’s buzzing around the fruit section. The stock staff all look like ex convicts and are constantly staring and harassing female customers. The meat section smells like rotting corpses.
I use to shop here before the hipsters made a novelty out of shopping in supermarkets that resemble third world bazaars trendy. The prices were low and the food was somewhat edible but now a few guys in skinny jeans start shopping there and they raise all the prices.
These hipsters are all just a bunch of weirdos from the midwest that could not fit in in their hometowns and decided to transplant their backwards midwest attitude to NYC in hopes of fitting in. In reality they just are screwing the very fabric of our old neighborhoods up. GO HOME!

1. Huge location.
2. Every type of meat you could probably think of in any amount you want. Prices are great.
3. Huge selection of produce.
4. Every other type of grocery you can think of.
5. Mostly everything is super cheap.
I spent 100 bucks here and got chicken, ground beef, steak and a million other groceries. Somewhere else that would have cost me $ 250. If you are on a budget but want to stock up this is your place.

Always an issue! They take coupons only when they want to. They now cater to the Polish community but only play spanish music in the store. SOME cashiers DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. They don’t know the fruits and vegetables in english to ring up properly. ALWAYS overcharged from a veggie or fruit. Have bought rotten chicken 3 times in the past year. They always have expired products on the shelves! From meat to sour cream to cheese and bread. They had a water/​sewer leak in the store and it damaged a lot of products– THAT WERE STILL SITTING ON THE SHELVES! Guess they hoped no one would notice the damaged boxes or dirty cans. HATE THIS STORE! I drive 30 minutes to another store instead of 1 minute to this one because I get better customer service and STOP AND SHOP TAKES COUPONS! Oh yeah, and they all speak English there!

I came to this location often because of their large parking lot. This location is huge because of the area is industrial with junk yards and factories.
If you do not have a car this location is accessible by the Grand Ave. Q54 Metropolitan Ave. which connects to the L-​train at Grand Ave. station.
Their meat selection is large and their beer selection is even larger!

On the border of bklyn & Qns I’ve been coming here since I was a kid. Before it was“trendy“to do so. The meat here is always good and they bake bread throughout the day, nothing like a hot loaf of Italian bread right from the oven and the smell permeates the entire store. What I like about the cold-​cuts is they have their own brand which imo is exact to boars head brand at a cheaper price. Took away star for expensive produce. If in the area get produce from Valentinos on fresh pond rd.

I think this is technically in Maspeth because it is on the other side of Metropolitan Avenue.
I came in looking to buy a few beers to bring back to an event at the Onderdonk House and was amazed at the size of this store. This is possibly the largest supermarket I’ve ever seen in New York. If I actually lived within a reasonable walking distance I think I’d get lost in here for hours.

Amazing place in a surreal way.
Huge place that has everything, including plenty of parking, suitable for one stop shopping for produce, groceries, baked goods and meat products.
This chain started out as a meat seller and turned into a supermarket chain with a large meat section. Their meat section is a huge refrigerated room, better bring your fur coat.
I go there for one thing, fresh fish. The fish department is staffed by Koreans who seem to know their fish, they buy fresh and there seems to be large enough turnover so that it gets sold the same day.
i favor this place over smaller neighborhood fish sellers because sometimes the small places try to pass on stuff that has not sold for days.
I rate the fish department 5 and the supermarket 4

Ok, so when I don’t want to go all the way to Fairway and need some basics I head here — to the Western Beef that’s next to a prison. Shopping here is a bit like shopping in a foreign country — they serve a very diverse population which means for me — total fun! There’s about 20 different kinds of crema and when prices for avocados go through the roof at every other market — they are still cheap and plentiful here. It’s not froufy by far but it’s a great staple for anyone in Williamsburg with a car.

Great place for meat. Oh and awesome during a heat wave because you shop in a refrigerated factory.

This Western Beef ROCKS! Everything here is dumb cheap! The parking lot is huge as hell and the Supermarket isn’t super crowded like many markets. What I love most about Western Beef is their Meat section. It’s a separate room that is refrigerated. There are assorted beef, pork, chicken, sausage, turkey, and more! There are also butchers that work in that area. The staff here is friendly and just a bargain. If you’re looking to save some money, Western Beef is the way to go. If there is a line, the guys at the register move fast as hell so no worries here. For most folks, they look at Western Beef as a poor man’s market but it’s really not. They got just about the same shit Stop&Shop has but for cheaper.
**Useful Tip** — I don’t think there’s any organic products here but if you’re an Average Joe like myself, Western Beef is a safe bet to save money.