The Vitamin Shoppe

The only place open late on a Saturday! Perfect! Great place, clean and very helpful employees. If you don’t want to spend a lot and still get quality products, come here. Sales are great, promos! Definitely coming here from now on

I called yesterday to see if i can return my protein that i brought she looked at my acct and said i could return it I drove from Miramar for the assistant manager to tell me I couldnt return it! I also talked to a manager that day which was a male and he also said it was ok for me to return it to receive credit… My point is the manager and the clerk gave me wrong information and I am stuck with this tub of protein that is disgusting~Im going elsewhere

Such a great place with totally knowledgeable and friendly staff! Jenna is the best ever! Always has the answers to my questions, knows the products and store inside and out, and always takes that little bit of extra time to make you feel special and leave better educated about whatever you wanted to know!
Neil is wonderful too, always friendly and helpful, also very knowledgeable! The only downside to this place has nothing to do with the store, but it is located in a busy busy busy shopping area and parking can be pretty painful sometimes.

Nice big store, good customer service. Bit hard to pull into as the driveways of this mall are all tiny and people are always waiting to get onto the main roads.

Very clean store. The staff were very polite and helpful — not pushy at all. They asked one time if there was anything I needed help with and didn’t continue to hound me until I needed them. They were well educated in their products.
It location is unfortunately on sports arena blvd which is by far the worst traffic pattern in San Diego. The «ancillary» sales people (the people who don’t work for the store but have separate display tables set up in the store) were also polite and didn’t push their products.
Will defiantly return for my vitamin and supplement needs.

With chain stores like Vitamin Shoppes and other nutrition/​vitamin sores, the main thing that sets them apart from each other is the customer service. I was not impressed at all by this Vitamin Shoppe location. The store, itself, was clean and well stocked with your normal supplements– protein, bars, vitamins galore and even organic soap and shampoo.
The two ladies I encountered seemed very uninterested in their jobs. They were more into their poorly done tans than they were about answering my questions. All I wanted to know was when the Metabolic representative was coming in. When I finally found out that the rep had left earlier than scheduled, I asked if they had any samples. The two ladies gave each other a confused look.
SMH!

I have been a vitamin shoppe customer since late 90’s early 2000’s. I typically love the place and staff but I went into the point Loma location an the young brunette who works there… shouldn’t. Normally they give out free samples. I was on my way to gym and forgot to take my creatine. I went in and she did not say «hello, how are you? Or welcome to the vitamin shop.» Instead she looked me up and down and walked to the other end of the counter. I had to say excuse me, do you have any samples. To which he replied in a short manner, «yeah, but you have to buy something,» and then walked away again. No one at the other stores have ever said that ad if you go into other supplement stores they offer samples to try and have you come back and buy their products. She was rude and lacking in customer service. At least say, «what kind sample/​supplements are you interested in? I was tempted to buy new krealklyn to leave in my car for times like these but because of her rude and unprofessional attitude, did not feel comfortable spending my money there. Hope the mangers there hire people with right attitude in the future. If I see her at te counter will not be shoppig there.

I’ve gone here a few times and until today I would have said this place was pretty good, despite their terrible location. But today I was given really inaccurate information by a very patronizing and uninformed employee. Do your research!

helpful staff, amazing selection, low pricing

These guys carry homeopathic remedies for a VERY reasonable price. There is a large selection to choose from, though mostly from Boiron (I prefer Hyland’s, but when I’m getting ill, I’m not that choosy!). They also have nice children’s products that are hypo-​allergenic as well as a nifty ‘clearance’ table.
Staff members here have always been very helpful to me and I appreciate that very much!

I went here to look for some protein powder over the weekend and naturally, I got lost looking at other products (I love supplement stores). However, when I had questions the employees were relatively uninformed which kind of turned me off. It’s always OK to say «I don’t know, let me check.» but they just kind of gave me a crummy answer.
I would probably go to a smaller supplement store where the employees are more knowledgeable next time. I value the education I get when I’m shopping for new supplements…
I gave them 3 stars only because their selection is pretty extensive which is nice.

They always have what I’m looking for and the store is laid out well. Service is usually friendly and helpful, though this last time the cashier seemed put out that she had to operate the register.

I like the Vitamin Shoppe chain of stores. The staff are always pretty knowledgeable and friendly and they have a large selection of supplements, food products etc. Their pricing can’t always compete with their online competitors but they always seem to be running a sale and they come pretty close and sometimes are even better.
This location is no different. I was instantly greeted when I entered. The store was extremely clean and well organized. I was hoping they had some of their 50% off Myofusion but they were completely out, as was every Vitamin Shoppe it seemed. I didn’t see anything else that I needed so I left. Another nice Vitamin Shoppe location. Probably one of the better stores for supplements in the area.

The only chain store for supplements I shop at. If you’re into bodybuilding type supplements, talk to Dan. He definitely knows his stuff and used to compete himself. The prices and selection here are way better than GNC. They also do not and try to up sell you on anything or a so called discount card. The staff here is not pushy and they let you do your thing. The rewards program is sweet and I usually get at least a $ 100 bucks back in January. The only downside is Vitamin Shoppe does not get new items as fast as GNC. Oh well, totally worth the wait for value and price.

I don’t go to many GNC or other vitamin stores to really compare. But I would say Vitamin Shoppe is a pretty reputable place to get your supplements. The staff are pretty knowledgeable on how all the different types of pills work in your body.
I am a member of their rewards/​loyalty card program so I’m just waiting for my coupons!

Prices are a bit high for vitamin and mineral supplements, but the service is great! Very knowledgeable staff.

Very friendly, helpful service. I was sort of wandering around in a daze (hadn’t eaten lunch yet!) and three different employees assisted me in finding the items I was looking for. They had a BOGO (Buy One Get One) at 50% sale on their Vitamin Shoppe branded products. The store is pretty huge, I think you could pretty much find whatever you are looking for in terms of supplements, vitamins, etc. I had previously only ordered from them online (very nicely done website, remembers your previous orders, well laid out, easily searchable etc.). The cashier looked me up in their system, updated my info & made sure I got my «rewards» credits. They seem to be a cross between GNC & Nutrisport. If you are familiar with those two, you’ll know what I mean. Oh yeah, no «membership» fee required for the cheap prices.

This place has sweet sweet prices and is run by awesome people!
So I hired a personal trainer to get fit to pass the physical test for the police academy, and was told to get a protein shake to drink after workouts and an amino acids based powder to protect and build muscle (to be added to the protein shake). I went into this Vitamin Shoppe just to buy the Matrix shake and was going to buy the other from one of the trainers at my gym. But when I went inside and explained things the store manager found me a comparable product that was less money than what the trainer was offering me! He also educated me in the field of exercise and really gave me some good quality attention even though I wasn’t spending more than $ 50.
I had only been in this store once prior to today’s visit, and the employees remembered me from last time. One of them even printed out some information for me that was inspired from a conversation we had when I first visited the store 2 months ago, just in the event I happened to come back!!! Seriously, this pace has some of the best customer service I have ever experienced.
Apart form the awesome prices and the brilliant customer service, this store has a HUGE range of products. I even bought some white pomegranate tea that comes in silk bags which gives the tea a better taste.
This store has earned my business for life, and I am going to recommend it to everyone I know, and I recommend it to all of you.

My earliest memory of vitamin consumption involves Flinstones Chewables. Remember those? Sooooo gooood — like Sweet Tarts. Then my mom, a daughter of a Mexican curandera, intro’d me to a spoonful a night from a bottle of liquid heaven, which was basically vitamins suspended in sweet 10% fruit alcohol. Say goodnight little boy. :)
Now I’m grown up and a vegetarian. I’m also rather healthy — thanks Ma! But veggies need protein. Vitamin Shoppe’s the place for me. First off, the folks are nice and helpful to a certain extent, but I’m not there for service. I shop there for the products and the price.
The skinny:
— Central location (near downtown).
— Low prices
— Membership club for those who buy lots of supplements
— Secret savings: They’ll match their on-​line price to anything in-​store
— They do sell chewable vitamins!
The fat:
— Getting in an out of parking lot can be tough — drive south on Rosecrans and enter from the first driveway south of Sports Arena Blvd then loop around the parking lot to the north side.
Overall impression:
It’s a discount vitamin store. Come here to buy your favorite herbal extractions or muscle building juices. You’ll save a buck or two.
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I could have probably given you the colors of the logo, but I had never actually stepped inside a Vitamin Shoppe. Tired of Strawberry, I was ready to try a new whey powder. I did some window shopping around the Intrawebs, and found the going price to be about $ 50 give-​or-​take for 5lbs. of Optimum Nutrition Whey. I was happy to see that The Vitamin Shoppe was advertising $ 37.99. Scorrrrre.
Walking in, the layout is surprisingly open, unlike all of the GNC’s I’d ever visited. At GNC, I always feel like products would be hanging down from the walls if they could get them to stay… basically way too much clutter. But, I digress.
At Vitamin Shoppe, all products are arranged by brand and function. I was a little disheartened to see that the price of the whey was MSRP, but upon asking one of the employees, he looked it up online for me, and gave me the discount right there. Happy chappy.
Overall, great experience. I was in and out in about 10 minutes, and will definitely be returning for any additional needs (at least after looking online first, ha). Thanks Vitamin Shoppe!!!
***I got kind of freaked out by all the «anabolic enhancements» in the back. Do people really take that stuff???