The market is very competitive. Where we live there is Smart & Final, Trader Joes, Grocery Outlet, Whole Foods, Albertson's and Ralphs, plus Aldi. So, with all of that all within a mile or two of each other, you need to be better than everyone else. For Aldi, it's just harder to shop there. Whoever thought it was smart to require a quarter to just get your shopping cart? What a dumb idea. So, you have to figure out how to get a quarter and then return the cart to get your quarter back. Why? So, they don't need anyone to chase after your cart when you are done. Essentially, a non competitive way to make it harder for you to shop there. Way to go Aldi as this is how you differentiate yourself in a negative way. It doesn't even generate any revenue for them. Just makes it harder to shop there. But, after that, I smiled at their thinking. They have no baskets either. So, if you don't want to engage with their shopping cart policy, you have nothing. No small basket to carry around for just a few items. WHO DOES THAT? Every market you go to has a small basket to carry around. Not Aldi. Somehow you either have a quarter and agree with their cart approach or just nothing at all. So, we just bought what we could carry in our hands. Just super dumb. After that, there is just nothing compelling about the rest of the store. Nothing unique or special (like Trader Joe's). So, why bother go through the effort? Finally, when we checked out, no checkers either. Just self check, which is fine. But, I'd like a choice. read more

I hate this store, starting with the robotic cashiers that have no personality, they never smile and always seem pissed off that they have to be there. They toss your stuff in the cart then proceed to toss the next person's stuff in the same cart before you have a chance to take your stuff out! They practically throw your change and receipt at you and rush you out like cattle. They act like they are doing us a great service by just ringing up our groceries. I used to go there often when they had self-checkouts, but they took them out and now they have 1 cashier or 2 on a good day, and lines going down the aisles. If you have 1 item, you're screwed because you have to wait behind 10 people with their carts completely full. The tattooed manager is a loud mouth who needs to train her staff on the importance of customer service. The prices might be a tad bit cheaper there, but I prefer Trader Joes or Grocery Outlet where the staff are friendly and engaging and seem happy to be working there and all the registers are open. read more

My experience was kind of in the middle I did find some items I couldn't find anywhere else but they don't pay attention to small children being allowed by a parent to drive the handicapped cart through the store I had a knee replacement and needed that vary it was the last one but there was no one in the store except the cashier and I was all the way in the back! I may not even shop there anymore! read more

I've been hearing so much about Aldi, so I was excited to check it out of the first time. Unfortunately, I was not impressed with my first visit. Although the exterior of this newish location in Tustin was nice, the cleanliness overall inside left more to be desired. Boxed food products were damaged/crushed, the layout & general "flow" was confusing, produce & other items seemed carelessly tossed around, & some of the employees during this visit were not very friendly nor helpful. I found myself just wandering around aimlessly...& then walked out. Maybe I visited on an "off" day, but it was a bit of a disappointment. read more

ALDI - Aldi. Tustin, CA. - Grocery Near Me - Tustin, California

I was in the area decided to stop in and grab a few things, we'll never go again. Wait 15 minutes in line. They have about eight self checkouts but at 7:30 on a Friday none of them are open. So I had to sit in line today while there was one check stand open, and there was a security guard there literally leaning against a self check out on her phone the entire time I was in line.. not sure what is the point of having security if you're not gonna allow your customers to use the self check out registers. In my own opinion, the prices at the store it's not worth the customer service they provide. I'd rather spend a couple dollars more and get in and out of the store read more

I really like the Tustin Aldi store. I really do. It can be a bit quirky but as long as you know what you are getting into, it's all good. I find myself going to Aldi first with my shopping list to see what is available and what is not. I will then go off to the other stores to pick up whatever Aldi didn't have or didn't have in the right size/flavor/quantity/brand. I wish that I could give them a 5-star rating, I truly do. But I can't for the following reasons. Their lack of selection overall and things that are there and then gone. Their prices are fantastic on what they do have overall, which is why I go there first. Whipped cream cheese, 8oz tub. About $1.00 cheaper than Albertsons or other local markets. Same for Mexican Crema. Their house brand chips are under $2 for a standard bag size. It can be cheaper at the other stores if they are using them as a loss leader, but for your day to day, Aldi has the best price. I find that every bag that I fill with groceries is $5-$10 cheaper per bag than the other big-name stores. I usually shop and get 6-8 bags worth so I'm sure that you can see that is a significant savings for me. PRO-TIP- Their frozen pizzas are outstanding as well as their flatbreads and their prepared items like Hawaiin Chicken. When you first walk in the store, look to your immediate left and you will find them right there. I got tired of Friday delivery pizza being $60 for two extra-large pizzas. These pizzas are huge and only about $8.00 each. I might throw a few extra items on them before I get them in the oven, but by choice, not necessity. Be sure to bring a quarter to unlock the carts (or ask the cashier for one if you forgot) and get to shopping. They won't have everything or every brand, but they have more than enough to make this your first place to shop when you need to. The staff is always working hard but are willing to stop and help you if you need something. Good luck all and I hope to see you in the aisles. read more

the male cashier working saturday morning nov 15 2025 heard that i spoke Spanish to my family member and had the gall to say "Spanish is basura" please train your employees to just do their jobs and keep their unnecessary comments to themselves. read more

First of all when I went to enter the store and grab a basket it was lockdown and needed a coin to have a basket for shopping. While wandering through the store, I found that their selections very limited and prices were not lower than big box stores. read more

Market is mid sized, nice, clean, sells lots of Middle Eastern food and mostly packaged goods. Fresh food occupies roughly 10% area. We came for unique ME food items advertised in their flyer and web site, but none was available. The meat shelf is small with prices 30 to 40 pc higher than mainstream super market. read more

I've been to a few Aldi's in different cities, but this one definitely wins for best design, size, lighting, arrangement, cleanliness, parking lot, etc. I walked in to what looked eerily similar to an Amazon Fresh. I came here looking for this preserves sampler that I only saw once before during the holidays back in 2021. I would use these preserves for a charcuterie board that we were going to take with us to Temecula and I ended up finding not only the preserves sampler but a whole charcuterie kit and section! I immediately felt regret as I spent all this money across the street at Trader Joes picking up supplies for the charcuterie board when I could've just come here and saved money and had a better selection on meats, cheeses, crackers, chocolates, etc. I highly recommend this Aldi for your charcuterie needs and also grocery shopping. This is also the first one I've been to that has self check-out! read more

Love this store. So glad I got one in my area. Thank you Aldi Great prices, unusual items in the quick buy aisles Check out option to self check so easy to use Highly Recommend this store. See it buy it , it just might not be there next visit read more

I am always on the hunt for Vegan Only choices. I am looking for really good tasting Vegan Food; not just mediocre.

I have been coming to this location ever since they opened. I usually use do the self-checkout rather than the regular check out due to change of policy of items required for self-checkout. I am very diligent about my grocery bills. I bought produce that was pre-packaged with the price already weighted out. So I know what I should be paying. However, when I finished checked out checked my receipt, I realized they over charged me when scanned! The price was different than what is stickered on the packaging. I let the employee know right away that they over-charged me. I did not want to wait in line again for few cents refund. I just want to let people know that obviously they do NOT calibrate their scale or they know they over-charge on purpose! When I calculate my grocery bill, basically this Aldi over-charge me close to 10% over! That tell me for every second customer comes in and buy any product weight by the pound they get charged 10% extra! Is this where should your hard earned money goes to!? They are making extra Millions yearly with this kind of practices! I am actually livid about this! This definitely need to report back to the Corporate office! read more

My friend said Aldi was one of those cult classic type of supermarkets that people go to because of the hype, like Trader Joe's. It's across from the Trader Joe's in Tustin anyway. They had that "return a cart for a quarter" on the shopping carts that she mentioned. To be honest, it discouraged me from using the shopping cart, so I just held everything in my hands. There were a lot of lookalike brands of existing products such as cereal. The back of the store kept making noise so we had to sort of talk loudly above the noise while in that area, but when not in that area it was pretty quiet and everyone could probably hear us gossipping. We had got all our shopping done at Grocery Outlet already so we just bought a snack and left. They had cameras everywhere in the self checkouts and it made me self conscious so I plan on wearing my hat the next time I come here. read more

The negative reviews on opening day, give the store a break. I arrived 10 minutes before 9 and there were already 200+ people in line on opening day. I found parking real quickly and I agree, parking is tough because people don't have manners. It's not Aldi's fault. Upon entering, you see all the produce nicely stocked. Along the back wall is where you'll find cheese, meats . . . An entire refrigerated section. Today, I took advantage of the $1.49 dozen eggs, $0.95 pineapples, $1.99 lb of 80/20 beef and other things. Some great prices. Staff is extremely friendly and helpful. There are two self check outs which I did and a young lady helped me. I had a great experience, saved some money and will continue to shop at Aldi. Before I would drive to Fountain Valley to shop at Aldi, now I can grab a Peet's Coffee around the corner and do my shopping here! Welcome to Tustin, Aldi! read more

Best prices in town, plus a friendly fun shopping environment! Highly recommend the ALDI experience, I've made friends at the Tustin location :] read more

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Unfortunately I have to write this review at one of my favorite Aldi locations I shop at. I noticed one of the employees in charge with unacceptable behavior towards her coworkers at the location. I spoke to one of the guys there and to be told this heidi lady is the store manager. read more

Feels like a discount grocery outlet. Random items, no consistency or choice. The baking aisle was sparse and also included things like pork rinds. Random items placed everywhere. Missing basic items. Feels like a place you go to buy random packaged food with no brand names. Curiously they lock their carts up so no way to use a cart which wasn't an issue as they didn't have anything on list (simple items like powdered sugar, extract, or any brand name chips just unknown brands). read more

The location is fine considering it's not usually busy during the day. I would have preferred their opening time be 8am so I could get some shopping done early in the morning. But what really bothers me is how poorly stocked it is. What is the point in boasting about low prices when you don't have them in stock to begin with. The meat section is constantly sparse, the milk we need is usually out of stock, and not sure if it was just this time but literally only went there today for frozen hash brown patties only to find them both missing and not even listed anymore. I would have asked someone about it but they only have a skeleton crew who doesn't seem to know or care when or if an item will be back in stock. Long story short, it's worth the trip if you keep your expectations low. read more

Great selection, clean, brand name products and good prices I plan on coming back. Had to check it out. Bought my usual stuff I get at Ralph's read more

The redhead employee with tattoos exhibited discriminatory behavior towards people of color. A Hispanic couple was grabbing a cart from inside the store, to which she proceeded to say no that's my cart, even though there were two. She repeated herself again in an aggressive tone and sent them to grab one outside. A white couple proceeded to ask her about the cart situation to which she answered apologetic. She asked them if they had a quarter and they said no, so she said they could grab hers. As the Hispanic couple entered again to see this exchange, the employee told them that the white couple gave her a quarter, which never happened. You can't pick and choose which customers to be nice depending on which on looks more like you. Absolutely insane. read more

Aldi is a good place to go to grocery on a budget and I mean the items here are almost on par with other groceries stores. I go here for the frozen food items they are delicious. The place is always clean no matter what time of day you go. read more

I love this Aldi. I live in Fullerton and always find my way back here to shop for my groceries. Very clean, organized. They have self check out or a cash register whatever works for you best. Every time I go I always see a lady with short blonde hair just working her but off and restocking, organizing, helping people out, I love that. The deals they have are really good. Some off brand items are sometimes better than the name brand items! Bring a quarter for the shopping cart or if I don't have that much to get just use one of your grocery bags! read more

I love shopping at Aldi. Prices are very reasonable and quality is on par for lots of their products. I have a few things that I always buy at Aldi and I always love to browse the aisles to see what other items they offer. There are some items that can be comparable to name brand and there are others that aren't. read more

Was looking forward to Aldi opening up down the street! The outside of the grocery store is very nice and looks inviting. After visiting this Aldi for the first time I was not impressed. I was very confused by the putting a Quarter into the carts to release them. The lady in front of me was struggling so much that I just watched and decided to just see how much my hands could carry (I wasn't the only one in there like that, I saw multiple people cleverly stacking as much as they could in their hands). Plus, I didn't have a quarter. So I enter the store and older man who was also just starting to shop offers me a quarter to get a cart after he overhears me tell my wife "I guess I'm spending less money since I can't get a cart". This store seemed like if a Big Lots and a Albertsons had a small baby. It felt messy and unorganized. The items for sale seem so in between, like they need to hire someone to organize the shelves. I wasn't feeling it. Just FYI, I usually shop at Sprouts, Trader Joe's, or Whole Foods. Yes those places are more expensive but it just has a better shopping experience. Maybe I'm just not the target audience. read more

3 employees (blonde lady short hair, Hispanic guy and girl with long brown curly hair) sitting/standing at a register and chatting while a huge line is forming and when you try to use that register which btw. has no sign stating it's closed, they shoo you rudely away telling you to use the other register. I am so sorry for assuming the register is open when an employee is literally sitting there. Also, sorry for inconveniencing you and interrupting your little chat while trying to spend my hard earned money at your store. read more

This store needs a manager with some common sense! or maybe it's Aldi's corporate culture? The store has the worse operation of any supermarket I know. Multiple food items are piled up in chest freezers, then a bunch of price tags are slapped on, the problem is that the price tags do not correspond to the food items, creating much confusion. You pickup an item thinking it's on sale for one price, only to find out a different price at the cash register. How difficult is it to have clear price tags? my local Korean supermarket has a clear description plus a photo of the food item, and a clear price, no confusion what so ever. Aldi stores are very small compared to the usual American supermarkets, but you spend way too much time trying to find things and trying to figure out prices. read more

i had very bad service here with the cashier girl Aryanna she was very hostile rolling her eyes throwing my items into my cart. She smashed my items because she seemed like she was so bothered that i was even there. She even charged me twice for some items. I never had a problem shopping here until i was helped by this little girl. She seems to not care about the job she should not be working costumer service if shes going to have a nasty i dont care attitude. i would love to contact HR about this girl because she made the environment very hostile with her nasty radiant energy. She has a bad attitude which made not only me but the other customers uncomfortable. Also she had stains on her shirt which makes Aldi seem like a ran down liquor store instead of a grocery story especially when they are hiring people like her. if anyone knows the number for Hr please lmk. read more

I went to Aldi on the second day they were open. The prices are great parking is a zoo. People are very nice in there. If you need help they're there for you. It's like a Trader Joe's, and a Grocery Outlet. kind of combined. If you want specialty items, that you don't normally find in other stores, this is the place to look. Bakery items are excellent, yes they have off brands. Some of those off brands eclipse some of the brands that you find in normal stores, like an Albertsons or Vons or Ralph's or think of any high price store and the prices, as I said, are fantastic. read more

Not impressed and we do not know what all the fuss is about. We do not like the quarter for the shopping cart thing. When we got home with the packaged produce, the peppers were old and slimy and the blueberries tasted weird. They didn't have everything on our list, so we had to go to several stores for them and I don't like making several stops. We won't be back. read more

Sam is awesome ! Super kind and helpful. Didn't really know was but Sam was super fast to help me out.

I love the food and the prices. Bring a quarter for the carts. If you don't have one ask the register. Also, get over American name brands. Another thing is to try German chocolate and cookies. The ambiance is good. read more

I love Aldi. Mini warehouse-style vibe. No annoying music, no needless employees standing around gossiping.,.,, just great prices and a good selection of most products. Welcome to Tustin and say goodbye to the overpriced hyped unionized supermarkets. read more

I was pretty horrified because I had noticed that a manager Heidi was being harsh with a guy that was ringing me up and she just kept talking to him like he was dumb and keep telling him to BE FAST and she said to him that "Your not always gonna have people to help you out; your lucky you had me this morning" she Honestly needs to work on her approach with her own team read more

I LOVE Aldi if this review was only for the food and prices I would rate 5 stars. However- This location has a cashier issue. Rarely do I come in and someone is ringing us out, in fact I almost never see employees ever to even flag down. I usually end up using self check out, which is ok. Except I can't purchase alcohol or if there is an issue with the self check out you should plan on waiting around 10 minutes to flag down an employee to help you. Beyond annoying. Had an employee tell me after waiting ten minutes for help at self checkout "you can't ring out alcohol at self checkout I'm going to cancel this and you need to checkout at the register" I told him what am I to do when there is no one there? And instead of ringing me out himself made me wait again for a different employee to come to the register to ring me out. Talk about annoying! Management needs to fix this. I love Aldi but it's causing issues with checkout- I expect a quick ring out when I go to Aldi not this. read more