We stopped by Bruno's Market & Deli on a Wednesday for dinner after hearing it was a local…read morefavorite, and it definitely lived up to the hype! I filled out the order form, and the kind gentleman working at the deli let me know they were out of the hot chicken. No big deal at all. I asked if he had any recommendations, and he suggested the tri tip. I hadn't even noticed it was one of the options, so I was actually glad he pointed it out! I told him to make it however he thought it would taste best since I'm not a picky eater, and he absolutely delivered. The tri tip sandwich was so good! It was packed with flavor, the meat was tender and delicious, and the bread was just right. It ended up being such a great choice, and I'm so glad I took his recommendation. The sandwiches were made quickly, and the customer service was outstanding. He was so attentive, acknowledging everyone who came up to the deli counter while keeping orders moving efficiently. You could tell they genuinely care about their customers. When we checked out, the cashier up front was just as friendly, which made the whole experience even better. Between the amazing service and the delicious sandwich, we'll definitely be back to try more of the deli menu. If you're in Carmel by the Sea, Bruno's is absolutely worth a stop!

Very popular spot for buying sandwiches both hot and cold. Need to take a number, fill out a…read moresandwich order form and wait for your number to be called. (We waited about 30-40 minutes for our number to be called so that we could place our order.) Sandwich is made within about 10-15 minutes once order is taken. We ordered two sandwiches: one with turkey and the other with pastrami. Ingredients are fresh and ample amounts of ingredients are placed on each sandwich. Taste is decent. Sandwiches are $11.99 each and made to your specifications with wide variety of condiments (veggies, sauces and so forth.). If you add extra meat, avocado, cheese and so on, price increases. Parking lot is available for customers and 2 hour street parking (if you can find it).

The best grocery store downtown! Yummy selection fresh bread, and everything you need for a…read morecharcuterie board, snacks and wine for impromptu get-togethers, or breakfast/brunch treats. Highly recommend!

I'm not sure what's going on with the deli staff at Nielsen Brothers, but the experience has been…read moreconsistently disappointing. This morning, both employees saw me standing at the counter waiting. One was folding towels, the other was facing me. They made eye contact multiple times, then deliberately looked away without acknowledging me. It was very obvious I needed help with something. I had placed an online order for two sandwiches, which came out to $33.69. For that price, the least I expect is basic acknowledgment. After waiting long enough, I finally asked, "Am I in the wrong area?" Instead of a simple, polite response, I was met with an irritated "What do you need?" from both of them, as if I was inconveniencing them. When I explained I had an online order, I was told, "It's right there," with a dismissive point toward the shelves. No greeting, no guidance, no courtesy. I'm a local resident and work in healthcare. Even on difficult days, I make a conscious effort to treat people with respect and kindness. It's not that hard to acknowledge someone standing right in front of you. This world is already full of enough frustration and rage. A little basic courtesy goes a long way. On a positive note, the hot dog stand guy out front is always super nice and friendly, which makes the contrast even more noticeable. Customer service doesn't require perfection, just basic decency. Unfortunately, that seems to be missing here.

This is a review for their hot food section only: I go here…read moreevery other day for my lunch break and it always has such a wide variety to choose from. I usually either get the chicken tenders and soup, or a delicious sandwich. One of the workers turned me on to the cheesy roll for my bread and I can never go back to plain French. It's SO GOOD! I was told they bake it on location. My only drawback with the food section is that sometimes it takes an extremely long time to get through the line when there is one. They definitely need 2 sandwich makers during lunch rush. I will absolutely continue patronizing this location. It is WAY better than the PG location. Thanks for continuously feeding me a delicious lunch!

Safeyway coming in clutch in Carmel!! It was my mom's bday on our trip and we were able to run in…read moreand grab everything we needed for a little smores / bday cake moment. Everything was super easy to find, priced right, and staff were cool.

I read on Yelp that this market has an excellent deli, so we went here to grab sandwiches for lunch…read moreone day during our Carmel Valley stay. It was quite crowded on a Saturday afternoon. They have you fill out a form for ordering a sandwich. On one side of the form you can order a speciality sandwich with all the ingredients listed or on the other side you can build your own sandwich. Then you give the form to the deli cashier and they call your name when it's ready. I had the Malibu chicken speciality sandwich, which was excellent. It came on the softest roll and the chicken had plenty of flavor. A couple other people in our party had the tri tip sandwich and said it was delicious. I would definitely return to Jerome's for a deli lunch again.

SCW and I stopped into Jerome's Carmel Valley Market while walking around Carmel post wine tasting…read more The interior is clean and cozy with the produce off to to the right as you enter. The aisles can be a bit small which I could see being a bit of a pain if there are lots of people in the store. You can pretty much find anything you are looking for here. Albeit not necessarily the same volume as a chain grocery store but everything here seems to be good quality. We found lots of good wine as well. Then we got to the deli. It's pretty impressive with standard items like the various prepared salads (chicken, tuna, etc). We wanted to try the sandwiches and for that you'll need to get the order forms from outside near the entrance, then take them to the counter, wait a bit and they'll call you when it's ready. We both got mediterranean sandwiches to go. You can get build your own as well but I figured I'd go with one on the menu. The sandwich was delicious. Fresh ingredients, really good bread, and everything just worked in the sandwich. I really enjoyed it. We also got some butter beans from the deli and those were amazing as well. I highly recommend Jerome's and will be back again.

I love Trader Joe's! This store is located in Monterey, it has its own parking lot and is walking…read moredistance to many other shops and restaurants. The store is large, clean, bright and full of fresh delicious produce, fresh ready made salads, frozen foods, baked goods and so much more! I loved my salad and cinnamon rolls! The food here is always top of the line. Staff is friendly, they have reusable bags for sale. Definitely get your groceries here!

So the great thing about TJs is you have a pretty standard experience no matter where you are in…read morethe country. This one is no exception. The great thing is it's big (for a Trader Joe's) with plenty of room to move around. The parking lot is "big" as well. However it's shared with other places so it fills quickly. However I didn't have time finding parking the few times we went. It's close to some Inns as well as the transit center. It's well stocked and the staff are friendly.

Good location, customer service and products. My favorite…read morevitamin here is the fruit tart. However, in the last two months we discovered they prepare it on Saturday so it is crunchy that day , HOWEVER, if you try to buy it on Sunday, it's not crunchy anymore specially, the bottom... it is a pie at this point. Last two times it was not crunchy. . We spent 10 minutes this morning investigating why it's not crunchy anymore and that's where I got the information from. One of the staff at the patisserie suggested to recall them three days ahead of time and we ask them to prepare it the same day we want to buy it... maybe we will give it a third try for a Sunday (I hope they don't give us one made the day before and tell us" oh, it's all the same"...) By the way, they discontinued, the blueberry almond tart: that one stayed crunchy for days. I'll come back next time to either give them an extra star or to take off one more star, depending on how crunchy the tarte will be. By the way France, patisserie does not stay From day today. It is baked in the morning and by five or 6 PM nothing is left... same thing at any French trained patisserie. All over the world.

I've had strange experiences with service. At the bakery counter I wanted to buy several 'S'mores…read morecupcakes and the unpleasant person who decided to assist me didn't like that I asked for a box that wouldn't mess up the toasted swirl on top of each cupcake. Rather than understand that I wanted to keep the attractiveness in tact, she decided to take exception to my request. Then another employee walking past made some nasty comments about we don't even have those kind of containers. So I pointed them out in a nearby display of baking goods. Then after a lot of sneering and snideness a man came up from behind the counter to gruffly inform me that they are out of those containers and I will have to take they have. The girl knew, because I told her, that I wanted the cupcakes to remain attractive. So as she boxed them up I watched and she made a point of damaging a few. I should have told her shove them! What the hell is not understandable about wanting your carefully decorated baked goods to not get smear in the box?! Why was that so hard to understand? I have a photo of the cupcakes-- the only undamaged one in front. I'm reluctant to make any more purchases because they made it an unpleasant experience for no good reason

Loved this place! We were heading to the beach and looking for quick and healthy ready made food to…read moretake with us. It reminded me of a smaller Whole Foods in a way. We ended up getting some salami, bread, fruit, grilled salmon, shrimp, rice, carne asada burrito, and a goat cheese salad with chicken. Everything was so delicious! The salmon was perfectly grilled and not dry at all. The apricots we got were some of the sweetest apricots we've ever had. The chicken in the salad was a bit dry but mixed into the salad was better. It had arugula, goat cheese, dried apricots, pistachios, and a balsamic vinaigrette. The service was also great and every single person we interacted with was lovely. Such a great find for us :)

Elroys is an amazing small unique grocery store with a deli and gourmet espresso cafe. They have…read morelocally made cookies, pastries, and freshly baked bread from Ad Astra. Sometimes it sells out super fast so get there first thing in the morning! My son is already addicted to the smoked salmon cream cheese spread that they make in house. All the meats are grilled along with amazing fresh salads and ready to go for a quick dinner if you don't feel like cooking. They will cut up tri-tip to order for you. Lots of choices for people that are vegetarian and vegan as well. I love shopping the aisles for gourmet ingredients that you don't see anywhere else from all over the world, it definitely inspires you to cook something different and expand your culinary skills too! I wish I had more pictures to show you, but I don't want to look awkward taking them in the grocery store

Always make a stop here before flying home. I buy gifts for everyone. Lots of Hawaii/ Maui-related…read moresouvenirs to choose from. Always grab a 5 pack of chocolate macadamia nuts for gift giving. They come in a pack that's easy to handle and they go onto the plane with us.

I have mixed feelings about this store. Today, I went there with my senior parents at around 3 pm…read more I left them to shop as I looked at other things. I found that the staff were very helpful when I asked them to check on the price of a shirt that I found that was missing its price. I am always glad with the soda selection especially Walmart's own brand of Dr. Thunder that virtually tastes exactly like Dr. Pepper. It is always a great to buy their brand of soda and the flavor is so close to the popular brands that I barely can tell the difference. However, when I meant up to my parents, my mom was very upset and was anxious to leave. Apparently, there was uninvolved parents who were so into themselves that they did not care that their children were running around and making items fall on purpose. Those parents were not watching their children. Now, some people may think what do I expect?!? This is Walmart! This is where the "wild life" ill mannered customers blend in with the mature civilized customers. Yes, I am clearly saying that is what you may expect- people with their children who do not know how to supervise their children or act in public. But then, you would not see this in say Trader Joes. Perhaps the types of customers are kind of different. It seems that way. Although, some stores also appreciate customers who tell staff about unruly customers and would be willing to go on the intercom to tell parents to supervise their children and that any broken items they will be required to pay for. Or at least have a staff person confront the customer with their unruly children to tell them to supervise their children. I never see any Walmart that does this and clearly Walmart is not a playground. I am also aware that they deal with property loss as I keep up with the news. If one of those kids ran into one of my parents who are unsteady on their feet or one of those items they dropped, one of my parents would trip on and they fell down getting hurt, I would be very upset and I would not ignore it or look the other way. The law clearly states if a customer informs a clerk that there are unruly unsupervised children, and they do nothing about it, then an elderly customer gets hurt, not only are the parents held accountable but also the store. This is because the staff were warned and still did not intervene to prevent a tragedy. Of course, I am aware that it is to the store's advantage not to do anything and hope no tragedy happens and if it does the person won't take legal action. It is better then for the store to look the other way and being that it is Walmart, it is a huge corporation. A corporation I am all to familiar with as I read at least 3 books about this successful company that was started by a determined and extremely compulsive founder Sam Walton who started the mega company by modest means. But I also know that there is such a thing as making the shopping experience for everyone to be pleasant and welcoming. That means informing people to watch their children and not allow them to misbehave. Let me suggest a recording through the intercom that comes on upon every hour that would state, parents need to supervise their children at all times and are expected to pick up any items their children drop. If any item becomes broken, then the parents will be required to pay for it. Or at least perhaps staff should take customers concerns especially those who are seniors seriously. We all hope someday we will live into old age (although we may not be looking forward to it) but it is little things like respect that matter.

This is the greatest TJ's-super big and it has everything. I'm used to ones in the Sacramento area,…read moreand this was a lot bigger (and less crowded). We noticed everything was in stock so we got everything we needed-and more!

I do love Trader Joe's and this location does not disappoint. Like most of these stores, the…read moreparking lot is cna get hectic. Especially here, because the entrance point from Forest Ave. is not intuitive so people tend to go the wrong way and cause gridlock. They do have a nice produce section and the quality is always good. They also have a lot of alcohol at this particular location. Overall a good TJs in my opinion just drive slowly in the parking lot.

I didn't picture it because i ate it so fast but: 1…read more Parmesan pretzel was #1 so good. Best iv ever had in my life. It kind of gives me a hint of croissant. 2. The chocolate macroon. Wow so good. A little too sweet for me but still very good. 3. The lobster tail was ok... i didn't think it was anything special. I probably wouldn't get it again. The process of getting into line is kind of insane because people just cut you and go straight to the counter. I had told a guy excuse me to let me get out of the shop 3x and he never moved.

Stopped by for some latte and cappuccino and the coffee was good!…read more We also got some of the chocolate biscotti and it was huge and crunchy i liked it and it wasn't too sweet. They seem to have other interesting pastries that i would love to try next time. Love the i side is cozy and have many spots to sit work or just chill. The service was quick and friendly.