I love this place. The fruit and vegetables are always fresh, the rotisserie chicken is tremendous, so many great pastries, and the cheese options are excellent. No matter what day I come, the staff is always incredibly friendly and this place is clean. Underrated soups too lol. read more

Nugget Markets - Grocery Near Me - Novato, California

I love this grocery store. The butchers and fish monger are great! The wine selection is incredible, and I love their weekly secret sales! The checkers are so friendly and helpful! Lastly, I love the bulk spices and other bulk section. Love this store. read more

A very well run grocery. Five sparkling stars of the staff and employees. They are consistently helpful, pleasant, and kind. The Novato store is well stocked and features a hearty selection of salads and entrées for people on the go . The produce section. Is filled with. fresh delicious produce. And there are plenty of options for those of us with a sweet tooth. Very pleasant store. And a special note to other seniors, the employees are happy to help when you need help lifting or transporting bags to the car. Reminds me of the good old days when there was something called customer service!! We greatly appreciate the way the store is run. read more

I don't usually shop at Nugget because the prices in general are high, but I do come here when I require a quality piece of flank steak for a stir-fry I often make. Recently I went there and noticed that the price for flank was not much more than Trader Joe's, and certainly cheaper than Mollie Stones's. I also appreciate that the butchers are particularly friendly and helpful. I often ask them to trim some fat and silver skin off the piece I'm buying as it saves me loads of time, and the guys are way more skilled in this than I could ever be. Special shout out to Matt C. for doing such a fine job in trimming the last time I went there. You guys rock! read more

This is my favorite local market. It is always clean and tidy and well stocked. They have an excellent selection of groceries and specialty items, an excellent butcher, bakery, café, and more. They have good weekly sales in addition to a weekly secret special for those who sign up. Plus...the staff is always so friendly and helpful. I feel very fortunate to have this market close by. read more

I've shopped here a few times now and can say that I highly recommend this store. I subscribed to the weekly email of "specials" and come by for the excellent prices offered on items I buy. I'm also discovering new items that I will continue to purchase. While not as close to my home as Whole Foods and Safeway, I can say shopping here is a whole new pleasant experience! Excellent selection of produce, both organic and not. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. I can always find someone to help me locate items, the butchers are super helpful and the checkout staff very friendly and go out of their way to help. While they don't have self checkout that I have seen, my wait in line to check out has never been more than a few minutes. I am still learning store layout and finding my way around, but so far I love coming here! read more

My favorite market to go to!! Fresh produce every single time. They always are stocked and have excellent customer service. Very clean inside and provide so many options. read more

I've recently started working in San Rafael and coworkers would bring lunch or office treats from this market. Everything has been high-quality, unique, flavorful and made me want to take a special trip to Nugget. I got my chance one no-traffic-on-the-commute morning with an extra 20 minutes to spare. I walked in and immediately knew that was not nearly enough time. Visually stunning, organized , clean and enticing! I barely knew where I wanted to start. I scanned the ample deli, hot breakfast bar, tempting bakery, found a couple items, picked up some stunning recipe cards, and made mental notes for when I return. (For those in my area, it felt like Oliver's.) And as if the store was showing off, every employee I encountered was friendly and helpful. For me, this kind of place is specialty shopping, and the prices reflect it. I look forward to returning with way more time! read more

Nugget Markets - Grocery Near Me - Novato, California

I've been meaning to update this review since December. An employee dropped off my green bean casserole for no charge after I called the store and said I would be unable to pick it up. That's a true neighborhood store. I continue to be able to find most things I need here. read more

My favorite market hands down! The staff is so helpful and friendly and there are plenty of check stands with actual checkers working! Rarely a wait. Beyond that their meat and seafood, as well as their produce department are top notch. Great variety and super fresh. Their overall prices may be a bit more than your chain store...but well worth it! read more

I love this store! They offer good quality items. The produce and meats are consistently top notch. The in-house fresh poke in the meat department is always tasty and fresh. The butchers are always helpful if you ask them for advice on cuts of meat or how to cook them. On occasion we pick up the premade meals in the deli area and they don't disappoint, even the salmon is cooked correctly. The employees are ALWAYS helpful and friendly, a BIG win for this store. I have been shopping there since it opened and I really appreciate the recent weekly specials and sales. read more

Most of their berries and a lot of their fruit spoils within a day of purchase. Don't even think of trying to do a return without a receipt. Oh, and if you have a receipt, expect some serious attitude. read more

New to the area and went there to pick up a few ingredients for cooking. Everything was organized, well stocked and CLEAN!! Prices are comparable to Whole Foods, but I prefer this market over WF any day. My new go to grocery store for sure read more

Well I'm from out of town and stopped in to get a deli sandwich. The service was slow and I noticed the staff appeared sluggish. I have had sandwiches from nugget stores in the past and are usually quite full with my order. This one not so much. I walked around the store while the staff was making my sandwich and noticed a messy store. The store looked tired. I went looking for bottled water and saw mouse droppings. Yeek! I won't be coming back!! One more thing the staff up front were the saddest bunch of folks I have ever seen. Not one smiled at me. What's up with that? read more

I've been shopping here since they first opened. Love the customer service, they are always available and happy to help. Great prepared foods, delicious bakery items, extensive selection-most everything is great. Nice and clean, fun to shop here. read more

Deli service was selective and slower than anytime before. Phone orders tended to be taking priority over the people waiting in person for more than 10 minutes just to place an order, which I was next in line to fo do. I even overheard one of the employees delivering a big phone order say this was for a vip customer which was put in the line ahead of us. I left frustrated and still hungry. Boohoo Nugget read more

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I LOVE NUGGET in Novato!!!! When we moved to Novato in 2021, I zero expectations for Nugget since I had never shopped there. But it's about 1/2 mile away so the convenience factor got me in there a few times. Now, I can say I strongly prefer Nugget to Whole Foods in all aspects. And don't even get me started about Safeway, which is utterly terrible for anything but ice cream. Nugget has a full range of organic produce and groceries, plus most of the "mainstream" items that WF doesn't stock. The bulk section is the biggest surprise though (WF's bulk section has gone down the tubes since the pandemic). The bulk pricing is very fair too (sliced dried ginger for $5.99/lb- yes please!!) Their meats are lovely and the bakery is pretty good too. What else could you ask for? Parking in Pacheco Plaza is easy and I almost never need to wait in the checkout longer than a minute or two. The employees are "with it" too (friendly, knowledgable, and intelligent). They pay their people well and it shows. THANK YOU as well for not putting in a (mismanaged) self-checkout. read more

The service is amazing. Friendly staff willing to help with anything I need. Nugget Market in Novato is an absolute gem and truly deserves five stars! From the moment you walk in, you're greeted by a warm, welcoming atmosphere and a staff that genuinely cares about their customers. Nugget's commitment to quality, local products, and community really shines through in every aisle. read more

I popping prices and limited selection. I can live with that, but it seems that everyone working there hates their job.

I work hard every day for my company-facilities...and times like this I am to tired to cook for special occasions...I decided to try out "Thanksgiving" dinner for two...I'm telling ya'll this right now...it was well worth it...very affordable too. The flavor is amazing I thought my mother came down from haven just to cook for me in my dreams...I kid you not...every meal was tasty, delicious, mouth watering, OMG...the servings for two was enough to feed four more guest and still had left overs. Turkey was tender not dry at all and delicious, gravy OMG "turkey gravy", yams with marshmallows very good very!!! rolls we're soft and "mmmmmgood", stuffing excellent...greens fresh and totally aweSOMe. Mash potatoes so goooooood...Ya gotta try it, I promise you won't be disappointed. I didn't have to do any cooking, no dishes to wash no mess to clean. Best of all you get instructions how to heat your meal and be ready at your chosen time to serve. No hassle at all...."easy peasy". it was nice to have the chance to sit and enjoy our thanks giving together, "my son and I" and of course his friend whom he invited. I went by the market last week to get my order ready for Christmas!!!! Heck yeah! I chose "Certified Piedmontese New York Roast with all the gourmet side dish", Ohhhhhhh...I'm so excited. thank you Nugget Market thank you...you really giving me a treat looking forward to next special meal. I am so thankful for Nugget Market literally,,, :) read more

Nuggets is great. They're a high-ish end market with high quality everything. With that, is a higher price... so if you can afford it and money's nothing to you, then shop here. For the rest of us, we come for special things or occasions. For example, they have wonderful steaks and an amazing bakery section. Their cakes are super tasty and beautiful. It's the best place to go pick up a pie (the Heidi's key lime pie especially), or a last minute birthday cake... especially since other bakeries in the area close early, Nuggets is a great option that's open 7 days per week. I was inspired to write this review because I was really impressed by the cashier who bagged my special bakery treats today. I had gotten a cupcake and another delicate treat (don't know the name of it) ...He saw how delicate the treat was and he made sure to bag it so that it was nice and snug in there so it wouldn't be ruined. I just super appreciate that. That was a move by someone who is attentive and genuinely cared. So I wanted to give him a shout out (even though I didn't know his name - sorry!) Customer service has always been excellent. Always friendly.... it just seems like they make it a point to hire genuinely nice people. High five, Nuggets! read more

Nuggets is like a Wholefoods, but smaller but comparable prices and same organic type food. Ok I'm here just to rave about their chocolate mouse cake. Wow!!! It's soft, spongy, not too sweet, not even the frosty is that sweet. I'm not a sweets person but I want to finish that entire cake. read more

The selection of cheeses and salami's are great! And my husband lives their poke'! Every time we are up north visiting we make it a point to stop at a nugget market to stock up on yummy foods to eat while we are here and to share with our family! We love this store! read more

The best grocery store around. Best produce. Best products. Fair prices. Incredible staff. We LOVE it here.

I shop here alot. The clerks are amazing counselors, as they are at many local grocery stores. But the meat department has nothing from Marin Sun Farms and no organic steaks- none. No humanely slaughtered beef. Maybe Earth Fare is the place to go for an organic butcher. read more

Generally, we like this market. However, their deli does not always answer the phone when you call in and order.

Upscale market with a wide variety of products. Many of which are not available at large markets. Very well stocked and kept very clean.

I usually go to the Corte Madera location and the customer service there is absolutely amazing. I went to the Novato location, on my way to Sebastopol and was in line at the register. Another register opened right next to me and the person at the register asked if they could help the people behind me. A bit confused, I handed her my small purchase so I could go next. The lady at the register helps the lady behind me and I was okay with that. But she then proceeds to tell me that I will most likely have to get back in line . I was completely shocked. She then asks the customer that was next if she could ring me up first, like I wasn't already waiting in line before any of these other customers arrived . I was completely shocked and left feeling like I wasn't given the customer service that i should have been given. I work in the customer service space and I have tremendous respect for people that do because it is not an easy job but I have to call out bad customer service out when I see it. Maybe the person just needs training but she really doesn't need to be working with customers at the moment. read more

The food is always fresh and organic. Best seafood and butcher in town. The service is 1st class. The store is well organized and clean. My favorite. read more

Highly addicting sandwiches they are the best! The staff is always so friendly and accommodating they are reasonably priced and high quality in all of their food read more

The Management wants to hear from me re: my review I left about the entire market? Why? To offer me a free sandwich or persuade me to change my reviews? It is what it is. I love going to markets for the ambiance and quality of products. This store needs a REVAMP!! read more

Are usually take my mom and dad to come eat at nugget and the sandwich has been declining. We ordered a pre-sandwich but it was salt and vinegar. You can't even eat it. We'll never eat here again. read more

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I bought clams for a valentine dinner it took they guy 10 minutes to sort through them and when I got home about 10 of the clams out of 3lbs were dead and or cracked open usually they are all useable likely a training issue read more

I don't write a lot of reviews, especially about grocery stores but I love Nugget! It's better than Whole Foods on all accounts. Better produce, better selection of small high quality brands, better selection of sales items...and the shelves are never bare like Whole Foods. The staff is always friendly and helpful too. Don't ever change or get bought by Amazon please! read more

This place is great. The employees are always happy and glad to help out with finding items or questions. The produce is fresh, the seafood is awesome. The meat department is always super helpful and knowledgeable. My only issues are the shelves are too tall, not for me, but for everyone else that always asks me to get items on the top shelf. The deli can be hectic, try being patient and it sometimes works. read more

This is a great grocery store. Nugget Market in Novato is a fantastic place to get everything you need, all in one place. What we loved most was their produce section. Amazingly fresh produce, perfectly stocked, even into the late afternoon. Our first experience happened here about a month ago with a quick stop by to see if they had Durst watermelons. They did and they happened to be the best price I could find anywhere in our area. I was impressed with the knowledge the produce person I spoke had concerning their extensive produce selection and where it comes from. He helped us pick several good watermelons (yes, several). Absolute fabulous. I'm delighted to say that we've been back serval time since then. We make it a point to shop here after we eat at one of our favorite restaurants just around the corner, Active Culture Cafe. Another quick note. Everyone working here seemed genuinely nice, not just their produce person. There seem to be someone right where you need them if you can't find an item or had a question. Since we were new to this location, that help was appreciated. Kindness goes a long way with us. read more

I want to recognize the true care and compassion that the employees here show. I was shopping a few weeks ago and I was having a rough day. I picked out a small bunch of flowers in a mason jar as a gift for my 87 year old Grandmama's birthday. During the course of my shopping my basket got unbalanced and the flowers tipped and all the water spilled out. I broke down. The employees were so caring and kind. They assured me it was no problem, refilled the jar with water, and put the flowers aside for me while I finished my shopping. I went to retrieve the flowers when I was ready to check out and the young lady that helped me said that they were comped. I broke down again. Small acts of kindness like this can completely turn someone's day around. I can't say how much I appreciate the grace I was shown that day. read more

I love Nugget for their pre-packaged meals for when I'm on the go to a meeting, or out to west Marin. Grab and go!! Their cashiers are so friendly, and happy ALL the time. I've never experienced a grumpy employee here. They're a bit over priced for regular shopping, but if I want to grab something fairly healthy on the go, Nugget is my go-to place. read more

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Food is old and extremely overpriced compared with Whole Foods and Safeway and Woodlands, all in same zip code. Service is arrogant and dismissal of any questions or commentary; and we've lived here since 1980. read more

I love this store. It shops like a small market with great products in every corner. From prepared foods to small kitchen items. The staff are friendly and helpful, and you can purchase, your items at any register, as I visit, most departments. Great community store. read more