AMAZING UPGRADE!! Safeway has remodeled this location with spectacular results! I had the best shopping experience today. I had no idea it had been so nicely remodeled, so it was a pleasant surprise. The new bulk foods area is super nice. Fruits and veggies were plentiful, fresh and well displayed. Lots of extra details that are subtle. I hit up the new Starbucks also. My checker was frequently and helpful. read more

Amazing. Millions of people in line at 4:45 on a Sunday and only ONE non-self, non/non-express lane open. The wait so far... 25 minutes in line. The staff at this store are wonderful. THE MANAGEMENT SUCKS!!! (Note: the "open" lane on the right in my photo is an Express lane; the sign is hanging from the ceiling and not visible in the pic). read more

Safeway - Amazing. Millions of people in line at 4:45 on a Sunday and only ONE non-self, non/non-express lane open. - Grocery Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Always sketchy people in the parking lot pan handling or loitering. Don't go after dark, you will be approached. Also there are often times no carts read more

Courteous and friendly staff. Lines open up when lines get long. A great grocery experience.

Are used to come to this location lot this is the last time I will ever come to the Safeway. I walked in the store it's not like piss like bathroom hasn't been clean for a month so I'm walking around like OK maybe it's justice area I continue to walk to keep shopping I keep smelling it every aisle I go down I ran into the manager and told him he said yeah I know who it is there's this lady walking around here do you want me to find her for you and show you no dude I'm good thanks sure enough I see her from a distance and I'm like 5 feet away from her and I can smell it and walk in without a mask on so I will never come back to this location again read more

This UNSafeway looks a lot cleaner and brighter after the recent renovations. Their produce selection is still average; I usually get better deals at a farmer's market. The other day, the produce stock person was totally checking out MY PRODUCE, which I guess you can say you will not find at a farmers' market. The bakery is still average, with over-sugared breakfast items. The deli has a good variety of assorted cheeses, although I don't know how long they have been fermenting there. Most of the people who shop here (myself included) tend to be on the peculiar side. I run into at least 1 schizophrenic dude who is rambling to himself in the parking lot every time I go. Maybe he had too much of those over-fermented cheeses. 1 star off: creepy produce dude 1 star off: creepy parking lot dude read more

Let's start with the positive because there's plenty of good going on here... Here's the best part-- the store manager recently donated 10 cases of water, which I matched for the Denver Rescue Mission. Huge, well stocked organic fruit and veggie section. Tons of great fruit and veggies. The prices are really fair too! Even the conventional produce looks great. Their fresh flowers are nice and they have a good variety. Their meat and fish section offers a decent supply of both grass fed and line caught selections. Overall the store is well stocked and I have been able to get what I was looking for each time I've been in. I live close by and this is the nearest grocery store. I would say that the store is in need of a face lift and there's some riff raff hanging around the store at times. I have never been bothered and the store employees have always been great to deal with. If you have an issue go talk with the store manager. He will quickly remedy the situation. And if anyone doesn't feel safe, tell someone so they can so something about it. read more

Safeway - Water donation from Safeway for the Denver Rescue Mission - Grocery Near Me - Denver, Colorado

UnSafeway, stay away from the liquor, check cashing and gold buying stores that surround the Safeway. you can get good deals if you only buy the items on sale, use your safeway card, they honor double coupons. read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Looking for terrible customer service with an attitude? This is your place. Low expectations from cashiers that do not like their job. This location needs to clean up its act, the neighborhood is changing for the better and they should upgrade their employees to keep up. read more

I used to go to this store all the time when I lived nearby and so happened to stop in tonight for the first time in awhile as I was passing by. The renovations look good and the store seems much better than I remember it. However, I will not be going back there for one reason alone. As I was leaving with my cart, the wheels locked up at the front door. The security guard told me that I could not take it outside because they get stolen too much. Applause for the company figuring out that they should get geofenced carts to prevent theft, but who the hell thought it would be a good idea to put the parameter at the front door instead of around the parking lot like every other grocery store?! At least the cart shouldn't lock up an additional 25 feet or so outside the door so people can pull up their cars for easy loading. I am so glad I didn't go there to buy $250 of groceries tonight, so the inconvenience was little, but I definitely will not ever go to this grocery store for major shopping due to this boneheaded restrictions. Here's an idea- do what all the other grocery stores do in the area. Hire DPD on staff, more security and perhaps even Front Range Patrol. Oh, and geofence the parking lot, not the front door! read more

Spent 25 dollars on a pork shoulder and the meat department covered up the expiration date with another sticker. They KNOWINGLY sold expired meat and tried to cover it up with a savings sticker. If you're lazy, just say that. Don't try to poison people trying to make a decent meal. read more

This grocery store was walking distance from my hotel. Good price for basic goods, snacks, water, fruits. These items were super expensive at the close by convenience stores. I will be back! read more

The store had zero carts so don't plan on big item shopping. Seriously no carts in the parking lot or the store. My biggest complaint is that at the counter where they make there chicken and all there special salads there was a female employee yelling at another employee stocking shelves nearby. Actually dropping the F bomb and several other curse words. The other employee was also yelling back at her right in front of all the customers. I told them they should take a break and figure it out. Went home and called the store to talk to a manager and after sitting on hold talking to two different people I was hung up on. read more

The "UnSafeway" is probably the worst major chain grocery store in Colorado! (I travel often from Denver to Vail & beyond). Some of the employees at times can be nice (most seem extremely unhappy to be there) , for the most part they are not engaging. I routinely hear employees at the cash register degrading other customers. The parking lot is a disgrace with homeless people & panhandlers asking for cash! ( Who asks for $5 instead of some change!?) I'm within walking distance of this store, but I'd rather drive to "Queen Soopers" on 9th ave. or the Safeway on 6th ave. read more

Sometimes I wait at the self checkout for 10+ minutes while the machine says "Help is on the way!" It's not on the way. The help is over there talking to her friends counting down the minutes till her shift end. There's also A LOT of chicken wings bones near the self checkout on the floor. 7 out of 9 times that I've been to this Safeway the bones are there. Are they the same bones getting swept around? New bones? Who knows, bit it's definitely inappropriate. read more

This review is not so much for the store but for a wonderful employee. My car was overheating I went in to find any freeze and the store had none but Jason went out to his car to give me what he had. aAtta boy Jason. Jason works in produce and is a Superman in disguise! read more

The Unsafeway is a misnomer on some accounts. Sure, you might get stabbed, robbed or harassed by a bum, but the Unsafeway is sort of the safe way when it comes to usefulness. They always have fresh produce and a great selection of well, everything. They even have vegan butter. Take that, fellow ghetto dwellers. I'm not saying that I want to commit to the Unsafeway, but we have flings every so often. She's close, reliable (even in her scariness) and has cleaned up quite a bit in the past year. The place used to be dingy but now I walk in and feel pretty okay about buying my Naked juice and organic tomatoes. I might even go as far as saying that the store's open, airy layout is superior to the clusterfudge that is Queen Soopers. And for the most part, the Unsafeway is cheaper than Whole Foods. Don't come here looking for your cosmetics though ladies, Target is still your best bet. The Unsafeway is loyal only to Cover Girl. Unsafeway, you're not so bad. You're like a walk on the gentrified wild side and I think you're pretty ok. read more

The long lines at night make sense once you realize that this is the only grocery store for over a mile in any direction. (Not counting sub-grocers like 7-11 or super-grocers like Marczycks and Whole Foods.) I mostly want to address in this review the "UnSafeway" and "Not-so-safeway" reviews listed here. Guys, it's just a Safeway. All kinds of people have to buy food, so yeah, you'll encounter all kinds of people here. It's a grocery store, and there's nothing unique about it. Don't avoid this location because the reviews make you think it's sketchy. It's not. read more

I live a block away but drive to the 6th and Corona Safeway instead. That should say enough.

Formerly known as the "Not-so-safeway", this is now my neighborhood grocery. Not my favorite grocery in the city, but I certainly wouldn't leave my hood to shop now. For downtown grocery shopping it's tops! Everything is shiney and good. The deli is awesome. The meat and cheese dept is very good - the veggies are all kinds of fresh. With all the new "self-checkout lanes", I'm a fan! Parking is stellar and there are no more sketchy people hanging out in front of this establishment than there are in wash park, stapleton or cherry creek. Well maybe one guy, but so what - get over it, it's downtown. Ad the employees are frushie~ read more

I call it the "Un-Safeway". At any given time you could witness any number of things, from screaming parents and kids to drug deals going bad. I only use this one when I have too because every time I go there people are even so bold as to ask you for money while you are shopping. Lets not even talk about the restrooms, gross, I will hold it till I get home. It is a good store for people watching so I will give it that. My deepest sympathies for the employees, it can't be easy to work there. read more

Known as the "UNSafeway" this chain deserves a listing for its downtown character, and fame. Everybody that lives in uptown Denver knows the UNsafeway... This chain grocer happens to be across the street from a popular park where the homeless hangout... and acts as a subdivision to an upgrading neighborhood where the yuppies are moving in, and the long-time locals are being pushed out. Less then four blocks from Colfax, there are numerous reasons why people have had sketchy experiences in this Safeway. A guard by the door doesn't save you from the comments in the aisles from sexual charged old men, or racial slurs in the chip aisle. Strategy: Don't be intimidated, the UNSafeway has its moments, but don't let that stop you from enjoying the community feel of a neighborhood's past and its growing future... Just don't go past sunset. * Star one is for being a grocer with a nickname, how badass is that? ** Star two is for adding local flavor to a yuppie-turning neighborhood *** Star three is for the nervous feeling I get when entering the store after 6:00pm in the cold winter... keeps an urban junkie on her toes read more

Walked into Safeway to find a huge crowd hanging around the entrance. I immediately perked up...Must be Girl Scout cookie season! Nope, folks. Safeway had no carts left. No baskets, no carts, nothing. I walked up to a bagger who apologized and said people take the carts home with them. Never before have I seen confusion over such a obvious grocery store necessity. I grabbed some plastic bags and prided myself for being resourceful. When I finally made it to the self checkout, people were out for blood. The lines were stretching into the aisles, but still people darted in front of others and ignored yelling from the back of the line. I was a little terrified but made it out with the only items I could fit into my two measly plastic bags. Not everything I needed, but enough to not starve. I will drive great distances to avoid this place. read more

I really try to avoid this store at all costs but sometimes I stop on my way home from work and every single time I regret it. If you like being treated really poorly, this is the store for you. There are often no shopping carts. One time, I walked over to customer service to ask about shopping carts. They said that they didn't have any. I told them that it was going to be difficult to get all of the groceries that I needed without a cart. The guy said, "you don't have to shop here." Another time, at the self checkout, the machine called for help instead of letting me pay. When the worker got there to help, I politely said, "I don't know why it thinks I need help. I didn't need help." She said, oh you don't need help? Ok, good luck checking out" and walked away and helped two more people before coming back. Terrible, horrible store. Avoid at all costs! read more

Screw this place, I live down the street and been coming here for a bit but I'm boycotting this place now. Every time I walk here I dont feel safe, they have jacked up prices for shitty food, I've tried to get samiwhiches here multiple times and they new have their deli stocked at all, if you go before noon they are still stocking and cant get a cart through and I live their soups and they are always out. When I lived west they were called VONS and they were never this terrible. read more

Let's face it. We don't really choose our grocery stores, they really choose us. I'd say 60% of why I shop at a particular store is location and convenience. The rest has to do with selection, prices, cleanliness, etc. That being said, everyone join me in a loud, "FINALLY!" for the newly remodeled Safeway, with self-checkout (at last), more staffing for those brutal after-work hours when the lines stretched far into the frozen food section, brand new tiny-carts (in between a full-sized and a hand-held) that perfectly fit my usual food item suspects, and a greater selection at the seafood and meat counters with tasty pre-marinated goodies to cook up without the prep. Other pluses include a DVD-Play machine and the best prices around. 1* off because you still need to watch your back in the parking lot! read more

Cute little "urban" Safeway in the Uptown neighborhood. I'm not sure why everyone thinks this location is so "hood" and "ghetto." It's anything but. Sure, there's a security guard at the entrance, but so what? It's not unsafe. It's not the "Unsafeway." It's my perfect metropolitan grocery oasis. Avoid this place after you get off work on the weekdays (5-7 P.M.). There is definitely no room for everyone and their big ass carts taking up the entire store. People will line up for the self check out and block an entire aisle, just so they don't have to interact with a cashier. Myself included. What is it about those self check outs that just make a person freak out? I have no idea, but I love them! It's a chain grocery store. What more do you want? read more

This unSafeway is the Five Points answer to the Queen Soopers in Cap Hill. Same interesting mix of young, hip kids and interesting folk...just swap the queens of the Queen Soopers for the guys drinking Colt 45 out of a bag at the unSafeway. I don't typically shop at Safeways no matter how unsafe they may or may not be, but this one does in a pinch. We usually stop in if we need non-food related items...detergent, soap/shampoo, and canning supplies. The boyfriend thinks the prices are higher here because of theft...I think Safeway just has higher prices than King Soopers in general. Always a close parking space, but always some sort of altercation going on at the liquor store next door...even at 10 in the morning. A solid 2.5 star grocery store, rounded up to three for the sake of convenience. read more

Everyone makes this place sound awful buts its not that bad. The crowd outside can be a little sketchy, but other than that its your normal safeway. The staff is really nice and the security guards know me too. Also they have everything that all safeways have. You get in and out, easy read more

Yeah......another place I frequent only because of its close proximity. When I first began going there it was ok. But it's become a real bore of a place to shop for groceries. The fruit section is far from inspiring. The meat section seems to never be fully stocked in my opinion. And I think they have more cheese per square foot than any dairy farm in Wisconsin. And there's always the same old guy who always appears to be the only person running a register if you go in there after 9pm, no matter what day of the week it is. He's pretty nice by the time you are able to finally check out, but could you please speed it up, my ice cream is already half melted! At times there are your vagrants who will want to ask you for spare change. It's apparent they dont watch the news because if they did, they would know that in this current economy, there's no such thing as spare change. Just give them a "I havent taken my Starbucks today" look and you'll be fine. It's easier dealing with them than it is those people who stand out front of the store and ask you about filling our a survey or wanting you to sign some freaking petition. I came to buy groceries, not change the world! I will give Safeway credit for one thing, they are customer friendly and that's something you dont find everywhere. 1 star for proximity, 2 stars for the Starbucks inside. read more

I have to agree with a previous review, we don't choose grocers, they are chosen for us. We walk here, so there aren't many options. But it really is on an upswing (as is the hood) and that makes it a fun place. The renovation is welcome. It's smallish, so not much veggies and shit, and it can get relatively pricey, but it's got all kinds of atmosphere. I love the unSafeway, I love the people that shop there. It makes it always an enjoyable shopping experience. It's just so full of wierdos, hipsters, and straight out crazy people! Its got its own nickname! It really brings home that you are living in an area that despite the economy, is on the edge of the gentrification wave. PS If you're used to living in cities shopping without being accosted by freakjobs can get pretty boring. read more

It's a Safeway. They sell groceries. It's not that complicated. If you live near here, you know it's pretty much the only option in the area, so does it really matter? The lines do get crazy around 6, but...doesn't every grocery store get busy then? Produce is hit and miss...isn't pretty much every grocery store like this? It has its fair share of characters...isn't everywhere near downtown like this? It is what it is. read more

The unsafeway is always an adventure....not a pleasant experience but still the closest and most convenient store for me so I frequent it often. There tends to always be a cop car in the parking lot..which makes it feel a bit safer, but I still make sure to park close to the entrance. Twice I have seen people taken off in stretchers to an ambulance ...one of these incidents after my call to 911 as I passed by an aisle and there was a person convulsing on the floor. Being the first witness...I ran to the pharmacy area to ask for help and the pharmacist aided the person right away while I called 911. The rest of the Safeway employees were less helpful, even sending me to customer service to ask for the exact address to give to 911 as no cashier knew the exact address. They have good deals every week and an ok selection for a weekly shop read more

Absolutely disgusting store. Please see my photos. The store needs to be seriously renovated or closed down. I cannot believe, with the thousands of professionals living in the area near downtown that a better grocery store is not available. No other positive points can excuse filth or complete lack of basic maintenance. read more

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Formerly ghetto now semi-ghetto gentrified Safeway, still with occasional shootings and stabbings on or near property. I've lived in the area a very long time and only rarely shop here due to several things. The prices are always more than Queen Soopers down the road on 9th, there is a population of thugs that (still) go here though the place isn't anything like it was in the early 1990s when it looked like something out of an LA gang movie. It's been renovated to draw in the new gentrifying hipsters so they have more of a selection than they used to, but again generally overpriced. That's just how Safeway is in general. I'll pick up a thing or two here now and again but unless I want to needlessly blow a bunch of dough, I simply don't shop here. A cop told a sibling of mine years ago that federal money kept this store open because there was so much shoplifting it would have closed a long time ago. I wonder if that's still true. If you like Safeway and don't want the accompanying Five Points issues, go down the road to 6th and Downing. Much better, quieter, safer area. Oh and if you want to see if they have something in stock before going there and decide to call, don't bother. I tried that once and the woman that picked up the phone humored me, set the phone down for 10 seconds, picked it up and then told me they had it. I went there and wasted my trip. read more

I hate being forced to use this Safeway.. Or I like to call it the UNsafeway. Being bartered for loose change every time I walk in is not what I look for. However, the patrons are good for people watching. The only reason I didn't rate this location 1 star is because of it's location. They need to invest in more of the little baskets, I've walked in on multiple occasions when none were left. The staff could also use a little more pep in their step, especially at the self check out. read more

It's the Unsafeway! And you gotta love it. Great location (for me, anyway), despite a sometimes-tricky-to-get-out-of parking lot. It's not a dealbreaker. Yeah, there can be some characters around here, but compared to other way-sketchier downtown grocery story offerings (I'm looking at you, King Soopers off of Speer!), it's a pretty nice place. It's always, always busy, but that's a given. The checkers usually have a semi-okay pace, the self-check-outs are usually open, and I've never had any bad experiences. We're talking groceries, people. Nothing to get worked up about. Safeway keeps it reasonably chill and is worth a visit. read more

It's called Unsafeway for a reason. I have seen the most bizarre stuff happen around the store and in its lot for parking ones fine vehicular mode of travel. I have witnessed a robbery at guest services while checking out and ran out with the devil at my heals. Don't go here if you have a car. Go to Sprouts or King Soopers. It is much safer!!! read more

This is probably the weirdest Safeway ever. Everyone calls it the un-safeway and while I've never been ugged or anything, often the clientele are a bit sketchy. WELL some of them. This place is in a weird nexus of hipsters and those less well off. Homeless wander the parking lot, thugs wander the aisle next to Yoga girls, and skinny jeans boys. it's fun to go just to people watch. The store itself is awesome. Well maintained and very clean and well stocked. It's a very upscale safeway (olive bar and all). read more

I have lots of grocery choices living in Capitol Hill, so I rarely go to this Safeway. But because it was on my way back from the gym and I was bicycling in the cold, I decided to hit this one up. Big mistake. This Safeway just isn't that great. I expected it to be more expensive as Safeway usually is in comparison to King Soopers, but I didn't expect them to be out of some of the most basic groceries that I needed. Broccoli, bananas, berries, butternut squash all out at the produce section. I guess they have something against the Bs here? I asked a clerk about it and she blamed "the Thanksgiving rush," but I don't understand how bananas would be affected by that. Many other shelves around the store were also bare and I don't think I saw anyone restocking them. A lot of the other produce that I saw also didn't appear to be very fresh with limp cabbage, onions pocked with black spots and overripe fruit. Kind of sucks when you have to significantly alter your week's meals just because the large grocery store you go to doesn't have the food you need. Monday night is usually a pretty popular time to get groceries as it is the beginning of the week and one needs to plan their meals. And despite the weak offerings of this Safeway, there was a pretty large base of customers. Unfortunately, this Safeway doesn't think it's a busy night and only offered one check-in line and a few self-check out lines. I always prefer to go to a regular check-out lane as it is faster and easier in almost every way, but since only one was open, there was a long line. I opted for the self-check out only to find two-thirds of them were broken. So I had to wait along with many others. I had to go through their annoying self-checkout. At the nearby King Soopers, they pretty much always have at least 2 or 3 regular check outs available but even though they appeared to have staff on hand, they did not at this Safeway. Guess having a quick and efficient checkout system for their customers is not a priority here. Oh well, there are fortunately many other better grocery stores close by. For what it's worth I do think the "Un-Safeway" reputation is unfounded and mostly racist. I find this Safeway to be a clean and secure. It's just not that great of a store, read more