SAFEWAY @ REDMOND Parking is available in a large plaza shared with other stores and restaurants, and there's plenty of free parking. I was easily able to find a spot right in front of Safeway, and there is also handicap parking available. I had never been to this Safeway location in Redmond before since I usually go to the Kirkland or Bellevue locations. This one was huge. Walking in, there was a giant sign saying they were hiring, and the store itself felt very spacious with so many aisles and a wide variety of items to choose from. I definitely think this Safeway has a much larger selection compared to other locations. They even had organic green onions, which I want to point out because every single time I go to the Kirkland location, they never have them. I really loved how much more this store had to offer. They also have both self-checkout and regular checkout lanes, which is always convenient. My only downside, and the reason I'd knock off a star was that there were a lot of workers restocking items right in the middle of the aisles. It was around 1 PM, and there were boxes everywhere, especially in the frozen aisle, making it difficult for people to get through. Restocking like that feels more like a nighttime or after-hours task, so it was a bit frustrating navigating around everything. Overall though, I would definitely recommend stopping by this Safeway. It's spacious, well-stocked, and I really loved the variety and the small deals they had going on, especially in the fruit section. read more

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Selections are decent but at least in the evenings, everyone is pretty much forced to check themselves out. I've tried twice to request a cashier but no cashier comes out to help within at least five minutes. I'm not a cashier nor is it fair to ask me to be respond for the checkout process. read more

If I could leave zero stars, I would. I've lived in the Avondale area for over five years and have never experienced such poor customer service at a local store. I stopped by the Redmond Safeway and saw cherries advertised at $2.47/lb with a digital coupon. I clipped the deal in the app, but at checkout, the discount didn't apply. When I asked for help, two employees insisted it was my fault--even after I showed them the clipped deal on my phone. They blamed everything from the app to my phone's location settings, but offered no real solution. I spent over 30 minutes trying to resolve a simple issue. In the end, I returned the product because neither staff member was willing to assist or take responsibility. I've never been treated so poorly as a loyal customer. At other stores, they would have honored the price or fixed the issue on the spot. Not here! I do not recommend this location--you won't be respected or supported if something goes wrong. read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Redmond, Washington

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So complicated, takes forever; I feel cheated. The sign says "Scan here with the Foru App to add Digital offer". But There is no Foru App! There is a Safeway app. If you want to call yourself "Foru", I suggest you create a Foru app and change the sign on the building! We were enticed by the sign "Digital Deal 37c each sweet corn" so we picked up one. But it scanned at $1.00. The Safeway employee at the self check counter said 37c is only if you buy six. But the sign says nothing about that; it just says limit of 8. We had the employee void the purchase. We didn't buy corn. After checking out, we went back to the corn, and tried to add the digital offer to our SAFEWAY app. Took several tries. It kept loading instead $1 off $15 produce. We finally did get it to load, but I don't know if we'll be back to the store to use it. Safeway is ¼ mile from our home, but after this experience I'd rather drive further, to Fred Meyer or QFC! read more

The entitlement attitude of this Safeway is a shining example of why oligarchy-based grocery chains need to be disbanded. It's been a very long time since grocery stores have mattered. Sometimes you want to pick up a roasted chicken without it being in the trunk of someone's car for an hour. Some people are convinced that having the chicken in the trunk of a car is a way of making it cleaner. This is one of those grocery stores where that heuristic applies. read more

To check out at this Safeway you either have to sit in line for half an hour waiting for self checkout, or wait half and hour for the one (1) cashier who also happens to be the slowest moving person on the planet earth. It's always like this. Don't waste your life here waiting in line. Also, there's quite frequently coupons on the price tags that are no longer valid in the app. And also the app is trash too. Annoying. read more

Had a good experience here shopping for work. Noticed not a lot of variety of items and didn't see any specialty items. Cashier was slow but it was a slow night. Didn't bag all of the stuff I was getting, leaving a few things out and didn't say anything about why. Kind of a dark parking lot. read more

Normally, I don't leave many reviews. When I get bad service I usually will give them multiple chance, as you never know whats going on with someones life. Today, I went to Safeway in Redmond (Bear Creek) to get my weekly groceries. I normally would do deliver to my car, as I suffer from RA which makes grabbing/carrying and picking up items painful experience. I was sick all week and decided to go and do my actual shopping. I get my stuff and go to the check out counter (were the reasonable expectation is that someone will bag your stuff for you), not the self serve check out. I get there, there is this old guy who I have dealt with before and he gets pissy every time, I ask for them to bag my stuff. Today, He doesn't say hello, Hi or anything, other than "oh your that rude customer who makes us bag your stuff for you". I will say that set me off. I was shocked that a customer service rep of a company would say that to the customer. I do admit I went off on him, called the manager who did basically not a darn thing. Needless to say, I will never visit another Safeway. EVER. read more

Went to get some alcohol, and at the self-checkout, needed to show ID. The manager on duty came to our checkout station, scanned his badge, said "Put in your own birthdate." then left. He did not even look at my ID. I of course was not having that, so I called him back, and said "Hey, I shouldn't be inputting this, it's your job man, can you check my ID?" He grabbed it and said "Are you underage?" I replied, "no I am not, it's your job to check IDs!" He mumbled that he was helping another lady, put in the birthdate and then hastily handed off my ID back to me. Absolutely insane, I believe Safeway should not be employing people who have blatant disregard for customers and the safety and integrity of the store they manage. What if I had been underage? I could have put in any year I wanted to, and then just walked out. Ridiculous. read more

I come often to this store because it's close by and stays open late . It's had the basics of what I needed usually. But what I can't get over is the customer service that just seems to actually just not be there. At self checkout there is no acknowledgement that a customer is standing there or leaving. Same when at the regular checkout when someone is scanning your items, not a single word is said to you, the bagger bags your stuff and returns to their phone. I say thanks! have a good day! And nothing is said in return. And the reason I say this it is because it has been a consistent experience in here. It's pretty weird tbh kinda scary read more

It's ok. It has all the essentials, food and some other stuff. They are usually understocked, but I've never had problems finding what I need. The main problem is the bathroom. The bathroom isn't clean, I never go to the bathroom here. Otherwise, it's an ok store, I've been to better stores. read more

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The intersection at 24th and 151st street is dangerous to walk across because cars leaving Safeway constantly turn into the crosswalks. I've nearly been hit several times walking to this Safeway. read more

I don't think reviews have any impact any more but here mine . Close to 9am and this branch never has the sandwich area open for breakfast. And when someone is there all you get is a "they're not ready yet" . ..l., read more

This Safeway has the worst deli out of Any Safeway I've ever been to. They have terrible service and product. The breakfast burritos are always burnt to a crisp and also miss labeled almost every day. I've been stopping here every morning hoping it was a bad day. Not the case. Also if you ask to order something the lady will give you attitude. Horrible experience all around and will not be shopping at this Safeway any longer. Need new management obviously read more

Where do I start this store is full of shit and more shit and the customer service is terrible there's only one person working at the cashier stand at all times and 47 people in line!!!! their meat section is horrible and sucks ass!!! read more

About a month ago I was followed through the dark parking lot by one of their employees, my privacy was violated as he took pictures of myself, my husband and our car. When I confronted him, he accused me of stealing. Even after I got out, and showed him my receipt, he still kept going, saying he didn't see me pay. He never apologized and walked away with the police still on his phone. I complained to corporate, they made a case and said they would send it to the store and I would hear from them. I went in once a week and even after leaving my name and phone number 4 times and talking to the store director Steven, I still got no call or follow-up or anything. I'm forced to conclude they agree with their employees harassing and violating their customers privacy. I do not feel safe shopping here, which is a shame because it is right by my job and was the most convenient store to shop at. DO. BETTER read more

So dissatisfied with the change in florist. Before I used to buy tons of flowers there for many work events and personal. Apparently the super star florist, Melissa was moved to a Bellevue location so now they have a florist who uses old flowers and has no customer service skills. I just bought flowers earlier this week and had to settle for mediocre overpriced arrangements because I was in a rush but last night my husband went to get s couple arrangements for Mother's Day and he even asked her to refresh some of the flowers. I can't believe what crap they sold him. Posting a picture of the "fresh" hydrangeas. Please make a change SOON read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Redmond, Washington

Honestly I would like to give more stars, but I just can't... Best thing about this store is Kathy Mac, one of the most sweet, wonderful checkers you'll ever meet. She is a 5 star employee. I came to this Safeway 2-3 days a week for a year and a half straight. I worked part time across the street at Everything Party during that time. I've had some of the worst experiences out of any Safeway ever, here. :( I've purchased (and returned) rotten salads, mold in my mixed fruit cup/container, and they never keep their cold drink section stocked, at least not with the sugar free HiBall energy water that my husband and I usually stop in for daily. Every day this week (4 days) we have purchased a warm HiBall drink, today we left empty handed to go get cold ones from Whole Foods. We talked to one of the morning checkers (not Kathy Mac, but the taller bigger lady) about the cold drink section not being stocked days ago and she basically told us, "that might not be our job to keep those stocked cold" like HiBall should be doing it. I said, I don't care whose job it is, the point is that it's not getting done. Went through that same checkers line the next day with warm drinks again. The lack of care at this Safeway takes the cake of all Safeways. We live by the one at the other end of Avondale and I work near another one in Bellevue. It's really sad how different they are depending upon the location you choose. read more

Hey management, just in case I'm waiting 25 min for two sandwiches, it's ok ? How do you thing? Very bad service read more

I recently lost my friendship ring that my wife gave me when were engaged 27 years ago. I was fortune to get great help from Jenny and Rosa to help find the ring in their lost and found items. Jenny was extra helpful in making sure I had the time to slowly go through the items and find my ring across lots of items. We have been going to Safeway since 1996 . We don't plan to change. The staff are really nice and very very helpful. Thank you :) read more

buying fried chicken before lunch for sure you'll get the old chicken from yesterday. This happen to me 3x and on last one I can't even eat the chicken its old and smelly make me want to puke.(sorry about that) so now I learned my lesson to not buy chicken that early unless its Monday read more

Made the mistake of coming in here before work at around 7 am. Only one checkout lane open and no self checkouts open. Came in for one item and stood in line to checkout for 20 minutes. 8 people ahead of me and the cashier didn't bother wiping down or sanitizing a single surface between customers. So we're all forced to use one keypad and the store's not even willing to clean it between uses. Never again. read more

Terrible customer service. They announced on the speaker several times that they close at 10 pm and it was 8:50 pm. A little early for this announcement. I went to order meat from the deli at 9pm and was told the deli is closed and all the meat had been put away. He rudely said it was closed and went about his business. How is the deli closed when there is still one hour left of shopping in the store?? Now I have to make another trip to a grocery store but certainly not this store. We checked out around 9:05 to find one of the exits blocked off with grocery carts as if they were closing soon. So I had to walk to the other end of the store to find another exit. Will not be back here! read more

Every time I shop here I'm reminded why it's been 6 months even though they are the closest store. They WILL CHEAT YOU if you don't watch the cash register and MAKE them give you the price shown on the display EVEN WITH A CLUB CARD. Then they act like YOU are the one trying to cheat THEM. It happens EVERY TIME - most often on their soda "offers" which they SHOULD KNOW. This store is poorly run, rarely answers product inquiries (such as do you still stock this or are you just out of it AGAIN?). They NEVER take requests as to what to stock, and increasingly they carry less healthful foods so they can carry infinite varieties of Sugar Bomb cereals and Full-o-Fat snacks. I've all but stopped shipping here. Target is cheaper and keeps their shelves properly stocked. read more

Went to the deli to get dinner. I think the deli manager thought he was doing me a favor by giving me three pieces of chicken for the price of two. Now I have three legs of old, dried out chicken instead of two. Even when you get past the hard coating on the chicken leg the dried out meat is inedible. Better to write off the chicken then give it to a customer. I gave it one star as you can't post the review with zero stars. read more

5:30 in the morning. All self-checkout closed. 1 checker. Thought I was in Walmart for a minute. Never again at this time!!

My local Safeway that I have frequented for years. Good selection, good service. They often have Friday and weekend specials along with the weekly flyer specials. I am particularly fond of the butcher where they will add sauces to your meat purchases for free, i.e. teriyaki, including meat you get prepackaged, read more

I am a fan of this particular Safeway! Produces and goods are well organized. Prices are clearly labeled. Staff here are nice. I read some other reviews commenting how rude the staff are at this location. In my opinion, they are pretty nice. But that is just me personally coming from the U-district Safeway where service does not really exist. So to me, they are pretty friendly and nice! There is a huge parking lot. Although it gets pretty packed, there have always been open spots to park. read more

This store is right down the street from me and I go out of my way to avoid it. I stop here whenever I have no choice or need something asap. Each time I'm reminded why I hate shopping here. My main issues are the cleanliness and the lack of enforcement regarding COVID guidelines. I've seen many customers with either no mask or their masks on their chins. Also, many employees with masks down below their nose. I stopped at the Deli counter Friday night and the man there was grumpy and handled all my hot food with no gloves. If you have a choice go somewhere else. read more

This grocery store is ok but is so under staffed that I have to rank it so low. The check out always takes so long that I avoid this store. I like Safeway's just not this store in particular. Otherwise the shelves are stocked like normal and workers are very very nice. read more

The customer service at this location seems to have gone downhill lately. The past few times I have been there between 5 and 8pm, the lines to check out have been crazy long. Tonight was the worst, with at least 20 people waiting in 3 lines (2 regular, 1 express). I spent 23 minutes in line which is CRAZY, I would have ditched my cart and left like several other people but didn't feel like collecting all those groceries at another store. After all that waiting, my cashier roughly tossed each item to the bagger, breaking my cookies in the process - thank goodness I didn't get any eggs! I needed to buy an Orca pass but there was nobody in sight to help at the customer service desk and I wasn't about to wait another 20 minutes. read more

Yeah, this place is still the gold standard for sub par grocery experiences. I just made the ridiculous choice to stop by because I just needed a few things and figured that if I moved really quickly, maybe the suckage wouldn't get me. No. I don't know what made the experience more special: the fact that, once I got back to my car, I realized that the potatoes I bought were rotten (leaving my car with a potent fishy smell) or the Safeway guy at the 'help desk' that looked at me and walked away when I said I needed help. He, literally, paused to make eye contact (I assume to make sure I knew he had made the choice to walk away with care and purposefulness) and then left. Lovely. I didn't know it was possible for me to dislike this place more but here we are. read more

I Absolutely hate coming here I try to avoid it at all cost, but when it's convenient to make a quick stope for one or two things why not? Customer service here is terrible every time I come, like today for example. I'm at self check out literally right next to the lady that works in that area and the machine is acting up. I asked her for help she takes care of it and it does it again then she starts examining what's in my bag with zero communication as if she wasn't looking at us scan our groceries the whole time. I also find it funny how she tells everyone to have a good night after they checked out, but when we were done we didn't get anything. Done with making quick stops here for anything especially when I only shop at PCC & Whole Foods. read more

Safeway used to have a presence in the UK but they sold all their supermarkets to Morrisons a few years ago. I shop in Safeway quite a lot in the USA mainly because they seem to be very prevalent. My love of all things Safeway probably apply to all US supermarket chains but you do get more in US supermarkets than in UK supermarkets. The range of goods is wider. For example, the size of scallops that you can buy in US supermarkets is bigger than you find in fine dining restaurants in the UK. The thickness of steaks is frankly frightening to a Brit! I love the fresh fruit and a big container of freshly cut watermelon always makes it into my basket. There is a large range of freshly cooked items for takeout and immediate consumption. I like the fact that your loyalty card will reap you some immediate rewards with some items being available for cheaper to card holders. I like the fact that they will pack groceries for you I like them better than Tesco in the UK read more

It's like 5 mins walking distance from my current office... I am loving it! I am telling you Safeway makes pretty good General Tso's Chicken! It's pretty authentic! :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tso's_chicken read more

Yay Safeway! I called ahead of time to make sure you could make a cake for my grandma's 90th b-day and you said no problem. Showed up on Saturday to pick out a design and let you know what we wanted in writing. The lady in the bakery was extremely helpful and we filled out our order form with her help. All set to come back the next day! Hooray! We came back on Sunday during the time we had said, 12-12:30pm.. and it was not ready yet. So we shopped around for other items we needed. Like wine and balloons. The balloon/florist was friendly and helped me with a balloon bouquet for my grandma! 1 Milar balloon and 5 purple balloons. Then we grabbed a cute lavender plant and headed back over to the bakery. The cake was AMAZING! Perfect colors and writing! (It tasted amazing too. Not too sweet and the fresh strawberries on the inside were a HUGE hit) I really enjoyed my experience with this Safeway and would recommend them. Based on all our interactions with various employees... customer service was great! Thanks for making my grandma's 90th b-day a day to remember! read more

This is one of those reviews where I wish I could give less than 1 star. RUDE, RUDE, RUDE, RUDE, RUDE!!!!! I don't go to Safeway very often, and I was reminded why this afternoon. First of all, let me just start with the layout of this store.....scattered, disorganized and confusing. There are 2-3 different juice sections...2-3 different sections for cold cuts....displays nowhere near where you'd find more of a similar product...it was so disorganized- there was NO variety in the selection of goods. I did like the produce department, but that was about it. Now, let's get on to the good stuff: the check out process: So, trying to remember the phone number I used for my Safeway Club Card, I enter the 1st of 2 possibilities. It comes up expired (?). The bagger overhears this, finds a club card application form and says, "Your card does not work. You need a new one. You need a new one because the phone number you entered is invalid. Here." and gives it to me. I ask to look up a 2nd phone number and the cashier tells me "well then I'm going to have to clear the screen" in an annoyed voice (okay? clear it...) So, he does what he needs to do and the 2nd phone number works. I'm sure I'm not the only person who ever entered in the wrong phone number for their club card...anyways: I brought in 4 re-usable grocery bags and they were in my cart. I pushed my cart forward AFTER informing the cashier that I have water on the bottom. Mind you, I have my child on hip, and my purse wallet and bag in the other. The bagger screams in a LOUD voice so that everyone looks at me "THERE IS WATER ON THE BOTTOM! DID YOU RING IT UP?!" then she tells me "You have to pay for that, you know" Okay, first of all, I told the cashier it was there...second of all, why would I pay for $80 of groceries and steal freaking $2.99 of bottled water? No really? I have to pay for it? It wasn't complimentary 24 pack of water free with purchase day???!!?! THEN, as the cashier is checking out my stuff, he asks me "What kind of apples are these?" Now, I bought 1-2 of 6 different types of apples. My husband is trying to determine his favorite apple, so every time I shop, I get 1 or 2 of all the different types that I see. Since I had 5 other bags, I wasn't sure what ones those were....(isn't that his job??) I told him, I don't know, let me see the others...and he sighs really loudly, puts 3 different bags of apples that were NOT all the same, and rings them all up as "pink lady" whatever...then, he gets to my sweet potato and rings it up as "Organic naval orange" whatever...and when he sees my red potatoes, he asks "how much were these?" I don't know?!?! Again, isn't that his job? He then sighs loudly, gives me another dirty look and complains that "now he has to look it up" and goes through the book of vegetable codes. I seriously wanted to cry when I was done shopping. I felt so stupid and embarrassed. Now, I go grocery shopping about 3-4 times per week (usually I just get a few things for the next day or 2 for dinners and whatnot). I have bought apples the same way at every store in Redmond and most stores in Bellevue. It's funny how QFC and Fred Meyer have never asked what apples I bought, they've never asked me for a price and they have never complained to me if they had to look anything up. I put water under my cart every time I buy it, I have always informed the cashier and I have NEVER been told "you have to pay for that" lol. I have forgotten my club card at both Fred Meyer and QFC and it has NEVER been a problem for them to look it up. ***This is not me having a "bad day." I am reviewing 3 other places from this same outing and all the rest are getting 5 stars*** read more

This was the worst Safeway I have ever been to. The staff had zero customer service to an extent of being outwardly rude. At first I thought it was just the butcher who just didn't know where things where in the store. But "Ben" in the deli was even worse when he scared my small child yelling at a co worker and then threw my lunch meat on the counter and walked away before I could order anything else. Nothing improved when I went to check out. The cashier did not speak one word to me and when I requested paper bags the bagger didn't want to give me the ones with handles even after the cashier handed them to her. It generally seems like everyone working there hates their job and takes it out on the shoppers. Thank goodness this is not my regular grocery store because I will never again go back. read more

Good Grief, what is wrong with the people that work here? Do they send the worse deli people that can't make it in other stores here to burn in eternally hellfire? I just had the RUDEST exchange with a deli person who saw fit to talk her cashier coworker into cutting another customer in line while I was obviously before him. I wasn't asked, just shoved aside. But it's okay, because he had "to get back to work", when apparently my time is worth nothing because I just need to get back to my van down by the river. Later she came over to say something and I asked her to walk away from me because she was very rude and I don't want to talk to her. She then started to explain how I was rude! WHA?!? Then as I was at the customer service desk getting the mistake fixed that her cashier coworker made (changed me for five items instead of four), I saw another Safeway worker walk over to her and ask what happened. Then Ms. Rudey McRude's arms started flaring and over-reacting. The most disgusting part was they were doing it in front of another customer who was waiting to get some deli items. Guess the story about the crazed customer who reacted to rudeness couldn't wait till the break room. Need free lunchtime entertainment in your life? Go watch Redmond Safeway deli workers in their latest theatrical production of publicly casting aside and bitching about customers. Loads of fun and hours of entertainment. Me? I'm exiting stage right and won't be on this bill any more. read more

2.5 NOTICE: This review is ONLY for the sandwich shop inside Safeway. It is NOT for the rest of the store. That said, I'm really not sure how many stars to give. I go here because I have become addicted to the Italian Garden sandwich; it's tasty and full of goodness. Plus, if you have a Safeway card, you can eventually get free sandwiches if you buy enough. HOWEVER. The women working behind the counter often have no idea what's going on. They act like they've never heard of the sandwich, or as if they don't know what goes on it. It's all very strange; some of them probably learned English as a second language, but the issue doesn't seem to be a language barrier at all. It just seems like they're... not quite awake sometimes? Oftentimes, I feel like it would make more sense for me to jump over the counter and make the sandwich myself. I'm a glutton for punishment, though, because I just keep coming back for that one sandwich. read more