4 stars for a solid Safeway location. I haven't been to a ton of Safeway locations due to being relatively new to Washington, but this Safeway hits all the marks. Located on Wisconsin in Georgetown, I often prefer to go to this Safeway over even Whole Foods and Trader Joe's due to the great combination of prices and quality food. When I visit this Safeway, I always drive because this location has a free parking lot! I usually park in the top lot and head inside. This Safeway is a fairly large location with pretty much anything you want, including good selections on healthy foods and grass fed meats (love their Elite burger brand). This venue also has a cigar room, huge wine selection and huge fresh cooked food area. Overall, the Georgetown Safeway is an excellent grocery store. The quality food combined with the location, parking and prices makes this my go-to grocery store in Georgetown. read more

Okay. Burned out lightbulbs in the elevators have been replaced. I stopped by after work to pick up a few things and was happy to not ride in a dark elevator. Thank you. Nothing else has changed. Surly, scowling employees. Just the most miserable bunch of people I have ever encountered. read more

Well, I just do not know what to say about this one. As a child, nothing felt as glitzy as outings to THE Gtown Safeway, its aisles shimmering with grapefruit soda and nutella. Did aging rob me of this stary-eyed zest? Well, I do think so, however, I am working (and to an extent, believe I have already started!) to reclaim this awe-struck approach to the world, a view saturated with wonder, curiosity, and love for existence. In any case, the point I'm trying to make is, I'm not sure if Safeway has *actually* gone down hill in the past decade, or if I am simply becoming more aware of cleanliness and $$ as an adult PROS: free parking, kind associates and a nice starbucks in my experience, pleasant assortment of international foods, CONS: moolah (I sound like a broken record), bakery quality items like moldy bagels and such I will say it is the best grocery store in Gtown proper, nevermind it being the only one. Solid 3 stars read more

The Social Safeway is one of the largest grocery stores I've ever been in, has ample free parking in Georgetown, and so many self-checkout lanes that there are rarely lines. They have a huge selection of pretty much everything a grocery store could have, and a nice seating area for eating prepared foods. And the prices are no better or worse than the smaller, unkempt Safeways throughout the city. Hard to say that there's a better place to buy groceries inside the District, short of MOM's. They also have an enormous selection of natural/heath food brands, and some bulk foods as well, which is fairly unusual for a big name grocery store. read more

Employees don't respect covid 19 guidelines. They come up to you and talk to you in your face .it is not a safe place to shop there . They need to train their employees. Don't go to the one on Wisconsin. I go late at night to avoid the crowd, when an employee came to my face and took bottle of wine from my hand . She said it was too late buy it . She could have said it from 6 feet, I would have put the bottle down instead of grabbing them from my hand . Just hope the employee wasn't sick . She came To close to me . read more

This is the nicest Safeway I've ever seen. This store has amenities you don't usually find in high-end gourmet grocery stores - and definitely not at Safeway. There's a large prepared foods are, with a salad bar, hot bar, sushi and more - once you've paid take your food upstairs to a large seating area - complete with a fireplace. Or grab a bottle of wine - their unusually large selection includes a temperature-controlled wine room not found in many wine shops. read more

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From an experience on the evening of Wednesday, April 19, the Georgetown Safeway is currently not a safe place to shop. The store is in the process of an extensive overhaul, and construction crews were at work at various locations while customers were in the store. There were no barriers set up around the areas where the crew were at work, leaving shoppers step around or over equipment to reach shelves. About 10 minutes into my visit, a piercing electronic fire alarm was triggered, filling the store with continuous high-intensity sound from speakers throughout the building. Members of the staff (or construction crew) were unable to silence the alarm. Along with other customers, I made the unwise choice to hurriedly complete my shopping, despite the disconcerting noise--and was subjected to an intense blast of sound in my left ear from a speaker in the exit area to the outdoor parking lot. Nearly 10 hours later, that ear has not returned to feeling normal. During the emergency situation, the store manager should have closed the store and alerted customers to leave. No such action was taken, and the safety of shoppers was compromised.I don't recommend shopping here until the renovation is completed. read more

Ok so...I love this market because they have my canned soups that I can't find anywhere else but, tonight as I was stocking up I passed through the nut section in the back and saw a big old rat running through. I realize that pests are common near food places but grosssssss it's another thing to actually see one live time. I hope nothing is contaminated but I'm super glad I only buy canned goods here... read more

I have had it with the rude employees at Safeway. A few days after the riots a young woman was at the checkstand I went to. A man came up behind me as I approached the checkout and he was very close . I asked him to please distance as the lines on the floor direct. The cashier did not have her mask covering her nose so I asked that she pull it up for her own health. She turned to the man and told him to come move up closer and looked at me and said "everyone has to die sometime." What in the world is this. I am just getting my groceries during a pandemic and ask that people do what the are supposed to. That was not the problem though, I am white and she is black so she wants me to die? Heaven help us. read more

Safeway was my go-to grocery store growing up in Northern California. Ever since moving away from there I always make sure to visit their store when I'm near one. Safeway was my first stop in DC and I was excited to check out their bakery. I have the fondest memories of eating their chocolate chip muffins when I was a little girl and could afford the calories. The first aisle I visit in any grocery store is the ice cream aisle. I live for ice cream. I spotted a box of Lucerne (Safeway brand) smores ice cream sandwiches. I knew I had to buy them as I love anything smores. They did not contain real marshmallows so I picked up a box. Next I went to the bakery and we saw they had my childhood chocolate chip muffins. They were selling 9 pack boxes for $5 but not in chocolate chip flavor. We asked the lady working there if she could combine the chocolate chip flavor into a 9 pack box. She had the WORST attitude known to customer service and argued with us for a few minutes until she rolled her eyes and agreed to combine them into a 9 pack. She acted like we were asking her to perform surgery. Wow. I had not dealt with someone this disrespectful in a long time. We used the self check out to pay for the muffins and ice cream. They made you pay for plastic bags. Really Safeway? A few hours later I ate one of my smores ice cream sandwiches and it was to die for. Definitely the best ice cream sandwich I have eaten. Even that could not erase the bad customer service we experienced at the bakery. 3 stars for the bakers terrible attitude. Had she been nicer they would've been getting 5 stars. read more

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I have been shopping in this store for years, and every interaction I've had with the cashiers, the store managers, the butchers, the produce staff, the bakers, has been warm, friendly, and fun. Today, I offered to buy cupcakes for the staff today as a Christmas gift, and the store manager said no, "please just continue shopping here. You pay for our salary, and we are grateful." read more

(Sigh) I am disappointed, and Safeway is my preferred grocery store just because it's usually cleaner and nicer and the overall foods is better. This is the 2nd time that I've gotten something that was supposed to be freshly prepared and it turned out bad. First time was some sushi I tried that had raw fish on it but it gave me food poisoning, and so I go for something more simple like chicken salad but I begin to eat it and it taste old. Looking at it it had to have been sitting for a few days and they just slapped a new label on it because the chicken tasted old, the apples were bad in it and a dark color and tasted sour, and the olives had absolutely no taste to them so yeah it was horrible. I hear some groceries reduce the price of some items because they are old and don't want to have to do a lot of waste. read more

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This store was so neat and well organized. It was a pleasure to come here for groceries shopping.No long ago they changed the shelves and tried to reorganize giving preference to safawey brand.The store setting is confusing;employees are restocking the shelves while customers are trying to see the products on display. Aisles are occupied by restocking carts. The paving near the meat department is uneven; prices are rocketing; coupons are mainly digital so of not easy use for certain categories of people. read more

I mean drive up & go should be called drive up & wait. My expectations were low with this offering but thought I'd give it a try. Each time I've had to call multiple times and go in the store. I end up waiting about an hour. And at that point I could have done all my grocery shopping. If you can't fulfill a service than just don't do it Safeway. I will never shop here again in my life. read more

Somewhat limited selection due to small size, but some Mexican and Salvadoran food you won't find at most supermarkets. Friendly helpful staff. Checkout is usually quick except at peak times. read more

Why is this place so popular? It's convenient if I need to stop for something small on my way up Wisconsin Avenue, always seems to have what I want, and carries a wider variety of non-bougie foods than other supermarkets in the area. However, the produce sucks and prices are generally higher than the Cathedral Commons Giant, where I typically shop. There are never enough self-checkouts open - the pod at one end of the store or the other is always closed - which is challenging when trying to purchase a handful of items and other shoppers are buying cartloads of stuff, are clueless, or both. read more

Shopped there May 27 around noon and had one of the rudest encounters with a check out person. Had to wait for her to finish her conversation with a fellow worker about how she had to buy her own gloves and the other staff telling her they are tax deductible. Side bar: Safeway should be providing their employees with rubber gloves. After she finally came around to finishing my check out, I had already began to leave since the transaction was approved. She stopped me saying it wasn't approved even though it clearly was. She printed my receipt which I grabbed and turned to leave. As I'm leaving, she starts yelling at me that I snatched it. Which I did not And even if I quickly grabbed it and turned to go, I didn't need to be verbally yelled at for quickly trying to leave the store. I had been patient as she talked to co workers with out saying anything. I patiently walked back when she said it didn't go through even though I received confirmation it was approved. To then be yelled at in this way because I was in a hurry shouldn't be tolerated. Customers should not be verbally accosted during check out. I don't typically shop at Safeway, and this last interaction has sealed the deal. I will never return to Safeway. read more

Total inconvenience that this store is saidbto be 24 hours then you get here during the 1 o'clock hour only to be told you have to wait until 1:30 am for the registers to open back up. read more

Hey creepy checkout guy, I know that my pathetic purchase of 2 pints of Ben and Jerry's, a box of Special K, some raspberries and a couple of Lean Cuisines makes it painfully obvious that I'm a single girl, but that doesn't mean you can stare at my breasts the entire time you scan my purchases. And me calling you out on it doesn't mean I want you to invite me to your house to drink a bottle of wine and watch a movie. Thanks though. Kisses, Kathleen "I'll stick to the female cashiers from now on" M. read more

3.5 Stars I normally don't shop at grocery stores in Georgetown asides from Trader Joe's. However, I will go out of my way to specific grocery stores (see my reviews of H Mart) if I feel it is worth my time to go there, since don't own a car. I love to go grocery shopping, even at ridiculous hours like 10 or 11 at night. By and large, I am not a big fan of Safeway. Their prices, even for certain sale items, tend to be more expensive than Giant. Some of their produce is okay, but it isn't as fresh as Whole Foods or H Mart. But, I had to go and check out the "Social Safeway" that just reopened last week. It was easy to catch a 30-series bus on M Street heading up Wisconsin Avenue. There is a metro bus stop right outside the grocery store, as well as one directly across the street for the return trip. The layout and its prepared food offerings reminds me of the Whole Foods in Reston (Fair Lakes). It's not as overwhelming as a trip to Wegmann's, but I kept overhearing people say, "It's so big!" (that's what she said). Everywhere you went, there was an employee offering free samples. You could get samples of chunky chicken noodle soup, chips and salsa, signature sandwiches, wine, and there was one woman in the meat area who kept saying, "Gulf shrimp!" like a broken record. I went through the produce aisle. Very nicely laid out. Big selection of organic produce. All the bagged and boxed salads, however, looked old and wilted. Strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries are on sale, but don't look that hot. I did like that their fresh herbs were in some sort of incubator-thing to keep them fresh. If you are in the mood, you can get black truffles for $999.99. Overall, the produce was hit or miss. The nut bar looked interesting, as did the wine cellar. But again, if you are used to shopping in the suburbs, this won't impress you too much. Much to my amusement, the hummus shelf was depleted, and there were Greek yogurt displays everywhere... okay, we get it, yuppies love Fage and Chobani (though to be fair, I have never been to a Safeway that stocked Fage). Sale price for Fage is 3 for $5--which is a good deal for that brand and on par with TJs and Target which sell theirs for $1.79 regular price, respectively. Pricing--really annoyed at all the "sale" stickers that claim "new lower price" but their original pricing is highway robbery. This is one of my main pet peeves, and why I don't shop at Harris Teeter on a regular basis. Take Simply Orange, for example. They have the "sale" price of $3.99--which is the regular price at any other grocery store, even Target. Many other products have similar markdowns. Overall, it's a nice grocery store. Compared to the 24 Hour Harris Teeter in my neighborhood, this Safeway be mad pimpin'. I ended up not buying anything. I think if you are budget-conscious you will have to be careful and know what they're charging for goods at other competitors. Otherwise, this new and improved Safeway is a great addition to the area. read more

What's up with all these one star reviews from Whole Foods employees? I'm here to say that the new Social Safeway is finally open and definitely welcome. The first bonus? Open 24 hours. Glory be. Next, it's big, clean, and has everything you need with a bit of flair thrown in for good measure. For instance, now we have a nut bar from which to buy any number of nuts. Around back of this bar is a place to grind your own fresh nut butter. (almonds, pecans, etc). Admittedly, the pre-packaged chocolate peanut butter was dry and flaky (how can you possibly compete with nutella??), but I'll still give the other varieties a go in future visits. The wine area looks fancy, complete with fancy ikea light fixtures, and dark wood everything. I'm not a wine guy, but it really looks like they're stocking a great selection. I believe they have a sommelier at hand too. Keep on walking around the store and you'll come across the bakery department with an awesome display case of desserts. I mean, these look like late-night greek diner irresistible type of desserts. Continue around to hot food, made-to-order sandwich shop (like a Wawa), and even a sushi bar. The sushi bar even has a counter and several seats to enjoy your order there. Staff has been very courteous to me each time I've been there (about 4 or 5 times now). Sure, there's the honeymoon phase when a new store opens up, but I hope it's signs of things to come. Not to bash Whole Foods (even if it neatly brings my review full circle), but I parked up on Wisconsin and swung into CVS and Whole Foods on some errands. After not finding all that I need and spending $5 on a bottle of Worcester sauce at WF, I drove down to Safeway to get everything I need at a reasonable price. I'm sold. This is my new supermarket. read more

Open Letter to my local Safeway: I live and work near your Georgetown location @ 1855 Wisconsin Ave NW. When it first re-opened a few years ago, I shopped there frequently. These days I avoid it as much as possible. Unfortunately, I stopped by today because I was short on time and thought it would be my fastest option. I'm taking the time to write because it's really a shame that the store is in such poor shape. And these problems would be easy to fix, if you had a decent manager and/or team who felt like making them a priority. Three constant issues: 1. Sanitation/Food Safety - your large salad bar is avoided by anyone who has visited here more than once, because all of the food is put out at 9am, and is not replaced or switched out for the remainder of the day. Tuna salad, pasta salad, etc, all have half-inch thick crusts on top by lunch time, with a fair number of flies feasting in the area. This is just a sad waste of space & food. 2. Customer Service Desk - this counter appears to be unattended 90% of the time. If there is someone there, they seem to have been selected for their talents at being rude, avoiding eye contact, and acting too busy to deal with customers. The irony here (it's the Customer Service area, after all) is actually amusing, unless/until one actually needs something. 3. The attendants posted at the self-checkout machines seem to have been carefully trained to handle all situations in one of two ways: 1) Avoid eye contact and wait for a customer to come over and say "the machine says it needs your approval," so that at that point the attendant looks up with raised voice and says, with irritation, "I just approved it--so why don't you go on back and take a look at it now?" 2) Yell in the general direction of the multiple customers at the self-checkouts when one is doing something "wrong," such as not being able to figure out where the entry for Potatoes Yukon Gold is. The result is that I'm often checking myself out alongside several people and will notice after a few minutes that someone is yelling something along the lines of, "SIR! You need to hit VEGETABLES first! ACCEPT QUANTITY, sir!" I'll look around and see other customers at their machines. Then I'll see that one of them looks confused. Then I'll look over and see that your customer service specialist is vaguely looking in that man's direction and yelling. But the man doesn't know your specialist is speaking to him. When he does eventually walk over to ask for help, he'll be told sternly that, "That's what I've been TELLING you!" It might be novel or radical, but I'd suggest that these self-checkout attendees could act a little less like they're unable to move ten feet, and could be told that they should feel free to walk up to customers who need help, and politely (or at least not in a raised voice) assist them with their checkout. Right now the attitude suggests that your employees are really irritated to have to monitor these machines, and god forbid a customer not perceive when the yelling coming from ten feet away is directed at them. read more

The nickname of this Safeway is Social Safeway. Why? I had heard this rumor that folks flirt and meet while there. Let's face it, the grocery store is a perfectly acceptable way to meet a potential future mate. It's not like you're doing anything shameful in there...and it's a place nearly everyone goes. I had heard that there's a Gay Night. A Georgetown Student Night. A 30s Something Night. Like you, I was a doubter. Till I popped in there on a Friday after work with my friend, Lisa H. We were picking up some provisions for a low-key girls' night at her home. While in line, an attractive man in front of us struck up a conversation! He had noticed one of the items we were buying and offered commentary. No digits were exchanged, but my mind was changed. This Safeway WAS the place to meet folks! So save your $20 club cover charge, and head to Social Safeway. It's a nice, solid grocery store. Social Safeway: I recommend. read more

I never ever shopped at Safeway's sister store, Randalls, when I lived in Texas. However, I haven't been able to find a grocery store yet that I am thrilled with here (see Central Market, HEB in Texas). My daughter and I took a drive into DC and ended up in the area. One, I love that you can actually buy alcohol in the grocery stores as this in a no no in Maryland. They even have a wine expert in house. Very cool! There bakery has a really cool selection of chocolates, cakes and cupcakes and even bread shaped likes fish and turtles. All in all, it was a pretty impressive store. read more

I would have rated this Safeway location four stars if I was writing this three years ago, when I moved down the street from the Wisconsin Ave location. But the drastic drop in the quality of service here warrants no more than half that rating now. As other Yelpers have pointed out, this is a large, well-stocked store with a beautiful wine room, extensive imported cheeses, and a market-fresh deli section. But the quality of the service here has receded remarkably over recent years. It used to be possible to be in and out quickly despite the store's size by coming early in the mornings, but nowadays there are so few cashiers servicing those low-volume periods that the reduced checkout bandwidth means less time savings. And the unprofessional, rude, and inefficient cashiers (despite a few notable exceptions) make the checkout experience a nightmare more often than not. The quality of this Safeway location, one with great potential, could be restored to the admirable levels of yesteryear. But it would take a fresh look at employee scheduling and hiring a brand new cashier crew that actually cares about customers and their jobs. read more

Ah, the lovely Social Safeway, located between Glover Park and Georgetown. Once a week for two years I visited this place, usually trying to come when there was the lowest chance of running into people I know. This meant I usually came late Sunday evening, when everything was practically gone. But I was willing to make some sacrifices. One complaint I have about this Safeway is they never seem to have enough people working the registers. When there is a 30-foot line of people and carts, yet only five cashiers, someone needs to call in for back-up. On the positive side, this Safeway has a pretty big parking lot, so there's usually not a long wait for spaces. read more

Considering how most grocery stores are like and compared to Wholefoods market, This safeway deserves 5 stars. I don't mind going g-shopping but I don't like the feeling of getting so crowded and messy at most grocery stores. This safeway is very clean, spacious but not over-spacious like costco so you won't feel like you are walking around the warehouse. - Parking and gelato-, starbucks-, pizza-sections are winning points for this safeway over wholefoods. - Nut-butter loves!! 5 kinds of PB, cashbutter and etc.. can be made freshly using real peanuts. Bakery comes with much more selections than any other safeway. Overall, I had a pleasant experience at this safeway. PS: - Free-ride is offered by safeway from Georgetown. so if you want to check it out, just get to georgetown by bus or car, and try their free ride. it's fun. - Salad bar is more expensive than wholefoods. It's $7.99... - In the end, everything at this safeway is from the SAME safeway. Do NOT expect anything more than what you get from SAFEWAY. read more

Customer service here ranges from hostile, and disrespectful, to absent. A minority are friendly & helpful. Many are simply confused. Wonderful, above-average selection of products. The price for goods on my list are all excellent! All this... and its open 24-hours! Love the cafe and Starbucks... This store is a diamond in the rough. I bet service will improve over time. At that point it will be 5-stars! read more

I usually don't shop at Safeway, but I'm sick of Whole Foods and the annoyance that comes with it, so I decided to out the Social Safeway this evening. I didn't see anyone that I knew there, but I did have a fairly good shopping experience. The store itself was very clean and actually had aisles that you could fit more than one cart down. This is a nice change from my local Safeway in Adams Morgan where you can probably grow a new civilization off of the floors, and that is jammed to capacity if there are more than 3 people inside. Produce was nice and the prices were much better than the gougers over at Whole Foods (if you're sensing some bitterness with that chain, then you're right). In addition, they had a good selection of the gourmet items that you find at most grocery stores these days. It was pouring rain outside, so the place was empty. I imagine it would have lived up to its name more had it been a nice evening. However, I enjoyed being able to blast through the suckiness that is my weekly trip to the grocery store. read more

Ah the Social Safeway. You have a gorgeous olive bar, 50 varieties of nuts, New England-style flat top hot dog buns, black truffles for $999/lb, and ample free parking... but you DON'T sell live lobsters!!!! When I asked the guy at the seafood counter, he looked at me like I was speaking a martian language. All they had were frozen lobster tails. Maybe he didn't know that lobsters had more than a tail. If you're having lobster cravings in the District, you'll have to trek to the Giant in Columbia Heights, the Harris Teeter at Potomac Ave. on the hill, or the Maine Ave. Fish Market in Southwest. At the end of the day, this is just a regular old Safeway with a somewhat wider variety than your neighborhood Safeway probably carries. However, they do have a few special services/features that might make a special trip worthwhile, including: - An expansive wine selection (apparently they have a wine steward, but I don't know what hours he/she keeps) - Specialty cheese department (they claim some are flown in daily from Europe) - Breads baked in a wood-burning oven - Vast nut bar, most of which can be ground fresh into nut butters - Free marinating of fresh steaks and seafoods - Gelato bar - Starbucks with patio overlooking Wisconsin Ave. read more

The new Safeway is a big upgrade from the old Safeway that formerly occupied this spot. When it opened, it was this great, modern grocery store with free food samples, great employees, and great items. For example, when this place opened it had a nut bar and you could get all these different sorts of nut butters. Sounds kind of gross if you have the sense of humor of a 16 year old boy like I do, but it was great! Why would you get regular peanut butter when you could get honey-roasted peanut butter?! You wouldn't! Now, when you walk by the nut bar, there is no one there to assist you. There is no honey-roasted peanut butter in sight, and there is nut butter all over the place. It's like the end of an XXX movie. OK, I kid, and it's not that bad. The shine has worn off, but it is still the best moderately priced, big-chain grocery store in the Georgetown area. The fact that it is well-lit and clean is a big plus. You really can't say that about the Giant up the road or the Safeway on Macarthur. You can find good deals on things with your Club Cards, but they either run out of many of the advertised items or are not good at restocking. Also, be careful that the sale item tag correlates with the item above it. read more

Wow. I mean, wow. Georgetown's Social Safeway is not only the newest grocery store in DC, it's not only the largest, it's also the only mainstream grocery store that's open 24 hours. Not only does it have a wine cellar and several--several folks--aisles of wine and beer, it also has wifi as well as indoor and outdoor seating. Five stars, easy. Wow. read more

I know that this is the "Social Safeway," but really, it's just where Georgetown students shop. Being a GW alum myself, I can't say the guys there are really my cup of tea, but some of them can be nice to look at. Anyway, this is definitely the best Safeway in the city. A normal-sized grocery store (no Watergate Safeway 3-aisle bullshit here) with a great selection. Two aisles of wine and beer (heaven), an organic aisle, a deli where you can get sandwiches to go, and real meat and bakery counters. They also get major props for the weekend specials which generally involve discounts on rotisserie chicken or the best chicken strips I've ever tasted. Not only is it the place to scope out hotties, it's also the place to scope out politicians! I once saw Joe Lieberman while I was doing my shopping. While I don't like him anymore for being a traitor to my party, it was cool to see that kind of person in a natural environment. Chalking up another tally on my "famous politicians I've met or seen" board! read more

I have been searching for a place that makes panini sandwiches (actually makes them, not has premade ones). I'm pretty picky, so I have to be able to tell someone exactly what I want in a sandwich (and what I don't). Let me just say: YUM. I love Safeway---great soup (try their Tuscan Tomato Bisque), great "hot meal options". I never tried their sandwiches until recently because there were always other things I wanted more. Now, I regret that. Well, not really. The other stuff is good too. Now every time I go in there I have to fight with myself over what to get. I rarely get excited about a grocery store, but this one rocks. PS If you know of any other places that make good panini's, please let me know! read more

The new store is awesome. Well stocked. Clean. Good service. Unfortunately I have been the victim of heavy scales at the Georgetown Safeway, and I have seen it happen to others as well. If you buy produce there, I recommend weighing produce on the estimating scales and watching the checkout scale like a hawk. When I noticed that I was buy a red pepper that weighed a pound and a half, and cost some ridiculous amount, the manager came over and adjusted the scale like it wasn't a big deal. It all seemed too pat. read more

The over all store definitely deserves the four star, but customer service needs big time help! I had not been to a safe way store for years. This was the only grocery store I shopped at when I lived in Northern California. I remember very fondly how good the customer service and their bakery was. I stopped to get my favorite muffins and saw they had them on special. Nine for $5 dollars. I asked the girl in bakery if she could mix the flavors for me? We argued for minutes till she agreed to mix the flavors! She really needs a lesson on customer service, don't argue with one! The over all of the store is great. They have indoor parking which is useful on bad weather. Very nice win section. They even have a wine cellar. Very impressive. Hot food section, pharmacy and of course their fantastic bakery. Also a Starbucks who was so greedy and charged me .25 cents for hot water. What I saw that was very different in this location was that there was a very nice lounging/ eating area with fast wifi! Nice touch! read more

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This has been the best grocery store in the area since it opened last year. The footprint is large enough to stock most everything you need, it is well organized, and is priced better than any other grocery nearby. Finally, it has a few artisan options (especially breads and cheeses) that will make you effortlessly a heroic host. I go here often. I still need to go out to Maryland occasionally for the spices, coconut water, and latin/asian foods I periodically need. read more

Don't hate me, Social Safeway fans - but I was disappointed with the new Georgetown Safeway. I do like the idea of a cafe, sandwich bar, wine area and sushi bar - but we can get that sort of thing (with a lot more character) all over the city. I thought it would be more upscale, like Whole Foods, offering more organic foods, etc. And it didn't feel that cheerful to me. The first Social Safeway had a great energy about it. Anyway, I will go back and give it another try. In the meantime, though, I will stick with my own neighborhood Safeway, Trader Joe's and - when I have a few extra dollars in my pocket - Whole Foods. Big bonus: This Safeway is open 24 hours. read more

Literally they put back an open watermelon container that I returned in front of my face... never coming back.

Ok, I must admit, I love Safeway more and more every time I shop there. The store is clean, well-lit, organized, and offers some major advantages that WF, TJ's, and Yes Organic can't even offer. SELECTION: Their produce section is very good. They have a conventional and organic section. The produce may not be laid out as colorfully as WF, but I really think it's just as good and they generally offer the same things. Safeway also has an international produce section that Whole Foods doesn't even have. This international section is really great offering dried chilies (WF Georgetown didn't have this), taro root, coconuts, various fruits (kumquats, quince), and a various kinds of peppers. This is a HUGE plus since ethnic grocery stores are lacking in the DC area, especially in Georgetown. Last summer, I also found fresh lychee selling for $6.99/lb. Again, WF didn't have this, neither do any of the grocery stores I mentioned above. PRICE: Safeway also has a fantastic wine selection at REALLY GOOD PRICES. Barefoot wines that sell for $9.99 at the Dupont liquor stores sell for $5.99 here with your Club Card (which is free, btw, no membership fee, and TONS of savings!). The whole store is very organized and labeled clearly, including the wine section. I was a little sad that they don't have any dessert wines, but the knowledgeable sommelier helped me pick out a late harvest Riesling that was sweet and only $8.99 for the bottle. Steal! SAVINGS: Also, I freaking love having the Safeway Club Card. So many good deals in the store once you have this card. I saved $15 on my last grocery trip, and I only bought $40 worth of stuff. The frozen section has a bunch of good 2/$3 or 2/$5 deals with the Club Card and it's an awesome way to get your nutritious veggies in before the Farmer's Market opens up. -Also I like to get seafood on sale. I love fish but it's hard to get inexpensive fresh fish these days. They often have deals on fresh fish that is still good but about to expire in 2 days. WIth a club card, you pay half of the already reduced price. The other day, I got wild salmon that was originally $12.88 for $3.88. I made salmon vindaloo curry with it and it was SO BOMB!!! SERVICE: The people that work here really go out of their way to help you. If i need help locating the yams, they will take you directly to the yams, help you weigh them, and put them in a bag for you, instead of lazily just pointing in the general direction of the produce section. Moreover, they will check the back for you if something has run out. Only TJ's rivals this kind of fantastic service that I have found at this Safeway. Small con: I wish Safeway had a bulk section. This would make me a total Safeway convert. Fortunately, I can go to WF for bulk foods and Yes Organic for bulk spices. HUGE PLUS: OPEN 24 HOURS!!! As a panda by day and owl by night, this is my dream come true! read more