When im in the area I like visiting this TJs. The parking lot can be tricky and one must be super careful not to get hit by a car not paying attention parking or leaving the lot. Inside: people are always helpful and polite. I really like the variety of the salads here, along with healthy snack options. "The everything bagel " seasoning is a must for my home. 5/5 read more

Everything went well!! This Trader Joe's is the first one I visited in SoCal and it is now my neighborhood grocery store. I love this shop and how friendly and helpful the staff are. TJs always has the best foods and great cooking tips online on how to combine their products to make a great meal. Every TJs seems to have the same vibe with enthusiastic and engaging staff members that love their jobs! Seems like a great place to work - I know it's a great place to shop! read more

Love this TJs! The people here are always in the best moods and their customer service is second to no other location. Shout out to Emily and Heather! Made my shopping experience memorable. I will definitely be willing to come back to this location. read more

I was in line and the check out person Laila in the next lane helped the person behind me. She was so rude! I told the manager what happened and she didn't seem to care. I definitely won't be shopping at this location again. Terrible customer service! read more

Trader Joe's as a company and brand are always a good bet, with quality products at reasonable prices, courteous service and management that truly values their customers. I do wish the Laguna Niguel location was larger with more variety, but there is a fairly good selection and I am impressed that the Trader Joe's company has kept prices the same or with moderate price increases, unlike many other food chains/stores. I beg you, please bring back the cheese blintzes and maple syrup butter, I'll line up to to purchase! ;) read more

If I could leave zero stars, I would. Staff so rude and don't treat their customers with respect, especially among the holiday season..

Snobby workers and not the great experience they promise here. Impossible to get a job because you have to know someone. It's a damn grocery store, not the Montage. read more

Jeff A, greeting, Sydney, and Aretha ( you are assets to the team), Thank you for assisting me in finding items, greeting me at the door, and checking me out with a smile. It made a crappy day, into a better one. I appreciate this Trader joe's, the employees seem to like their jobs, and everyone has a smile. I love coming here. I check the expiration dates on the salads, and everytime, no issues. Everything is fresh and definitely worth the money. The only con, would be the parking lot. Some people not paying attention , either on their phones, or whatever may make walking to your car, or finding a spot a bit challenging. But overall, 5/5 read more

Even though the store clerk I asked about an item was helpful...the organization of the store items was confusing.

Just left the Laguna Niguel location. They had everything I needed, but the man that checked me out wasn't greatHe made no effort to help ME bag (which I have no problem doing), and as I was trying to juggle bagging my groceries, and finishing my transaction, he just stood there like I was taking too long!. Not the usual friendly, helpful TJ employeeTwo stars might be generous... read more

Mr/Mrs regional manager - this Trader Joe's has THE most unfriendly employees. About half the crew is your typical friendly outgoing Trader Joe's employee but the other half are cold, unfriendly unhappy people. I don't enjoy shopping there. Apparently someone did not get the memo about the Trader Joe's vibe in the management team. read more

Extremely friendly TJs with the biggest parking lot I have ever seen for one. The people that work here are so sweet and helpful. They will talk your ear off, show you adorable pictures of their babies and costumes and drop whatever they are doing to help you find things. This TJs is one of the end of the trucking distribution line for deliveries of fresh flowers and plants, so if you go to other locations nearby they have more selection on flowers, plants and almost everything. But this one may be one the closest ones to the beaches so it is a great place to pick up a picnic, sunscreen and a reusable bag. I had to return something one time and the manager was a blonde bombshell who looked like she was cast in a lifetime movie for the role of grocery manager. I was impressed by the level of customer service she provided. She said "thank you for allowing me to correct this." I felt so good about returning it and shopping there because of how she handled it that I exchanged instead and started shopping there a lot more. read more

Trader Joe's - People in S OC do not follow directions well. LOL - Grocery Near Me - Laguna Niguel, California

8/14/21 I came back here today because I drove and had lots of room in the trunk for groceries! I like this locations better because the store is much bigger than the one near me. Everyone is so friendly and helpful! They have great deals on wine and champs so I stocked up for the next pandemic! read more

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I used to buy my food in other places where most of the time I paid more than $100. Thank God, since I started shopping at Trader's Joe's, I buy more and spend less. The service is excellent because employees are efficient and courteous. When you buy your food in Trader's Joe's you can buy in an atmosphere in which the best customer service is given. read more

I was starving the other day and I wanted to buy frozen onion soup, but they were out of it. I went ahead and bought fresh Lobster bisque soup. After I microwaved it, i started eating. Half way through I found a piece of blond hair. Yuck I threw away the whole thing . read more

Felt like a episode of The office in there! Great environment, everyone is very nice and easy to work with.

Always a nice experience. The options are limited but you cannot beat their prices. They do not carry every single item on my grocery list but I do buy my protein bars, specialty cheeses, olives, soups, hot dog buns, and cereal. All staff have always been energetic, nice and pleasant. read more

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Trader Joe's always has what I need, the workers are always friendly, especially Kai who is great at the register. The store is a bit small, and is usually crowded, however you can almost always find a great selection of organic foods. Location wise, the Trader Joe's is conveniently located between several restaurants and across the street from Ralph's, which is a much bigger store and where you can get items that Trader Joe's might not have. The one disappointing thing about Trader Joe's, however, is that they discontinued the gummy tummy. Those things were amazing and I miss them. Please bring them back! read more

TJ is always good every day with everything all the time. There really is no place else that you need to go.

Trader Joe's is the best! Great selection and friendly staff! Recommended for anyone trying to add variety to their normal grocery shopping!

Hey TJ's please check your meats. I have purchased spoiled Ground Turkey before, but didn't complain till now. Purchased meat 2/10 with expiration 2/18. Cooked last night 2/13 -- and saw the color was partially grayish/brown (1st clue) was not paying attention till later & realized the package smelled like nasty wet dog or dirty socks... it was horrific! Anyways, I am so sick now that I don't have the energy to call you. Just in case others complain, they are not alone in misery/disappointment . read more

I love Trader Joe's but I hate dogs in stores where I buy food to feed my family. I think it's a health issues & im allergic. I find it rude that people presume that they can take a dog into a grocery store with food items. I watched the lady holding her long haired dog with one arm & reaching over & feeling fruit to see what she wanted to buy then someone patted the dog and did the same, touching food that I was waiting I long to also buy! I asked the check out girl do they allow dogs in the store (I know they don't)! she said unless they are a emotional support! i say to that stay home & order your groceries online & they will deliver, so you don't allergic a person with your dog hair on food we are going to eat!!! read more

great selection...great pricing and great customer service...They also have a large selection of vegetarian and vegan options.

Very friendly employees at this store. However, this evening, the cashier who checked me out was very ill. She was coughing so much that she had to ask a colleague to take over for a few minutes. When employees are that ill, management should send them home so that they don't make everyone around them sick. read more

One of my favorite stores for grocery shopping! They have a lot of cool items that other stores don't have! Loved their vegan pesto sauce, hummus and corn puff snack just to name a few!! The staff there are super friendly and helpful! My car's battery was dead a few months ago and one of their crew members actually helped me jump start my car so I can go home and call AAA!! They are covid friendly- wiped all the carts and offered hand sanitizer to customers!! read more

I love Trader Joe's and have been coming here for over 10 years. 95% of the people have been terrific to me. I don't want to spoil that 95%. However, ever since the pandemic (not sure if it has anything to do with it) the attitude of some of the managers is very disrespectful and rude. I returned some items today. I have not returned anything in many months but occasionally we buy something that is rotten or doesn't taste right. This latest purchase included tomatoes that we bought that were molded. We bought a lot from Trader Joe's for holiday parties. I returned about 1% of what I have purchased at Trader Joe's. This one manager named Kevin or Devin (the receipt says Kevin but I thought his name tag said Devin) had a TERRIBLE attitude today. He was acting like I was returning a million $ dollars worth of items and that the entire state of CA living was dependent on him fighting hard not to let me return the items that were molded. It was $30 worth. Manager Kevin (or Devin) refunded me 0.02 cents for each of the 20oz tomatoes on the vine for a total of 4 cents. Trader Joe's and Kevin/Devin should be ashamed of themselves for ripping off customers. Unfathomable!!! See the pic that I posted. He said he would never return this much food. Well good for you Kevin. He said "You are returning all of this!!!! Ohh my gosh I have never seen this much food being returned." I find it hard to believe that He has never in his years seen anyone return this much food. $30 worth. I told him we have had holiday parties and the amount I have purchased here at Trader Joe's has been tremendous. The amount I am returning today is small portion and amount compared to the overall purchases I have made at TJs and it is relative. What a terrible nasty attitude Kevin / Devin has. This guy and his attitude would be great for the Army boot camp instructors but not a grocery store that prides itself on customer service. He missed his calling. After his disgusting attitude, I will go out of my way not to shop here as much. If another place has something similar I will buy it there. This experience is totally different than what it was like prior to the pandemic. I remember the managers and employees of TJ being so gracious, friendly so much so that I wanted to do even more business here and I have. Today that stops. Trader Joe's was the number 1 place to shop for me and my family. But with the attitude of Kevin / Devin, I don't want to be treated like I am a thief for making the terrible mistake of buying some of their foods that were rotten. This same foods we buy all the time for years and have never returned. We had the misfortune of buying a bad batch I guess. I had the receipt with me. Whole Foods has not changed and continues to have great customer service. He was also supposed to give me back my original receipt but he did not. Be careful Trader Joe's. You can get away with treating some customers like crap. I can take Kevin / Devin and his miserable disrespectful attitude. I just hope he doesn't treat the elderly that way. He needs anger management. But it will catch up to him and to TJs. This is starting to become a trend here. Imagine, the nerve of this guy who wanted me to eat the cost of TJs selling rotten stuff. I had more shopping to do at Trader Joe's today but instead after kevin / Devin's terrible and disrespectful attitude, I will got to Whole Foods and sprouts. It's not about the $. It's about the principle. Trader Joe's train your managers and employees to have some compassion and respect toward your customers. Your great customer service has built you up. Your terrible customer service can tear you down. You are losing much of my business which doesn't mean much to you I am sure. Wake up Trader Joe's!!!!!! As I said 95% of the people and team are still awesome but Devin and his nasty attitude make it really bad for customers and encourage me to not shop here. I went to Whole Foods right after to shop and I also had some stuff to return there. What a night and day difference. The woman at Whole Foods said. Thank you for your business sir. I am sorry some of these items did not meet your satisfaction. That type of service will get my business. Shame on you Kevin/ Devin and shame on Trader Joe's for not training you to show decency and respect to it's customers. read more

I love Trader Joe's, but boy is this location claustrophobic. The store is quite small, but to make it worse all the staff were out on the floor stocking shelves during peak time in the store. I usually love TJ's and all their stores make grocery shopping a really safe and enjoyable experience for me but this store just gets really busy really fast. Staff are friendly and helpful and the selection is pretty good even thought the size of the store is limited. read more

I have to give Trader Joe's a shout out for how you handled Covid and your employees and customers. From free flowers leaving the store, to live music while waiting in line, free water on hot days and a squirt of hand sanitizer, I always have a great experience. Some of our favorite foods are of course the fruit and veggies , bambino's frozen pizza, frozen breaded chicken, jasmine rice, chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzels, green juice, (of course), Sambucol chewable vitamins, cheese, bread, meat (filet mignon) seriously, everything is good!! You can't go wrong with Trader Joe's . I especially love this one in Laguna Niguel. The staff rocks. read more

Had a rough and stressful day. The last thing I wanted to do is shop for food but we gotta eat/ prep for the holiday bbq. Came with my kids twin boys who are fueled by chaos . Was lost a few times ( garlic dip?)and fortunately customer service here have the most mellow and at the same time hard working friendly and helpful vibe. Namaan? I think that was his name. Tall black dude stood out as super helpful and totally following the great vibe just mentioned. Such a great shopping experience it actually calmed me down/ made me feel better. read more

Great people, product and facility. Always helpful and look out for my 7yo with stickers, lollipops and the like. Personable and go out of their way to get you what you want. Great handling of the COVID virus responses! Love you guys! read more

Trader's Joe's sells water in plastic bottles under their name. They charge a recycling fee on each bottle. The problem is this, no recycling for these bottles is available. If Trader joe's collects money on each bottle sold then they should provide a recycling center for the return of their plastic water bottles. I asked employees at the Trader Joe's in Dana Point and San Clemente and was told to toss the bottles in my recycling trash bin. Trader's takes a refundable fee up front without provide a method for the customer to be reimbursed by failing to provide recycling for their plastic water bottles. Hmmm! nice little profit for Trader joes at the customer expense. read more

I drive to and shop at this location over the closer to my home Newport Coast Location and here's why; Rick, store manager transcends a spirit of authenticity & I'm here to serve you so your experience shopping is wonderful The flowers are amazing, which goes along with the happy vibe! The staff including Justin at the managers lookout, appear to love working at this location more and my thought is because it trickles down from the positive and very approachable Rick. Produce here appears fresher as well-- Great job team keep up the good work!! read more

ALWAYS a longggg line. Small inside.b do yourself a favor and go to the Trader Joe's in San Juan Capistrano.

Great market to shop, I'm very happy with the quality and price of everything they have. I go shopping there once a week since it's very close to me and also people are nice and friendly. I recommend it to my family/friends and others. read more

This is my favorite Trader's Joe to shop. The staff is friendly and helpful. They explain their products well. More importantly, their customer service is awesome. They genuinely care about their customers and go out their way to make their customers happy! read more

Love this company and this location is great - even when crowded as it is a bit small - great food and TJ products that they will take back if you don't like them without a hassle. Great coffee, yogurt, and organic milk. Nice produce. Good tasting healthy ingredient cereals for the kids. Healthy bread both hard and soft. Interesting and tasty snacks and pre-pared meals and appetizers. Trader Joe's has it nailed and handles over 90% of what I need for our family at reasonable prices with good service and old style small grocery store feel. read more

Trader Joe's - Grocery Near Me - Laguna Niguel, California

I had the worst experience ever at this Trader Joe's in Laguna Niguel. I'm a proud Black Woman & I've shopped at Trader Joe's since the 80's( 34yrs)... living in West Los Angeles & now TEMECULA . I , walked into this Trader Joe's today around 1pm & the spirit was bad. First the Crew Members at this Trader Joe's , didn't speak or ask if you need any help. They looked at me and then look away. I'm like what is this all about!! I know I must be the only black person in here and in the area. Customers there looked as if they saw a ghost . This is 2017 people!!! The only person that said hello and how are you was Crew Member; ERIC FISHER OF TRADER JOE'S. He was the cashier & I told him about my horrible experience & he apologized for his peers. This was TOTALLY UN EXCEPT-ABLE!!!!!! Eric, told me to speak to the head manager, which was Rick . I did and I shared my experience with him. He also apologized as well & said that's not good for any customer & he would speak too his staff. I sincerely hope that Rick.....will follow through with what he told me. Because I will NEVER STEP THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR TRADER JOE'S AGAIN... I have to be in that area again come this Thursday but I, will by pass this store!!!!!!!!! Ra Shon read more

It's a smaller Trader Joes, but they definitely pack it all in somehow. I don't dare shop here after 3pm because you can't get through the aisles, but if you are able to get in when they open at 8, your experience will be great! read more

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Not many options for the Vegan diet. Most Trader Joe's sells pre made vegan sandwiches, wraps, etc. But this location only sells meat-based refrigerated meals. Pretty disappointed read more

BEWARE. TJ's sells expired food. 2 day old bread. Literally. Bought an "organic french baguette" tonight Aug 9th, for a special meal. We start the meal and the bread is STALE and awful. Reason? IT EXPIRED Aug 7, two days ago. Like I'm really going to take 40 minutes out of my life to return a loaf of stale bread. We can't even trust TJ's to sell fresh food now? Now we have to check the expiration date on everything? Brutal. read more