Where do I begin.... I shop here very frequently because I have the walmart app which tells me what products they have, in store, if it's in stock, and what aisle to find it in. They basically have all I need but everytime I go to the howell walmart, the place is a mess. The shelves are never stocked, there's stuff on the floors, I can never find anything I need because it's not on the shelf yet the app says it's in stock. And lord knows I can't have someone find it in the back because there never is staff anywhere to help!! The self checkout is ridiculously slow and there's never anyone supervising it. They only hire all these old farts that scan slow as molasses and are never around to help anyone. They need more staff, badly. Hopefully friendly staff this time, that can actually do their job. I went here last weekend and this weekend and both times the shelves were empty and shit was just all over the place!! It looked like a tornado had just gone through and mixed everything up. Next time I am there I will take pictures of this mess! read more

Totally improved the store since they went Super and 24 hours. Best time to shop .. in the middle of the night when no one is there. Other than it being busy all the time and like 2 cashiers, you get really good deals. Chicken half the price which is a plus. It is kind of messy there too. Big improvement. But it is Walmart. so. yea. read more

I went to Walmart in Howell, NJ today around 2pm on 4/21/11 and was checked out at stand number 5. I just wanted to say how patient and friendly my cashier was. Not only that but the cleanliness and organization of the store was very impressive also. I noticed a lot of staff on hand stocking and such looking willing, ready, and most imp. approachable to answer questions. I went to customer service to let someone know of my wonderful experience and was told to go online. This is the first place i've seen for reviews in my initial quick search so far but I think there should be something available in store to give feedback. When I worked at Banana Rep. I got bonuses for good comments given to me by satisfied customers! Hope this cashier gets her props! read more

So far the best Walmart I've been to... (I sound like a Walmart stalker lol) any way.. Don't come here on a Sunday afternoon.. Umm gets very crowed.. If you know the area you know why.! :) read more

About the worst Walmart I've ever been to. The employees could care less about customers. I've held back from reviewing them more times than I can count but today's experience put me over the edge. The returns line today was enormous. There were 2 cashiers helping and 3 more just chatting away with the 2 that were actually working. I was enlightened to hear how they were taking Fingerlings out of the back stockroom and holding them for each other. Then we were yelled at by an employee for blocking the aisle. When a woman asked if the 3 employees could maybe assist, she was told how they were tired and working many hours. This is the most shameful, pathetic store I've ever visited. read more

While my score portrays a 3/5 stars, I would much rather give it a score of 2.5 stars, if I'm being honest. However, I can't, because half stars are apparently a foreign concept to Yelp. Anyway, everything about this Wal-Mart was merely serviceable and COMPLETELY middle-of-the-road. Everything from the customer service, to the products they had available (green Goldfish? Seriously?) Even the music they played was painfully average! And, as if to foreshadow my desire to write a middling review of this Wal-Mart, the only parking spot I could get was DIRECTLY in the middle of the parking lot, both vertically and horizontally. I was right in the center. I'm not joking even slightly. To make my neutral feelings a little more clear, I'll go a little more in-depth as to why I feel this way. The customer service was good. In fact, it was too good. I felt like a king when I should've felt like a peasant. I much prefer the volatile, aggressive attitude of my local Meijer, who I think truly EARNS three stars, unlike Wal-Mart. It builds character to have to deal with horrid attitude, and it allows me to connect with people that are just as unpleasant as me. Wal-Mart's customer service isn't bad at all, it's just far, far too good. While I enjoyed their pleasant attitude, I think they were a little TOO pleasant, you know what I mean? You know something's off when you're smiling ear-to-ear after leaving a store. At best, I should be scowling. Grocery stores are awful and everyone should hate them. My conflicting emotions lead me to feel completely neutral towards the customer service at this Wal-Mart. A lot of their products were average, too, like their Arnold Palmers. You see, I like lemonade, but I DON'T like iced tea. Because I don't like half of its composition, I have to give it 2.5/5 stars. The limited edition green Goldfish deserve a mention, too. Yes, they're delicious, but look at that sickly green color. It makes me want to puke, and Wal-Mart should be ashamed for stocking them. However, I GUESS they're okay if you close your eyes when eating them, so they also break even at 2.5/5 stars. You want to know what else is perfectly average? Bread without butter. Yes, Wal-Mart does have the courtesy to sell both bread AND butter, but they sell them separately, which is just wrong. Bread and butter are worth 2.5/5 stars individually; why keep them apart? You might as well be separating Romeo and Juliet, or Detroit and air pollution. You all know how I feel about this Wal-Mart; completely neutral. I have no strong feelings one way or the other. I hope my complete apathy didn't come across as too mean, but it's just how I feel. Wal-Mart's gonna need to try EXTRA hard to truly earn a 3/5 rating. However, even if Wal-Mart doesn't clean up their act, I'm sure I can put my neutral feelings aside and walk through its doors once again. read more

I would have rated this store with 4 stars, but I was upset when another reviewer stated that the aquarium fish are not being taken care of properly! This store has the best pharmacy. Ever. The staff is always courteous and efficient even though they must be inundated with prescription orders. I usually don't buy my fresh produce here, but my husband just picked up red grapes and they were out of this world! Just take care of those fish! read more

Never, ever purchase fruit from this Walmart. I bought strawberries from here and when I got home and opened the package the strawberries on top hid all of the rotten and moldy strawberries on the bottom. Then on a separate occasion I bought blueberries. They were absolutely tasteless. Very displeased. read more

This is the worst Walmart ever. The customer service is terrible and their workers are lazy and rude.

This is not the worst Walmart I have ever been to, however, I would place it in the bottom 5. As far as cleanliness goes, it's a pretty clean store. I've never seen anything that just disgusted me, so I would say it's fine in that aspect. As for the bathroom pictures that were posted, I've personally never seen anything like that. As for people being helpful, all Walmarts are pretty much the same so I don't really have to ask questions about where something is. I will say there are employees everywhere so I'm sure if you had a question it wouldn't be hard to find someone that may have an answer. As for size, it's not very big. You begin to feel claustrophobic walking up and down the aisles. It is a pretty busy Walmart so it doesn't take long for it to fill up. It seems like every other aisle there is someone just standing in the middle of it. This is more of a strike against the people that frequent this store than it does Walmart. If you're reading this, and you stand in the middle of the aisle looking for something, at least acknowledge the person coming down the aisle and make an attempt to get out of the way and let the person by. Don't be a dick. As parking goes, it is fine. There have always been parking spots within 100 ft of the store. I've never experienced any problem finding a spot, but then again I prefer parking towards the rear because people don't really care about your car and tend to run buggies or car doors in to someone else's vehicles. There is a McDonald's inside, which is convenient. My real problem with this Walmart which is enough to take 4 stars off (the other things I mentioned earlier were enough to add a star back) is the fact that there never seems to be any cashiers working. I honestly don't think I've been to this store when there was more than 3 normal lines open. They have a self checkout line and a 20 item or less like (why exactly are both of these open? If you have less than 20 items then check out yourself. It's not hard. You're dealing with technology, not brain surgery). There should never be only 1 normal register open between 4-10 pm, yet this Walmart feels as though that's all that is needed. Hire some more cashiers!!! You people in your little vests, you open up a line. Why is there 1 like open and 3 cashier supervisors standing in the cigarette aisle register just talking? Get a clue!!! If you go to this store then be prepared to wait. It's absolutely ridiculous. read more

The Howell Walmart is an absolute dump. Disorganized, dirty, packers are clueless about stock rotation. I constantly find out of date items still sitting on the shelf. The majority of the employees either know nothing or are rude and obnoxious. Whomever manages that store should be fired; they obviously dont know HOW to manage a store read more

Called Walmart was on hold for 25 minutes transferred six different times three people I could not understand their accent all I wanted to know was the price for transferring 8 mm film to DVD could not accommodate me read more

The store is ok, the employees unfortunately are another story. If you can mark an X on a paper that says, sign here for name you are hired! I have gone to this walmart a few times and I have had incidents where the employees are not educated to understand what they themselves are saying or how they are reacting to situations! Here is one of my latest issues: Last week I went to buy cold cuts ( i know what was i thinking) .. Anyway, after waiting for 6 minutes with no one behind the counter I asked for someone and he went and got the deli guy. Out comes this older man with a board in his hand named Luciano and a knife in the other hand. He had his gloves on already. He puts the board and knife on the counter and says, " what can i get you?" No, "Hello how are you today, how may I help?".. I proceed with, " Hello, how are you? I would like quarter pound of salami please sliced thin and could you please discard the first slice?" Employee:" rolls his eyes and says, "sure." He proceeds to get the salami out of the deli counter fridge and turns on the machine, (still wearing the same gloves). I ask, " excuse can you please change your gloves sir?" Employee: "WHAT I JUST PUT THESE GLOVES ON! I CAME FROM THE BACK I PICKED UP THE BOARD AND KNIFE AND NOW IM GETTING YOU WHAT YOU ASKED FOR!! WHY SHOULD I CHANGE MY GLOVES?!! Me: " Sir, I understand you just came from the back with the board and knife in your hand but I dont know where your hands were prior to putting those gloves on, after you put those gloves on nor do i know what that knife handle and cutting board that we just agreed on that you carried out here were or who handled them last. Can you please change your gloves?" Employee: " ARE YOU KIDDING ME, I JUST PUT THESE ON?!! YOU SAW ME W THE BOARD AND KNIFE! (side opinion chimes in some young kid, " i saw him put those gloves on this is ridiculous!) Me: "Mind your business please this does not concern you! Please continue to mix your salad!" Deli guy then proceeds to go to the BACK AGAIN to "change his gloves" not in front of me!! Now I am suppose to take his word for it that those would be new gloves?! After he just gave me a hard time to change the ones he had on?!.... I walked away! Employees who work at fast food places or places of such need to be educated on proper procedures when it comes to wearing gloves what they can and can not touch once gloves are on! I went to the McDonald in that same store and the manager, (wearing a blue shirt) had on gloves. Girl in front of me orders egg whites, I order egg mcmuffin, he walks to fridge touches handle, grabs container with egg whites in it, grabs handle now on grill (still wearing SAME gloves)... closes lid, grabs spatular to miix eggs, opens draw where bread is grabs bread, them touches cheese with gloves on opens fridge again to get more bread, touches spatular again to get sausage, wraps up sandwiches with gloves STILL on, walks over to register takes order, takes money puts money in draw and goes back to the cooking area and prepares the next meals the same way I just mentioned! I got my money back! will not eat from here ever again!! read more

never enough cashiers no matter what time of the day roaming around the store, wherever the help is, its never on the aisles where I wander looking for an item that is not clearly listed on the aisles they are also out of produce items that I buy many times the aisles are narrow by the household products, too narrow they don't always update the prices on the shelf if they change read more

This is one of the most inconvenient walmart's I have ever shopped. I am a fan of self check out but this store has 8 self check registers and never has more than four working. I also come here for money orders and the self service money order machine has been out of service since the last week of October. The staff is unpleasant at best and the customer service managers just walk around every time I am here, it's busy open up a register, take some returns, do something! This store needs help, retraining and more staff! read more

It's Walmart, people. You're not at Bloomingdales. That being said, this place is a pretty decent Walmart. I am new to the area and I'm not certain that the people around here know what a truly terrible Walmart is like. This one was clean enough, well-stocked and had everything I was looking for. In fact, I had to come here when the Target across the street didn't have some of the grocery items I needed. As an avid cooker, I think the produce section at Super Walmarts are always really nice, and I don't think Walmart gets the credit they deserve for that. Things are usually very fresh and they have a great selection - including things you can't find everywhere, and loose veggies, like carrots so you don't need to buy a bag of 20 when you only need 2. I shopped the other part of the store, too and it was also decent. Again, it's Walmart: you get what you pay for. And I'm willing to put up with a bit of a "meh" experience for inexpensive groceries and home goods. read more

Yes Walmart is always a good store to find pretty much anything, but this one I find to be not accomodating to costomers. The employees are not very helpful & in some cases have been a bit nasty. The store is also very messy & not organized. read more

At 10am this Saturday I stood on line for a few minutes at Customer Service, which is where both returns and online purchase pickup are usually collectively located (at least in the two other NJ Walmarts I've visited). The first employee I spoke with behind the counter indicated that the Pickup area was located separately all the way at the back center of the store. There were no signs indicating this, and she said she didn't know if there were any such signs. So I schlepped over to Pickup area, which had no access to a storage area and where predictably, nobody was waiting. I searched for help and found employees two and three. Although they indicated they'd call for help, they were preoccupied and left me feeling that they had no actual intention of doing so. After waiting another few minutes I found a busy fourth employee, who pointed to a fifth employee approaching us from the distance. Employee five was carrying several items and offered to help after he put away his items. He appeared hurried and was obviously multitasking but pleasant despite this. He returned to the Pickup area shortly, took my information, then went away again to retrieve my item from their mystery storage area. I overheard him accounting for his whereabouts to his supervisor and indicating that the (female) employee who was supposed to be in Pickup was not there. I get the sense that employee five is the guy who gets things done and doesn't complain. He deserves a medal/raise/promotion but he shouldn't hold his breath waiting for it. So three out of five employees I encountered at this Walmart were pleasant and hardworking (probably overworked), one was missing in action (possibly overworked elsewhere) and two basically ignored me (maybe because they were preoccupied with too much work? or too little?). The whole thing left me feeling very uncomfortable. It seems the store was understaffed, the signage stinks, and the organization/access to storage is not well laid out or considerate to either customer or employee. It was not worth having saved $5 on an item just to have wasted my time searching for help. My take on this is that management is bad or unwilling to challenge the status quo, although I wouldn't know at what level(s). Anyway, I won't return. read more

This is the WORST Wal-Mart STORE I've ever shopped at. Their customer service is horrible, putting it nicely. I went to the customer service desk to ask if she could call another store for me to check an item that was not available in the their store. The woman, behind the counter, named Gigi(she had a badge on), says to me "I can't help you with that", I asked, "Why not"? She says, "that's not my job"!!!. I thought I was hearing things, I said, "excuse me", she says, that's not my job, I can't do that. After I have been to 3 different Wal-Marts searching for this item, I hear that. I was so appalled, never in my life did I hear that from a retail associate in ANY store. I put the item down(wrong size of course) and walked out of the store still can't believing what was just said to me. I E-MAILED the corporate office, and waiting for their reply. I can't believe Wal-Mart would allow their associates to treat customers this way. read more