Loblaws

The numbering system at the flu counter means nothing, so don’t bother with them and just stand from and Centre and be aggressive or you will not be served

Pretty snazzy. Generally it’s a bit pricier than Freshco across the street, but they will occasionally mark down a few items quite a bit so deals are to be had. My only complaint is a few times sale items didn’t register at the cash, so I was subject to a lengthy price check or I just sucked it up and paid full price. I’ve now resorted to taking pics of sale signs on the shelf. Last week I actually had to show the cashier a pic and she gave me the item for free. So keep an eye out when items are rung in. You may not be getting the deal you thought you would be.

The customer service at the food counters is beyond horrific and if they do ever notice you waiting there they are completely dumfounded by the fact that you might want your lunch heated up. They are rude, ignorant and all around don’t have a clue what they are doing. (This isn’t referring to the young people as much as it is the old.)
The sushi/​rice counter… I got rice on more than one occasion that was a literal mush with a couple of sparsely placed scraps of chicken thrown in and overcooked wilted veggies. The ordering process is quite chaotic and god forbid you are allergic to anything there because there’s a good chance you’ll get someone elses bowl.
It would be dire circumstances before I EVER go back there for lunch, likely opting for Timmies or wendies processed food over the atrocious customer service and stale, old, terribly cooked food from loblaws.

Poor customer service. Overpriced items. Store is ‘open’ late but most of the specialty areas are closed early. So not really open late

I’ve been shopping at this Loblaws before it was even renovated. The renovations look great and they’ve added a seating area where you can order already prepared food. However, recently I’ve noticed a number of their items are expired or about to be expired. Someone needs to be checking perishable items regularly because there’s nothing more annoying than getting home and realizing you have to go back. The price tags are also often not marked when the items are on sale which make it confusing. I also miss the bulk barn!

My wife stopped here to buy dinner for herself and a girlfriend to eat on our boat at the nearby marina. They got ribs, which looked great but when they were served it was obvious that they were many hours, if not days old and they were absolutely impossible to eat. Truly, they were like eating wood. Hopefully the attached pictures show what I’m describing. (hmmm doesn’t look like I can attach pictures My wife ended up making a peanut butter sandwich to serve her guest. Disappointing and embarrassing.
So everyone makes mistakes, but it’s a measure of a company in how they deal with them. When she went back to Loblaw’s, she was told «there’s nothing we can do about it». She asked to speak with the manager and was questioned «why do you want to talk to him?». At this point, she gave up, which is what I’m suggesting you all do on this store, especially if you want good food and want to be able to trust the quality to serve to guests.

This place is like a loblaws on steroids! The layout is very nice with wide pathways and everything presented very neetly. The bakery and cheese/​deli bar would make any foodie drool over. Their butcher shop sports a dry age locker for the red meat fanatics (and yes they do both prime and AAA-​Angus). They have a large Joe Fresh boutique along with a huge cooked food counters — yes plural. There is the Asian inspired T and T with freshly fried noodle/​rice dish or soup noodles. Also an extensive pizza and regular roast stations for chicken and other yummiest your appetite can request. Also the coffee bar will give starbucks or any other local java shop a good run for money in terms of price and quality.

Stop, turn around and walk away. If you don’t have a life and want to spend a day wondering down the isles looking for the one item you came for and can’t find it, this is the place for you. I can’t endorse a grocery store that talks out of both sides of their mouth and blatantly promote unhealthy eating targeted at sugar addiction. Upon entering the store you will hit a wall of sugar and flour, this is the first warning, second is the massive isles of processed food. I will stick to the boutique style grocery store that make an effort to great me with a smile and sometimes by name and stock local organic food at 30% to 50% less instead of being greeted by this wall of sugary cupcakes. Wake up people, if not for yourself, for your children.

STOP. NO!
DO NOT LOOK AT EARLIER REVIEWS.
THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO UPDATE AND APPRECIATE.
THIS LOBLAWS IS *GREAT*
It USED to be terrible.
It was a damnable bad design, complete with a gloomy aesthetic sense. Every time I went I wanted to punch someone in the face.
But, it seemed overnight, they renovated. This place is now– I say again– great. This is by far one of the best Loblaws I’ve been to, second only to their flagship store in Maple Leaf Gardens.
If you are considering going to a grocery store, and don’t have VERY peculiar needs (ie. Big Carrot-​only type fare), this place is a good choice. Massive. Well stocked. Good-​looking. Broad shoulders. Smart. Funny. Knows how to have a good time. Likes to cuddle. Wants to kiss you on your neck and hold you tight while cooking together. Lives for the smell of your hair.

Fresh New Look but not new attitude in the fashionista store Manager. Does he ever stop talking on his cell phone and pay attention to what happens in the store.
For years I could always depend on this Loblaws location at Christmas to get my Christmas Stollen. The brand Kuchenmeister Edel-​Marzipan Stollen is very difficult to find but it was always carried at this Loblaws.
Now with the fancy new bake shop, not only do they not carry it, but when a helpful staff went to the manager to ask if it was available, apparently they were told he had never even heard of it before? What was he doing all the other Christmas seasons when his store was selling it, if he does not know it now?
Also the take out counter has decided to go heavy on the salt all the roasted chicken, so much for the healthy take on everything.
Final comment only to say how said it really is that all this money was spent to update the store but just a few blocks away the bakery outlet store was closed down. Too bad some money could not have been saved to at least keep that shop running or relocated somewhere else in the area.

This location was once known colloquially as Galen Weston’s Slopbucket. A convoluted mess of rotting fruit and expired perishables. A deadly parking lot full of speeding vehicles sneakily trying to subvert the neverending construction on the avenues outside.
Then something changed.
They started remodelling the interior to match their Maple Leaf Gardens flagship location.
And they started better organizing that which was once hidden in the depths of grocery store lunacy.
And they opened up a wide range of hot table and take out options.
And they reversed what we assumed was their previous policy by actually starting to stock quite a bit of fresh food.
Assuming you can live through the real-​life Frogger that is traversing their parking lot. a welcome surprise now exists inside.

This is by far the worst Loblaws out of all the Loblaws. There are very few things, if anything, that it has going for it. It seems as though it may have once been good but it has gotten rid of some of the positive things that previous reviews mentioned and it doesn’t seem like it has kept up with the growing population in the neighbourhood.
I tend to really like Loblaws as a grocery store. Despite the sometimes ridiculous prices I’m still enticed by Loblaws because of their well displayed produce, good house brand products and PC point loyalty rewards system. But the Leslie/​Lakeshore Loblaws has made me completely rethink my allegiance to the brand.
So first of all to update some of the information posted in the other reviews. This location is no longer open 24hrs. Secondly there is no longer a Bulk Barn in this location. Both of which would be redeeming qualities if they still existed.
The appearance of the store is older, that’s what it is. It would be much better if the parking lot and entrance ways were designed a bit better but it’s okay as it is. Right now it’s split and it’s somewhat confusing to get from one side of the parking lot to the other. Regardless there’s always parking.
As for the store itself. There is not a single time when I leave this location happy. I always walk out frustrated and having to go to another store because without exception there is always something they are missing. We’re not talking obscure things here. Yesterday it was limes and zucchini. Last week it was ground turkey and boneless skinless chicken breasts. The week before it was every brand of plain greek yogurt. I don’t know if it’s that they just haven’t realized a whole host of new residents have moved into the neighbourhood but for some reason they just cannot get the stock right. The more I have to go to a second store to pick up relatively simple items that they don’t have the more I just want to completely skip this store… but I don’t because of my ridiculous loyalty to the brand and the close proximity this store is to my home.
To top it off, they also can’t seem to get the cashier staffing right. If you go anytime around dinner the lines are ridiculous. By this point I’m usually already so frustrated that I haven’t got a bunch of the stuff on my list and now I have to stand in a long line only to have to then go to the grocery store across the street to get more items that Loblaws didn’t have.
On the plus side the staff are friendly and for the most part helpful even if it’s just to tell you «sorry we don’t have that today».

As far as Loblaws locations go, this one is pretty average. There are two entrances, with parking on either side. There is also a PC Financial pavilion and a Joe Fresh location. They used to have a Bulk Barn inside which I kind of miss, because they got rid of it.
This place is a disaster on a Sunday. Out of stock on everything! If you need to come here, it’s probably better to shop before the weekend.

Maybe I’ve never noticed before, but I’m in love with this location of Loblaws for the following reasons:
— open 24 hrs, close to my work
— has a big prepared food section that includes sushi (got a 12 pc rolls for $ 8.99), and $ 7 entrée combo with 2 sides (but seems to close in the late night), has other foods for heating up in a microwave, and some quiche/​pie selections that I could also take to the office kitchen
— has a gigantic natural /​organic foods selection which has everything I usually buy at Whole Foods or Big Carrot including my soy and dairy free buttery spread, gluten free waffles, Rowe Farms eggs ($ 4.29) and Pacific Foods organic Almond Milk
All these things are very rarely seen in other Loblaws locations
— also has a huge shelf of natural and herbal remedies/​supplements including Traumeel, Bach Flowers. They don’t have Nordic Naturals. Only one brand of Echincea and Golden Seal drops.
— brightly lit, good signage
— big but not over powering
— friendly staff
— lots of bread choices, BUT no Spelt bread :(
— They have Stonemill’s Spelt bread (but I don’t like it bc it also contains rye flour)
— they have Sha Sha Bread’s Spelt bread crumbs, and the Ginger Snaps, but unlike other locations of Loblaws they don’t have the bread. I still can’t understand why.
— they do have many conventional breads in many different types of grains
— bulk barn (not 24hrs) built right into the store! One stop shop
— really big and lots of selection for beauty and body/​hair products if you’re not into collecting Shoppers Optimum points
Dammit, I came here 2 days in a row and spent money I shouldn’t have. It’s a trap!

Decent Loblaws store, but doesn’t look so nice on the outside. If they’d re-​do the outside to match the inside, it would be awesome. I also like that this Loblaws has both a Bulk Barn and a Post Office right inside the store.
This location is smaller than some, so it doesn’t have all departments (Joe Fresh) but it has what I need. Because its smaller, it’s also easier to run in and out of when I only need a couple items.

I’m with Geoffrey W — this store is kind of middle of the road for me. It’s now open 24 hours though, which is helpful. And it does have a bulk barn (great for satisfying a sweet tooth), but they also have a fair selection of grain products, I bought millet, red quinoa, and some other stuff here.
It’s a bit easier to get to for me than the Queen’s Quay location, although I prefer the brightness othe Queen’s Quay store (but that store is often sold out of stuff). This store seems to be better stocked.

***2.5 stars***
We were in the Leslieville area and stopped by to do some quick groceries before heading home. The location for this Loblaws is prime, close to Lakeshore and it has ample parking. One thing I noticed is that it has a bulk barn inside as well as a dollarstore. It is like shopping in a mini mall.
Extra bonus is that is open 24 hours!
The shopping experience was ok, the aisle ways were a bit cramped but well-​lit. The store looked a bit run down, having my SO made the shopping trip bearable. It was sad to find out that there were COMPLETELY out of sugar (a basic product) in the baking aisle. It was a just a tad bit frustrating.
There are definitely better Loblaws in the Toronto area, if you need something urgently and if you are in the area, feel free to stop by otherwise head to another Loblaws for a more positive shopping experience.

Plenty of parking, a Bulk Barn, Wine Rack and Dollar Store all on the premises! a Wendys-​Tim Horton’s hybrid on the west side of Leslie and an adjacent Burger King perfect for Whopper Wednesdays. The only thing that could give it another star would be if they brought Jumbo Video and their free popcorn offering back back. Now that I think of it a Jumbo Video tee would be a great retro find.
Loblaws is a tad pricey, if your in the area and are looking to tighten your wallet a bit you might want to consider nearby Price Choppers or even T & T Supermarket where the dollar tends to go further.

I liked this Loblaws when i walked in for the first time the other day. What was supposed to be a quick stop to pick up a couple specific items, turned into a spontaneous mini-​shop. I can’t help it! When i see a deal, i must buy!
This Loblaws is pretty spacious inside, with big produce, deli and prepared food sections. Clean and bright. We picked up a few prepared items that were really yummy (hot veg samosas & pakoras), but it took more than a couple mins to get served at the counter.
What i really loved about this location, though, was the Bulk Barn right in the store! I didn’t have time to go in there (i always loose track of time in the Bulk Barn), but I’ll definitely be back.
I also like that they have a nice big parking lot for the drivers, and is accessible by TTC for us transit goers.

This is kind of a weird Loblaws. To be honest, I am writing this review so I can include it in my list for Rotisserie Chicken.
Okay first, the things that I don’t like about this Loblaws:
— limited bakery section. The one on Queens Quay is WAY better. No rosemary foccia buns, no Fred’s bread, just not as much selection.
— limited selection of PC frozen entrees. No frills on Gerrard has way more.
— no onion sprouts. Just alfalfa sprouts. Queens Quay also has a better selection of sprouts.
— no self checkouts.
— ALWAYS a long line in the 8 items or less checkout.
Okay, now that we have covered what I don’t like, let’s move on to the good things here:
— like all Loblaws, it’s clean here.
— they have a lot of selection at the deli salads
— broccoli slaw here is usually on 0.99 and at Queen’s Quay it’s usually 1.39.
— a full bulk barn is attached inside this store
— a full post office is attached inside this store (i love stamps. I am kinda lame that way. When everywhere else was sold out of the polar bears and penguins, this post office hooked me up!)
— Excellent EXCELLENT rotisserie chickens. seriously, Loblaws as a general chain has top notch hot-​food offerings, including rotisserie chicken.
So far, this is my top pick for take out rotisserie chicken in leslieville.