Loblaws

I really like this Loblaws and always have. I like the selection and the atmosphere (except when kids play on the piano upstairs, lol), and most of the staff are very nice. Found out, though, that the cashiers aren’t allowed to keep a water bottle at the cash, and they only get a sip of water once an hour? What?! Someone should look into that.

Can someone pls explain to me why Loblaws does not accept AMX?
Incredibly short sighted for a company that size? Certainly it cannot be because of the AMX charge to retailers?

To Loblaws’ credit — I complained, they investigated, confirmed, apologized and made amends.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PLACE IS AMAZING. Great food selection, great place to grab a quick bite. Beautifully renovated, trendy, this store is the best supermarket. The presidents choice brand is amazing too.

We come here often and always order the take out chicken and potatoes. The chicken is ok and the potatoes are super. Prices for this dish are good. In general the deli is one of the best in a city where there are few good delis. They even have a decent montreal smoked meat onc rye. But in general prices here are pretty high, but i am only recimmending the chicken and especially the potatoes. The potatoes are unique.

This is a big big rebranded Loblaws in a very central location. Loblaws is a decent chain, if a bit on the pricey side. The house brands like Blue Label are usually edible. Bought a frozen Lasagna last time I was here. Lineup was a bit horrendous but not as bad as the Metro up at Yonge and Eglinton.

Location is fantastic!
I would also say the selection is very good too.
The service here is awful, beyond awful.
Water spilt all over the floor when I picked up a bunch of celery. There was a staff member less than 3 feet away and I said, «can you please call for a mop» and they replied, «no i don’t mop floors» and walked away… are you kidding me???

When I need to do all of my grocery shopping under one roof, due to weather or just time-​saving efforts, this is my grocery store.
It has a wall of cheese, butchers, a huge organic section and pharmacy, and the biggest Loblaws produce section I’ve ever seen. Beyond this, it has all of their black and white tile slick branding, that so many find so attractive. It’s just pretty.
The adjacent Joe Fresh is more on-​trend than the Queen W location, and there is an LCBO and florist. Just all kinds of stuff. Your one stop stuff shop.
Bob Loblaw’s law blog approves.

June 19 2014
Store hours are 7 AM to 11PM
It is NOT open 24 hrs!

Whoa! Some pretty crappy reviews for this location.
This used to be my go-​to Loblaws when I lived in the hood. And I’ll say that they’ve never been a perfect grocery store. But I could always find most of the Global groceries here that I needed, along with makeup, health food and just about anything else.
If you don’t live in the hood and shop here all the time, I can see how it would be hard to figure out where some stuff is. Because of the large Jewish and Philipino population nearby, there is a huge kosher section and you can find lots of south east asian food stuffs. Sometimes there seems to be little rhyme or reason for why things are in the aisles they are.
I will say that Sundays are sparse here. Or at least they used to be. I’ve gone in on a Sunday and found that they are entirely out of many vegetables or the ones left are of an unsavoury nature.
Extra star for the LCBO and flower shop downstairs! For entertaining, this location is one stop heaven Especially if you’re on foot or a bicycle. I could have bare cupboards at home, stop in on my bike and have a show-​stopping three course mid week dinner complete with flowers and wine ready in an hour!
In the words of Red Green: ‘If the women don’t find you handsome, they’ll at least find you handy.‘
I like handy. This place is Handy Smurf.

Large loblaws. This place looks like it’s partially under construction. Renovation? Looks organized but it was too busy for me to venture more deeply into the bowels of the store. I just grabbed a quick snack & was on my way.

I only go here when I absolutely have to. While it’s a big Loblaws, with handy access to the subway, the produce section is horrible.
I went by last weekend to pick up some raspberries and they were SWARMING with fruit flies. Yes, I understand that you can’t help but have fruit flies around produce. but this is a regular occurrence at this place. It was gross.
I have also found pepperoni sticks a few weeks after the expiry date on the shelves. That was a year ago, so maybe things have changed, or it was just a fluke.
It’s undergoing some renovations — looks to me like it will look a bit like the Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws downtown. Hopefully their quality will also go up.

Closest Loblaws to my house but I travel farther to avoid it and, when I don’t, I regret it. Congested with customers, the parking is a disaster, and the customer service is non-​existent. If you really want to shop at Loblaws, there are plenty of other locations that are much better.

My colleagues and I were on a course for the day and stopped by for lunch. Nice clean store, nice selection of ready to go products for lunch.

Who designed this Loblaws? It’s ergonomically evil! I don’t normally review grocery chains because they are all the same, but this one is so incredibly non-​user friendly that it deserves a look. The entrance is shaped like a Z so that when you turn the corners, you are certain to run into a person with a large cart trying to exit while you enter. There is only ONE tiny single-​person door through which all entering and exiting customers must pass. If you want to hit the LCBO, you MUST do it prior to getting your groceries because otherwise, you will have to walk in a giant circle to get back to it. On the way up to the actual store, there is a flat escalator that accommodates shopping carts but NOT people. What about plain old people who want to walk inside and carry a basket? They must wait behind all the people with carts in order to enter the store. Finally, the baskets themselves. They are inconveniently located behind the only escalator that brings you into the store so you have to make an awkward U-​turn in order to grab one at which point 20 other people behind you are trying to make the same turn and everyone ends up bumping into one another and apologizing profusely. EVERY SINGLE TIME. Seriously, Loblaws, who is your architect? Also, I am a student and your prices are too high.

This Loblaws is okay… except that the deli counter needs a take-​a-​number machine.
One of the things I hate most in life is when people cut me in line and for some reason they feel like it’s fine to do that at this deli counter.
Of course I always say something, and of course the line-​cutter always turns around and glares like I’M the dick. No. Stop cutting the line.
Otherwise, this Loblaws is the same as all of the rest of them (but the parking lot and deli are worse).

I’m only giving this Loblaws 3 stars because I can’t get overly excited about any grocery store in general, but this location is a pretty good one. If you don’t drive and you’re unfortunate enough to live along the completely desolate Bathurst and St. Clair to Bathurst and Avenue corridor, this Loblaws is an oasis in a desert of otherwise starvation.
This complex is basically a mini city of its own. One could actually survive and live out their whole life here if they were so inclined. There’s an LCBO to satisfy a person’s beverage needs. There’s a Joe Fresh store where one can purchase all of their indoor and outerwear needs. There’s a fake little «coffee shop». There is an extensive floral department, a drycleaner and there is a delightful little chocolate and gelato shop.
The best part is the fact that this Loblaws is located directly above the subway station, so that one can get the hell out of this no man’s land and head downtown.
Also, despite being located in ritzy Forest Hill, the prices here are quite… kosher, if you know what I mean.

Whenever I’ve got errands that bring me up this way, I end up stopping in for groceries on my way home – the selection is unparalleled by any of the grocery stores I usually have access to. (Mostly I go because I know I can get Jaffa Cakes there – sometimes a girl just needs the cookies she grew up with!) I wouldn’t do any of my regular shopping here, though. It’s a pleasant shopping experience, with a great floral department and a specialty chocolate shop, but the prices aren’t usually worth it.

An update: They are now open ²⁴⁄₇. I think I’m going to get to know the weekend overnight staff pretty well.

This Loblaws in on my way home from work. I usually shop at No Frills but I stop in at this store once a month or so because they have different things and more variety than No Frills that I stock up on.
The prices are way higher than No Frills but I like that I don’t have to pay for the shopping carts and that the cashier bags my groceries … so it’s worth paying the extra every once in a while.