Metro

Walked in to get pork loins and lemon grass. I didn’t really know where the lemon grass was and I’ve asked someone there and he mentioned he didn’t know either but he would look into it. By the time I checked out, I had already given up looking to lemon grass but guess who flagged me down by the exit??? The staff that I had originally asked and in his hands were what I needed.
I’m reading some reviews and you should expect to pay a premium on the things you would buy. Do your due diligence and shop at many locations for the sales items, or base your meal prep on what meats that are on sale. I personally shop at many grocery chains and I stock up on things that I know I will use later on.
The reason for not a perfect score is the lack of selection of products, that’s it.

Decent grocery store, nothing special. Prices are average and it’s a large store so there’s some selection. I’ve never had a bad customer service experience and I currently do most of my grocery shopping here but that is more out of convenience since I live down the street.

They charge for parking but it’s probably because it’s across the street from the MOD club. That’s probably the best thing about this metro. It’s across the street from a club and in the general area of a lot of entertainment. As such, you can load up on peanut butter cookies and happiness. This is especially important when you have the munchies or if you’ve danced away your calories. Survival food people! Survival.
Cheap, quick, big selection.
It only gets 2 stars because it’s a metro. Nothing special. Nothing great

Understaffed. Overpriced. Why not have more than one person doing checkout! You fail as convenience. You fail as affordability. You fail as a grocery store. Hire more people. Period.

Although all the previous reviews mention that this Metro is overpriced, I have a different opinion: it is often quite cheap. I get my yogurt, bread, meat, and juice at Metro, and get my fruits and vegetables in Chinatown. This is the winning combination that scores me all kinds of airmiles and keeps my grocery bill down. Used properly, this store can be a great asset.

Terrible!!!
If it wasn‘t for customers shopping here out of sheer desperation, I am sure that this Metro would be shut down!
This grocery store is a joke. A disgusting joke. I‘m tired of having to result to coming to Metro because I am desperate and always finding moldy strawberries! Their produce is a disgusting! Not to mention NOT CHEAP. I mean, it‘s different if I was shopping at NO Frills. But I‘m not. EVEN NO FRILLS ISN‘T THIS BAD! ughh. Oh did I mention I saw a RAT once
This place is disgusting and dirty. They have nut job employees working there. When I do have to go to this place (because I do not have any other options believe me), I cannot get out of this place soon enough.
Can‘t wait for this place to shut down like to one in vaughan did.

Not the best food or prices, but it’s ²⁴⁄₇ and super convenient. Avoid the express line, as it tends to be the slowest one there.

Good for late night shopping if it’s in your hood, but disappointing if you trek up to do a real shop. Prices are fine but tend to be on the high end and produce is generally okay. Bakery is a total dud and you’re lucky if there is more than one person manning the deli/​fish/​hot meals counter, so if you’re after thinly sliced pastrami? Grab a seat, you’ll be waiting a while. If things are on sale, it’s good — half price pizza and ice cream, for example. But for fulfilling a shopping list it gets expensive quickly.

How is it possible that a store could be FILTHY after being closed for a day. I went to get some snacks at midnight not realizing that the Metro had been closed for xmas. The shelves were empty, the floor was filthy and the staff surly. This is a regular occurrance, but how is it even possible that after the store was closed for an extended period of time that the staff couldn’t be bothered to restock the shelves never mind to sweep and mop.
I only go to this metro out of convenience. They are at times up to 50% more expensive then other grocery stores and have significantly less variety of stock.
I wish people would stop shopping here in protest, but the convenience and location means that there is often no other option for groceries.

The fact that I have to force my boyfriend in to renting a car so we can travel to Loblaws up north should say enough.
Rotting produce, empty shelves, poor variety; I only shop here if I have to. I come to get the basics and thats all. It’s also seriously over priced and there seems to never be enough cash registers open.
I’ve been trying to buy my produce from local markets or veggie/​fruit stands. It’s a hike to China town, Kenssignton or St Lawrence but well worth it to avoid this places produce.
I wish we could get rid of grocery stores all together and start relying on local providers. We’d save a lot of waste and there would be accountability to what we’re eating.

The only time I shop here is late at night when all my fave little markets are closed. For the late-​night shopper in need of a box of cereal or milk, you’re in luck — they have a big selection of both. The produce always looks a bit weak — especially the bananas, but remember — it’s 12 a.m. and nobody is thinking about bananas. There is always a lot of staff working here, so I haven’t had to wait very long. and I never feel unsafe The store is much pricier than No Frills, but the random sales sometimes make up for it. Tonight, organic crunchy peanut butter was $ 3.99!

The produce selection here is dismal. No cilantro? No bean sprouts? The grocery selection is a bit better, but they don’t have tempura batter, for example. Their customer service could use some work as well…
As much as I bitch about this place, they’re open 24 hours and have always been there for me when I needed last minute grocery items. 3 stars.

One of my favorite cluster fucks of a store! I so dig this place for the people watching…
the other night I couldn’t sleep, so I headed on over. Wow I was entertained, a man tried to walk out with a 12 pound frozen turkey in his shirt.
Dukes of hazard had nothing on the security guys there, … The guy was running up and down the ailes. Screaming until he gave birth to the frozen turkey… Then is was a wrestling match… Aaahhhh. Brilliant. Magic.

I thought I was the only person who found this Metro overpriced and understocked. I’m glad to see that I’m not alone.
I’ve never seen a grocery store with no Brussels Sprouts, til this one. This metro is close to home, but I rarely go there. The few times I go there, I leave shaking my head at the price and frustrated that I couldn’t find ½ of what I was looking for.
If you want a frozen pizza, bakery goods or very common produce, this may be the place for you. Just make sure you’ve refinanced your mortgage recently to cover the bill.

They’re shooting a reality show here, right?
Like. They have to be. There’s no other way to explain it.
The other reviewers have this place all wrong. It’s not a GROCERY store, it’s an ENTERTAINMENT venue.
There’s only one time of day to go. 4 in the morning. It’s late enough that the drunks are all tired and passed out. It’s early enough that all the keener morning people are not up yet or still at the gym. So what does that leave you with? A crowd that’s guaranteed to be at least 70% on heavy hard drugs and 20% dressed in some interesting makeshift tin-​foil costume. Oh, and me.
It always amazes me the things people buy in the middle of the night. Like the guy I call «cookieman», a well-​dressed chap who shows up in the pre-​dawn to purchase multiple bags of Double-Stuff’d Oreos and Fig Newtons. Because HE NEEDS THEM NOW.
There must be some scientific study somewhere that correlates time-​of-​day when one shops with nutritional content of their purchase.
If you go for this place as a «grocery store», you’ll be sorely disappointed. Horrible produce. Poor stock. Scary security people. If it’s food you need… best off going up the block to the 24 hour Sobeys or Fiesta Farms during the daylight.
But if you’re looking for a good time…

i’m so unimpressed by the produce selection at this Metro. It’s too bad because it really is the most affrodable grocery in the annex, crucial for poor students who thrive off cheap 24 hour groceries.
but they are always ALWAYS poorly stocked and has kind of a funky smell.
so sad.

Dominion has been rechristened as Metro. Don’t worry, though: the eccentric singing shelf stocker an the unpleasant check-​out staff are still there.
After many weeks of chaos and construction, the layout of the store has been altered slightly. It’s now harder to get back out the door without going through the cash. I was at the supermarket once when someone shoplifted a watermelon so I guess the entrance was a little too open before.
The bulk candy section is now GONE. That may have been a wise move: they were losing at least $ 5 a week on my in-​store snacking alone. The RBC ATM is also gone. You can do cash back, though, if you can deal with the cashier rolling her eyes and sighing at you then struggling with the math.
I suspect that the prices have been raised a little. $ 3.09 seems like a lot for one litre of milk to me. What do you think?

This Metro location depresses me. It doesn’t help that it opens out into an equally depressing food court.
The subterranean location probably has a lot to do with it; it’s dark and seems sketchy all-​round. It doesn’t have a great lay-​out to work with, given its location in a mall, and because of that, the selection seems to pale with its sister stores that have their own, massive big-​box-​with-​own-​private-​lot properties.
I did have some great pizza here from their lunch counter, but aside from that, the rest of the store is dismal and bleak. Its location right near a subway means that a lot of angry commuters come ’round to grab some last-​minute food items before their annoying hour-​long trip back home.
Overall, not really a fun experience shopping here.

It’s the only 24-​hour grocery store within walking distance of most of the western downtown strip. That sums up its importance in most of our lives. It used to be called Dominion, good old Dominion that I’ve known since I was a wee one, until that grocery giant Metro from Quebec decided to change all the names and kinda sorta fix up the inside of *some* of the stores. Lame.
And this Dominion/​Metro is lame too. To second what everyone else has said, most of the cashiers are absolutely unbearably miserable. There’s one guy who’s super helpful, but I think he’s the manager, so he doesn’t count. If you go when it’s really late, the cashiers will be off entertaining themselves, so when you go to pay, there is no one there. And you wait. And wait. And wait.
There are a couple of them who are nice (literally two who I’ve encountered), and I feel bad grouping them into this generalization, so without saying their names, I would like to apologize to them.
Besides the staff, the store is decent. If you go at a normal hour of day, they have fresh bread, fresh salads that are all fixed up for you, fresh produce, and fresh meat. It’s when you arrive at 3 am to do groceries that you might notice the shelves are a little empty and the bread is stale, but who can blame them.
One last note, if you decide to grocery shop at 3 am on a Saturday, beware. The proximity of this Dominion to a lot of douchey clubs means that the store becomes an after-​hours hot spot. Stay away from junk food aisles and dark corners.

It’s true, the staff is really cranky here. There have been times when I’ve felt like I was doing something wrong trying to pay for my groceries and interrupting the cashier at her till shoveling microwave spaghetti into (not to mention all over) her face, and god forbid I try to use my Air Miles card.
But that stuff never really bothered me, because living a few blocks away from a 24-​hour grocery shop was a luxury in itself. The premade salads here are always really good and there’s often bakery items on really good discount, especially if you show up late at night.
And it’s true — check the Craigslist Missed Connections; this Dominion is apparently a hotspot for love at first sight.