Lunds & Byerlys

I love the hot/​cold deli at this specific Byerly location. I’ve been to many of the other Twin Cities locations, and this is the most expansive and nicest. I don’t grocery shop here, so this review is for the ready-​to-​eat food. I was most surprised by the pizza – it’s quite good for a grocery deli! Much better than Whole Foods pizza nearby. I love the casual dining area. The water machine there is fabulous. After the renovation last year, it’s a luxury grocery store experience. One thing however I wasn’t impressed with is the bakery. Appearance is great, but flavor is lacking.

I always enjoy coming here… it’s clean, well laid out, and has good pricing (for what I need). I usually stop in for bottles of sparkling water, as it’s always on sale (²⁄₄ $) and you get eight 20oz bottles per package (which is fantastic). They have a ton of parking, a clean store, and helpful employees.
My only compliant is that it can’t get extremely busy and the registers can get backed up (so I always make sure to expect a wait).
Will I be back? Yeah, I can’t live without sparkling water.

Honestly, the setup here is kind of confusing. Recently they went from having 12 check out lanes to 6, and 2 self checkout lanes. Today was okay but on busy days it’s chaotic. Still they have lots of healthy options in the bakery section.

In my previous review I gave this Byerlys five stars. Since then they built a new store at the same location. Now I no longer shop there after at least ten years of this being my go to grocery store. The size of the store is smaller than the old. Aisles are crowded, lighting is poor, and layout doesn’t make sense. In downsizing the store they dropped some of my favorite items. They added more mediocre fast food outlets such as Big Bowl, Tucci, and a terrible Ramen. The fresh vegetables are pathetic and they seem to have added more junk food and unhealthy pre prepared items. They seem to trying to complete with Trader Joes not much fresh stuff and lots of take out style items. I now shop at the Lunds Byerlys at 62^nd and Penn. This store still has the traditional layout, wide aisles, good lighting, and a good selection of quality products.

The new edina Byerlys opened in sept and is an incredibly boring store. Selling the same stuff the same old way. This is no way to try to take business away from whole foods and trader joes. Greatly prefer the saint louis park Byerlys.

I was at the Byerly’s store in Bloomington today, and had a bad experience. I believe she was the manager — very bad customer service.

WOW! Took my daughter here today to pamper her as she struggled with her little ones. She found everything she needed and the kids had a rest-​filled lunch.
My daughter loved the coco colored walls & ceiling. She was amazed at the bakery.. .. .. . The best part for her? After she got her wee ones safely buckled in, Byerly’s loaded her groceries straight into her trunk — just like I remebered in the 60’s…Go Byerly’s!!!

Beautiful store. Carpeted aisles and a very nice assortment of items. However, unless you are looking for something more high-​end, unique or for a special occasion, I would recommend doing the bulk of your grocery shopping elsewhere.
We save Byerly’s for lobster and bakery items (they have a phenomenal bakery).

In the hot food area they now have these sushi burritos called makurritos and they are fantastically delicious. They make it fresh right in front of you like giant sushi rolls, I could eat them everyday.

Always a great experience here. Groceries are a bit pricey but they do offer good sales. The produce, meat and seafood, and deli offerings are top notch. Excellent place for a quick lunch or to go dinner with the hot bar and salad bar. Many healthy options.

Wow! The new Byerlys Edina is amazing. It is massive and has everything you could want — and stuff you wouldn’t expect but love. Amazing selection of take out options, cold pressed juice bar, a wine bar, electric car parking spots, and the list goes on. I am a huge Whole Foods fan but this new Byerlys store is much nicer! Oh, and they accept ApplePay!!! (make that universal throughout all Lunds and Byerlys please!) Keep up the amazing work!

I spent almost eight hours here yesterday. Hands down, the best Byerly’s I have ever seen! More than impressive for a grocery store. My coworker, Jason and I were looking for a place to camp and get a difficult project done for work. We stopped at a Caribou by Penn Ave but there was no open table. Looking for the next closest Caribou, we found it inside this Byerly’s.
Jason has never been to any Byerly’s and he was confused when we were on the parking lot of what it was. He didn’t think it was a grocery store from the architecture. Frankly, my first time seeing a Byerly’s, I thought it was a furniture store. Once we were in, he kept on saying.,“oh…wow!“
Yeah. It was wow. It looked so mighty nice at a glance. It was so grand. The deli cases, the produce, and the lay out looked so premium. To the left, we found our Caribou, plus Tucci and Big Bowl to go. On the other side, they had the Japanese station selling sushi and ramen. What?! I saw Tonkotsu Ramen on the menu! WTF! At a Byerly’s? In the middle, they had the salad bar and hot bar. Upstairs, they had a bar that had very cozy seating area with a fireplace. Wow!
We ended up eating breakfast, lunch, and bought dinner to go from over there. We parked ourselves at the café seating area that were super nice, big, and clean. Each booth had electrical outlets too. It was more than comfortable for working. Jason had a headache in the mid day after working on our hellish project, and he just got up and bought Exedrin. I needed a dessert to snack and I also just got up and went to the bakery section. It was a one stop shop.
We probably make this place our «Official Unofficial Office» from now on. Who knew we would love working from a grocery store this much. Yeah, our project put us in the brink of madness and we left completely spent. However, we still were able to laugh a bit between finding awesome ginger soda and he helping me with kick ass naughty movie title for Unilocal game thread talk right here at Byerly’s. What a grocery store.

I have been a loyal Byerly’s customer since 1973 and have always loved shopping at the Edina store! It is close to our home, the wide aisles, the brightness, the cleanliness of the store, and the staff was always helpful and well-​trained. And, I loved the convenience of the service counter!!!
Sadly, after shopping in the new Edina store five times, I think it is way too small! The aisles are too narrow – I got caught in a cart traffic jam while looking for a baguette in the bakery and there were only three carts. The entire store is so dark that I felt claustrophobic. And, where did you put the service counter? Your number crunchers couldn’t quantify the revenue to justify the space? WELL, THEY ARE IDIOTS!!! I used the service center all the time and NEVER ONCE DID I NOT BUY GROCERIES.
Each time I walked into the new store cashier area I kept picturing this space during the holidays – you remember the old store with lines stretching all the way back to the produce area on the shopping days before holidays? Where do you plan to put the people in the new store? Maybe we can all line-​up under the covered walkway (GREAT IDEA) that does not go all the way to the entrance (REALLY DUMB – DID THE NUMBER CRUNCHERS RUN OUT OF MONEY?
Personally, I think your Kowalski-​esque store designer did you a great disservice. Why did you let them mess with your proven success? I mean you are Byerly’s the première grocery store – you should lead NOT follow.
On a positive note, I will always be a Byerly’s customer, I will just have to travel farther to the St Louis Park or to the Lunds store on Penn Avenue. PLEASE DON’T RENOVATE OR REPLACE THOSE STORES TO THE NEW DESIGN or I will be forced to shop at Cub – AARRGGHH

The new and improved Byerly’s is a thousand steps ups from their old building. Too bad it’s hard not to compare it to the Whole Foods competition from down the road on France.
I went with my cousin this past Sunday, the place was busy of course being lunch time and Edina. Highlight — the Candy Tower and selection, only a picture can explain it. Lowlight — the design and crowdedness around the hot food and salad bar area. This is where I would prefer to be at Whole Foods because Byerly’s was a mad traffic jam of condensed people with grocery carts. I felt like at any second I was going to take out a child or grandma by just turning around. It’s way too small of an area for that many people, food stations and shopping carts.
The selection of fruits and vegetables looked fresh and everything was well stocked though a more limited supply in my opinion.

Customer service completely hit or miss… as is the fresh produce selection. Generally way over-​priced but occasionally find a great promo! Note to management: focus on customer experience

After a thorough, slow walk through the entire store, aisle by aisle, I was pleasantly surprised with this store! It’s got some really great unique items. Yes, the prices are steeper than Trader Joe’s down the street, or Cub/​Rainbow (of course), but they’re also a bit more affordable than Whole Foods. Their prepared foods especially (for lunch)! On Fridays they sell their rotisserie chickens for $ 4.99. They have daily specials that make lunch much more affordable (esp if you’re comparing it to Whole Food’s prepared lunch items). They may have more limited selection, but what they have is good enough for me!
Here is what I can remember of the daily specials: Tuesday/​Wednesday (can’t remember): 2 pieces of fried chicken + 2 sides, Thursday: Meatloaf + 2 sides, Friday: Seafood selection + 2 sides (today was encrusted cod, which I got with mashed potatoes and veggies — the cod was good albeit a bit dry, which makes sense since it’s laid out there and previously frozen. The mashed potatoes are a bit tasteless, but their veggies are very flavorful!) Saturday: BBQ ribs + 2 sides. Of course these items could change any day, but check my review date! Other sides included potato au gratin, roasted carrots (in the shape of balls).
They also have a sushi selection and Chinese food (Big Bowl). Soups and sandwiches. Olive bar. They also have a Caribou inside (without outlets, but free wifi) and a post office.
All in all they carry a wide selection of items, a good number of items — including most everything you expect at a grocery store and more. They do not have (at least when I went) rack of lamb, but they do have lamb shanks! And it feels cozier and more neighborhoody than most all supermarkets I’ve ever been to. If I ever move to Minneapolis and grow to old age, you will probably find me grocery shopping at the neighborhood Byerly’s.

This is a review of the Edina meat department only… been a customer here for years and always notice the lack of service in the meat department… usually busy talking to each other or doing something else and rarely look to see if anyone needs help. This last time I finally got someone to help me and they were not carrying the shrimp I was looking for. He took my name and phone number to let me know if they would be getting more or if other stores had some in stock. Never called back and frankly given the customer attention in the store it did not surprise me. The store in general is great and other employees very helpful but the meat guys are in their own world… maybe they have a special union or something?

Closest thing to a whole foods which is being built down the street on Frances. Find honest good food here like quinoa salad and sushi that’s actually fresh. Roasted corn salad is also great from the deli counter. Skip the thai peanut noodles and thai peanut broccoli salad– way to salty.
I also am impressed by the expansive produce section, tried sumo oranges (think intense sweet and tart flavors) and crisp and sweet opal apple (warm golden colored apples).

Wonderful (but pricey) eats and ingredients to help you plan that special meal. Fab cheeses and produce and lots of gourmet goodies.

I’ve been visiting Byerly’s for the majority of my ‘visiting the MN family’ life
It’s always been our treat to go in and get the salad bar — which has seen better days
To be honest the entire store is over priced, but that’s to be expected I think from a store like this
They have a lot of different things you don’t usually see at your run of the mill grocery store which makes for a fun stroll
If memory serves me correct Friday is sample day — I love when they have mini ice cream cones
Their bakery is delicious and they have an array of hot/​cold items pre-​made in their cases
The grocery car pick up is perfect for a snowy day and you can’t beat the cute grocery boys!
It definitely is more of a treat to go here than a shop for the week type of errand run

Did someone say CARPET in the grocery store?! FANCY! If I lived in Minneapolis, I would go here for my groceries. Great upscale grocery store and lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. They have such a huge variety of organic and natural foods… almost like Whole Foods in California but better and less expensive (by a bit).
They have very large aisles and everyone was friendly and helpful. They don’t sale alcohol which was a bummer.