Smart & Final

This place is an asset when you need larger quantity of items. The cost for the produce although pricey the quality is great. I wish this location had better parking, the configuration and flow of traffic in this lot is very unorganized. The service is always great, and this location is always busy.

Decent store. I usually go here to buy groceries. I can find almost everything necessary to my every day life at a competitive price, from milk to shampoo. However, if you want to buy more long-​term stuff like a bicycle, you cannot find it here. Target is definitely a place to go in this case.

I am very upset and appalled by this store yesterday I went in to do my monthly shopping for our business with my co worker and the cashier Tony A was very rude to us asking us how we are gonna pay for our items before he even started scanning our items! Like if we where indigent !! I come in this store once a month and spend a lot of money for the business and never in my life have I ever been treated this way I was so embarrassed and I’m going to take my business somewhere else they lost a good customer and I don’t recommend anybody coming here especially to be treated that way the cashier really need to take some kind of customer service training and have better management they’re very unprofessional to customers !!

We were checked out by Tony, an older mexican man (I believe this is his name), and he said we were his last customers and then placed the check stand closed sign after our items. There were people behind us who maybe couldn’t read or didn’t care but he was INCREDIBLY rude. He threw the sign a few people down after saying «you people can’t read that there’s a sign here» under his breath. We ALWAYS get our bill split and after he rang up all of our items, he says that would of had to be done before we even started ringing up anything… I have been coming to this Smart & Final for 3 years, and this was never a problem before. I believe he just did not want to take the time to half the bill.
This man needs to find it in his heart to be a better worker, or just quit because customers don’t deserve to be treated like trash because a worker hates their job.
Really made me question whether or not I should ever come back here, I’m not spending my hard earned money on slightly overpriced food to be treated like crap.

There was a big changes on this store after renovation more than a month ago. It was absolutely gorgeous inside. Aisle spacing, cleanliness, lighting, items choices are competitive as well as meat section. Quality meat ever. Never have problem with staff at all. They are all matured adult & never seen teenager staff so far. Went to this store since 2003. Best store around. Try it and you’ll see…

I am a regular at this store. The prices are competitive with 99 cent and other such stores. The staff are friendly. Jasmine has been very kind to me assisting me.
They have most of the provisions I require plus they opened up a new section with nuts, grains.
The only suggestion is that with the long aisles it is more difficult for me to find some goods trying to look down the aisles.
Jasmine has been
Thank you to one and all at Smart and Final.
Don

I like this store. Great prices. The cashiers can be really slow at times, but the manager is so nice so he makes up for that.

This is probably one of the BEST S&F stores I have been to. Earlier this day I went to the one in Orange off Katella (and 55), and it was picked over. The shelves were literally bare, and there was nothing but chaos in the store. The staff was less than friendly, and over a HUM BUG experience.
I still had a few items left on my list (coffee cups for one!) so I stopped at this location and they had their shelves fully stocked. The place was well lit, and I found everything I needed.
Perhaps college kids don’t shop here? Who knows! But this is now my go-​to S&F for my office party goods!

Wow, did the bitch cashier really just «You’re Welcome!» me when I didn’t thank her for the privilege of spending my hard-​earned money here?! Screw you, «Jazmin» at Smart & Final! I have plenty of other markets that AREN’T out of my way. Where the cashiers are respectful and simply say, «Thank you» without requiring validation of their existence from the customer. Look up the old adage «The customer is always right»!

Wow these people could not get it together! I had a bottle of soda and a box of cupcakes and the three lanes that were open were ALL having issues. The manager was yelling at an employee to hurry up and help a cashier and the «Express Lane» had such a long wait that I gave up and walked out.

People that work there are snobby

Just like an other store you have to time your visits. Try to get here early in the day and it will be quiet and aisles will be empty, get here later in the afternoon and evening and you can expect the store to be crowded.
On a plus side, I enjoy being able to come in and buy a box of candy that I used to eat as a kid «Cherry Heads» formerly known as «Cherry Clan». It is quite simply put, a cherry flavored lemon head, I do not know many stores that carry this particular candy, so I was very happy that I stumbled upon them on one of my trips here
BTW
«Devil inside» is an old INXS song.
I guess it can be added to the crappy music played at most stores.

I was in this smart and final for less than ten minutes and it was the most uncomfortable shopping experience. They had a song playing that was repeatedly saying, «the devil inside, the devil inside, every single one of us has the devil inside.» That mixed with the horrible lay out an d high prices will guarantee that I don’t return!

Its smart and final– the best place to buy candy.

To truly appreciate this Smart & Final, you had to have been a customer of the old Smart and Final in the location next door. The store itself was dingy, and poorly lit. When you finally were able track down someone to help you, a feeling of relief would wash over you just because you had found another human being, sort of like in those zombie movies. Fast forward to present day where the new Smart & Final Extra caters to both the business and home customer. You can find your boxes of candy bars as well as massive packages of styrofoam clamshells. But they also carry a lot more items that are in normal convenience sizes — I don’t have to buy an entire gallon of mustard that will last me through the Apocalypse. The store is brightly lit and produce has been fresh every time I have been there. There are even more people around to help you. The only peeve that I have is that there is almost always a shortage of cashiers and they don’t come unless the line starts to get 5 – 6 deep, or the one cashier starts to pee from stress, whichever comes first.
Another item to note is that the new Smart & Finals no longer sell the industrial use food prep appliances like hot dog wiener rollers, churro warming cabinets, nacho cheese dispensers, etc.

Grocery store? Club type store? How about both?
Beautiful, bright, inexpensive aisles of fresh produce, great dairy selection, most everything you’d find in a grocery store but available in bulk packaging too, like a club store. Oh, yeah, and inexpensive pricing on almost everything like a club store.
But get this: no shelling out of $ 55 a year for membership — woo hoo! The fact that they’re right around the corner from me? Bonus!
I walk there a few times a week to pick out fresh produce for dinner and dessert. The staff there is aware that I’m in recovery mode (after chemo and surgery) and they’re super sweet, always asking if I need help. Amazing customer service.
Periodically, they will run out of something I want, like an 18 oz tray of blackberries. Shame on me for waiting too long to buy that $ 4 deal (every day value!) So I switch it up and buy a similar sized tray of raspberries for about the same price. Bagged salads galore if you don’t want to shred your own romaine and chopped, packaged onions for the whole week to put in your meals, plus whole onions ready for the taking should you want to cry a bit and chop your own.
Great little aisle of dried/​ground spices — I got a huge jar of ancho chili powder here for $ 6 and man, do I love that stuff!
Pretty decent sections of meat for the carnivorous minded among us, and soy chorizo that is sooo good, low fat, and super easy to cook with for about $ 1. You just can’t go wrong there.
Extensive snack aisle for those that munch, or partay!
Bottled beverages as far as the eye can see. I totally heart Costco, but for times that I don’t want to deal with the never-​ending hassle of traffic, and hunting for a parking space, Smart & Final is perfect.

This place is hit or miss.
They don’t even carry every type of fruit and vegetable which I find exceptionally weird for a grocery store.
Customer service here sucks sometimes… long waits and slow check outs… I’ve had cashiers answering phones and checking out extremely slowly without acknowledging my presence until I paid… FRUSTRATING.
Their prices are typical and their selection is decent enough. I like that they have a variety of bulk items and their sale prices can be good.

As a loyal Costco shopper, I’ve never really shopped at Smart and Final, until my boyfriend moved to Fullerton. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.
The produce is fresh and cheap. Way cheaper than a grocery store. All the other goods are competitively priced. The store is extremely clean, which I love. This is our new go to grocery store.

From an ugly ducking with a sprained ankle to a flying swan. This unit had an Extreme Makeover, and I think everyone who shopped here before will really like the move and renovation next door. Smart and Final is now bigger, cleaner, newer than ever. They took over the former Drug Emporium. That DE at this location was a dying swan forever before they finally closed it down. In its place is one of the larger Smart and Final of the 15 or so I’ve ever been to. It’s completely redone inside, new lighting, new walls, new tiles, etc.
There were some great deals that day I went. They sell the same collection of melons that Vons has — like your regular watermelon and cantaloupe. But the also sold some Casabas, Crenshaws, and Galias. The difference is, Von’s sells them for 99 cents a pound, while SM sold them for half of Von’s price. They had normally $ 4.00 boxes of Special K cereal for $ 1.88. I bought some California brand potato chips for $ 1 a bag, similar to Hawaiian style chips made in small batches. A 24 cube of Pepsi was $ 5, and the cleaning products — especially the large, generic ones, are always a great deal.
It really feels just like a large grocery store but with some bulk items. I love the packaging stuff… I can buy take out boxes and bowls that the restaurants use. So, whenever I go to a picnic or want to bring lunch to work, here is where I shop for the containers, and maybe even the bulk food I’d bring to a pot luck — like chicken wings and frozen lasagne. Greats deal on bottled beers.
The one thing that might bug you is that occasionally, someone buys a high pile of stuff for their church/​temple barbecue, sorority/​frat party, or lingerie party etc. without inviting you… and because they’re ahead of you in line. And you can wait in line for awhile getting that person’s stuff out the door. Parking sucks during school days, so beware. Otherwise, this is a decent alternative to Costco though not as cheap as the membership stores.

Yeah, what the 3 Unilocaler before me said.
Except I’m not all excited about it as they were.
Hahaha!