Western Beef

The worst. They lie, have no customer service and can’t identify cuts of meat. You’re a butcher, you should know that when a customer asks for «x» cut, you don’t bring the «y» cut. I would never buy beef from someone who can’t identify the parts of a cow.

This store is super disorganized. So finding what you’re looking for is inconvenient if you have a specific shopping list. And the layout of the store is inconvenient. I don’t want to pick up my perishable dairy and meat, or fragile veggies and fruits, before my boxed and canned foods.
Check out is a mess and their system doesn’t ring up sales properly and they put the hassle on you to fix their incorrect pricing. The coupons that they do have going (special $ 5 off $ 50+ at the moment) just add to the stress of getting out of the store since people who didn’t check to make sure their items added up to over $ 50 get their transaction held open while they finish shopping, making others wait in line rather than closing the transaction and making them ring up again.
They have decent selection, but their prices aren’t even particularly competitive in the neighborhood. I just don’t see the point of this store compared to others in the neighborhood like Met Food on the smaller side or Food Bazaar on the larger side, or delivery services like PeaPod (which seems to beat their prices).

Do not buy chickens from the deli other then that everything there is great the mean department i suggest u dont buy chickens from there either thats all

Unilocal’s reviews have sent me here to do my groceries. So far I was extremely pleased with fresh, clean and affordable poultry I’ve purchased here. Will visit this store again.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I need to review Western Beef. I am a fan of this location and been coming here regularly over the last few months. Lots of good things happening here. Start with the weekly deals. Awesome.
Produce may not be huge, but the selection seems fresh with decent price points. You will find that there are certain things that look good. Peppers, greens always bright in color and fresh.
Always deals with can goods; beans, sauce, veggies, etc. Breads are fresh and their house brand decent. Not bad for the price and quality. Deli area, so-​so.
The home run of Western Beef is their meat department. Awesome meats. Lots of choices and great prices. Beef fresh and bright red. Chicken breasts (boneless) seems to be at a competitive price $ 1.69, $ 1.99 form week to week. Always package combo deals with pork items. Very nice.
Overall, the main selling point of Western Beef is their weekly deals. They are awesome. While other markets may have everything under their roof. Western Beef does an excellent job with meats and weekly deals.

I’m going to tell you what this place is like if you –do– own a car:
Awesome!
OK, if you don’t own a second freezer, you might not love the place, but even then, I’m not sure where you’ll find cheaper quality meat and you could probably just split it with a friend.
I scan the circular every week for meat sales and there’s usually at least one really great buy in there somewhere. If you’re on a budget, need to feed a family and have a huge pot, I highly recommend a good ol’ sack of chicken leg quarters whenever they’re on sale. You’ll be amazed how little you have to spend for a good home cooked family meal.
Don’t be shy about asking the butcher to cut up a large cut of meat, that’s why he’s standing there. You will usually pay less than the pre-​cut stuff and it will be fresher because it was cut just for you.
Do not enter if you are vegan, you won’t like the place.

Cheap and fair variety of goods. The meat is not the best quality but you can buy in bulk to get the better cuts. The prices here seem to be lower than the same establishment over in Chelsea. Overall a decent selection of regular market goods however except for the meat, trying to get ethnic or exotic ingredients would be fairly difficult here.

The package of chicken I brought was probably dead for a while!
When I opened it at home it smell old; like it was about to spoil.
The coldcuts I got were dry. Signs that they been sitting around for a while and not selling.
The Parking lot is very small.
Not happy with this Western Beef at all.

Not my favorite shopping experience. The entrance to this store is confusing to consumers wanting to enter and shop. Covered in metal, Western Beef looks more like a heavily armored back dock set up for deliveries than a welcoming entrance to a friendly neighborhood grocer.
This store smells like fermenting fruits and rotting vegetables. eeew.
They carry both everyday and store specific brands, in this case «Western Beef». The prices can sometimes reflect a nice discount, but call me crazy, I had a hard time trusting that Western Beef peanut butter was going to be good. I passed on that deal.
The unique experience in this store can be found in the meat and dairy section. This section is basically a giant walk-​in cooler. There’s ton to check out from odd-​ball cuts of meat (feet and tongues galore), reasonably priced bulk cheeses and did I mention lots of meat?
It might also be worth noting that this would be a good place to take a detour through on a super hot summer day, but any other day I would recommend bringing some sort of coverup… it’s REALLY cold. I made it 4 minutes in there before I had to leave.
Check out was fine, nothing out of the ordinary.
I think there are better grocers to visit in the area, but in a pinch Western Beef might have what you need.
They do not carry Herr’s hot cheese curls.

Nothing fancy about this supermarket. There are others in the vicinity that have more, but the selection and prices of meats here are very good. They have a decent deli and the regular items that you’d expect to see in any supermarket, but I don’t hit this place for regular day to day grocery shopping, it’s all about the meat. The burgers are fantastic as is the Italian sausage.

I was really impressed by the prices. For the amount and types of food I purchased I easily would have paid at least $ 40-​$ 50 at other markets. The produce section is just enough for the essentials. The walk in fridge was great. There is a really wide selection of meat and just about anything you can think of. Next time I need a cow’s heart I know where to go. The store isn’t actually that large but it is well stocked. Because of this some of the aisles are a little tight but its manageable. Overall the trip exceeded my expectations and I plan on returning.

This is one of the smaller Western Beefs in NYC (I’m used to most taking up an entire block, not just the corner of one) yet it still manages to have just about everything you’d need for a large feast at competitive prices (sometimes higher, most of the time lower). Before driving over here (yes, you should definitely drive here as they have their own parking area and are far from most methods of public transportation) one should definitely check the online circular for what’s on sale. That way, you’ll know whether it’ll be worth driving here, to Costco, or just walking to your local meat shop.

I give western beef 4stars on price I give 1star for the deli boy that works there I told him I wanted ¼ pound of turkey he gave me over a¼ pound I told he you did not give me a ¼ pound he said what do you want I“m just doing my job if that boy was doing his job I would have got a ¼ pound of turkey what stupid ass western beef need to teach then how to do there job also the need the cashier hoe to pack a bag the put meat in with all the other stuff I had did not care if the meat juice run over any of the stuff I had in my bag they need training

I’m going to tell you what this place is like when you don’t have a car. A pain in the ass. I’m in LIC so I take the 7 to the M to get there. The change at Queens Plaza involves MANY stairs. So if you bring your shopping cart to this station, you’ll be sorry. And there are NO cabs. Gypsy or otherwise.
That said, if you are wiling to carry heavy bags of meat home — the savings are considerable. On average, the meat is at least $ 5 per pound cheaper here. And it’s good.
Or just get a zipcar and stock up your freezer. It’s worth it.

This is where you go for meat. Pick out your slab of whatever take it to the back and they butcher it into human size portions.
Good prices too.
Don’t forget to take a coat with you when you enter the Refrigerated section where all your Dairy and meats are. Otherwise you’ll be calling in sick the next day.

I have lived in the area surrounding Western Beef for years and today was my first visit.
Compared to other western beef’s this store was a little small, but don’t let the size fool you because they definitely well stocked for all your shopping needs.
The stores carries fresh produce, fresh meat (with a butcher on hand), a deli, a small but well stocked freezer section and so much more.
When in the freezer to shop for meat I would suggest a sweater because it was quite cold in there (but with the heat we been having it felt great today).
There were no long lines to check out and the staff were very friendly.

Just went here. We haven’t eaten a lot of the food yet, we went for the meat section mainly, but were surprised with a lot of good stuff. Customer service was nice, the aisles are much more spread out than Trade Fare or Key Foods. It felt like a real grocery store. Prices were a lot better than our local places, although this place is pretty close to us. We will return!

The prices lately have been really good compared to local markets and costco. I love the selection of latin products! Whatever I want, they have it. They even make rotisserie chickens that I heard are pretty good. The veggies are good too, they are on an automatic sprayer schedule so they are always fresh.
Meat section… bring a jacket because its FRIO! But hey that ensures fresh meat and the quality is soooo much better than it used to be.
There’s also a deli counter with a good variety of cheeses and deli goods. So, I’ve been coming lately. We’ll see…

We used to go here often to get groceries before they built the Food Cellar near us in LIC. They have great deals on bulk sizes of all sorts of stuff, particularly meat.
The only thing is, the one time I was there, one of the workers walked by and plucked one of the grapes from the ones on display and eat it… and kept walking as if it was nothing. That’s so nasty man, we haven’t really gone back since.

I cannot believe that no one has reviewed this place yet. I just moved to Long Island City, where there is no grocery shopping to speak of, and am choking on Manhanttan prices.
So, I decided to explore areas nearby and found Weestern Beef grocery store — a real actual grocery store, not an expanded deli or ⁷⁄₁₁ posing as a grocery store.
They definitely tend towards ethnic/​latino foods but who cares, in fact all the better in terms of selection. Their selection of fresh produce is pretty good and well priced, huge selection of meats and canned goods. Really well priced when compared to even Fresh Direct or cheap grocery stores in Chinatown!
It’s even close to the 36^st station in Queens.
I was thrilled to find a real grocery store, low priced, and accessible.
I highly recommend it.