Bristol Farms

This store has great food especially in their deli area. We came in and bought some soup and sandwiches and sushi. The food was great but their prices are ridiculously high. We could have gone to an expensive restaurant for what we paid for our deli food. I guess because we are in Palm Springs charging high prices on deli food they fell is justifiable. Mmmm

I love shopping at this place! You have to check out the bakery and the café. Everything is so fresh and the service is so friendly. There is a really good selection here that I cant find at other stores.

So I had a Manager get in touch with me about my review. It was nice to see them take this seriously. We talked for a bit about my experience and he informed me of the care they take to insure that the food is handled properly. I felt better after our talk and will take another look. Will probably stay away from the hot bar for a bit, but will continue to buy groceries here. I definitely appreciated the effort to rectify the situation.

I can’t say enough good things about the catering department here. Marilyn is amazing. Ready to help at a moments notice. We love entertaining at our home in the desert and Bristol Farms has made it so easy to throw a decent sized party without all the hassle. We’ve ordered from them several times and the food always gets rave reviews. The trays are made fresh that day and beautifully plated (easy to put on your own platters too). Best of all there’s a minimal charge for delivery and you can also hire a friendly bartender to serve drinks as well as help prep and clean for a minimal price. They are top notch in my book.

I love this food store as they carry the best poke around. Also bought two ribeyes and they were as good as the steaks I just had at Flemings Steakhouse. This is a fancy upscale store and I love this place. Prices are reasonable for a high end store and you get a fair price for the food you get here.

The desserts here are amazing. I can’t get over how nice the staff is here… really cool place for specialty grocery items.

Good selections. Friendly helpful knowledgeable customer service
Great location and plenty of parking on most occasions.
Deli. Bakery. Café. Food counter. Coffee shop. All great! =))

I absolutely love Bristol Farms. I mostly go for their pre-​made food in the deli section. Their desserts are always on par as well for a good price.
The ahi poke bar is delish!
Basic grocery shopping there is a bit pricey; but for speciality stuff it’s not bad.

This review is for the grocery store only. The café is great. Good food at a good price! Now with that being said…
I have visited this grocery store about a dozen times. Yes, it is beautiful. Yes, it is super clean and has amazing organic selections. But is it a total rip off!!! Now before you get all judgemental and accuse me of being cheap or poor, hear me out. I’m used to expensive grocery trips, I live in SoCal. I frequent Whole Foods and Jensens. I seriously do not MIND spending money on good food. But. Damn. This place makes me feel gouged. 6 dollars for store brand cornflakes is too much. It’s little things like this that I noticed. Now, I could deal with this, hell, I’d even welcome it if if I felt like the store and products were amaxing. Except they aren’t amazing. A few things were off:
1. I purchased jumbo raw shrimp, 25.99 a lb. They were advertised as peeled AND DEVEINED. So I got them because I really hate touching raw shrimp too much. So, I get them home and they are peeled, but only halfway deveined. There were still a lot to be cleaned. That really made me annoyed.
2. One of the employees smelled very strongly of body odor and cigarette smoke.
3. The overall taste of their deli and bakery items are subpar. I much prefer Whole Foods.

I eat here quite often because I work at the hospital and it’s conveniently nearby for a quick lunchbreak. The food is of good quality and service is with a smile. It’s quite pricey though, so beware. The thing that is most negative for me is that they advertise turkey options on their menu, but they are never available. It’s a grocery store… I don’t understand how they could be out of anything. I’ve attempted to order the turkey burger and turkey sausage on different occasions. They are always out. Highly disappointing. If you choose not to eat in the restaurant, they have a salad bar, hot bar, sushi bowl station, pizza, and sandwiches available.

Updating my review because of the consistent service I receive at the Peet’s coffee shop inside. The coffee bar manager remembers my drink from visit to visit and is always personable and friendly. I just wish it still opened at 7am so I could stop in before work when I start at 8am. Otherwise, this would be my daily stop.

Went for the Fish and chips dinner that was advertised. They have a nice café off to the left as you enter the store. Bottom line is that they should stick to selling groceries and get out of the café business. They were under staffed and the food was very undistinguished. Not what you would expect from Bristol Farms. Maybe the thing to do is stop earlier in the day in conjunction with your shopping trip. I would make the effort to go there to eat. They have a better deal at their prepared foods buffet in the store.

Worst customer service of all the Bristol Farms I’ve been to. Petes coffee was helping someone in front of us and said when it was our turn sorry I’m closed, really you saw us standing in line and waited till we got to the order deal to say you’re closed. really bad customer service…

I’ve been to a total of 7 BF locations, including this one & this one is the nicest & most spacious location! I was in the area about 30 minutes away, so I figured I’d shop here on the way home.
It’s very, very nice with all the amenities: Café, full seafood section, large bakery, hot food section, etc. & long aisles that seems longer than the average grocery stores.
The employees have always been pretty nice & this location’s no exception!

The service and organization in the café is awful! I notified them when I arrived and was told to sit anyplace. No one came to take an order. Finally a bus boy came by and got me coffee. All the servers stood around near the cash register and drank cokes and coffee. Finally got the attention of one of them who took my order. The café was busy but during the hour I was there only two wait staff came into the dining area!
No training, no eye contact, no supervision.
Awful service! Food is OK.

My favorite grocery store in Palm Desert. The staff are always friendly and go above and beyond to help. We love Michelle!!! Seriously thank you. We enjoy the juice bar and it’s all organic. They offer high quality items and lots of organic produce.

Really great bread, cheese, and wine options. Have been here a few times and haven’t felt that anything was lacking. Actually, everything is superb. However, it is really expensive. Even by Whole Foods standards, expensive. Then again, I wouldn’t have Bristol any other way. You’re super fancy and you know it. I frequent your Pasadena location when I pass by. Shine on, you crazy (pricey) diamond. You’re actually worth the splurge!

Completely redesigned food service. Hot bar was expanded and updated. They now offer smokehouse selections. Great cheese selection, beautiful bakery. Friendly and helpful meat department w/​grass fed selections. Always a pleasant experience.

Alright I raising my Unilocal rating for Bristol Farms based on dinning over the Memorial Weekend holiday several times.
Bristol Farms quality is superior and u can taste it in the in house prepared foods and groceries. If you haven’t experienced the deli food, sammies or café food you’re missing out. Some items I tried were the tri tip, scallops potatoes, and roasted veggies. For bfast the turkey sausage, egg whites, fresh fruit and rye toast are healthy and reasonably priced.
Be sure to check out the daily special at the Bristol Café which are a bargain. Free WiFi offered in the café.

If there’s not a Whole Foods nearby (and there isn’t in Palm Desert) Bristol Farms is the place to go. We are often in the desert for golf, so we try to stop by as often as we can to get snacks.
They have a great sandwich place inside that does a lot of great types of sandwiches. Their deli has a bunch of pre-​made, fresh salads and entrees to choose from. They source great meat and fresh fish, so it’s a great selection if you want to take home something to cook yourself. They even have a ceviche bar where you can get some of the fresh made poki/​sashimi dishes.
Along with savory food, they also have a great bakery with pies, cakes, and other types of baked goodies. We often go and pick up a few cakes to bring home. Their drink selection is healthy with lots of different options. They have a huge cheese/​bread isle that gets a lot of business from us as well.
All in all a great store with lots of fresh, high-​quality foods. If you can afford to spend a little more on quality, go to Bristol farms. You get what you pay for.