This is the closest Whole Foods to me and it’s well worth the hour drive!! I love the verity of fruits and veggies they have in season. I’m able to find Keto friendly food that I can’t normally find at any of the South County grocery stores.The cashier I got today was super friendly and she even asked if I had Amazon prime to get a discount on my purchase today. I didn’t know that was a thing but glad I was told about it.

Smaller Whole Foods location with a big emphasis on providing exceptional customer experiences.The outside sidewalk leading to the entrance is lined with product - often limited quantity items and I usually find something good.The produce department is tight, but they do a good job keeping it orderly and clean.The meats, cheeses, deli and bakery shops are the draw for me here and I go here a couple times a week.The front end staff are efficient - not chatty nor really friendly and I take it as a sign of the times.Overall a good store and much better in many ways than the Safeway offerings in the area.

Great store with a wide variety of products. They have a hot food bar that offers Mexican bowls and burritos, a sandwich bar, sushi, and local produce. The staff is friendly and provided me ice bags and a bag that keeps items cool that they use for deliveries to keep my purchases cool during my long drive.

Wide range of products and brands. Good for finding ethnic ingredients that are hard to come by in regular supermarkets and groceries. Friendly service and plenty of parking.

Handmade sandwiches were huge, fresh and delectable. Super healthy, quality ingredients, too!

Love coming here. Very clean and organized store. Super friendly people. Always find what I need here at a great price. Will be back.

Great store, especially enjoyed the selection of the salad/dinner bar. Clean and organized throughout the entire store. Checkout person Dom was very personable.

Always crowded. Cash register lines are long. Clearly has outgrown its customer base.

This store is great!! The butcher shop staff are awesome!! Everyone is more than helpful!! Shop here, you wont be disappointed!!

I dont recommend the bakery. They didnt make the cake as ordered, the name was misspelled, and the box was too small so it smashed the flowers on top. For $33 I expect better.Update: A refund was provided after contacting management.

Thanks so much to Benjamin and Piper in the bakery, you guys are amazing, very talented and very helpful. Huge shout out to whole foods bakery. Please support these guys they are awesome. Thanks so making our special day extra special with our Unique wedding cake. 🎉👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏿‍♂️💍💋🥂🍾💕🎂💕🎊🎈🎉

Excellent store. Great selection.

I’m in Monterey for a few days so I came to do some light food shopping. It’s smaller than your standard Whole Foods but still has a very large selection. I appreciated this store highlighting local products. Their displays went beyond the average Whole Foods in promoting local products.Special shout-out to the tall bearer gentlemen stocking the beer. He was exceptionally friendly and gave fantastic advice. I had no idea the green dot signified top selling items over the last 5 months. I took him up on his beer recommendation as well👌.Friendly vibes

The quality of the store continue going down. 5pm Monday - hot food bar is empty, all sushi is gone, pizza heating stand is off with bunch of cold pizza, no hot chicken lines with over 10 people in line … never been that bad even during COVID lockdown…. Now sure how they will handle another 4hr before close ….

How much does one large spoonful of mashed potatoes from the hot bar cost?$2.50!

The quality and service here is great as expected from a Whole Foods. The only reason I took one star off was that in the bakery section with all the muffins and pastries, there were a lot of flies hovering around it and there didnt seem to be anything preventing flies from getting to the pastries and the employees didnt seem to notice it.

Not one of the best Whole Foods Markets in terms of quality and selection but fine and one of the better supermarkets in this area.

Great selection of fruits. Got a really nice Double Chocolate Cake......Mmm so chocolaty!!!!!

Love this whole foods location - never too busy and staff is friendly

Very choice products. Both flowers produce are beautiful. You can find products here you can’t find anywhere else. I look forward to exploring more!

Nice layout and variety of foods at this whole foods. Could use more cashiers to cut the wait in line. Also no self checkouts at this location.

Overpriced grocery store. CoVid compliant. Knowledgeable customer service desk. Prefer Trader Joes but did peruse the bakery. The clerk said the little cake was hazelnut and his favorite. That was a macadamia nut on top upon inspection and indeed was the crumbled nut in the cake. Delicious! But no hazelnut. Lol!

Large selection cheese and wine. Seafood very fresh as is poultry. very organized and excellent service. Easy parking

A smaller size WF. Good deals on some things. I like locally owned stores better. Go to Elroys Fine Foods nearby. Its a vibe.

Of course Whole Foods is always great . Prepared food is the best

Good hygiene and skincare section... I like Pacifica brand skincare

So my initial review was a 5 because I like the products. I lowered my review because: 1. The last time I was here the cashier said if I had Amazon Prime I could get a discount. 2. I purchased Amazon Prime. 3. Went shopping tonight gave her our number and it didnt work. 4. The cashier said if I used the same credit/debit card that I pay our Amazon Prime account with it would work. The thing is we pay our Amazon Prime account with my spouses card (which I didnt have)Anyways.... they should make this easier to use. FYI I have had 2.6 million people pass through my Google reviews/photos

I come here for items that Trader Joes does not carry. The produce is not that much more expensive and in some cases, is less than Safeway. I like the unique items they carry, particularly their range of harder to find mushrooms. It is pricey, but it helps if you have Amazon Prime and either download the Whole Foods Market app or connect your phone number to your Prime account and use that at checkout for additional savings. Service is friendly and professional. They also have hot/cold food you can carry out.

The staff was great but the store ir self is super cramped and the parking lot is literally hell

Excellent products, great quality but high prices.

Curbside is so convenient. Im in and out of there in about 5 minutes. It takes longer just to maneuver around the shopping center. The parking is very tight. But the curbside spots are always available.

Good food, large variety, clean and organized. Lots of Vegan foods.

I like this store. Always find something interesting. The bakery is great. Picking up groceries ordered online is super easy too.

We used to come here for the variety of vegan items they offered, including their freshly made vegan sandwiches that my family loves. The vegan sandwiches are no longer available I was told. How difficult is it to put a vegan sandwich together? Their menus offer nothing but dead animals and dairy that no one even eats. Not a single vegan option! This during a time when the plant based food business is booming!! Apparently Whole Foods in Monterey hasnt caught up. I have absolutely no reason to shop at this overpriced store if they are reducing vegan options. So I went to Safeway instead today and was surprised to find out they now offer much more vegan foods, and they also offer vegan sandwiches, freshly made and cheaper. Bye Bye Whole Foods.

Why ya gotta be so rich to eat good!

WELL ORGANIZED STORE ! My wife and I were on a 7 day vacation in Pacific Grove recently. Whole Foods Market is our fav place to shop so we popped in here to stock up on very important stuff like fresh squeezed orange juice, granola and craft beer...essential stuff for me. We also bought some fresh fruit, Cabot Seriously Sharp Sliced Cheese and Boysenberry Jam. The service was great !

Shopping in never so eàsy get it all

This store is the perfect example of a corporate monopoly, hiding behind the idea of something nutritious that they would provide their customers, while secretly seeping poison into the ingredients to further the wicked agenda of western medicine. The fact is that the establishment of pharma wants one thing, a population of sick people reliant on their drugs, & Whole Foods is on board with that scheme.

I really like this grocery store but I got some pastries that were the worst, super dry and tasteless. I have never had any problems with the food before.

Having your paid shoppers shop while us old folks are supposed to have an hour to shop without youngsters is not safe. Some are not aware of their surroundings especially when the produce section has half a dozen regular employees working for this supposed safe time. Not safe, maybe not legal.

My favorite wholefoods! I always make it a point to stop in when Im in town. They always have the best snacks, fresh ground peanut butter, and local sourdough bread! It always makes my trip to monterey much more special!

This store in Del Monte plaza honestly cannot rest on the laurels of a few good staff member to carry the whole reputation for service. It takes a team guys. Be nice please.

People were rude as we were checking out. Qe went on a lunch break thinking it would be quick...in and oyt experience. Long lines, people cutting in front of me, to an unorganized mess.Not much selection...shelf life of food 2-3 weeks, not enoygh cashiers. Will shop elsewhere.....not likely to return.

Whole Foods is great. They have anything you need there. Prices are comparable to Safeway or Luckys.

Love shopping here. Food is so fresh.

Love the store. Wish their was one in Salinas.

Very clean mid-sized store with helpful staff.

My kid accidentaly broke a bottle of honey in the store, the shopkeeper tell me no charge for that. I feel so bad to broke that item, and thank you for your hospitality.

Good healthy groceries!

I used to shop here but no longer do I shop here...not from this location. The Wholefoods in Monterey needs new management.

Ugh. Love the food, but the self-centered people cluelessly flinging their narcissistic selves around the floor during a pandemic? I can only tolerate these too-close people in golf hats every two months or so.

I like Whole Foods for a number of products I purchase because they are superior to other markets. Their customer service is very good, always friendly, easy to find if I need help.

It was ok...check out clerk barely noticed us...😐 not friendly..

Whole.Thanks enough.Everythings everywhere.Whole. Thats unique availability!

Slave drivers here as elsewhere and were it not for the diary being so incredible, I would not even go into this trap luring the paranoid and obsessive into tormenting overworked retail employees with obnoxious and redundant questions. Most of what they sell you can get a better version at trader joes or safeway and if you need something more than that, just go find a farmer or rancher and buy it direct. But the diary is worth the trip just for it.

Super friendly, very helpful, all items are neatly displayed. Prices are a little steep, but when it comes down to it. You pay for what you get!! I loved it! Thank you

Exelent

I love this location. The staff is awesome!

Pretty place, great stuff for a classy clientele, got some real pecorino Romano cheese..yum. Outdoor sitting to eat drink chat very Nice indeed.

Dont like the fact that Amazon owns it

One of my favorite markets

You can find anythinh here..

This whole foods is a bit small and the selection is strange. It gets the job done though.

Good selection even though it was a smaller store.

Nice place to eat and relax.

This is a great store. Very helpful employees

I have really bad anxiety going into public places at the moment and feel like I have no idea what Im doing half the time so I wouldnt judge Whole Foods solely on this particular review. ✌️

Too crowded.Too much expensive for basics like hamburger buns, flour to etc

Love the cake here

I was shopping in Whole Foods this last Friday. It was really busy and hard to get around. My mask fell below my nose and a Whole Foods employee approached me and asked me if I had a respiratory condition as well any medical conditions that allowed me to have my mask below my nose. Frankly I had not noticed until he said something, I was stunned by the employees question as I am sure he is not trained on the HIPPA laws or even custom service .It was shocking and disappointing that Whole Foods is employing this type of person.I didn’t even respond to the employee I just walked away and continued to shop in a very tight isles with many many customers trying to get around each other. This will be turned into Managment as well higher.

Limited number of people being inside. waiting line to enter store was managed pretty well. Thank you for working hard during covid-19.

Prices are better now with the Amazon merger, but the vegan options arent as grand as they used to be. Sigh...

I love the Whole Food store😊👍

Love the fresh produce and fish!

Nice and clean. Staff is very friendly and follow covid protocol.

Love the store. I wish it had easier parking

No other stores compare in the monterey area that is for sure

Its fine...the people are very nice, its clean everything is presented well...I just have trouble with the prices. Unless you simply must have organic and are used to pay more for it I just dont think its worth it.

Lots of good organic healthy items and Great customer service and due to covid19 workers are doing a very good job in the sanitary of hand held baskets and push carts, but one thing that did come to my attention is that the screen is being sanitized, but not the keyboard where you make your card payment.

French fried potatoes! 🥔Wow. Now! Yum! Here I come! 🍟

Some items are overpriced and can be found elsewhere at a better deal, but variety of selection is amazing. If youre in the market for lots of fresh and beautiful vegan foods, this is by far the best place to find them. I get select items and occasionally hot bar items, which can be hit or miss in flavor. The parking lot and store interior often feel crowded and hard to navigate. Ill always return, though.

Always worth it

It was clean and they were doing a great job enforcing distancing for the Covid. Great whole foods!

Great products, helpful and friendly service!

They had the squash I was looking for and you get a nice discount if youre an amazon prime member

This was great place to spend my whole paycheck on a couple items. But I feel better and know Im saving the planet, especially now that Amazon owns this chain.

Great customer service very friendly personal.

Almost every time I come to whole foods I order a pepperoni pizza and a sausage pizza. If youve ever ordered pizza here you know that the papers you use to order have one side for your first pizza and the back side for your second pizza. 2 times they have forgotten to check both sides of the ordering paper resulting in them giving me a free pizza, not by my choice but by them offering that as compensation for having to wait for another pizza that should have been made in the first place. The last time I came in and ordered they missed the second pizza again. I asked them about a discount because now, once again, one of my pizzas is getting cold and Im stuck waiting here another 20 minutes. They said sure itll be taken off at the register. I get to the register and no one knows anything about the discount. I tell the cashier last time I got it for free. They bring a manager in because they dont know what to do. The manager checks with the guy who is making pizzas and he outright lies and says there was no second pizza. The manager ( Brent) then says there will be no discount. I was not happy at all with this. When I confronted him about the situation he suggested that I was trying to scam them out of a pizza, suggesting that I lied about ordering a second pizza. Then proceeded to tell me it was my fault for not telling them there was two pizzas. I asked him how its my fault or my job to tell the employees there how to read the order papers provided by Whole Foods. They should know how to do their job without me training them. He ignored me and said this, the discount and/or free pizza, would never happen again. It was embarrassing how he handled it in front of all the other customers, degrading for suggesting I was trying to scam them for a pizza and outright rude to suggest I would lie about it. It seems the customer service here needs to be looked at as well as the training for those taking/making orders to understand the ordering papers provided by Whole Foods.

Zucchini muffins are the best!

Delicious salmon for my dinner!

Since Amazon acquired this store chain, things have gone down hill. The rotisserie chicken is now undercooked and tasteless. They certainly lost consistency and now they implemented a new way to order produce and with items on back order. Before there was a wide variety. The Amazon prime discounts are ok, but if you ever came to this store before Amazons acquisition, youll certainly notice the loss in quality and quantity of selection.

Very long line to get in Friday afternoon, no line in the evening about hour and quarter before closing! Impeccably clean bathroom with auto functions.

Great staff!

The selection of vegan groceries here are amazing. I really like the options for vegan jerky and other vegan proteins. The store brand hummus has become one of my favorites - but they also have other yummy brands as well. My girlfriend loves the vegan sweets they have here, including chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies (On the sweets/snacks isle not the bakery) but they do have a vegan chocolate mousse cake in the bakery. The only downside is how crowded it is and not too many friendly faces pushing through the crowds at times.

This review is for The Sandwich Bar in The Kitchen portion of the store. High quality personal service and excellent food. Special thank you to Anne, Mari, and Ramon! Give those 3 a bonus.

Food was not in half as promised

Top quality and great selection. Yes, they’re more expensive than other stores but they’re also BETTER than other stores. I understand that a lot of people can’t afford to shop here regularly and I respect that, but this is still a clear-cut case of “you get what you pay for”. I’ve spent years working in the grocery and food service industries, and personally, I don’t think that better food quality and consistency is available at any other market (indoor or outdoor) in the Monterey area.

Best in its class

I know everyone means well and is trying to accommodate the needs of our most vulnerable populations; however, having the 65+ group come to the store an hour before opening may not be such a great idea. I drove in the parking lot this morning at 8:00 a.m. to see dozens of elderly people standing in the rain outside in a long line, shoulder to shoulder, while WF personnel checked IDs and counted the limited number allowed inside. Its a great idea, but maybe they should hand out numbers and have people wait in their cars - they can text them when its their turn like in restaurants when you are awaiting a reservation. Standing in line coughing and sneezing on each other is only subjecting folks to viruses.

Nice selection, good customer service today