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Bristol Farms
3855 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United States
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Ga
Review №1

I needed Madagascar vanilla for my coconut chocolate brownies and they had it!!! Impressive produce, bakery, fish, meat and deli counters! Beautiful selection of ready to eat fresh fruit. Friendly staff! The store wasnt very crowded and eat to find things. Easy access off the freeway.

Ba
Review №2

My favorite store in the whole world. The most friendly employees, great selection of prepared foods, awesome produce, amazing products. Im surprised if anyone has anything bad to say, because its a superior place to shop. I love Bristol Farms.

an
Review №3

I have been in here a couple times, the meat department is very good, the people working here are helpful. All of the people. I called in advance a couple weeks ago and the gentleman went out to the shelves to see if they had what I needed and was very kind. When I went in he showed me where it was and how to navigate the store. It is very clean and well laid out. I live closer to lazy a where I shop several times a week but I highly recommend this store the food is fresh and the people are very helpful

Wi
Review №4

Please think of helping those less fortunate if you shop here a lot and money is no concern. A lot of people are hungry and homeless and dont have the medical help they all deserve as humans

An
Review №5

Moldy cheese before you buy it, bread that doesnt show when they baked it. This location is struggling and theyre choosing to cut corners and sell rotten items instead of using adequate marketing or reasonable prices to get business. things will need to change if this store wants to stay alive.

Be
Review №6

Stay OUT of the Bakery section! 🧁🥯🎂🍰🥧🍮🥟 My goodness. Their 🍪s are beyond describable.😋🤤

Cl
Review №7

Great store! Food selection is wonderful. So nice to have some national brands along with the local, natural, etc brands. Wine selection is great as well.

te
Review №8

Did not have what I came for. Produce kind of brown and sad. Prices are way too high! Ice-Tea was lousy from the coffee bar. Tasted like water. I will not return to this store.Bristol Farms owns Lazy Acres which is a far superior store.

Sk
Review №9

Beautiful displays, everything is faced beautifully, the store has a massive selection of specialty and gourmet items. Its a bit more on the expensive side. But thats Bristol Farms for ya. I wont be making it my primary source of shopping, but if I couldnt find an item anywhere else. I have a good feeling Bristol Farms would have it.

Pe
Review №10

Alex was so helpful! A master in all produce! Thank you for making the shopping so much quicker!

Ti
Review №11

Very clean nice place tea shop and they have a deli if you are looking for lunch

Al
Review №12

Left my phone in the bathroom and it wS still there when I came back. Awesome 👌

En
Review №13

Beautiful store, for starters, that has a pristine feel and perfect air conditioning. The selection of baked goods and variety of wines/ other spirits is incomparable to other grocery stores. Not to mention the friendly staff and safe Covid protocols. Great place to stop by and buy great food at a decent price.

Ca
Review №14

Bristol Farms makes it a joy to shop. The employees are very friendly and helpful especially the butchers. They are amazing. The service they give compare to the stand only butcher shops back in my country. It is a little expensive, but if you go on senior day and take advantage of the specials, you only spend a few dollars more. I dont recommend buying toilet paper or potato chips etc. but for specialty items they are second to none.

De
Review №15

When you want the BEST....you wont be disappointed!

Gi
Review №16

Got lunch there. Good selection of ready to eat food.

Ro
Review №17

I really liked the store. But i got 1 bag of groceries and it was $100.00. I got 9 items

Bh
Review №18

Overall, a mixed experience. Yes, an impressively large array of products.Probably the best cheese selection among chain supermarkets in town. But on the yogurt rack, we found multiple units 6 days beyond expiry date. Bought a bundt cake which left a sticky, oily film in my mouth.

Ry
Review №19

This is an absolutely beautiful store and it is filled with fantastic staff.The only issues Ive ever had were with our Thanksgiving turkey being completely raw instead of par-cooked, setting our dinner back a few hours, but the store managers went above and beyond making it right for us.The meat department manager seemed very invested in our happiness and we cant say enough good things.Weve also had an issue being overcharged by for coffee by some of the cashiers at the coffee/juice bar, but that has now been fixed it looks like.The hot food cases are great, weve never been disappointed with a dish.Everyone at the butcher block is an absolute rockstar.I cant say enough good things and this store and its staff.

Si
Review №20

Love the place for special purchases, not too crowded, everything I need

We
Review №21

What makes people rave about this store and its food? Trader Joes is in better locations, has much friendlier and more competent staff, sells fresher produce, and organizes its products more logically. But then again, experiments have shown that people think more expensive means better. According to this metric, Bristol Farm would need to be much better...

Pa
Review №22

Lady that was bagging kept looking at my arm. I didnt like that.

Al
Review №23

Brand spanking new store!Listen, it is expensive.You get what you pay for, I don’t wanna hear it!I have tried their sushi rolls, which were surprisingly good. They are made fresh by the guys behind the counter regularly/throughout the day so you don’t have to worry about it being old. The area where you can make sandwiches I’m still experimenting with. I got the cheese steak and tried their turkey. Both yummy! At the time I ordered my cheesesteak sandwich they were out of sautéed onions, I said it’s fine don’t worry, but guy back there was nice enough to whip me up some anyways. Which was grrreeaat! Now over in the front they also have a coffee & fruit bowl area. The coffees are really good, now I go in before work just for coffees. I’m still not sure about the bowls though!

Ch
Review №24

The drink selection of vegan shakes and blends is amazing

Ja
Review №25

Really nice store, short lines with unique products. But you have to be careful and not let those furnishings fool you, I just got back from visiting both Whole Foods and Bristol Farms and Pliny the Elder beer was $6 at Whole Foods and $7 at Bristol Farms, per bottle. Poliziano Rosso De Montepulciano was $15 at Whole Foods and $20 at Bristol Farms. Bristol Farms did have a premium wine section with rare wines that Whole Foods didnt have. Just make sure youre not paying 16-33% more for the same stuff if thats important to you

An
Review №26

A grocery store in a class of its own. Bristol Farms found a way to combine the best aspects of the quaint boutique experience with the size and variety demanded by contemporary grocery consumers. To take it one step further, they offer amazing, restaurant quality hot food and gourmet baked goods to satisfy even the most discriminating palate.

Na
Review №27

Products Price are little high, but if you like some unique fresh fruit such as Lychee you can find it here. While We was waited for a table at Lure fish House, We stop in this place for little snack, and we got 2 pound fresh Lychee for $13.99. We loved it.😍

DJ
Review №28

Nice store, with wide selection of specialty groceries. Trade-off is higher prices, but if looking for quality or special item, it is the place to go.

Dr
Review №29

Very nice store, with great options !!

ro
Review №30

Bristol Farms offers some unique, high quality dairy and cheeses that no one else has in Southern California.

Er
Review №31

Later in the evening, the store is empty and very easy to shop in. Employees are very helpful when checking out. Note - if you bring your own bags, they cannot bag the groceries for you.

Sa
Review №32

Never going to buy cooked food from this store. Their rotisserie chicken is maybe a week old, dry, rough and rotten smelling. Just horrible how they fool the customer by heating food and displaying it as it is made fresh

je
Review №33

Salmon was wrapped poorly and leaked on other things in my bag. 😯 Person selecting the salmon used the same gloves he had on while putting shrimp away. I dont like shrimp and I am unhappy that he didnt change his gloves to provide the service of another seafood.

Se
Review №34

Great selection of organic food. Cakes and sweets are superb

Ti
Review №35

Absolutely fabulous! Stopped in at the new Bristol Farms in Santa Barbara & spent over an hour browsing, shopping & having a great time checking out the offerings. This is by far the best grocery store around, full of natural, organic, high quality items, and a friendly, helpful staff.

Da
Review №36

Sashimi here is pretty good for a grocery store.

Ja
Review №37

Absolutely, without a doubt, the BEST grocery store in Santa Barbara, period. Waaaay better than Whole Foods, Lazy Acres and Gelsons. Enormous selection of both organic and standard options, all very high quality. Beautiful store.

Ma
Review №38

Such a beautiful store with a great array of products. My version of Disney Land!

Ad
Review №39

Great place. Friendly service. Nice prices.

Ra
Review №40

This is one of the best markets ive ever visited, their selection of quality product is amazing. Not to mention that their ready to eat options are bomb aswell. ill be back !

Ca
Review №41

Beautiful store howbeit in a little pricey

Je
Review №42

So happy Bristol Farms finally opened! You will not be disappointed. Very spacious and so many specialty/ gourmet islands!

Th
Review №43

I had a sandwich from their deli and it was delicious.

Tr
Review №44

This place has it all, but it comes at a premium price. Be aware when buying sushi that there is no ginger, wasabi or soy sauce packets included (?).

Se
Review №45

Great store great staff

Ge
Review №46

Expensive but great store.

Te
Review №47

Great food! I love the deli loaded fries wuth Tri-tip on top, yummy for my tummy! I also bought brisket to make my homemade chili.

Ch
Review №48

Very nice store great selection. But a little on the pricey side.

Da
Review №49

All products sold at Bristol Farms are of excellent quality.

Li
Review №50

Love this beautiful, spacious store. Ive been there 4 times now, and STILL havent seen every aisle yet.

St
Review №51

Trophy wife shopping store,, woman hit my car in parking lot then drove away in Merced Benz l trying to catch up to her get plate number, but she out ran before l could called the police 🚓

Je
Review №52

Nice and clean, friendly staff, limited selection of some things I like. Prices generally more than lazy acres,

Ka
Review №53

Clean nice store. Pheasant employees. Overpriced I wont be shopping there.

Pa
Review №54

Good food!

Tr
Review №55

Found what I needed, and then some!

Er
Review №56

Very good service and speciality product assortment

Ma
Review №57

Great store with exceptional quality. Friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff

Ro
Review №58

Its a dangerous place for me to be in!

Ke
Review №59

Amazing..clean..helpful staff..fresh..great variety.love love love

Ka
Review №60

The cash register over charged me $30.00 and the meat over charged me $00.50 a pound on my Turkey

Av
Review №61

Best place to get prepared meals...

Ju
Review №62

Clean, well appointed. Friendly staff!!!

Br
Review №63

Everything is so nice especially the employees

Gr
Review №64

Great sushi, cookies and sandwiches

Ta
Review №65

I like this store!

Oa
Review №66

Youve done something wrong because bran muffins are not supposed to be this delicious!!

Th
Review №67

Nice store, clean, and staff is nice.

Jo
Review №68

They play good music

Pa
Review №69

Impeccible customer service and friendly staff!

Th
Review №70

Good stuff

KI
Review №71

Overstated.. Poor quality

Ra
Review №72

Love it

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4.7 Rating
  • Address:3855 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United States
  • Site:https://bristolfarms.com/store/la-cumbre/
  • Phone:+1 805-738-7700
Categories
  • Grocery store
Working hours
  • Monday:7AM–10PM
  • Tuesday:7AM–10PM
  • Wednesday:7AM–10PM
  • Thursday:7AM–10PM
  • Friday:7AM–10PM
  • Saturday:7AM–10PM
  • Sunday:7AM–10PM
Service options
  • In-store pickup:Yes
  • In-store shopping:Yes
Health & safety
  • Mask required:Yes
  • Safety dividers at checkout:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot:Yes
Offerings
  • Organic products:Yes
  • Prepared foods:Yes
  • Salad bar:Yes
Payments
  • NFC mobile payments:Yes
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