Whole Foods Market

Category:	Grocery Store
Address:	1010 Park Pl, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA
Phone:	+1 650-358-6900
Site:	wholefoodsmarket.com
Rating:	4.2
Working:	8AM–10PM 8AM–10PM 8AM–10PM 8AM–10PM 8AM–10PM 8AM–10PM 8AM–10PM

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Karen V Chin

Smaller size Whole Foods than others I have shopped at, but still has all the great stuff Whole Foods is known for - large section of organic and conventionally grown fruits and veggies. Today, they were carry Sumo Citrus ("locally grown, short growing season, get it now" kind of buy), butcher shop display cases of meats, fish, seafood, poultry, salad bar, bakery (if I have a special occasion, I come here to order my cake because you cannot go wrong and for the price so worth it), cookie bar, deli selection. The wonderful thing about this place is there are smells - fruits, deli food, breads, etc. I can get full by just walking and smelling! My only issue is parking - lot is small and can get crazy, esp on weekends and the Holiday Season, so hence not 5 stars. Staff is friendly and helpful when you need something or get a question answered.

Stefanie Jacinto Deo

I can almost never get a parking slot in the open-air lot right outside Whole Foods, so I usually just go straight to the underground parking. There, in the basement, I can usually park near the elevator and stairs which lead right inside Whole Foods, next to the produce section. I dont shop here often because its not the nearest grocery to my place. But I come here to buy eco-friendly house cleaning products because its sometimes cheaper than Amazon. I also like being able to check out the natural personal care products, like the deodorants (where else can you find these natural brands and see if you like the way they smell? Currently I am pretty happy with Herban Cowboys Blossom). Also, Whole Foods has the best selection of organic ice cream. This is the only place I know of that carries the Three Twins Bittersweet Chocolate flavor. :D

A Private User

TERRIBLE PLACE I ordered the Vegan Holiday Dinner for $80. My scheduled pick-up time was between 8am and 11am - I got there at 8:45am and had to wait 20 minutes while they "put it together". It was CHAOS. Part of the dinner was frozen; the promised heating instructions were not included; and the package of rolls WAS NOT EVEN VEGAN (ingredients included butter, milk, and eggs - all non-vegan)!!!!!! I called the store about returning the rolls, was put on hold, and then was hung up on. This place is a complete rip off and a disaster. AVOID THIS OVERPRICED AND HORRIBLE STORE. Go to Country Sun in Palo Alto or any Molly Stones instead.

Jenny Reid

Hesitant to give it a low score because Im glad its available to me as a resource. Its a good place to find healthful items, but its chock full of unhealthy food displayed in such a way that its meant to temp you to over indulge. Im inclined to avoid it if I can find another way to get the specialty health items I need. The salad bar is not as food allergy friendly as other Whole Foods Ive visited in the past. Im assuming there must not be as much of a demand for it in this area.

Michael Dawson

Food bar is somewhat limited and gets boring, but customer service and overall selection is good. While many of the quality products and produce are actually priced lower than the more standard grocery chains that have started to carry more organic, health and responsible brands/products, watch out for occasional price gouging on select items, such as popular specialty products like the frozen Acai from Sambazon, available 20-30% cheaper elsewhere.

Martha Cortez

Thanksgiving eve I called four times before I could get help. They hung up on me three times. Im still waiting for someone to check on my order. It makes me wonder how together the company is since it started years ago. It has really changed. I started at nine pm and its now nine thirty and still no resolve. This guy just told me five more minutes. I wonder if the food is worth all this anymore.

A Private User

I generally like Whole Foods, but this one just sucks. Awful location, small store, cramped aisles, truly horrendous parking lot. As an added bonus, the staff seems to be the rejects from other stores, having flunked out of working at decent stores because their attitude sucks or they dont know anything. Go to Molly Stones down the road or, well, anywhere else for a better experience.

A Private User

Good choice in food and snacks as well as excellent service although the craft beer selection could be improved. Their fruit and vegetable selection is sometimes as boring as Safeway. TIP: Always check the dates on what you are buying at this Whole Foods. I often find food (bread, fresh cheese and prepared meals) on shelves well past their "use/best by" date!

Tamara Farhat

I love coming here for buying fish and seafood. Everything is fresh and reasonably priced. Theyll clean and cut the fish to your liking too. The produce looks great too, fresh and delicious. The bakery has some amazing tasty treats by the pound, mix & match! The ready to go food, also looked and smelled great! I cant wait to try it soon!

A Private User

I bought some of the "Mushroom Barley Soup." I drove home, hoping to get warmed up from the rain with some hot soup. There was ALMOST NO barley in this soup. For $7, I was very, very disappointed to get a watery soup with not enough sustenance. Ive had this soup before at the Oakland store and it had lots of barley.

Jeff Orange

I mean it is Whole Foods, so of course it is awesome! I dont think I have been to a bad one. The only thing that sucks is the parking. It is a crazy busy parking lot during peak times, so I recommend using the parking garage near the store instead of trying to find parking in a overcrowded parking lot.

Cookie La Paz

I would give them more stars but I have been overcharged so mamy times I always need to be on guards and review my receipt. Otherwise the store is clean, staff is friendly, sufficient merchandise. They used carry raw milk and the Worlds Best Honey, but dont anymore but still have a great selection.

David M.

Mon supermarché préféré ! Produits frais et de qualité, service agréable et prix raisonnables. On voudrait le même en France!

Joe Sterne

Fairly typical Whole Foods (if a bit on the small side). Smaller selection of meat/fish than I have seen at other locations. The extended beer selection (especially bombers) makes up for that though. Great sushi from here. Limited parking, but very easy to get to from the highway.

Alex Mayfield

Always much more expensive than pretty much any other market around, however they do carry niche ingredients and have an extremely expansive stock of unique and awesome products. On an unrelated note: I, and some friends, get a weird, stressed out, unwelcome vibe when we shop here

Noam Kedem

Good selection, great staff, clean. But - very steep prices, no GMO labeling, far too much non-organic produce in the salad and hot food bars (which isnt labeled as "conventional or non-organic", and a Libertarian CEO which bring my review down by two stars.

Ron Ugbeye

UNKEPT Hot Bar. Found flies petching on the food. While back found broken plastic in the Hot bar food.Took a Camera screen shot. Notified Mike a manager, who was so offended by bringing it to his attention, had a very bad attitude. Needs better management.

Matthew Wirgler

I went process free a few months ago and this place is great, you just have to shop smart and selectively. I get produce at Trader Joes. At Whole Foods, I go to the trail mix bar and get non-homogenized milk, bags of edamame and a few other things.