“Today I went to go grab a cake at the bakery because I wanted to go grab a cake for my teacher since I won’t get to see her next year and wanted to surprise her with a “sorry for always being loud” cake to make her happy. The baker said if I wanted take off the happy birthday there will be holes in the cake from accessory, and that she would do it but it can only be with the holes and that she can’t changed it and so I said yes do it either way. She came back and showed me and I saw she fixed it and it looked perfect. I don’t know what he name was but the baker just surprised me good”
“Great place of business! Ray, the shop owner is always willing to work with you as long as you’re respectful. It’s hard to find places like this that understand the importance of customer service these days. Highly recommend.”
“It's a much older ALDI. They all pretty much have the same layout. No self checkout here, so you have to wait in the regular line. No sport bottle filling fountain, just a regular water fountain, that's a bummer. I'd stop in again. Tons of parking, so that was super easy. Kind of a weird shopping mall layout.”
“What a find! I'm new to San Diego, and had never seen Old Poway; ended up going out of my way, by a lot, to pick up a very hard-to-find beverage, which had shown up on this store's website. Alex, at the front desk, was wonderful, and certainly knows his products; kudos to him! I'll definitely make this trip again, whenever I need more of that amazing Bunderberg Root Beer!!”
“Food is good quality although the koubideh kabab is now dry. At first opening years ago, it was juicy and not dry but now it is. The prices have rocketed to such that I don't go often at all anymore sadly. Even the mast o moussir is too expensive. I used to take out the family plate for 47$ at that time, that was enormous in salad, rice, koubideh, barg, chicken we could all eat decently. Now it's close to 70$ and quantities have shrewd down. Do I never take it anymore. But I always appreciate the place, the tea is delicious and I like the ambiance casual. I take a bowl of a (ache) now it's in my budget and I seat and watch.”
“Wendy helped me at the Check out of sprouts. She was very friendly and helped answer questions that I had. I like the sprouts because of the familiar faces and the friendly staff.”
“I like shopping Stater Brothers. It's clean, well lit, well organized, well stocked. The produce is consistently plentiful and high quality. Nicholas has always been most helpful in that department. One suggestion I would like to make is that there is entirely way too much conversation going on between employees. Especially the courtesy clerks who bag the groceries. They discuss a wide range of topics such as movies, video games, partying, breaks, shifts, when the got there, when they're leaving, how long they have or have had to work, more partying, hie much they hate working at Stater Brothers. It's inappropriate and completely unprofessional and I feel so uncomfortable hearing these convos. I'm not eavesdropping, they're saying this at the checkout while I'm standing there. Where am I supposed to go to get away from it? When they get carts from the parking lot they usually do it with their phones in their hands. And they're super rude too. They need more training and better supervision. I've addressed it with the manager but there is never any improvement. Oh well, I think I'm too old school and need to just accept that Stater Brothers knows customers are going to come in regardless so why should they bother expecting their employees to deliver basic courtesy.”
“I went in to the Walmart in Poway the other night to use my ebt thru the Walmart site kinda like tap and pay but you don't tap you just pay with your ebt card that is added to the list of different payment options on their site. After swiping every item I had I go to pay and it wouldn't go thru. This worker name perla forgive me if I'm spelling it wrong went above and beyond trying to help me figure out how to try and make it work. I lost my ebt card and I won't be able to get another one till after the holidays so I figured that the stores that advertise that you can use your ebt through Walmart , door dash , and instacart would be pretty easy, WRONG!! But the manager Perla dedicated herself time to helping me try to figure it out. I would recommend that anyone if your having any issues at the Walmart in Poway go to her. Thanks perla”
“I was able to quickly navigate through the store quickly and found everything I needed. The store was clean and bathrooms too. I know prices have continued to go up but I believe for the food items I purchased I would have gotten a better price at the grocery store. I just didn't feel like making another stop anywhere else. Needless to say the automotive items were fairly priced and that was what I had gone to purchase. Overall I had a good experience.”
“I went in to the Walmart in Poway the other night to use my ebt thru the Walmart site kinda like tap and pay but you don't tap you just pay with your ebt card that is added to the list of different payment options on their site. After swiping every item I had I go to pay and it wouldn't go thru. This worker name perla forgive me if I'm spelling it wrong went above and beyond trying to help me figure out how to try and make it work. I lost my ebt card and I won't be able to get another one till after the holidays so I figured that the stores that advertise that you can use your ebt through Walmart , door dash , and instacart would be pretty easy, WRONG!! But the manager Perla dedicated herself time to helping me try to figure it out. I would recommend that anyone if your having any issues at the Walmart in Poway go to her. Thanks perla”
“I went in to the Walmart in Poway the other night to use my ebt thru the Walmart site kinda like tap and pay but you don't tap you just pay with your ebt card that is added to the list of different payment options on their site. After swiping every item I had I go to pay and it wouldn't go thru. This worker name perla forgive me if I'm spelling it wrong went above and beyond trying to help me figure out how to try and make it work. I lost my ebt card and I won't be able to get another one till after the holidays so I figured that the stores that advertise that you can use your ebt through Walmart , door dash , and instacart would be pretty easy, WRONG!! But the manager Perla dedicated herself time to helping me try to figure it out. I would recommend that anyone if your having any issues at the Walmart in Poway go to her. Thanks perla”
“I’ve had 3 custom cakes made at the Poway Walmart Bakery. The bakery ladies are awesome and are super helpful. The “boy bye” was definitely my favorite. The piping was super crisp. The other two cakes, I felt like the piping around the borders and writing wasn’t as neat. But you can’t beat the price. I love making a strawberry compote and syrup to accompany the cake. Back again with another cake order. This time it was for my friend’s baby shower. Cake came out super cute!”
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