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January 2024 by Joe G.
For some reason, I had believed Lidl would carry mostly its own brands, and a lot of German foods / brands, but the selection was more like a large gas station in any American city. Nearly half the store's space is dedicated not to food but to every kind of unrelated product. I rarely buy anything but food in a food store but at least in a typical supermarket, the things I don't want are simply inserted here and there. But to have almost half the store full of every kind of non-food item is something that makes no sense to me. And hey, it doesn't have to make sense to me but it is a factor in my never going back. The main reasons I will never go back are:1. The prices were ok, on some items very good, but over all average to a little high2. I only went once, so maybe other cashiers are better, but my cashier had headphones in that she never removed, and she either could not hear me or did not care, because when she said something I told her I could not hear her but she never looked up, never said another word and ignored me the three times I said, as nicely as possible, that I had not heard her. 3. The aisle that goes across the store, left to right, perpendicular to the other aisles, when I was there (end of Dec. 2023), was just wide enough for one cart to go through. So, when someone came in the opposite direction, we had a tough time finding a way for one of us to back up so the other could pass and this was enormously exacerbated by an employee, seemingly a manager, who was stocking water and despite seeing us, did not stop but took 3 or 4 minutes to finish stacking water and then said that I should be glad lest the water fall on my head. That made no sense - if he'd stopped stacking water the water he had stacked would be less, not more likely to topple over and despite seeing customers blocked in both directions, he not only continued what he was doing (i.e., blocking the already narrow aisle), but he never said a word to any of the customers he was blocking until he made the comment I mentioned after he was done. There are probably worse supermarkets but not much worse, and on top of it all, when you pull out of the lot, you exit onto Atlantic Avenue where you could have had an amazing view of the waterfront but instead are treated to the incredible eyesore Oceanside-East Rockaway apartments, sitting on the water, uglier than anything in either town before them, and then you turn onto Atlantic where people drive too fast, the LIRR stops all traffic whenever it goes past, and red light cameras will ticket you if you miss the light by even a second, which is why I have always avoided that street whenever possible, until I decided to check out Lidl. I will now go back to avoiding the whole area.
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November 2023 by Lance E.
I've been occasionally shopping there for the past year. Its direct competition for Aldi, both German style and mostly house bands. However, Aldi consistently does it better. And I think at least a bit better priced.Having said that, I'll elaborate and say the quality of the foods is generally "ok", though again, Aldi's versions tend to be somewhat higher quality.Another issue is that the layout of the store and its products is not as user friendly as other stores. Why is the peanut butter and honey in the produce section? Speaking of honey, I saw a large container clearly marked $3.99, which would have been a very good price. But when I got to the check out - and glad i checked - it was wrung up at $12!!!! It seems I need some Lidle app on my phone to get the lower price. How many items have they over charged me for? I don't know. But doing that even ONCE is a huge turnoff. And makes me feel ripped off.
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November 2023 by Arnel Hajric
Amazing grocery store with good selection and very competitive prices. Great for all your grocery needs.
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October 2023 by Debbie D.
Very rude your store ours are closing at 9 pm when you have 3 people shopping and they were rushing for us to finish at 10 mins to 9pm threating me to canceled my register order cause I had to to my car to get 25 bucks I short and very rude ad the store manager throwing my food threw I have never felt so rushed and uncomfortable in my life the night crew on Wednesday night where unprofessional and cursing at me not the place I would go back to spend my 500 worth of groceries
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September 2023 by Customer X.
Produce is past it's prime, bread was expired, bag of lettuce had to be thrown out 1 day after purchase because it tasted bad, frozen custard coffee cake had expired 2 months ago yet it was still in the food case. I went to save some money and wound up throwing half my items away.I do not trust this place, I'm done
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September 2023 by felicia b.
Just got home and found an animal had eaten though the bread and it's packaging. Very disappointed that I can't even speak to someone on the phone they no longer answer then
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September 2023 by chef4oh1
Watch the fresh fish with the dates the perch had a sell by 9/17/23 today is the 19th- told the guy by the fish dept. he just picked it up and put in a different part of the refrigerator section, should of been removed. That big guy with the beard (can't miss him) is just a waist of time for this store, don't ask him where an item is he will only grunt and point his finger, if still can't locate it and ask a second time he will respond with "we ain't got it". Oh yes don't ask about the broken bottle machine , you will be told not your bissness. It has been out of service for 3 days now. Will never by my soda and seltzer and can soda items anymore. I have a big pile in my garage .The fresh ground meat (meat loaf mix)Always has a foul smell to it. Very few people in this store has the credentials for customer service, can't blame them have to blame the people who hire them and gives them the training. I been training people for customer service over 40 years I haven't met anyone in this place who would get a passing grade in my teachings.
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September 2023 by Marsha S.
I enjoy the products available at lidl but the people who work at this particular location are so unpleasant.
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September 2023 by Courtney Fahn
Many things run out of stock very fast... but is anyway cheap and the quality is pretty good!
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July 2023 by Chishiya Shuntarou
Do not buy meat from this store. These pics were taken Tuesday 7/18/23 at 515PM. I mentioned something to the manager and he told me to mind my business. This is not ok. Not ok at all. I have contacted the health department since the people on their facebook page kept taking my posts down instead of addressing this issue. They are going to get someone killed with this tainted meat.
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July 2023 by Tanya Crici
Dont shop here. I was there on Tuesday night and they had grey/green ground beef on the shelves. Posted to their facebook page with pics and they kept taking my post down. I reported this to the health department
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June 2023 by Ernest Morell Sr
Wife wanted to get a shopping experience of what they were all about...first time visiting with them. Fairly sizable parking lot, now that's was an A+ ... not a whole lotta of food stuff to choose from, but I am pretty sure after awhile it'll all come together.
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June 2023 by Nainesh Shah
Review:Iidl is not your typical grocery store, and it's continuously improving. Every time I visit, I notice more and more cars filling up the parking lot. It a store worth exploring.
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June 2023 by Barton Rampil
All the great things you want and more at reasonable, it's a clean well-run
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April 2023 by HJC IP
They are very close to where I live, very convenient. They stopped carrying a salmon that I really liked, but I started buying elsewhere and found a better quality. They have a good seafood section. Also have an expensive chocolate section, but it all has gluten in it and I get asthma, even with the white chocolate, so all of it has wheat. The store is unique, it is a German store, you can literally by juice and then pick up a dress or shoes in the next aisle. I had a terrible episode last year where a dog was trapped in a car in June, Lidl was completely worthless. There was no manager or anybody that would help. The person pushing the carts couldn't care less. I took a video of him. I had to call 911 and I had a horrible woman coming out of her car who not only did not care about the animal, but did not care about me and was verbally abusive for me trying to save a life. Through the grace of God, I've got the face and the license plate of the woman who was obstructing justice when I tried to save a life. Ultimately will make her famous when I leave town. Not a revenge thing, it's just that she had a child with her and I'm hoping that someone that knows her can possibly get a social service investigation. Anyone that would hate animals and humans that much made me fearful for that poor child. Despite this horrible incident it has been very convenient.