iLayda Marketplace

I enjoy the variety of selections this store has to offer, they also make pretty decent sandwiches, and the cashiers have patience and make sure you leave happy and satisfied. the location is also very convenient

This place is alright if you need to grab something quick and you’re in the area. It seems like they do not check their products very often. While checking out, I noticed some of my products were expired. The customer service is not that great either. It seems as if the workers don’t know where anything is or just don’t want to help. Like I said, if you’re in the area its worth a try. If not, I would rather take the trip to Trader Joe’s.

Kicking it down a notch. Still going here waiting for improvements but it just does not seem to be happening. On more than one occasion I have experienced end of life produce and dairy products that are expired. Their deli counter is in constant flux and inconsistencies. There new thing is full service fresh meats. Everything looked good and the prices were very on point. I am just concerned about shelf life rotation as I have not had good experiences in other departments in this store.

This market is very convenient to where I live — a few minutes walk. For convenience, it is a great market. It is a little pricy, but the produce always look fresh and they have a lot of selection as far as grocery items. LOVE the deli! Their wraps are amazing. One week they were offering complimentary soda/​chips, but the next week they took this offer away. Would love to see this back, because it made a $ 9 wrap more easy to swallow. Of course, I’ll still be back because of convenience.

I like this market. Smaller than Cafasso’s Fairway in size and selection. Many interesting Mediterranean sauces and products as well as fresh fruit and vegetables/​herbs. Suffers from competition to the close Fairway, but is well worth a visit.

This is more like a 2.5÷3 star review.
At first, I was very excited about having a grocery with poultry, fish, and meat nearby. For convenience alone, the place is great. The hours are good and the store is close to me. But as one other reviewer has said, the honeymoon is «now over».
They keep changing the location of their stock. Their employees never seem to know where things are anymore. For example, I was pointed in the wrong direction as to where the tortilla chips were and when I pointed out that I had already searched in the aisle, I was told to «check again». Then when I couldn’t find anything, I was going to just pay for my other items, and then found the chips myself in a completely different location. When I pointed out the inefficiency of having one type of chips in a completely different section of the store from the other types of chips, it was clear that the cashier did not give a $@#! at all. A mistake with locating items is fine but not caring at all when the customer finds these options themselves is a problem. It’s called customer service. Act like you care… even a little bit and even if you don’t mean it. As someone who has worked in customer service, I know this is possible for people at their jobs.
I also stopped getting food items from the hot food area — it doesn’t look sanitary anymore. I’ve seen flies around the food. It just looks questionable. Everything looks dried out under the lamps.
I do wish they would bring the soups back. The first week or so when they opened, they did carry hot soup that you could spoon up and take home. Those were good, although given the condition of the hot food items as I see them now… I’m not sure if I’d like the soup items if they were offered at this time.
At this point, the only thing they have on Juno is that they have protein options (meat, poultry, fish) and are close to my home. If you’re not that close and don’t need protein options, I’d say Juno is better.

I honestly can’t see this place surviving or even making their first anniversary mark. First, if you were to go and order a sandwich, set aside about 30 minutes per sandwich because the person that makes it doesn’t know what’s in each of the sandwiches, nor does the person know how to make it. Oh yeah, and all of the ingredients that is obviously written on the board, isn’t even in their refrigeration. Speaking about refrigeration, all of the meats are not behind a closed door, but out in the open, so talk about heaven for flies and other pests. Then the actual making of the sandwich. you would think that the prices on the board are the set prices, but nope… they weigh it and charge against the price, so if you get a reuben for 7.99, they make it cold (not hot, even if it is a part of the hot menu), and they weigh it at the price of the sandwich so they put the sandwich on the scale, type in 7.99 per pound, and the sandwich comes out more than the price (or less if they under size the sandwich). So for me, I got 2 sandwiches, cold, made incorrectly, without the ingredients mentioned on the menu, with inconsistent pricing, and ended up waiting 1 hour for the guy to make it. Like I said, this place is brand new, and you would think that they would be on top of everything, but nope. And the fly quality control is pretty disgusting. So I can’t wait for any food inspection to come by and flag this place as unsafe. So if I were you reading this review, I honestly would be extra anal retentive looking at how they prepare, stack, store, sell their goods that are not open container. I just see a food poison report in the near future, if not already occurred…
Also, there is no customer service that one can positively experience. one behind the cash register, one behind the deli counter, and that’s it. It was packed, then emptied out where I noticed no one paying but just walking out. Looks like they don’t really want customers but just their money.
This place is also overpriced for mediocre quality food. This place will eventually close down, it is just a matter of when…

Fresh vegetables and fruits plus a large variety — better than Juno and not jammed in like Cafasso’s. Good quality without the Whole Foods prices. The best thing is that it is next door to me. Haven’t tried the roasted chicken or deli counter yet, but people I know tell me both are great.

A month into having iLayda in town, I feel the need to update my review.
It’s still «okay» but there are really lots of better places around if you have a car. Juno and Cafasso as prime examples and Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s if you don’t mind driving longer.
There are some changes since they opened and some negative things I’ve experienced that I want to point out:
1) Organic produce is practically nonexistent. They have some, but they should at least stock the dirty dozen
2) Juice/​Beverage selection is inconsistent. I was excited they had Evolution juices, then went to buy more and there weren’t any more in stock. But I was excited to see they had Kombucha, and then I went to buy more of that and they no longer stocked it. Super disappointing. It’s hardly worth going there if what I’m wanting is no longer stocked.
3) the hot bar has essentially been closed down it appears, but that’s probably a good thing. I believe they were not selling enough so they were reheating the food day in and day out and it was looking pretty dry and awful. The deli case seems to be what they are using now and it’s just served cold and you reheat at home. That was ultimately the better way to go about it. They do have a couple rotisserie chickens i the hot bar area but that’s all.
4) A little concerned about cleanliness. I went to get some food from the salad bar and noticed I’d picked up some food with a black hair in it. Feeling grossed out and no longer hungry, I found and employee to let them know and telling them I would not be purchasing the food I’d selected. They actually gave me a kind of hard time about it saying «Well, it might have been another customer». I said, I’m sure that it was but I wanted to let you know that I’m not planning to buy it. And then they basically gave me permission not to buy it (like it was ever a question!), and said «okay, you don’t have to buy it».
So, now that he honeymoon phase of the grand opening is over, I am not so impressed. The lack of organic produce is a big missing for me and the hair in the salad and response of the employees put a bad taste in my mouth (no pun intended).
It’s worth popping in if you live in the area and of course I do appreciate the convenience but hopefully they read reviews and make some improvements so they can stay in business.

This market is mediocre but convenient. The people who work there do not seem to be happpy, it’s very obvious, and so whether the owner (s) believe this or not, it really reflects on the shopping experience. The feeling of employees having «no interest» is quit palatable. The prepared food is OK, but not wonderful, the convenience of having a market like this within walking distance is great, to get milk and other stuff, but overall I think that this yet another store opened up by foreigners who could care less about those who work for them and show their total disregard for the English Language by sending out a mailer that is written with such blatant grammatical error it is quite disgusting — there is no such thing as saying «WE NOW OPEN» — that’s an absurdity. We use verbs in the English language, and it’s sad to spend my hard earned money in a store owned by people who cannot speak the English language, and the cashiers need to learn manners and what is considered «polite service.» Maybe some training in English and courteous behavior is needed.