99 Cents Only Store

The grocery section is awesome! It’s like shopping at a grocery store. Food items you would normally buy at Ralph’s are only a dollar at the 99 cents!

This 99 Cents store is HUGE compared to some other ones that I’ve been to. It also has a larger variety of just about everything, from stationary, to produce, to condiments, and everything in between. Needless to say, we came in here thinking we were only going to spend a few dollars, but ended up spending a bit over $ 20 (talk about impulse buying!). The quality of the produce is not the best, but for the price, I’m sure a little quality is sacrificed.
By far my favorite 99 Cents store in the area so far.

Really… pasting a new experation date over an old one… doesn’t seem legal or ethical.

There’s always something cool about the store. I used to think…“Ahh, there’s nothing I want in there!” Boy, was I wrong!!!
Now I end up picking up food items for work, coffee drinks and even have some monster energy drinks sometimes.
It’s funny… Every time I walk to the store I start thinking this is $.99 that is $.99 and by the time I leave at the cash register I got a little basket full of stuff, which is only about $ 12…too cool!!!

Well what can I say? It’s a 99 cent store! It’s got things for 99 cents! How can you possibly beat that! My wife and I go here quite a bit, I mostly go just to tag along and see how much damage I can do 99 cents at a time! Just when I got a full cart and think «Ohhhh man, I’ve done me some damage» I get to the checkout and it winds up being like $ 35 bucks, and I’ve got a dozen shopping bags full of… well, 99 cent stuff! So, if you’re looking to go crazy shopping then end up with a tiny bill and possibly some stuff you might have actually needed! This is the place. Or you can end up like me, bags and bags of just stuff I had to have cause it was only 99 cents! Love it!

I think the only thing that bothers me about this store, is not everything is 99 cents anymore, so you have to really pay attention. I mean I dont think anything is over $ 1.99 but when you shop for a lot of items in bulk like I do, it stinks if you forget and think you are paying 99 cents for everything, and you arent. This last time, I had one item at $ 1.49 and the cashier made me aware of it, which was awesome. I appreciated that.
This store is larger than some. Its clean and seems well organized. The employees are always really friendly as well.
I am a sucker for dollar stores, so I always have to stop in here when I pass by.

What an awesome and large 99 cents only store (although some items are more than 99 cents haha)!
My favorite deal I found:
Organic lettuce for 99 cents! I usually purchase the EXACT SAME organic lettuce at Sprouts for 3.49 but I was pleasantly surprised they sell that here! I wish they carried more organic produce, but heeeey… it’s only 99 cents so I can’t complain too much.
Some other great bargains:
Household items… check!
Kitchen utensils… check!
First aid… check!
HBA…check!
Electronics…check! (they have iPhone chargers… I got an extension chord too)
Painter’s tape and painting supplies… check!
Car accessories… check!
Cleaning supplies… check!
Stationary…wrapping paper… gift bags… check!
I also got a fly swatter. I’m pretty excited about that because I had been looking for one and randomly saw one here lol.
Random…I know…
And the list goes on and on!!!

Some time ago, 99 cents only stores sold everything under 99 cents. Now it’s at least $ 1 for most things.
As of the time of our visit, they only had one cash register open and had to call someone to open up another register, but we still got checked out quickly. They also had some stuff in the middle of one of the aisles, obstructing the path, but we didn’t walk down that aisle anyway so we didn’t need to worry about it.
There are a lot of aisles in this branch with a medium variety of things in each aisle as opposed to a few aisles with a large variety of things in each aisle and divided down the middle of the store like the Foothill Ranch branch. They have a lot of stock of each item. Also, no one seemed to complain about us criticizing the merchandise, especially the My Little Pony tattoos. (It was kind of quiet in there aside from the refrigerator, so you could hear other people talk.)

A few months ago they updated to better brands, better aisles, mass product, etc. Similar to the other 99cent mega stores now! Great product/​brand selection and large location. Good amount of produce and freezer items.
Parking lot sucks tho and its dirty inside (a little better but still kinda dirty). Don’t try going last minute before closing BC they act like it’s cool to keep shopping then u finish and the cashier already left for the night and those workers u thought would help u are just doing stock and can’t ring u up and the manager is asleep. Had to leave and wasted one night filling up the cart ready to spend a good $ 75+ but was told I had to come back the next day. So other than that poor experience there’s no complaints! I typically go to the rancho store that’s a newer one tho – its nicer, cleaner, better produce and better employees.
The best ones tho are in north OC. Yes those ones are ghetto but WAYYY better finds for your buck!

A solid 3.75 stars!
Not everything is 99 cents, but I did not see anything that was over $ 4 inside. They carry generic and national brands. The national brands are a lot smaller, or about 99 cents worth of product. Take Dawn liquid detergent, which they carry, it is only an 9 oz bottle, compared to a full sized generic brand for the same price, from Mexico most likely. But if you do your math and compare prices, purchasing 3 of the national brands here will actually save you more in the long run. The generic brands they carry do not have the same quality as the national brands in my opinion. Their liquid detergent is inferior to Dawn.
They also have a pretty large grocery section with produce, dairy, frozen foods, and other groceries you’ll find elsewhere… for 99 cents. Wow. I will definitely be stopping by again for my gift wrapping needs. I don’t need to pay more than 99 cents for wrapping paper now that I know these stores exist. It will get ripped and thrown away anyway!
Today I purchased some clear plastic trays, candles, some Christmas décor and two gigantic artichokes for a total of $ 23 after tax.
Definitely coming back for some huge savings!

The one star is not for the store. The one start is for the Assistant Manager in line to be Store Manager Grant. As a manager, every interaction with employee or customer should be very professional.
Under the recommendation of my self, a friend went into the Lake Forest store #389 and inquired about the assistant manager position posted on the door. When the «manager» Grant come to the front of the store to give my friend an application, his actions were nothing less than very unprofessional. He looked my friend up and down which gave my friend the impression that it did not matter about their qualifications, they would not be considered for the position based on looks or race.
Apparently, this is not the first time Grant has done this and it has been brought up before. How can someone lead a team and manage a store if their first interactions with customers or potential employees in this unprofessional.
What this so called «manager» does not know, is that I am in that store shopping 2 – 3 times a week. I am an avid 99 cent store shopper and stopped shopping at other locations because this store by far is the cleanest and all the other employees are spectacular.

This store is so nice and clean and smells good! I can’t wait until people start ruining it and it becomes just like all the other ones. Please don’t!

Very clean store. They have a great produce selection here! Love how they carry lots of berries! :) I’ll definitely be coming back to shop! They also close at 10 pm on Saturdays!

This is a brand new store, and it looks like it should be a flagship store for the 99 Cents Only brand.
This place is AWESOME. They have a bigger and better variety than most close out stores, including other 99 Cent stores. Everything is high quality stuff, the staff is very friendly; the store is well-​lit and not overly cluttered.
Check it out for yourself and tell me I am wrong.