Ralph’s

Our neighborhood Ralph… Just got this (molten chocolate lava cake) today (see pic) came home, open the box… It was Moldy-​molten chocolate lava cake. Going back to show it to the manager. First time any issues with this Ralph. (See pics)

this is review about ralph’s pharmacy… the best kept secret in los angeles. the pharmacy at 260 s labrea is a miracle. i am a pharmacy snob and i am very particular where i go. i used this pharmacy once for a flu shot about eight years ago and have never left. it is what the old private pharmacies use to be about… thank you thank you thank you. jeanette post

This Ralphs is really nice! I came here for a cake for my daughter’s birthday, which happens to be on Christmas day. They were the only Ralphs open and who’s bakery was taking cake orders. Their cake decorator Karina is amazing! She contacted me throughout the morning she was decorating the cake and was so accommodating with the design I wanted. I texted her a picture and she worked her magic it was beautiful!

I meant to write this two weeks ago. But this Ralphs is prejudice against blacks.
So I’m a young black professional. I grocery shop on Sunday’s looking as homely and tore down as possible because it is my God given right to be lazy and ugly on Sunday’s.
So I am making jambalaya, just left trader joes and and forgot a couple ingredients. You know how bad the parking lot for trader joes is… So I go to Ralphs next door. I am checking out and the guy asks if I need a bag… It’s like 5 things and I have a 6 bags in my car I can dump the stuff in. So I decline the bag. Then the cashier asks if I’m going to steal the basket.
What? Steal the basket? I shoot him this look like «seriously?» He was like oh we have a problem with people stealing our baskets so I just had to ask. Dude didn’t ask any one in line before me. It’s a 10 item or less line, I’m not the first to decline a bag and use a basket. And he wasn’t joking. I’m fluent in sarcasm.
I’m wearing clean clothes that has my college alumni and I used a debit card. Is that typical of basket thieves? Because I’m a black woman in a hoodie, I seem a lil suspicious? Hate this store.

I love to purchase my kosher food here. They have a great selection of kosher food but one of my favorites is their cheese selection. I look forward to coming in every time.

They carry a huge selection for «healthy eaters», meaning deals on fresh organic produce «) ($ 1 kale, $ 1.99 chard), huge frozen veggies section, which not all grocery stores do.
My biggest gratitude is that they carry a lot of frozen Quorn brand vegetarian meat substitutes. My favorite (and rarest to find) The T’urky roast.
Please also add the buffalo chicken nuggets and I will send everyone to your store!
The clerks were funny. Although the security guard made us feel unwelcome and a bit stalked.

A great location if you want to get kosher and Jewish food and dishes. This Ralph’s has the biggest selection of kosher and Jewish food. It’s big and spacious. The parking lot is plentiful as well. Staff is great and friendly. They are always more than happy to assist and stop what they’re going to help you located whatever it is you’re looking for.

I absolutely love this Ralph’s location. I drive a couple of miles out of my way to go here (1233 N La Brea Ave is closer). They have the best produce and I know it will not spoil within a couple of days. Their manager specials are amazing. I’ve compared the markdowns on the same day on the same bakery items at this location and the one at1233 N La Brea Ave and the discount here is 70−90% vs 20% at the other location. The people working there are always happy to help and go out of their way to help you find whatever you are looking for.

The deli takes FOREVER.
I always expect to be waiting 10+ minutes and I ALWAYS DO.
The employees work at glacial pace. You can tell they hate their jobs– so why bother.
Not that I blame them.

Nice spacious Ralph’s location. Ample stock of fresh produce on the weekends. They also have a great hot foods area where I like to pick up some rotisserie or friend chicken for dinner on occasions. Checkout never too ridiculous. I can pay for my stuff and be out in 5. Parking lot is big so no issues with parking. Watch out for grocery cart in between cars though.

Having to take a dump in a dirty bathroom stall is embarrassing enough. Having the cleaning person come in while u dump even worse. Then having that ass hole get security because im waiting until he leaves is really screwed up. Im sure you thought i was a homeless person or asleep. But when i respond and u see im not, just say your sorry and not that i take too long to take a crap. That ass hat janitor is a dick and the securiy guard needs a talking too. Not all who shop at 3:30 are homeless and most dont want to ever usebyour bathroom, sadly my body doesnt care. Shame on your handling of this. Like many stores the customer skills of your employees are as filthy as your bathroom.

Normaly a avoid this place at business hours, I use to go on trader joe’s on the other side of the street where the customer service and the quality of the goods are light years better, so this single star is only for the employees, specially the cashiers that works there after 9:00 pm.
I was in this place several times at night, in almost all occasions the cashiers are rude and dont make absolutely any effort to help you if you have a question. The security is also obnoxious and don’t avoid homelles people asking for money In the parking area, I was profiled there several times, if they do such thing with an nerd-​looking guy like me they probably do with anyone who goes there.
Avoid this place if you have another altenative to buy some food late at night.

The workers here have never been overly pleasant or helpful (except for the lady at the seafood counter), but today I was met with and incredible amount of disrespect by Daniel, in the meat section. This guy and his heavyset colleague were beyond rude and acted like I was bothering them when I asked for help. When another customer walked up they asked her if she needed help even though I had been standing there for a couple of minutes obviously looking for something. While I was looking, Daniel took my shopping cart and rolled it all the way to the end of the aisle. When I turned around I had to go looking for it. It’s great to see that he has enough time on his hands to play games, but has no time to actually help a customer.
I don’t expect much when grocery shopping, but I do expect the workers to act like they have some common sense. I’ll take my business to a store that pays a little more for a better caliber of employee.

This store needs to get their act together. First the cheese department personnel have no clue what product they carry and what they don’t. They are too busy cutting the product to assist you with finding what you’re looking for. Next, if you are going to have self checkout then someone shouldn’t have to spend 5 minutes asking for someone to help you when you’ve completed your transaction and all of a sudden the machine says an attendant will come to assist you. For no reason whatsoever! Where’s he attendant?
It’s supposed to make it faster not frustrating! I can think of another «F» word to but won’t use it or come back to this one! Manager was working checkout next to it too and repeatedly ignored 2 customers requests for help asking for the attendant!
Lastly, it’s 11:34 on a holiday why the four letter word aren’t all of the doors in he front open? It’s not closing time! Not late at night!
Overall frustrating experience!

Not much to really say about Ralphs. I prefer this location as opposed to the one on wilshire and Ridgely because it has same level parking (Ridgely has underground. It’s a bit time consuming if you buy a lot of stuff and have to wait for the elevator to take your cart down.)
They recently renovated and it’s nicer than it was before. They occasionally have a lady out in front giving out samples of their rolls.
I usually check out at the self-​checkout stand and haven’t had any issues. I’m usually in and out.

At first, I really liked the natural light coming from the ceiling, but the market layout is a mess, very uncommon, hard to find what you want. To cap the experience, the front guys were very rude. Won’t go to this Ralph’s again.
UPDATE:
I have to update my review. I had to go to this Ralph’s again and everything changed. People there were so nice! Now It is one of my favorite places and I never had a bad experience again. Updated my 2 stars for 4 stars. Still a messy layout.

I have to give a major shout out to Karina Abraham, the cake baker in this Ralphs. She is amazing!
I came in with an idea of what I wanted for my best friend’s cake for her «Tacky Prom Birthday»…I showed Karina a picture of what I wanted– a rainbow leopard cake with all sorts of roses and a pink bow with the trim multicolored M & M’s. She said «no problem, honey» and she painstakingly took into account every detail I wanted.
I was thrilled when I saw it! I didn’t count on it actually tasting good though– I usually buy cakes from a pastry shop– but to my surprise it was soooo good! It was creamy and moist and delicious in addition to being a showstopper! A customer walking by in Ralph’s stopped to take a picture of it!
My best friend was blown away by the cake. It made her party! All for a very affordable price! Amazing! I will be telling everyone I know to get their cakes from Karina.

I went to this Ralphs because I had a pile of coupons from my Ralphs Club Card to use before they expired. I managed to save $ 60 using the card and coupons — so my bill would have normally been $ 180, but today it was $ 120. That’s a big savings — gives me some extra money to go out to a few more restaurants and Unilocal about them.
Spent most of my time in the produce section. Unfortunately, they did not have the chopped red cabbage in a box (I guess I will have to chop it myself) — and I was really surprised to see the small selection of Winter Squash. I’ve seen a few other grocery stores that already offering a big variety of the winter squash, but this Ralphs only had the basics — spaghetti, acorn and butternut — none of the fancier varieties.
I understand it was late in the afternoon on a Sunday. But many of the shelves were low. There was sparkling water on sales with a coupon, and they were almost out of it. Same with a certain brand of canned beans.
Then when I got to the tissue isle, of course the only boxes of tissues I wanted were on the top shelf all the way to the back. I did not feel like walking all the way to the front to try to find someone to pull down the tissue boxes. So I called them from my cell phone !
They answered the phone and I said «Is this the Ralphs on La Brea?» «Yes.»
“Good, I’m on Aisle 16, can you send someone over to get something down from the top shelf.“
I’m sure they got a chuckle telling the stock boy that someone just called from aisle 16 and go help them get an item. He arrived promptly to help me and I got the item I needed.

This is a typical Ralphs. Aisles are clean and organized well. Products are easy to find.
This is the only store I’ve seen that has a blood pressure machine that also measures body fat for free!
The store is conveniently located across the street from CVS and Trader Joes.

I’m not Jewish but I feel Jewish.
Growing up, matzo and Mogen David were staples in our home, hm…
I have always kept a semi-​kosher kitchen, predominately out of respect for vegan friends. It works.
I’m an omnivore with vegan tendencies.
I eat meat on rare occasion. I prefer to eat kosher meat when I do. It’s the slaughtering ritual that makes sense to me.
The Kosher Experience
at Ralph’s is more than I expected
and definitely way more than an offering of Empire® chicken at other mainstream retailers. I have found my new go-​to for meat when needed.
Bulk foods to bakery, to an expanded organic produce department, Ralph’s upgrade here is a welcome improvement!