Hy-Vee

Food was awesome. I had the Hot Night sushi and was probably one of the best I have had. My wife had the teriyaki wings which were also good. Natasha, the bartender needs to go though. She is poison. Causing issues with other staff and then coming back and talking to other employees about it. Talking about how she is done (with that job) and using vulgar language and talking to other patrons about getting a job with them while she is at work. All in front of us and a full bar. Big chip on her shoulder. Manager played it well and took her aside. Who knows what happened behind the scenes. Minus Natasha, it was great food and good atmosphere. Would have given 4 of 5 stars if she wasn’t our server.

I can’t get over how AWESOME and IMPRESSED I am with this store! In my opinion it’s the best and nicest grocery store in our whole area. To tell you the truth, I think this is the best, nicest grocery store I have ever been to in the state of Minnesota! I love the variety of fresh fruits and veggies. Everything was stocked so beautifully that it looked like it came straight out of a magazine! So many wonderful choices to choose from when it comes to produce, meats, cheeses, and breads. I found that the prices were between .20 — .40 cents less on most items vs the local competitor. And did I mention the organic section? WOW! Is there anything they don’t have? Hy-​Vee stands out from it’s competitors because not only is the store, super clean, and laid out perfectly, but the employees are hands down the best! Everyone there was super friendly. I don’t think I have ever been to a grocery store where so many people said «Hi» to me, asking if they could help me find an item. They must pay their employees well, cause it shows that they care about their jobs. I’m a HUGE fan! Last night was my first grocery shopping experience, and I look forward to my next visit.

This review is on the Market Grille (not the store which is a 9 out of 10). First time coming to the Market Grille. I was here for breakfast. Menu has decent options. I had the half order of biscuits and gravy with 2 pieces of bacon, 2 sausage patties, and 2 eggs over easy. The eggs were cooked to perfection. bacon was solid. The B&G was mediocre. Biscuits were cold and soggy. Gravy nothing special. The sausage patties were very thin and small. Good flavor though. I’ll give them a chance on a different breakfast, but will not order this again

Adam B at the bar was awesome and the food was fantastic! California burger for the hubby and I. Is it wrong that a grocery store is my favorite new bar?

I grew up with Hy-​Vee in west central Illinois so i know the brand, and generally their quality standards well. This store is beautiful. Lots of fresh produce. Wide selection. Fantastic bulk foods section. Everything was brilliant until I got home and checked my reciept. I was over charged by a total of $ 5 due to the incorrect item being rung up for two separate produce items. I’m not sure if this is due to their system not having the correct price/​item associated to the PLU # or if it was an honest mistake on the cashier’s fault. Fortunately when I called the store back they did offer me a store gift card to make up for the error.
Bottom Line: I’m not going to drive 15 minutes to your store if I don’t trust you. ALWAYS CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS!

My fiancé used to live in the Quad Cities on the Illinois/​Iowa border and has been in love with Hy-​Vee ever since. We moved from Illinois to Minnesota last year and we were ecstatic to find out we were getting a Hy-​Vee near our home.
We went right when the New Hope location opened and were amazing at the high-​end look and feel with affordable prices (except for some of the candy). The employees have been pretty friendly as well.
One thing that I absolutely love and I can’t stop raving about is their online ordering. I ordered a large order before Christmas for all of my Christmas cooking along with our regular daily meals. It informed me that they ran out of sprinkles that I wanted. I was bummed but it wasn’t an essential item so I wasn’t too concerned and when I got my groceries they had given me the color of sprinkles I had ordered from the bakery supply free of charge. It was such a great experience and is definitely worth the small charge (which is waived if you spend over $ 100).
I have really only been slightly disappointed with the bakery area. We purchased chocolate chip cookies the one day which were actually some of the worst chocolate chip cookies I’ve eaten but I’ve eaten some of their bread and donuts and those are both good.

This chain has to have some of the nicest grocery stores in Minnesota. This one is new and represents well. The service was good and several employees said hello during my visit. The prices appear fair and the selection is some of the best in the metro I feel. They have a huge selection of deli and ready made foods. The produce was amazing and well organized. I look forward to going back and you should check them out too!

The selection of groceries here is simply amazing! The service was beyond what I have experienced at a grocery store before. If you haven’t been you should definitely give this store a try. You will be amazed at the selection of all products sold from meats to bakery and deli. The prices are fair, compareable to their competitors.

I am from Illinois where we have hyvee everywhere so I was super excited when this one opened just a mile from where I live! I love the organic produce, the hy-​chi is very good and the people who work there are always nice and eager to help if I need it. The benefits for gas are better than Cub as well as the produce and service. Yes you will pay a little bit more for your groceries than at Cub or Walmart but it is definitely worth it and it’s not that much more.

Breakfast at the Market Grille was pretty good. Food — both quality & quantity were a bit above average. Excellent service.

I want desperately to like this place. I’ve been here
At least 10 times since it opened for various reasons. I have gripes.
Can’t we all agree that skim milk is pink and 2% is blue. Not at hy-​vee. Skim is blue and 2% is purple.
Things are just plain hard to find. Try finding pickles. Try finding Dutch processed cocoa, try finding plain tomato sauce. They’re there but good luck.
No naan, anywhere.
Bought some Christmas candy, choc. covered cherries and peanut brittle. Both so terribly old that they did not resemble either product.
Their paper bags are made of self-​destructing paper. You’ll be lucky if you make home without at least one exploding your groceries all over the floor.
Worst parking lot ever. No rhyme or reason to why some lanes are one way and others are two way.
Bought some pastrami all presliced. It was hy-​vee brand and had no flavor.
Things in general seem more expensive but doesn’t have the high end feel of a lunds or byerly’s.
Things I do like
The chi-​vee is pretty good.
The sushi is expensive but tasty
They have chunk hard wood for grilling.
They have an extensive cheese section with knowledgeable staff
All and all I’ll never do my main grocery shopping here. I’ll stop in to pick up a few items but only because it’s close.

I had been meaning to check-​out this newer HyVee location out since it opened and it’s just lovely! I was mostly curious to see what natural food options that they provided for being a mainstream supermarket.
Verdict?
Great! I was impressed that they carried Thousand Hills Cattle Company beef (100% grass fed and generally only carried by co-​ops and natural food stores). That alone is encouraging that they understand what more customers are looking for (clean food)!
The store has the squeaky clean and squeaky new look still.
Tremendous variety and even prepared food options.
I won’t hesitate to come back in the future!

First, the grocery store is a 10. I am finding brands that I cannot find at Target, Lunds, Byerlys, Kowolskis (Sandwich Pal full range of mustards, I’m talking to you). The sincere and helpful staff are setting the bar every high. If you have not checked it out, I strongly encourage you to try. Lots of prepared foods, a Starbucks, a florist, a North Memorial Urgent clinic, a dry cleaner, an amazing selection of homeopathic remedies and organic foods. In fact, the mini «Whole Foods» area is like a market within a market. I was stunned (repeating) at the huge aisle of natural vitamins, remedies etc…
Now for the Bar and Grille. Just such a great addition to this area. We went for the first time around 7pm on Nov 19, and the young man who was the manager on duty (i apologize that I cannot recall his name) was really memorable. He was so earnest when he checked in on us, and he was so proud of the restaurant and the grocery store. I can’t recall seeing someone take so much ownership in a casual (but really delicious) restaurant. We were very impressed. And the menu had sushi, chicken, pastas, burgers, and just about anything you might reasonably want. Wine and beer and I think a full bar. Big screen TVs, lots of booths. We’re adding it to the top of our neighborhood date night restaurants. They have brunch and lunch (maybe breakfast too). The food was really fresh and high quality.
Clearly, we’ve drunk the HY-​Vee Koolaid. Bt obviously it’s a great place to work and the people who work there the happiest I have seen at a Twin Cities’ grocery store.

Positively the best supermarket ever! The selection, staff, décor and customer service are all top notch. They really are in an elite class to themselves on the local supermarket scene. I was a devoted Whole Foods shopper for many years. Hy-​Vee is now my new shopping destination.

New bar and grille connected to the grocery store. Great drink and food specials. TVs everywhere. We’re excited to come back.

What I like:
*Spacious & Clean
*Variety of food –including dragon fruit & other tropical fruits
*Ziyad Mango drink is stocked here. Usually can’t find it anywhere except ethnic food stores.
*Sanpellegrino in various flavors, also stocked here.
*Friendly staff, so far.
What I don’t like:
*Always sold out or very lowly stocked of ready-​to-​go hard boiled eggs. This is an item you can easily always find fully stocked at Lunds or Whole Foods or Almsted’s Fresh Market. But at Hy Vee, expect it to be sold out within 5 seconds because it’s so poorly stocked.
*Cashiers ALWAYS ask me what type of green leafy vegetable I’m buying because they have no clue what spinach, kale, or any other leafy product is? They also don’t even know what a «ginger root» is? It’s hilarious.
*Aisle signs are a dull gray color –which makes it difficult to read and locate items. I would recommend brightly color coded signs instead for a smoother customer experience.
*They only have paper bags, no plastic bags. This makes it very difficult for me because I have to walk a mile (no car) transporting my groceries –and paper bags are more likely to rip than plastic bags.
*The food bar/​salad bar is not as good as Whole Foods or Lunds. I’m a huge food bar/​salad bar fan, and haven’t been at all tempted by a thing at Hy Vee’s food bar.

My review has to be a bit mixed. First off, I am no fan of supermarkets that require me to switch on a GPS to find my way around. I also find the signage to be a bit vague, which makes finding my way around even more difficult.
That said, I was impressed by a few things, especially the bakery and the seafood counter. I have to say this was the first time I have found a bakery of any kind in this city where they know how to handle French baguettes. They don’t pack them in plastic!!! Amazing! Usually, they are, so the crust of the baguette i soft and mushy, quite the opposite of what it should be, nice and crisp and crunchy! That alone will bring me back.
The danish offerings were, alas, very disappointing. All they had were fried ones the day I went. FRIED danishes? Frightening thought, actually.
As for the seafood section, I was very pleased to find such items as live (!) lobsters (gold plated, of course — but they’re there — and barramundi, one of my all-​time favorite fish varieties. Swordfish was another surprise as well. I bought some mussels, which were very fresh and very good.
I was also impressed with the beef section, and bought a pot roast that was both reasonably priced and of very good quality, certainly better than anything I have found at Cub.
I didn’t have time to give the produce or canned goods sections a fair look-​around, so I won’t comment on them. All-​in-​all, I was quite impressed.
Actually, when I stop to think about it, the most impressive thing about the whole store are the street lights in the parking lot! I was stunned as I got in my car to notice that there are both solar panels and small, spiral wind turbines, which obviously power the lights!!! Hooray!!! FINALLY a retail outlet that is environmentally aware enough to incorporate such features. I hope more notice an follow suit in the future! Good on ya, Hi-​Vee!!!

This place is cheaper than Cub and has better selection, and unlike the SLP Cub, the produce isn’t rotting, moldy, and covered in flies! Count me impressed. This is by far one of the best grocery experiences in the Twin Cities without paying the premium at a Lunds & Byerly’s.
Hurry and open one 3 – 5 miles south, guys. You’re doing it right.
Also, great deals on Tenderloin!

I love this store. They such a unique variety of specialty foods. Try Henrietta’s (cartoon) sloppy joe mix and slow cooker sauce. They are Minnesota Made and so delicious. They are available on aisle 3.

Writing a review on the opening weekend of anything is a little risky. But I used to actually write about the retail industry for a living, so I feel a little over-​qualified, I guess. For sure, the new Hy-​Vee store is impressive. It’s huge. It’s pretty. It’s overwhelming with possibility. It’s a real foodie wonderland.
The store itself was everything you’d want on an opening weekend: Crowded as hell, shiny and new, beautifully merchandised and staffed with super friendly employees who despite being harried were still friendly and seemed truly like they wanted to help make your experience as pleasant as possible. Everywhere I looked I was impressed with what I saw.
–The produce section is huge and well-​stocked. There are organic and non-​organic options everywhere. The fruit and veggies are piled high. I will say though that some things I saw confused me – why stock cucumbers sticking up vertically? Maybe aesthetically interesting but kind of weird. And the strawberries I looked at were largely moldy and old looking, though I was able to find some strawberries that were fine.
–The deli counter was mouth-​watering… and they were handing out samples of prosciutto that was not only delicious but cut to order on a deli slicer. WHAT. At $ 25 a pound it was not cheap but so yum. This is also a deli counter where they preslice some of the more popular meats so you can just walk up and grab a pound of whatever.
–The bakery was absolutely cranking out confections, and they all looked lovely. Bread, muffins, doughnuts, really excellent. The woman who helped me was delightfully friendly.
–The bulk dry good section literally took my breath away. It is massive. There were bins and bins of everything from nuts to dried fruit to trail mix. There were something like 10 kinds of sesame sticks, which made my husband ridiculously happy. We did learn that the five-​digit code that you write on your little tag is actually meant to be put into the machines in the bulk area that then spit out a label for your item. That one will take a learning curve for some folks.
–There is a huge organic area over by the dairy and frozen foods, so if you’re looking for those kinds of options, they are at the end of the store.
–The ethnic options were really great. There is a whole aisle of Asian food items, for instance, and I was pleasantly surprised to see the usual variety of Asian cooking items found in most grocery stores AND several brands that I typically only see in Asian food stores. It’s rare for me to find rice sticks, Chinese egg noddles and other ingredients like those in a traditional supermarket. Bravo.
–Some of the aisles are really narrow, which led to big time congestion with the number of people in the store. I thought I was going to have to go all East Coast on some ladies in the dairy aisle to get to my Chobani. But I attribute this largely to the opening weekend crowd. I did note that there were several items in this area where I found varieties I don’t often see in our other area stores. I think this will be something I see more of as I have to explore the shelves at a more leisurely pace once some of the hubub dies down.
–They had every single checkout line open and they were all jammed. Still checking out was pretty pain-​free. AND hurray for a store that lets you take your damn cart out to your car yourself!!!
Overall I would say the prices are a bit more expensive than Cub or even Lunds. It did very much remind me of Wegman’s back East. It was a lovely store and a place that would be just delightful to shop. But be prepared to pay slightly higher than average prices for regular goods and a premium price for premium goods. But that said, there definitely will be items and times for which that is totally worth it. It’s a nice addition to this market, which I think is in need of some good competition. I hope it forces other retailers in the area to up their game. I would definitely say that Hy-​Vee put its best foot forward. I was pretty impressed.
Oh, and there’s a Fuel Perks program. I haven’t learned all the details yet but they had someone stationed at the door handing out cards and brochures.