Whole Foods Market

Love this place! You can get anything and everything from this store. I love the hamburgers in the bar, a date smoothie from the coffee bar, and a red velvet macaroon from bakery. Just to name a few of my favorites. The list is endless. Everyone seems to be very helpful and knowledgeable, with the help of Danielle I was able to find out about kids club.

I love Whole Foods always — but my experience was made special and rewarding when I was helped in bakery by Toni Bellantoni who guided me through some decisions for party desserts with such patience and care. I highly recommend their bakery and if you’re lucky Toni Bellantoni will be working when you’re there.

I shop here regularly even weekly for my groceries. The aisles are perfectly stocked and organized. They have everything you are looking for. My fiancé and I only way non-​gmo items and we are always happy to see whole foods has plenty of options. Their only down fall is their service. Well at least some employees anyways. I decided to have lunch at their in store café (which I had heard was really good). After shopping for my groceries I took a seat in their open seating area. I sat there for 10 minutes and realized I was not going to be taken care of, I noticed the bartenders looking at me but no one ever came by. I saw a server pass by and asked if I had to order at the bar or if I would have a server at my table. She mentioned that I should have a server and asked if I would like to see a menu. I said yes and she brought me one. I looked at the menu for a few minutes and decided I knew what I would like to try but did have a few questions regarding the menu, but no one ever came back. I was hungry and since no one ever came back to check on me I just left. I will continue to shop for groceries but I don’t know if I’ll go back to the café. It’s a bummer though I really wanted to try it.

Very friendly environment, Toni was very helpful in the bakery and their tarts are delicious!

I was shopping with my toddler and had several employees greet me in a friendly manner. Toni from the bakery gave my little one a cookie to keep her occupied and happy; less stress for this mama! Plus the cookie was delicious! Highly recommended!

I have always had really great experiences in the Whole Foods in Palm Desert but I can honestly say their service and hot food bar has really gone down hill! I had gone in to grab dinner three nights this week and the selection has been just about the same all three nights. Also, almost everything contained either wheat, soy or dairy. Really??? Tonight I arrived at 6:45 p.m. and all the soups were gone except three of them and two of them were so far down there was nothing left. Also, most of the hot dishes were missing the tags letting me know what it was and the ingredients. It’s not like I arrive 10 minutes before they closed. They used to keep everything stocked and fresh with a better selection. I will need to find some other place to grab dinner.

I LOOOOOVE WF but… this location is by FAR the worst I’ve ever been to unfortunately. The hot bar and the now ‘self serve’ pizza are atrociously poor — they are often unattended and neglected to the point of being poorly stocked and unclean. The self serve pizza is, in particular, unbelievably bad — overly greasy (really WF? THIS is what you serve a health minded clientele??) and as its sitting under heat lamps like common fast food, hard and old tasting. I’m just simply shocked at the conditions at this location… I’ve been to locations across the country in various states and I can honestly say that I have NEVER encountered such a poorly run and presented location. I’m beyond taken aback that this is what WF decided to give one of the most affluent communities in the country…

Over priced. Hot food bar is subpar and looks old. Got a sushi hand roll once and it was loaded full of scales. Service is spotty. Sometimes you get people who are really nice and sometimes you get people who just don’t care about anything. For the prices I’m not willing to over look the other stuff.

One of my favorite Whole Foods locations in the country! The wine bar is wonderful, and the food selection is great too (both at the bar and in the store). Can’t forget the smoothie and juice bars! You can get a fresh pressed juice or a smoothie blend made fresh. I’ve stopped by many times just to grab a bite of something fast but healthier than other quick options in the area.
And of course all the employees are wonderful as well. I’ve since moved out of the area and still fondly remember shopping at this Whole Foods location!

I have been a loyal customer of Whole Foods Markets for years. Having just purchased a home in Palm Springs, I’m very disappointed in the Palm Desert Store! Here are the store challenges:
–It’s shockingly small size and selection.
–Service counter staff does not make eye contact and they don’t even say, I will be with you in a moment.
— They now offer self serve pizza, that’s kept warm by heating lamps, are you kidding me?! This is what you offer one of the most affluent communities in the country? Who is running the show here, I think it’s time for some serious change. This «new self serve concept» that WF Markets is serving up, will only ruin them! They are focusing too much on making deals and at the cost of customer service and quality!

My first trip to this Whole Foods and it will be our last… My husband & I walked in the door to juice bar for a shot of wheatgrass. Three employees were visiting with one another and never acknowledged us. We decided to shop, then get one on the way out. thinking maybe they will be more focused. Meat counter: rude butcher to people before me, out of 2 items, then when we checked out the checker just said «I’ll be back in a minute» & just walked off. For a store that charges a premium they don’t train their employees to care about the customers. ROTTEN TOMATOES!

OMG! Service sucks in the place!!! I mean is Really Really bad!
Time of delivery of anything you ask and getting what you ask is a lot for those people!
Stay away!

We decided to skip cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year and ordered our big turkey dinner from Whole Foods. Sadly, except for the turkey, it was REALLY disappointing. The turkey was actually awesome, but the sides were sad. The vegan mashed potatoes were kind of tasteless. The stuffing was so bad that no one ate it. The cranberries were kind of lame… And… we didn’t expect to have to actually made anything, but the stuffing is actually a stuffing kit. So when I picked up the meal late afternoon on Thanksgiving Day, we wound up having to do all the prep really quickly when we got back to the house before the guests arrived.

This location get worse every time I go there. I emailed the corporate office and didn’t get a reply. Here’s some photos on last visit to the store. I see this on several visits a week. How would you rate it?
The soup pictures were taken when I walked up I didn’t lift the lids. They were like that when I arrived. Neglected.

When I say, 2 stars I’m referring mostly to the service and particularly the sandwich bar! I just recently bought a weekend house nearby and I’ve been to the sandwich bar twice so far and both times have been disappointing.
First off, the people behind the counter are not «sandwich artists» by any stretch of the imagination. Both times, the employees were making my sandwiches and reading the instructions straight off the menu like it was the very first time they have laid eyes on the thing… not impressive!
The first guy who helped me looked like he was straight out of the penitentiary with tattoos literally from his chin to his fingertips… seriously? And I wouldn’t have minded so much accept that he was totally unprofessional! When I asked about the «sandwich of the month» which was printed right on the menu, he exclaimed «never heard of it!» Great. Then he proceeded to list everything he was out of! Keep in mind it was only noon or so. Hey dude, how about telling me what you CAN sell me instead of highlighting everything you can’t do? Apparently no one taught this guy and sales techniques.
So, i proceeded to order this Italian sandwich and he’s slapping it together so incredibly fast as he reads the menu for instructions, he misses like 2 types of meat that are on the list. For some reason, I felt as if I’d be bothering him to ask why he only put 2 types of meat on when clearly it lists 4 but whatever…
The sandwiches ended up tasting fine but the whole experience is not what I’d expect from a Whole Foods.
Second time around at the sandwich bar, same thing… different employee. She equally acted like it was her first time around bread and meat and intently read the menu for instructions on how to make the sandwich. Again, she was out of half the bread! Now, keep in mind you are literally next to a plethera of awesome looking bread that is apparently hands off to the sandwich staff because they are only allowed to use the crappy bread no one bothers to stock and not the nice, freshly baked gourmet bread sitting next to them… weird! This time my Italians came out really crappy because despite her intently studying the menu she forgot the red peppers and apparently, the menu forgot to tell her to not slather on 2 pounds of mustard and that is basically all I could taste. Come on WH, you can do better then this!
You staff is lacking personality and most importantly… FOOD SKILLS!!! Who slaps on tons of mustard on an Italian… why is there mustard on it at all?
The Pizza Bar: their pizza is actually really good! It does take FOREVER to get a slice to go… it could be up to 20 minutes so make sure you have some shopping to do and there is no calling ahead or ordering on-line…why WH?
I’ve ate several times at the Tap-​In restaurant and it’s pretty good for a beer or a glass of wine. The menu is pretty limited and you can’t order a sandwich from them, you have to go into the store and pay separately… i think that’s a mistake. The servers in the restaurant are always pretty nice and the selection of beer is very good.
They have this 10% off locals thing that they were asking us a month or so back but now no one mentions it so I’m not sure if that was just a summer thing or what?
Overall, I’ve experienced much better hence the 2 stars. I live 5 minutes away so i do hope they get their act together.

Usually this is one of my top whole foods locations along with the one in culver city, today just wasn’t their day. Furthermore they were not fully stocked full of nasty attitudes and unsanitary habits. Today it was a sequence of events that really got under my skin. First I went to the restaurant inside the store ordered some lunch, after my order was taken I’m waiting around and just so happen to glance over at the cook. He decides to rub his fingers across his nose never changed his gloves and continued to make food.
There is certain etiquette to have when preparing others food and its called food safety. This comes first, should be taught during training and applied during the job. Don’t be lazy people WASH YOUR HANDS! How hard can that be? Because of this I couldn’t stomach to purchase the food I ordered gross.
Whole foods was on a mission today never seen them off their game like today I’m a regular here. Thirdly I look over in sushi one of the chefs was charging and texting on his phone. Do you know how many germs a cell phone carries??? And heading on his way to roll someone’s sushi. I’m just thinking to myself who hired these individuals…
Thirdly I go over to where they make fresh oven baked pizza. One of the young ladies over the counter is digging deep in her ear for wax with her gloves that she’s been handling food with. But wait she’s not finished, after she decides to dig in her nose. When a customer points it out she’s humiliated in denial like she did nothing wrong and said «I haven’t touched any food yet» but its principal sweet heart you don’t do that around food.
So she decides to wash her contaminated hands and had a nasty attitude while doing so.
This really sucks that I have to leave this review at one of my favorite whole foods locations. I spend way too much money here to receive the type of treatment like I gotten today. Lastly as I’m walking out the store I figured maybe I’ll be safe purchasing a fresh squeezed juice. LOL why did I think that when this store has been on a roll today? Lady in the fresh juice section took out the trash and had no intention on washing hands and changing gloves. Due to everything that occurred today it will be a very long time before I return to this location.

There are soooo many fun & healthy things here! Yay!
Fresh juices… Freshly juiced and coldpressed there… On-​demand or prepackaged…
Nice selection of fruits and veggies… It could be a little better but it’s good…
The produce staff has been very very helpful every time I’ve been in there…
I absolutely love the sushi there and the sashimi… So fresh & yummy. For sushi not just white rice… There is a brown rice and a black rice choice…
Haven’t tried the pizza yet… But it looks great and smells yummy.
The fresh brewed tea is delicious and satisfying…
Haven’t tried the gelato yet but it looks really good and fresh… Are we seeing a theme here? Fresh… Yummy… Fun…
I want to try the fresh fish now… They even have pre-​marinated fish there too… Yay! Quick meal & healthy too!
Go & enjoy yourself there… it seems that some selections change often with the season and that’s kind of fun…

IT HAS A FULL BAR AND A TON OF CRAFT BEERS ON TAP.
Did you miss that? I said, IT HAS A FULL BAR AND A TON OF CRAFT BEERS ON TAP.
What, you still need the gorgeous meat and produce departments? Got it. How about the bakery with artisanal breads and several pizzas by the slice? Got it. Bulk items and natural health products? Got it. What about a coffee bar, and self-​serve take-​out foods bar for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Got that too, in spades.
And there is one thing it has that my local Whole Foods in L.A. doesn’t have:
A FULL FREAKIN’ BAR AND A TON OF CRAFT BEERS ON TAP.

Finally open! Built from the ground up and new to Coachella Valley. This location isn’t as large as the flagship in Pasadena but is definitely well deserving.
I arrived at 7:00 am which is when they open during the week. At the south east end of the store is a bar and huge outside patio. The deli offered fresh bacon & egg large croissants which I just couldn’t resist and the gal behind the counter eagerly heated it up in the pizza oven. They also offered hot self served bfast entrees that looked yummy. Other departments included a juice bar, coffee bar, BBQ meat offerings, cake station and gelato station and all the usual departments you’ll find at any other Whole Foods market. All the employees I interacted with were friendly and helpful. BTW they had a sign for fresh shucked oysters for only a buck on Friday evenings!
I’ll certainly be returning here in the future.

I’m a fan!
There was a lot of hype for this store’s grand opening. I’ve never been to a Whole Foods before, so I didn’t know what to expect.
The store is much like a regular grocery store, but still very different. Everything is organic, non-​GMO, and you won’t find anything with hydrogenated fats, artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners or preservatives. A plus for me, they have lots of gluten-​free food.
The fresh fruit here is delicious. Not sure how their fruit can taste better than anywhere else, but they are much more flavorful than any other fruits I’ve ever had. They have a very large prepared foods area that includes a deli and bakery area, and they have a restaurant within the store.
Customer service is very good. I like the personal touch as Matt helped me find a few items in the store. At the checkout, the clerk double-​checked the eggs and then rubber banded them closed. Nice touches!
The only challenge in the store is that it is so crowded with shoppers (good for the store), that I had trouble getting around. The aisles are definitely wide enough for two carts to pass through, but the shoppers, probably just like me, are stopping in the center of the aisle and staring while they are looking for what they want. This should get better as we get more accustomed to the store’s layout.