Bel Air

My go to meat market and groceries, and this is where I discovered envy apples. THE best apples from New Zealand (currently out of season right now) and I told all my friends about it. They also carry noosa yogurt, but limited on variety. It’s a new addiction.
Is bel air pricey compared to other groceries stores within minutes drive of Stockton blvd? Yes. But the quality of their meat (particularly steaks and chicken) is better IMO. Their meat department offers free marination although I haven’t used their services. Makes it easy for someone who doesn’t know how or wants to try something new.
The cashiers are nice and friendly. I usually carry a basket because I like to «limit» myself, and somehow I always leave with a whole lot more than i intended. They have a something extra rewards in which you accumulate points and receive a raley’s coupon/​check for x amount to spend on future purchases. It comes every few months. It’s not much, but it’s something!
I came here for some yellow curry. Why oh why do they have red and green curry paste, but not yellow? oh wells.

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Yep, this is my closest supermarket near my house, and this Bel Air Fruitridge Road location is a good supermarket to get fine fresh foods, seasonings, fruits, vegetables, and more. Since Bel Air is part of Raley’s, this place delivers it all for this average spaced market. I’ve been to this Bel Air for 15 years after my family and I are moving to South Sacramento neighborhood from Downtown.
Every employees and managers has done a good job to keep this market well maintain and neatly including the customer service area too which my family and I usually pay the county bills here every month. Very friendly and approachable.
Of course, this place has coin machine, Redbox kios, ATM, and the lottery machine too, so you can use it at any time.
In the end, Bel Air is a fine supermarket that I can buy these good selections of food. A worthy visit.

This is a shout out to the bakery. I ordered my daughters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles birthday cake from here. I wish I can remember the lady who help me, but she was so sweet and nice. I told her what I wanted and that this was for my daughter so when I pick up the cake and looked at it, it was absolutely amazing. She had put pink around it that just look so pretty. And it taste delicious and it was the best cake. This is the second birthday cake I have purchased from this bakery and I will always get my cakes here. And the price is so reasonable for what you get. I will upload a picture soon. THANK YOU SO MUCH BAKERY!

Great staff, great service and awesome atmosphere. Lots of changes have happened in the past year but it’s definitely been for the better.
It’s a smaller store so products are limited but it’s your friendly little grocery store so it makes up for it.
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This is for the BAKERY only. This bakery used to be where I went for all my cakes until my Granddaughter’s baptism. We ordered a cake ahead of time and paid. The cake was not done at all. They said they forgot. FORGOT! Said we could have a premade cake and didn’t offer a refund. This was horrible customer service and btw the cake was horrible as well. Will not order cakes from here ever again.

I bought the hot food here and I had gotten food poisoning. Service was good but the service does not make up for the fact that I am having a terrible, terrible case of food poisoning. I do not wish on anyone else but trust me when I tell you, NEVER AGAIN AM I GOING TO BUY THEIR HOT FOOD!

Cool neighborhood grocer. Great friendly employes. Hey Bel Air change the station on the satellite. music it’s like 80s time warp of happy music.

This is the sister store of Raley’s…and I love them too. They are just right up the street from me and that makes it super convenient. I do wish that they expand their organic section a bit more, although I do realize that this store is the smaller of the many that they have.

Today was my first bad experience at this store. I’ve accepted I pay more than at other places cuz of service. The associate director/​manager of the store ran a register due to the high volume of 4^th of July. I stood in line for 15 minutes which is fine. When I got up there he explained I was in the 15 items or less line and I had more than that. I apologized, because the 15 item sign had 2 – 3 other pieces of paper taped on obscuring it from the several angles I looked at it. He proceeded to ask if another patron could be checked out first who had 2 items. I wouldn’t have minded but i had already let somebody in before me and I was tired. The person said he would wait and I was checked out AND DURING THE EMPLOYEE SAID AGAIN that it was a 15 item lane. How RUDE. I didn’t see the sign you blocked out with other taped-​on signs. Ugh.

The store is VERY clean and the staff is great. I love all the 80’s music. hehe :) The only thing is the Bakery. I order a certain type of cake. And they totally mess it up. I didn’t have time to re-​order a new cake. I wanted a teal color cake and they gave me green. There was suppose to be a bow on top. And the girl just threw it on… which left a crack in the middle of the cake. If, they could make the cake that i wanted. It’s okay to just tell me. This was for a 13^th year old girl. I didn’t want to bitch about it. I was running out of time. My 13^th year old was okay with it. I won’t be ordering cakes from there ever again.

The people that work here are kinda.odd. The people in the deli department are always helpful. Went in here with my brother looking for a particular item, the guy replies «What is that??» Instead of asking someone who might know. Wtf kind of answer is that. Ugh.

I bet not many know that the FISRST Bel-​Air lays laid roots in the semi-​hood…
Luckily they’ve cultivated such a brand, that no one would know this. But the hood loves them just as much as those non-baller-on-a-budget-er’s do too :)
Growing up, I swear we stopped here every single day. I didn’t realize it then, but in the midst of the so-​so hood, lies a gem of boughie proportions. Now that I can understand the magnitude of the situation, I’m astonished that Bel-​Air has survived and probably even thrived in this neighborhood.
Let’s reminisce for a second: prior to their remodel, I used to literally run though the door to the bakery where I knew I’d get my free cookie. I remember Harry, the awesome check out guy — who was always so happy, full of life, and made us all laugh — thankfully, he’s enjoying retirement. This place is nothing but good memories for me. I used to love saving the recycling and bringing it here to cash in a whole whopping $ 5! Before I could discern better options in food, I’d love the nights we ordered Chinese food from here. It was a place my parents would let us wander the isles, I’m guessing they trusted the staff enough to watch out for us if anything looked wary.
Coming back as an adult, I can appreciate the first Bel Air ever built. But, don’t be mistaken, I do realize that the patrons are not quite what any other Bel Air/​Nob Hill/Raley’s go-er’s are accustomed too. I’m pretty sure I learned what food stamps were from being in line here, that and WIC too!
Logistics: To the right is the fresh deli, bakery, and Chinese food. Middle is all the junk isles of processed foods. To the left is the card section and produce, with the hippy, organic food too! The shelves are always stocked and they still sell the best of the best, even though not all their patrons can afford it ;)
The store is still kept immaculate and the staff is and ALWAYS has been the best, to our family even more so. The cashiers know my parents by name and even recognize me when I stop by, which is very infrequent these days! I know my roots and I support them even more, now that I have a little more understanding and appreciation.
Bel-​Air, you are like a part of the family… thanks for being you!

This is one of the smaller raley’s I’ve been to. BUT it’s very clean and the staff is friendly!
The produce is always fresh! The bakery section is also full of yummy bread and dessert selections as well as a coffee station.
The service here is great!

This is 1 of the nicest stores I have ever been in it is always clean and they have the friendliest staf f I’ve ever been around. They have the best looking produce, of any of the local markets they’re bakery people are very nice, and they make a pretty good cup of coffee

High marks for friendly staff and appropriately chatty and polite baggers. But I completely agree that you must watch the expiration dates, especially on milk. I have learned this lesson several times over. If I have a huge list, I will drive to Folsom Blvd despite this store being 30 seconds from my house. And yes, the parking lot is weird, however, much calmer and cleaner than the Foods Co down the road! Now, that is an experience!

This is a nice and friendly BelAir. Very personable. Yet on the smaller side, so if you are looking for something in particular, this would not be the place for you to go. I do most of my grocery shopping here and stop by Trader Joes once a month to get specialty items.

Ugh I don’t go here unless I reeaallly have to. It is literally a 30 second drive from my house but I will go out of my way to avoid this place, meaning I will go to the grocery store on Folsom or Safeway on Alhambra.
This place is dirty. Parking is just weird. The produce is brown and last time I went I even got a smart ass comment from the guy bagging groceries. Weirdos.

Super friendly staff, community-​friendly attitude and really, really good deli sandwiches (I love the «Santa Cruz, sans bacon»). I’ve been going to this store since I was a kid (born and raised in Tahoe Park), and I love it!
I totally get Carolyn’s complaint about the small aisles and relatively minimal stock — but it is one of the (if not THE) smallest «supermarkets» around! It was built back in the day, before we supersized everything in this country (including big box chains), and there is NO room for expansion, so there is a drawback there. However, for a quick trip to the store and some delicious produce, I love it there!

This Bel-​Air location is the closest to my house. Too bad that it is incredibly badly stocked. The last time I went in, I wanted two things: soy creamer for coffee (insert boring story about lactose here) and demerara sugar. Every other Raley’s and/​or Bel Air store I’ve ever been in carries both products. Not this one.
Then there’s the fact that the aisles are too narrow for two carts to pass each other. Woe to the quick-​moving person who gets caught behind a slow shopper! You’re going to be there a while, fella, better read the nutrition label on your canned tomatoes for something to do.
Finally, the meat selection really stinks. Every single time I’ve gone in to try and take advantage of one of their weekly meat specials (which are about the only price-​savvy reason to go), they are completely sold out. Forget it. Either go across 99 to the Raley’s on Freeport (equally pricey, but much better stocked) or hit one of the Asian markets on Stockton.