Market Basket

Go early for parking space! We arrived on a Saturday rainy morning and it took us some time to find one. “There’s always traffic jam in Market Basket” 😉

Great selection, spacious aisles, and exceptional prices. Every one of the thirty or more checkout lanes were open and bustling with customers when I went today at noon on a Saturday. People flocked to that shop. Even with the helpful monsters, I'd return again and again.

Better than average Market Basket. Good produce, including some organics. Store brands are excellent, As are almost all prices. stocking is variable in different departments but generally good. Nice caffeine section with free Wi-Fi.

A large black woman cashier kept yelling at my wife to get out of the express lane for 20 items or less. We counted twice and we had 17 items, but the cashier rudely dismissed us. Even after checking out, the receipt said 17 items and the cashier wouldn't admit she was wrong. Market basket could really use self checkout booths for customers who don't want to deal with rude staff.

Great hypermarket, incredible variety of choices in long aisles, high number of checkouts. Chances are high that the cashier does not understand one word of English. Problems get resolved easily with interference of a Floor Manager but this may for a tourist be an extra challenge. Be prepared, It concurreert to me now a third time.

One of the largest MarketBasket in the state and it’s very neatly maintained. Lot of fresh and ready to eat items available. Cafe is the best with all the cafe options in price friendly service. Variety of organic products in affordable prices. Lot of parking space and nearby other clothing stores and restaurants in the mall. They also have spirits and liquors at this location.

This supermarket is the best, it has a variety of products, you can find almost everything and the prices are the best in the state. Unfortunately, I don't understand why all the employees who work at the cash register stand up working, imagine standing in the same place for 8 hours. This is not showing mercy to the employees, not valuing, respecting and knowing how to create a healthy work environment, this makes the employees sick. Please, those responsible, let's provide stools for all the cashiers. Please!

Overall a great place to shop and comparatively cheaper than the competition. No gimmicky coupons but overall lower prices and sales running over few items. Great variety in household, grocery and day to day pharma. Nothing beats Market Basket in item variety and overall pricing. They have also been able to weather inflation far more than others on their own brands as well as others. If you find walking a chore, the 70 bus marked Market Place Drive drops you directly there from different stops alongside the route. Amenities: 1- Market Kitchen - their cafeteria makes fresh and cost effective foods. You can order in advance which is good because depending on the time of the day it can be quite busy like lunch time. Most foods on the grill are freshly prepped. The steak bomb, cheese burger and hot dog are great starts. 2- MB Wine & Spirits - a spirits shop nearby that does tasting every now and then 3- Bottle/Can crushing on site. 4) Reasonable sitting space to enjoy your meals and benches outside the building for people waiting for their bus. Tips: a) Market Kitchen - Stay away from dinners as they aren't freshly prepared and sometimes rice and veggies can taste dated because they have been lying around. Additionally avoid evening pickups as the food may not be rotated as regularly. Check the timing of the kitchen before going because on Sunday it closes an hour earlier. b) Their fruit section is competitive but sometimes other stores launch deals which can be cheaper. c) Their fresh rotisserie chicken is good but not great and the taste degrades significantly when refrigerated. So if you are thinking of picking the frozen rotisserie for a few cents off, I would suggest do not.

First of all, totally blown away. Great prices and good quality. I ordered a steak bomb sandwich which is basically a steak and cheese on steroids. Big steak and cheese sandwich with pepperoni and salami with all the fixins for only $6.99!! Best value ever. They had plantains 2 for $1. The big plantains too. That's a good deal. The deli had good deals on cheese and cold cuts. And they have a great selection of Hispanic/Latino brands as well as food catering to other ethnic groups. I live in Connecticut and boy do I wish we had this chain where I'm from. I was only in town one day and staying at a local hotel but I will definitely be back whenever in the Boston area. Super friendly female staff also. One of the guys in the deli wasn't friendly but hey you can't have it all. Still a great find and I highly recommend.

This is a review of their food court/deli area. I ordered some honey stung wings first, then waited for my number to be called to order a hot steak bomb, hold the onions. The sandwich is a great value and tasted really good. The staff is friendly as well. The major problem here is that I went mid afternoon on a weekday and the process takes way too long! There are 2 people manning the sandwich/pizza/wings space out front. They do NOT work efficiently at all. They just do whatever comes to mind first. I just wanted a sub and i was there for 40 minutes! All this time was spent waiting to place an order, then waiting for them to clean off the grills and start cooking, waiting for them to assemble the sub and package and hand it out. Kind of absurd and I hope for their sake that this is not the norm. The sandwich was excellent but due to the time of wait, it will be very hard to plan a lunch here at all. They need more streamlined work procedures to keep things moving along at a steady consistent pace. There were tons of people waiting and visibly frustrated. Understand they did their best, but the staff can use some guidance in optimizing their operations and execution to consistently handle more orders in a timely manner.

If you need a battery operated grocery cart & think that you can use one there, forget it; what they have is for show & tell. They carry a lot of low carb low salt foods & prices are lower. People stock shelves in the day time mostly Mon.-Thurs. Huge store, pallets take up too much aisle space while waiting for someone to put goods on shelves; the store & parking lot are always very crowded unless you go at 7:00 AM; people who stock shelves the supplies rarely speak English. If you need a product & it isn't on their flyer at the end of the aisle, you need to go back to customer service desk. At the Waltham store English speaking people are ones whose job requires customer interactions 98% of the time

Had never been into the Waltham Market Basket. I was very impressed not only with the assortment of pre made food but the quality. Everything looked fresh, well made and delicious. That's really not something that is normally said about supermarket ready to eat foods. I mean from pizza to sushi, made to order burgers, grinders they had covered it all. If someone in my family couldn't find something they liked to eat....go home and eat cereal! To top it all off....the prices are a fraction of a fast food or normal restaurant. No brainer....wish I had a market basket near me.

Shout out to Modoochi at the Waltham store who was bagging. I apologize if I spelled her name incorrectly. I was beginning to check out and forgot an item at the seafood section. I ran back to get it and as I came back, she was emptying my cart so they could continue my check out. I thought she went above and beyond her job. Please give her the kudos she deserves.

How can meatballs be so dry and tasteless , Italian sausage average, bad lunch. Iced mocha not bad. Great convenience the sandwiches but all are so mediocre and flavorless.

Absolutely the friendliest Market Basket in the chain. Always super busy but the employees are always smiling and ready to help. Immaculately clean and shelves are always fully stocked. Parking is sometimes a hassle, but I always manage to find a spot!

I have been grocery shopping at Market Basket since it opened in Waltham. Last week, my husband and I went to buy groceries. We picked up everything on our list, and while my husband stood in line to pay, I left the store to return something at Marshalls, which is next to Market Basket. As I was leaving with a small tote, I heard someone yelling, "Ma'am... ma'am, did you pay for that?" I turned around and opened the tote to show what was inside. I felt angry, upset, and humiliated by the accusation. When I asked to speak to a manager, he didn't seem to care much about the situation. I expressed my belief that if I were a white woman, this wouldn't have happened. His response was, "I don't know about that." Of course, he wouldn't understand, as he doesn't know what it means to be Black in this country. Market Basket could improve by training its employees on how to treat customers with respect and dignity.

Nice grocery store with lots of fresh and prepared foods. I decided to get some fresh fruit and their selection and prices were really good. This is a store that sells really good quality produce and fruits as well. All the items in the produce section looked really fresh and ripe. Lots of cash registers to pay, so checkout was a breeze.

Parking lot is a horrendous free for all. Numerous items are mismarked on shelves or ring up differently at register. Communication with staff can be difficult if looking for someone who speaks and understands English.

This place is very underrated on yelp. This location in particular is one of the best managed I've been to. It is always crushingly busy, but they manage the traffic well and it's never dirty or disorganized. Like all market baskets , don't eat the sushi it is terrible, but that is the only complaint I have.

As a guy from California, this is a great market. When I read the reviews, I expected a spotty service and unreasonable price. NNNOOOO! This place is fantastic. Service is great. Place is well stocked, and it's very clean. The prices are very reasonable. I got the seafood finger sandwich and meatball sandwich. Both were fantastic and reasonably priced. I wish we had this establishment in California.

Market Basket is definitely a love or hate it place, I have friends who swear it is fabulous with the best prices, but I have always found it chaotic with prices similar to the others. Anyhow, I was at the Home Goods and really wanted some blueberries, so I gathered my courage and went in. Even at 11am the lunch crowd had lined up at the prepared foods area, so if you go on a weekday, perhaps you should make 10am your cut-off time for going in. The best thing about the entire 12 minutes was Vidilma P. who was working at the register and clearly has more patience than all of us! Tip for the parking lot: park as close to the exit as you can, it is crazy otherwise

I admit my review is biased because of the time/day we went - Sunday afternoon, the worst possible slot to go get groceries, but I think I'll stick with other supermarkets. Total noobie mistake. First, it was nearly impossible to even get into the parking lot, given all the haphazard traffic flow and people waiting for parking spots. It was just as much pandemonium inside. We spent more time navigating around carts and dodging other shoppers as we did actually trying to find what we needed. (And from a COVID/general flu season perspective, it was a relief to finally pay and get outside.) Pro-tip - if you have 12 or 20 items or less, there are two express lanes at one side of the store that moves much more quickly. Also, for what we usually get in groceries, I'm not sure the MB is that much cheaper than, say, TJ's, and the selection was more limited than I expected (maybe it had just gotten picked over). We did find a favorite brand of Greek yogurt that was on sale, but the green grapes were the same price as WF's and so were the boxed salad mixes. Maybe I'll come back on a Monday morning but still ... if I'm in this part of Waltham, I might as well just go to Costco.

This is going to sound so silly but how do you stop making chicken tenders at 6:30 on a week night?? I waited over 30 minutes in line for the hot deli to go from number 24 to 27 only to get to the counter and be told they were not making any more food for the night outside of Buffalo chicken and the sub station items. Not only was that a major waste of time, but the refusal to make more when the store doesn't close for another almost three hours is just insane to me. Obviously I'm hangry as I'm writing this but it was something I was really looking forward to enjoying after suffering through a chaotic shopping trip.

their kitchen prepared area has really good food. Their pizza are really good , you can get slices or you could order whole pizzas and they will heat the pizza for you if you get slices but the prices fantastic. Nice to have prepared food to bring home and put on the table.

I shop there and find they increased prices and some prices actually now cheaper at other stores ... Used to be lowest for all ... Costco, BJs, Aldi, Trader Joe's I always bought their mini Lobster rolls there as fresh and decent... last few times ... 1/2 amount of meat... waste of money. I called and spoke to them ... nothing changed. Used to go there for 1/2 gallons coffee milk... no longer carry... baked bread steep prices... better at Aldi or Trader Joe's ... ice cream selection all basic vanilla , chocolate, strawberry... no coffees? Searched all brands? Maybe don't order enough? Charging nickel for bags? Meats I bought there not best quality... tough steak

I returned to the Market Basket in Waltham with the Eggland's Best egg container I purchased last week which now contained one broken egg. The rest were fine. The "courtesy" booth woman immediately contested my request for a credit by saying in a disdainful manner that she couldn't give me another container of eggs just because one was broken. After arguing with me for a few minutes - no apology or even understanding - she said I could take one egg from another container. I asked if she could give me a credit rather than have me walk out of the store with one egg in my pocket. She continued to argue that she couldn't give me a whole container of eggs. She acted moronic as we went around in circles. Just a credit for the egg, rather than one egg to carry around. It was't the first time I got a broken egg at market basket either, but it was the first time I took the broken egg back to the store, with the receipt, so they could see it. She finally called the manager. The manager was even worse. She took the broken egg out of the container and said I could take one egg and put it in the dirty container that the broken egg was in. I again asked her if she couldn't just give me a credit, as I was about to shop and I would rather not carry a dirty egg container around with one egg in it. She was totally unsympathetic to an unhappy customer now being mistreated for a second time, and this time by her, the store manager. She asked me in a sarcastic manner if I wanted a quarter. I asked for her name, and she said it was Jan. I asked for her last name, and she said she was the only Jan in the store. Well, it's a small thing, but I have found before that Market Basket personnel, including managers are not properly trained to treat the customers with respect. It's not a pleasant place in my experience, and I don't plan to shop there any more. I thought it was the lack of training that might be the problem, but when it comes straight from the store manager, then you know it's systemic. Don't recommend it despite the lower prices.

[1034] 11/2019 Plenty of parking at this supermarket. I visited a Market Basket in NH so since I was local I wanted to see what treats were available here. This market is HUGE and I so wish there was a Market Basket near me in Philly. Clean market with tons of choices. I was able to pick up dinner and snacks. Aisles are wide so you don't feel cramped. There are about 30 tellers and plenty open when I visited. I'll be back in the area soon and will visit again :)

Generally good market with affordable prices. Appreciate the large vegetable / produce section, with a small Chinese section and some organics in another section. They also do a decent poultry and frozen fish section. Their seafood department could use some work - had some difficulty finding the freshest desired ingredients. Staff helpful and customer-oriented.

I do not think that I will go to any other market basket ever. They have the best seafood department and the store itself is huge. They have everything too, all the Goya products, all seasoning you need. I got excited in there. There were carts available, I didn't have to hunt one down. There was a lot of people there but it wasn't crowded.

I come here for cheap sushi and the occasional salad. Learned that I can get salad from probably 5 different restaurants on the way here, but MB's not only cheaper, but there's enough that I can split it into 2 days! There's also a liquor store attached to the market.

Could have sworn I wrote a review for here, but I definitely need to update it after today. Went here on a Sunday at the end of the week of COVID-19 scares, and people ravaging the shelves. The Waltham MB looked pristine. Well-stocked aisles of beautiful fresh produce, lots of chicken and meat, organized and not too crazy. It's amazing to me how MB delivers this kind of quality and great prices every day, even despite all the issues of the time.

My favorite supermarket! I appreciate the employees. Also, the variety of food is great! I try to visit this Waltham store on a weekly basis. I was more hooked once I discovered their vegetable section. The store's design is nice and almost invites shoppers to discover the host of items they carry.

I absolutely adore this store. They have a lot of selections for just about everything and their prices are comparatively cheap to the other stores like Star Market in the area. Their fruit and vegetable selection is superior - always fresh and varied. The only real problem I have is that this is a very busy location and the store can get somewhat packed. The parking gets intense too, and good luck during holidays! Thankfully they always have plenty of staff so that even during busy days lines move quickly.

An average American grocery store. It is disappointing that there is no Asian food section. Even star market has it. Only positive side was the check out line is not too long.

The prices are good compared to the grocery stores where I live within Boston. I've never had anything I've bought there that was expired or was bad. I look at the dates all the time on the items I consider purchasing. I would give a five star rating but the only downfall that I dislike has nothing to do with the staff or store itself but with the customers. Every single time I've gone to this store, the customers act mental and are extremely rude. It's almost like "Supermarket Sweep". If you have patience then I recommend but if you lack patience I wouldn't step foot inside.

Visited the Boston area several months back and shopped at the Market Basket in Waltham which was my first trip to a New England grocery store. Market Basket is a family owned grocery chain with stores in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. While it is a chain, it is not owned by one of the big national grocery companies like Albertsons or Kroger. It has stayed independent and has been successful due to its focus on low prices. Market Basket is located at the 1265 Main retail development just off Route 128. This store is relatively new as it only opened in fall 2014. While the address is Main Street, if you are walking to the store it actually isn't located there. Instead you need to walk a couple blocks and through a lot of parking to reach the store's entrance. If you wanted to take the bus here, the MBTA route 70 bus does make a stop next to the store. Though not all of them have the same routing to Market Basket. Visited the store on a Sunday morning and it was crazy. The store was packed with customers filling up their grocery carts. The store is bigger than the grocery stores in the Seattle area as they have more checkouts here. As many as you would find at a Costco for reference. The produce selection here is a mix of what appeared to be regional and national brands. There were many products that I haven't seen in Seattle grocery stores. The prices here are pretty good on many of the items I looked at the prices on. There were a couple other things that stood out for me including that they have Asian produce. A bit shocked at that since Waltham isn't a big place, so this is quite convenient rather than having to go to the Chinatown in Boston. Also the store's selection of bakery and deli goods is pretty awesome. Particularly their bread offerings. Found some local specialty breads like scala bread and saloio loaf. The scala is a seeded Italian bread and is great for sandwiches or toast. While the saloio is a Portuguese bread that would be good for a Cuban or porchetta sandwich. I wish there was a place in Seattle that offered these kind of bread loaves. It was nice exploring a New England grocery store. Albeit a very busy one. I would suggest going on a weekday rather than on the weekend when the store is quite crowded.

They have everything you want and need at a good price. The only downside is going on a weekend. It's pure craziness. Waiting in line, what line?!? It's just a crowd. I actually went in a Saturday and there were no push carts at all. They were all taken which probably contributed to it being so busy. I would try to go on a weekday and if possible weekday mornings or afternoons. I like that they do have ready to order food available from pizza, subs, sushi, and wings. So if your too lazy to cook, you have choices! The customer service there is amazing though. At check out one of our items didn't get bagged. Yes, that was annoying when I was already at home to have to go back and grab it again but they made the process a little easier.

hello market basket. please please address the issues of non english speaking employees and stocking employees who block aisles and completely ignore customers. yes fine that non english speaking people want to work but please staff some english speaking employees which makes sense. doesnt it? also why do stockers completely ignore customers trying to navigate down aisles. like for real. they refuse to make way for customers to navigate. i am seeing this all the time now at market basket. thank you

I like everything about this location except the hot food section. I mean, how hard is it to construct a sandwich. Its not hard and these ladies screw it up almost every time

The prices you can't beat. My only problem in the Chelsea store is that so many people don't understand English, very hard to ask where products are in the store if you need help. No website to see if they have products in stock, no online ordering. The flyer they have is pretty good, get to the store early when it comes out. Ambiance... not really, but it's fairly clean .

I really want to give you a good review guys but sorry.... today i got an orzo salad for lunch from your selection of salads and when i opened it there was mold all over. The orange sticker indicated it was still good to consume for another 3 days ... really??? Sorry but for me it's a fail and it's dangerous to sell moldy food as fresh. Do you guys even do quality check?

Take a look at the photo. The price label says one pound but obviously isn't. I put it on a scale and it was 0.46 But they tried to charge you 1.01 pound. Very dishonest

Wonderful I wish there was one in Boston proper. The selection of food was inviting.

(3.75) ~ Good Overall Conventional Grocery Store. Should have most items you need. Wish it had a larger organic & natural food section though...

I shop at Market Basket every week and love it! Everyone is friendly. You can always find a store manager. The isles do get a bit crowded because of good prices compare to Star Market and Stop& Shop. The store is very clean and I highly recommend shopping there. Afternoons and night time good time to shop. Not crowded.

Language barrier between customers and staff, and the ready to eat pizza is to doughy, and overloaded with cheese, giving me heartburn. The Tuna sandwiches have to much Pepper and other ingredients. Make it simple. No pepper, and other additions.

MB is a regional staple. I enjoy that no matter when an MB has been built the decor is all retro and looks exactly like every other MB built decades ago. I have no idea where you even still find the building supplies for something like that. ANYWAYS, this MB is spacious, good produce selection, good deli, and bakery. They have a better international food selection than many other area big box chain grocery stores. Most, if not all, checkout lanes are open on the weekends and the staff are quite efficient despite the lines. Prices are reasonable and I spend about a third less here on a weekly basis than I do at other stores. There is ample parking and it is absolutely necessary because even though this branch has been open for a while, shopping here on the weekend is still like a training ground for the Purge. People are generally oblivious and inconsiderate. And that's not the fault of any of the staff but the volume is definitely worth noting. The fact that I still engage in this weekly exercise in patience rather than going to another closer grocery store is a testament to how much I like this store.

I've been coming to this store now for about 6 months to do my weekly family food shopping. This store is definitely the biggest Market Basket I've ever encountered, and at the same time the cleanest. The staff are also very helpful and focused on customer service. Since the Covid outbreak it is worth noting that this store has done a really excellent job in making the store safe. The past few weeks I even heard the store manager on the PA system thanking customers for mask compliance and for social distancing, following floor arrows, etc. Comparatively, I had to go to Stop and Shop recently out of necessity for a couple of items as there is no Market Basket in Natick where we live. That store had no one cleaning carts, I counted 4 customers not wearing masks, etc...complete joke. The prices and service always make Market Basket number one for me. Count me in as a loyal customer.

Yelpers have reported this location has closed. That is not true. It is open. I don't know how you change that but it's absolutely not closed. It is a very very busy market.

The pastries are a little sad sometimes (they get soggy depending on when you buy) but very good for the price. Still better than Stop and Shop cannolis. The burgers are amazing for $3 but I found some mold on my bun one time. I mean, you get what you paid for. BUT THE FRIES WITH THE BURGER WERE AMAZING. There's a lot of people so it's hard to navigate sometimes but the people who work here are always pretty friendly. A couple look depressed but they're good workers. It's super hard to park here ever since the liquor store opened next door. The butcher people are always nice and I love the clam chowder.

I never leave reviews for groceries stores, but I must say this store is deserving of it. When I walked inside I immediately noticed how beautifully laid out it was. It was very clean, well organized, colorful, and visually appealing. They had people making FRESH pizza & sushi inside the store. Not to mention I purchased a 24-pack of Spring water for only $2.50! Normally I pay 5$. This is not your typical grocery store, all stores should be like this one. I was extremely impressed.

I love this Market Basket! It has been more crowded lately, but I really like this location. I love the sushi bar and all the meals they offer. Usually has what I'm looking for and Halal chicken and beef!! I'm hoping for more Halal options to be available soon!

This store... I can't say enough bad things about this store. The cashiers are rude and talk over you to each other in another language. You walk down the aisles and there's groups of employees "facing" while laughing and talking another language right in front of you. Makes you feel like they're laughing and talking about you. The thing that makes me the most angry, we just bought 3 packets of chicken- thighs, legs and drumsticks. The expiration dates are at least 2 days from now. I opened up the chicken legs and they smelled rank. I had to throw them away. I opened up the thighs- same thing color was brown under the packaging and they smelled horrendous. 2 things of chicken now in the trash. So we open up the drumsticks and there's a clump of pink gooey crap growing by the bone with white spots growing on it. All 3 things of chicken in the trash. This store needs to get their s*** together!

This super market is a one-stop-shop for all of my groceries. The market is well stocked with a wide variety of fresh deliciousness (many ethnic foods are available too), VERY reasonably priced, and helps makes food shopping easy. I know the layout and what aisle everything I want or need is located. I park in the same section of the parking lot every single time. There must be well over a dozen registers all bustling at check-out with 2 employees per register-- 1 cashier and 1 helper bagging my items and loading up my cart. I have grocery shopping down to a science thanks to Market Basket.

I understand that there's nothing gourmet about market basket. I appreciate what they do when they put in the effort. I was just over in Waltham getting a breakfast sandwich made which was excellent. I was disappointed to see that they were loading up the buffalo chicken tenders which apparently come right from Tyson in a bag already coated and buffalo sauce. I see the employee opening up a box pulling out bags and just dumping them in the tub in their so-called kitchen. It just seems unnecessarily lazy.

This my spot.. Clean and not too crunk.. I hate going to the hood markets to shuffle and fight over the last piece of expired meat.. I can't do that no more. My knees are bad. I love the sushi here.. Its fresh and better than some sushi restaurants ( I wont name drop).. But tell me why my Asian friends behind the counter get mad when I ask for extra tobiko? They offer to tweak my selection, but get mad when I ask? Oh welp..

I really try to review just based on the food. Sometimes I delve into service or ambiance but usually I really try to stick to the food. A Market Basket review requires that. And I'm not reviewing their supermarket, I'm reviewing their cafeteria / dining area, which serves prepared meals, has a lot of tables, and wi-fi. All the food I've had here is above average. What compelled me to write this is, as regular sushi eater, I found their sushi to be as fresh, high-quality, and tasteful as some of the best sushi restaurants. I don't know if this will be consistent with all Market Baskets but this location serves some of the best sushi I've had. I don't give out five stars that easily. Other than the kits with just one soy sauce and all that inconvenience, the truth is the sushi itself here is a superior product and the same can be said about the rest of their menu.