Key Food

This Key Food turns off all their automatic check outs except one, and they have only one cashier. No matter how long the line gets; six cutomers plus deep tonight. When asked, «Why?» The reason, they don’t want more than one machine to close out at the end of the night; customer service isn’t important, we are lazy, and only want to do as little work as possible. Customer service isn’t important. If it was all four machine would be turned on and your customers could leave faster so you can close on time.
Just a short sighted and lazy staff.

Yeah, you heard right. The place is overpriced & sucks. And they block the entrance 10 minutes before closing time every night and tell you the store is closed. That is complete bs for a chain in my opinion.

This place is overpriced, the produce is horrible, and the bread molds a few days after purchasing. The other bread I had from another supermarket is still fine and I bought it a week ago. This supermarket is crap. With any luck it will close down and another one will take its place.

Ridiculous mark ups. They should be ashamed of themselves. Even the food cost 3 times as much as any place. Taking advantage of being a monopoly. Choke on your money. Bad service and worse selection. Almost nothing is here.

Many of the items are very over-​priced, I usually end up driving to Corona to buy the same items and save tons of money. I only come here to buy quick items for breakfast since it’s close to home. it’s very spacious compared to other supermarkets that have very narrow isles and overpacked shelves.

When I am out and about Stop & Shop will always be my go to market but when I am home and only need an item or two Key Food it is. There are like three Key Foods to choose from in the area. Of the three I prefer the one on 164^th Street the best overall and this one comes second.
The parking lot is bigger than the one on 164^th Street but it is shared with the other stores in this small shopping center. The store is moderately clean. The employees range from friendly to look who woke up on the wrong side of the bed attitudes.
The prices aren’t the best, some are down right outrageous but when you need something, you need it. This area really needs a Target, Walmart or Stop & Shop desperately so that the other stores will have to re-​adjust their pricing structures.

Horrible! the staff are rude when my wife goes there with the stroller she has to wait until someone comes out to open the gate. it takes them 10 min to come out and when they finally come out they yell at you for ringing the bell multiple times. in addition, there vegetables are way overpriced and cheap quality. there are plenty of other grocery stores nearby with better quality, better service and priced less!

Produce section sucks. Huge amount of packaged items. Dried fruit and nuts are overpriced.

No choice but to go here to pick up few ingredients I need tonight for cooking ! Its
freezing outside and finding parking space is imposible. Otherwise I will go to Jackson Hts markets or Trader Joe.
Its very pricey to be a so-​so Key Food chain.
Fruits and vegetables stands are well… decorated ?
If you want to cook some ethnic food you learned on your last vacation outside USA or you are trying to make that authentic italian recipe from grandma’s cookbook… Hmmmm well, this is not the place to go.
Just come and grab some skin milk, ciabatta bread, high in sodium butter and check out yourself at the very inconvenient «self-​checkout» (oh I dislike those self check outs. Where is the nice, fast cashiers that used to wave at me)
Anyway, I might see you around since this is a pretty small market, but please, just don’t screw up at the self-​checkout!!!

I only go here when I absolutely have no other choice. Ridiculously overpriced and claustrophobic. Veges are generally not fresh. I like that they sell PopCorners, though.

small rather cramped store, but has all your basics and is a very decent neighborhood store. the selection is kind of random, does not really feel like a key food. i used to live by the one in oakland gardens.
that said, their deli guys are pretty nice and their potato salad is surprisingly very edible. boar’s head, of course and they have some diesel roast chicken selection. great for last minute munchies. parking lot is cramped but i walk here. i’ll be back!

Usually this is my go to spot for groceries however it had been a while since I had been! I was saddened that they had no scallions my recent visit I thought that was odd but the staff were super nice and informed me that they had a shipment coming later in the day and that I could come back. Sadly I didn’t but it’s all good! Still it’s a convenient supermarket with decent selections for your basic needs including a hot food area with items like whole roasted chicken. Deli is well stocked with very good deals.

It’s hard for supermarkets these days with such a high bar being set by «while foods» and «trader joes». I come here when I can’t make it to a better place. It’s clean, and unlike pathmark, I have never seen I fight in the checkout line!

Definitely an above average Key Food in terms of size and upkeep. And, technically, it is on the cusp of Briarwood and likely still in Flushing/​Kew Garden Hills. But why quibble over location!
I stop in here to pick up quick stuff and find the place well-​kept and very clean. They have a nice deli section with typical rolls and often have specialty loaves (e.g., Artisan, Ciabatta, etc.). The fruits and vegetable are set-​up nicely and well-​stocked. They also have self-​checkout which I am a big fan of.
I mean, after going to the Key Food on Queens Blvd in Forest Hills (which feels like it was plucked out of cold war Eastern Europe), this Key Food is pretty darn nice.

If you buy the sale items or the items on special — BEWARE!
I am always, always being overcharged at this store. I recently bought something on sale for $ 2.99 the guy at the register charged me over $ 7.00. This happens almost constantly, I think they just don’t match up the registers with what they put on sale or on weekly special.
I wish there was a better alternative close by but there isn’t

its a key food. nothing special but i like that its clean and was open when i needed it to be.

I am a single chick living in the vicinity of this Key Food and although I live on one salary, I find the prices at Key Food to be comparable, if not cheaper, than other supermarkets. They have really great sales sometimes, especially around the holidays, that’s when I stock up. I am quite surprised at the variety of goods that they sell and in recent weeks this store has gone through a major upgrade, particularly in the fresh produce section. It has that larger-​supermarket feel yet neighborhoody feel. I am pretty happy with this store, and even happier that they have a self-​check out section so I don’t have to deal with the cashiers (although, you should pay close attention to the registers at self check-​out, they have a tendency to not read the sale items properly) and the store feels a little bit larger now and it always looks very clean to me. I haven’t had a bad experience yet. Like I mentioned, I am very happy with the variety of items they have and many times I find myself yelling «WHAT?, THEY HAVE THIS???»
I am glad that I can pretty much find everything I need on my shopping list.
My only quip, because I am single with no car, I have to limit my shopping to whatever can fit in my little shopping cart (it’s not an old lady cart, I assure you, it’s from the Container Store and it’s pretty schnazzy thank you very much!!) I have to dig through the shopping carts to find one that has the hooks to carry my cart in the market. Although, one of the gentlemen that works there saw me struggling a few days ago and mentioned that they were in the process of getting all brand new shopping carts!!! WoooHooo…
Also, i can’t stand the creepy old guy who creeps over everyone looking to make a buck by carrying bags to your car… He totally creeps me out… he looks rather serial!!!

This Key Food is decent. There are some in Queens I wouldn’t step foot in. It’s clean and well organized inside. My only complaint is the huge metal bars surrounding the building. In my 21 years of life I’ve né’er seen a grocery store so content on not losing a cart or two. I’m not originally from NYC but attend St Johns up the road and was under the impression the neighborhood was quite nice. So why the hardcore upper Harlem feel outside of this somewhat decent grocery store? Beats me. I usually go to Trader Joes to do most of my shopping but stop in here every once in a while for odds and ends type of groceries.

If you’re in the area and you need a supermarket, I feel like this is the best option.
–Quite a bit cleaner than I imagined it would be.
–I’ve been to other IGAs elsewhere in the country, and this one wa sabout on par.
–I wouldn’t call myself a conniseur of grocery stores (although I have been to grocery stores in at least 5 different states and a few different countries), and I’m darn sure these were the narrowest aisles I’ve ever experienced. Definitely one of the biggest drawbacks.
–To get to the door, you have to squeeze through this barricade like thing. It’s as if the store is designed for anorexic people.
–I definitely heard a few of the employees swearing rather loudly which wasn’t a huge deal to me, but certainly would be to other people.
All in all, I was able to find darn near everything on my list. The more I think about, the closer I would be to giving this «two stars», but I’m a pretty optimistic guy, so call this a 2.6 star review.

This store is not nearly as bad as the Briarwood one by Queens Blvd but still a crappy store. Definitely cleaner and has more variety.

Good, normal grocery. Has an ethnic isle, and the other usual sections. The health food and organize section is lame. I read the other two reviews an I’m not sure why they’re so negative. It’s not that dirty, the checkout clerks are bored and tired. I have gotten into a few misunderstandings with them. There is a kind of air of unhappiness, that few raise above, so I don’t really go there for the warm fuzzy feeling from the checkout people. It’s the closest place when I lived over there. Actually if you get to know people, it’s just like any other place.

Good fresh deli selections
Huge gourmet cheese selection.
Large fresh produce selection.
Clean store, uncluttered aisles.
Plenty of free parking in lot in front.