I d like to tell you the vegetables are great, but I can t enter here without buying coconut haystacks and macaroon almonds.
It s kinda like what you imagine Whole Foods wanted to be before they went big.
Lovely place
If you needed a very specific type of orange, this place is the spot to go!
Great place for bulk as well especially if you want to use your own jars - just make sure you tare them up first.
Excellent place with a huge choice of fruits and vegetables accessible to the smallest of purses! However, groceries are expensive, so favor traders joe!
It's like whole foods but way better veggie selection
Love this place has everything in ingredients and vegetables hard to find items.
Eye candy fruits from global farmers veggies from local producers fresh fish seafood high quality meats grass fed beef and pork scruptuous prepared takeouts desserts galore. Ample supplies groceries for healthy living. A Berkeley institution over 45 years.
I have been looking all over for watermelon with seeds and i finally found 2 lol here. My first time in this store everything looked very fresh and clean, the prices werent bad either.
Great supermarket with huge product selection and hot food.
My go to place when shopping for produce and organic items. Been shopping Berkeley Bowl for 20 years, and why not, when they have everything.
Crowding is an issue, but it's difficult to beat the produce selection.
All the hype about selection and quality is more than justified. The finest fruit and vegetable store I've ever come across. And the prices aren't outlandish, take that "Whole Paycheck".
Always crowded, but can you beat the produce selection?
Best quality, variety, AND PRICE on produce - 16 varieties of mushrooms, a dozen types of pluot... farmers market heaven
The mushroom section is bigger than the produce section at my grocery store back in MI. I love this place
There is the Berkeley Bowl, Monterey Market, and a number of small, but excellent produce markets. We are seriously spoiled in Berkeley. It forces even Safeway to carry good produce, but the Bowl and Monterey go beyond quality to the interesting and exotic. Some Berkeley writer needs to develop a series with a foodie detective who cooks with some of this stuff-- recipes and advice included!
Some of the best produce in a store i have ever witnessed.
Big store with best quality of products ,organic fruits and vegetables .
So many option is for super fresh, cheap, and delicious produce items! I love Berkeley bowl!! However, I will say their things other than fresh fruit and veggies tend to be on the pricier side.
Berkeley Bowl is the best grocery store in the country, nothing else even comes close.
An old classic for Berkeley. They have an incredible selection, as well as very food-educated shoppers. Nothing beats Berkely Bowl!
I never thought I would be a starry-eyed, evangelizing, obsessed fan of a grocery store, but that was before I found Berkeley bowl. This place is so much better than any other grocery store, it's unbelievable. Huge selection of high quality produce including stuff that's hard to find, conscientious business choices, and totally affordable.
Amazing local store with unrivaled fresh produce and knowledge people behind the meat counter.
Best place to shop and also for the seniors citizens and people with a little money to spares for their living.
Busy, busy with last minute shopping on Sunday night! Organic strawberries from Aptos are delicious. The Mega Burrito was yummy...and even with the crouds, it was a quick checkout....
If you can find parking. Great place for produce and some good people watching.
Such a fantastic produce section. Both in value and variety.
For the last ten years living in Berkeley, one of our major criteria for picking an apartment has been proximity to Berkeley Bowl. Sure, it has great produce, family-friendly prices, huge variety, good morning buns, etc., but I also enjoy just standing in line, seeing the range of people who work and shop here. Very Berkeley place.
I think they believe I live here because I come so often..lol. I really appreciiate the meat dept and the beauty/vitamin section. Great place to shop.
A lot of organic products. Not cheap but ok. The prepared food here is delicious
Incredible selection of produce and groceries. Impossible parking.
Local, affordable market. They care about their employees and give them the holidays off, which is nice. Amazing selection of nuts, oatmeal, grains, fruits, vegetables, etc. Gets pretty crowded and parking is limited.
Best grocery store, period. Produce is on par with the best I can get at farmers market and reasonably priced. Prepared foods super delish. Parking and navigating the aisles here requires (monk like) patience with your fellow humans, so be prepared.
simply the best. Top class veggie deals. only better one is West Berkeley Bowl cose it's bigger
It is an excellent store.
VERY friendly staff. You find everything, good quality, fair prices and good deals. I love the fruit and veg section. I recommend it 100%.
Another institution. Go before rush hour if you can...aisles are too narrow.
Berkeley Bowl is really cosey type of place, feels and is a community grocer for what they are meant to be. Pricing a tad bit high however they do have coffee and fresh bread so, you get what you pay for. Overall good vibes here.
Very crowded on Sunday afternoon. The best produce selection and prices in the area.
Good market, not the cheapest but nice selection of produce, parking can be problematic.
I love Berkeley bowl, it has fresh vegetables, healthy meat selection, and fish, the products to clean your place is eco friendly. I choose Berkeley bowl over whole foods , trader Joe's, Safeway, and lucky's. It's #1 in my book always will be.
I just wish they were open later and had more locations!
Competitive prices, friendly staff, good deals in the 99cent bin, good diversity of foods without specializing in any type of food.
It's always been my favorite place to go with a vegetable stand and Fruit Stand as impeccable but they're a little higher price
Berkeley Bowl is a true community. Just look at the board!
Very nice store to buy organic and healthy products.
Well organized, clean.
Even though I now live 3hrs from Berkeley, whenever I'm in town for work, I return to Berkeley Bowl to buy things that I can't find in the mountains. Best grocery shop ever.
It can get crowded, but that's because it's packed with so much amazing stuff
this is a Berkeley treasure!
I was just there yet again. And for kicks I bought some fresh dates when I saw them in the phenomenal produce section. I love her a lot and something like that happens. Who knows maybe I love them fresh...
My neighborhood My store! Easy accessibility for me, as a senior! Everything I need plus more! Diversity in food selects. A+!
This Berkeley Bowl doesn't have as good a selection as the one on Heinz, and I find shopping here to be a stressful experience. The people in the parking lot are always acting crazy and the inside of the building feels messy.
Crowded but great selection and prices on vegetables.
Amazing selection, great prices, and friendly staff. It's a great place to be a crunchy hippie
If it's available in the bay area BB has it as far as produce is of concern
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