Whole Foods Market

It's finally happened, the much anticipated new Whole Foods opened its doors in Overland Park, and the fancy grocery store gods are indeed shining their eyes upon the southern KC suburbs with this new build. I've been here a few times now, and below I've outlined the good and the bad, though if you don't want to read more the summary is that it's a Whole Foods and it meets Whole Foods standards. Now for the details: The Good:* This place is massive. So, for folks like me that were a bit salty when the North OP Whole Foods closed and moved to Brookside, you can rest assured that this one is big enough for a full kitchen and all your pre-made food needs, along with any and all other Whole Foods goodies you are on the hunt for. * It has plenty of self check out lines. I'm a big fan of self check out, especially at Whole Foods where I find the service to be hit or miss. * The bakery and pre made food area here is large - which is incredible. The old location was a retrofitted Whole Foods, set up from when they acquired another health food brand. It did the job, but the hot bar suffered. You've got it all here. * The location is great. I'm sure some will disagree but I love having this so close to the asian market so if I need a specialty ingredient it's close by. It's also positioned really close to Costco which makes for an easy two stop run on the weekend. The not so good: * The parking lot is a war zone so get ready to battle it out for a spot. * Like other Whole Foods locations I've had mixed reviews when speaking with employees. Some are friendly, some are not. It's kind of what I expect at a Whole Foods though.

This new store offered a great location at 119th & Metcalf, an expanded sales area, a coffee area, sushi, pizza (including pizza by the slice), sandwiches and seating inside and outside on opening day. They also offered a bakery, a meat counter, prepared foods, over 150 craft beers and items from local stores including Yoli Tortilleria, Christopher Elbow and Free State Brewing.I liked the plentiful parking (which was almost overwhelmed on opening day), the extensive produce area and the good selection of organic and other healthy food options.The sales area was clean, bright and new with background music, while the checkout lines moved quickly and efficiently with an express lane and many self-checkout lanes.

I can't believe the low scores for this market. It's a whole experience in itself. I absolutely love this store. I've given up Sprouts and Trader's Joe for here, it beautiful, spacious plenty of parking. I buy my dinner for the week here every week from the pre-made meals section.. btw if you don't know they have thee Bestest fried chicken "yea they do" plenty of flavor. The self serve pizza area is pretty interesting I don't have any favorites but I like choice and variety so I try them all. The sushi rolls are pretty large and tasty I love my shrimp rolls with peanut sauce. I steer completely clear of the bakery lol it's delicious and dangerous. Now I will say I bought a whole pecan pie the other day and it was everything pecans were created to be.. tasty, buttery, succulent, just enough custard, simple sweet, the crust was well krusty lol great. I bought the cherry pie my advice but ice cream if you want the true experience. So for thanksgiving I bought my entire dinner and it was in pre-cooked containers and it was delicious. Savory dressing, turkey gravy, roasted moist salt and pepper turkey breast, roasted Brussel sprouts with apples and pecans...yep you read it right, maple roasted carrots everything was awesome . I hope they do it again for Christmas!!! Get yo life together and get out there but open minded and the employees are pretty great too and for me that's what matter most if your staff stink and are stuffy I won't comeback. That kitchen staff is popping turning out good food. I added pictures hope you enjoy the review.

I unfortunately missed the grand opening here due to being out of town but as soon as I got back, I went. They did a really good job with this location! Very clean and modern look to the store. I liked how all the different departments have signs. At the meat station they have an actual in-house butcher! You can have any meat cut to your preference! (It's the little things like this that excites me!) The seafood station has fresh oysters, east and west coast! They have an oyster special on Fridays for prime members 12 for 12, not sure how long they are running but get in on it while you can. I tried The Moon-dancer and Wianno Oysters, not sure which ones are East or West Coast but they were really good! The Cheese section was very interesting, all types of cheese Ive never heard of or seen. They had a few years old parmesan cheese, that I definitely plan on getting next time I plan on making pasta. The Bakery section was my favorite, Whole Foods has the best strawberry shortcake and cupcakes on earth! On one side of the bakery you can pick the assorted pastries yourself. The salad, soup, buffet and pizza selection presentation was top tier and everything looked SO good. I'll definitely be back soon to pick up some more goodies. Definitely recommend coming here.

This is a gorgeous Whole foods! I'm always so impressed when I go into Whole foods: the efficiency of design and quality of products - though posh and exclusionary by design - is admirable. This one is particularly HUGE! There's so much to see in there, so much to sample and buy. Honestly it's like 10 different premium stores built into one big box retailer. Parking is nice, but getting into the parking lot could be much better. Don't dare try to egress from Pan Asia - you cannot. There's a single point of entry, and it's in the middle, lined up with the new road directly facing it. It seems Whole Foods has an affinity for making their posh clientele take 6 90 degree turns to get into a parking spot. I don't know why, but it bothers me.The fresh deli and diner options seem more robust and plentiful. The cheese is more. The bread is more. The salad bar is more. The freezer is more. This place is JUST more. Fresh food, seafood and meat feel much larger than any other store, though I don't know if they have extra items relative to the typical Whole foods. Don't forget that if you're a prime member, there are ample discounts all over the place! It's a scan code on the app, just show the register Stan and they'll knock some off. I got two bottles of extra-hot Mike's Honey (Typically $14) For sub $9! I recommend it, though the regular Mike's hot is little more than honey with mild whiffs of hints of spice. $14 for regular honey? Nope! But Ol' Mike said: "You want hot!?! You want the heat? I'll give you all the heat!!! The Extra hot will make you cough. Try it.

The newest Wholefoods in KC, located on one of the busiest and booming streets, Metcalf. I visited on their second day opening and boy was it packed! The parking lot was full and people were bustling on a Thursday at 1pm. The aisles were fully stocked, produce meticulously placed, and the baked goods were picture perfect! My favorite amenity are the self-checkout kiosks.

5 stars for bakery! I ordered "Thank You" cupcakes for our vet. The decorator was super sweet, and it was very easy to order over the phone. They did a fabulous job with the cupcakes! As for this new location, I notice that some of the items that were at the previous location, are not at this one. Not sure if temporary? Also, I went today, and they didn't have any of the gluten free bakery items out. They were all frozen. So kinda have to plan ahead if you're planning to pick some up. Would be nice if this location and the Olathe location stocked the same things, as I sometimes have to hit up both locations to finish my grocery list.

I'm so impressed by the manager there! His name is Joshua! Amazing quality control, customer support, resolving customer issuesJoshua is one of the on hands managers I have ever met.Because of Joshua's dedication to Whole Foods I will be back. He took care of my problem immediately.Amazing customer service.5*

Bakery: 4*Prepared Foods 4*Service 2*Ambiance 5*Even though the various prepared foods and bakery items tasted quite good, the manager and one of the staff members who helped me were unfriendly and seemingly not interested in helping customers. I'll try them again and will hope for smiling employees.

If you are looking for PLAIN SOURDOUGH BREAD at this location? Manager told me they make 12 loaves a day for all of Overland Park!!!!Better get there first thing in the morning, they go fast. I have yet to get there while there are still some left.