Continent Delicatessen

😡"Soviet Quality" sign over the salad bar? Seriously? I'm guessing you missed the part where "Soviet quality" meant mass starvation for Ukrainians. That's not quirky, it's offensive.

And labeling Olivye salad "russian"? In this climate? Are you actively trying to be tone-deaf? That's not "cultural appreciation," it's a giant middle finger.

Clean it up, ditch the Soviet nostalgia, and maybe, just maybe, learn some basic respect. This isn't a museum for outdated regimes; it's a grocery store. Act like it!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

I have brought my 96 year-old grandmother here for the last time today. After several trips here, I am appalled by the rudeness of the women that work here. Ladies, you are not in Eastern Europe anymore. It’s OK to smile and be courteous! This is what we do in America! We show appreciation to our customers and be friendly!
I asked for a chair for my grandmother to sit in while we shop because standing for long periods is hard for her. She could’ve simply walked outside and brought a lightweight chair in for her rather, she looked at us (with my grandmother about to fall) and said we don’t have chairs. We will find a different, friendly deli and never spend 1 dime there again!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

FOOD SAFETY ALERT!!!

I bought some products from this store and was very disappointed. The packagings of cookies and bread don’t have a manufacturing date, so I couldn’t check if the items are fresh. When I opened a pack of cookies, it had mold (MOLD!!!) on it. This is unacceptable. I didn’t even bother opening the other products I bought.

The store needs to improve quality control and add proper labels to products. I won’t shop here again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I stopped by this place while visiting San Diego. They have so many European products, the choices are endless! I picked up some birds milk, polish sausage and some fresh piroshkis. Everything was so delicious and the staff was very friendly and helpful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

So far so good

They purposely don't put any price tags on most of the items, so when you go to pay for it they can give a random price.
I came here to buy the same pastries which I bought two days ago for $8 something. Today when I bought same pastries they charged me $17 something. I was very confused and when asked them about the reason they just returned me less than a dollar and told me that that this is the real price of this item. Very frustrating experience.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

We came here to try some snacks and they tried to scam/steal from us by adding an extra $14.99 charge for something that we did not purchase (the “kulich” on the receipt pictured below). I watched the woman checking us out scan a random barcode to add the charge but didn’t think anything of it in the moment. After looking at the receipt on our way out, we realized this and went back in to ask them about it, and they acted confused. They ended up giving me $10 back in cash even though I originally paid with card. Do not give your business to these greedy thieves.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

We came before and liked everything there! The last time we went with Alpine specifically to this store... before we even had time to enter, we were greeted by someone who seemed like the owner or the director, why are you filming with a camera, and in a high tone (and I was filming myself) before that we were filming nothing, no one I said, if you can’t shoot there, you could have said it adequately! And in general, do not remove the writing on the door! Now is the time of Internet telephones, you never know why anyone is filming people, they weren’t filming! And it wouldn’t hurt to say hello! You live in America, haven’t you been taught how to socialize here? Then she ran into my American mother and started looking at her phone! What did she show that she was sending to her son, what a shame for our Slavic mentality that they show! Horror ! Before that, the saleswomen there weren’t very good, but after that it’s not like that at all! Rudes and boors! And they’ve never asked to warm up your pies, or they’ve never given you napkins at all, but the last time they asked and they gave you one! I'm still not very impressed!

A good store, although small, but everything is there. Very tasty cooking. Definitely recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Very poor experience here this past week. Staff is incredibly rude and should have nothing to do with customers. Food is left out and looks stale and tastes pretty horrible. The store itself is dirty and super cramped. There are better options if you want European food in San Diego, trust me. Would never spend a dollar here again. This place is absolutely sub-par.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Overdue ?

I buy kvass, mineral water, dumplings, sweets and seeds here. I like everything. The dumplings are even made by businesses within America. Friends tried the salads that are made in this store and pies. We were very unhappy and threw everything away. And they liked the mayonnaise

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

I've been to this store many times. However, the atmosphere is like back to USSR (the rudest employees ever) and everything is overpriced (for instance, a medium can of Nescafe $14), compared to the Vine Market (same coffe can $10), or compared to the International Balboa Market (the same medium size Nescafe $8), or to the other local stores. The parking is paid. It cost me a $3 just to park my car for 10 minutes. Think twice before to come here. I'm finished with this store because other store are with better atmosphere, prices and their staff is friendly.

Parking: $3 for 10 minutes parking.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

I've been to this store many times. However, the atmosphere is like back to USSR (the rudest employees ever) and everything is overpriced (for instance, a medium can of Nescafe $14), compared to the Vine Market (same coffe can $10), or compared to the International Balboa Market (the same medium size Nescafe $8), or to the other local stores. The parking is paid. It cost me a $3 just to park my car for 10 minutes. Think twice before to come here. I'm finished with this store because other store are with better atmosphere, prices and their staff is friendly.

Parking: $3 for 10 minutes parking.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

The first thing I heard when I walked inside was: don’t take pictures. Came out immediately. Disgusting place, everything is just like my home town.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1