Costco

Where you can easily drop $$$$ without thinking, for everyday household items. Clean & organized. If you have the time to look, you may surprise yourself by discovering clearance products!

People are fu$£ing obsessed with Costco and I kind of get it. They sell everything now and are getting into the home and car industries. Costco is slowly taking over the world. Would recommend for anyone who is looking for a car, has a big family, or likes free samples and hot dogs.

We've been looking for a new car the past couple months. Places offered $4k over msrp to a haggled $1k over. We heard about car deals through Costco, stole my mother in law's card to look at deals and found it was $500 under msrp with a membership. So we immediately bought a $60 annual membership and went to the partner dealership to buy the car. 

Most things food is in bulk so unless you can eat a $10 pound bag of onions, Costco groceries that can be used before it expires is just random items and frozen food. We got mussels there, a bunch of clementines, lobster pasta, tons of lettuce, and some other big items. Got enough toothpaste and shampoo to last us the year.

Tries some free samples - pizza, dips, and  quesadillas. The food area is also nice, $1.50 for a hot dog and drink. Around $4 for a massive cheesy chicken bake thing that was disgusting and delicious. 

We spent $60 and saved $1500 so that is obviously fantastic. Definitely look at Costco auto deals if you are looking for a car and a strange big, grocery/ department/ carnival for everyone else.

The prices for items here are lower than the city Costco that we shop at. Plus to buy drinks is cheaper than the city.

It's crowded on the weekends as all Costcos are. But the people seem to be more friendly and respectful as to not block the aisles.

But since gas prices are lower the wait is ridiculously long. The way it was designed made it hard to just get out of the Costco parking lot.

Nevertheless I'll still come out here to buy pop, water and ice tea. That's worth the trip in itself.

Bought these water balloons in the city last year for $20. This year they are selling for $22. Found them here for $19. Didn't know all Costco's set their own price. Won't be the last time I'll be here.

Good location. Lots of parking and cheapest gas too. Inside is clean and well organized. Friendly quick checkout. I expect nothing less from Costco. A+

I have a love-hate relationship with Costco. I can't be in here more than a half hour without experiencing rage at the size of the carts and seemingly lack of speed of my fellow shoppers but alas, I can't stay away from the cheap(er) gas, tasty samples and solid deals. The rotisserie chickens, food court pizzas, $5 massive croissants and Kirkland brand champagne are enough to offset the cost and annoyance of being a member. Also, Costco travel is 100% where it's at. We have taken several trips via this service and have had zero issues. There's nothing like arriving in Cancun and waltzing past the massive shuttle line for CheapCarribbean and going straight over to the Costco Travel line.
But for the love of all things unholy please fix this parking lot. I do not have the skills or mental fortitude to navigate it on a Saturday with any kind of reliability.
Also, I miss the food court chicken ceasar salad. We never knew how good we had it until it disappeared during the pandemic, never to return.

I would probably try going to another Costco since I literally live between two of them. For the first time I was asked to go to the cashier instead of self check out. There was only one person checking out on the self check while there was a long line at the cashier. I did not want to wait langer than I had to. I resisted and told the young lady I would still like to do the self check out after all I'm basically doing their job. The young lady said that No and her manager Ricky did not want us do the self check out. I did not want to argue and proceeded to wait in the long line but I will most likely not come here again. I'm a big fan of Costco but their customer service and management planning does not seem good at this location.

Love Costco. I go every weekend. There's always new stuff to try out. I won't use any other paper towel or toilet paper. Their meatloaf n mashed potatoes is fire. I love it. My kids love it. My dog even loves it. It makes me want to go now n get the meatloaf.

I don't recall which Costco I stopped at but I'll link them all in this review.

The Chinatown one is very busy and sometimes carries more Asian inspired products first but very understandable. They're very helpful here and I didn't have trouble navigating the store.

My main Costco is in Glenview since I know where to get most items, they just can't keep apple juices in stock, the gallon version.

I am not a fan of the Costco in Chicago on Fullerton store. It's always a mad house and it's smaller and no place for gasoline. It's very crowded and I don't feel comfortable there.

I've only been to the Mettawa Costco a few times but it's always clean. I haven't been there since Covid started though.

There's always good prices but you still have to be aware of the cost per unit because other stores like Walgreens or Wal-mart accept coupons and sometimes the smaller units costs less than the bulk sizes.

Great Costco location, well stocked and items were easy to find. The gas pumps lines are long, but do go fast. It is difficult to enter and exit this location.

Their brand of eyeglasses are really BAD. Yes, they are a good price for sure. But you get what you pay for the Kirkland brand is very bad. I bought two pairs from them and they both broke within a year and they do not hold their shape at all. I will never buy a pair of Costco glasses again.