Their checkout process is one of the worst Ive ever seen. Their ten items or less line has been open less than half of the times Ive been there. Today was the last straw. The first two lines, the only ones open, each had two customers in line with at least twenty items. After five minutes the first person in each line had not been checked out yet. One of your employees went to the ten items or less line to check out a friend or employee. I went that line but he told me he was closed and refused to check me out despite having just rung up another person. The open lines still had not moved so I walked out. The Albertsons nearby has six self checkout lines and I have rarely had to wait for one to be open. I wont waste my time with your store again even though it is a bit closer to my house.

I cant speak to all of the stores, but as far as mine goes I really like it. Staff is good, selection is good, prices are good.

Very happy with the team members product placement knowledge

This was my first time in the store and actually the first time Ive heard of this store given Im from Pacific Northwest and obviously we dont have these up there. It reminds me of a miniature Costco and has quite a few things and stuff. Seems to be reasonable or somewhat reasonably priced for the expensive California area and I will definitely go back and do some more shopping and look around. Check out was kind of a pain but with covid-19 limited cashiers I can totally understand

Good food, good selection. Best to bring your own bags. But they were very accommodating for us out-of-towners by providing paper sacks for us.

Just a great place to grab essentials while camping at Carpinteria Campground.

The new check out Q system is an excellent way to go. Big improvement over last year and handles social distancing very nice. Well done Smart and Final!

I don’t know how you can call this a grocery store when the selection is so very limited. It’s more like a glorified convenience store.

I went to Smart and Final to look for Cup4Cup gluten free flour. I thought it was a hopeless trip, but the nearby health food site didnt have that brand and my friend offered to make me a loaf of gluten free bread. So the brand mattered.S & F had it. Color me shocked. And they had an organic veg section. It wad my first time in there. I was bummed when Vons left, so I never went in.It was quite nice in there. Ill have to go back.

Cheap prices, good bulk foods, and decent produce. But hit or miss in other departments and an often a slow, ponderous check-out process - always seemingly with one too few lanes open and no self-checkout. Good overall if you need large quantities of things, but not a place you can reliably pop in and out of when grabbing a few things on the go.

Always good. They moved the eggs to the other side of the store!

Carpinteria smart & final have very good service and fast line checkers

Staff does a very good job. Produce department is well run. Go elsewhere only for things they don’t carry.

Line too long. Not enough cashiers so I left.

Wish they carried the low calorie Jose Cuervo margarita mix. Have to go to Albertsons to get it.

Good selection of goods, but long, long check out waits.....

CleanOrganizedLarge,never crowded

The staff is always so happy and polite. Love this place

ALWAYS have what I am looking for.

Reasonable prices and good service. I especially like their selection of candy, nuts and grains in bins, sold by weight. Try the Dark Chocolate Raisins!

Great selection, great prices, close to the campground.

This place has GREAT stock and the MOST friendly and helpful staff. ❤️ this place!!!

I miss the normal Vons store that used to be here. Buying in bulk is nice, but the store isnt as nice and clean as it used to be. And sometimes you dont need a 20 pack of candy bars. The deals are decent, but nothing comes in a small package here.

Needs more checkers more stocked items produce area needs cleaning of floors. Im grateful to have SF nearby. I do go to the other SF on Main St too

Friendly employees, clean store, lots of products and usually fully stocked! Inexpensive what more can you ask for?

The price and quality of the products available are fantastic. Everyone is nice. Love this place!

Welcome to our Beautiful Town of Carpinteria, Smart & Final. Thank you for your great selection of produce and other staples your store offers at great everyday low prices. Amazing transformation to our short lived Haggens building. Kudos to all of your hard working staff and organization..You have a repeat customer for sure !!

Not the Vons that I still love and miss, but this SF has the cheapest prices for groceries in all of Carpinteria. If it werent for the prices, I would stick to Albertsons; SF has super long and slow lines. They really need to hire people to bag as well. Im lucky if I get a cashier that bags my groceries; most cashiers just stare and wait for you to do it. While some cashiers are kind, others dont even say hi or look at you until they tell you the total. Overall, SF is great if you need something fast, but it doesnt have a lot of variety and specialty health food options (vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, etc.) are limited.

Ive lived in carpinteria for 50 years.I love this store.It feels like Im getting my moneys worth.The people are very nice,and helpful.Thanks for the service.Tim Seider

Its unfortunate but for some reason this store has become unorganized. Shelves are not stocked. Stacks of boxes in isles, difficult walking down isles. People I recommend to go to S&F (Carpinteria)are now going to Ventura. What has happened??

All I could think of when going through this store is poor Carpinteria!... What happened to it? This location should showcase a higher end market like Vons when it used to be there. The store was dirty and presentation sad looking. The checker asked me on the way out of my water bottle was really my own... as if Id steal a bottle of water while paying for the rest of my groceries! 🙄 We used to frequent this grocery store while staying here in Carp, but not anymore. 2 stars because it had food and was open. Bring back the better grocery shopping experience to Carpinteria!

Soooo slow at checkout.

The smart and final here is actually a bit bad. The actual store is set up like you would expect from a bulk store but the bad part is that the staff is like what you would expect form a bulk store. It runs at about the equivalent of a Skelton crew. The prices are a bit much and usually you have to wait forever in line

Great store. Good selection, bulk items

Good deals and convenient loacation. Step in and step out

Great store walking distant great customer service.

Wow! What a great store, gonna give Albertsons a run for their money!

So convenient when camping at carpineriia state beach. Had everything we forgot to bring up.

Very kind and charitably group highly recommend😀

Not good, but not the worst. Its not the place I would ever want to go shopping at for extended periods of time. If your in carpenteria you only have two options, to go to smart and final extra or go to albertsons. The albertsons is pretty bad, everything is over priced and theres no cheap alternatives. Then of course you have the smart and final but they are missing quite a few common items and their store is horribly organized. I couldnt even find eggs. If you want a quick grocery pickup I recomend one of the liquor stores

Bought tide soap on sale that was being advertised in store for $14.99 was charged 17.99. Questioned it was told sale was over.

Its pretty good to shop there

Large with a good selection of items

Good employees

I give them A+

Small town, good groceries.

Ok not much more you can sayPaul Z 😎

Ok, kind of messy and not very clean

No frills groceries

Some items were not there , overall a good store with large items to purchase

Good sortiment

Busy Easter weekend and Smart&Final was the place to be.

What deàls!

August 2016.Great products. Gladly again.

I love it is my favorite

Its fine but the employees are not quite friendly.