Ingles

Reviews

• Enit S.

  star star star star star_border 9 September 2026

  On the way to and from the Smoky mountains we kept seeing Ingles on the highway signs. We thought it was highly amusing that someone decided to name a store 'Ingles' so out of sheer curiosity we stopped in thinking that it was going to be something like a Cuban cafe only to be surprised to find its actually a supermarket... A large supermarket at that.
  
  The 'cafe' part is that there's a starbucks inside, but hold on, they sell other stuff too. You want some gelato? Yup; they have it there in your choice of waffle cone or a cup. Or maybe you're in the mood for a boars head sandwich; they've got that too. They have a wing bar in which there's chicken wings of all flavors there for the taking. I believe it was like 5.99 a lb if I'm not mistaken. They have a sizable sitting area with comfortable leather sofas/seats. It reminded me a lot of our local Lucky's market.
  
  They had loads of vegan items, stuff that I've never even seen at whole foods so I'm guessing it's a local thing. I managed to buy some items including a box of vegan beer bread, and a bag of Ingles brand coffee. What was originally intended only to be a quick coffee/snack stop ended up being an hour long discovery of what seems to be a local gem. It also got us excited about coming back to Asheville in particular, from the little we saw it seems to be a really cool town.

• Bry M.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 8 September 2026

  Ingles does not train employees. This has been proven on countless occasions at each an every location I've visited over the last 6 years living in the area. Last week, my wife and I needed a quick bite so we decided to give a custom sub a chance at this NEW giant location. I like how they use Boar's Head brand meat/cheese and it's pretty hard to mess up a sub...well...they really messed this one up.
  
  We ordered a 12" turkey and cheddar sub and rather than making the entire sub and simply cutting it in half, this very young employee(bless his heart) made each half separate which took double the time than necessary. It was like he was never trained by a veteran deli employee/supervisor how to cut bread much less assemble a sandwich which is not by any means the employees fault but proves Ingles management does not take the time to make sure employees are trained properly before serving paying customers.
  
  The meat, cheese, nor any of the toppings were evenly distributed. When we noticed he was struggling to cut the bread we should have just thanked him for the help, let him know we had something come up and walked out. I've left several Ingles stores very constructive reviews and even chatted with management in the past...unfortunately, it seems they just don't care which makes me sad that this locally owned and operated grocery store chain does not hire passionate folks to train and manage employees.
  
  I understand finding passionate employees may be tough, especially when they pay less then a living wage but it seems Ingles managers are not trained themselves to value customers enough to coach up & train employees...smh:(

• Robert Y.

  star star star star star_border 7 September 2026

  This is not a bad place to grocery shop. Pity that the prices were a little higher compared to others. I did like their salad bar. It was pretty large and had a great diversity of offerings, including 5 types of olives. I hear that it is a chain based in Tennessee. Not much else to say. The service was adequate and they had food and beverages, both of which I was looking for on this visit (surprised?).

• Margaret M.

  star star star star star 2 September 2026

  Fantastic concept grocery store! Sure wish we had these in Arkansas. They have added many organic sand new items and stay on top of trends!

• Jeff S.

  star star star star star_border 26 August 2026

  Every city seems to have it's own primary grocery store and for the Asheville area, it is Ingles.  This store sits opposite the Biltmore Square Mall.
  
  It is a large store, the aisles are wide.  It has your standard grocery items...produce, dairy, meat, deli, beer/wine, etc.  But this store still has a video rental section when most grocery stores got out of that business years ago.  They also have a pharmacy in the center of the store rather than the front, and there's a fresh foods area near the deli where you can get your fried chicken to eat later.  
  
  The store was clean.  The self-checkouts worked!  And the signage is great that it's easy to find things in this store.