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JOANN Fabrics and Crafts
4104 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma, WA 98409, United States
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JOANN Fabrics and Crafts
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Review β„–1

Decent selection and usually pretty clean... Unfortunately Ive never actually felt very welcomed there. The staff seems very inconvenienced by customers just walking in let alone having to answer any questions or helping find something. And I have yet to be in there without seeing at least one person that clearly is high on something shoving things in their bags... I have always said something to someone and again felt like I was inconveniencing them by letting them know πŸ˜•

Ty
Review β„–2

Helpful, kind employees. Just my kind of place, everyone wants to know what your next project is. Always discounts going on. Might just get hit on by another cute girl there for fabric. Good times had by all.

Am
Review β„–3

While I was able to find what I needed, I only ever saw the single cashier.

Mi
Review β„–4

Found some GREAT deals for fall decorating! Wreaths, ribbons, pillows wall hangings!

Ad
Review β„–5

I like it a lot but it is kind of pricey. Easily able to get lost in if youre a crafty creative person if you know what I mean LOL one thing I didnt like was their website does not match their inventory. Said they had 12 items of something in stock I needed when I arrived every one of them were missing and the only explanation I was given was somebody must have stole them. I had to drive 35 minutes out of my way to a different location just to go and find what I needed

Da
Review β„–6

Minimal help if you are new. Check out lines were longer than costco when we had a paper shortage! Great selection! Fare prices.

Ma
Review β„–7

They had a few good deals but Im not sure the cutting table people really understand their pricing. But they are very courteous and helpful.

In
Review β„–8

Tons of Halloween stuff and sewing/crocheting stuff. Friendly staff. Lots of stuff for Halloween ideas, but I wish there were those plain vertical thin wooden boards there so I could get one to paint on. Otherwise, great store!

Re
Review β„–9

I like Joann Fabrics. Im sad that most of the time the store looks under stocked. Staff have said they need help and are hiring. I have always enjoyed the help from who ever is cutting fabric.

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Review β„–10

Pleasant customer servic . Long wait for help with fabric. Edges of thee floor are disgusting. Theres no way they clean daily or even monthly!

St
Review β„–11

I was happy to discover that I could order online and they brought my purchases to the car!

Jo
Review β„–12

My wife loves going to Joann to get anything crafty! Today we are here for decorations for our daughter’s birthday. Pretty much every thing you could think of is here.The felt selection for our girls flower crown was perfect and we even found a paper trimmer to put the finishing touches on the invitations.Make sure you hunt for coupons though because they almost always have one for 40-50% off.Be careful when you get to the checkout aisle though because that’s where they keep all the chocolate treats!

Pa
Review β„–13

The older lady that checked me out had really great customer service.

De
Review β„–14

The workers werent as friendly as they used to be at this location near the Tacoma mall I dont know what caused the atmosphere in this store to be so negative but I wish it would go back to how much I enjoyed going there before now I dont know if Ill be a returning customer. Maybe hobby lobby or MICHAEL s would prefer my business.

Em
Review β„–15

I really like this store! It smells like Christmas literally! They do have a variety of fabrics and craft supply

An
Review β„–16

I just love this place. I go there alot. The people are always very helpful in both finding what your looking for and helping you figure what you need for whatever your making

Ch
Review β„–17

This store has the best sale and discounts! I will be back.

Ch
Review β„–18

I didnt find exactly what I went into look for but I did find other things that I needed. Halloween and fall stuff were super on sale.

Gl
Review β„–19

Slightly understated, but great selection of crafting supplies.

Ke
Review β„–20

Line for cutting is 20+ minutes. All I need is the REMAINDER of the tulle on my roll. Nothing needs measured. The worker that helped me typed in the item number and could see there was only 3 yards left but they counter wouldn’t let me check out without going to the back to have the fabric cut. I come in on my lunch break, had to wait 20 minutes to get checked out in the first place. I will NEVER come back to this location.

Er
Review β„–21

All kinds of crafting materials but they specifically were the only place I could buy felt that was wide to cover a table. Good price as well

Dj
Review β„–22

This place definitely needs more attention to detail especially with staff when I walked in I swear it was like desert Island and theres no vibration its so dead not even background music

Le
Review β„–23

Pretty good selection of watercolor supplies except they need to keep restocking of sold items. I noticed a lot of empty spots where sold brushes were not restocked. Download the app because they will have money saving coupons available. I used a 40% off one regular priced item and saved 10.00

An
Review β„–24

The seek Kevin is pretty limited and it is definitely overpriced. In a positive note. Its never very crowded.

Ro
Review β„–25

Similar crafty supplies as Michaels plus fabric.

Ko
Review β„–26

Great store...has everything I need.

He
Review β„–27

Great staff...very helpful

Bo
Review β„–28

They had a lot of cool stuff there.

Sa
Review β„–29

Had a great experience even though I went there to buy a sewing machine only to find that the sewing department closed early and I couldnt buy one. Took advantage of my time there and found an extremely helpful person in the fabric department that took excellent care if me.

Te
Review β„–30

Really slow customer service today. Pack your patience.

No
Review β„–31

Great sales and they always seem to have what you need.

Ch
Review β„–32

Great customer service, great fabric etc. Thank you!

Wa
Review β„–33

My mom loves to shop there as she has been doing for many years, she Quilts, Cross-stiches, the Quilt in one of the pictures, the darker blues and purples, and red she made for my Daughter and her Husband for Christmas. And my name is Jacob and she is starting a Quilt for me about Jacobs Latter. Shes not showing me anything yet but, I will post it when its finished. I cant wait. 🀭

Ju
Review β„–34

Great sale discounts including extra coupon discount - coupon discount showed expired on store computer however coupon on my phone showed it wouldnt expire until next week. Cashier accepted phone coupon.

Tr
Review β„–35

Since C19 I havent shopped at JoAnns but today after watching an Instagramers shopping haul I decided to pay them a visit...and boy am I glad I did! Great sale going on on home decor, items for ur garden as well as decor for ur outdoor living space. They also had a sale on pic frames...just throughout the store. Great sale & they were friendly.

St
Review β„–36

Downgraded from 3 stars to 1. Clearance items marked up from regular price by $2.00 on a reg. 8.99 item. I buy this item often. When i asked the manager about it she said she could do Nothing about it. Didnt offer a phone number for me to call, didnt even say she would ask about it later. Just terrible customer relations.I asked for the corporate number and have been on hold for 13 minutes.Roland was nice. Submitted a ticket to correct it. I guess well see.

la
Review β„–37

Dont go here If youre working on a project that requires you to buy 2 cuts of the same fabric. They wont custom cut, even though Ive had it done on multiple occasions. Didnt see any signage posted stating that. And employees were blatantly rude about enforcing said policy. I spend upwards of $100 here weekly but will no longer be a customer.

Pa
Review β„–38

I love doing art

Di
Review β„–39

Hard working, patient, capable & knowledgeable employees.... Good sales... Best variety around today....

Ka
Review β„–40

Great selections on fabrics and yarns

De
Review β„–41

I had to put my fabric down and walk out because prior to me wairing 2 employees were cutting and then one of the two chise to put fabric in the bin and then walk off verses help me since the other pers9n being helped had stacks of fabric to be cut and i had two. Know i was the only one waiting for help.

G.
Review β„–42

Just fun to walk around and get inspired. They lose a star because I hate dealing with all their coupons.

Li
Review β„–43

This location is the only fabric store within 20 miles. Great fabric selection. The sewing supplies are being overrun by the household decorative gee-gaws. Friendly staff. Lots of parking.

Co
Review β„–44

This store was by Tacoma Mall. At the fabric counter, the workers were super slow. With only 2 people ahead of me I had to wait right about 30 minutes. Other than that the place was fine

Gi
Review β„–45

Purchased two stuffed wolves at 25% off. Grandson was quite pleased as was I.

Ka
Review β„–46

I have a love/hate relationship with Joanns. I love that they have fabric. So few places have much, or any these days. I love their selection of other items too. The friendliness/helpfulness of staff is touch and go. Often they seem stressed, overly busy, generally unhappy, or like they just dont care much, which seems odd, because to me a craft store is, or should be, a place of joy.Some workers are great though.Lines can be very long. The cashier will call for help, sometimes multiple times, but help may or may not come. Its usually a long wait at the fabric counter too, but at least I can browse while I wait for my number to be called... That was a brilliant idea!What I often hate, though its actually improved a lot, is their app and/or website. It used to be almost completely impossible to use. Trying to look at locations where items were available would do strange things to items in your cart. Shipping fees would show up even when you changed everything to pick-up. Coupons wouldnt work properly, or at all. The back button just wouldnt work, or your filters would get reset every time you went back to your search results after viewing an item, and the whole site would just be mind-bogglingly slow!Its improved, but there are still issues. Its much faster (thank goodness!!) But can still be slow at times. There are still issues with coupons, but less frequently. There are still navigation issues and new login issues, but its inconsistent instead of constantly being a problem. The cart issues with selecting a different pick up location seem to be resolved. Its still annoying, but definitely useable.Ive contacted customer service MANY times to try and resolve issues. They do reasons, but it can take days, and by then my coupon may have expired, or Ive given up and give elsewhere to purchase because I have a project that cant wait. Sometimes they respond but completely misunderstand. The customer service team definitely doesnt seem to be aware of what coupons theyre currently offering. I sincerely wish they had a faster response time and better service!What irritates me the most right now is how much theyve limited coupons. They only have so much in stock, so if I need more, or different colors, I can often only use a coupon for the online part of the order, or only for the pick-up part. And you can only use one coupon, so its a big pain because I have to do 2 separate orders if I want a discount on the whole order. Its often the same product (different colors) and the same discount on the two coupons! That makes it a lot harder to review what Ive selected and make adjustments.I shop here more than any other craft store right now. It used to be Michaels for yarn, but their coupons have gotten even more limited it seems. (And their site/app was just as bad)Overall its great to be able to access the products, hence 4 stars, but they have a lot of room for improvement, both locally, and company-wide)

Ti
Review β„–47

Seems like a rather small store with not much variety and there was only one person I saw working and she seemed very frazzled and stressed but she was nice though 😏

Ta
Review β„–48

Busy, yet clerks wre efficient and quite friendly. They had everything I wanted and more

Cr
Review β„–49

My cashier looked through my coupons, gave me discount when coupon was diffrrent. friendly snd helpful.employees throughout the store

Ke
Review β„–50

The staff was nice as usual. No one asked me did I need help though. The manager wasn’t doing a good job at being discrete. She called on her microphone to have the people watching the cameras to look at a person with a hoodie that was adjacent to her and I was the only person with a hoodie that was adjacent to her. And she kept following me after that. She could’ve asked me did I need help because I did. They may need to hire more people during the holidays to help out on the floor. The cashiers move a little slow so expect to wait.

Da
Review β„–51

The line was Long but, moved quickly, I was looking for Swim wear / Dance wear fabrics, Very limited stock!

an
Review β„–52

Helped download app for future deals. Matched price! Happy first time shop !

Se
Review β„–53

Love JoAnns!! One of my favorite stores to get anything fabric from. The staff here are very helpful and friendly every time I come in.

Mi
Review β„–54

Awesome craft store. Great prices especially when you have coupons or just open the website at the register.

Ma
Review β„–55

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you all so much! The staff here are so incredibly helpful. ESPECIALLY when you come in wanting 30 skeins of yarn!😬 Tawny!, thanx for stepping up to help me get those skeins. God bless you n Im going to make you something special (just need to know your favorite color 😁) the store was pretty busy n I still got helped professionally n politely. EXACTLY how a patron is supposed to be helped,., thats probably why the store was so busy. Who wants to shop wherever if the staff isnt helpful or rude n nasty. Again Thanx so much JOANN staff. Keep up the AMAZING work. Two thumbs upπŸ‘πŸ‘a skein of yarn n a crochet hook to you!πŸ€“

An
Review β„–56

One of my all time favorite locations ! The staff is experienced and know theyre product ! If youre close this would definitely be the one to visit !!!

Ro
Review β„–57

My wife LOVES this place!!! She goes 5-6 times a month. She has actually made a lot of friends here. Lol

Sa
Review β„–58

One of the better JF locations. This store is well stocked and the cashiers are helpful.

Sh
Review β„–59

Well, expensive. Was not pleased with my purchase. Ooh well. Let me include that the lady working at customer service and pickup its not a pleasant person at all. Extremely rude to my wife. So I wish you a Merry Christmas customer service lady.

Ca
Review β„–60

Love the store and the variety of products they offer but the employee that rang me up was pretty unfriendly and short with me.

Al
Review β„–61

Their curbside pick up service was quick and efficient.

Sa
Review β„–62

The largest Joannes one been in. Lots of selection. The people at the fabric counter were very helpful as well as the lady at the sewing machine center.

Jo
Review β„–63

They have lots of fabric and yarns.Cute decorationsNot always easy to find what Im looking for.Their holiday selections always seem under stocked

Jo
Review β„–64

Found everything I needed to finish the quilt in progress AND it was all on sale. Nice flannel backing at 60 percent off and batting at 40 percent off!! SCORE

ch
Review β„–65

Good prices and great customer service πŸ‘

Cy
Review β„–66

Normally I havent had problems at this store but today was different. I went in to get a refund and the packages were unopened and I had a receipt. The items were only purchased in July so they were still fine to get a refund. They had so many trying to get the system to accept the register receipt that they told me they would have to return it as a no receipt return when they could clearly see all 5 items that i needed to return and their price, not to mention the bar code on the receipt. So the manager even tells me that the system was only going to give me 40% of what was actually paid for the items even though she knew I paid full price. Told me that it was the system and that she couldnt do anything about it. Somehow after I threatened to call the corporate about how my return wasnt fair because they couldnt give me a full refund she was able to get the register to recognize my refund and the full amount was refunded.

Ga
Review β„–67

Where do I begin, I am in disbelief at the utter disrespect and lack of professionalism displayed at this JOANN location. I am a Soldier and my mother is in Washington visiting me here at my station from California. We had a question about the weekly ad, particularly the paint section, I pressed the call button on the locked up paint, we were greeted by an employee named Diane, we asked her if she knew which paint was on sale, she replied no. We asked if she could find out, she said no. We asked if she could get someone that could help us, she said no and proceeded to walk away. I asked her if she was serious, she asked to see the ad we had, we explained we did not have the ad with us, she went to grab the ad and after hastily flipping through the ad, she said the ad wasn’t there. My mother grabbed the ad, and found it right away, she then walked to another aisle, came back and proceeded to stare blankly at paint, I pointed out which can was in the ad and she handed it to me. My mother told her we should get her paycheck since we had to do her job for her, to which she responded β€œI don’t make much anyway”. There are plenty of people who could use a job right now if she doesn’t want it, she should give it up for someone that does. We have been Joann customers for over 15 years, and after this experience with Diane, I will no longer go to a Joann store in Washington .

ch
Review β„–68

Prices have gone up in the past 2 years. Id like to see the clearance section better filled, more with lowered, more reasonable cleared prices.

Tr
Review β„–69

The staff are not very knowledgeable about the projects they stock. otherwise its a great store.

Da
Review β„–70

Even in the midst of COVID-19 I am happy to be able to shop at Joanns!

Ин
Review β„–71

It’s near stores is my favorite toys r us and the joann is a good fabric store we usually by there fabrics like for making socks and sweaters on Christmas. This store is not big as toys r us, but is really good for arts! I love to buy puzzles there especially on Christmas on Christmas sale. Officially sales are not so big like on going out of business sales but still they have good deals!

Me
Review β„–72

Good variety, usually a wait for fabric or foam cutting.

Ge
Review β„–73

Good store but smells like Chinese chemicals.

Na
Review β„–74

I like is very nice πŸ‘Œ .

Je
Review β„–75

So sweet and let me split transactions for maximum savings

Ma
Review β„–76

Found beautiful Fleece for gift. Then walked out and saw beautiful huge lenticular cloud.

St
Review β„–77

This store is huge! Really nice selection of fabrics and the cutting ladies were friendly. Only downside was the rude cashier at the front.

Li
Review β„–78

Had coupon for Dritz curved basting pins and would not take because it was not a sewing notion. What is it? Was not happy. Then they were marked $14.99 and was charged $16.99. Would not go look at price on shelf, charged higher price. Not happy with Joann s in Tacoma.

Be
Review β„–79

So many items to choose from for whatever you came for!!I like the sales.

Ex
Review β„–80

Don’t try and do an order online and pick up here. The slowest and their customer service in wanting to help you is nonexistent. If your item can be picked up at another location choose that location instead. Don’t call them about your order because they have no compassion even if you are being nice and just want a confirmation.... they act like they don’t understand what your needs are. I get it, there’s a pandemic but if you can’t display customer service or compassion don’t even work there.

K
Review β„–81

Well with covid it is nice to get shopping done loved the holiday decorations.

Pe
Review β„–82

The assocites were super helpful they look for my fabric and even though it was all gone they triple checked for me

Vi
Review β„–83

They are family friendly store. With many selections to choose from.

Th
Review β„–84

Ordered online for curbside pickup. First an item I ordered wasnt flagged so someone bought in store (wasnt aware they were open for in store) & now I dont have it for my pattern that I bought the whole order for. Then somehow the pickup name was a married name I havent used in 15 years. I have no idea how that name came up. So it took a while for them to find it. Make sure to double check everything before you place your order. And if something you order has a small quantity in store you may lose it.

Ma
Review β„–85

Love it....glad there still is a fabric store around.

Do
Review β„–86

Wife loves this store and I wait for her

Je
Review β„–87

Excellent selection of fabrics and sewing supplies.

Ca
Review β„–88

Had exactly what I needed.

Da
Review β„–89

They rearranged fabric sections and I dont like it. They used to have all cotton/quilt fabrics at front corner of store. Nice and open before. Now it feels like a cave and dark which makes it hard to see colors of fabrics. Not inviting and NOT relaxing...Cottons are in aisles where you cant step back enough to even see them and have to wait for people to move to see.

T
Review β„–90

Joanns is an awesome store. But it seems that they were working so hard on social distancing that they did not have enough people working. And there inventory is really low. I went for 3 items and left the store with only one of the items.

Sa
Review β„–91

Very helpful staff and pretty well stocked.

Ji
Review β„–92

My Wife Loves this store. We go ofton because she does lots of different craft projects. The sales associates are always knowledgeable and friendly, and the prices are always good.Always a great family shopping experience.

Ki
Review β„–93

Love this place, staff is always helpful. The place is clean.

Ma
Review β„–94

The associate s are very helpful. I working on a craft that is dying out or losing popularity. So nice to find knowledgeable people as resources.

Di
Review β„–95

So I went in today on the 22 of April 2020 during Covid. I understand the circumstances we are in right now on how there can only be 20 people in the store at a time but the customer service is ridiculously slow and some of the workers had attitudes that really bothered me. It was very unprofessional as the workers were having side conversations that were leaving the customers sitting out in the rain just trying to shop. I could of done a better job than the people running the flow of people and as I said the customer service needs a lot of improvement. It is not hard to be polite to customers standing in the rain for an hour that have concerns. Definitely not going back anytime soon.

Da
Review β„–96

Great experience with the staff, poor experience with price consistency between online and in-store.I saw an item online advertised at a sale price of $4.79 per yard down from $11.99 per yard. I thought about buying it online and picking it up in store, but it is fairly close and I had to go there anyway.I arrived at the store and couldnt find it, so I asked an employee for help. She was great! She asked for the item number which I gave to her from the website, and she found it for me. I took the 10 they had in stock and at checkout the price seemed high, so I asked about it. I was told they were on sale and how much I saved, and for some reason it made sense.After arriving to my business, We started going over the receipt, and the price would have been correct if we bought 10 yards of fabric, but we we only bought 8 and the price was $1.20 higher than advertised on the website. So I called the store.Again the employee was very helpful and explained that not everything is the same price online as in store, but they would price match it. Unfortunately, I would have to take one item and the receipt back to the store and show them the price to match. So I did, taking a copy of my reseller permit (I showed them a picture on the first transaction with a copy of the business license).I get in and wait patiently. for the line to go down and an employee to assist me. I gave the employee the reseller permit explained the situation and showed their online price.The employee started to become frustrated from what appeared to be a slow or non response from the touch screen. I waited patiently while the transaction was completed. I signed and went to my car. As I looked over the receipt, I noticed it had tax applied, so I went back in to get clarification, and the employee refunded the tax making my receipts all correct for the sale price online.As a retailer, I know how important brand reputation is, and the people responsible for advertising and pricing is doing a huge disservice to Jo-Ann Stores.

Ma
Review β„–97

This is a great place. Great place for seasonal crafts and gifts. Great sales! I really like the app no need to cut coupons codes right on your phone.

Li
Review β„–98

Joann always has great coupons and sales. Their selection of fabrics has been getting better as well. It is hard to get out with just what I went in for because I always end up browsing all of the amazing sales.

Le
Review β„–99

Very friendly people and helpful

Da
Review β„–100

Lines were slow. Rest was...k.

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4.1 Rating
  • Address:4104 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma, WA 98409, United States
  • Site:https://stores.joann.com/wa/tacoma/2093/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Maps&utm_campaign=Google+Places
  • Phone:+1 253-476-9300
Categories
  • Baking supply store
  • Fabric store
  • Bead store
  • Craft store
  • Knit shop
  • Picture frame shop
  • Scrapbooking store
  • Seasonal goods store
  • Sewing shop
  • Yarn store
Working hours
  • Monday:9AM–9PM
  • Tuesday:9AM–9PM
  • Wednesday:9AM–9PM
  • Thursday:9AM–9PM
  • Friday:9AM–9PM
  • Saturday:10AM–6PM
  • Sunday:9AM–9PM
Service options
  • Curbside pickup:Yes
  • In-store pickup:Yes
  • In-store shopping:Yes
  • Delivery:No
Health & safety
  • Staff wear masks:Yes
  • Staff get temperature checks:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot:Yes
Amenities
  • Wi-Fi:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
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