Big Lots

4.2 (475)

918 E State St, Athens, OH 45701
(740) 594-8257
local.biglots.com

Claimed
Discount store
Furniture store
Chain selling a range of products such as housewares, grocery items & furniture.

Service options

  • Curbside pickup

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chris cramer

2023-12

This place had a little bit of everything! Don't like shopping, but certainly don't mind going here and looking around for some great deals!

J to the T R

2023-12

Great customer service, very clean and well organized store. It's probably my favorite in the area.

Gary Mitchell

2024-01

They carry a lot of items I didn't realize that they did..reasonable prices..

Chuck Bechter

2023-11

New cashier, very friendly and helpful. Only 2nd day on job, she will be an asset for customer service.

Bombas big swoop

2024-03

Lady was rude to me at the Athens location I tried to make a purchase and my debit card would not work.

Jody Whaley

2024-03

Didn't have in stock and wasn't sure when or if it would be available

John

2023-12

Nice clean store and friendly cashier.

Christian Disbrow

2024-01

Service is a bit slow but overall good

Debbie Kroutel

2023-06

I enjoy shopping here. Large variety and very reasonable prices. Definitely a great place to shop!!

Narrow Gate

2018-05

Great prices on most foods

Stella Spitzer

2023-11

Not like it is to be back in the day before Walmart came along

Sarah

2021-05

Friendly associate at cash register. He had a nice conversation with us, great customer service and polite. The store was clean, organized, and signs marked for socially distant shopping. Good selection of seasonal items.

Deborah Skivers

2024-02

More expensive than they use to be

Ang S

2018-05

Overall, great experiences every time. We are apple to stock up on a lot of cereal bars, pastas, teas, and essentials for pretty cheap, which helps the pocket book. The ONLY negative experience was when we went to checkout about a week ago, and this girl gave us a lecture for wanting to use our email instead of name and phone number to look up rewards stuff. She kept harping on it the whole time she checked us out. She'd be the only reason I wouldn't shop there again because of her horrible attitude. But, once again, overall super nice people and store.

Chloe Musick

2019-05

Big Lots is the perfect place to go when you just can't find what you are looking for anywhere else. At Big Lots, I always find something I like and it's usually for a good price. Sometimes things are not of the highest quality, so be sure to check out everything before you buy. That is the nature of any discount store though. I would recommend Big Lots for any random weekend shopping.

Jamie Roberts

2022-05

Love big lots.!! Great buys. And I always find old school favorites. Just make sure you get it when you see it cause your probably not going to find it again.

Aunjela Latham

2023-05

I did a lot of grocery shopping here cause the prices were great for a college student. I also got a lot of props here for photo shoots for class assignments

Art Farver

2023-09

Plumbing parts are well organized. Employees very helpful.

Paul Barnhart

2024-02

Friendly and great bargains

Mary Lockhart

2022-05

I like Big Lots. They have nice furniture. But their TV stands are so high priced. I found a tablecloth with ice cream and ice cream trucks on it. I had to get it. It reminded me of my daughter when she would hear the ice cream truck 🚛. She would hollar and take off running for it. A good memory.

David “Pacer” McCoy

2022-05

Anyone that lives and shops in Athens and surrounding towns know of Big Lots in been a fixture on State street a long time. And in the last 10 or so years its really cleaned up a lot but its prices and getting out of control, It was and still is a good store with good employees but watch the prices and see what you all think.

Sue Dillon

2019-05

A nice store but too much stuff. I cannot always find what I'm looking for or the product that was advertised. And it's hard to find the help to ask questions. We usually have to go to the cashier and wait and or but in for your turn to ask for something might be. Otherwise not enough floor people

Jennifer Sayre

2023-05

Low quality. Messy, and very cluttered. They had a lot of broken items on the shelves and on the floor in the middle of the aisles.

Michelle Walker

2023-05

Very helpful this shopping trip!Love my new mattress & excited to pick up my new recliner later today.Thanks for your help!

Tina Zimmerman

2021-05

Athens store has a very rude person working in the furniture department. Her name is Christina vannest. We bought a mattress set and she would not help us load it. She just told me very rudely that I needed to pick it up. That was my first experience with this lady , My second experience was bad also. She acted like she didn't even want to wait on me and when she did finally acknowledged me she was rude. I don't do rude very well. I will definitely think again before buying anything from their furniture Dept again.

Robert Betz

2018-05

Good prices to be had here in comparison with other local retailers on some items. Wide variety of merchandise such as furniture, clothing, home goods, food items, toys, tools, seasonal merchandise and electronics. Good markdowns on sale and clearance items. Watch via email signup or web site. Also has a rewards club.

DANIELLE KRYSTIN PIERCE

2021-05

I went to the store up and down aisle constantly looking at earbuds and cell phone stuff they had there had discounts and a whole aisle of discounted cell phone cagits, n another full aisle of cell phone things like earbuds chargers just all kinds of things for cell phones and I got stuck looking through that aisle, then went around the corner n another aisle of marked down Cell phone stuff, found my puppy a nice plaid black n white n red checkered fleece full body outfit so cute ten bucks I'm going back next week for it. All kinds of things to get n very low prices. And out of all that I looked at I end up getting food and I have a big lots rewards card I use everytime. Love to shop here

Christina Curry

2018-05

Its a big lots, so not much to write about. The food may or may not be outdated, but if you want some amazingly strong discounted cleaning products, this is your place.Dont bother trying to get christmas lights here though, walmart had them beat on those prices and quality.However, I will say that their selection of nifty little gifts was pretty impressive. From the hot chocolate kits in a mug to the samples of hotsauce collections, the prices were decent and quality didn't look too bad.I also thoroughly recommend getting one of the all in one foot tools here too. They're only about a dollar but you can grate, buff, scrub, and exfoliate all with one handy tool. Throw blankets are nice too, but after a wash or two they tend to either shrink hardcore or fall apart.Its a discount store, you get what you pay for.

Chelsey Conroy

2019-05

Athens Big Lots is a neat place. They always have odds and ends that I may or may not be looking for. I usually find something cool in here to buy. Staff have always been friendly.

Just Me

2023-05

The cashier is great! She should give lessons to others who aren't as good with people as she is

Opening Hours

Monday 10 AM-9 PM
Tuesday 10 AM-9 PM
Wednesday 10 AM-9 PM
Thursday 9 AM-9 PM
Friday 9 AM-9 PM
Saturday 9 AM-9 PM
Sunday 10 AM-9 PM

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