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52 reviews for A Grocery Warehouse
Review Highlights
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"This place is my go to spot for fresh and cheap produce." In 7 reviews -
"They even have fresh sugar cane juice." In 2 reviews -
"They had a wide variety of asian food/ingredients." In 3 reviews
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52 reviews in English
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Review from A M W.
Los Angeles, CA
4/23/2012
Two stars?? Two stars??? I beg to differ.
In Echo Park your grocery shopping options are limited:
You have Von's, which I don't think anyone thinks is great. It's like Mid-city Los Angeles. It's not good or bad, it just is.
You have "Cookbook," which is an insult to cookbooks. Essentially a miniscule farmer's market with slightly hiked prices and an oddly off-kilter meat/cheese to veg ratio.
Is there something else I'm missing?
We are so blessed to have A Grocery Warehouse as our third option. It's woefully crappy looking from the outside, so it's unlikely to "blow up" anytime soon. The folks who know about this spot are neighborhood folks. I feel for Glen B. that he visited when the fish was rank - it's usually not so, and I've gotten some of the best fish I've had there. Their produce IS good and ridiculously cheap. And diverse! 4 different kinds of potatoes, 5 different types of greens, an entire fridge for pickled veg. The outdoor section is almost completely devoted to fruits - you don't wanna big banana, ok, we gotta little banana, you don't want a grapefruit, ok, we got pomelo. Not bad at all.
The dry goods section has pretty much everything you could ever want, unless you want tahini. Which I always go there looking for, but they never have. Plus dishes, knives, rice cookers, and more. All for unbeatable prices.
If you are on a budget but would still like to taste your food, it's not a bad choice. Besides the tahini, you're solid at A Grocery Warehouse. -
Review from beryl l.
Los Angeles, CA
5/25/2012 3 photos
Incredible pricing. The same coconuts whole foods sells for $5 are $1.30 here! A whole bag of shiitake mushrooms are less than $3! 10+ bok choy.. Under $3!
I wouldn't do all of my grocery shopping here by any means but for certain specialty items it can't be beat. The meat and seafood department is pretty gross, and the place isn't very clean but its worth a trip. -
Review from Rock S.
Los Angeles, CA
5/20/2012
I love this esoteric market, where else can you find all those hard to find asian spices and cooking utensils at a real reasonable price.
The people who run the market are friendly and helpful and make you feel welcomed.
Bought a full bag of veggies and spent only $5.00 nice.
Nice to not feel like I'm getting ripped off when I visit my neighborhood market.
They'll take your credit card but I get the feeling that they prefer cash $$$ no problem. -
Review from Lauren E.
Los Angeles, CA
3/14/2012
I've only been here a few times but so far so good. I was initially scared off after a friend got food poisoning from some bok choi purchased here, but hey that could happen anywhere right? Right.
The produce prices are really amazing, and they have a wide variety of exotic vegetables and roots if you're looking to make an Asian-inspired stir-fry or soup. In addition to the usual food stuffs they also have Chinese candy and chips, all matter of sauces and curry powders, Cafe Du Monde Coffee (for some reason!), and...wait for it...50 cent avocados!! YES! The avocado situation alone is enough to make me a devoted fan.
One of my favorite things about this store though, is all the oddities stationed up by the registers. It sure beats the usual editions of US Weekly and People. I'm talking purple yam paste, large statues of Buddha from various countries, a commemorative Remy Martin golden Satyr tumbler and a trio of happy salmon carved from wood.
*Debit card minimum $20 or they charge a fee, fyi -
Review from Glen B.
1/30/2012
Wow I cannot believe the review are so high for this grocery store; I must have very high standards or everyone else's must be extremely low in Echo Park/Silverlake.
The meat and seafood looked absolutely terrible! I wanted to pick up some pork butt/pork shoulder to be braised, but when I stepped into the butcher section I gagged. There was an awful rank smell mixed with the sickening odor of ammonia that completely turned my stomach. The fishes had blood red eyes and mushy flesh.
Even the produce was not that fresh nor was it even that cheap. I suppose in relation to Ralph's or Trader Joe's or the other grocery options in this part of town this place is cheaper, but you could also drive to Jon's or a decent Mexican or Korean market and find better produce at a lower price. -
Review from Adam F.
Los Angeles, CA
2/17/2012
The word on the street is: If the produce (or meat, or fish) looks good, it is good. If it doesn't, it isn't. A lot of it is at the end of its shelf life, but no worse for it.
When I'm feeling under the weather, this is the one-stop shop for my "pan-Asian panacea supersoup to cure what ails you", which is in fact a sort of white man's tom yum. -
Review from Will M.
11/1/2011
This is a great family run grocery store - heavy on Asian items, good cheap produce, and butcher shop. If I lived closer to this place, I'd be in here every week. The variety is incredible - think 99 Ranch, Seafood City, etc.in what they carry, but as a smaller local, no frills mom and pop market. This is an older building in an older neighborhood down the street from Dodger Stadium.
I see someone's Lolo and Lola (Filipino grandma and grandpa) trying to park in the last stall in his small, convoluted lot. It's the size of a disco dance floor. Trying to park, Lolo's head was bobbing, turning forward and back. After some hard turns, and backing in and out a few times, a relieved and sweaty Lolo and Lola park, get out of their old car, and limp to get a cart. They seem happy to find what they want: Lots of cheap Filipino and Asian goods. But there are your standard eggs, milk, cheese, and regular stuff you find at other grocery stores.
No need for Ex Lax. Lola and Lola and everyone could get enough fiber here. They had cases of mango for $8, personal seedless watermelon for $3, yams at 2 lbs. for a dollar, Fuji apples for 99 cents a pound, and also some specialty items such as the high anti-oxidant jujube, chayote squash, whole ginger, and various Chinese greens. If my Lola was alive, she would have loved all the back home goods like Patis fish sauce, Mafran banana sauce, and bottled halo halo mix, jackfruit, and coconut.
There are some hard to find items not in usual grocery stores. They even have the 100 day old brined red eggs. They have some woks, utensils, plates, cooking knives, and decorative items such as a Buddha and other statues and dolls.
Inside the main store, they had whole fish, and lots of different cuts of pork, including pork belly and chops. What I liked was the different types of breads, from regular white bread to Asian pastries. I catch up with Lolo and Lola and their cart is full of coconut milk, frozen young coconut and cassava, some canned jackfruit, vegetables, whole fish, rice noodles, etc. They're going to party! Geez I look around and half of the people are Flipinos that kind of look like they could be my relatives. Since I don't usually visit most of my relatives, they give me the "why don't you ever call?" business and try to make me feel guilty. Time to get out of there with my coconut juice drinks, Filipino desserts, and some groceries. Check out was fast and cheap. And for me, it was easy to get out of the parking lot with people like sharks waiting for a parking place. -
Review from Brian I.
Los Angeles, CA
9/3/2011
If you know what to buy here this place is great. Asians really know their pork and this place carries everything. You could literally reconstruct an entire pig at home if you bought all the parts separately.
I make my own sausage and here is what I can get there: beautifully marbled pork butt always $1.79 per pound. Pork belly for $2.50 a pound. Here's the kicker - they sell 50 feet of natural pork casings for $7.99!!!! Before I was buying it for $1 per foot at a specialty butcher in Los Feliz!?!?!
They have an entire section devoted to fish sauce, soy sauce and vinegar.
An entire aisle for fresh herbs.
Restaurant quality ceramics (ramekins etc...) for under a buck.
Great prices on veggies but check them out carefully first. Sometimes they are a little "ripe".
They lose a star because of the ridiculously high prices on canned food. Five stars if you know better and now you should. -
Review from virginia d.
El Monte, CA
2/26/2012
Disappointment is an understatement. I used to shop here weekly, but now I will not. I was just in there to buy some fruit, they wanted 79 cents for a non-organic fugi apple and $1.50 for a small rotting papaya....absurd. about a month ago i noticed this tall white man with an australian accent behind the medicinal/liqour counter near the registers, a patron was asking him a question about an asian vegetable....he didn't know the name of it! (Gaichoy btw, duh)...thats when i started paying closer attention to the prices, and they just kept climbing. I don't know what happened, but I am not happy and I am no longer a loyal customer. I will drive to SGV for food from now on, at least it's fresher.
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Review from Andrea S.
Los Angeles, CA
8/29/2011 7 Check-ins Here
this is my go-to market for produce and for a quick stop. It's the closest and cheapest market to my house. I think Vons is WAY overpriced on EVERYTHING. $1 for lemon? cmon... but yeah this place is just OK. Their vegetables arent always fresh, but theyre good enough. Their meat and fish is a hit or miss. Sometimes I feel like they're not very sanitary with their meats. The price for what you're getting is fair.
They do have really good french bread in the middle section of the market. they're only a dollar each! they're canned items are waayyyy overpriced!
I also don't like the fact that the cash registers are all the way at the other side of the market. and you have to go all the way around back to the parking lot just to buy some veggies. -
Review from Kelly B.
Culver City, CA
3/28/2011 1 Check-in Here
My friend dragged me here because she needed to speak to the owner and wanted "an Asian" with her. We were both surprised by the plethora of options in this deceivingly large grocery store. They have everything from serve-yourself pickled vegetable/kim chee bins to boba tea.
The staff was super nice and (to my friend's surprise) spoke perfect English. I'm so glad my friend believes in Asian stereotypes, otherwise I may have never discovered this market! -
Review from annie k.
Los Angeles, CA
2/27/2011
This is an excellent place to buy Asian groceries in Los Angeles, especially produce for Vietnamese, Thai, and Indian food. Some hard-to-find things you can buy here:
Curry leaves
Kaffir lime leaves
Kaffir limes
Thai/Vietnamese cilantro (pak chee farang or ngo gai)
Fresh red turmeric
Lemongrass
Fresh bamboo shoots
Indian eggplants
Thai apple eggplants
La lot (betel) leaves
Galangal
Baby ginger
Fresh garbanzo beans
Wide selection of fermented fish pastes (pla ra) and fish sauces
The prices are OUTRAGEOUSLY low. -
Review from Steven H.
Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
3/6/2011
Incredible amounts of cheap produce. Aisle after aisle of it. The store is also clean and organized. We found crispy, flaky baguettes here if you've been looking for that.
I also got fresh unshelled shrimp here, which was very good. I've gotten shrimp at Vons and Whole Foods, and wasn't nearly as fresh as this.
They do charge a small fee (I think 50 cents) for using debit card. But the exceedingly cheap prices more than makes up for it. -
Review from LORI F.
Los Angeles, CA
8/8/2011
This ain't your Echo Park organic whole foods hipster market but be sure if your broke and want to eat some good veggies this is the place to go! I stock up on herbs like basil and cilantro and freeze them to use in future stews. Also great for carrots, eggplant, mushrooms, squashes, potatoes, onions, etc etc for curries, stir-fries, and stews! I get all my noodles, brown rice and seaweed here too. Kimchee and pickled delights are good from the self-serve bar. Bought a whole salmon once and they cut n gutted it for me on the spot. It was good. I once found the best fruit I have ever had, and haven't seen outside of SE Asia, in the freezer section (Mangosteen). Bad news. It was terrible and I threw them away. Guess I need to plan another trip to Thailand, but for now I am going to A Grocery Warehouse.
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Review from Andrius A.
Los Angeles, CA
1/3/2010
Because Asian markets is my shiznit.
The parking lot is funky. Both times I have been there I could not bring myself to park in that shady lot.
The aroma upon entering the store is eye opening.
This market is closer to my house than the other markets I shop at but it didn't outshine the others. I'd come here only if I couldn't make it to the SGV to my usual. Reason being, this place is too small. I need some damn elbow room when I shop. I don't want to push my cart down a hallway of food while being upset someone else is in the aisle with me. We are going to play chicken down this aisle and I will win.
They don't sell mochi. The first time I went it was nonexistent. Just yesterday I found some. It was near the bread, section three of the market, sitting next to green bread, 5 small pieces, wrapped in plastic wrap. Bleh.
No mock meat but there is inexpensive veggies and snacks. I got a few items but nothing major. I might grow to love this place.Listed in: grocery shopping
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Review from Ed A.
Los Angeles, CA
7/21/2010 11 Check-ins Here
When I moved to Echo Park from Glendale, I was very happy to find out I was still within walking distance of Filipino groceries. A Grocery Warehouse is (I believe) Vietnamese-owned, but they stock just about everything I need for most Filipino dishes...a good meat counter, tons of quality fresh fish and shellfish, patis (fish sauce), longanisa, frozen lumpia, noodles. On top of that, they also stock Thai and Vietnamese ingredients, and a smattering of Japanese and Chinese things, too. The produce selection here is the best in Echo Park. Keep an eye out for the generous bags of thai basil and the bags of baby bok choy.
Don't try to pay with a $100, though. They'll scrutinize the hell out of it. -
Review from Wayzie C.
Los Angeles, CA
8/19/2006 1 Check-in Here
It's Whole Foods for broke, disenfranchised fringe-dwellers and Asian grannies.
Except there's not alot of pesticide-free, organic farmer action in here. Some of the fish in the seafood section is sure to be on the overfished list. And there's no way the animals at the meat counter died humanely at the hands of a benevolent butcher.
But the pickle bar is smokin.' And the Asian candy and the cheap utensils in the dry goods section? A+.
There's a 50% chance your ride will get dinged in the postage-stamp parking lot. It's often crammed with drivers in minivans incapable of navigating tight spots. -
Review from Allison F.
Los Angeles, CA
10/25/2006
LOVE. IT.
This place is my go to spot for fresh and cheap produce. They have so many great Asian vegetables that you won't find at a Von's, plus all the regulars like carrots, etc. for great prices. You'll find durian here, ya'll. Additionally, there is a cheap meat counter and an extensive fish counter, all sorts of Asian products like fresh tofu and sesame seed balls and packaged snacks. There is an entire aisle dedicated to noodles and other starches. And one dedicated to sauces and spice and condiments galore. I think this is a Vietnamese based grocery but they have a good selection of items from other Asian cuisines. I refused to move out of this neighborhood because I love this store so much. -
Review from goldenticket ..
Austin, TX
6/2/2008
So its the weekend and i was walking around doing errands. I decided to get some caffeine in my system so off to the store for some soda and or pop depending where you are from. Passing my normal spots and decided to go to this asian grocery store i pass all the time walking to dodger games. It was more just an excuse to check it out. ive been walking by for years but since i have a closer grocery right across the street ive never been to this one.
Was I in for a surprise what strange land did I enter. They had a wide variety of asian food/ingredients. Their snack aisle they had things like shrimp chips and a bag of watermelon seeds. They had freaky drinks as well like cans of chrysanthemum tea and chocolate flavor energy drinks. I got one and it tasted like yoo-hoo i was kinda disapointed. I wanted like a chocolate rush on energy to overcome me like the soccer player on the can but nope.
If i actually could cook things seems like the place to go for any asian food you want to make. My father would love this place but since cooking to me is pouring milk on my cerial I cant appreciate it as much.
They also had a aisle or two of dishes and cooking instruments. i ended up grapping my pop, energy drink, some kind of grape gummy candy and a bag of snack mix stuff. Checkout was pretty slow but prices were good. Oh also got a pack of those green cleaning sponge things for 79 cents. Its like 3 for a buck at my store. I plan to go back and check it out more and stock my apt with stuff so when people come over it will be like
"Hey want a drink and something to snack on?"
"Sure what ya got"
"Well lets see i have watermelon seeds and chrysanthemum tea."
O_o
I walked around looking at their stuff for a while but i prob missed somethings there is no telling what they have there. I bet you could buy dragon meat or fried leprechaun toes. -
Review from Nance Y.
Los Angeles, CA
9/9/2010
I've been here since I was a baby !! This is my grocery store !! Except that now I live too far from it. =/ so occassionally I will go. It is not my favorite Asian store althought it is my number 2 fave :D Only because it is a small store. [my favorite is San Gabriel Super Store] Vegetables, fruits, and fish are always fresh !! The meat section was always questionable including the packaged pre cut cat fish. But everything else is good! The aisles are always fully stocked. It is a large section and I believe that I always found what I was looking for. Never had the thought, "darn it they don't have it here" .
Go Go Go .. oOo0o the mini restaurant is good! I love to get their smoothies :D Usually durian for me! My mom gets the food or desserts. I'm not much of a fan of Asian desserts. Specifically chinese desserts. I'm more of an american/mexican/french dessert kind of person. -
Review from Kate E.
Los Angeles, CA
6/16/2008
I spent this past weekend totally wiped out and running around like a nut -- all sorts of comings and goings to get my old couches out, my new couch in, my shag rug cleaned, an Ikea run, a Sunday morning hike, a sunburn, too much gymming, and missing my bestie hard.
The only thing I really wanted to do on Saturday night was relax. Mike suggested we make dinner (another one of our patented Cooking with Morons exercises) and then see what we wanted to do after. He got it into his head that we were going to make Thai curry, which I was too tired to argue with.
A Grocery Warehouse is a few blocks up from his place, so we walked up in the late afternoon sunshine, readying our palates for curry goodness. They have tons of stuff here! I was surprised by how big the place was. Lots of yummy produce outside (the cherries were a welcome snack), great prices on all of it, nice help. Inside, I was honestly afraid of the fish -- live or dead, all of it staring at me. But we got some insanely good bamboo shoots and bean sprouts to throw in the mix, and I was stoked. The only wrench in the plan was we couldn't find any rice that wasn't sold in 25 pound bags.
All in all, we got tons of great ingredients at a good price. I'll totally go back. I just can't hang with those fish.
Oh, and the curry? Delicious. -
Review from Judy T.
Los Angeles, CA
10/1/2007
This is your average chinese grocery store. Lots of fresh fruits and veggies, and it's wayy cheaper than Vons down the street! The other day I got tomatoes at Vons- $3 a lb?!! Would it be cheaper to eat out or what?
It's really cold in here. There's a little boba stand inside! Good desserts. You can get all your asian cooking ingredients here- they have it ALL. -
Review from Dominic G.
Los Angeles, CA
9/4/2009
If you're a raw food enthusiast, you'll love this place!!! Well, at least for two essential and kinda rare raw foods!
Frozen Durian. I bought TWO for around $15.00- These are at least $25.00 EACH at specialty places.
Case of 9 young coconuts- $5.99!!! At Whole Paycheck, 1 coconut is $2.50.
A fraction of the cost for both of these wonderful highly nutritious and highly delicious foods!!! -
Review from Fourty F.
Los Angeles, CA
9/3/2010 3 Check-ins Here
Dude the best Egg Rolls ever...they even rank a little higher than Pho 87's Imperial Egg Rolls...I love you guys over a Pho 87!
They also have a really good Shrimp Spring Roll that is very fresh tasting...it kinda tastes like your eating an airy and light meal with a hint of mint...the sauce which is probably just hoisin is good with the lightness of the rolls.
As for shopping there - well it's an Asian market...They're everywhere...if you are there to shop though - I suggest picking up some rainbow colored (or the pepper embedded) shrimp crackers...They sell the latter at Gingergrass...cook them at home in some two inch deep veg oil and save yourself some money! Great for parties...with BIRU!!! -
Review from Darrell L.
Los Angeles, CA
11/2/2008
Update: 11/24/08: Live lobsters $7/lb but they were huge! 4-5 pounds each! This is a great deal!
I recently enjoyed a Thai dish that used fresh peppercorns on the stem and when gaga over that dish. I immediately walked 4-5 blocks down the street to the Thai Plaza grocery store to search out the fresh Thai peppercorns and found them in the frozen foods case. Anyway, since then every Asian market I go to I look for those peppercorns and yesterday I found them here, but these were green instead of black and they were bottled in brine instead of frozen. Just cooked with them this morning making a corned beef hash and eggs with my precious peppercorns and it was delicious!
I've been going to this market occasionally for over 10 years. As far as Asian markets go, it above average because it has good prices on produce, booze, deli items and good prices on many staples. It also carries some hard to find Asian spices, sauces, noodles and such.
I tend to avoid most Asian markets meat/fish counters unless they are supremely spotless and clean. This place, sorry I've only bought ground pork or ground chicken as far as meats.
Produce is probably the star of the market as sometimes they have some fantastic deals or rare foods. Last time I was there they had fresh JuJuBe's and the very friendly produce clerk chatted with me a long time and she gave me one to taste. It sorta tasted like an unripe apple. A bit dull in flavor, but she said it was not yet ripe and needed many more days before they turn sweet. I did score on some really fresh green beans, tomatoes on the vine for 69 cents and a ton of other bargain priced produce to fill my hand basket to capacity.
I found the bottled peppercorns for $2.49 and I bought two bottles and now I know where I can find this precious spice! I now know why Columbus and Magellan went is search of this most precious and delicious spice. Until I tasted these fresh, I could never figure out why explorers and Kings were so hot to get pepper. Now I know. The bottle green peppercorns have a bit less flavor than the frozen black peppercorns, but both are still amazing.
Their Thai curry sauces and other staples are a little more expensive than in Thaitown but their produce selection is better than anythere in Thaitown.
One of my favs for cheap produce and deli kim chee. Definitely a good resource, but not a one stop has everything place for me. -
Review from Lizzie S.
9/28/2008 1 Check-in Here
This market rocks. It looks from the outside like a basic Chinese market, given the Chinese characters and the proximity to Chinatown. But you are wrong. It is not Chinese. Or...maybe it is not ONLY Chinese. The products in this market cover a huge cross section of Asian food types. Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian, Phillippines...
They have durian, star fruit, mangos, papaya, jujubes, bananas, long beans, zillions of types of rice, hundreds of different kinds of canned fruit (things I have never heard of). They have a GREAT deli with food from different places in Asia. I have seen curries and boba type offerings...the butcher counter is a force to be reckoned with. I can get beef here and ask them to slice it for shabu shabu and they know what I am asking for. Do not ask them to de-skin you fish, however, they will say no.
I could wander around in here all day and constantly discover things I have never heard of and things I never wanted to see. They also have some high end liquors, which I find entertaining and well priced.
And I am going to have to go with NOT wheelchair accesible. The aisles in there are so narrow, it is somewhat claustrophobic. -
Review from Sandra D.
Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
3/29/2011
A bundle of shitake mushrooms for $2 and change. nuf said!
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Review from Jeanne W.
Los Angeles, CA
Updated - 6/3/2011 17 photos
aaack! thai tea popsicles!
heaven incarnate~
by magnolia. [philippines made]
next up: ube popsicles...
n.b.: ice cream hidden in first corner at right when you come into the store from the outdoor produce section. catty corner from the kimchi bins, oddly enough.11 Previous Reviews: Show all »
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Review from Thao L.
Los Angeles, CA
7/28/2007
A Grocery reminds me of the markets in Little Saigon but I don't have to drive to Orange County or even San Gabriel Valley for Asian produce and products. That said, you should not mistake this place for the Nature Mart or a place that carries organic food.
They have a deli section where you can pick up packaged foods, pickled vegetables, and tofu (try the tofu pudding with ginger sauce). You can pick up your bok choy or long beans for dinner. My bf picks up his shiso leaves here when he cooks--which is all the time. They have a meat counter, aisles of fish sauce, cheap housewares, aisles of Asian beer,(try a Vietnamese beer) and the typical liquors under lock and key.
Check the dates on the packaged food since the items seem to be trucked in from Orange County as I hope you all would do anyway regardless of where you shop.
I go when the place opens before there are too many cars in the tiny lot. This place is ding and/or accident-waiting-to-happen parking lot. -
Review from Kellis L.
Burbank, CA
3/10/2006
If you are lucky enough to find it you will stumble on to a produce gold mine. They have a huge selection of fresh fruit and vegetables and sell them for about half of what you pay at Ralphs or Vons. They lack some of the bigger american branded products (if you're looking for fruit roll ups or digiorno you're out of luck), but if you actually like to cook like I do this place has everything you need for a meal.
This place is nearly invisible from the street. If you hang out at the Short Stop it's basically next door. -
Review from Miss P.
Los Angeles, CA
3/2/2011
Not a bad market, my 2 star rating is because they charge extra for using a credit card, even though it's against the law..
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Review from Senorita V.
Los Angeles, CA
5/1/2010
Inexpensive produce and interesting articles.
I was a little skeptical of the meat section.
Parking is tight, but you'll find a spot. -
Review from Alejandra S.
Los Angeles, CA
6/23/2011
I like this place a lot. An easy go to place when ur looking for asian/tropical ingredients like Ong Choy, a wide variety of coconuts, and sugarcane. They have avocado smoothies inside which are worth trying.
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Review from Aleks R.
Los Angeles, CA
6/6/2011 4 Check-ins Here
great place for decent produce at a low price.
raw meat is kinda sketchy, I know from experience. Fish too (very cloudy eyes).
I come here for great fruit and artichokes -
Review from Anna C.
Los Angeles, CA
7/21/2010
This place has improved so much since I was a child! The veg and fruit area is up-to-date, which looks nicer and cleaner.
The exterior still need a face lift but don't mind it too much.
On days the deli/take-out/boba (bubbles) are open but cash only! Yumm
I love the snack isles~ -
Review from Akina C.
Los Angeles, CA
2/12/2009
This is a pretty amazing place. Lots of cheap produce, and lots of random, interesting products. I am not the kind of person that gets all of her groceries in one place, so I can appreciate stopping by here on the way home every so often to pick up some produce and Asian snacks, and just having fun going down the aisles.
The checkout took a looong time. I wasn't very patient, and almost left. But I also have bad luck with checkout lines. They take debit cards, but charged me 50cents or something cause I spent less than $20. That was fine with me, because I bought tomatoes for 30 cents a pound, and yummy tangerines for 50 cents a pound.
Great place!! Go for fun, not when you're in a hurry and need something specific.
(The aisles seem way too narrow to be wheelchair accessible). -
Review from Rosie B.
Los Angeles, CA
5/16/2009
My Fiance and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this store and to top it off the prices are great.
Their produce is delicious and inexpensive. I'm going to miss it when I move, but I'll be sure to return on my visits back to Echo Park.
Try it, you will LOVE IT!!! -
Review from Kat N.
Los Angeles, CA
9/13/2009
This old-school Vietnamese market made my friggin' day recently when I discovered its existence considering just the day before, I had to go to the only two supermarkets in the area (Vons and Ralphs, both very poorly stocked/little variety might I add) just to find a bottle of fish sauce and paid more than $4 for it to boot!
I think I literally skipped through the A market doors like a giddy little girl and as soon as those distinctive pungent aromas hit me, I was pretty much prancing down the aisles. All the good brands of fish sauce: Phu Quoc, Three Crabs and my beloved ghetto Lucky/Tiparos for under $2 a pop. Super sharp Chinese kitchen knives, just like the ones my mom buys -- for $2 each. Big 25 lb. bags of Jasmine rice for under $20. Big blocks of fresh tofu and soybean milk from Thanh Son in Garden Grove. Vats of pickled mustard greens. A solidly stocked produce section with all my favorites like rau song (watercress), rau muong (water spinach), Thai chilis and even bittersweet melon. Tomatoes that day were on special: four pounds for a buck. Hello? It's like $3-4/lb @ Vons or Ralphs. They even had packaged heirloom tomatoes for under $2. Avocados were 60 cents each. We will be doing most, if not all of our produce shopping here.
We grabbed fresh banh canh (Vietnamese udon) noodles that we later stir-fried with the beef from the meat department that the butchers sliced thinly upon request, awesome. So yeah, it's not exactly sparkling clean, well, it's pretty dingy, but I don't care. And they accept credit cards, yay.
Hooray, hooray. I may have left OC and my beloved local grocers (I'll miss you Mother's Market, Grower's Direct and Irvine Ranch Market!!) and Little Saigon markets, but thank god for A Grocery that's less than a mile from my new place!!! -
Review from Robert L.
Solvang, CA
10/28/2011
You will be surprised with all the unconventional Asian ingredients you can find here. The produce and fish are fresh and the prices are very reasonable! Don't expect the frills of the chain stores.
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Review from Tina C.
Los Angeles, CA
7/2/2010
This place rocks. It is the Asian version of SuperKing. ridiculously low prices on produce and seafood. all the Asian condiments you could ask for. big booze section. I would take away a star for the parking but add it back for what a great stop this place is.
