I used to love this place because of a lot of choices to choose from. And it was really organized. But I was disappointed when I went to their current location, small and worse parking than the previous one. The store has a lot of boxes and items are way less than before. Their prices too are more expensive than Amazon. Please bring back the usual Bargain Fair that I used to love. read more

please stay away from this store, you have that guy to thank!! there were 3 staffs. an asian lady, a latin guy behind the cash register and that guy i believe that was stocking or opps, running his mouth. he is rude, insults you and makes a whole mockery of you with his coworkers, even worst they all laugh. he makes you a butt of a joke. i totally heard you!! you didnt say it low enough, i heard you loud and clear!! customer service isnt for you, especially a potential buyer. to the owner, please please let that guy go. he is no good, to you and your company and to your business. imagine other customers, that english isnt there 1st language nor understands much english.. this idiot, no good bad apple, insults them!! they were things, i honestly wanted to buy, actually several items there. easily over $350-$400 purchase. he will make customer not wanna buy anything there and will happily take thier business, elsewhere!! he will come across someone that will not take his smart remarks lightly like i did and brush it away. someone, will eventually will give there peace of mind. lets see who is laughing, at the end!! keep it up, vato! hopefully someone will set you up straight!! hopefully this yelp review gives you a reality check!! to the owner, thank that guy, he made your company, your business lose, over $350-$400 in sales. this store/kitchen supply, surprisingly have everything i need. i host parties/gathering, this is definitely the place to shop. he isn't a great asset to you and your business. he is definitely a really bad apple. and to the apples that laugh along, too.. shame on you. dont be such a follower, smh!! If that was someone you kno or and elderly like your parents, none of you, would let that slide. yourself will find that insulting as for my ratings, if i can place no stars, i would to the owner, please consider firing him. please find someone whom really cares about customer service, having good vibes to the company and being a great asset to your company. Customer service and a pleasant experience will have Customer come back. Myself, I will not!! I will tell my friends/ coworkers, themselves host gathering , to give there business elsewhere what an extremely unpleasant experience read more

Stopped in to this shop yesterday. Big selection and nice prices. I picked up 2 sets of low bowls. Recommend! read more

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I love getting my dishes and cookware from bargain fair. They last and I know I can always find what I'm looking for.

Small business that sells various kitchen wares suitable for a home or commercial operation. Helpful friendly staff. Selection was somewhat limited but I did manage to walk away with some nice discoveries. Street parking is right in front - store is on the corner of Pico & Robertson. Very convenient. There is a parking garage behind. Go! You might something you never knew you needed! read more

Need last minute pizza carries and Bargian Fair came in clutch! After calling multiple pizza joints ( to see if I could rent or buy one), sams club, Walmart, restaurant depo! Everywhere no one had anything especially within hours. I found Bargain Fair on Yelp called them and they confirmed they had multiple sizes! Came in customer service was amazing! The guy showed me each kind they had! Ended up getting two huge 20x something haha and they fit 10 Costco pizzas (18") along with room for other items. Only thing that was sad, " the parking"! It's street parking or try to park at the gas station and run over really quick! I honestly didn't want to say that but hey I'm not trynna pay $10 for parking! The lots won't let you do pick up or drop off! I tried fam, didn't work! It was a Friday and that whole vicinity is packed! Drove around three times hoping to score a street spot! This is LA life though. read more

Nice selection and fair prices. Helpful, friendly and easy Parking available in the back sometimes. Good selection of products for all types of food service items including candles and coasters read more

The most amazing kitchen stuff. Incredible quality and great stuff. Everybody is super helpful and willing to help. There's stuff is super high-quality and beats the prices of Amazon. You can't go wrong here. read more

I rarely ever review a place the same day that I visited but they were just so helpful and friendly! I called in the morning to ask if they carried breading baskets and the lady on the phone was so incredibly lovely. Then, when we came in to purchase the items, there was only 1 left. We needed 4 and Lydia took her time helping us. She even paged two different people to check their back stock. Took a good 10 mins but the guy came back down with everything we needed. Mind you, they were a bit busy so I know other places would have just easily brushed us off and said they didn't have any left. TL;DR - Really great customer service, good prices, and a LOT of selection. Better than restaurant depot in Pasadena tbh. Thanks guys! read more

Ok, so here's the straight dope on Bargain Fair: if you live in LA within 1/2 hour and are looking to get kitchen and or dining supplies, it would behoove you to COME HERE FIRST! No: NOT 99 Cent Store, not Big Lots, not Surfas (which I LOVE btw), nor any other foo-foo gourmet kitchen store like Willams Sonoma or Sur Le Table. Zut alors!!!!! Come here first, if they don't have it and it is a specialty item make a B-line to Culver City and Surfas. If it's run of the mill, then try other bargain places. But whatever you do: COME HERE FIRST!!! read more

Most of the kitchen essentials in one place at a good price. Check them out before going to WS.

This place looks like candy store for Chefs! Amazing place theyre professional courteos, i always drive from sf to go shop their amazing selections for my restaurant. Best place in La read more

Bargain Fair is my go-to for all my culinary needs & more. They even have things you didn't know you needed! The owner is a true gem as is the staff-- They truly go above & beyond. I was in a big bind and needed a certain type of cup that was out of stock & the owner assured me she would make it happen. Bargain Fair prices also beat Sur La Table, Williams Sonoma and all those other corporate retailers. All I have to say is always support small businesses like Bargain Fair! read more

Beware Bargain Fair does not honor their products. I bought a beaker for my French Press (plastic) I used my beaker twice and it cracked. I tried to get a replacement and I was accused of dropping. They don't give refunds or offer replacement. The manager & clerk are rude. I was called a liar. The manager (Sheida Pourat) never looked at the defective container. It is not the $ it is the principal. I attached pics of my purchase for $18.93 ++ plastic compared to a French Press for $20++ (Press and a glass beaker)I bought at Koontz Hardware in W. Hollywood. I called vendor this product comes in a box. No Box only a price tag????? Terminate Sheida and the clerk or send them to a class on customer service. read more

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Chef quality Kitchen supply store in the heart of Los Angeles . Exceptional assortment of high quality table top and kitchen supply at incredible prices. Plus friendly , knowledgeable staff that guides you to make the best selection . That hard to find specialty item- bet they have it . Check them out in their new location on Pico at Robertson . read more

I like this place, especially for white dishes, or glassware; they have an amazing selection. Super friendly and helpful. Their return policy is a bit brutal, but they have allowed me to exchange after the noted time period on the receipt. One star off because Lordy they need to clean the front window display. It's real real dusty. read more

I totally love this restaurant culinary store. It recently moved from my neighborhood to a different one. I will definitely take a bus or two to check out it's new location. This place sells every kitchen apparatus imaginable. read more

Leave the Birkin behind, stash some cash or major credit card in your skinny jeans! Bargain Fair's aisles, chock full from floor to ceiling with reasonable to inexpensive kitchen, restaurant and catering items, are so teeny I felt like the proverbial bull in a china shop. My mission was to score white, flatware and not break the bank cuz I need more dishes like Jay Leno needs another car. My mind's eye said, "Go square, or oblong!" but while blinded by Palate & Plate's™ whiteout, round made more sense. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/IrlWr69rqHpen_bVamXyow?select=JzAMawcAzV03fG7BAGCs6w Half way into my shopping, a sales associate asked if she could hold my items at the checkout. But of course! She shrewdly removed them, handing the empty basket back for more shopping. I asked if they stocked dough scrapers, an inexpensive-must-have-not-just-for-baking kitchen tool according to a recent LA Times article. A steal at $1.99! But wait there's more! Much more, like glasses, barware, professional cookware, knives, utensils, bubble bowls, candles, doilies, napkin rings, disposable shot glasses and demitasse spoons, greeting cards, chef's pants and cleaning supplies to keep silver gleaming! What else? I parked at a meter on Fairfax where a quarter buys 15-minutes. Another reviewer suggested the public lot near Canter's; duh, I drove right by it. A customer advised not to hesitate on items because the stock turns quickly. "Won't be here when you come back", he said, shaking his head. I left a happy customer for just under $50 and I will be back! read more

Bargain Fair - Palate & Plate's 7" bowl-$1.99 per, 10" wide rim soup or pasta bowl-$5.99 each & sauce pots-$1.29 per. - Kitchen Supplies Near Me - Los Angeles, California

If you just moved into a new house or apartment and the movers broke all your glassware and dishes -- or worse, it just never occurred to you to buy any in the first place -- Bargain Fair comes to your rescue, and at a fair bargain, too! No more paper plates or styrofoam cups for you, sweetheart -- save those for when you're too lazy to wash the dishes or for when you're stuck watching your relatives' children. You know, the ones who love to drop Lennox plates on tile floors? Parking is a bit rough at Bargain Fair -- if you can't find a street meter (.25 cents buys you fifteen minutes, Speedy), you can park at the dedicated lot about two hundred feet away, near Canter's Deli, for two bucks. Don't expect to find the pricier brands of crystal or China that you see in the housewares section of Bloomingdales or Macys here -- after all, it IS called "Bargain Fair" -- but DO expect to find lots of decent quality, mid-priced kitchenware and household items to flesh out your home on an "everyday use" basis. Furthermore, you don't have to buy complete sets of glasses or plates -- most items can be purchased one at a time. -- So if you're just replacing the one wine glass you accidentally broke at that swanky dinner party you attempted to throw last night, you can probably find one that matches closely enough here, and not get stuck having to buy four, or even six at once. Need an economy toaster, tea kettle, coffee maker, or hot plate, too? You can get all those here also -- though honestly, the quality for most of the small appliances at Bargain Fair is mediocre, and priced higher than it should be -- you can do a lot better buying items of equal or better quality (and for less money) at Target, or at the Kmart a block away near The Grove. But for random dishes and bric-a-brac, Bargain Fair is the fairest in the land! Or, at least the fairest within a two block radius in the Fairfax District. read more

Bargain Fair - This isn't the fairest fair in all the land, but their prices are fair for the fare you're offered. Fair enough? - Kitchen Supplies Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Best place ever - been frequenting this business since 1973, after graduation from high school - got everything for my new apartment - I have introduced my daughter and her friends - they sell anything that it takes to cook - a bit different than the 70's, when they sold anything you needed for your home - prices are great - staff is always helpful read more

They have an incredible selection of dishes, glasses, and kitchen supplies. I basically buy all of my dishes here - it's great knowing that if one breaks I can replace it easily! read more

I have been going to Bargain Fair for so many years. It's my one stop shop before throwing a party, and I love that I can find the best simple and beautiful cookware there. I have also noticed that many of my favorite restaurants around Los Angeles get their plates and dishes from Bargain Fair! They have the best prices, you really can't beat the deals. And the staff is always so friendly and helpful. I highly recommend bargain fair to all my new friends and coworkers when they first move to la or need need new kitchen supplies, dish ware etc. read more

Nice people. Great service. Fantastic pricing. Recommend them to everyone . Try going there and buy something you will see what I mean. I will be their customer for life. read more

Love the location, but wish it had parking that made loading out easier. Lots of stuff crammed in narrow aisles. Sometimes they give me a pro discount, sometimes they don't, which is frustrating, but especially in the last few visits, they have been extra helpful trying to get me what I need. read more

Owners and nice, staff is helpful, great selection of everything and prices usually beat Amazon. Been shopping here for years!

Alot of plate of selection and restaurant equipment. Staffs are helpful and friendly. Even anything that need but I found pretty much stuff for restaurant. The plates price are fair . read more

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Sorry , first bad review I've ever written. I had to return a coffee maker because it only made one cup when I thought it was a 12 cup server. I returned it within the alotted time (7 days) but was denied a refund. I had the box and all the parts and the receipt. The person in charge was rude in her refusal to accept the return. She was argumentative and exhibited no manners in her denial. She was belligerent as well. I left the merchandise and my only recourse is to not do business with them again. I have been a customer for over 20 years. Adios Bargain Unfair. read more

FINALLY! I found a restaurant supply store that has so many things I've been forced to search for on Amazon or forced to pay too much for at Target, only to not get what I really had in mind. I am most excited about finding single serving, ceramic cups with a pouring lip (for shabu shabu, or any dipping sauce). The point is, this place has real bargain prices for more than cookware, more than restaurant supply, but many household goods and even sweet deals on home décor! See my pictures of my haul from this place, I went to the smaller store on Beverly (near 3rd and Beverly). They have a second Bargain Fair that is a larger store on Pico. It felt like I bought everything I always wanted and couldn't find at all online, or I couldn't find at a price commensurate with value. read more

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My table and serving dishes and bowls look like a million bucks thanks to Bargain Fair! I love the modern simplicity of the white collection. People are always asking where I got it! AND I love a good bargain!!! read more

Largest assortment of kitchen supplies in town, @ very reasonable prices and very helpful staff.

Absolutely amazing service! Hands down best job I've ever seen a company do. If you are even considering another company then your doing it wrong! Bargain Fair will give you the best quality, service, and care without hesitation. read more

Oh my goodness this place is AH-MAZING!! I was tasked with outfitting a Food TV show with all sorts of specific plate ware, display pieces, flatware and glassware. Being from San Diego, I had no idea where to go to get inexpensive, nice looking stuff like that. I was so impressed with this place. I explained when we got there what I had to do, and how best to go about it, when I needed 25 of everything! The gentlemen who worked there became my personal shopper and by the end, I had 3 ladies checking me out, 3 guys packing stuff up carefully and loading my car, which was then FULL of stuff and all for under $2000! Wow. I'm SO going back there time and again! read more

They are not helpful whatsoever, I was looking for something specific, they had about 5 employees walking around doing nothing, and not one asked me if I needed any help. Also their return policy is ridiculous, they don't tell you that certain items are Final Sale and they won't give you credit. Will not go there again. read more

You know the story?... when a business thinks they're BEYOND "Customer Service" ??... That because they're the 'go-to' store for restaurant supplies that their customers feel like they have to work for them?? Yea.... I used to have a pretty solid experience at Bargain Fair.. The Original One!... and have provided plenty of business for them from different restaurants.. Was recently @ Bargain Fair (as recent as 2 hours ago); and now that I'm taking full inventory, I find out they shorted me a pretty insulting $179.62 amount of merchandise! When I asked for them to deliver it (and I'm a pretty fair person, if it's my fault. I'll happily admit and solve the problem myself)... their people tried to blame it on the customer and provide a list of excuses * "we got busy" (I was their first, provide customer service to the customer that woke up earlier) * "You changed the quantities"... (yeah, customers do that to allot for our budgets, funny thing though.. the sales person CONFIRMED my quantities that I approved, which doesn't really matter??? because bottom line, there is a major lack of communication between their personnel that hurts the customers) * "you can pick it up.." (Lady, I live & work 1 hour away... you messed up, why should I waste Gas$ and time out of my day to fix your screw up??? does that make any sense to you??) There's several more but I've wasted enough energy and business to the high and mighty Bargain Fair... It's simple, if you messed it up, you fix it. Don't try to Blame your customers to cover your own *uck up. No wonder why the majority of Chefs that I know have been referring to Dish Factory & Restaurant World (has a long standing relationship with your company, they'll provide you even better service) Now I understand their gripe with The Mighty Bargain Fair. I came back to your business out of loyalty.. it's a terrible shame you don't care about your customers. Thanks a lot, ex-customer. (BTW, yeah I just name dropped your main competitors, free advertising for them... because now whoever is familiar with "Bargain Fair".. will read this review and wonder why they haven't heard of the other stores and will check them out... I can just assume they're on their computers right now checking out those two... are those dollars I hear falling out of your big pockets and into the better customer service pockets of Restaurant World and Dish Factory????).. I think so. read more

Came here looking for wedding plates but didn't wind up buying anything. We were having a backyard wedding, very casual, so I wasn't looking for "wedding china" or anything traditional, but certainly not paper plates. The prices were decent enough, and they have a great selection of items for the private home kitchen or restaurants and bars. Here's my take, I live in West Hollywood, if I was buying for an event as I was and had time to go elsewhere, like Ikea, World Market, etc. they have a much better selection and better prices where you can really stock up. Plus, my husband has his own catering business and if you get a membership to Restaurant Depot they have better prices, but it's also a hike to get there from West Hollywood and a bit skeezy. But for the area, in a pinch, say if I needed it fast that day or I was a restaurant nearby and needed stuff on the fly, Bargain would be a perfect option. As it was, I was in no hurry and wound up getting everything I needed at Ikea, World Market, and the freaking 99 cent store and everything turned out amazing if I do say so myself. Just in case anyone wants the exact same wedding I had, you can totally contact me and use all our stuff. God, I'm like a modern day saint. read more

This place is terribleness at its finest. I come in 10 mins before closing on a Monday & the lady tells me that they're "closed." I then asked what time they close & she says 6:30. It's 6:20!!! She's like, "I already closed the cashier." Lady... You'd freaking open up your cashier for what I would buy from this place... I said I would be really quick & she just yells over me: "WE'RE CLOSED" Rudeness at its finest people. I'm never never coming here again read more

I just wanted a small cheap pot for making my oatmeal in the morning. I figured, as so many do, that I'd get something super cheap at Bargain Fair and it wouldn't be the best quality given the cost of things there, but since I'm only making oatmeal, I didn't care. Fast forward a year and a half and everything I've bought there has been AWESOME resiliant and fantastic. But I didn't put too much stock in my opinion since I can't cook. This Christmas my buddy who works at Surfas laughed as he recognized some of my cookware and said "I know where you got these!" and I mentioned that nope, they weren't from Surfas, they were from Bargain Fair. He remarked that the NSF stamp on the bottom meant a particular level of quality and that they were actually really awesome pots and pans. I told him I got all of them for less than $20 each, some for even under $10 each. He was floored. They cost WAY more than that at Surfas. So. Yeah. Hooray for Bargain Fair! read more

The prices are quite reasonable - unfortunately they didn't have crab shell destroyers...or cheese cutters... But they do have a lot of jars, a nice selection of simple white plates (nothing fancy) and a minimal selection of Dexter Russell knives. (Going with the theme of practicality) - nothing fancy. The prices are right and worth going back to. And with all that glass, I'm going to say sorry in advance... in the case of an earthquake. read more

I'm not a restaurant owner (yet...) but I love coming to supply shops for kitchen odds and ends that are normally hard to find anywhere else. The prices here are fair, and the selection was good, but left me wanting more. Overall, it's a good resource for the home cook, and for restaurants to pick up necessities. Also, be careful with parking at the meters outside. I parked on Easter Sunday and got a ticket in only a few minutes. Maybe there's a parking lot but I didn't see it. read more

Go to the Dish Factory in Downtown LA first. Their selection is much cheaper for most items. Dish Factory also has more variety. Dish Factory is kind of dirty, but once I got everything home it washed up just fine. Bargain Fair was okay, and I filled in the gaps from the things I bought at Dish Factory, and they had French coffee bowls (made in China, don't get too excited) that Dish Factory didn't have, but definitely go here second, not first. Bargain Fair also had an interesting selection of nice china style place settings. And both places are much less expensive than places like Cost Plus World Market and Pier One. ALSO, IMHO, there is a special place in hell for female clerks who refuse to let female shoppers use the restroom....particularly seeing as I was purchasing some things. The good news is that the Goodwill bathroom next door is hassle-free and probably cleaner than Bargain Fair anyway. read more