I'm surprised I am the first to review this place, but maybe I shouldn't be. We came on a late…read moreweekday evening (7PM) which turned out to be their one-month anniversary, and found it was completely deserted. This is a huge building that once housed the "Kosher Price Chopper" (which moved down the street). We passed several Asian and one large Indian specialty supermarkets on the drive over and I don't know if the area really needed another store this large. Time will tell.
Upon walking into the large former produce area, we found gobs of empty space and a small selection of produce that didn't wow us. I suspect they have slower turnover then larger stores, and as a result much of the fruits and vegetables looked tired. They did have a nice selection of hot peppers. Also, upon entering I saw several signs advertising their pizza (!) and suggesting we order it while we do your shopping and then take it home to eat. I was certainly hopping that there would be some nice hot prepared food at this supermarket but I was not expecting pizza. If there were other options I didn't see them. There were two employees working in the pizza area, and I saw no other ones at all until we checked out.
Moving to the back, all of their freezer and cooler sections appeared to be on although most were empty. Their meat section contained a giant liver, a huge leg of something (goat or lamb?) and little else. Maybe by 7PM it is all sold out, or perhaps it isn't a big part of their business. It seems odd to power up lots of empty coolers.
We went up and down their grocery aisles and picked a bunch of things to try (pasta, prepared sauces, cookies, frozen samosas, naan, etc.) and in the process were completely perplexed. It seemed like the same items were on multiple shelves, with only the brand names being different. For example, we found Samosas in three different aisles. Are they sorted by religious distinction (Halal maybe), by brand name, or by ingredients? We don't know, and there were no staff to ask. Their ice cream selection looked pretty cool (see what I did there) and if it were hotter outside we would have bought some.
The bakery section didn't have much in the way of specialty international baked goods, and for the restaurant section we were later told it is sometimes open if the owner shows up.
In all, it was a very awkward shopping experience. We had lots of questions about products but no one was there to help us. The entire store could be condensed into about a third of the space which would make shopping quicker and easier. Instead, it felt like walking into an abandoned business. It was also colder than I would have liked, but I can't fault them for not turning the heat up for literally one set of customers.
Will I be back? Maybe, but I need to give them time to grow. Until then, there is another international supermarket on the same street just a little bit east which I like a lot better.
