This is a fruit and vegetable and Asian grocery store. It is big and the prices are usually pretty…read morecompetitive too. They sell a lot of more tropical fruits that the supermarkets do not, due largely to the fact that a large proportion of the Asian population shop here and these more unusual fruits are what they know and love. This therefore makes getting your fruit and vegetables more exciting. They also seem to have extremely large kumara here, absolutely huge. That aside, great store. They also stock Asian grocery items like noodles, miso, cookies, drinks, dried fruits, crackers and so on. Other things like Swiss chocolate, honey, Danny's pita bread, coconut butter and fortune cookies can be found here too. The staff are really polite, the quality of the produce is good and so are the prices. There is lots of parking on site too which is great because parking in Newmarket can be a bit of a hassle so if you're passing through give it a go.

This is a great Asian grocery shop, stocking a good range of fresh produce, and a lot of grocery…read moreitems. They also have a small, very reasonably priced meat section! I've taken to shopping here over Countdown for all my fresh fruit and veg - the prices are much better, and everything tastes great. Yesterday I bought apples almost as big as my head! I also buy stuff like coconut cream, curry pastes, canned vegetables and other stuff from here at good prices, and they have some drink fridges in the back with a weird and wonderful range of different Asian drinks. The staff here are always friendly and efficient, and the store itself is clean and well stocked.

Aaah, being Taiwanese I grew up to this stop. You could always find quality Taiwanese food products…read morehere from instant noodles, to chips, to sauces and candy. Little bit cheap looking and sometimes stocking expired products (make sure you check any products on special! or any products in general for their expiry date.)

The CBD location of the Royal Save Mart family is a great Korean supermarket for inner city…read moredwellers without a car. Unlike the small colony of Korean supermarkets on the North Shore, this Royal Save Mart packs a punch for the size of store and location. They have a very respectable selection of Korean (and some Japanese) imported dry goods, snacks, drinks and frozen foods. They offer a range of frozen Korean style meat cuts from a butcher on the Shore and also carry a range of Kimchi both imported from Korea as well as some locally made stuff. Now you may be thinking that the local stuff is fresher and should taste better. However, as Kimchi is fermented cabbage this is a bit irrelevant and the more important factor is the use of Korean chiles and fish sauce (which most NZ made Kimchi does not contain). Royal Save Mart's Kimchi selection is very reasonably priced especially when you buy the larger pack sizes. Above all the Royal Save Mart has a little food corner that is open until about 5 or 6pm. I haven't been able to sample the food myself as I never visit this store when it is open (I don't work in the city). However, the women that run the food corner also have a whole fridge of fresh made Korean side dishes (panchan) that are so reasonably priced and so damn delicious that I would imagine the mains are just as delectable. These women are from the deep south of Korea which is known to have the tastiest recipes in all of the land. Compared to the 3 other Auckland Korean supermarkets I've been to, this one has the best and varied selection of side dishes. If you want to impress your friends by cooking Korean food, you can buy the side dishes from these ladies and make 'cheats bibimibop' (pic uploaded). Only downside is a real lack of parking, but its in the CBD so get over it and enjoy!

This place is absolutely fantastic. Very cost effective, huge range of different products, items of…read moregood quality. Given supply issues still impacting supermarkets you can 9 out of 10 times find an equivalent here. Big range of herbs, spices, ingredients, both local and imported. Staff are friendly. The ambiance is enhanced by the huge variation of people who shop here. Broad cross section of the community. I would hazard a guess, if you know this place you will come back repeatedly. If you don't know this place pay it a visit.

This place was a great wee find! Tucked in the corner of the Wendy's carpark in Mt Eden, it's very…read moreeasy to go about your life without ever realising Bulk Food Savings exists. Bulk Foods stock a very wide range of products, including dried fruits, nuts, organic products, flours and cereals, and all sorts of international food I'd never even heard of. Pepperdews, pomegranate molasses, Ceres organics muesli for only $9 and literally the biggest jar of gherkins I have ever seen - Bulk Food Savings was a delight to explore. I was stoked to find pure vanilla extract and vanilla pods in this store - they were much cheaper than at places like Nosh, and are great to use in baking. The only downside of Bulk Foods was the staff. They weren't particularly inviting nor were they very friendly, but hey - when the variety of food is that good and the prices are so low, who cares? You can't have everything! Bonus: It smells fantastic in Bulk Foods - all the different spices merge in to one mouth-watering fragrance that instantly inspires you to cook delicious Indian curries.

They are a little bit posh here in Parnell and that goes for their fresh fruit and veggie store…read more It is 4 o'clock in the afternoon and no droopy wallflowers on show here! Their outdoor display of flowers and bouquets was absolutely stunning and there was a really nice selection of different priced bunches. This is where I recommend you should come to pick up flowers to impress. Inside the shop their fruit and vegetable selection was really well displayed and the range looked fresh and delicious. They are a bit of a corner dairy too as they have some staple grocery items, ice creams, drinks, magazines and things like this. The owner operator was in the middle of conversation with one of the locals when I popped in and she seemed super friendly. Lucky Parnell to have such a beaut fruit&veg place to shop.

Japan Mart has multiple locations in Auckland. We were passing by and I decided to go in hoping to…read morefind a cheap umbrella. Luckily, we were able to buy one here. There is also a large selection of Japanese products- food and household goods.

Not all Japan Marts are the same, I found this one stocks different products to the one in…read moreAuckland's CBD, they are worth checking out, it isn't just 12kg bags of rice. This one has way more candy, a huge cracker range, rice crackers, seaweed crackers, prawn crackers, you get the gist. You can pick up all the usual, rice, the soy sauce range is impressive and there is a lot of tofu, miso and noodles. You can even buy massive bags of those little fish shaped soy sauce capsules that come with your take out sushi.

The Tofu Shop is actually just an Asian grocery store. There's tofu there, but there's also a…read moreplethora of other ingredients and products. It's located in what people call 'Smelly Alley' - a sort of tunnel that runs between Teed Street and Kent Street that is full of Asian stores. (The 'Smelly' comes mostly from the fish shop at one end. It's pretty terrible.) The store has everything you'd ever need to cook Asian food. It's organised and easy to navigate despite the language barrier. The variety is insane - soy sauces, cookies, tonnes of sweets and snack foods, noodles, iced tea drinks. It's maybe a little daunting at first but once you get in there and find the treats, you'll be fine.

In Newmarket there is a tunnel that connects Kent Street to Teed Street, from the outset it smells…read moreand looks a bit dodgy but there is a store there that isn't half bad and you might just find something interesting inside. Despite the name, they sell more than tofu. This is a sizable Asian grocery store and if you want to cook a little more authentically, you'd find all your Asian cuisine needs here. If you don't cook, that is okay you'll find plenty of snack foods, preserved fruits and beans and a lot of iced tea. If you are vegan as I am this the only place I know of that I can buy agar agar which is a vegans alternative to gelatine. Tofu Shop is small but the selection is big, so step out of your food comfort zone and pay Tofu Shop a visit.

A small but cheerful New World. Lots of unique high-end food that you wouldn't usually find outside…read moreof specialist delis. Bonus free undercover parking, great selection of artfully arranged flowers and lots of friendly check-out staff. Large selection of organic meats and fresh produce.

This Asian supermarket (formerly Silver Bell) is located on Dominion Road next to the Target…read morefurniture store. If you approach it from one of the side roads there'll be an unpleasant smell as you pass the skips and rubbish out the back but don't let this put you off, the actual produce in-store is well displayed, fresh and clean. It's not as big and clean as the Tai Ping supermarket up the road in Mount Roskill, but you can pick up some good bargains and they even accept credit cards for payments over a certain amount ($20 or $30 I think)? Like other Chinese supermarkets, they have a separate meat and fish section, and you can buy groceries from a variety of Asian cuisines like Korean and Japanese as well as Chinese. The fresh produce is much cheaper than what you'll find in mainstream supermarkets like Countdown.

This is one of the DH chain of supermarkets spread through some of Auckland , stocking mostly…read moreChinese / Asian foods. It is one of the older shops and gives that impression for sure but does have a good selection of all the necessary Asian foods ...and a butchery and seafood section. You cannot use credit card unless you spend over $40 , you cannot swipe your AA card here like in the Albany shop to get points but it does have a bit of carparking available . It gets a bit busy too, so expect a wait in line maybe.