Welcome Food Center is an Asian market on Bellaire Blvd next to Tan Tan…read more Welcome has become one of my favorite Asian markers in Chinatown. Everything is so well-organized and stocked adequately. They have a variety of goods from fresh produce to seafood to baked goods to household items to snacks. They focus more on Chinese specialty goods, but they have varieties of different cultural Asian goods, as well. If you want lamb or beef meat for hot pot, this is the best place to go. The lamb is so soft and not gamey, and it is also very reasonable priced for the amount you get. One whole box is quite dense and can last for multiple homemade hotpot/shabu sessions! I just really love how everything is so organized and clean. Their bakery also has some good stuff. My favorite is their bolo pork bun. The outside is sweet with a sweet custard crust top. It is essentially a pineapple bun filled with pork filling. I can literally eat five of them in a row. Last time we came, we cleared out all their pineapple pork buns! I also really like their produce. They have so many different produce, and it is fresh and reasonable priced. Their seafood area is also pretty well-kept and clean in a separate area. Welcome Food Center has become one of my go-to markets for hotpot meat, produce, and fresh seafood. They are very well-kept and have a lot of options!

Do you love to explore grocery stores? I do!…read more Was in the neighborhood to pick up a Nian Gao sticky brown sugar rice cake for my brother and sister-in-law and decided to check out the Welcome Food Center. So many options. Noddles. Buns. Fruits. Veggies. So many snacks. Check out the seafood selection. Love the pomelos. Wish I had my kids at home for the jackfruit. Jackfruit rice is their favorite. Lots of parking available during the week. Went two days later and still parking was available on the weekend. Happy Chinese New Year! I'll be back.

Me to kids: Can you believe that a combo plate here is cheaper than the drive thru fast food…read moreChinese place we go to. Kids to me: This is better, nothing tastes frozen. Are you just lazy? This is no frills steam table/cafeteria style Vietnamese on the back of probably the largest Vietnamese grocery store in Houston and it is great. Pricing starts at $6.99 for rice and two entrees but goes up based on the rice/noodle type and the entrees selected. All of ours (3) were 8.99, but packed (the kids tapped out early) and delicious. I had this beef stew that you would otherwise only find at someone's grandma's house that was killer. Got some turnip cake on the side but everything looked good. You've got to be brave if you're apprehensive about your communication skills, but no risk no reward

Great spot if you're looking for a wide variety of international and Asian groceries. They have a…read morehuge selection--everything from fresh produce and seafood to snacks, sauces, and hard-to-find ingredients. The store can get pretty busy, but that's usually a good sign of how popular it is. Prices are reasonable, and you can find things here you won't see at regular grocery stores. It's not the most organized place, but if you take your time, you'll find what you need (and probably a few extras). Definitely a go-to for specialty items.

I can't tell you much about this place as the cuisine I don't know much about but my nephew in law…read moreis from Liberia and he requested some items in which they did have. I also going to make a dish that needed something called green seasoning which they had as well. Seen items like cassava leaves that I remember trying once before which were in stock. So every thing i needed i was able to find, the only issue was the gentleman at the register wasn't to willing to help and another customer assisted me in finding my items.

This my lil spot to pick up what I need . Thanks for the service . Sometimes I get a strange look…read morebut it's all love once I start talking haha

Russia. For those having travelled to, let's say, Moscow Russia is more than just people speaking…read morean aggressive language, beautiful women and culture. The whole city smells different, LNG, cheap gasoline, good cooking, wet streets, ice cold wind. Entering The General store is a little bit of the whole experience, especially when it's already cold outside. The people are real nice, only a few actually speak English fluently but are giving their best to suit us costumer needs. You get specialities not only from Russia but from a lot of countries of the former Sowjet Union. Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Siberia, you name it. Why would you want to visit? They have - the best honey you can buy in Houston. Honey from bees so far away from any industrial, even civilizational influence. So far inside the wide forests of Bashkiria. A real delicacy. - a dozen different types of herring, salted, fermented, fresh, pickled and so on. A must for a perfect herring salad or the Russian 'fish in fur'. - original Pelmeni (like Ravioli) stuffed with everything you can think of. - home made tarts and cakes like your grandma would have made then. - wine and beer from all over the place. My favorite is Baltica, a smooth and very fresh lager. - dozens of different sausages (yes, they have doctor's, too) and a wide variety of cheeses. - home made salads for any occasion. And... They have a bookstore and a pharmacy. And the latter is as unconventional as it is affordable. The only caveat is that you simply need to know what you need before you ask for it. They are no doctors or nurses. But you get everything. Yes, even OTC cyalis. They're open 364 days a year but i forgot which holiday they honor. So your chance is 364 out of 365, which is not bad. The General Store is a small gem in Meyerland. Worth a visit.

I love this store! It's not huge but you can find a little bit of everything. Tea, rye bread,…read morekvass, deli meats and cheese, frozen goodies, candies, etc. The ladies her have served me are always wonderful. As for the ambiance, it's a little Russian grocery store. It's quaint but packs a lot in. I'm so glad I've finally come here. I hope they get more business.

Huge with escalators! Two story shopping Clean, lots of…read morespace and items Fresh and packaged Worth checking out Prices are decent

: I recently had a…read moresimilar experience where staff took my bag even after I showed a receipt from their own store. It was eventually resolved, but the situation was unnecessary and stressful. Based on other reviews here, this seems to be a recurring issue that management should address

It was a hot Houston summer and I was in the area desperate for water. I didn't think anything of…read moreAsante initially but walked in after seeing cases of water in their window display. When I walked in, I knew I had stumbled upon a super cool biz. I had initially thought it was a typical convenience store, but noticed how different everything looked inside. I saw clothes, hair pieces, memorabilia, imported products galore, and media. I had a double take over the name and it all made sense: This was no mini mart, it's a dedicated store for African goods of all kinds. "It's hot. Take one from the refrigerator." said the man behind the counter. I was too busy looking at the posters, magazines, and other random import stuff and didn't pay attention. Instead he walked over to a corner, where a fridge with a glass door was and swung it open and grabbed a cold water. He initially didn't even want to charge me because it was a single bottle of water. So I bought several. I'm sure my future visits will be more about perusing their African goods and water will merely be the bonus. Kudos to outstanding customer service.

From the owner: Come by, we focused on imported products to make you feel like you are back home!read more

I came in with my parents today expecting a normal grocery run and left genuinely shocked by how we…read morewere treated. We saw softshell turtles for sale and decided to buy one. The seafood manager told us it would be over $60 and we said that was fine. He picked one for us and handed it to a worker to clean/prep. While we were picking blue crabs nearby, we saw the worker struggling. My mom politely tried to explain how to clean it properly (she wasn't being rude -- she was trying to help because the worker looked lost). The worker responded with a nasty attitude, brushed her off, and kept ignoring her while chatting with a coworker. Then the worker handed us the bag and said, "Next time I'm not even going to clean it for you -- get out of here!" I've never had an employee speak to my family like that in a grocery store. We were so upset we didn't even take the bag and walked away to finish shopping. At checkout, the seafood manager came over with the same worker and asked why we left it. We explained what happened. Instead of apologizing or trying to resolve it, the manager got rude and accused us of leaving it because we can't afford it. That's not only unprofessional -- it's insulting, especially because we agreed to the price from the start and were prepared to pay. And to make things worse, while the worker was chatting with his coworker during the prep, I overheard him saying words like "chinos" and "pinches." I'm not fluent, but I know enough Spanish to recognize when someone is talking about customers in a disrespectful way. It's disturbing to hear that in a store where a lot of customers are Asian. This wasn't a "bad day" situation. It was outright hostility from an employee and a manager who escalated things instead of doing his job. We only took the turtle after demanding an apology, but the experience was already ruined. I won't be returning. If management cares, they need to retrain or replace staff in seafood -- because nobody should be spoken to like that while spending money in your store.

What a great store. I could shop all day there. Great vegetables and pork meat, frozen Dumplings…read morewere delicious and though didn't get through the store...hubs tagged.a long, I will go by myself next trip.. Service was good at counters and an authentic Asia store...

Very busy cute market with cozy euro vibes. Was very packed Saturday morning. It was nearly…read morestanding room by 12:00. The lattes are giving Cali prices but they are very good. The apple in the apple chia latte shined. I was afraid it would taste like syrup and the vanilla latte might be one of the best in the area. The ham egg and cheese croissant was big enough to stuff two adults and a toddler. A must order. 10/10 very charming but also a tad expensive.

Strawberry Matcha was top tier, good place to catch up on emails and grab a sandwich…read more They got wines and other items to purchase as well.

I've been here awhile back and it's pretty cool. There is so many things that you can't get…read moreanywhere else like the little food packages of sushi and rice ball-onigiri. So many international items here but mainly Japanese food/snack items. I'll have to go here again to update my review.

Hesitant to write this review so it doesn't get overcrowded, but hell with it, I don't want to…read more"gatekeep" as all the influencers say lol. A super cute market with so many great Asian foodstuffs, fresh produce, microwaveable ready-made meals, etc.