This is my local Asian grocery store. I mean it's a pretty small store but they actually have a pretty decent selection of stuff like spices for like south Asian cuisine like Indonesian and I think it's owned by Korean people so there's a lot of cream products kimchi some homemade stuff all types of noodles. I'm pretty much everything I need but they also have frozen meat section for like like shabu shabu hot, hot cuts, and stuff like that. Pretty good sort of check out I mean, maybe I think one of the store in the neighborhood and this one so convenient for me. (Dictated but not read) read more

What an amazing Asian grocery store! Pleasant staff and an abundance of just about anything you'd need to cook an authentic Asian dinner. Great selection of fresh and frozen food, spices, noodles, and kitchen items. I spent an hour in there just marveling at the amount of choices and the great prices! A go to spot for hard to find spices that our everyday grocery stores just don't carry. read more

What an amazing place! I love shopping here. The staff is so friendly and helpful. They have everything thing you need. I won't shop any other place for Asian food!!!! read more

Solid little Asian grocery for the area. A few veggies., Lots of frozen and canned goods, and some snacks. Enough to get a good whetting of the appetite for various tastes. Labeling can be difficult but generally a translated sticker on each item for nutrition. read more

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Ithaca Tofu has an extensive selection of quality products and Asian groceries and snacks that you just cannot find anywhere else in Ithaca. From the moment you walk in, you're greeted by the friendly owner and the amazing employees who are more than happy to help you find what you're looking for. I highly recommend Ithaca Tofu to anyone looking for quality Asian grocery products and exceptional customer service. This store truly deserves a 5-star rating! read more

ITHACA Tofu - a grocery store aisle filled with food - International Grocery Near Me - Ithaca, New York

Great place for Asian groceries. A bijillion different dumpling and other frozen prepared foods to choose from. Surprisingly well stocked for a small town. read more

Fantastic selection of Asian groceries! I was able to find nearly everying I needed in one visit! This even beats some of the selections in chain stores like H Mart. I kid you not. I like the selection that has Philippine customers in mind. read more

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Excellent market, with great tofu selection, Napa cabbage at friendly price, selection fantastic. Appreciate the mask requirement.

Absolutely love love LOVE this place. A very vast selection and the prices are decent. I had such a positive greeting from the staff! The cashier was such a lovely person and the experience was wonderful! highly recommend ithaca tofu and will be a life long customer! read more

I personally prefer this place than Win Li that is further south from campus! I live nearby and it's very convenient for me to get here! The stuff are much cheaper than win Li, and definitely comparable to ranch99 (Asian supermarket in California). They sell mahjong table here! Clean and organized! Larger selection of items including shabu beef and Bak choy! I love this place read more

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Great little Asian grocery store in the area! They had a decent variety of items including produce, snacks, and a huge selection of frozen food (with soup dumplings, gyozas, and seafood). Great place to get your basic Asian groceries! read more

I was really amazed by the large selection of items at this grocery store! The staff were helpful as well; the gentleman cashing me out actually suggested a different ingredient for the particular dish I wanted to make. I'll definitely be back. read more

I'm surprised this place is still in business. I used to be a fairly regular customer. Win Li, the superior option, is all the way across town, and I admit it, I'm lazy. Ithaca Tofu is smaller, more expensive, but generally stocks the same Asian foodstuff essentials. One day, I was inspecting my haul at home and noticed that one of the items was expired, a bag of frozen dumplings. Not "just expired," but a full year. I checked everything else. A good half of more of the items were expired, some months, some weeks. No mixing up MMDDYY/DDMMYY here, they were flat out expired. I went back to return everything. The guy behind the counter gave me some flak, but eventually refunded it and said he would clean everything out. I admit, some of the items I bought are a bit obscure, so maybe they've been sitting in the freezer for a while and they forgot about it. It's not much of an excuse when you're talking about a grocery store, but I was going to let it slide. Laziness, you know? About three weeks later, I'm back in the store. I poke around and notice that ALL of the items that I found expired were still in the freezers. Wow. I took my basket full of loot, left it right there on the floor, and walked out. read more

This is the one of the two small-sized (compared to Hmart or Lotte chains) Korean groceries in Ithaca (the other one is Green castle). They have most of Korean ingredients, some Japanese and Chinese ingredients. My guess is that they receive their items from the same distributer that provides produce to "Lotte" which is a big Korean grocery chain that I used to go to in MD, USA. (Lotte has a lot of "A-ssi" brand items, so does Ithaca Tofu). I am very good at remembering prices and everything is like 50 cents or a buck more expensive than Korean groceries in major cities. However, I think those 50 cents or a buck extra is totally worth it given how difficult to get to major cities from Ithaca. Tips: If you like fresh seafood, go on Thursdays. In the back of their store (it's in a storage area, so you have to ask them where it is), they have fresh seafood. I used to go almost every Thursday to get their fresh Mackerel and squid. They tend to be all gone if you go there too late at night. read more

This is a Korean family business and I have been going here since it was with its previous (Chinese) owner. The new owners have some older people who are socially awkward and do not speak English well, but their kids are in there working hard and helping their parents. It is incredibly well stocked and has fresh turnover of vegetables. I can get everything I need for Chinese, Korean and Japanese cooking and even Thai things. This is a real gem here in Ithaca. read more

Best option for Korean grocery items in Ithaca. The owners are really helpful too. I live right next door and feel very fortunate!

Don't let the name fool you, Ithaca Tofu is a reasonably well stocked Asian grocery, and has much more than just tofu. This is a Korean run grocery, but as you'd expect they stock a variety of East and Southeast Asian products. Surprisingly good selection for Ithaca, chances are if you can't find an ingredient at Wegman's, they probably have it here. read more

1. many of their goods are unfresh and expired from the date of expiry. they use a label to cover the EXP. 2. They cheat (overcounting) sometimes when they scan your purchase. read more

This grocery store is a real gem and filled with great Asian food and other household products! The variety is extensive and the team is hardworking and friendly. I'll definitely be back! read more

More expensive than big city Korean grocery, but I was able to find everything I wanted here, especially the soondubu (extra soft tofu) which I couldn't get at Win Li. read more

I LOVE this store, and the people who run it are kind and helpful. Where else around here can you find Bulgogi (pork or beef) freshly made, ready for stir-frying? Not to mention a whole lot of interesting foods that I don't know the name of. Every day there are fresh specialties, ready to eat. Tofu dishes of several sorts, salads (or whatever they call those dishes in Korea), seafoods, fresh FRESH veggies (2 - 3 kinds of bean sprouts, king mushrooms, melons, Oriental greens of all sorts), 2 kinds of luscious freshly-made kim chee, all kinds of out-of-the-ordinary prepared foods. Plus a vast array of rices, canned goods (like water chestnuts, prepared sauces, cookies, -- and the freezer cases full of all kinds of fish and other seafoods, and walls full of pre-made frozen dumplings and other goodies. I am not Asian, and am happy not to live in NYC or environs any longer. I would not compare this store to the impersonal and indifferent H-Mart or Lotte groceries in NYC and Fort Lee. It's much better! You want cheaper? Drive the 5 1/2 hours to NYC! But then you contend with everybody in a hurry, elbowing each other out of the way. These people, this store -- this is generous, but human-sized. read more