Deep sigh...I was drawn in by STARS not the reviews to hit this international grocery store versus doing my drive to Ellicott City to H Mart. Argh! I wish I READ the reviews first!!
Sorry, not sorry, I'm good. Anytime I'm greeted at the door of a GROCERY STORE (or any store) by ARMED security (typically they're cops working part-time) that let's me know I likely WILL NOT revisit. However, they have plenty of customers that my dollars will not be missed and that's great!
Their floors need to be cleaned, stripped down by a commercial style cleaner, then waxed and buffed then maintained. The mats near the seafood area and throughout, need a heavy duty sanitizing scrubbing.
An overwhelming amount of their leafy green items were wilted. And certain veggies had several divots or scrapings in them making it hard to choose. But there were others that were as they should - it was quite odd. They don't have a sprinkler system in the produce area to keep them at optimal freshness (hence the wilting I saw) yet opt to use ice on those veggies that can handle being left on ice.
Just for its and giggles, I ventured to the the seafood section, eh not a bad selection bonus they have live blue crabs.
Oh and the smell wasn't pleasing. Years ago, I was told that stores that have that peculiar smell, it likely has an unmanaged rodent issue. All grocery stores have rodents but they have it managed - it's the price of doing business. I'm sticking to Mom's Organic, Trader Joe's, and turn on my tunes, and cruise to H Mart in Ellicott City. read more