Why is this still called Lotte? It says it's an Asian Grocery Store but the only Asian products is like 2 aisles... meat doesn't smell fresh FYI. Aside from that I guess it's a decent grocery store.... But come on... just drop the Lotte brand and call it something else... cause my dumbass was super confused for a moment and my GPS keeps directing me here instead of the real Lotte that is like 3 miles away. read more

We stopped by here after having lunch at the Brazilian bakery nearby. I wanted to check out their produce and my friend wanted to find something more specific. Most items I looked at were more expensive than somewhere like Aldi or H Mart. They had a decent price for mixed mini tomatoes. It seems like there's a lot of Hispanic foods so it's not completely an Asian market. I did buy a Mexican Coke for $2.29, which is cheaper than I would pay at a restaurant. The interior was clean. The produce looked great. The cashier was friendly. It's worth a visit if you are seeking out specialty Asian or Hispanic foods you can't find at a chain grocery store. read more

Lotte Plaza - Mexican coca-cola - International Grocery Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

It appears this Korean supermarket has gotten neglected -- it's also more Hispanic than Korean now, with Mexican music in the background, customer service desk signage in English/Spanish (no Korean), and 2 of the 3 food court stalls is Mexican. The produce selection is poor - they didn't even have strawberries during high season. Produce didn't look good either. We used to like this place over the nearby H Mart - not anymore. Still we ordered from the one Korean food court stall -- just one lady working there to make the 5 dishes we ordered. The fried foods were very good -- chicken wings, pork cutlet. The others were just ok. JJAMPONG - $9.95 Broth tasted like from one of those instant noodle packages - not rich creamy tasting :( They used udon noodles too. Seafood was squid, mussel, shrimp. DOLSOT BIBIMBOP - $8.95 Tasted better after adding the spicy red sauce & sesame oil. You may have to ask the lady for the sesame oil. FRIED SEAFOOD NOODLE - $10.95 Didn't look at all like the photo displayed on the menu board. Dish had udon noodles, tiny shrimp, jumbo shrimp (good) and squid (tasted old). WINGS AND KRINKLE FRIES - $8.95 6 chicken wings -- tried one and it was very good. PORK CUTLET - $9.95 Also tried a bite of the donkas -- very good. Again if you do eat here, go for the fried foods. Looking at the search results, it also looks like there's a new Lotte in Rockville which opened Oct 2016 - you might go there instead if you're looking for Korean food: https://www.yelp.com/biz/lotte-plaza-rockville read more

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Use a discerning eye when you come here. The filthy entrance and strong smell (sewage?) that permeated the store was off putting. It was so bad, I did not even stay to purchase wrapped items. Other Lottes (Viers Mill and Springfield, VA) are spotless and a delight to shop in. This store could use a good scrubbing, replace the chipped tiles, power wash the entrance. Lack of attention to its appearance would give me pause at the food court, also, although the variety is there. read more

Do not let this Lotte turn you away from the other location on Veirs Mill Rd. That location is 100x better than this one. As soon as I walked in the door I knew I would not be buying anything here. The floors were dirty, the layout was makeshift at best, the atmosphere was definitely creepy. As I'm walking in I almost bumped into someone who barged out of the restroom with no mask on blabbing away on the phone. Then a few feet further into the store I see the cashier selling food in the kitchen area with no mask on either. As if the place didn't feel grimy enough already, now it also felt unsafe because they didn't enforce mask wearing during a pandemic. I came to the store looking for a certain houseware that I knew only an international market might carry so I proceeded anyway since I wouldn't be buying anything to eat. Well I found the supposed housewares section in the back corner. They barely had any selection. It looked like they had just thrown a bunch of random junk around and were trying to sell it like at a bad yard sale. Stay away! read more

ATTENTION!!!!! Unless you want terrible customer service and a rude cashier don't go here I asked for a bag because I had a lot of heavy items and the old Asian lady got loud and said "NO" she claims she already asked me and I said no but she never asked she just slide it to the end then she says it's not free I told her I can pay for the the bag and she still refused rolled her eyes and smacked her lips I ended up dropping my strawberries on the ground because I couldn't carry it all & when I called to speak with the manager I told him I need to make a complaint he hung up in my face completely disrespectful they're all rude and ignorant and have ugly personalities it also smells like rotting sh*t and is very dirty a lot of their food looks old and has dirty packaging floors are disgusting the pastries look old need to be inspected it's filthy and only certain people of a certain race get good customer service surprise surprise read more

Too crowded, only 3 registers open long lines and customer service horrible. I don't know how people accept that type of treatment. This is North America not Korea to treat employees as slaves and customers as if they are given food for free. Shame on them. They advertise 3 options if you spent x amount of money then you get what they want... as Hispanic recommend for us to take our business to North American groceries stores and Hispanic groceries too.... we spent a lot of money and deserved better treatment. read more

Lotte Plaza - Misleading advertising - International Grocery Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Nice store, not huge but usually has what I'm looking for. Limited parking. Great produce and fish selection. Latin, African, Indian, and Asian food. read more

Notable notes: **** There's a Rita's (Italian ice/frozen custard) in the shopping center Note: Seasonal hours - MMM,Gelati *** Food court - Korean good food fast Note: Accepts Visa - they walk to the register lines to process *** Cooked/packaged kimchi pancakes - if none found anywhere else *** Mochi ice cream - another convenient location *** Snack aisles - I'm a snackist ** Mochi - not much available but good to know they're here Mental mayhem: * As the Yelp nymph, Tina R., would say..... The parking lots (front and rear) are -RETAHDED- * What's up with the front entrance? For those, who know what I mean, for serious - explain me. One of Sarah's most wanted http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kG-GhIffFFOSRsF5zlTgDg?select=9jW4BmY9Bld5TA8CvF6_9w read more

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So many options... so many Koreans... lol I guess they were all coming from church. Tried a little bit of everything from each of the little restaurants in Lotte. Had eel sushi from the korean/japanese place, some kind of chicken that was fried with a sweet sauce from the korean/chinese place, and galbi from the korean/korean place. So much variety! tried some appetizers from the grocery store too, and a smoothie that was horrible and tasted artificial... read more

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I should have known better upon walking in. Anybody who has been here will know what I am talking about. It smells like any other international food market. I figured I could pick up a few items to make for dinner on my way back home. They sold me spoiled chicken. The disgusting smell still haunts me. I didn't take it back because this place is not close to my house, and I refuse to burn additional gas and time. I will never return. No Stars! read more

Local Lotte used to be mostly Asian grocery but now almost 100% latin grocery. This store is ancient and reminds me of the markets in Mexico. It's just so aged and I go here to buy produce, herb inexpensively. They have several local in-house food places like a food court. Food I have had is very good especially the Korean place. Overall this place needs renovation. I go because it's close and they have what I'm looking for. read more

Horrible place , most of their items are expired specially their canned and their dairy please make sure you check your items very well most of their ITEMS ARE EXPIRED you can get someone sick . They need to have a really good inspection on this place is just not a good place to get your groceries from . I've been to a couple of them but this one is not good . read more

I enjoyed the little korean restaurant in the food court. I had the yuk kae jang which was very tasty and was served with several side dishes. The market itself is a good size and has a pretty large section for korean ban-chan. The produce/refrigerated food section was large, but it didn't seem to be continuously stocked with fresh items as I saw somethings with mold on it. The seafood and meat looked fresh. The people were nice and I would come back again :) read more

Every time I come here, I think that I should stop by more often. The prices on produce and meat are quite good (boneless chicken breast for $1.99/lb - whoo!), and most of it looks very fresh. Obviously, it's a great place to stock up on miso, rice vinegar, tofu, seawood, togarashi, rice, etc. Because of its location, there is also quite the decent selection of Hispanic foods. Also noted in previous reviews - excellent little food stands at the front of the store. Two things are not so good - the tiny parking lot and the stinky smell that hits you when you enter the store. One funny note: I read an interesting article about the "food desert" in the Glenmont area. Whoever did the analysis only took major chains like Giant into account, and completely ignored stores like Lotte and H Mart. Complete oversight, in my book. read more

Worst Lotte I've ever been to. It's literally across the street from my house and has affordable produce, meat and seafood but beyond that isn't very good. The area is more Latino/Brazilian than Korean and they seem to have decided to neglect the Korean and Asian products Lotte is usually known for. On one hand you can get all of your Peruvian and Central American products here... but I can get those at the small Latino Market next door or even Shoppers; it's more annoying that despite having Lotte so close I can't get Korean groceries. On top of all of this the Korean staff here that seem to run the show always seem annoyed and as though they think they're better than everyone else(Latino staff is fine). They had no kimchi last time I went and the guy working the small section of Korean side dishes literally laughed and smirked at me and brushed me off when I was like, "how does Lotte not have kimchi?" Finally the food court is mostly Chinese American and a random Peruvian place that looks over priced. There was one Korean place but it seems to have really inconsistent hours as every time I've tried to go it's closed. This place is ok as a Latin Market but it is the worst Korean market ever. MegaMart should just take the location over and then at least you'd have a good Latin Market. read more

Absolutely horrible. This is not a Lotte. Nothing like other Lotte locations. The store is dirty, smells and looks outdated. Produce looked old and wilted. 0/5. AVOID read more

This is definitely NOT an Asian market. I'm super disappointed. Why would they keep the name Lotte? Everyone know that Lotte is an Asian store.. read more

What you'll find at this Lotte: 1) What used to be a bank in the parking lot is now a Rita's. 2) Ridiculous parking lot complete w/ narrow parking spaces and even narrower lanes that barely fit 2 cars at once. 3) Even narrower lanes inside the grocery store. 4) Open freezers. I'm no Carrier employee, so I may be wrong here, but my guess is that having freezers without insulated doors wastes energy. To make matters worse, even in the dead of summer w/ 100% humidity and a heat index that'll melt your antiperspirant into a paste, it's freaking COLD in the frozen food section. For you ladies, consider that a word of warning. Unless you wear nipple shields on a daily basis, expect the men to be staring even more than usual. And guys, please remember Jerry's advice, "Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You can't stare at it long, it's too risky. You get a sense of it then you look away." 5) A smallish grocery w/ smallish prices. 6) Items that are very close to the expiration date. 7) No mochi ice cream (inconceivable!), but my anger is assuaged by a 4 pack of melon bars for $3. I find this Korean grocery store to be below average and prefer even Korean Korner on Randolph and Veirs Mill. I haven't been back in a while, but they recently made it so that you have to walk past the little eatery to get to the grocery store. This usually results in everyone and their mom staring at you eating, and if they're Vanilla (as Libby F. would say), they'll stare, point, and wonder to each other, "What do you think that is?" The eatery looks like this: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kG-GhIffFFOSRsF5zlTgDg?select=JsnqZtcZ-Bl8-tQpzsuImQ You walk up, order, and get some self-serve barley tea. After you're done, just drop the entire tray off at the place you bought the food. The first placeto your left is a Korean-Korean joint. You can get all this (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kG-GhIffFFOSRsF5zlTgDg?select=8AbWGLXt9XlHQuwvl1yOiw) for $18. The dolsot bibimbap is $7.50 and the seafood soup (you can request spicy or if you're vanilla, they can make it mild) is $9.50. For the price tag, you'd expect a dinky portion of beef for the dolsot bibimbap, and you'd be completely wrong. For $3 less than what you can get at most Korean restaurants, you get more beef! The seafood soup has pieces of blue crab, head-on shrimp (mmmm...brains!), and monk fish. YUM! The second place to your left is a Korean-Chinese joint. They are the only one in the eatery who take Master Card and Visa. Note: there is an ATM at the entrance. The jjam jaa myun (1/2 jjam pong, 1/2 jja jang myun) is served in a novel butt dish (similar to this http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/RQR8FBvMe2NAxHDO1RzLcg?select=dFT_lu3MDSLoQG6qmaHb2Q) and excellent for you indecisive folks. The third place on your left is a Korean-Japanese joint. Outside of the donkatsu, there's nothing of note here, so I won't bother to waste any more characters on a place named Ijibang or something like that. Actually, I'll write a little more. The name ijibang reminds me of Sapporo Ichiban, which is one of my favorite ramens that you can get a box full for less than a bowl of ramen in NY. Some people REALLY like the food here. In fact, Koreans seem to like the food here. It is cheap and it is delicious, but I absolutely hate this poor excuse for a shopping center. The parking is ridiculous, and exiting is even worse, especially if you're trying to make a left back onto Georgia Ave. Here's a helpful hint: exit near the Outback Steakhouse. It' a right turn only, but there are plenty of U-turns afterwards. That'll save you at least 5 minutes of aggravation waiting for an old Korean or Hispanic lady who's trying to wait for at least a 15 car opening before attempting to exit. read more

Lotte Plaza - The eatery - International Grocery Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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3.75 stars! :) Pronounced "Loh-tteh." THE CAFE This is such a convenient and cheap place to stop by for a quick bite of traditional Korean cooking. Inside the grocery store just beyond the cash registers, you'll find three different vendors, food court-style, serving all sorts of things: mandoo gook (dumpling soup), soon dubu (soft tofu stew), jja-jang myun (noodles with black bean sauce), jjam-bbong (spicy fish stew with noodles), and my personal favorite -- the jjam-ja-myun (jja jang myun and jjam-bbong on either side of a split bowl). Genius! Everything ranges from like $6-8. The food is not the best, but considering the price and convenience, it's good enough! So good enough, in fact, that the cafe area is swarming with Korean-speaking Koreans every weekend. I upped my star-age for this place because of the service tonight. My friend ordered us two jjam-ja myuns, but they must have misheard the order (probably because all of those Korean-speaking Koreans speaking Korean so loudly!) gave us regular jja-jang myuns instead. We weren't too disappointed, and it wasn't going to be worth the trouble to have her correct the order. We were fine with jja-jang myun. So we sat down and started eating. A few minutes later, the lady behind the counter brought us two mini bowls of jjam-bbong and admitted that she must've heard the order wrong. A Korean lady? --Apologizing?? That deserves some recognition! THE GROCERY STORE The grocery store is like any other Korean grocery store, though not quite as big as the really big ones, but not tiny, either. It's got everything you need to make any Korean meal. I do have to note that this place is way cleaner than Han Ahreum down the street, and cheaper than Korean Korner off of Randolph. read more

Dear Lotte Silver Spring, Once upon a time, I would have given you a beautiful and glorious 5 star review. Alas, what happened?!? Once, you had a plethora of crisp green veggies, and now, there is nothing but picked over broccoli and slimy watercress. Where are the 4 different types of basil? Where are your glorious mounds of bok choy? What happened to the succulently ripe fruit section with delectably sweet fresh lychee just begging to juicily burst from their rough red shells? Once, you had delicious and still alive-and-kicking abalone in the fish section, but now, there are just smelly tilapia and pitifully hacked salmon steaks. Even the frozen squid looks sad - and that is no mean feat. I remember the days of yore, when I frolicked down the aisles of fish sauces, miso pastes, and ramen. When each label and bottle were more enticing and dazzling then the one before it. Do you remember those days? Do you remember when we were happy? Together? When I held you close to my warmly beating heart and whispered sweet nothings into the frozen section as I lovingly caressed the 50 varieties of fish balls you so proudly offered? What happened? Was it me? Did I do something to anger you? No. I think you got complacent with my love. You took me for granted. You didn't really care if I came over, because you thought that I would always come crawling back. You no longer made each moment that we shared together, special. Once, it was like the first time, every time...and now, even when we're together, you don't even see me. I should have known that this couldn't last. I loved you too much, too hard, too fast. Such fiery passion could only burn itself out. I suppose that we were both to blame. Too young to know any better, too old to change our ways. I know that some may judge me for rushing into the arms of your younger, fresher sister, Lotte Germantown, however we both knew that this was the inevitable conclusion of our affair. I hope that your sister is wiser then both you and I. Although I love her deeply, she will never have the dedication that you once inspired in me. So Lotte Silver Spring, I must bid you adieu. I know that will meet again...but only in our dreams of days gone by. Forever, ~F read more

I go to this place often to buy sea food, fruits (fruits that can't be found on a Military base/the Commissary), and sometimes fishballs (frozen cuttlefish, milkfish, etc). This place obviously caters more to Koreans. They also sell ready-to-eat foods ,i.e., stir-fried noodles, kimbap (Korea's version of a sushi), rice cakes, etc. But they sell other Asian foods as well. It's like "99-Ranch" (which caters more to the Chinese) and "Seafood City" (which caters more to Filipinos). Both of these stores are found in San Diego though. read more

Environment: my mom told me a trick which is to park behind the store and viola, plenty of parking spaces! Typical asian grocery store, crammed with not much room to move around so I suggest you go in and get out. Or don't use the cart because you'll end up having to park it at the corner while you walk into a crowded produce area. Selection: plenty actually. My mom prefers this store than H mart because the prices are cheaper. This store also sells clothes, housewares, cookware etc. I will be going back for the cafe that everybody is raving about. Staff: like one of the yelpers say, I wish they speak English. The sample ladies offers tempting tasty food but it doesn't have an English name or description - and when you ask, you get a very vague description or just a nod and a smile. The cashiers are quick so long lines means there just plenty of people and not because the cashiers are slow. read more

Props to Ina for putting up the proper pronunciation! LOH-TTEH People! Not LOH-TEE or the LAH-TEE. Say it with me. LOH-TTEH (Low-Teh? In between a D and a T sound). Just ask your Korean friend. Anyways, just like a mall food court, you'll probably find a good selection of Korean, Korean-Chinese, or Korean-Japanese food here. It's cheap, taste is a little better than average, and it comes out QUICK! Probably the closest you'll get to Korean cuisine and fast food. Jjam Jja Myung (half Jja Jjang Myun - black bean noodles and half Jjang bbong - spicy seafood soup) is always my favorite thing to order. Because why do you have to choose one dish over the other when you can have BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!? That's probably as American as apple pie. As for the grocery store, it's very clean and organized. Probably one of the best places to get fresh produce. Come here for all your exotic spices, soy sauce, and sesame oil. If you're cool enough, maybe I'll give you my dad's recipe for Kal-bi....SIKE! That's a closely guarded family secret....I'll just make you a batch instead. read more

Lotte is my go to spot for when I just want a casual setting to eat yummy korean or chinese or japanese food! Other than the cheap prices, you'll get a massive amount of food and unlimited banchan and drink refills. Plus, food is cooked fresh, and served out quickly. And you get to sit on tree stumps at the table. How cool is that!? lol I normally don't get the galbi or bulgogi at the korean station as I normally get the bibimbap or the soups. Things I got before here (which I recollect) are: bibimbap, dolsot bibimbap, soondubu, and this seafood soup. There is nothing negative about any as each dish is flavorable in itself. I could eat here all day if I could. I don't tend to eat at the chinese station, as majority of its menu is not that flavorable, but if I do I would get the jajamyun noodles and soup combo...or sometimes the jajamyun itself :). The Japanese section is good as well! But I advise to not eat the sushi or sashimi here as it doesn't look that fresh. But nothing wrong with the other things on the menu. So other than grocery shopping, if you want a cheap, and quick way to get authentic korean or japanese food, or a craving for jajamyun go here!!! read more

I like this market a lot more the other one on Georgia ave infront of Popeyes.. (forgot the name). Anyhow, its a lot cleaner and although they dont have that wide selection of fruits as the other store does, this place scores it double for me for its location and because they have the spicy pork and Bogagi ready for you to put on the grill, (as well as other things). this location has three options on prepared food. Chinese, Korean and Japanese. If you are tired of the usual restaurants perhaps skipping your usual Pho, head over to Lotte and try some of their soups. read more

Where do I start? Lotte Mart.....Korean Food Court. 3 small restaurants. One Japanese inspired Korean, 1 Chinese inspired Korean, 1 Korean all the way. My favorite of the 3 is the Japanese inspired with my all time favorite Korean dish Maeuntang. Im obsessed with this dish and order it anywhere I can find it as my benchmark. They do it right here! Im a big eater so I always order it with extra codfish for a more robust meal. Just ask and be ready to pay a few extra dollars but oh so worth it. If you see me there eating say hi. You can't miss me.....i'm the only Black man sitting down eating while my fellow Africans walk by gawking at me and my steaming hot bowl of MAEUNTANG!!!! Now for the groceries. Jumbo lump crabmeat at $10 per pound. Pork ribs ready to grill for around $11 a slab. Seafood section and meat section totally worth the trip. I practically live here. One whole aisle dedicated to sauces and marinades from all over the world. Produce section is thorough with excellent prices. Soft drinks and juices from around the world. This place is a no frills Asian grocery that inspires you to try new foods and flavors. MAEUNTANG!!!! read more

Lotte Plaza - MAEUNTANG!!! Korean food of the gods!! - International Grocery Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Recently came here to buy some vegetables and fruit. Although prices for these items are fairly cheaper here compared to other grocery stores, I feel like the quality has gone down. You have to definitely search around in the bins to find veggies/fruit that's not bruised or looks like it's going to rot within a day. Maybe it was just the day that I went...I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. read more

You mean I can get Tonkatsu, Yookejang, Jjam-Jja myun, Bibimbap, Donburi ALL IN THE SAME PLACE?! I'm sad that I don't live or work nearby, else I would probably eat here for all my meals. Seriously. When I'm here, I order one of 3 things: Chicken katsu, Jjam-JJa Myun, or Bokkeum Jjampong. I know katsu isn't very complicated, but I am in LOVE with the katsu sauce here. It's a bit cloying, heavy and sweet, but it's SO GOOD. I also really like the Bokkeum Jjampong (the stir-fried jjampong noodles) from the Korean-Chinese place: it's got noodles & seafood, and it's spicy. And for Jjam-Jja Myung, it's half jja jang myung half jjampong (spicy seafood noodle soup)...there's not much else that needs to be said. I don't have much to say re: the actual market, since I don't shop here too often. I do remember that on a few occasions, there have been some fruitflies hanging out near the fruit.....gross. read more

This post is for the little eating area mainly - not necessarily the market. It might sound a little crazy, but this place has awesome food! This Korean market is the place to go for a bite to eat! It is located inside Lotte. You drive around back, park, walk up the ramp and head straight until you see heaven. They have a little "food court" with three stations for your Asian appetite: Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. All three seem to be Korean owned. I wouldn't really get the Chinese (I'm sure there's better Chinese elsewhere). Just go for the Korean or Japanese one. I normally order from the Japanese station to get the Shrimp Tempura udon soup and Bean Soup, but I've eaten from the Korean one too. You get your ban-chan side dishes from both and they amazing corn/rice flavored tea! Dishes run about $6-9. After you're finished eating, you just take your tray back up. They cooks are all so friendly too. After you're done, you can just shop around for groceries - possibly to make what you just ate! =] I've been coming here with my family since I was in elementary school - like 15 years ago. Now I'll get out of church and my friends/boyfriend will crave grocery shopping. When we think of going Asian, we'll hit up Lotte. I get excited, of course. This place is great. You still get to sit on wood stumps and eat off a wooden table - no joke! Oh and their kitchen doesn't close until late! You can't find that anywhere else, right? ENJOY! read more

This a review of the food court. First, the tables and chairs are dirty and sticky. There are often dirty dishes near the cashier area. Many of the chairs are also wobbly or slanted. (The chairs are literally tree stumps). Also the cashiers know minimal English and are sometimes hard to communicate too. The food isn't bad and is the only reason I'm not giving this place one star. read more

For one reason or another, all of my Korean friends just love to come here to eat especially after church. A little weird that everyone likes to come to a grocery store to eat but whatever. There are 3 places that sell food at the food court. One is Korean food (which is never busy). The second is Korean Chinese food (which is never busy) and the Japanese food (which is ALWAYS busy). Everyone congregates to the Japanese food section b/c they: 1) taste the best 2) have gigantic portions and I mean gigantic (like 3 people can share 1 meal gigantic). Apparently it has been the tradition of the past owners of the restaurant to provide that much food. Hell I can't complain about it. Anyway if you do decide to eat at the food court, go straight for the Japanese food section. It's the best of the three. read more

This korean supermarket cum mini food court has 4 stalls that sells korean food. Prices at the food court are just a little lower than what you would pay at the restaurant. There is also a European bakery on site. The prices at the supermarket are higher than Grand Mart @ Laurel. Most things priced significantly higher. The supermarket is a little small and feels very cold. This place is good for folks living in the Silver Spring area. read more

Although the prices are amazing the service is awful! I have shopped at Lotte Plaza a few times and noticed the disrespectful service and the difference in the way black customers are treated as to how other races are treated and have always wrote it off as maybe a language barrier... My most recent experience and level of disrespect could and will no longer be ignored.. I refuse to spend my money where I am not welcomed, just tolerated because of the amount that I spend.. So for me 1 star is lowest that I could rate the management and poor customer service! read more

What you expect from an Asian grocery store...plenty of fruits and vegetables..sometimes you score big when they have fresh figs, or lychee... It you want your Korean fix, there are plenty of small kimchis and dried fish yummies you can get. My fix is the spicy dried squid. They also make a vegetarian version of Japchae. The fish area is small but the guys are friendly...good specials...I usually get Pampano fish, or whole sea bass...scored some live lobsters for $6 once...I buy most of my Thai condiments there, stock up on coconut milk and Thai curries, and the best part....a shelf with Peruvian products!...they even have Peruvian hot peppers in the frozen section...BONUS! If you feel adventurous, sit there for a meal, the selection is huge. Hello to my fish mongers, always smiling and friendly service! read more

My go to asian mart, I like their overall selection better than the other asian groceries in the area buuuut I do find myself stopping at the other one's for specific things. I like their fruits and veggies section always a great selection. I even found rose apple a never before seen for me in the US!!! read more

I'm a big fan of Lotte. I've had some crazy experiences here, but it's all worth it. There's a nice variety of foods you're not going to find in the regular grocery store. The produce is always full of interesting stuff. Hey, any store that carries that many types of tofu and a million kinds of seaweed and tea is OK by me. I love the food stands, too. Go for lunch, then shop. One is Korean, one is Chinese, and one is Japanese. All three are tasty and decently priced. I was able to pay with a card at one, but my wife needed cash at another. So I'm not sure which one, but have some cash on hand just in case. Parking at Lotte is a nightmare. If you try to park out front it's terrible because the spots are small, the rows are tight, and people drive like idiots. Park in back. Drive between the Lotte building and the Outback building and park out back. THere's a door back there, too. read more

First time here, will have to come back to try more. I can with friends and we split these very thick rice noodle dish that was pretty good and fried dumplings filled with vermicelli and pork which were so so. I order #9 from the Korean side, which is the seafood noodle soup and the noodles with brown sauce. Both were decent, though the seafood soup only really had octopus in it. It's hard to compare as I've never had them before. The price is reasonable, about 8 dollars a dish. Definitely worth checking out, but probably better with some Koreans that know their cuisine. read more

Im new to the area. Nice fish market, has a variety of different ethnic foods. A little pricey but it is Montgomery County! So I expect it. Clean and neat. read more

It's June - that means only one thing to me, LYCHEE season! And where else (no, seriously, where else) does one go to acquire exotic tropical fruits, if not Lotte (and H Mart, but there's not one near me)? Sure enough, they were stocked with not only lychees, but rambutan as well - I'm so addicted to these fruits that I may have gone back twice in two days :( Fruit selection aside, they have everything - literally. Asian foods and produce, latin market items, and even a few aisles dedicated to african goodies. They also have a few in house food marts that serve fresh meals ranging from ceviche to pho to fried rice and generic chinese dishes. The food is however anything but generic, and are tasty enough to make the trip for just the fresh meals alone. You can round out your meal with selections from the french or latin bakery on your way out. Lotte - you da best! So thankful for this option in the DMV. read more