Almost empty shelves and freezers. I was looking for things very common like bonito flakes. They didn't have anything I was looking for.

Every year, I make my way down from Calgary to Penticton for the Dragon Boat Festival. At some fests, I like to make it a tradition to provide some pork buns and the like, but this past year I didn't have the opportunity to do so as the cities we raced in didn't have a chinese bakery available or just plain open when I want to pick it up. Imagine my surprise to find out that there's an asian Supermarket in Kelowna, only 45 min from Penticton, and was on the way down. Curious to see what it was like, I took a gander. As I walked in, the place was actually a good bit larger than what I expected. While by no means the size of say, a T&T Supermarket in a city, it was still a good enough size to offer rows upon rows of honest to goodness asian ingredients and more, such as frozen dim sum and baked goods from Vancouver, utensils, cooking tools and dried spices from the Orient. I honestly didn't expect such a decently supplied store in the middle of Kelowna, especially considering the city's relatively small population and that of the surrounding towns. While I found the baked good prices to be high, when compared to prices I am used to in Calgary, it is imported probably by truck from Vancouver, so that's to be expected. Still, if someone wanted to make a genuinely authentic Chinese dish, it's good to know that they won't be lacking for ingredients. read more

Oriental Supermarket - Oriental Supermarket - International Grocery Near Me - Kelowna, British Columbia

My parents love shopping here every time they visit. It's a large Vietnamese grocery store where you can find any type of asian ingredients, herbs for cooking and veggies. The costs are very low and they have an upstairs full of kitchen supplies you can pick up. Highly recommend it if you need veggies and ingredients for Pho dishes. read more

Maybe it's my imagination... but I think the variety has really grown at the Oriental Supermarket. I'm really finding neat groceries there. Spices galore, balut (fertilzed duck eggs/embryos), asian fresh vegetables, basil seed drinks, durian, taro, jackfruit icecreams, really different frozen fish and seafood... If you want exotic ingredients, boy-o, have a look here. read more

Rude staff who weren't willing to check for stock. Urgently needed sake cups and was quoted $1.19/ea - but at the register, they changed their minds to $1.99/ea because obviously I was purchasing all they had in stock. And some were chipped! Really displeased with being ripped off a good $20+ by impolite staff. read more

Aug,2018, the varity at this store has gone down over the year, 4 years ago it carry more chinese bbq meats,and chinese steam buns. The selections has changed,I do not know if they change hand or have a new manager, but the selection have changed and not as good as before.But they still carry more of the chinese goods from Vancouver than any other stores or superstore in the Okanagan valley, so I still goes there once in a while. Rocky read more

This is a excellent Asian market with fantastic staff and ownership for the past 30 years. They go out of their way for customers and the variety is the best in BC. read more

Great variety for Kelowna, where I thought I'd never find a good source for spices, noodles and more.

Recently we went to Thailand and took a cooking class while we were there. I needed Kaffir limes for making some of the curries and was unable to find. I called the owner of Oriental Supermarket. He quickly called his buyers and ordered the Kaffir Limes and called to let me know that they were available. Not only was I able to buy the limes, everything else I needed for Thai curry was also available at the supermarket. I highly recommend it. read more