sungiven is like the trader joe's of asian grocery stores--thoughtfully curated, with a focus on…read morequality over quantity and a mix of unique and everyday essentials. while they don't have an overwhelming variety, everything feels intentionally chosen, with an emphasis on natural, minimally processed, and specialty items, like japanese direct-import soft drinks. the store is clean and well-organized, with a fresh produce section at the front where fruits and vegetables are meticulously arranged. just like trader joe's, they have a tasting corner with free coffee, adding to the welcoming shopping experience. even the overall layout--from the flower displays and shelving to the frozen section and cashier tills--feels familiar. worth checking out if you're in the area. plus, they offer parking validation with a minimum spend.

My experience with service this location has always been pleasant. The smiles on all the staff…read morewith diverse ethnicity are warm. They consistently take my full basket to ring in the goods without making me place them on the counter. I like the spaciousness of this location. Never a traffic jam. Finding a sale item here and there is fun. The only thing I find is that their fruit is not as fresh. I bought a box of sugar mandarins yesterday. All of our family felt it tastes old and not very sweet. This is not the first time with fruits. Veggies are better but a miss once in a while as well. Everything else is fine and the place is well organized. I find shopping here much more at ease compared to the Richmond store.

When it's a hot summer day and you need something for lunch but there's not much in the house and…read moreyou don't feel like cooking cuz that would create heat, and well...it's a hot summer day. Not to mention, cold food suddenly sounds more appetizing than hot food when battling the summer heat. With all of this in mind, I decided to head to Sungiven Foods and grab a couple of those onigiris that I'd had my eye on for awhile. I bought a Cooked Salmon Onigiri for my daughter and a Cream Cheese Unagi Onigiri for myself. They had some boxes of interesting ramen noodles on display. Vegetable Ramen noodles and they appeared to be in all sorts of different colours. I was so intrigued by this. I gotta say, they do carry some interesting selection at Sungiven Foods. Couldn't resist so I bought a box and brought it home. The Onigiri was pretty good. I didn't really taste much cream cheese but that was a plus for me as it was really the Unagi filling that I was more interested in, and I could taste plenty of Unagi in my Onigiri. Oh, and I stopped by the Suntea stall to grab a Milk Tea because on the first and last day of each month, Suntea members can buy a large Milk Tea for $3.99 and it happened to be the first day of the month. Got mine with less ice and 50% sweetness. Very impressed. I think they are more known for their fleshy fruit drinks but their milk tea is very impressive as well.

I love sungiven, so many good produce and snack options. Great frozen items, and bakery items too…read more The roses are an amazing deal here! Also, everyone who works here is really nice. They keep empty boxes up front for people like me who forget their bags, oops. The bao and steamed soy combo is a fave of mine, and theres a table area to eat in. Large new store, great selection.

The butter chicken they serve has bones in it and sometimes the creamy sauce btastes like cheese,…read morewhich indicates that the milk ingrediants have curdled or spoiled. I came into find some spices and ingredients for some Middle Eastern recipes and when I asked one of the staff he told me that they don't carry 'Eay-rab' food and I saw some products and the spices I need on the shelf right behind the goof. Also as I left I heard some of the staff speaking in their language, Greek I suspect and they laughed when looking at me and I wondered what 'Mallaca'; means. Is Mallaca (spelled right? I don't know) a good thing or a bad thing?

Don't get there an hour before closing. There's not much nice food left. This place is so much fun…read more Eating is just a small but final part of the experience. A fitting part of Greek town.

Weekend is crazy busy but I always find something interesting…read more I loved the hot food section. I tried fresh made sticky rice roll with BBQ pork. You choose rice first: white or purple. I chose the mix one. It's nice to see how they made over the counter. The counter lady is super friendly.

i love t&t, and the metrotown location is one of those places where every visit feels a little bit…read morelike exploring. i can walk in looking for one or two things and somehow end up discovering something completely new. there's always another snack, drink, ingredient, dessert, or seasonal item that catches my eye. t&t is so much more than a grocery store. the selection covers just about everything from fresh produce, breads and pastries to sauces, noodles, frozen foods, prepared meals, seafood, meat, beauty products, and all those random little things you didn't know you needed until you saw them. the chain carries more than 10,000 items across its stores and online, which goes a long way toward explaining why there's always something new to discover. stepping into t&t, it's easy to feel like you've been instantly transported somewhere else. i especially love visiting around chinese new year, when the stores are decked out in festive decorations and i can stock up on hello kitty red envelopes. then comes mid autumn festival, when the mooncake selection becomes completely mind boggling, from traditional flavours to frozen versions and mochi mooncakes. this visit had a definite mid autumn feel too, with festive decorations throughout the store. fans, orchids, flowers, red accents and other seasonal touches made the shopping experience feel more festive than your average grocery run. and then there are the discoveries. this time, i spotted a pack of four durian daifuku. they were pale yellow, perfectly round and smooth, and looked almost too pretty to eat. inside was a combination of cream and durian, wrapped in soft, chewy mochi. the texture was ridiculously soft, and the rich durian flavour came through beautifully. definitely one of those "well, i wasn't planning to buy this, but here we are" t&t moments. i also spotted a clear bag of pastel coloured flavoured prawn crackers that looked exactly like the ones you get at a restaurant. the ones we all grab when the plate of chicken is served. the kind of thing that immediately makes you stop and think, "ohhh, i need to try those." that's the danger of shopping here. the fresh produce section is another reason i keep coming back. there's always something interesting to investigate, whether it's familiar favourites or fruit i haven't tried before. on this trip, there were non fuzzy, yellow kiwis from new zealand, which went straight into the basket. the seafood section is another destination in itself, with live seafood including crab, lobster, fish and shellfish, depending on availability. t&t's seafood selection includes live dungeness crab, lobster, clams and other seafood, while seasonal offerings like spot prawns are always something i look forward to. then there's the bakery, deli, butcher and prepared food sections. the bakery alone is worth wandering through, with everything from milk bread and bolo buns to egg tarts, pastries and other asian favourites. the prepared food section is equally tempting, with things like peking duck, deep fried crispy whole chicken, bbq pork, sushi trays, dumplings and other ready to eat options. and don't skip the snack aisle. seriously. this is where a quick grocery trip can go completely off the rails. spicy peanuts, chips, crackers, cookies, instant noodles, candy, drinks and all kinds of asian snacks fill the shelves, with plenty of korean, japanese, chinese and other east asian favourites mixed in. there's even a kbeauty section, because apparently t&t decided groceries, snacks, bakery, seafood and skincare all belong under one roof. honestly, i'm not complaining. i also appreciate the little things that show the staff are paying attention. during this visit, an employee noticed there was liquid on the floor and immediately called out to a janitor to have it cleaned up. it was a small moment, but exactly the kind of thing i notice in a busy grocery store. spills happen; responding quickly is what matters. the metrotown location is clean, bright and neatly displayed, and there's enough variety that i can easily spend far longer here than i originally intended. that's really the fun of t&t for me. it's not just "i need groceries, let's go to the supermarket." it's more like, "let's see what they have today." one visit might mean yellow kiwis from new zealand. another might be seasonal mooncakes, a new snack, live seafood, a bakery find, a mystery drink, or four durian daifuku that somehow end up coming home with me. every visit feels a little like an edible treasure hunt. and that's exactly why i love t&t.

I was there on Saturday, December 12th around 2 PM. The place is a petri-dish to infect every one…read moreof every virus there is. There were at least 100 people in this relatively small place. I entered and tried to make my way to one of the produce isles, but it was so crowded that I decided to leave. I was 5 meters away from the exit and the crowd of people was standing so close to each other to the point that there was no escape! There was no employee at the entrance to make sure everyone was wearing a mask or if too many were getting inside. Forget COVID19! This place is also violating fire regulations as well. Anyway, took me a good 2 minutes to inch my way to the entrance and get out of there. This is not OK at all!!

A surprisingly well stocked, tidy grocery and produce market. The prices are quite high but they…read morehave a good variety of products including a lot of special needs diet foods. P.S. I wasn't crazy about the counter help :-/

Awesome dumpy Asian supermarket at Kingsway and Gilley. The dumpiness is the key to authenticity…read more Don't let the dirtiness scare you off. Parking is plentiful in the lot in the front (back?) of the building, as well as on the street. The building clearly used to be 3 different businesses, as the layout is really bizarre. There are 3 large "rooms", joined by a corridor. To be honest, this place is probably quite the fire hazard to newcomers. Thank goodness somebody had the sense to stick a large map on the wall. Some doorways between the sections would be nice. With that out of the way, there are 3 sections. Product, meat/aquarium (yes, aquarium), and dried goods. Pricing is in line with other places. The place is quite popular with locals, which tells you everything you need to know. As with other similar businesses, there is a hot food section as well. I picked up some takeout and it was mediocre. Does the job, but nothing special. I imagine this place serves the local market quite well. Wouldn't make a special trip out, but good to know the place exists.

I've been here a few times. It's a fairly decent place to get Asian products. It's actually alot…read morebigger than it looks, there is 3 sections. They sell fresh meats, frozen foods, lots of produce as well as dried food. They actually have a good selection of alot of things. They also have fresh tofu and tofu products. To be honest some of the meats look a little sketchy. Some of the produce doesn't look the freshest either. But the prices are pretty good and that's a big thing these days. The service is ok and there is a decent size parking lot in the back. I believe there is street parking out front at certain times.......

I no longer shop in any store associated with Jim pattison for two reasons:…read more 1. Rebecca at sapperton save on foods. #916 2. Blackbird security. The only way I will ever return is if they fire black bird security completely and fire Rebecca from save on foods. Also the guard at your store followed me to the bathroom? Why? What could I have possibly stolen when he is trailing behind me, never mind the fact I don't steal. So no thanks that goes for nesters, urban fare, save on, buy low, and meinhardt's because it all feeds back into pattison food group and i will not deal with a company that supports discriminatory behavior, that harasses people based on ethnicity, race, or disability! You write a policy but it's not worth the paper it's written on because you don't enforce it. And that's not just Nestor's that goes for all of your stores, nationally. You've already lost cooper foods, one urban fare shut down, and one save on foods in saanich, and more are coming.

Lovely neighborhood market with solid variety and genuinely friendly staff. We walked in our first…read moreday needing everything and left with groceries for a proper dinner. They remembered us by visit three, which says something about the place. Bright, well-stocked, and exactly what a local shop should be.

I like the people here, they have a good assortment to canned goods and various spices and…read moresauces. The big issue is they do not seem at all interested in supporting Canadian suppliers. There selection of produce is almost exclusively American so I find I am shopping elsewhere often now

The only Persia store that I didn't see selling expired items is the commercial dr. Marine dr is…read morethe worst. some packages don't show the expiry date outsi but inside you will see the date! like Rangarang.