Cash. Inside food court. Visited after passing by Hsin Hsin Shau May Deli for Chinese fast food. I…read morewanted herbal stuff for phlegm and strengthening the lungs. I ended up buying these 2 items to go, split among 4 bags. Anyone with a cold, in need of anti-inflammatory stuff, sinus issues, motion sickness for an upcoming trip, etc these herbal/snack stores is your place for eastern medicine snacks. It's been years since I bought anything from a Chinese snack/herbal store. They say they take credit card but they're was issues. I recommend bringing cash. I don't know if what I got I considered cheap, or overpriced. I have no experience in buying edibles from these types of stores now. Apparently this brand is a big brand on the Vietnamese community in Westminster too?

On our way out of the President Square Food Court at President Square in Arcadia, I couldn't help…read moremyself, but to pick up some black sesame crunchy candy from Vua Kho Bo. It's a very clean and organized shop. They primarily sell imported dried snacks and various teas. Their green tea is very good. They give free samples of their selective snacks and teas. Lady staff was very pleasant and hospitable. Prior to my Mom and I visiting the shop, she came over to our table where we were eating and offered us a couple free samples. Thank you ma'am! Great marketing strategy... if customers don't come to you, you go to them and see if they'll bite. We bit! LOL The black sesame crunchy candy was $11 per lb. Got one big scoop that cost $9.90. Not bad at all. Anyway, there was one other dried snack item that I wanted, but they didn't have the red dates (jujube) in stock. Bummer! Not sure why they don't carry them here. Other Vau Kho Bo shops that I've visited have them.

Glad I found the items I planned to get! They have organic, pasteurized whole milk ($4.29, Trader…read moreJoe's brand) and avocado oil sourced from Spain in a glass bottle ($7.99). Also got the cat treats that my cats love ($3.49)! There were also a lot of pretty, fresh flowers. Staff were very friendly. Interior was nice and clean. Found parking right away even thought the parking lot wasn't very big. There are a lot of Tesla charging spots toward the back of the parking lot.

This location is nice, but not nearly as good as the other ones I've been to. The store seems…read moresmaller as they share a common wall with CVS. The parking here seems worst too, because they share the not as big parking lot with other retailers including a medical offices. Anyhow, this TJ location has less merchandise. They seem to have gotten rid of a few more shelves to open up the area, and also increasing the fruits and vegetables area. It's certainly, it's clean, and still busy. I usually come here for their snacks and their delicious apples on my way home. The employees here are very nice as well. Always eager to answer questions and help out when approached. I like that! I wish parking was easier here when I come. It would be perfect if they had their own parking lot.

Pros: they do have lower prices on some groceries. Cons:…read moremost of the products I bought here I had to throw away because they were expired, do they not care we are buying what we think is food for for human consumption?? The eggs were extremely rotten and expired and made me think so was everything else. I lost money shopping at this store. Never going back here.

Whenever I'm bored, you're more than likely to find me at this Grocery Outlet, looking for a deal…read more I will sometimes spend 40 mins or more in here because I found something interesting and looking up reviews for it at the spot. You're probably not going to find something with a long-shelf life, but thats the point. It's an outlet, that sells things at a discount. But mind you, some of the priced things are equivalent to those found at the normal grocery markets, so beware. Overall, I would absolutely recommend this Grocery Outlet because I get introduced to new items. They have a decent amount of parking, as well as a electric station for EVs.

This was a really big grocery store with pretty much all products available like most grocery brand…read morestore. It was mostly clean and organized. Most sections were well stocked up. They had lottery and coin counter machines in front part of the store. We found good fruits and snacks in the store. While walking around, we noticed they had a liquor aisle too. We picked a wine from there too. Prices were good for all the products. The staff member at self checkout was super friendly. She helped us with purchasing the wine at a separate register. For rest of the items, she entered a membership code for us that gave us the sale prices on the items we were buying. The checkout process was quick and easy. Overall a really good grocery store evident by their super busy parking lot.

This Ralph's is so n a very busy strip mall and general area with many popular businesses. You can…read moreusually get a parking spot, but it can be challenging at times. The store has pretty narrow aisles, but is usually well stocked. Other than the check out, which offers ok service, we have not been helped at the deli or other service areas inside the store. We have not had a quality issue with any of the food products we have purchased from here. We do not go to this location often, but if in the area, it is a decent shopping experience.

I am no stranger to Thuan Phat El Monte Superstore. I have been here many times in previous years…read more It is a huge Asian supermarket comparable to other Asian supermarkets such as 99 Ranch, San Gabriel Superstore, GW or Great Wall Supermarket, etc. Free parking is plenty in the front and back of the store. There are individual merchandise and food vendors along the front inside of store. They carry many different international dry goods, perishable food items, fresh produce, meat and seafood, frozen items, and so much more. You can spend hours shopping here. Most recently, my Mom and I came to checkout the sugarcane juice vendor. We got ourselves one large cup with ice for $7. It is $12 if you want no ice. You have to pay more money if you want all juice. Sugarcane juice tasted refreshing and sweet. I would get it again with no ice next time. I may just bring my own ice or drink it as is.

That said, you have to be careful with packaged frozen seafood. Unless you know exactly what it is…read moreand how to cook it, do not just trust your eyes. Do not assume that something will have the same taste and texture as what you remember from hometown just because it looks similar. I once bought frozen razor clams that turned out to be chewy, smelly, and almost impossible to chew. Another time, I bought a bag of frozen green mussels. They had exactly the same shape and color as the ones I usually bought from Chinese markets, but they were not cooked. Once defrosted, they practically melted into water. Vietnamese markets also sell many kinds of fish by weight. Most of them are good, but you need real experience when buying raw seafood. Otherwise, it is very easy to waste money. Thuan Phat is a typical Vietnamese market in this sense. You can get most of the ingredients a Chinese family needs. Their fried or dried pork skin is actually much better than what I have found in most Chinese grocery stores. But again, only buy what you know. You need to know the quality, and you need to know how to process it. This Thuan Phat also has several tanks and a full seafood counter for live seafood, including crabs, tilapia, and other fish. The prices are lower than at many Chinese markets, and honestly, the quality is not bad at all.

So let's get in to itI gave 5 stars BECAUSE the STAFF they are so good at keeping up a brave face,…read morethey are so professional despite what they've had to endure. I'll elaborate, their is currently a special incentive going on with EBT recipients and the Mother's Nutrition. These deals are great!! They help family's stretch that dollar and insure the security of having fresh food available. It's a wonderful program. Unfortunately theirs been some terrible outcome because of it. The store is ALWAYS busy and it's never that calm, quick and easy service as is expected when going to a Mother's Nutrition. I literally have to mentally prep my self to go to the store because its overwhelming dealing with the other customers. They have been so rude, disrespectful & careless. I've had to experience smokers upon my arrival, stand right by my vehicle while I get my son off just smoking like its their right, it was never like that before. Until this program began and from what I gather it's the men related to the people shopping in the store. Whoever they are they should know better than to smoke by a store that is highly noted as a Expecting Mother's and infants shopping establishment. The employees try to regulate these people's behaviors as best they can but they can only do so much. Something needs to be done. Im a LONG time shopper. Ive been shopping here for the past 5yrs with my son and the past couple of years since this incentive began it's been awful. I called and spoke with Kathy and Sam from corporate a week ago, and they told me that they've done their absolute best but I'm writing today because I was just at the store yesterday and what I witnessed inspired a few solutions. Kathy I thank you for your time the other day, you did spend ALOT of time on the phone with me and heard me out. That is appreciated, greatly. The team/staff of this store needs to be praised and Congratulated for ALL THEIR EFFORTS. I understand like you said Kathy, they are employees and they have a job to do but at the end of the day they are just human and have limits. So I continue to note how they ALL just keep preserving and keeping up a pleasant demeanor. The shoppers that come in for the incentive majority of the time don't speak English or put on a act like they don't speak English, they challenge your employees every moment they can, they have no respect for staff or other shoppers. If they see WIC shoppers being shown preference they want to argue and cause stress and unnecessary problems. We lost the resource of the pickup service because these non wic shoppers abused it, and overwhelmed the staff with orders. They not only over ran the store but they overwhelmed the pick up service. Being a single mother with multiple disabilities & having a child with autism that pick up service was a God send. Kathy you need to go to the store and experience the disruption first hand. It's not fair to the staff to have deal with everything these non wic shoppers bring. First suggestion is, get a parking attendant out there before these people cause more grief out in the parking lot and accidents. Second suggestion get security that monitors the door and the store front so no one is smoking outside. Third suggestion, since we can't limit the hours on non wic members shopping how about we have someone serve them fruit samples or water while they wait in line. Fourth suggestion keep wic members priority(I do see this implemented at my store just wanted to keep it in the suggestions) Fifth suggestion make it clear to the non wic shoppers that they do not receive the same preferences as wic members. Make cards for them or get a translator that can communicate with them because most if not all want to act like they can't speak English. Lastly I suggest you give the team/staff members at Mother's Nutrition El Monte an Award for giving 110% of themselves to keep their Wic shoppers happy and cared for, putting their safety on the line to protect your WIC shoppers. Kathy this team/staff the store itself is well stocked they are doing their best every day but they really need to be acknowledged for their efforts. Don't get on them for not being able to control the behaviors of others that's not in their job title. I keep going back because I'm loyal to that team, I see what they've got to endure and I am so proud of them. So I keep bracing the struggle and discomfort because no matter what they always make me and my son feel welcomed and safe. My son loves the store and I do too it's less than a few minutes from my house. We've been going their for 5rys now. I really don't want to stop but the non wic shoppers are just relentless and they make things so much harder Please don't be harder on the staff help them out in any way that shows gratitude and real support. Bring back the pick up service for wic members only, it's not fair to us mother's. Your stores started out being a safe and easy place FOR MOTHERS to shop.

On maps says it opens at 9:00 it's already 9:15 and there a long line workers inside are just…read morestanding by the register talking to each other

I checked this Aldi out on an early Monday afternoon. Every single employee, including the cashier…read morethat took care of me, was polite, friendly and helpful. You can tell they're happy to work there and they're happy to help you out. The prices are unbeatable. I usually bring my own reusable bags so I don't need a shopping cart, but bringing a quarter so you can use the cart is also an option. It's a bit of a detour for me but it's definitely worth it. Great prices, great products, great service. 10/10

I needed some veggies and a bottle of sunscreen. I couldn't find the sunscreen but during the hunt…read moreI found a locura lip peptides balm. I purchased the toasted caramel to try at a mere 3.99. OH BOY, the consistency was so nice I went back in to pick up a few more. There were only a few to begin with. I also forgot my spinach.

Last time I was here I got a weekday special meal deal. In…read morethe area again decided to do another meal deal todays special is burritos and I paid this with their horchata coffee. Service was kind of slow, seems like this side of the deli was being neglected so I did have to wait a little for someone to notice me and take my order. Really solid burrito, and the cafe horchata is pretty much a latte. Both very good. I forgot to take a picture of my burrito and drink so here is my empty cup. Lol

So many great finds in this market and it doesn't have a strong meat smell when you pass the meat…read moresection, which by the way has a really good selection of items. They have a nice bakery with lots of fresh Mexican sweet bread or pan dulce, a good amount of bakery items including cakes, fruit tarts and fresh bolillo. There is a cold and hot food express items section, with hot plate combos and aguas frescas to chose from. They have a large selection of dried chilies both prepacked and sold by bulk/weight, the produce looks fresh, the store was clean and the staff are friendly and helpful. This location was a bit out of my way but it was worth the visit as I was able to find everything I was looking for and more. I even found a large selection of Mexican Candies that I had been craving. It's a little dangerous knowing they have it all here but happy to know where I can find it! Plenty of parking available in the private shared lot.