H-Mart
“The place itself is huge, clean, and has plenty of parking.”
“The seafood is the freshest, if you want sashimi grade tuna or salmon, it's the best at H-Mart.”
“I love coming here on the weekends to stock up my fridge and the prices are very reasonable compared to big named supermarkets.”
H-Mart
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
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The driveway and parking lot contain more craters than Donetsk, and the warehouse exterior is just plain dingy. If you can get past these first impressions, avoid a flat tire and ignore the seedy vibe, this Korean supermarket (part of a larger chain of such stores in the region) is worth a look. Be aware that if you do not know your way around asian markets, or if you do not speak Korean, getting an answer to a question posed in English is well nigh impossible. I prefer their location in Edgewater, but it is not worth the extra drive time. There is nothing spectacular here that you can't find standard in most any good quality asian market in Queens. The produce is fresh and varied, if a bit pricey (their fresh shiitake mushrooms and Korean greens are usually excellent) and the fairly priced specialty meat cuts are flavorful, beautifully butchered and fresh. The seafood is priced reasonably, but the quality is inconsistent. The shrimp is frequently value priced (e.g. 21-26 count for $6.99 lb) and their fresh squid is very good. Tip: be sure to smell and inspect the seafood you choose before they quick package it for you. I have taken home some rancid fish filets on occasion — but my most recent purchase (red snapper) was fresh, tasty and inexpensive. It is for this reason that I am suspicious of their frozen seafood and avoid it. I come for the fresh noodles (especially the pho), many tofu varieties, the nice selection of prepared asian staples, and the unique assemblage of asian fruits and veggies. Korea is a food preserving culture, so most of the store is taken up by canned, jarred, dried and frozen foods. Most of these are laced with glutamates and sodium in very high concentrations. I know that it is trendy to do the "umami" thing with food these days (how tastes change from the "no msg" days, huh?) If umami/sodium is your thing, you are in the right place. On weekends you can umami your way around the place and taste a sampling of their packaged foods at a dozen little "hot pot" stations. They also sell home goods (kitchen stuff mostly) and carry a nice selection of rice cookers, cool gadgets and such. There is also a small bakery stand on site near a kiosk that sells support hose, homeopathic preparations and such — still not sure how that fits, but ok. It is easy to browse/drop a couple hundred bucks here (or more) if you are not careful. H-Mart is my occasional side trip after hitting nearby Costco for my monthly re-up of household basics. Like sodium for me, it is tolerated well in moderation.
Definitely not the best Hmart I've been too. Has a very unclean feel to the outside, with a very steep ramp to enter. Large parking lot though, and it's never crowded during the week days.
Produce section is well stocked, but some prices are more competitive than others. I wouldn't come here for apples, but veggies are inexpensive and fresh. The meat and fish departments are also well-stocked. I've always been able to find fresh uni and salmon roe.
They have more competitive prices than the Hmart located in Edison. They are not well stocked in Vietnamese products, but they do carry a lot of Thai products that other Hmarts don't. They also stock a good variety of rice (many different brands).
Keep in mind, if you return anything here, it will be for store credit (written on a rather questionable and very unofficial sheet of paper), which you must use at this location, and the total amount must be used in one transaction!
Not sure why people complain about the cashiers here, people tend to be friendly and the language barrier isn't nearly as bad as some of the other stores I have been to. Good fruit/meat prices. Also, half the store closed recently, as in the takeout place and where they sell electronics.
Love everything about this supermarket (except maybe the fishy smell but hey, I can deal!) the produce is a little expensive but you will find specialty items that are not common. The fresh sushi is priced right and I have never had a problem with quality. I shop here for all of the Asian grocery items I buy ( Japanese rice, soy sauce, seaweed, miso soup, wasabi, etc) a must if in the area, ps – on weekends in the afternoon it's like bjs – many sampling of sale items! Delish!
This H mart really has the worst parking lot ever ! There is always hole everywhere, and always flooded while it rains . I wish they spent some money fix the shitty parking lot. This H mart, however , has good selection of Chinese frozen foods and sauce. Unlike Hmart in Fort Lee which only sell Korean items, that's why I still shop at here , but please get that parking lot fix !!!!
If you are looking for Filipino products, this is the best spot for variety and great prices. I would love to support local Filipino stores but the same products are available here at half the price.
I usually skip the meat dept and head straight over to the produce for some hard to find kangkong and seafood dept for milkfish, butterfish, salmon head and head on shrimps.
Next stop for me is the frozen dept. They have longanisa, tocino, boneless daing, siopao, ube, pandan leaves, malunggay. Then if needed, the condiments section which covers Korean, Japanese, Thai, Filipino And Viet products.
Stop by over the weekend and there are samples available throughout the store.
This place took over the old Valley Fair location, which was relatively popular, back in the day. I come here at least once or twice a month. Its a pretty sizeable supermarket, with a good selection of Korean and general Asian foods.
The prices here are a tad expensive, but if you go when there's a sale going on, you can get some really good deals on Korean food. The marinated meats, selection of ramen, and flavors of Korean ice cream and treats are the main draws here. They also do carry different Asian seasonings and sauces that you can't really find in American supermarkets.
They have American food items here as well, but these items aren't priced as attractively in comparison to a place like Walmart or Pathmark, even when these items go on sale.
The parking lot is big and their pretty much always open. Its too bad they aren't open 24 hours though.
I think they use The H-Mart parking lot for the filming of 'Battle of Stalingrad', craters, drowning pools with dead sea gulls floating, decaying desolation everywhere to go along with the run down exterior of the H-Mart building , which itself still contains the closed down hulk of the old 'Vally-Fair' department store. Than you need to climb a giant ramp to enter the store, past a dingy liqueur store and then, and then, then you find yourself in a oases of colorful fresh fruits. Korean Melons and Pears, Japanese Persimmons, Dragon fruit. Kumquats, Chinese Litchi and Star fruit. beautiful just beautiful.
This is the best part of the market.after this it begins to run down again and if you walk to the other end you have the fishy smelling fish market. BLAH
Who is running this place only the produce manager cares, it the only reason I come here for the fruits.