Ayoub’s Dried Fruits and Nuts

All of their stores are classy with the hanging chandeliers, well lit, well-​labelled but this is by far the biggest, twice the size of DT.
Love the white-​chocolate covered nuts, raisins: good for bringing to parties too, it’s a show stopper when they see the dazzling colours… thankfully it’s expensive here, a small pouch set me back $ 9.
Friendly service.
Located in the newer part of Coquitlam, north of the mall.

Ayoub’s can be bit intimidating from the outside for those unfamiliar with traditional Persian nut and dried fruits stores with the huge copper urns and all… and that’s where people miss out! Don’t be afraid to venture into this curiosity shop and get your (free) whiff of roasted nuts and samples of the delectable, sometimes unfamiliar gifts of nature. The goods aren’t as pricey as you might think just looking at the decorations. The quality of their goods (in my experience) is excellent. I have a serious walnut addiction and this is the only place I will go to as their walnuts are so fresh (good sized walnuts dried just enough). Their mulberries are out of this world; they carry a wide variety of spices at extremely reasonable prices; and, they have loads of yummy Persian sweets begging to be tested (one by one, my dears … no sweet left behind, I promise!). The salespersons I have dealt with so far have been very nice and accommodating — quick to help, but not overbearing. If only they had VIP passes so that I didn’t have to feed the parking meter, but I guess you can’t have it all.

This place is like something from a different place in time, the nuts are stored in giant urns ! Not something that you find at Savon foods. The flavour of these nuts is like nothing I have ever tasted, you can taste the difference, it’s definitely worth the extra money that they charge. I also enjoyed the dried vegies like snap peas and zucchini they are lightly salted and have a great taste too, the store people are so patient and even encouraged me to try the different nuts and fruits, I felt bad that I was eating so many things for free so I got some gift baskets made up for my friends and family
This is an old fashioned store specializing
In dried fruits and nuts, we don’t see these types of places any more I think it’s great
I’m going to go back I highly recommend it

I absolutely love this place. I walk across the street many times a week for a snack. Fresh roasted nuts, dried fruits, dried veggies and even sweets.
My absolute favorites are: the chocolate covered cherries, rolled apricots, dried pears and mixed nuts.
The people that work here are very nice and the pricing is very fair for an excellent product.
My co-​workers and I are really big fans!

Like a kid in a candy store, Ayoub is filled with healthy goodies of nuts, fruits, and veggies. Dried okra chips and beet chips are the new potatoe chips! I can eat these all day long. Dried lentils and chickpeas are awesome with salads or on their own. I’m so excited they are now opened in Coquiltam! Now I don’t have too go all the way to Denman or Kits just for some healthy snacks! Woot!