Jmart

Nice place. POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE!
My wife and I have shopped at the supermarket many times before, perhaps 20.
Yesterday while I was away, my wife purchased a rice cooker steamer here. THESE Steamers typically sell for $ 15 to $ 20 everywhere. however… Here,
this off-​brand steamer was $ 50 ??
I showed my wife online, how much the Steamers sell for everywhere else. Walmart has one for $ 14, a Black & Decker.
We walk down to the supermarket as it had opened at 8 o’clock.
The unfriendly cashier lady indicated to my wife it was nothing she could do, and I had to wait for the manager to come in at 9 o’clock… that’s funny .I just saw him in one of the Isles.
As there is no customer service counter here.
(why have a counter? When there’s no customer service). My wife knew where the manager’s office was and went there .
One of the managers was seated at the desk, my wife explained to the gentleman that we had purchased the rice cooker yesterday, it was not the type that we had wanted.
It was completely intact with all packaging and we needed to return it… please.
I listened in as he spoke to my wife in Chinese, telling her that he couldn’t take the item back.
My wife indicated that it was unused with all packaging and she had just bought it yesterday .
After looking through the box for about 5 minutes to make sure everything was in there. going as far as to lift up the small piece of cardboard on the bottom and look underneath.
I then overheard him tell my wife that he would only issue store credit.
REALLY… We purchased the device with a credit card… I can call them now and STOP payment .
My wife saw I was becoming annoyed and indicated to me to not worry.
let’s just take the credit NOW, and going forward they will lose a customer.
Some of the deals were really great like large brown eggs for 99-​cents …
but some things were very overpriced such as that steamer ‚
I guess to make up for EGGS.
We bought $ 25 worth of the JUMBO Tiger shrimp… told the guy only a pound but he didn’t listen, and filled the whole bag. no problem I have a credit slip.
At the Register, instead of The cashier taking my credit slip and entering it into the register, the cashier woman hastily grabbed the receipt paper and started adding up the items on… Her calculator? Doing it very quickly.(and not allowing me to look).
I don’t know if we were over-​charged but I suspect that we were.
She took the receipt paper and instead of putting it in the register ripped it up! WOW. there goes our proof.(IF) we were overcharged.
After exhausting the credit slip.
there where few extra items that we had also wanted to purchase, My wife held up a bottle of the peanut oil (we had wanted). the woman abruptly snatched it out of my wife’s hands like…, I looked right at the woman and in Chinese I said to her.
WHAT was THAT for?
Unfortunately. I probably will not be stopping back to this supermarket .
I am just looking for a smile… a little courtesy when I spend my hard-​earned money.
BTW. I read a few of the other Unilocal reviews after I posted mine. it seems that the poor customer service and lack of courtesy is not an uncommon issue here
I do not deny the selection of items and the variety available is HUGE. And the store is very conveniently located especially if you live right here.
BUT…
After a few incidents I am starting to believe that this (being uncourteous).
Maybe is not purposely done, and folks don’t actually intend to be nasty.
PEACE OUT…
Jim D.

I came here several times for groceries. The supermarket is part of the mall. It is in a upper level.

As the largest anchor of the huge indoor New World Shopping Center, J-​Mart Supermarket is a Chinese-​owned megastore in the heart of New York’s biggest Chinese community. It’s big and gets the job done when that job entails finding your favorite Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Filipino, or Korean groceries, seafood, meats, and produce.
J-​Mart is convenient to the downtown Flushing Train Station. This makes the market an a-​ok choice for residents or visitors to Queens. It may be the busiest and loudest market in the region thanks to the reasonable prices and wide selection of Asian food, fruits, vegetables, and merchandise.
Consider J-​Mart your local one-​stop shop for Asian stuff and fluff.

The smell from the seafood section is horrible. I went in to buy some teas but I ended up leaving because I was gagging. I personally wouldn’t buy seafood from here because I cannot imagine it’s fresh if it smells that bad.

Lapin and I came here a couple of weekends ago. We were in the area and decided to stop by. The produce was decent quality at affordable prices. Some of the meats looked questionable but they were also very affordable. The place was big but crowded and people kept pushing without apologizing. The cashiers are also rude but I am starting to sadly notice a trend at Asian markets.

This is a great Asian grocery store with a huge selection! We visited on a Saturday and it was packed and super fun to walk the aisles. They have it all. We found some great spices, etc. Will be back!

If I could give minus ten stars I’ll do so! They have the RUDEST and MEANEST staff EVER!!! As many other reviews already mentioned how they treat people, they make their own rules without notification or reasons and will give you the worst attitude, what a good way to treat their customers :)
if you have to go I suggest you go on Saturday, better in the morning, that’s the only time the groceries are fresher… all the other times, it looks like everything just came out of trash.
My friend and I paid separately and each have $ 25 receipt, the cashier insisted on not stamping our parking ticket saying it has to be on one single receipt, which it DOES NOT SAY ANYWHERE in the store and I really don’t think it should be such a big deal. We were polite to her and said oh we didn’t know can you just stamp this one time? But NO she insisted and started to yell it is the policy. then we said then can we just cancel and pay together? she just quickly canceled all my stuff and THEN say if my friend want to return hers she has to go to the office. Then no matter what we asked she just ignored us!!! EXCUSE MEEE!!! We should be more frustrated than you but why YOU are giving that attitude!!! Later another cashier says that is because people may just get someone else’s receipt and claim it’s theirs and ask for stamp, hahahaha this does NOT make sense to any rational person ok? Why don’t you just spend three seconds and look into the bag to see if the items MATCHES THE RECEIPT?!! forget about talking to the management, why should I waste my time. I’d just pay my parking and skip Jmart

Typical chinese grocery market. Nothing special. Came here for shrimp and it wasn’t that fresh. I will pass on this market.

There are a lot of food, snack, and drink choices, more than other supermarkets. Jmart is located in flushing’s prime real estate right by the 7 train main street station.
Keep an eye for sales since there are always signs that show certain items on sale, perhaps items they want to get rid of from their inventory. Hass avocado is typically about 99 cents or 1 dollar at any supermarket, but I’ve seen it here on multiple occasions where they have it for 50 cents, and only one this 25 cents. Prices here are just amazing.
On the weekends, they have food and drink samples at the end of the aisles and it definitely is a great way to try something before buying.
If you are hungry before, during, or after your visit to Jmart, there’s a very big food court downstairs which is part of the mall. Or there are food stands and a bakery in Jmart. Go for a visit if you haven’t already.

This place does its job. The groceries are not as fresh as some of the other markets near main street. Prices are competitive.
It never gets too crowded here which is a huge plus. Cashiers can be rude sometimes but that’s with all Chinese supermarkets

The most stressful grocery shopping I’ve ever done, but I really enjoyed the great selection of produce they had. Literally, you are surrounded by other shoppers who are trying to push and shove. Stand your ground and browse!
I bought mostly produce– the prices were just right and good quality too! I got a huge bag of bok choy for super cheap.
The combination of noise, smells (they have an open fish area, hooo boy), and fellow shoppers is not for the faint of heart– if you can handle it and are chasing those deals, definitely check this place out for your Asian foods shopping.

I was overwhelmed by this grocery store, which is an indoor version of Chinatown. People are loud, it’s crowded, people push and shove. There are tons of various produce heaped in various places. There’s even an open seafood area where giant fish, cuttlefish, lobster, and shellfish are just laying there on ice, emanating offensive odors and freaking out westerners. However, if you’ve never experienced this, I recommend it! I don’t think I could take this on a regular basis, especially on a Sunday afternoon when it seems the whole city is here getting their week’s worth of groceries.
What they do have is variety. About 20 different types of frozen dumplings, soy sauce, tea snacks, etc. Its actually hard not to grab random stuff that looks good. The fact that the prices are so low compared to Manhattan makes the temptation so much worse.
I got the small yogurt drinks, dumplings, and some koala snacks. Very fantastic.

This place is alright, besides the occasional creeper with an Asian girl fetish who tries to start conversation by asking if you like dim sum or even milk. Wtf, seriously? Whyyyyy? No, thanks. That’s some creepy ass form of «flirting”/harassment.
The set up is straight forward. Not bad for a Chinese supermarket in terms of lighting either. There are two aisles of Asian snacks. POCKY FTW — but don’t buy the green tea ones bc they are overpriced. One just for just noodles. I buy veggies here sometimes, but you definitely gotta make sure they are fresh. I’ve found that they go bad, in my fridge, faster than produce from other supermarkets. There are a lot of options for frozen dumplings and buns.
The fish counter is not the most friendly but it’ll do if you are just picking up shrimp or salmon. The price for their lobsters isn’t the best.
This place can mean madness, but this is a practical bet if you are grabbing a few groceries and getting on the bus.

Jmart is no longer my fav asian supermarket to be. It’s been almost a year, and one visit over the weekend changed everything.
Grocery shopping in Flushing is always like going into a war zone with the crowd of rude mando speaking FJs. But I was straight up excited to be going to Jmart after almost a year of ditching Flushing. What a fail! Jmart’s prices are not nearly as cheap as other markets in Elmhurst and possibly Flushing due to it’s prime location. The market stinks and is flooded with rude old ladies that are just waiting to be knocked unconscious in the head by badasses angrier and stronger than me. The fruit section had the most dirty looking non-​fresh looking fruits ever. Maybe it was just me being stupid, but their bananas are so far from the rest of the fruit that I had trouble finding just some damn bananas. Why must a girl circle the fruit aisles twice just to find the bananas near the garlic? Lines are out the door long. My cashier said «NO AMEREECUN EXPRESSEE!!!» to me even though I intended on giving her a Mastercard. She obviously couldn’t wait to say something because I didn’t even have 2 seconds to separate the cards I grabbed from my pocket before handing her my Citi card.
Never-​ever-​coming-​back.

BE CAREFUL if you’re using CREDIT CARD here!
My credit card had unauthorized transections after shopping at Jmart! It was a brand-​new card and used at Jmart for its 1^st purchase. So my data definitely got stolen here!
BE CAREFUL!!!

My favorite mart in Flushing, based on a few factors:
Large selection of products at generally reasonable prices;
Fast checkout even on weekends;
Convenient location, right off the subway station.
Product-​wise there are a few competitors in Flushing, but the location makes it a winner for me.

If you’re head out to Flushing on the 7 train, this is without a doubt the most convenient supermarket to get to. There are two entrances, one half a block east and one half a block south of the southeast subway entrance.
The best part of this place is the produce. There’s tons of redundancy — and this is a good thing, at least for the customer. For the same fruit, they will have different varieties and sizes all at different price points so you can pick exactly the kind you want. Asian pears and dragonfruit often go for more than half off, selling at $ 1 – 2 per pound depending on variety (of which there are several). Seriously, I’ve never seen an Asian supermarket sell three different sizes of dragonfruit at three different prices before. Other fruits and vegetables are also very reasonably priced.
Packaged and refrigerated food is slightly less extensive than SkyFoods, but still more than enough for your needs. That’s why I often visit both stores, picking up whatever’s cheaper at one store over the other.
A few logistical details: For credit card, MasterCard or Visa only. For multi-​buy offers (e.g. 3 for $ 5), you must buy the listed quantity (or a multiple of it) or you will be charged original price.

If I were able to give 0 stars, Jmart would be deserving. Why you ask?
I experienced first hand how questionable the moral ethics of the management at Jmart as they extort elderly people.
On June 28, I saw how an elderly grandma had forgot to pay for two fruit in her push cart (although she did pay for all the other 3 items) get escorted to their security room and forced to pay $ 500 fine. She did not leave the supermarket, did not STEP ON THE STREET. With limited English and no help, the security did not give her an option of paying for the fruits she forgot to pay for in her push cart. Instead, they preyed on the helpless old lady and when she asked questions and refused, they called in the 109 Precinct officers to help. As the police quickly came they advised her to pay $ 100 fine and to leave as they wanted to wrap it up as quickly as possible since their shift is over. Of course, as any scared elderly person would do to avoid trouble, she paid.
Be careful, and advise your elderly family members to be very careful!!! Apparently this happens over 20 times a day (per a store employee), and mostly to elderly people. They start the fine at $ 500 then suggest to hurry up and avoid any police trouble and ultimately reduce the fine to $ 100 (keep in mind they accept the fine in cash with no receipt or invoice given to victim).
Just wanted to inform other Unilocalers to be careful especially if they have elderly loved ones who shop here, would never wish this to happen to anyone’s loved ones. I encourage Jmart management to rethink their current LP process and identify how to capture REAL shoplifters.

This is my go to spot for fruits and vegetables. They have endless variety of products. I always find what I need. From wasabi, to ramen noodles, to soy sauce, to yams, to green beans, to bananas, to red paste buns, they have everything. Just note you will have to go aisle per aisle to find things. Hard to ask where specific products are.

This place is China Town on steroids. I have never been to a store where I truly felt like I was in another country. But then I walked into Jmart. I wanted to find pea leaves and could not find a single person who spoke English. Which, weirdly, I liked. I had to pull out Google Translate and show someone the translated word since I could not read it (really Google? you’re not gonna show it spelled out in English?). Nonetheless, I found them and they were sooo cheap!
The craziest experience is the fish department. These guys dont give a f%#$ about a fish’s feelings. I’ll just leave it at that.
The prices here are ridiculously cheap and its so insanely busy here the produce and meat/​fish have to be fresh as a result.