Spice Mart

I’ve gone here enough times that I’m known to the guys who work here (maybe own the place).
Why do I go here — you get everything that you could need.
1 star less because the stocking of the stuff is a mess and I would not at all recommend eating their pre-​cooked food as it will upset your stomach. Multiple people have come and complained about it in the store (I’ve seen it) and I see it in other reviews.

Horrible place for service or attitude. I wish to see Patel brothers out here so that we don’t have to go to places like these. Very disappointed. Wish there is a red start, not worth a star.

I have been visiting this place regularly. They have a good collection of Indian groceries and fresh vegetables. Also, the meat products are fresher than most other places.
I especially love the take away restaurant at this place. The food is well prepared, is very tasty and very competitively priced.

Spice Mart is a combo Indian grocery and food carry out.
They have an extensive carry out menu with very reasonable prices. If you are looking for Indian carry out, this is your place.
The food is delicious and is as good or better than any Indian restaurant I’ve been to. We’ve picked up food two weekends in a row if that says anything.
The menu is on the wall and not online, my suggestion would be to make it available online so that more people know what to order.
The grocery section is well stocked and prices are on everything I saw. The people who work there are very friendly and if you are not an expert in all dishes they have or Indian cuisine in general, they were happy to answer questions.

I am a big fan of their aloo parathas. I have bought them for some of my friends and they all love it too. Whenever I get craving for their aloo parathas, I call and order and go pick up in 20 mins. Best I have eaten anywhere. Have become a loyal customer mainly for their aloo parathas.
Only little issue is, they pack the parathas really hot in plastic bags that don’t have vents to let the steam out and so the parathas get little wet by the time I pick them up. Wish they address this. That is why the four stars.

Amazing place for grocery, fresh food, fresh vegetables, Indian style fresh sweets, large stock of everything that you get in India you get hear. Fresh meat chicken any time. I go in there reminds me off Delhi The staff is very pleasing and helpful know their product very well.

I ordered a small tray of mutton biriyani for a small party. I picked up the tray on a Saturday at 5 pm and when I opened the tray at 7 pm the biriyani was smelling bad and throw away the entire tray. Just for this reason, I would rate half a star.

If you are looking for a well stocked, organized Indian store; then this is not the place to go to.
To begin with, as is customary in most stores; most of the items do not have prices mentioned on them (or on the rack they are placed or in the aisle they are located). This is ideal from the store owner’s viewpoint; since you are in the dark about the prices and will almost always overpay on items at the register!
Add to this, the extremely unhealthy food that is served (they have a take-​out menu) and it makes this place less desirable. Similar to another Unilocal poster who mentioned losing their faith in this place because of the watered down food; we have too, but because of tastelessness and healthiness: their butter chicken was a paste, chicken 65 had tough chicken pieces and the chicken noodles were raw with blandness — the chicken felt uncooked and the noodles were bland. This is depressing because we had indeed ordered food from them that was slightly better than average, once upon a time.
We stick to the place called ‘Jalaram Plaza’, also in Naperville, that is ethical — with prices clearly mentioned everywhere, an incentive if you shop for greater than a particular amount, and a staggering array of well — organized Indian food items (masalas, atta, rice, chivdas, chips, sweets, frozen veggies, biscuits etc.) of excellent quality per unit price.
If this place wants to improve, I suggest:
1) Clearly marking prices on every item in the store
2) Organizing the store better
3) Hire a separate team only in charge of the ‘restaurant /​take — out’ section of the business and focus on quality
4) Increasing the number of items in the store and competitively marking them to attract more customers and grow business.

I absolutely love this place! The main cashier who is working every time I go in is extremely friendly, always offering up new samples of the prepared foods or sweets behind the counter. They have a small selection of fresh produce, and a very large selection of spices and premixed spice packages.
I always get my dad a few of the frozen prepared desserts, which they have a large selection of. They also operate a carry-​out portion of the store, and it is owned by the same gentleman who operates another delicious Indian restaurant in Naperville.
The meat/​butcher section looks fantastic, but I haven’t personally picked up anything from that counter yet.
The only drawback with this store, and is common in these small stores, is that nothing is priced– so it can be quite a surprise sometimes when you get to the counter.

All the food was watered down to the point that it became bland. No Indian would accept that as food

I love their take out menu. Naans, vegetable biryani, butter paneer tikka masala is yumm. I love their saag paneer too. We also order the chicken tikka masala and gobi manchurian is super tasty. Although you have to keep in mind their food is spicy and you will have to clearly mention to bring it a notch down if you cant handle the heat. Not at all pricey… but super delicious. 30 – 40 mins of wait time betw ordering on the phone and go fetch it.

Spice Mart in Naperville is easily our favorite place within a radius of 10 miles for buying spices and home-​made sweet and savory snacks popular in India and other nearby countries. Every time we go in, we see one or both of the same two gentlemen, and we’re always greeted and remembered. They know exactly the things that we like best, and they always go that extra step to make us feel valuable as customers. Our favorite things so far are the pakora with potatoes, peas, and one other veggie that I never can remember — probably because I nearly inhale those yummy things; samosas; gelabi; gulab jamun; banana chips; and the many selections for flour and rice. We don’t need the store to have the boring so-​called organization and presentation that «Americanized» stores tend to have — instead we love it that Spice Mart has aisles and shelves that are fully stocked to overflowing, while winding around, and sort of doubling back at times… hard to describe but if you go there then you’ll see it for yourself. Spice Mart has its own identity. We love it.

Decent India grocery store. Samosas were good. Pretty good spread. Could do with more fresh veggies and of course a bit more cleaner.

Great shop to get all your Indian food supplies. Can’t beat having somewhere to get non-​US made Cadbury chocolate too!

Sorry that the other reviewer had a bad experience. It’s called practicing cultural relativity. This place has the best Indian take out. If you want warm and fuzzies with spic and span, go to super target and ask the friendly employee for the international aisle. I prefer something closer to the real experience in India even if it doesn’t jive with my American upbringing. To date, the best malai kofta and chilie chicken I’ve had. What I would do to have it again! BTW, I’m Indian and they still didn’t acknowledge me! that’s how it is folks!

Do not let the name of this place fool you like it did me. It is not a place to buy spices but rather an Indian grocery store. I love Indian food so was excited to find this place… until I walked in. The store is dirty, extremely disorganized, and unless you are Indian the staff won’t even acknowledge you. The only highlight of this place is they sell super cheap lentils, however because of the condition of the store I wouldn’t recommend using them without washing them thoroughly first.