India Bazaar

Small place but very convenient. The next alternative requires driving at least 15 minutes. Sometimes they don’t have what I need but most times they have all the basics. A very nice family, always friendly and helpful. I’m happy to have them in my community. Oh, and by the way… all those people who say that the visa card minimum is too high? That was the old ownership. The minimum is now $ 10.

India Bazaar doesn’t seem to carry everything. no meats, produce seen. didn’t check entire store, just the front. store too cramped for me to wander beyond the main aisle. besides, cashier was keeping an eye on me. why? who knows?
notice frozen prepped food, many canned/​packaged goods, few cookies, candies, snacks. again, could have been in parts of store i haven’t perused. asked by cashier what i was looking for? «snacks», i replied
buys: maggi «authentic indian noodles», «vegetable atta».
–too much fat, some palm oil, no msg
–nestle co. product, overboiling-​noodle too soft
–previous buy, not here, was slightly stale, maybe i waited too long to eat it.
–masala spicy just spicy, not hot.
take outs:
–goods neatly stacked, seem pricy,
–high rent commerical strip (near downtown)
–parking iffy, lucky to find space.
–cashier polite, thanked me. cool. guess they don’t have much snacks. she didn’t reply to my
reply…

They carry everything you need! And can custom order if they don’t have a particular requirement. Excellent customer service!

It is a relatively small Indian grocery store compared to other Indian stores in the east bay. However, all the items available in the other stores are available here too. The owner of the store is very friendly and helpful in finding the items immediately. The drawback I’ve noticed is that since this place is understaffed, sometimes expired items are not removed from the shelves. So don’t buy anything that does not have an expiry date. The owner makes ready-​to-​eat Indian sabjis and sells them too. If she hasn’t prepared something on the day and the stuff on the counter is a day old she herself will ask you not to purchase it. It’s basically a very genuine store that has all Indian grocery items packed in a small place. It’s convenient for me because I dont have to go to San Ramon or somewhere else in search of an Indian store. Also, there is enough parking available here. Will definitely buy from here.

The über friendly lady continues to run the store-​front, which is pretty convincing!
Happy with the variety of stock they carry, and the owner is more than happy to custom order anything that one might need, that the store doesn’t carry.
However, on occasion, I did pick up really old, expired stock and didn’t realize until I got home. I’d recommend verifying the expiration dates on everything prior purchasing. I’d much rather that they remove expired stock from the shelves frequently, but in lieu of that ask when in doubt. It seems that the lady is pretty honest in letting you know how recently she stocked up on a particular product.

They have wide selection of Indian food, ingredients, frozen food, etc. The price is reasonable, and best of all, they open until late. The only drawback is that not very often you might find expired packages…, just pay attention to expiration dates.

Great place for mendhi cones and food. It’s clean and the service is nice. They also carry some great inexpensive jewelry.

I almost did not go to this great grocery store after reading the reviews, but I’m very glad I did. I had the exact opposite experience of others. Why they were great:
1) They had all the Indian and exotic ingredients I was seek, I mean everyone
2) The older gentleman who helped was extremely nice and very knowledgeable on his product. In fact he was so nice, he through in some peppers (that weren’t for sale) for free!
3) The prices were better than stores like Safeway. For example, a huge bag of Coriander (bigger than the small bottles they sell at major grocery stores, was only $ 2.39. I paid 3x for less.
It’s located in a convenient strip shopping mall.
Bottom line is that I liked this place so much that I am writing my first review. Don’t listen to the others, I can’t imagine how they could have had a different experience.

Glad to see there is an Indian Grocery store in Walnut Creek. Customer service and quality of products need some improvement.

Came during listed store hours (7:45pm) but it was closed.

For what it lacks in size, it makes up for in it’s excellent customer service and exceptional food selections. My family and I love to come here for our Indian grocery shopping and would recommend it to anyone who is even remotely interested in purchasing Indian food. The prices are decent and I have not had any issues with the quality of the food either.
Lastly, their employees are very kind and cater to all of your needs. There was a young guy who went out of his way to put groceries in my car and the following day a woman did the same. Great staff and establishment!

first of all, I LOVE INDIAN FOOD. I would definitely recommend this store to anyone who likes Indian food and MOVIES! The lady working there is very helpful. Very comfortable shopping environment. The prices are reasonable. The store consists of only two aisles but they carry numerous amount of top brands and a lot of FROZEN FOOD!
Overall, the experience at India Bazaar has been magnificent!

I don’t know what all the other bad reviews are talking about, I found this place to be very hospitable and was a great place for all my Indian food/​grocery needs!
Defiantly would highly recommend it !

To my knowledge, the ONLY place to get INDIAN food /​spices in the central Walnut Creek area! I was so happy to find this place! Not the hugest selection (compared to Ranch99 or some other places in Concord, Berkeley), but very very nice if you don’t want to drive too far from home and need /​want to get ingredients that Safeway or Whole Foods will totally over-​price /​rip you off on (or, not even carry).

Both my wife and I have had good shopping experiences here. First, they DO take credit cards (or at least VISA). It is a small store so don’t expect COSTCO variety but they do have a nice selection of fresh and frozen indian foods and other items. The women who works there is always very nice.
I recommend this store and will continue shopping there!

This is the worst Indian grocery store. I was trying to give no stars but not possible.
I went there twice & had very bad experience with the owner (guy). Had bad rice (full of bugs) & tried to get it replaced. Believe it or not, he was not ready for an exchange nor he gave back my money. I was so mad with them & asked them to enjoy the rice & my money.
I said good-​bye to this shop 5 years back.
There are 3 more stores in Concord. I have good experiences with all of them. So try to visit these shops as they are 2000 times better than this shop.

I discovered this place through a friend who lives in Walnut creek. I cook a lot of Indian food so I visited this place a lot last year and used to buy a lot of groceries from them.
But I soon discovered that they were way over priced!
Also, they do not allow you to use your credit/​debit card for purchases under $ 20!!!
Isn’t it illegal to do that???
Although the lady who is there all the time is friendly but her store policies are killing her business i think.
I have stopped going to this place.

A good little Indian grocery store. It’s small but carries a decent enough line of products and a good selection of breads in the freezers. Much better than the generic «Indian» stuff than you will get at regular supermarkets. The lady who works here is very friendly and the veggie samosas that they sell at the cash register are most tasty

I needed a can of Mango Pulp. After about an hour at FoodMax I learned that you can only get it at a Grocery store with an «Indian» food section or at an Indian food specialty store.
Its a tiny shop… only two aisles. Not very many items here, so i would suggest calling in first to check if they have what you’re looking for. They have a couple of freezers full of specialty foods and they also apparently rent movies here too.
All i needed was one can of Mango pulp… but after going though all the trouble of finding this Bazar i thought i might stock up on two whole cans! I was glad to see that they had VISA and Mastercard logo stickers on their front door, cause i was out of cash. The two cans came out to $ 3.98 and i handed her a credit card… and she told me that there was a $ 15 spending minimum to buy with a credit card! I was shocked because thats the highest amount i’ve ever heard of for a minimum charge for a credit card!
I decided to take another stroll around to see if i could do a few mercy purchases to come out to an even $ 15. That didnt end up happening… so i ended up only buying one can and i paid with quarters. It was a low moment for me… and the lady up front seemed a bit irritated that i had entertained the idea of trying to spend $ 15 at the store.
Moral of the Story: Bring CASH… unless you’re planning on doing some hard core shopping.