Giant Eagle Market District

★★★★☆ 3.6 (167) • $$

"Well dang! I usually go to the Ge on Sawmill or the one in Dublin near Perimeter. Lovely stores on their own, but I was advised to go to this one as it was supposedly the best on in Cbus. They weren't lying!!! I felt my inner bougie rising up while perusing the store. The mushroom station caught my eye immediately as I had not seen that in the other GE's. Clean store and really nice and helpful staff (shout out to Heidi at the door and Bonnie at the register). I think it is worth it yo check out this location for your shopping needs."

Vincenzo's Convenient Elegance

★★★★☆ 4.3 (90) • $$

"The lasagna they make is better than any Italian restaurant I've been to. I probably said "emmm" 15-20 times last night while eating it. Wine selection is great. Their Gorgonzola stuffed olives are tremendous. Every time I have been here, I have really enjoyed all the food I've gotten."

Arirang Oriental Market

★★★★☆ 4 (102) • $

"Not a Very huge store, but they do have a good amount of frozen items. Snack selection seemed a bit small, but there's definitely a variety of savory options.I saw a lot of people come in to get soju, likely much cheaper here than at Tensuke LOLI got a hot sauce with chicken flavor, bottled black tea, and a savory ramen snack.My friend got frozen fish and a few other items.They also serve cooked food here that you can buy. Bon chan is in refrigerated sort of near that area. Would love to try the food next time!There's diversity in the folks who shop here. Glad that people appreciate Korean culture!"

The Hills Market Downtown

★★★★☆ 3.6 (100) • $$

"Before I say anything, I must mention that I'm biased to their hot food bar (their chicken and pork is really good!!).This grocery store is the only one in the downtown area, so it's more expensive. It does have most staples at higher prices. It has a nice wine & beer section, some fresh breads, a decent cheese section. There is also a really large prepared foods section. They have a salad bar & prepared salads as well as cooked chicken/beef. They also have Charmy's, the Persian kitchen. Honestly the star of the show, and the reason I'm rating them as a 4 is the hot food bar. Particularly the meats. Sometimes I just grab a pound of meat (10.99 lb) and make my own meals at home with it. The meat is so tender and usually has a really nice sauce or spice, I would say restaurant quality or better! As long as you know what what you're getting into and what the best offerings are, I think this is a reasonable "grocery store". A plus is the friendly employees!"

Santiago Supermarket

★★★★☆ 4.4 (54) • $

"I ordered a bunch of things from Santiago recently including tamales, birria tacos, birria ramen, al pastor tacos, and chips and queso. The tamales were tasty-- they have 3 diferent types and I got one of each. They were all a bit spicy so that's something to beware of because it wasn't expected.The queso was warm and creamy, it was a queso blanco, but there wasn't a large portion.I liked the tacos, but the birria tacos were served open face and without a side of consomme, definitely a little disappointing.The birria ramen was super rich, delicious, and cheesy, but very oily. The noodles themselves were cooked so much that they were quite mushy. I also wished that it came with some cilantro and onions or other veggies in it.I might order from here again, but it probably won't be my go-to if I'm craving birria."

La Michoacana Mexican market

★★★★☆ 3.6 (56) • $

"A lot of variety of food from different countries!! I didn't know where to find a product and I got help from one of the employees. I come at least once a month to this place lol."

La-Plaza-Tapatia

★★★★☆ 3.6 (42) • $$

"La-Plaza Tapatia to the moon!!! (Rocket Emoji times three.)It may seem a stretch to theme a side eatery attached to a Mexican grocery to the latest stock market craze but considering that this amazing stonk of a place hangs inside the shadow of Hollywood casino--'casino' an apt word for the market has become--the metaphor is germane; the grub here is the most bullish buy on the Mexicana scene--it is the best Broad Street bet in the eastside market. (Cue the Cathy Wood thumbnail.)I came here to meet fellow swing trader Mike G to lord over him my Plug Power winnings porn and his lack of following my picks. Lol. This restaurant was his idea, and I, usually bearish on Mexican food, have decided to diversify my palate portfolio and agreed. As said this place is on East Broad behind a highly volatile parking lots; lots of ups and down with the potholes but the savvy gormandizer knows to buy the dips and have diamond hands to reach the eventual trendies inside. You'll find this joint just inside the grocery store that has that 1970s style.The moat on this play is its authenticity--this isn't El Vaquero, that diluted float of Americanized Mexican made to list on the NYSE--this is the real stuff. Its menu is in Espanol--so if you can't read that romantic language then you should lay off the action and invest in the Americanized ETFs. Tapatia refers to the city of Guadalajara; whether this means the food here is made in that tradition is outside my chart analysis.The inside is clean with loads of space. The service has high liquidity, and you will get filled quick. Both Mike and I had the Chimichanga. We both chose the pollo over carne for the protein. The chicken was so tasty and cooked exactly right. It comes with the traditional sides of refried beans, fresh Guacamole, and the reddest fried rice you will ever see outside your daily Robinhood status report. It is very filling and so come hungry and ready to eat, this isn't the place for low margin stomachs. And at the price of $11 it will not short squeeze your wallet either. The beer prices here are high; but that's ok, with everything else here being good the store deserves a little premium.So TL;DR: I like the restaurant. If you're on East Broad and ready to invest in a good meal, put a bid in here. Buy the call, sell the put--the probability of a profitable eat is high.Disclaimer: I am not a food advisor, make sure you do your own research before investing in any food. All food comes with risk; you can suffer serious losses. Talk to your local food broker chef before investing in any lunch. ;-)"

Giant Eagle Market District

★★★★☆ 3.9 (31) • $$

"I regularly do my grocery shopping at Giant Eagle Market District. It is always very clean and organized. They recently reorganized the store and provided customers with an updated list of where everything was and they had workers around the stores to help assist customers. They have a wide selection of options. I have a friend who is gluten free and she said their gluten-free section is one of the best in the area. The wine/liquor/beer section always has a wide variety of options as well. This Giant Eagle actually has their own bar and their carts have cupholders which allows customers to have a drink while they shop. Their fresh food options (sushi, homestyle cooking station, pizza and sub, and wok stations) are fantastic.The only drawback is the parking lot. Since this GE has such central location, it is busy pretty much all the time which makes the parking lot kind of a mess but there is nothing they can do about that. Their pharmacy is always fast and efficient as well."

North Market Poultry & Game

★★★★★ 4.8 (15) • $$

"Working in the North Market, I get asked a lot about what is good to eat. Well, damn near everything, of course- but I usually point them down to North Market Poultry & Game's Kitchen Little. "It's the best food in Columbus!" I say, feeling fairly secure in my pronouncement.See, I've never shopped at NMPG itself- the meat counter- but I have learned the not-very-well kept secret that is Kitchen Little. That unassuming little glass case holds a king's ransom of flavors. It's embarrassingly hard to pick what to eat from day to day.You can't go wrong here, but a few of my go-to staples are the meatloaf (usually chicken or turkey, always delicious, moist, and perfect), the chicken cutlet whose fried-chicken appearance hides untold wealth of flavor, or the chicken and waffles- the aforementioned chicken cutlet on a Taste of Belgium waffle, drowning in Frank's Red Hot Sauce (if you're smart about it).People like to throw around the phrase "home cooked" but if you cook food this good in your home, you need to marry me. This is food that exemplifies Columbus- unpredictable, amazing, local, and responsible. Throw in the friendly staff, the sampling, and the general atmosphere of the Market- which I love- and you have a winning combination. It's been said before by writers far more professional than I, and they were right: if Kitchen Little was its own stand-alone restaurant somewhere in town, it'd be a sensation.As it is, I kind of like the homey, back-kitchen feel. This is food that will forever change your overall opinion of prepared food counters, even if you already think highly of them.And, yeah, do yourself a favor and get some o' them good duck fat fries. You won't even need ketchup- it'd just ruin the flavor.The only complaint I can muster is that sometimes people get there before I do and buy up all the best stuff. That's definitely an acceptable loss for me- because it means Kitchen Little is getting the attention it so richly deserves!"

Apna Bazaar

★★★★☆ 3.9 (18) • $$

"Since my exuberant, pleased review of this place almost a year ago, it seems Apna Bazaar has regressed. I visited last night with a couple friends hoping to show them what real meat biryani should taste like. Seeing that the kitchen moved from the back to taking up an L-shaped space from the left side to the back, I presumed that its customer base had increased, and that could only mean the food had gotten better. Wrong. I like to give purveyors of ethnic fare great latitude, taking care not to conflate taste with quality, ever certain that they know more about their region's cooking than I might. But on this day, I was expecting a little more than "thank-you-Apna-Bazaar-for-being-here" dishmaking. Columbus is no Devon Avenue in Chicago, with its adjacent storefronts of top-notch Indian cooking - but that doesn't mean you don't try - at ten bucks for the special and 2 naans, especially when there are 4 other places within five miles. My friend and I got the beef kofta curry, and another friend a chicken dish. Sure, the meals were savory and richly spiced, the brown hue dense with flavor. But the brown hue also glistened, and the dense spice had to be spooned from a thick veneer of oil. Interspersed from each other, like the humps of two Loch Ness monsters on a break-up avoiding one another, sat the koftas, and one spoon in, we discovered the ground beef was devoid of any taste, a very covert yet conspicuous denouncing of its very identity as a kofta (kofta is a spiced ground beef).Apna Bazaar prices its food from 7-9 dollars per dish, sans rice or bread, which you have to pay extra for. If that's the case, expectations run higher. The last two times I was here, even its meat biryani lacked the minimum amount of meat, the joint pieces instead accompanied by a chewy cartilage. I'm still holding out for the biryani's sake. I'm a big believer in that you shouldn't have to go to Chi-town to eat good meat biryani. Apna Bazaar's biryani has the hard parts down - the color, the flavor, the spice, the sheer skill of presentation. Now, if only it could take care of what's easy."

La Michoacana

★★★★☆ 4.1 (7) • $

"Love the food here!! The burritos? Yum!! I've been here several times now, and I'm definitely stuck on these great flavors. A friend and I usually split a pork burrito and meat bowl. I'll start with the establishment/location. This joint is in the heart of the Whitehall/Columbus area. Yes, many years ago, Hamilton Road was chuck full of businesses, restaurants and shopping stripes. However, over the last 20 years, things have changed: businesses closing; higher crime; demographics. Since I'm all for the hidden gems, when a friend told me about this place, I was excited! First time I walked into this grocery store, I got confused. I didn't see any tables - was I in the wrong place? I had to ring up my friend and have him direct me toward the back left corner of the shop. The eatery part is not big. A few tables. Three or so booths. And a small stand with the register. That's it, nothing to gawk at. The service had always been good. Polite and fast. Both times my friend and I have gotten a pork burrito and #48 (starts with an M, but I forget what it's called!). The burrito has consistently been fantastic. Moist juicy pork. Great mix of toppings. You can taste the different components, too. That's a big deal-breaker for me: so many Mexican places serve burritos that have a homogenous taste. Nothing standing out. Not the case here!Here goes my best attempt to describe #48: it consists of thin strips of steak and chicken and freshly cooked small shrimp. Red and green peppers are mixed in with the protein. Mozzarella cheese is sprinkled on top. The cool part? These ingredients are tossed in a black bowl and pushed into the oven. Everything cooks in the bowl. The outcome is all flavor, every bite! The meat is lightly seasoned - the perfect amount. Oh yeah, almost forgot! When you're seated, a giant basket of chips and three types of salsa are brought out: the normal red salsa; a green Tomatillo dip; and orange tinted hot salsa to top it off. Authentic Mexican, folks :D"

Makkah Market

★★★★☆ 4.1 (7) • $

"This best halal food in central Ohio. Pleasantly surprised!Palak Cholay is Spinach and chickpeas, they spice it just right and it's indescribable!Their best curry is Goat Karhai, it's a delicacy. The tomatoes and onion are fresh and the meat is prepared flawlessly.I struggle with the communication but clearly speak the quality. The portions are more than acceptable, as is the price. The naan is fresh and warm. The taste is out of this world. 06/24"

Al Mustafa Market & Bakery

★★★☆☆ 3.1 (12) • $$

"A good place to buy Arab food. Very nice staff too. Too many varieties of food and spices. A really accessible location either by a car or bus #18. The bus stop is just in front of this place! However, you have to be really careful when you buy stuff because some stuff that I bought were already expired! Furthermore, The prices are higher than other Arab stores!"

La Michocana Mexican Market 7

★★★☆☆ 3 (5)

"Good food and good service, very authentic.Fresh ingredients used. Seems like only locals know about this spot."