Asian Direct Oriental Market

Great selections AND low prices. Love this place! The cashiers have always been so friendly to me.They have almost all of my favorite Asian pantry items, and I love their deli. If you're claustrophobic, or a neat freak, you may want to shop somewhere else. I especially love their sesame balls, Bahn Mi sandwiches and shrimp spring rolls.

Great Asian grocery store in larger Twin Cities metro.As out of town guests, we were excited to find Asian Direct had a lot of our favorites from the West Coast. The produce was fresh, prices were great, and there was a large selection.

Very nice, decent selection of groceries and food to go. Does not have everything but that is to be expected for a remotely located Asian grocery store

Asian Direct is a decent Vietnamese grocery store in Savage (of all places). For those who live in the south part of the metro, it's an oasis in the middle of a snowy dessert. I can't even imagine a life without fish sauce. (Actually, yes I can. And it's apocalyptic.) After visiting with my family during Thanksgiving break to buy ingredients for two dishes (bun bo hue and banh khot), and spending a solid half-an-hour there, I got a pretty good grasp of the place. My assessment:*****I. PRODUCE: Unlike traditional grocery store aisles (both American and Asian) where produce is laid-out on shelves, they brilliantly refrigerate all the essential staples: Thai basil, lemon grass, green papaya -- you name it! The main problem, though, is that most of the produce, at least when I visited, weren't fresh. Greens are wilted. Others had rotted. A few things seemed completely inedible. For example the banana blossoms we bought had their tips rotted. We had to buy them anyway, because no other options are nearby. But a couple goods were solid, like the Thai basil. (Make sure buy the entire herb, not only the leaves, or they'll charge you $20.99 a pound). The green papayas were fantastic, too. II. MEATS: Not the largest selection of meats, because they're mainly tailored towards Vietnamese dishes. More specifically, we bought a bag of pig feet and large hunk of cow throat (nam bo). Yeah, Viets are gangster like that.Even though you're probably disgusted right now, everything appeared to be very fresh!III. DELI: They have pretty average banh mi (from California), several rice snacks, a decent selection of Asian drinks, tasty sesame balls, and other goods. Everything was adequate. IV. OTHER TIDBITS:- They have a robust rice selection, including Forbidden Rice (black), which is one of my favorites. (Much love to the brand with the three Asian sistas on there, too.) - Their noodle, bean, and flour aisle is all in one and organized very well. Make sure you have a good squat, though, so you can reach those bottom shelves.- Frozen food section is about a fourth of their store, but you shouldn't eat that stuff anyway.V. PRICES: With the exception of United Noodles, Asian grocery stores, like this one, are very affordable. VI. OVERALL: If I lived in the south part of the metro, I would probably visit Asian Direct on the reg. However, if I lived in a different region, I wouldn't go out of my way to visit since they don't have a special ingredient or awesome selection of produce.

We just bought a pack of Okra at this store yesterday night and I just saw mold in the middle of the pack today, 24 hours later as I'm about to cook it. I live far away so I called the store and wanted to come in tomorrow to simply exchange it for another one, not even to return it. They said "NO". Said that anything wrong with the vegetable cannot be exchanged or refunded and that is the store's rule from the store owner, Ryna.I spent my money to buy something from your store and when the vegetable can't even stay fresh for one day and has mold on it 1 day later and yet it cannot be refunded or exchanged? That's BS. That just shows me how bad and how unprofessional the store is. Makes me really think about why I or anybody else should buy any produce from this store compared to other grocery stores around.Next time people, if you want to buy any "fresh" produce at this store, check clearly and take special notice to see if that produce is already degrading and has any chance of growing mold. Heck, if need be, open the pack to see if there is already any mold inside before buying it! I would give it big fat 0 star for fresh product and exchange policy if I could.

Always go by there when out at Canterbury on a Saturday pleasant place to shop clean have LAD NAR NOODLE steam bun w/pork and spring roll. With hot+ sauce. Dean Seriously about the candy selections and the okra. Lumpy.

One of the female cashier or owner is very rude. She talk in her language to other cashier about the customers. I was one of the customers, and I understand what she said. She make you feel very unwelcome. I rather go to the other asian store that is 2 blocks away. I only go here if the other asian doesn't have what I need or want.

Since I eat so much, I need to have 2 asian grocery stores(Groceries of the Orient is the other) in my life...and they are only 4 blocks apart. No, I am not kidding...In all seriousness, not all stores are created equal. Asian Direct Oriental Market(ADOM) is definitely the cleanest and bigger out of the two. What I like about this store:* Vegitables are better organized and CLEANER! * Bean sprouts seems always fresher and last longer in my fridge.* Oysters, clams are huge and very reasonably priced.* Most fishes still have their heads on them. If you don't know what to do with it, then we can move on...* Got white and white/stripped bass!Why I go to Groceries of the Orient(GOTO) instead:* Catfish here is on the small side* Don't take Discover card...Yes, they do take visa/master cards.* Close a lot earlier than the GOTO.In short I love both groceries because they all have their own + and -. Given a choice, I would take this place because the fresh Asian vegetables are much cleaner and organized.

Very well stocked and good prices. Very happy to have found them! Great selection on frozen items and some fresh produce.

way better selection then some of the other local asian markets. however the greens and vegetables here always look like they're rotting in the fridges. other then that, clean store, nicely stocked and pretty good prices! wouldn't go here for any vegetables though