Haafiz Food Mart

My review about this place is strictly for their meat butcher section and grocery section. I have not tried their cooked food, so I have no info on them yet.I have purchased goat meat and whole chicken from them couple of times, and I was always happy with the quality. I appreciate that they ask the purpose of the meat, based on which they make the cuts - e.g. Biryani will need bigger pieces, and a goat curry will need a bit small than that.The goat meat has been tender, chicken was fresh, and they give you all parts you want.I was also glad to find Palm Date Jaggery (Khejur er gur - for the Bengalis out there), and I liked the quality too. I learned from my mother early on, how to know the jaggery is of quality, and their product met that quality mark.Also, their grocery section has all the necessary products required for South Asian and Mediterranean cooking, which I find to be convenient.

Heard a lot about their biryani, and got a goat biryani. Totally dissapointed. Lacked flavor, it was more like basic rice tossed in oil. Maybe their chicken biryani is better, but avoid the goat biryani.Also, their grocery selection is very limited.

From which angle this looks like chicken karahi? More like chicken soup with no noodles lol

Best young goat meat in Bay Area hands down. No gamy smell in the meat and it is tender and juice meat once cooked. A heavenly meat meant for some nice desi cooking.

SPOILED MEAT! I've bought chicken here twice before and it was okay, not my favorite but just okay but this time I decided to buy about 7 pounds of beef and it was all spoiled! The meat had a gross rotten smell, white flaky discharge and even chunk that were completely black/ purple and dry like dehydrated. Went to complain and the owner denied me a refund and kept saying how the meat in the freezer wasn't spoiled even though I brought the meat back to show him! Ended up leaving with 7 pounds of spoiled meat and no refund.

Best Fish Curry!Store is neat and all items accessible Order in advance for cooked items as they cook fresh

Bad customer service for butcher. They will give you different prices and not even tell you what's what over the phone. Rude boss

I got the wrong order and called to notify them. 1st the guy said it was the same exact order, which is false lol. They're in 2 completely different sections in the menu. Then he told me he'd give me my right order the next time I ordered. After that rude comment, he told me it was the Uber Eats fault. When i asked him to take accountability, he started yelling at meSo I told him I'd do that, and here I am

Sexist rude man. I walked in and asked if they sold date syrup (I buy this at whole market that I go to regularly), he gave me a very dirty look, and came off very sexist like I was some dirty girl and I was dressed very modestly. I also came to pick up food for my husband and I. My order was right there on the counter and we both looked at it & he knew it belonged to me for pick up but didn't pretended that he didn't believe it wasn't mine. I repeatedly told him my husbands name and what was the order. Still wouldn't give it to me. Sir, there is one bag on your counter and I came to get it. I walked out and let him keep it!

The guy who sits on the register is kind of weird. The frozen fish was expired. So, I told him. And he kind of gave me some lame excuse that frozen things don't have any expiration date. Bro, the put the expiration date for some reason right. I didn't the like the fact that he was trying to cover the mistake rather than accepting it. I bought one ruhi fish. The fish was okay. But I would recommend everyone to go to desi bazar desi kitchen rather than this store.