Young's Oriental Grocery Store

This place has many good reviews, however my experience was very different. For clarification I am a black woman . The lady looked horrified when I walked in, then she rushed me to buy when it is only 12pm. I then feel like one was watching me buying to ensure that I am not stealing. I select my option(a 7 dollar item) and she she says there is a 10 dollar minimum for a debit card. Which is not a legal minimum to impose on a debit card.

Visited this little shop today for the first time! Normally I like to go to the strip district for all my Korean food and noodle needs, but today I switched it up! Really good variety of things. Not overwhelming. Clean and organized and the owner is very kind and sweetFound a ton of great instant noodles & ramen-Buldak brand, Shin Ramen, the sorts. Got some sauces and restocked on a couple of seasonings like furikake and seaweed for my poke bowls and sushi. The best gem however, that this place carries, I have not been able to find anywhere else- is fish cakes!! Maybe it's just me but I can never find that pink and white swirl goodness anywhere! and I found it here! no swirl but perfect fish cakes like the kind they use at Ramen Bar! Yum. Can't wait for my next trip

Best kimchi support the local spot!!!!!It's really cool they have been in Squirrel Hill for a long time and are family owned. Staff always greets you at the door and they have a good variety of stuff.

Love this place! Owner is really nice and unlike Seoul mart she'll actually talk to you even if you're not a FOB. Even though me and a lot of my friends are Korean American since we're not a picture perfect we usually get really weird service at Seoul mart. They have a lot more food that's geared towards people who like to cook and there's everything you need from appliances and small stone pots to make some dank stews, to an array of side dishes that even GP and KG don't often give you. Support small businesses! Also the kimchi is A++++

Went for produce while here visiting. One yellow pepper was bad. Other produce was nice such as tomatoes eggplant zucchini Bok choy. "

The owner here is really friendly and welcoming. They offer a larger variety of dried noodles compared to other Asian groceries in the area. This is one of the only Korean groceries that has fresh sesame leaves in Pittsburgh. Street parking is almost always available as well.

I'm a big fan of Young's. It's a very authentic mom-and-pop Korean grocery store, something that's pretty rare in Pittsburgh. The place is smallish and definitely no H-Mart, but it has all the basic necessities of Korean cooking. Their kimchi is surprisingly good and the pork belly and chadol (thin beef brisket) I've bought there has always been tasty.They also have a small produce section that I believe is cheaper than Giant Eagle down the road and is usually of pretty good quality. My only complaint is that they're often sold out of sesame leaves whenever I go shopping, or the one or two that are left over are limp. (Dunking them in cold water for 30 mins perk 'em right back up, though.)

Young's carries produce, frozen foods (like various mandu and gyoza), candy, noodles, rice, and even has a housewares selection. There isn't too much variety. For instance, there wasn't too much variety in the fruit section when I most recently stopped in--there were apples, pears, Korean melons, and lemons (but no limes). The ramen and frozen dumpling selections are a little more extensive, as are the different soy sauces/vinegars/oils. Produce seems to be cheaper here than it is at the Giant Eagle a few blocks up Murray--compare eggplant, at 99 cents a pound here, and $1.99 a pound at the Giant Eagle, on the same day.I wouldn't come here to do all my grocery shopping, but just to stop in and get a few items that a regular supermarket doesn't have much of. I can't resist a box of Pocky now and then.

I really like Young's as an alternative to Seoul Mart, especially since it's in my neighborhood and I can just bike down. Not sure of they have Melon bars, but they seem to have equally everything else that SM has. In addition, the people are friendlier and don't have little kids running around on their toys through the aisles. I also like that they keep the door open in warm weather, it's so welcoming.If I ever need a bag of dumplings, condiments, or have a craving for neugori ramen, I know where to go. They are also one of the few places you can get kabocha squash (that amazing pumpkin they put in the pumpkin curry at bangkok balcony) in Pittsburgh in the fall.Oh and you can also get seedless cucumbers for alot less here than at geagle.

Typical family run Korean store. I like stopping in for the staples like large bags of crushed red pepper, ramen, and the traditional Asian snacks, you can't get everywhere else. Just one note, check for best buy dates on packages, some items obviously don't turn over frequently, and it's not always easy to determine how 'fresh' somethings might be, which I've noticed on more than one trip.