Desi Bazaar Grocery

I didn't know there was a wonderful Indian grocery store in that plaza. It makes me so happy- my favorite things were in the store. Dosa mix, muruku snack, instant dal, butter chicken mix and more...Go here if you need some Indian staples- those instant lentils, dal, and more are my quick lunch at work. Items are neatly displayed and there's frozen and refrigerated section as well.Price is affordable. Go here tomorrow.

It was well stocked. Friendly cashier. A quite a few fresh vegetables. I was left alone to peruse the shelves looking for my recipe items. It was January when I went and it was almost miserably cold in there. Yes save some money on utilities. I get that, but brrrrr.

They have a very condensed store with a large variety of food. They offer many spices, snacks, frozen foods, sweets, vegetables, and more. But each time I come I realize I have to be careful to check the dates on items we buy. Many of the frozen foods are past their best buy dates, also spices are. And I also purchased some Dass Sweets from the refrigerated section, and when I took them home I found mold on them (very sad). Sadly it did not have a date on the box, so I didn't know. So as long as you shop carefully and read the dates on what you buy, you'll be fine. It is frustrating though to have to pick through items even more diligently than you should have to. As for service, everyone has been nice. I have lately seen mainly a lady at the front, and she was friendly.

Listen folks, shop no where else! Desi is an otherwise small looking Indian grocer as you approach the door. Once inside, place is huge! I was immediately greeted by Preeti (sp) who was multitasking but made herself available, answered questions, encouraged me to ask more if necessary, and quickly got the items I was looking forward (I would have gladly retrieved them myself but as I was asking her foot were moving!). Desi has a vast variety of candies, packaged chips, crackers, nuts and other snacks, refrigerated and frozen section, fresh produce, bulk rice, beans (like the huge sacks you'd see at Restaurant Depot), toiletries, jarred sauces both sweet and savory, and the biggest variety of beans and herbs and spices I've even seen. Who know about Nigerian black beans? Well I do now, thanks to Desi! I was on the hunt for mango powder, chole masala, tamarind paste and rice flower. Desi had them all, yay! One challenge is many of the shelved items aren't tagged so you'd have to ask for pricing but otherwise, Desi near instantly became my favorite specialty store. A word unrelated to my awesome, can't wait to go back shopping experience. I want to encourage the Yelp community to shop your local international stores for exotic goods if possible. If you're like me and began heavily relying on Amazon for speciality goods over the last two years, I left some items in my cart and decided to try and find the goods locally. This not only helps keep our neighborhood businesses open, while being lighter on our wallets. Comparison: Tamarind paste (Amazon) $4.59 Tamarind paste (Desi) $2.99 Chole masala (Amazon) $25 Chole masala (Desi) $2.99 Mango Powder (Amazon) $9.99 Mango Powder (Desi) $2.99 *no comparison on rice flour as that was a last minute grab at Desi.

My favorite store fresh veggies lots of spices and other stuff i need nice customer service too. Highly recommend them.

Reading through these reviews it appears there is a baffling, concerted effort to keep the overall rating low for Desi; however, I have been shopping here for the past decade and my experience has consistently been fantastic. This is an incredible Indian market.I've tried dozens of Indian/Asian grocery markets around the Sacramento region, and Desi is head and shoulders above them all. Here's why: hands down the best selection and most variety (literally anywhere), the best and most expansive fresh vegetable/fruit section, fresh sweets/desserts/snacks, huge bulk foods section, fantastic frozen food and dairy sections, extremely friendly/helpful...they even sell live curry trees!Every item is coded in their system so there is no manual entering of prices, and I've price-shopped key items elsewhere: Desi is easily the same or cheaper. This is a destination store so everything is fresh and new as well - I've never had a single issue in 10 years (how many stores can you say that about?).Expansive, friendly, fresh and pleasant. Come in for the fresh curry leaves, leave with way more than you planned.

Worst Indian store.The lady owner is very arrogant and everything is overpriced and not labeled.Very bad experience not once,twice but everytime.

Watch out for expired food items and rude customer service. They are super rude and asked about expired foods. Stay away. Please do not encourage this store selling expired food and having under aged kids at the front desk.

Lots of selections on groceries, but lots of items that are expired or without expiry dates. Be very careful while buying things especially for kids.

This store sells expired food products for several years despite customers mentioning it to the store owners. They do not remove it. Also they charge a higher price when they do the checkout. I do not know why the health inspection board hasn't intervened.