Welcome Food Center

I've been really impressed with Welcome food market in the past year! Not only have they upgraded the interior but the quality produce and meats is also better! Produce: 5 What is driving this review is that this is now my go to market for produce. The quality has gotten a lot better and it's still a reasonable price! Watch out though, during peak shopping times you'll have to fight the Asian aunties for the best picks. Snack: 5Welcome has really stepped up their snack game in the last year! They have different flavors of Kit Kats, lay's chips, and Taiwanese snacks that I don't see anywhere else! Food court/Bakery: 4 It's not a real food court but there is an cafeteria like area where you can select items for a to go box. It's a nice and affordable quick meal. While their dim sum isn't the best I do like the turnip cake! Seafood: 5Their seafood area is separate from their red meat area. Once you enter the market is to the far right past one of the snack aisles at the front of the store. They have a wide variety of fresh fish and they still have fresh frog!

Bought a lunch box from the foods stall on the right inside the welcome market that is serving bad fried chicken. Smell like rotten. Most people can't tell, but i work in restaurant serving fried chicken & wings. I know what bad chicken meats when i taste one. Bad for business who try to save $ by serving rotten or expired meats.

bought two bamboo fish choose No.2 clean. They didn't clean for me when I got home. Soooo bad service.

Not sure how I feel about this place. Came for the Asian cookies. One isle had the smell of dead rodents and there is a cat wondering the same isle.

This is my family's go-to place for char siu and roast duck! The other prepared foods in the store are pretty good as well. Definitely roll by to grab some even if you don't need any groceries. As for the grocery store experience, it does have a great selection catered mostly to the Chinese clientele. The many boxes scattered throughout the store makes it a little difficult to navigate with a cart, but that's a pretty common sight in many Asian grocery stores anyway. For new customers, THE SEAFOOD MARKET IS NEXT TO THE BAKERY. At first, I simply thought they didn't have a seafood section because I always expect it to be next to the meat section. Also, there are no labels above each aisle that list what items are in each aisle -- you just have to walk through and look for yourself.

There was nobody at the door to welcome me. I felt very lied to. False advertising.Not my favourite grocery store along Bellaire, but there are five or six of them, so talk about competition. One after another between each major intersection from the 59 all the way out to Belt 8, it seems like. And then more beyond Belt 8.I appreciate the presence of all of them and won't give any of them less than four stars even though the modern fancy ones clearly have a lot more stuff and are a lot cleaner than the others. And this is one of the smaller older ones.Now speaking of smaller and older, how about a sympathy make out session with me?

My go-to for Chinese groceries. Welcome definitely caters to Chinese customers which means they have many things that cannot be found at an HEB (however amazing) that someone who is looking for authentic Chinese food is can find.The product aisle is always reliable with fresh selections of vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, and things even I haven't eaten. I can always reliably find Asian eggplants, taro, celtuce, and more.Their meat counter is excellent and includes cutting the meat for you. My favorite thing to get are leaner pork bellies for Shanghai-style pork belly.There's a deli on the far left that sells roast meats, including duck and pork. Everything there is delicious.They have many styles of noodles common to China stored as refrigerated bags so they're easy to cook at home.The frozen aisles down the middle are treasure troves: dim sum and buns that can be steamed at home, the newly popular brown sugar boba bars, sliced lamb for hot pot.So many sauces used in Asian cuisine. You might even get to choose your exact grand. I stock up on my pantry whenever I make the trip to Welcome.

I'm absolutely ecstatic right now! I've been craving leek buns since my favorite spot, where I used to get them every week, closed down during COVID. I've tried a few other places, but none of them quite hit the mark. However, today, when I explained my situation to the owner of a restaurant, they told me about a supermarket that sells hot food items, including my beloved leek buns! These buns are just as delicious as the ones from the small mom-and-pop restaurant I used to frequent for years. I'm so happy to have found them again, and I'll definitely be coming back to this supermarket for my leek buns from now on! Yum yum yum!The rest the supermarket is actually quite clean so I can add this to my list of places to go to. I currently usually go to Viet Hoa but welcome is so welcoming!

Your typical all encompassing Chinese supermarket. This is the OG supermarket from years ago but now it's a lot more modern and revamped. There's a big seafood / fresh catch section that's definitely a part of the Chinese supermarket experience (crabs, fish, shrimp). There's also some fresh baked items and also a cooked lunch station that's pretty affordable ($7-8). There's a big selection of veggies and all kinds of Asian merch. It's crowded and it's elbow to elbow action in there.

Customer service - 2 (they don't talk to you let alone smile or acknowledge you unless you're also asian)Quality of goods sold - 4Variety - 5The deli - butcher side ZERO. Noodle side - 4 (I love the noodles & bao buns on the right side of the store... however, I tried the meat meals on the far left side for the first time and it was disgusting. The meat tasted old and greasy. I wouldn't even give that to my dog)