It's a small Indian food market, but clean and well-organized. They have a couple of rows of dry…read moregoods, a freezer, and a bit of produce. They also cook their own food, and roaming to the back yielded several dishes to go. I got some lentils, but they offered me samosas as well, which for some reason were stored somewhere that you couldn't see them. Having found them, they had a nice aromatic fennel seed note. I picked up a few other items, and I could certainly see returning for more.

I visited today. Very impressed - great selection, clean, and orderly. The owner takes great pride…read moreand gave me a tour. Delicious food prepared from scratch and at reasonable prices.

Small but mighty! This shop has the kindest owner and lots of wonderful products for a good price…read more Some of our favorites were the kielbasa, red pepper spread and dubai chocolate. When looking at the ingredients for the red pepper spread, I was happy to see a list of 4 - red bell pepper, eggplant, salt and oil. It can be challenging to find something so clean and tasty from a jar in the US! I love it on toast with eggs and arugula. This place is something special despite being located in a sleepy shopping plaza.

Stock updates every other week. Awesome selection, friendly…read moreowner. (You don't have to be from Europe to appreciate the items available). Awesome skumbria.

This market is about a 50/50 split between East Asian and South Asian. The sign says World Market,…read morebut it's just Asian (to be fair, these regions probably cover half the world's population). It is a decent-sized store compared to the few tiny competitors that dot the region. It's nothing like what you'd find in the DC area or the Patel Brothers you could get in North Carolina, but assuming you don't want to drive that far for food, this place certainly had sufficient selection to warrant a visit. There was a small selection of fresh produce and abundant frozen dumplings and vegetables. Tofu and other protein options for the vegetarian were also well represented. I found some interesting beverages and snacks, and despite it being busy I experienced a reasonably swift checkout experience. For what it is, this place seems a success to me.

My hometown of Roanoke, VA has some decent eclectic international grocery stores, but the best in…read moremy opinion is the Oasis World Market, which is 45 minutes down the road from me. Oasis is located in Blacksburg Square's shopping center in Blacksburg, VA and features a spacious interior with plenty of aisles to browse. The store primarily sells products from the continents of Africa and Asia with a wide range of produce, meats, spices, snacks, and drinks. Every time I pay them a visit, I stock up on various málà soup bases for my hotpot and tandoori spices for grilling. They have a nice selection of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks from around the world that are worth checking out as well. The prices can be a little high, but overall, this is worth it for the quality of imported products you can purchase. If you need assistance in finding anything, the staff are ready to help. The trip to Blacksburg is always worth it to be able to shop at Oasis World Market, so give them a visit if you are in Southwest Virginia.

If I have given the store 0 rating I would have done it. The scale is rigged in the meat…read moredepartment. I got got fresh meat from the store and it weighed at 6.13 lb when I came home I weighed the meat and it was only 5.15 lb, it was cleaned and weighed at the store so no cleaning was involved.

This is a winner, relatively new, and incidentally stumbled upon after a requisite Chung's haircut…read more A new, eastern, asian, middle eastern grocery with a similar *and* unique inventory to the two other choices in Cville. Some examples: lebanese groceries, big fresh pita, lavash, other exotic breads, bulgarian cheese, kashkaval, syrian cheese, cans and has of all the required pickles (olives, red peppers and turnips), turkish groceries, indian/pakistani spices, arab desserts (fresh and frozen), unique flavored malt drinks, etc etc etc etc....... And the owner said he was awaiting a specialized oven, to bake his own fresh naan. Hoorah. If these intersect your culinary crosshairs, then you gotta stop here, and stock up on everything you didn't knowyouneeded....

This Khmer-owned supermarket has everything you need in one stop shop. But what I'd come here for…read moreis for their abundance of plants! You can get nearly any types of plants here and there's a vast variety! The owners are a lovely elderly couple who are eager to help you in any way!

I'm honestly a little surprised and confused with identity of this business, but glad for its…read morecatering to the needs of diverse community members that call Southwest Virginia home. Still, this place was not one of those music-pumping, people-hopping, Asian snacks-galore grocerie shops that I had expected. Instead, it was a one-stop shop for foodies who like to cook Asian food, and then some: there were paintings, exotic clothes, electric appliances, fresh and chilled veggies, all sorts of condiments representing countless ethnicities, and much, much more. The lady who runs the shop seems very nice and was eager to talk to us, and apparently opend the shop more than 10 years ago! I'm happy for Roanoke that a business like this can stay open and have regular customers. I'm no cook so probably won't be buying anything here anytime soon, but hope she stays open for a long, long time.

Friendly service. There was a slight language barrier; nothing hand language couldn't fix. They…read morehave a nice fresh produce section with items you don't find in regular grocery stores. Parking lot is a bit tricky. I recommend backing in to get out easier. Store is clean and they have fresh bread.

Very friendly owner. We will pass by here every time we will go to the PNC Arena to watch a…read moreconcert. It's a smaller store but they also have food that you can purchase and eat at the store.

This place is both a market and a restaurant. The market is limited, though some of the dried goods…read morelooked worthwhile. The restaurant isn't fancy, but it offers a nice vegetarian menu. I ordered some chickpeas and bread, not knowing the chickpeas already came with bread. That said, the thin, grilled, potato-filled bread is delicious when done right, which it was here. My chickpeas were delivered in a tomato-y preparation and provided needed substance to get me through the day. It's the sort of family run place where the kids were hanging out (perhaps a snow day for them). I could imagine them offering more on the market side, but the food I got was a good deal and I saw enough vegetarian options to be worth coming back.

A friend of mine that I hadn't seen in a while called me and invited me and another friend to have…read moredinner in this Afghan Restaurant the other evening. For some time now, I've been looking forward to eating here because I've been hearing many good things about this restaurant, that had been open for less than a year now. When we arrived it was already dark outside, but during this time of the year it gets dark early. The restaurant was well lit from outside and its sign on the small parking lot was lit from inside and had photos of some of their food. It also mentioned that their food was Halal quality. This means that it did not contain pork. Inside, the place was clean and decorated very simple with large size poster prints of photos from some of the cultures of the food and cuisine served here. The dining room was on the left of the building and had booths along the left wall and two persons tables and chairs as well. The owner and host came out and greeted us with a warm welcome, handing us copies of the menu which was very well designed with glossy photos next to the food entrées listed there. This was very helpful because it gave a visual sense of the food, of which many I didn't know, making it easier to order. To drink there were some large display refrigerators full of different drinks for us to reach and get one. To start with since this was our first time eating there, the owner brought us bowls of their Chicken Soup from thebAppetizers section in the menu. This soup was amazingly delicious. Simply the best Children Soup that I have ever had. I urge you to view the photographs that I took to accompany my review and you will get a better sense of it deliciousness. For it is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Then we decided to get several dishes to share among all of us imitating the culture of the cuisine. Among the entrées we ordered were: The Fresh Lamb Tikka Kabab, the Bulani kachalo, Chicken Beryani, the Qurma Potatoes, Chick Pea, Eggplant, Salad Afghani Style Plate Mix, and some Special bread. All the food looked wonderful and tasted even better. For dessert we had the Sherpayra (Milk Fudge) and Afghan Mixed Cookies with a cup of a Special Tea. Afterwards we took a tour of the Grocery, on the right side of the building, and observed all the items available, from foods, to rugs, to jewelry, to an indefinite variety of Afghan items. I highly recommend this restaurant as one of a kind, of its kind. The atmosphere is comfortable and relaxed, the food was amazingly delicious, and the service provided was very welcoming and friendly. I definitely think we should all support this new restaurant and tell our friends about it. I know I will enthusiastically.

This is a FANTASTIC MARKET and run by a wonderful, hard-workng family. I first came to know them…read morewhen the father was running the store - a welcoming, warm, and generous man. Unfortunately, he had a serious stroke that affected his ability to communicate a few years back, so this may be the "older gentleman" that "Bobbi S." referred to in a previous comment. They have the best fresh chicken - meat that tastes like REAL chicken - as it's from a local farm. There is a huge selection of international foods, spices, dry goods, and refrigerated items. Great place.

The market is between the university and Charlottesville's idea of downtown; it's not actually the…read moreeasiest place to park at but I walked by. What I sought was distinctive flatbreads and some accoutrements for my foul medames, which they provided. It wasn't a place that had a lot of fresh food items, but the freezer was well stocked and it had canned goods that wouldn't be the easiest to find elsewhere. The selection was not what you'd find in a big city, but it's a good resource for this area.

It's not easy to be able to find a Philipino restaurant near by, but we're very fortunate to be…read moreable to have one here in East Vinton, just next door to Roanoke, Virginia. And what an amazing cuisine it has. A woman owned small business, it reasantly opened it's doors in a location that was closed for nearly 5 years. Franchesca, the owner and chef of the restaurant and store is a proud Philipina entrepreneur living in the US with a passion for food and cooking of her native land cuisine, and a fervent desire to share it with all living in her neighborhood and communities near by. She majored in Hotel and Restaurant in College and as soon as she was presented with an opportunity to make her life dream come true she went for it. I first found out about her restaurant and store by discovering its website online, which by the way was wonderfully designed with useful information about her native cuisine, with an extraordinary menu with professionally taken color photographs of the different mejor items on the menu. Besides her great cooking and business skills, she also has wonderful technology and communication skills. When I phoned her restaurant's telephone number to double check the hours of operation of the restaurant and make sure it was already opened, a recording answered wirh a request to leave a message with any question for her about the restaurant. I decided to call again later rather than leave a message and as soon as I hanged up I received a text message explaining that she had to travel to the Philippines for a short period of time and the date when she'll be back to open the restaurant again. When I called again after she was back, a friendly voice answered the phone, so happy that I was interested in visiting her restaurant and trying out her food. She explained about the trip like if she had known me for a long time with a warm and friendly welcome and positive attitude. She confirmed that the restaurant would be open this Tuesday from 11:00am to 7:00pm, and every Tuesday through Saturday at these same hours. So I invited a friend of mine and we went on Tuesday and arrived around 4:00pm. The restaurant store was located on Stewartsville Rd in East Vinton. Housed in a humble yet very clean, relatively small building. It had a large color poster behind one of the windows with a composite of professionally taken color photographs of many food items of the menu. There were plenty of parking spots in front and around the restaurant, including Handicap parking. The small parking lot Restaurant's front sign was placed over the previous old sign. Inside, the place was clean and comfortable with the dining area on the right with burgundy color booths and the store on the left, and the kitchen in the middle. The owner greeted us behind the counter at the entrance with a warm greeting. She gave us a copy of the menu, asked us to have a seat, and took our drinking order. We both ordered Thai Tea and went to seat at a booth with our menus. In a short while she came to take our order. I ordered a Pinoy Lumpia as appetizer, a Crispy Pork Kare-Kare as my entrée, and my friend ordered a Lechon Kawali. The appetizer was amazingly delicious: crispy on the outside and with shredded pork with tasty sauce in the inside. My entrée was the Filipino famous peanut butter stew with crispy fried pork belly. It tasted just amazing. My friend's entrée was the Lechon Kawali: deep fried skin-on pork belly served with jasmine rice. It also looked wonderful and according to my friend, tasted delicious. For dessert I had their Tiramisu y my friend had the Signature Ube Mocha Cake. Everything was amazingly delicious. While we were eating several other customers came in to dine as well, and the owner of the restaurant came by at the appropriate time to talk to us and bring us water. I highly recommend this restaurant and their amazing cuisine. They have the best deep fried skin-on pork belly, and other amazing entrées, and the owner chef had such a great personality. It truly was an extraordinary dining experience.

Wonderful place to enjoy home-cooked Filipino dishes. Food…read moreand service were great. Price was reasonable. Go-to place If you are craving for something different! Ordered Lechon Kawali, Sisig, Mongo, Pancit Bihon, and Lumpia. Wife was all smiles as she delightfully ate their version of Mocha Cake with Barako coffee. They also have a small store for Pinoy products and other stuff.

This little market had some food trucks parked nearby when I dropped in, as well as what looked…read morelike its own indoor restaurant. I just needed some produce, and they had a lot of what I was looking for. Particularly peppers, although I have to say the quality varied tremendously. Some bins looked like they'd been in the sun too long, while the hot peppers I did get looked fine and were quite ferocious. Cactus and avocado were well stocked, and fresh tortillas were available. The scope of this place is small, but it delivers what it says on the sign.

I have to sAy this was a great find for us fresh produce and a taco truck right next store it's a…read moremust go to if looking for real Mexican food cooked to order I felt like I was back in Ca at a taco truck for sure And fresh Mexican bread the store had a nice variety of produce and can good fresh stuff to