It came to my attention yesterday that some people don't know about Mi Tierra's cafe or their taco…read moretuesday. Let me say that louder. CAFE. TACO TUESDAY!! On Tuesdays, tacos are $3 and fish tacos are $3.50 And they are effin GOOD. Jeebus they are good. I got the fish taco grilled for the first time yesterday. It was all I could eat. I'll be visiting for that more often. Even at full price ($5) that's a steal. IT WAS SO GOOD. They also have cheap, high quality meat. Which, in this economy, is a frikkin' god send. I go here for the meat a lot because I'm broke. And they are always so nice. I've never had any experience here where anyone was even approaching rude. Also, I am very shy about my bad spanish. But often, I'll try in Spanish and they will be patient with me about it. And I love them for that. They'll switch to English when they can tell I don't understand. (It's actually usually just me thinking. I think slow, lol.) Yeah. Lots of words, sorry. They have good meat. They have good tacos. They're nice.

This is a nice little neighborhood market. The place was clean and the staff was friendly. The…read moreselection of offerings was good enough to satisfy your palate.

I had one of the best customer service experiences ever at Halal Food Market. I was planning to…read morepurchase a whole lamb for Easter. Hizam, one of the two young men that run the store with their father, walked me through the cost and process. I put a deposit down and then decided agains the whole lamb. Hizam was so kind and understanding and allowed me to hold the credit for a future purchase. So I came in one morning... Hizam and his brother created me with cheerfully! The store has a tremendous variety of middle eastern grocery items. I was able to find all sorts of goodies such as fresh pita, pomegranate marmalade, olives from all over the world, delicious and fine teas and more! I had Hizam's wonderful brother walk me through the best choices for teas and olives. He was absolutely right and I am in love with the choices we made together! The Al-Kbouz fine black tea is amazing as is the Ahmed earl grey! This is a family run store that is run proudly by these young men and they have high quality ingredients for any meal you may want to make! They are gracious and helpful and will make suggestions if you ask on the highest quality items and the ones they enjoy in their own home. I look forward to returning soon!!

Nice Halal Store 2 buy ' Halal Frozen Goods '. Halal Lamb Kebabs , Halal Frozen Samosas, Pita Bread…read more( White & Whole Wheat ), Halal Meats, Baking Essences, Oils & Bottled Juices. Plus Pakistani Biryani Masala & other Curry Masalas packaged !!! Enjoy browsing their ' 3xotic Selection ' !!!!

Been wanting to visit this place for some time now. The food is absolutely amazing, fresh, juicy…read morekabobs, and so much more!! Had the pleasure of meeting the owner (Amir) who was so welcoming and helpful. The menu is simple and to the point. Classic Iranian cuisine with no fuss! If you need middle eastern groceries, they have a market next door. They carry a few different Palestinian products which I was quick to buy. Purchased the Al-Ard extra virgin olive oil. This place is a gem and will be my go to place for Persian food whenever I'm in the area.

I was in Berkeley and craved Mediterranean, I was not disappointed by this lovely gem of a…read morerestaurant and market! It's been in business 54 years. Generations have shopped and eaten the wonderful food here. I ordered the Baarg and it came quickly- cooked to order. Amir has owned it the part 11 years, and his father before him. The Shiraz salad was the best I've ever had. Rice was perfection. The Baarg was so tender and delicious.. Amir made sure everything was perfect. This place is great for families and very reasonably priced for the high quality of food. The place is charming with a terrace out back and the World Cup game in tonight. They have live music Friday nights and a host of other events all month. Check the calendar in the hall by the patio. I highly recommend!

Beautiful little convenience/grocery store in the waterfront District of Berkeley serving vegan to…read moremeat sandwiches delicious soup of the day and grab and go items as well as produce and beverages.

We are so lucky to have this sweet store on our block. Amazing selection of foods including…read moreexcellent homemade soups, fresh bread and vegetables. Super nice staff.

Really cool Indian grocery with hard to find Indian groceries, I got some pre packaged meals to put…read moreover rice. They were excellent and a good price.

Lovely Homesttyle Laddoo Dessert Balls... Seems like ' It's…read morea New Item '. Their Own Brand Name ... Tasted like " GONDH KE LADDOO - A CUTCHI SPECIALTY " DELICIOUS & ' Not Too SUGARY !!!! Been Shopping here with Mr. DEEPAK for Decades and Love the STORE !!! It's a GEM in Indiatown , Berkeley. Laddoos seem to have Channa Besan ( Garbanzo Flour , Guar Gim & Sugar ).. Worth a Try, and Cheaper that the Boxed Brand Name Goodies like Haldiram, Deep & Others !!! Well worth a visit. Owner is ' Very Obliging '. The Triangular Boxed Paans + Tons Of Indian Savory & Sweet Snack Foods, Indian Frozen Dinners, Algerian Dates, Gift Items and a Gr8 Selectiom Of Stainless Steel Cookware, Indian Teatime Biscuits , Nan, ROTI, RICE, LENTILS , GHEE &TEABAGS in a CLEAN, WELL LIT FACILITY !!!!!!

I suggest this grocery for vegetarians and vegans. Berkeley Natural Grocery has less meats than…read moreanyone as far as I know.

Yeah no. Back in the mid 2000s, til about 2012, I regularly shopped in this small local,…read moreemployee-owned grocers because it was close to where I lived, I prefer small, neighborhood markets, and I liked that everything was organic. I liked the long-time manager Michael (now many years retired). I was out of state for about 10 years, and returned a few years ago. I have dropped in here now and then for an item or two (or just to use the restroom, which is always very clean), and left empty-handed each time because the prices are laughably exorbitant. You can tell a lot about a business - grocers or other - by the mood or attitude when you walk in. I don't know if employees have been burned by bad customers or if it is just more post-pandemic 'Weltschmerz,' but whenever I stopped in here I never felt welcomed, or as though the staff actually enjoy working here. I hear no customer-staff friendly banter, see hardly any smiles. It is just stony-faced, entitled (mostly white) people getting what they need, not interacting with or making eye contact with others, much less exchanging smiles or friendly "hellos." It is one more example of the bratty coldness that has taken over most of Berkeley, which breaks my heart. This used to be a lovely market to call my "neighborhood market," but absolutely no longer is. Before any employees or the manager chime in with a response to defend their laughably exorbitant prices by reminding me of how small a market they are - whoa there, little kitties - your prices are still higher than Monterey Market up the road or another employee-owned market, Berkeley Bowl. I can't even afford to puchase a bottle of mustard here, and must get it at Trader Joes. Be honest: This market is for VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE ONLY or for people who DON'T MIND MAXXING OUT THEIR CREDIT CARDS HERE so that they can feel like one of the "cool kids" for shopping here. Your produce is beautiful, your shop very spic 'n span clean, I appreciate that you offer non-GMO and Fair Trade groceries, but you could do better, truly, by making the less-than-ridiculously wealthy people feel more welcome here. You'd have to care about us first though.

This is my go-to place for most groceries…read more The products have excellent value compared to competitors (e.g. Safeway, Berkeley Bowl). The staff members are friendly and helpful. Even during busy periods, the systems applied by the staff always reduce waiting to reasonable times.

This is my local Trader Joe's and I am in here all the time. Service and selection is always…read moresurprisingly-- in a good way. Especially, for such a small store. I make lei for friends and family and was putting together a purple lei and they were out of purple carnations except one bunch. It has a rotted flower and told a manager, Lisa. At least that's what she said her name was. She didn't make eye contact and said we don't do discounts and walked away. It was condescending and lack communication skills for a manager.

Used to be Indus market newly renovated now called Zara. Clean sparkling store with great butcher…read moreshop on back Clear signs listing all chicken, goat & veal cuts with prices & very friendly helpful butcher

A bit pricey but you get to pick what part of the goat you want, and they cut it in front of you.read more

The pizza is amazing. Prices are unbelievable. The prepared foods are great for lunch. You are…read morecharged by the weight. Options are great.

Jenni was so very nice. We went to a department meat department and asked for a specific item. She…read morewas so helpful that because they didn't have it in her department, even though it was their product it was in another part of the store personally walked us over to the item. She did with the smile and polite conversation. I love that kind of service which is missing in so many businesses these days. We wound up doing a little bit more shopping in the store that day because of the staff and the quality of the product. I don't think there's too much more we can say about this business that you probably don't already know, except for the fact that these people also pride themselves on customer service.

I always associate this Safeway with buying AA batteries, mainly because I happened to buy…read moresomething ridiculous like twenty-four-packs of them on two occasions within two years of each other. No, I don't go through batteries that fast--although my DVR remote does burn through batteries something fierce--I think one of my roommates ended up taking a bunch of batteries with her when she moved out, so I was stuck without batteries again. It was quite a weird feeling looking for and then being excited and relieved by the good deal I got on that second twenty-four-pack two years later. Why am I writing about batteries? Mainly because I'm annoyed that this Safeway's finest feature is gone. I'll spare you all the gory details, but this used to be a really old, '50s-looking Safeway. Sometime in the early 2010s, they remodeled it by adding extensions to the eastern side of the building. Before, you could drive along the eastern side in the parking lot, but the new addition means that Safeway's exterior wall now abuts or almost abuts the sidewalk. They included some landscaping, some benches, and this lone bolted-down table with two bolted-down chairs right before the end of the Safeway property. When I worked in Downtown Berkeley, I would sometimes go to Mass at nearby St. Mary Magdalen Church after work, and I would then walk along Shattuck back to BART, usually stopping to eat dinner somewhere. Anyway, every single time I passed this Safeway on one of those walks, I wondered why they included that table, and whether anyone ever actually bought sandwiches from Safeway and at them at that table. I saw plenty of people using the benches, sometimes snacking from Safeway bags, but I never saw anyone use that table. Well, probably in an effort to discourage homeless people from hanging around, Safeway recently removed those benches and my beloved table! I'm so sad. And I get it--it's Berkeley, but I'm also annoyed because this is way up in the Gourmet Ghetto. Were there ever actual problems with people using the benches and the table here? So four-point-five stars for having good battery deals, one star for removing my favorite table and those cool benches. It's still a useful Safeway with decent parking. It's very clean inside. The workers can be hit or miss when it comes to friendliness and competence, but there have always been enough checkout stands open when I've come here, which is more than I can say for most Bay Area Safeways. It's really funny that it's just one block away from Andronico's. (In case you didn't know, Safeway owns Andronico's, so the company is competing with itself.)

I don't know what is a more annoying marketing tactic - Safeway's app or Costco's membership. My go…read moreto grocery store is Trader Joes and Whole Foods - but I even somehow see Grocery Outlet with their expired foods as a step above Safeway and their pricing games and new cheap paper bags without handles. I will never remember if I overpaid for some random product in a grocery store by a dollar or two - but I will always remember the junky paper bags from here. It puts me in a rotten mood any day of the week. As I climb the steps in front of my house - the bag tears and cat food, beer and my luxury hair care products fly down the stairs. The Safeway app now has got your attention and phone number. Gone are the days when they just wanted your email address - now they are after your full attention and they machine gun all these notifications right to your phone at any hour. Costco tracks your every move and makes you pay a few dollars a year. They lure you in with too much of everything at a good price and you overeat. Safeway and their app is also hostile toward seniors and those without the ability to jump hoops with their coupon app. I don't want my thoughts revolving around money or coupons or the cost of things every day. Somebody has to stand up for those who aren't part of the club - and are discriminated against due to bad eyesight or lack of money for a smart phone or age or whatever. I don't think its fair a 95 year old struggles with coupon apps and pricing games - sure I can deal with it - but not all can.