Hubby and I were in Seattle for a day - and we saw this place from our train on our way to our hotel. So, we made it a point to visit on our way back to the airport. Glad we did. Appears to be a Polynesian store owned by Asians, not a novel concept at all. They had apparel and accessories, grocery items and cooked food! Hubby ordered the lamb and taro, while I got a spam musubi. We both enjoyed our food and tinkered with the thought of buying some other things, but we had just a carry on and didn't want to bother with additional baggage. Plus, their apparel while nice, was a bit pricey. While we were there, several people (some Polynesian) came in and ordered food to go. If you're ever in the Seattle area - I think this area is called Rainier Beach? At any rate, if you like Polynesian food or items and you happen to be in the area, stop by. Their lamb is surprisingly not as oily/fatty and has just the right amount of salt, and their spam musubi is good. No complaints. I really wanted a small pail of breakfast crackers but it didn't fit in our carry on. lol read more

Got a few good things at this store in Rainier Beach. It was actually a disappointment. Vegetable Bin doesn't have many vegetables. Junk food seems to be the name of the game. There's also some overpriced apparel like shirts and hoodies. Convenience store is pretty much what it with not much you won't find anywhere else. It's gotta pretty cool design outside. This is shaped like a pagoda. Apparently this is a Polynesian deli. They have a few cheeses and meats, as well as a few salads. Everything looks basic. The shelves are mostly junk food like chips, processed foods, and crap. Honestly it's like a convenience store, with high prices to boot. It's located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at Henderson. This is located close to the Rainier Beach station. read more

Vegetable Bin - Inside - Polynesian Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Really good Samoan food but so overpriced. I spent $60 for myself getting lamb, palusami, taro, and turkey tail. Taro was bad though-first time I got a bad one. It was not your normal baked taro. Was a little chewy might've been undercooked. Everything else was amazing. Service was nonexistent. read more

Definitely not the same deli as I remember a decade ago. There were very little options for hot foods around 11:30am. I came for my favorite octopus in coconut cream which, to my surprise is now sold in small containers. It also is not as good as I remember. read more

Vegetable Bin - Octopus in coconut cream, baked taro and steamed green banana. - Polynesian Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Very convenient convenience store, very helpful clerk at the front counter. Helped me carry my things and bagged up my water for me. Seemed like a good place to stop for provisions. Time to go back another day and really get a good idea of it. Glad it was right by the MLK link station read more

Did you know that we have a Korean-owned Polynesian store? Well, we sure do. Even though it's called the Vegetable Bin, there aren't too many vegetables here, but you CAN get frozen whole octopus, giant boxes of Sky Crackers, ENORMOUS cans of coconut milk (I didn't know coconut milk could come in those giant restaurant-sized tomato can sizes? O_o), bulk soy sauce (Aloha!) and cases of Vienna Sausages. I liked eating those out of the can when I was little. You can also get coconut water here pretty cheap, but it has sugar added to it.. The deli has all kinds of interesting foods: pale sausages, coconut sauce everything and my FAVORITE manapua!! Manapua is the island version of hom bow, and theirs is made with poultry!! YAY! They also have coconut bread and some sunflower-looking pastry as well. I may have to try it when I allow a little gluten back in my life :) They also carry kimchee here, and it appears they make their own. I have some at home already but I'm definitely curious to see if theirs is any good. I'll be back and update! read more

Vegetable Bin - Manapua!! - Polynesian Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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If you're Polynesian! This is the place to go! Here you'll find anything to cook your Favorite Poly Food. They also have some good Hot Food: Taro, Fasi Povi, Turkey Tail, Palusami, etc. They also have poly Snacks and all other goodies, from Clothes to jewelries. I think this Sums it up for the POLYS! Anything you can find too: but basically - this is Poly Asian Store! They have amazing people working there! I've known these people for years. read more

really neat place, stopped by and got the masubi and Palusami, both of which were really good. super clean and neat with a nice selection of obviously pacific island favorite brands. Trying the pineapple pie tonight! read more

Coconut juice 17-ish oz cans for a freaking dollar. Mm. So convenient next to the Rainier Beach LR Station.

My boyfriend loves going to this place to get items to make samoan food. The aisle are tight but they always have what he is looking for when we get there. read more

Heard about this place from my Neurologist and very grateful to have finally found a place that makes Amazing Samoan food . The best part was discovering the UFO chips we have been searching for many years since we left home. First visit, we bought 27 bags of UFO chips! It was so exciting. Care packages were made for my nieces and nephews in Florida and South Carolina. 12 cans of Pisupo! And it's the exact one we grew up eating when were little. Bought 4 Palisamis (huge ones) tubs of ready made octopus (just like my Dad used to make) pineapple half moon pies, Ready made taro, and of course, Turkey tails cooked in Shoyu! For bonus, 16 bags of Bongos (big bags). Ready made meals immediately frozen and vacuum sealed for next day shipment to my family around the globe. My niece danced around her home upon receiving her box. My nephew ate all his chips in one sitting ( he's a typical big Samoan) and I really enjoy putting these packages together for them. Previous reviews mentioned pricing was a bit much BUT I expected it. It's so worth it. After 22 years away from home and unable to locate the perfect place to make Samoan food just like home (straight out of umu) this place has provided such a happy place for us and the set up even reminds us of Noela's store in Leone back in the day (minus the hot foods). Now if they start selling the milk from New Zealand and cans of Camp Pie, I'm not going to know what to do with myself lol. We walked through the aisles and just became overwhelmed with memories. read more

Yesterday we bought a sausage and a wrap of some kind (coconut wrapped in green leaves) - both out of the warming unit. We took them home, microwaved them, and my husband ate them. He then spent the entire night with severe abdominal pains and violently throwing up. This morning he is still violently sick; no fever, no body aches, just severe abdominal pain and throwing up. He obviously got food poisoning, and since those items were the only things he ate, it clearly came from there. You have been warned. read more

I just noticed the address is wrong. It's at 8825 Martin Luther King Jr Way. it's just a hop, skip and a jump from the Link Light Rail Rainier Beach Station. read more

This is a rip off the store weighs your food I paid 35.00 for one piece of corn beef, two boiled bananas and one pau Sami! I only purchased it because my mom really wanted Samoan food but never again and the people making the food are Asians read more

Brought my wife here all the way from Bremerton she is from American Samoa and she was like a kid in a candy store. Nice little store.

I love this place... My hubby was waiting for me at his job. Thought I was dropping off his food there. This place is over priced but oh so worth it. They have the best cucumber kimchee that is smackin. And they have a variety of Samoan food that is too die for. Unfortunately the prices are so high. I spent $232.00 on about 14 food items... but it's definitely worth every penny. read more

If you need a gallon size can of corned beef to go along with a variety of different soy sauces, including a wide variety of Aloha Shoyu, then you have found the place to be. They have a grocery section that has staples for Polynesian cooking like the aforementioned soy sauce and meats like ox tail. They also have a deli section with hot foods and some pastry/desserts. They were pretty cleaned out of the deli by the time we got there in the late afternoon, but I want to go back earlier in the day and see what they have to offer. It smelled great. read more

Great food. The teriyaki chicken is nice and meaty and isn't dry. I didn't get to the store until almost closing time and brought home a nice warm meal. Great selection of other frozen fish and items. There are only a few places that carry these types of items and it's great to have one so close to me. read more

This place is pretty convenient for me but I really only come here for one thing and that's the corned beef in the deli. They have lamb and a bunch of Polynesian food I haven't been brave enough to try but it's basically just a Polynesian 7eleven. read more

This place makes fresh Samoan soulfood daily. I love this place. Also has groceries too. Korean owned.

Run away. I spend the night vomiting with my child after I tried the prepared meet there (teriyaki pork). My wife didn't eat there and had no problem. The coconut bread was mold. I throw away all what I bought there. Too bad! read more

I had the musubi. It was okay - maybe a B- compared to musubi I've had in Hawaii and WA. The clerk didn't know what poke is, so that was a warning sign. I didn't see any laulau either. If I ever go back, it'll be to try the coconut bread that looked promising. read more

Yesterday (03/01/2016), myself and family went to get a taste of Polynesian. I purchased some can items, some meat and cooked deli. They determined the price of lamb, turkey tail, corned beef, taro and banana by pounds. My check out totaled at $107.80. We got home started setting up, and to my horror the lamb and corned beef was loaded with fat. After I trimmed all the fat off we barely have anything left to eat. I paid for fat that I threw out? I hope the city read this and close these ripped off a holes. How can they get away with this crap? I was so pissed I nearly went into a freaking fit and deliver all the fat to the fucking idiots. read more