India Sweets & Spices

Yeah! I love the food here and getting some staples. I am delighted to say they’ve been cleaning up and making it nice. Now that I’m not afraid of the bathroom I’ll be excited to come more frequently. Thanks guys.

Perfect place to grab a bite or grab all the ingredients you need to make a tasty meal at home! They have tons of teas to choose from as well and tasty treats my son just loves!

Mamta was quick and efficient in taking my order and deliver freshly made Choola-​Bhaturas, Samosas and Kachories. Man, I over ate and slept for the rest of the afternoon since missed such lovely food from North India (careful for high calories in the deliciousness). I’m going to be a regular customer from now onward, and recommend this restaurant with grocery store.

This is one of the most unhygienic indian food places… The food taste used to be good when they first opened and we had great hopes as it served the best chole bhature then… These days however the food and the place itself has a weird smell… the vada pav we ordered was clearly stale… same is the case with the mithai plus the owners are kind of rude… We were served aloo paratha which appeared to be from frozen food section.

I am a bit conflicted about this place as I love their food, I would say the food quality is 4 – 5, but the hygiene leave a bit to be desired. Service is generally slow. Today I was surprised as the food came fast however the tables were a bit dirty and smelt funny. These were also some house flies and fruit flies basically attacked my mango lassi when I was done. I dare not check the restroom! I read a few posts about it. This place could really be a 5 star all around if it were a bit cleaner. It’s awesome for takeout…

Located in a strip mall surrounded by gyms, it looks small from the outside. Inside is a large Indian Grocery store selling a large selection of spices, herbs, lentils, beans, flours, fresh vegetables and rice. They even have spices in large containers, should you need five pounds of tumeric.
They are also a restaurant with some truly delicious food. You order at the counter they bring the food to your table. This is not a white table cloth place, you come here for the food, not the service. You may find better service at a regular Indian restaurant, but you won’t find better food. Warning, the kitchen is closed on Mondays.

Very unhygenic, today i found fungus on one of the packed sweet item from nanak sweets which i bought from this place. I went back to the store to return the item the same day and the lady told me that nanak products are not refrigerated while traveling. Which basically means that products are not to be trusted from this store. This tells that the expiry dates on products do not make any sense because the items could be bad already before they get to the store. One thing is clear that I am never visiting this store again and never going to buy nanak products.

Preface: I am from India, I have good idea of what Indian snacks should taste like.
I would say they have pretty good Indian snacks.
But service is painfully slow.
I normally visit this store one in a few months to get my fix of chaat.

I really like this place as both a grocery and sweet shop. My one major complaint that stops me from giving it 5 stars is that every time I’ve been in, something I want to order is unavailable. However, as people have noted, it’s a small mom and pop place with their children running the register and occasionally the cook isn’t in.
It’s occasionally been a trade off: one time I went in and there were no jalebi because the person who made those wasn’t in. Then I went another time and the jalebi were fresh and hot, not even yet put out on the tray. I was in heaven! However, the guy who made the dosas wasn’t in.
No matter what, though, I can get a nice thick lassi that isn’t watered down with 90% ice, and when you do get jalebi fresh, that’s like the luckiest day ever. The tamarind chutney is super flavorful as well, and I’m not usually a fan of sweet chutney. Also, yes to crispy hot dosas and samosa or the fried lentil bread served with chutney.
The grocery is small, but you can get some nice staples that you wouldn’t find in other places, like the many kinds of dal your kitchen might be missing, some cheap almond or coconut oil or that ribena and Cadbury flake you’ve been missing.

we ordered aloo bonda from them on a festival. They gave us rotten ones. When we complained they accused us saying we are playing tricks to get our money back. It’s just 10 $ and do you really think they an accuse customers before validating? Please don’t go there to get anything!

If you are a bachelor or don’t like to cook on that evening, This is the best place to grab curry and roti. I always go here for best tea and samosa.

After a disappointing experience at a restaurant which was rated highly, we didn’t want to venture at Indian food, until my hubby’s colleague raved about this place. It’s inside a Indian grocery store. Small eat in area tucked to the side with some good Bollywood music videos playing on TV. We hesitatingly ordered chana bhatura and samosa chat. The service was a little slow but we were surprised by how delicious the Chaat was, and the chana was ok. Being the sweet connoisseur that my Dad is, he tried the Ras Malai (paneer (?) patties soaked in cream (?)). He said they were one of the best he tried. We shopped for some spices and left with samosas for hubby and kids. The samosas tasted really good, though a bit spicy for the lil ones. Overall, we will be back to try more here.

The samosa chaat was pretty good, I hadn’t eaten chick peas (chana/​chola) in about a year, so I was in the mood! While the chaat cost about 1.5 — 2 times the price I think it was worth, I honestly was surprised by the total cost of the sweets I purchased. Then after tasting my girlfriend and I both decided they weren’t much better than the shipped/​frozen sweets that often come from New Jersey.
Let’s face it, I saw Kirkland brand (CostCo) milk stacked high in their cooler, so this isn’t high-​grade confectionery. I thought we’d give a new place (to us) a try, but we spent $ 20 on about 6 sweets. The last time we spent so much money per sweet was about 9 months ago at Moonstruck Chocolate Café, we were much happier with our purchases there.
Aside from the expensive prepared food, the selection of groceries was large but didn’t feature anything that the other local indian/​asian markets don’t have… maybe they had some more of hair care or cosmetic stuff.
Oh yeah, I bought two dry whole coconuts, and specifically asked if they were edible and not just for puja… the cashier told me yes they were edible. I opened one in the store just to make sure it was good… I just opened the other two days ago and it was bad inside (this was not 2 or 3 weeks ago that I bought this completely DRY coconut). That was $ 2.50 wasted.
(P.S. India Cash and Carry sold me bad dried coconuts too)

By far my favorite grocery store of the 3 located close to each other because of the authentic south Indian snack bar. I tried the samosas and chaat in the other 2 but this place beats them in taste and flavor

If you love authentic indian food, go!
This is definitely the most authentic indian food I’ve had in Portland. They have their menu available online, and you can call in ahead of time to place an order for pick up. I’ve done this a few times, and I always intend to take photos but then start eating before that happens. No matter what you get, make sure you get a cup of their chai.
I know it’s in Beaverton, but it’s such a short hop from downtown once you’re on the 26 that you’d barely even know (unless you go around 5/​6pm obviously).
There are also some fun items in the grocery store that I like to stock up on:
— paneer!
— nanak’s frozen ras malai (just try it! incredible!)
— green chilis
ALSO — if you look closely and you’re lucky, they have a garam masala spice mix that is a bag of all of the various spices used in garam masala that you grind yourself. IT IS OUTRAGEOUS! It’s super interesting to see all the various spices that go into this mix, and the level of fragrance and flavor that comes from a fresh ground blend is incomparable to anything else. I would go just for this spice mix.

This is a standard indian store that also sells food on the side. Overall, considering the number of Indians in and around the Portland Metro area there are not that many good indian places. This is one of the better ones for north indian food.
Except for the indian food supplies that I get from here this place offers some very good chole bhature (nearly the best in this area) and exceptional ras malai (milk based sweet). There crazy chat and some of the thali’s they serve are also very good. There selection of other indian sweets is also good. Overall some authentic indian food for a cheap but fulfilling meal.

I have tried the food at this place quite a few times for dine-​in and takeout. The Chaat items like Samosa, Dahi papri chat, Crazy Chat are all pretty good. I also like their Chole Bhatura which is very good for just $ 6/​plate. Most of their Chaat items are quite filling and you will love this place if you like spicy indian food.
The grocery items are arranged a little haphazard unlike Apna Bazaar which is very neat and organized. I dont go to this place much for grocery items and mainly go for their Chaat and sweets. They have a wide variety of sweets which are pretty authentic.

By far the best Indian food I’ve had in Portland. Especially for the money. I especially recommend the potato cutlet and chutney app — it blew my mind (and was essentially a $ 6 meal). You have absolutely got to go here.
Yes the attitude isn’t overly warm and the atmosphere isn’t amazing… but you’re in a deli that’s half grocery store and the good is ridic cheap and AMAZING!
My girlfriend is currently pregnant with food baby twins from this place and is really happy about it. Just go. Seriously.

5* food in a 3* place
Quality of the food: 5 *
I had Aloo Paratha and some fresh made indian sweets (warning: not all sweets were fresh made) — the ones I had were kept on the checkout desk.
Coming from Dallas where we have 50+ indian restaurants — I can swear that this was one of the top 10% in terms of quality.
Service: 4*
Very nice & friend people, the guy took my order was also attending the cash counter (it is a grocery store) and kept promising me that it will be delivered in 5 mins (the perpetual desi 5 mins), he was very courteous which made me excuse him for all the delay.
Took 20 mins to deliver the aloo paratha and another 15 minutes to pay the bill (long line, common checkout counter for restaurant & grocery). Do not come here if you are in a hurry (give atleast 30 – 45 mins for service & checkout)
Ambiance 3*
It is a Grocery, so what else do you expect? It is clean well maintained, but the plates, spoons & forks are all plastic.
Overall — I love this place and planning to take some sweets back to Dallas for my wife and our princess.

I was so excited to find this grocery store – it’s huge and clean and the people who work here are actually friendly. A big improvement over the tiny, dirty grocery stores in Boston and the not so friendly ones in Seattle.
I was so excited to see the tea rusk brand that my parents have always stocked in the pantry at home and some rotis that are from Canada that I had tried up there this summer. We’ll definitely back, so relieved we don’t have to rely on the Whole Foods Indian section anymore :)