C-Mart Supermarket

I love going here cause the price is always competitive. Vegetable are great here, seafood are nice as well. Don’t fall for the super cheap stuff cause those are like damage goods. Which tends to be end of vegetable aisles as your coming in or near the cashier checking out. Those super cheap item are good for people who really don’t mind cutting the bad stuff and eating the good. I always feel bad when i see people buy those, but when you think they might not be able to afford the better stuff and this place offer it then it’s okay.

For all my groceries — particularly Asian vegetables. Also for my supply of ramen and noodles. Great place and convenient. Watch out for the older Asian people as they can be a bit rude sometimes.

when avocado is sold at 3/​$ 5 elsewhere, you think you got a super deal at Cmart for 10/​$ 5 (2 bags, 5 each) right? wrong.
enter the punch line: i don’t always get avocado from them, but when i do, they’re all rotten.
BEYOND rotten. the flesh is gray, bruised, moldy and… I don’t even know how else to describe it. let’s just say, out of the 5 avocados in my bag, we were able to scoop out like 5 baby spoonfuls of meat, which I ended up tossing because i’m just too grossed out by the overall quality, or the lack thereof. should’ve taken a picture, but i didn’t want to ruin your dinner too, now that i’ve ruined my baby’s. grrrr
so i basically paid $ 5 for the right to cut them and toss them straight to trash! what seemed to be a super deal, now makes me feel like a dope. boy am i pissed.
do they KNOW the fruits have been mistreated/​expired hence selling so cheaply??? these things should not even be on the shelves! yeah i would take them back and demand a refund, but then who would drive 45 minutes only to waste more time for them to likely lecture you on caveat emptor (trust me, it’s a Chinese market. I worked at one)? nor have I kept my receipt…
lesson learned: walk a block and go to whole foods instead, and pay $ 2.50 each for it. at least you got a guarantee of some level of quality — and customer service — with that price tag.
worst part of this story: mother in law just got her ultimate chance to rub it in my face (after i bragged about how cheaply i got them and gave her a bag).
damn you, Cmart!!!

C-​mart is an interesting place. It’s kind of grungy enough that someone who hasn’t grown up shopping at the 99 Ranches and Marina foods of the world will be pretty turned off. But then again it’s clean enough that the people who have are pleasantly surprised.
The side entrance is pretty small and this place gets super crowded during the weekend. It’s accessible pretty conveniently by bus. They have special deals for the weekend only which is great. Food seems fairly fresh. The produce and everything is very very clean. There was a spill in the meat section and immediately staff was on it, cleaning it up thoroughly. Worried about cleanliness? Inspect what you buy and wash it before you cook it. Problem solved.
Price can’t be beat, and I definitely think C-​mart is cheaper and cleaner than other options (Jia Ho and Super 88). Selection is pretty good in the dry foods area. Staff mostly speak Chinese — some Cantonese, most will speak Mandarin as well. Broken English also flies. Yea, the staff isn’t going to be what you find at a Whole Foods, but C-​mart isn’t a Whole Foods. They’re not really here to help you, they’re here to keep the produce stocked.

Look, a Chinese supermarket isn’t like Whole Foods or Stop and Shop. This place has no frills, no B.S. no crangrape juice, just the best ever in Asian foodstuffs. Tea? they have it. Fresh fish? they have that too, swimming when you get there. Crabs? Shrimp? still wriggling until you throw them in the pan. Asian veggies galore, like every other place on the earth you have to look before you buy, but the prices are unbeatable outside of NYC’s mammoth C-​town places and hey when you have to have those blue crabs or eels you know are fresh because you ordered them killed, this place makes it all happen on a budget anyone can agree with. I go ever so often, it’s not the cleanest place but it’s like it would be for most people in the world and you may even find that hard to find tamarind paste to make the perfect Pad Thai or whatever else you’ve been craving but didn’t want to pay someone else to make for you. A mainstay of anyone serious about cooking real Asian foods.

This is no H-​mart or fancy schmancy supermarket. This old school C-​Mart in the heart of Chinatown is small and chaotic, but it has everything I need. Convenient location, OK cleanliness, good selection, and cheap prices. The thing that pesters me is the quality of the produce — it depends on when you go. I have been going here for more than a decade and still, the prices are lowest for Asian groceries in MA.

My family and I come here every Sunday to buy food we wouldn’t be able to get in American grocery stores. They have an assortment of vegetables, canned goods, poultry, and snacks. I mostly come here to buy some vegetables and some noodles once in a while. However, the main thing that gets me is the snacks. They have an assortment of snacks ranging from Pocky to the jelly cups that you pop right into your mouth. The layout of the store is a little weird. The floors are dirty and sometimes you see a guy cleaning the floor with a sweeper, but otherwise it’s rather clean. The cashiers can be a little rude sometimes and some might not understand English, so it’s best that you brush up on some Mandarin or Cantonese. Regardless of all of its problems, I recommend that you come here for some grocery shopping. :)

If the management specifically trained their employees to be as rude as possible, it is unlikely they could get any more rude than they already are. I’ve been coming here for as long as I remember, but I will never go again. There are too many welcoming places where I can buy asian groceries of similar variety and price. I expect only to be treated as a person, and C-​Mart has failed this test one too many times.

I am always excited when I happen to pass through the Shawmut area and come upon my favorite Asian supermarket in Boston. They have everything and then some. Fresh seafood, including pick your own crabs. Tonnes of frozen delicacies from China, Thailand, Japan and beyond. They have produce, every kind of sauce imaginable, and plenty of dessert/​candy/​snacks to choose from. Best of all the prices are very low!!! It’s like the Market Basket of Asian grocery stores.
Keep in mind, this place is small and crowded. While H-​Mart in Burlington may be enormous in size, coming there on a weekend would be just as crowded as C-​Mart is daily. For folks that live in Boston and don’t want to spend an arm and a leg Ubering to Burlington this is the absolute best game in town.
Also, many of the package labels are also in English. Highly recommend reading where your product is from, whether or not it has MSG or any other additives you do not like putting in your body.

reasonable price for great sea food selection, except don’t be shy here-​i feel like you need to be demanding here otherwise the people who work here would ignore you. And one more detail-​bring your mask if you want to spend more than 5 minutes here-​place smell so bad (especially meat corner), im holding the breath when im passing by. Tip-​run in, get your lobster, pay (btw, they never say hi or paying any attention to your presence) and run away outta here as fast as you can

The effusive reviews here lulled me, so I came in expecting an experience similar to the H-​Mart in Burlington. Nope! This place is small and crowded, and sadly lacking in bulgogi. Note to self: read reviews next time as opposed to glancing.
That said, this place is actually pretty great: a wide selection of sauces (I snagged a giant bottle of «patis-​mansi,» which is apparently now a thing), all the greens, noodles, and tofu you could possibly want, a profusion of pork and chicken feet beyond your wildest imaginings, and a freezer section with thinly-​sliced meats. The snack aisle is fully stocked, and so is the area with kitchen items.
The best part is, the line at the register moves right along. My cashier was very efficient despite her attention mostly being on the anecdote she was delivering very passionately to her fellow cashiers.
Bottom line: C-​Mart is a good spot for Chinese/​Asian cooking ingredients, although the Jia Ho in Chinatown is comparable and less full. A-​OK.

This is not your average supermarket, but the less it is awesome! This is a great spot to get all things Asian food! I’m originally from NYC and used to love going to the little shops in china town, so going here was a great treat.
Do not come here expecting your average shopping experience. It can get crowed and you are the minority as a person who only speaks english, but there is such a great variety of products you won’t see anywhere else. I would definitely recommend checking this place out at least once!

I’ve come to this C-​mart for the past 4 years living in Boston for all of my Asian cooking needs, and I have to say that this place has yet to disappoint. Keep in mind, this is also… the only real grocery shopping in Chinatown, as it is significantly larger and contains much more variety than its smaller cousin on Washington Street. However, like all Asian supermarkets, come here at your risk, as this place will likely be overrun with non-​English speaking shoppers constantly pushing and prodding you towards the aisles containing all sorts of foreign food/​vegetables/​meats. Also, be prepared to buy things like «beef» or «pork,» as there are no specific labels for any parts of the meat.
It certainly is clean… by Chinatown standards and has everything you need to impress your Asian parents. So I highly recommend it!

It helps if you speak Mandarin. I don’t so it sux to be me. Hey mr butcher can you thinly slice this beef? Points me to shabu meat. Sigh~

After visiting Ming’s, my boyfriend and I came to this CMart. I found the selection of items to be just as impressive. I thought the store was slightly less clean than its neighbor, but just as well organized and reasonably priced. I noticed the meat was freshly cut, and as my boyfriend pointed out, they do not waste any part of the animal.
I like that at both locations, you really are getting fresh fish, and the produce is a great value. There were a good number of cashiers on hand here so I imagine checking out doesn’t take very long. They also offer parking adjacent to the store or across the street. Easily accessible on the SL4 or SL5.

C-​Mart is always a fun experience. I love the upbeat music they play while grocery shopping. It all adds to the crazy hectic atmosphere of this place. The best part of this grocery store is you can buy a ton of stuff for really cheap. I like going here and being adventurous, buying fruits I’ve never tried. A lot of their produce isn’t labeled either. My husband is vegetarian and they have a ton of tofu options. It really is worth a visit if you’ve never been to c-​mart.

Yeah it’s crowded… and people cut you… and the pocky choices are limited. but some of the stuff is cheaper than kamman in quincy. If im in chinatown and i want idk to go grocery shopping or something, or a bottle of soy milk– this is where i go!

Only gave this place three stars because I was almost run over by a couple of older patrons who thought a big tall guy was a wonderful target… and made sport of chasing me around the veggie aisles.
Seriously, the place is packed on the weekend… The veggie aisles are like a demo derby… but the fresh veggies are definitely worth it. I like the fish section too, but sometimes a challenge getting served, but the fish is fresh and the price is right…
As far as the «staples» every sort of tea, lotion, potion, sauce or noodle known to man is available. Before I started shopping here, never knew there were three hundred kinds of dried noodles or even ramen… The soy sauce selection is wonderful.
Don’t by much meat here other than the occasional pork belly…
I do miss the bakery and take out food section the old Super 88 used to have.
This place is always a stop on the way home from dim sum… parking is always tight, but you can park in one of the businesses across the street on the weekend and then it is easy access to the pike from there.

I used to go to Ming’s Supermarket down the street… back up… I used to go to Chinatown to get my Asian fill of veggies and meats… then I got sick of looking for parking. Then I started going to Ming’s… which was good. ample parking. but a few instances, I was annoyed to find rotting meat (in the prepackaged stuff). and paying higher prices. I had been to this spot so long ago. I didn’t quite remember it being good. First off. the parking situation is horrendous. I highly recommend going on off times. like week nights or odd times on the weekend (Sunday night).
I love this place. reasonably priced. great selection. I bought the sweetest tangerines here… ever! I also just bought some chicken feet last night in addition to my hot pot stuff. and it tasted awesomely fresh. One more thing to note… I love the fact that they have a ton of Taiwan products that you can’t find at Ming’s or Super 88. I will consistently go to this place. love it!
Be sure to dress reasonably warm. It’s freezing inside…

Formerly a Super 88, I find this to be the best C-​Mart out of the 3 in the area.
The inventory here is better than the other locations, with a wider selection of vegetables and other groceries. I also find the vegetables here to be fresher, especially when compared to the Chinatown branch. This is also the cleanest C-​Mart I’ve been to.
It does get rather crowded on weekends, and the parking lot is tiny with only about 20 spots. I have been able to locate meter parking spots right across the street, so unless you’re lugging heavy items like giant bags of rice it might be easier to avoid the parking lot altogether.