Whole Spice

Great little spice shop inside the Oxbow Market. Friendly and helpful staff. Wonderful variety of seasonings– create your own blend or choose from theirs! Yum!

Ordered a 4oz package of Szechuan Peppercorns from Amazon from these guys. I put the peppercorns in a spice grinder to marinate strips of organic chicken breast in. Bad idea, the bag they sent me had small pebbles hiding in the bag. Quality control would have prevented this. Will be sending back, rocks in food leads my family to the dentist. Look at other reviews, I should have before buying. Don’t buy.

They have great quality for a reasonable price. Considering the varieties and freshness I’m hesitant to buy spices anywhere else!

If there were ever an exotic spice you were looking for, this place probably has it! It’s like the Whole Foods of spices. Located in the Oxbow Market, you can’t miss the racks and racks of spices. We were just browsing and were intrigued by some of the chili powders they had. The owner is really nice and she will let you sample and smell things. She showed us some of the hot spices versus the salt version and we ended up buying a bottle of ghost pepper chili spice powder instead of the ghost pepper salt. It was probably around $ 17 but this jar will probably last us a lifetime! It’s sooo potent only a few sprinkles (and very LIGHT sprinkles at that) will carry a dish and elevate it in spicy level to super hot! My fiancé loves using a few dabs in his food and is constantly reaching for water afterwards. It has a great smokey flavor too. I was just looking at a recipe for baked baby back ribs the other day and it called for hickory smoked salt… I’m going to try Whole Foods but I bet if they didn’t have it, this place definitely would! Gonna pick up a few more exotic rarer spices/​seasonings next time we are there!

Man, this place is a heaven to me. So many spices and so many ingredients that are not available in regular stores.
I know there are a lot of online stores that offer spices. But seriously, would you really order these thing in bulk before you actually check it’s quality?
Anyways, I will defiantly go back there to explore more and order stuff from them online.

If you like spices, this is as good as it gets! Tons and tons of jars filled with spices and spice mixes. Pick your jars, set them on the table and employee will bag them up in dime bags (okay a little bigger than dime bags) but thats what went through my mind. lol drugs for spice fiends. We bought the following 1oz ghost pepper salt, 1oz blackened seasoning, 1 oz Napa valley rub, 1oz chorizo rub and 1oz bloody mary mix. We spent about 15 bucks. So far my favorite is the ghost pepper salt. I can see just coming here on a whim.

I love this spice shop. I love having fresh quality spices to cook with as it really does make a difference in a dish. They not only have single spices but spice blends as well. I decided to try the bloody mary spice blend and you can smell the celery seed through the little baggie! There are many different choices and you can while away a lot of time looking at everything. Near the register there were spice blends for rice with dried fruit and fried onions included int he blend. I’m excited to give them a try soon!

OMG, Im in spice heaven. I discovered this place on accident while looking for the ice cream stand. There is spices from top to bottom. I just wanted to buy everything. Next time I come by Im going to try a few that I haven’t had before. I’m like a huge paprika fan, so I couldn’t help myself to try some!
They get docked a star because, I don’t care if you’re closing in 15 minutes, don’t look so down that you have another customer!

I’m always conflicted when I shop at Whole Spice. They have such a great selection that I often find myself with too many choices!
If you like to experiment with cooking then this is your place. You will find something that will challenge you. Granulated honey? Figure that one out. I did, and it has become one of my «secret ingredients» for things like BBQ rubs for pork. Sumac? Add that to chili and the acidity will bring out those flavors you’re looking for. Porcini powder? Add truffle-​like flavor to popcorn without salt.
Chef it up.

Great place to find fancy salts and fun spices. They don’t carry pearl sugar which is what I was looking for on my last visit. Overall the selection is awesome and I love to pop in here once in a while.

I’m a spice fanatic, and buying them here at Whole Spice is exactly what I look for when stocking my culinary spice cupboard. Everything is fresh, from your basic garlic all the way to your curries and masalas. They offer interesting recipe sheets here and there with their spice blend offerings, encouraging you to give a new taste a try.
Get a little or a lot, whatever you need its available and at extremely great prices.

This review is for the owner/​person that sold me the spices i bought last January 17. She was being EXTREMELY RUDE and giving me bad looks while my mom and i were filling our bags with the spices. We had intended to buy alot as presents for family members, and we were doing the woman a favor by filling up our own bags (which is allowed btw) and it was only when my mom was about to pay our $ 250+ bill was when she all of a sudden became nice. I seriously wanted to just drop the spices and leave if only it wasnt for my nice and patient mom that kept telling me that «maybe the woman was having a bad day, forgive her»
you have good spices woman, but you definitely have to brush up on being nice to ALL of your customers

I love this spice shop! I visited while on vacation, and love receiving their newsletter. My friend orders through Whole Spice’s website, and I should really start doing that as well. The employee who helped my friend and me was extremely knowledgeable, and helped me to find spices that I would enjoy. I love to cook, and was looking to expand my collection of spices.
They have a huge variety of Mexican spices and I left with adobo chile, chipotle chile, as well as some curry spices, garam masala, and some staples such as oregano, thyme, basicl, and parsley. I didn’t intend to buy so many, but the quality and freshness were so fantastic that I wanted to buy even more!
I’m really looking foward to going back to this little shop the next time I am in Napa.

Black truffle salt!!!
In fact try have all sorts of salts. If you’re a foodie looking to step up your flavor game stop by Whole Spice at the Oxbow. They let you taste any and everything and you can buy spices in bulk or find awesome gift sets of pre-​assembled spice jars. But whatever you do spend the $ and amp up your spice-​game with the black truffle salt.

YUM, spices. I was so excited to find a place like this at the Oxbow Market. This place features specialized spices from salt and curry to tea.
I bought: Matcha powder, Garlic & Parsley Salt, Sea Slat & Wild Porcini Mushroom, and Sea Salt Smoked Applewood. You can order whatever amount you want, no restrictions. You can also buy the ingredients in a jar instead of a bag. The lady working at the spice shop was able to weigh out the different spices via measuring spoon AND scale, so you tell her what you want. Since salt can go far, I only ordered ½ oz in case I didn’t like it.
My macarons turned out wonderful with the added green tea matcha powder. I compared the prices to the powder at the Berkeley Bowl and this place was definitely 2x more expensive than the matcha green tea powder at Berkeley Bowl. I’ll have to cook with that brand and update this review at another time.
I’ll probably be back for the salts, teas, and other ingredient mixes, but probably not the matcha green tea solely based on the price (3 tablespoons = $ 6).

I’ve worked for Whole Spice for 5 or 6 years and I never thought I would find the job of my dreams.
Not only are the owners people, I just want be around, but their mission statement is a testament to their goodwill.
They ask their employees to learn first, teach second, and sell third.
I’ve never found better dedication to spice freshness or quality.
They always say, «it (the spices) have to be fresh, we use them for our kids in our home».
I don’t know if I’ve ever written a review for them before and it’s about time.
Thanks Whole Spice. Makes my home better, my life better and Obviously my food.
Wendi Noon

This place is overwhelmingly awesome. Almost every spice you can think of in whatever quantities you’d like. I went with a variety of different salts. matcha, smoked, Himalayan pink… it is pretty endless. Ive barely even touched the surface of what they offer, so looking forward to exploring much more on repeat visits. I could run myself broke here. 4.3 stars

Love, love this store.
The spices are fresh and the mixes are well blended.
The lady is very helpful and knowledgeable about the different spices.
Worth driving up here to get these.
Prices are very reasonable.

Wow! you don’t have to travel the world in search of spices, Whole Spice brings the world to you. «Trendy» spices such as smoked paprika and a few rare sea salts are available as well as spice rubs and flavored sugars are found here too.
I have never even heard of or used some of these spices, like Dukkah, Zhug or Phoron, and I was surprised they even carry Pink Curing Salt, which has other aliases, or its more familiar abbreviation, TCM (tinted curing mix) an additive used in the charcuterie world which keeps meats from oxidation and looking bright and appetizing (hot dogs, ham, corned beef, etc.)
Step aside kosher salt and black pappercorns, there’s a lot more interesting seasonings in town… ALOHA!!!
Unilocal 365 CHALLENGE-(296/365) «Sugar and Spice»

This was my first time in Napa and my friend and I were just driving around town and exploring. We stumbled into Oxbow Market and were extremely excited about Whole Spice. We love to cook and we love to experiment, and coming from New Orleans, there is no place there that has the variety of spices that Whole Spice has. Our favourite purchase has to be the Smoked Yakima Applewood Seasalt out of the 12 we bought, haha. Yes we got a little out of control. We haven’t been disappointed by any of the spices that we purchased, and we bought a little over 3 ozs each. I got really worried that we were running out of the Applewood, but was pleasantly surprised to discover that they sold their spices online. Score!
What more can I say? I wish we had a store here in New Orleans.