Spice Corner

A bit pricey but a great location for Indian food and products none the less.

From the outside you might not think very much of this place but once you are in you will be wowed. It is absolutely stocked with spices that are priced far, far more reasonable than the famous place right nearby. My wife is the spice monster so I rely on her when she said everything was below reasonable and the selection was vast. While we were checking out they let us sample the Samosas, they were excellent, and we ended up buying 4. Then they gave us a few yummy dates and told us, «They are good for your digestion and health.» Nice guys. Go here first and if you can’t find what you need go to the other place. You’ll save money and support some great people. If you go to the other place you’ll pay 20% more and they are not nearly as nice.

This place is the best!
Has all the exotic spices and niche foods you can think of.
Best place to get Tahini in town!
Lots of home made sweets and the super nice owner will probably offer you some to try!

So much cheaper and way more polite than the competition down the block. I was excited to get my date sample like the other reviews indicated. It was delicious! So much so that I’ve been snacking on them ever since! I will definitely return.

My new favorite grocery store… Great collection, extremely friendly and humble staff, which is not so common in NYC.

Nice selection of sweets with a good staff who likes to give free samples. It’s now the most inexpensive around the are also.
This place is super small but the selection of spices/​prices are on point. Check in here before you venture to Kalustyan.

This is an authentic grocery store that sells Indian/​Bangledeshi groceries as well as desserts in the display near the register. The people at the register were just plain awesome. My friend had visited Bangladesh before so we were all talking about that experience. We tried some samples of the dessert, which we really enjoyed and got a bunch more to eat later on. These were very unique. A quintessential New York experience!

The owner or man at the register was the sweetest to me. Kept giving me Indian treats and was so friendly. Much happier and different experience than the grandiose Kalustyans spice store in which not one person spoke to me. An arrangement of spices and parathas, well organized and priced very reasonably.

Great store! Much smaller than Kalustyan’s, but still had everything we were looking for, with multiple options. Also, friendliest shopkeeper I’ve seen in a long time. Let us try multiple items (indian mango, lychees) and on our way out – after we had purchased everything and were clearly leaving – stopped with an «oh my god, you MUST try this» and gave me and everyone I was with a large piece of some delicious indian cake-​like thing. Not sure what it was, heavy on the cardamon on coconut. Good prices on everything, and great aromatics after opening the packages at home — a testament to the freshness.

what a wonderful experience I had at this store! My husband and I were in the city for our anniversary, visiting many Indian shops, and this was on our list of places to visit to get Indian sweets. The owner is above and beyond generous, and kept giving us sweets to try! He really made my day– it’s nice to know there are still kind and generous people left in this world. We bought a lot of sweets, and other products from this store. I hope to be back soon, and buy more wonderful snacks at this great little store!

Delightful shopkeepers. So friendly and helpful. My go to place when I needed things and even when I don’t. It’s that charming. :-)

I have been to Kalustyan’s before and I was making my way there to get a few indian spices and dal. I decided to check out this store for a second and I ended up getting everything I needed. It was a lot cheaper than I expected it to and the workers were very nice and let me try their dates and sweets and they also gave me a handful of thai green chilis for free. Will definitely come here again

They have all my spices here. I stock up every 3 months or so. Everything tastes so fresh. They also have beans, lentils etc. The people, who work there, are so friendly. The last couple of times the man behind the counter gave me a free sample or either a sweet or salty snack. So so good!
I recently moved closer to this place. Now I can shop more often.

Of all the spice shops in Curry Hill, Spice Corner will now be my number 1 go-​to store because of how generous the guy behind the counter was. I was craving some barfi, and I wasn’t sure which one want to get, and asked for his opinion. He then just handed me a piece and said, take this, try it if you like it.
I would have been satisfied with that one piece, but of course I couldn’t just walk away without buying anything so I bought a second gulab jamun. He also gave me a little discount for it. The sweets were also good, so color me pleased!

First of all the nicest man ever behind the counter.
Second of all — the best deserts I’ve ever had in NYC. Homemade. Unbelievable. Honey balls, things I have never seen that just melt in your mouth. What desert should be. Love the people and the food. Bought like 15 small deserts. Go here please

I will admit that I used to be a Kalustyan’s devotee, but am now a convert to Spice Corner. Somehow they manage to pack a huge variety of spices, beans, rice, etc. into a tiny store, and also have harder to find ingredients like fresh paneer. There’s also a small selection of things like fresh ginger, cilantro, eggplant, etc. Good selection of non-​Indian spices. Prices all seem fair.
As an added bonus, like many others have said, the man at the register (owner?) is really sweet — and will often give you free sweets.

Spice Corner may be a petite establishment, but it is well-​stocked with a multitude of South Asian products, ranging from canned goods, beverages and instant sauce mixes, to coffee, imported snacks, and rice. There are a heap of prepackaged spices, beans, and dried herbs, which can be great additions to any kitchen pantry, whether curry powder, fennel, saffron, and turmeric — commonly found as ingredients in their cuisine. Even for the tea enthusiasts, myself included, one would be delighted to find whole cardamom for brewing a pot of aromatic chai.
The gentleman behind the counter gave us several complimentary samples, when he noticed I was eyeballing the colorful confections behind the glass display case. I appreciated the unexpected gesture, as there are very few New Yorkers who practice this type of generosity.
«Try some!» he said brightly, plucking out pieces from a tray with a pair of tongs, quicker than I could react.
Before I knew it, he handed over an assortment to me, wrapped in thin paper. Holding the bundle of porous squares in my palm, I was surprised that they were pieces presented in their entirety, not something nominally pinched or cut off a block to bait the customer, hoping to leave them wanting more. While the elements of these bite-​sized desserts were simple — milk, rosewater and sugar — they tasted exceedingly sugary. As a foodie, however, it’s always nice to try something new and dissimilar from what I am used to, particularly when offered in such a hospitable manner.
As this is an ethnic store, they may carry items that are not typically found at your regular grocer or supermarket. If you reside in the area or happen to be planning to tackle an Indian recipe, do fetch your grocery list. This might be a commendable place to start, and I trust that the personnel here would be more than glad to help.

This little shop is much cleaner and organized than most grocery stores I’ve seen; he’s definitely taken care to make it a pleasant experience for us. Although I expected free desserts (from all the reviews here), I was still caught off-​guard by his shy sweetness (no pun intended). He wasn’t very extroverted, but he obviously wanted us to enjoy our experience in the store as we stared at everything with wide eyes. And the desserts are all homemade! I had come here expressly for Indian desserts, but I did not expect such a stunning variety. I must confess that I must not be a fan of Indian desserts (really sweet, and the texture is a bit odd for me), but I was absolutely IN LOVE with the kheer mohon and the gulab jamun. After biting into one of those delicious honey balls soaked in condensed milk (kind of like a tres leches cake but better, if that’s possible to imagine), I rhapsodized about it for a few hours before deciding to go back and get some more. Incredible. Each dessert is approximately $ 1.
I got a look at the spices, and I’m going to have to look up some of my favorite Indian foods and get my spices here. They looked super legit. And get some more gulab jamnu and kheer mohon, of course.

There are lots of Indian grocery stores in curry hill, but none with an owner as friendly! I have been twice and each time he has offered samples before I decided on what sweets to buy.

Okay, so this place totally reminds you of «Sex and the City» of when the girls are wondering around the Spice Market, but that’s not why you originally walked in here.
You are a Spice Girl! — except with much better sense of style and taste!
This place is packed from floor to ceiling with every spice you could think up coming right out of Asia! The aroma is absolutely inviting, and you’d be surprised how many people can jam in here to get their good and go. The owners seemed pretty calm and ready to help; probably thought I was lost strolling around in here.
Take some time to look at the sweets they have to your immediate right! They have peda, ladoo, and other sweets I know by sight and not name yet; they all look like they are directly imported from the source! Pick your own mix and get a pretty sexy looking gift box.
I’d totally wonder in here again to maybe get some turmeric or cumin!