99 Ranch Market

A lot cleaner than some market.

Great market with a lot of selection! However beware of their frozen section. Lots of the items are freezer burned. My friend got ice cream mochi from there which were basically inedible.
PARKING: super ample but at certain times it gets pretty hectic
PRICING: very reasonable and cheap for Chinese or other Asian foods. More expensive for Western items
PRODUCE: so many beautiful fruits and veggies! Huge variety too!
PROTEIN: I’ve never gotten anything from this section but there’s a ton of options and all looks pretty fresh.
I’d give 4 stars but taking away for the freeze dried horror :(

I like the selection of produce. Since this one is an older 99 ranch market, the deli is a little scattered across the market. Would be nice to have it located in one place. Otherwise, I will be coming back!

Good Chinese grocery store.

Nice selection of. everything!

Located in San Gabriel square, parking spot is hard to find during rush hours. Other than that, it’s a very large and clean grocery store.

I’ve been coming here since I was a kid and I’m a couple years shy of being 30 lol. I have no complaints about this particular market EXCEPT that the restroom REALLY REALLY REALLY stinks. If you’ve ever been to mainland China, then you’ll know what I’m referring to. The restroom smells like the streets of China, like how a literal gutter stinks. That’s how I would describe it: STANK ASS GUTTER! That’s why I docked 2 stars off. Other than that, pretty much everything else is fine. I love the mini bakery and the to-​go food section where you can buy freshly made meals. Oh, and the juice section is my favorite too, located to the right of the store. .next to the displayed sushi. End of review. Lol.

I made the mistake of coming here for the first time around the Lunar New Year, but even though it was bustling, the store is large enough that I could comfortably peruse at my leisure.
I came here in search of black vinegar, and left with a cartful of groceries. Fresh woodear mushrooms for mapo tofu and hot and sour soup, king trumpet mushrooms for mock seafood dishes, fresh tofu still warm from production, sweet fresh soy milk, all the noodles, vegetarian stir fry sauce, and beautiful daikon. They have a fair amount of organic produce for great prices, and I didn’t have trouble finding what I was looking for. I love that even if the package isn’t in English, the label below it will describe what it is.
My biggest worry when entering a new market is whether or not I can hide from the meat. I haaaate the smell of meat and fish, and the sight of it breaks my heart. Thankfully 99 Ranch didn’t smell at all, unless you were close to the meat counters. I found it pretty easy to avoid, and my shopping experience was very pleasant.
It’s a trek to come out here from LA, but it was worth it for all the Chinese goodies I bought for awesome prices. I’d come back!

We always come to 99 ranch but after this we’ll find other asian supermarkets other than this. So apparently I didn’t notice that the bottled sambal oelek I bought was expired and tried to return it. The woman in the customer service is so rude she raised her voice to us and telling us that we brought her an expired item and it didn’t came from them even if we had the receipt stating I bought it from them 3 days ago. Why would I do that for $ 2.99! So she just pretended that she doesn’t hear us. So we left without refund or replaced item.

BEWARE! THE WOMAN FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE WILL ACCUSE AND YELL AT YOU IF YOU TRY TO RETURN AN EXPIRED ITEM BOUGHT WITHIN 7 DAYS (accdg to store policy). We always come to 99 ranch but after this we’ll find other asian supermarkets other than this. So apparently I didn’t notice that the bottled sambal oelek I bought was expired and tried to return it. The woman in the customer service is so rude she raised her voice to us and telling us that we brought her an expired item and it didn’t came from them even if we had the receipt stating I bought it from them 3 days ago. Why would I do that for $ 2.99! After arguing, she just pretended that she doesn’t hear us. So we left verry pissed.

I changed from one star to four after they addressed my complain with a sincere apology. I previously told the lady at the hot food deli at the back I do not speak Chinese, but she continued to talk to me in Chinese. When she gave me my change, she asked me in English if I had understand Chinese or don’t speak Chinese at all. For a second, I felt like I was in France treated by the locals That I don’t speak French. If you were me, you would be upset too

Same as the other 99 Ranch Market. It carries lot of variety of asian food. I picked up a few junk food here. Prices are ok.
produces are on the left hand side of the store. Produce are fresh.
The place is quite busy lots of people shopping in here.
I picked up a japanese cookie for $ 8.99 and regular price was $ 21.99. wow such a big discount.

Parking is a pain but great selection of fruit n everything I just found the best turnip cake here which is very close to the one homemade! Who would knew that could happen in 99 ranch after all the domain place fail me? They made the cake which tons of turnip n you can still see the shredded pieces inside the cake, normally I can only taste powder in the thing so good job 99! Please make more quality food like that n save me some time to make it my own!

I dont know if it there was an abnormally high volume of people because of the holidays, but the parking was packed and difficult to find a place. I needed to carry my groceries back through the plaza then down the elevators without a shopping cart, while juggling my 2 kids. It was nuts.
I found the produce to be inexpensive, but not nearly as cheap as Super King or HK Market in Glendale. Plenty of produce was not at all fresh, including perssimon and broccoli.
There was a great meat counter, stuff looked fresh, with lots of options.
I was hoping for a wider selection of Korean food, but the limitations were acceptable, given that it is a Chinese market. I found most of whatneeded–

This is very disappointing. Twice now that I have to Unilocal about it. Do not get the frozen seafood from 99 ranch. I spent 10 dollars on 4 big prawns. Came home cooked them and found two of them were dead too long so they were inedible. They were frozen so I couldn’t tell. Don’t buy frozen seafood from 99 ranch!!!

First time here. Clean. Organized. Happy staff. Found what I needed and paid within five minutes.

This positive review is for worker wong in the meet department. He is friendly and helpful, compare to the other workers behind the counters, Those co workers only chat to each other and with a mean look on the face, never offer help actively to the customers. Not sure their functions over there, if they only prepare the meat, they can hide in the workshop to do it. if they showed up behind the counter, they should serve the customer. Yes, most of them can only speak Cantonese.
Again, workers like wing or wong is the gold of the store, he is the reason I am willing to pay to buy goods.

This place carries VitaSoy. Got my VitaSoy fix. Nuff said.

Visited summer 2013 & wow, wht a huge huge market, an American style supermarket featuring Asian goods, simply wonderful. Quite clean, stocked fully, huge floor area, copious parking, typical 99 Ranch layout, it’s great, wish we had it in the East Coast.

I love this place. It is clean, the vegetables and meats are always fresh, and I always get a good deal on good salmon! Every time I decide to cook asian dishes at home, I come here for my ingredients.

Why do the workers here stock, and moving inventories, and mop floors during peak hours of the store!
Why peak hours not morning and night shifts? I don’t understand.
They make it like we’re in their way! What the hell.
Can’t they just wait when there isn’t as much customer around?

99 Ranch is a Chinese Grocery Store chain. You can buy asian groceries here, be prepared to encounter a lot of non-​English speaking people and various smells and fruits and vegetables, etc. I’m used to shopping in places like this and it’s good to find a place that has a variety of Asian goodies.
This place gets a 4 star where I normally would give 3 because it’s a good size and also they give out samples which I haven’t seen in other 99 Ranch’s yet. This lets you try new things and makes it more enjoyable for kids to walk around with you.
The prices at 99 Ranch are pretty cheap and you can get lots of different produce, meats, seafood, fruits. I didn’t have trouble finding parking, it’s a crowded plaza but it wasn’t so crowded that I had an issue.
This location did not have a food court where I know other locations do.

Great Asian market… they have pretty much everything.
I kind of think of this as the Ralph’s of the Asian markets. Great place especially if you like prepackaged foods, snack foods, or other commercially prepared items.
I personally prefer to go to the more local markets in K-​Town, but if I find myself near a 99 Ranch Market, I’ll definitely pop in.

#100Reviews2015 — Review No. 36
This is by far and away my favorite 99 Ranch Market. To be honest, it’s really for only a couple of reasons — the biggest one being that I can find wintermelon juice here. Not wintermelon tea, but juice, which happens to be one of my favorite things to drink in the world, so that tends to go a long way toward making me happy haha
More than that though, there’s usually a plain rice inari waiting for me in the pre made sushi area, another thing that I have a particular fondness for.
Otherwise, this is a decent sized market, serving loads of people in San Gabriel, and the overcrowded parking lot attests to that. No biggie, park on the outskirts and hoof it! Your body will thank you as you walk off the baked goods you’ve consumed from the Desir bakery inside the market ;)
Recommend!

Normally, I shop at 168 supermarket because it is closer to my house. But there are some things that I just think are better quality at this 99 Ranch. I love Cantonese Style Rice Dumplings. I think that they’re better from 99 Ranch.
In general, the prices are more going to be a little more expensive at 99 Ranch compared to 168 Supermarket, but 99 Ranch is in a plaza which is very convenient for getting other things done as well.

I wish there was a 99 Ranch closer on the West side. The complex where this particular market is, its a total jamfest. I mean its probably crowded all the time. (It’s like none of the Asians in San Gabriel Valley work!) Anyways, its got quite the variety of goods, including fresh produce, frozen goods, sauces, teas, baked goods, ramen, noodles, rice etc. They also have tons of plates, bowls, chopsticks, rice cookers, woks, etc. There’s also meat and fish counter with tons of reasonably priced fish varieties (including some living sadly in their aquariums), shellfish, lots of cuts of meat. It’s almost like a one stop shop for anything Asian. We tend to go there to stock up on the common sauces we use for cooking, garlic, ginger, scallions, fresh greens, whole fresh fish, hard to find meat cuts, mochi ice cream, rice, noodles, Vietnamese coffee, teas, Asian snacks. We used to go get their plates, bowls, etc but then we realized some of their materials were kind of cheap and we were skeptical of what was in them. My one gripe is that sometimes their fruit isn’t the best quality, so you do have to dig around for the good stuff. We tend to stick to the boxes of fruit (mangoes, papayas, Asian pears), which are higher quality as opposed to the individually sold fruit. They also have a section of plants that they sell — lucky bamboo, fruit trees, orchids, etc. This is NOT the place to go for your typical American groceries, as the selection of American brands is pretty small — save those things on your grocery list for Vons, Ralph’s, Albertson’s.
I would also come prepared knowing what you want, because the staff aren’t the most friendly, and don’t speak the best English. Huge bonus points if you speak Mandarin or Cantonese, then you might actually get some assistance. Happy shopping!

I love 99 Ranch Market.
They have them all over the LA area, thogh not on the Westside where I live. I think the nearest one is up in Van Nuys. But this visit was to the 99 Ranch Market in up on Valley Blvd., in the big complex with about 50 Chinese restaurants up on Valley Blvd in San Gabriel.
They have most of the vegetables and meats and other things you would expect in in any large modern grocery store, but they also have a lot of fun Asian specialty foods that you won’t find at Vons. Chinese is the strongest suit, but you will also find a good number of Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese items too.
Prices are generally pretty reasonable, and for things like ramen noodese or any kind of Chinese cooking ingredients, this place is a winner.

Always a good Chinese Market to shop at. Consistently clean, neat and well stocked location. Ample parking usually but, can get a little crazy sometimes. In San Gabriel square on Valley Blvd and Del Mar.
Great selection of Fruits, Vegetables, meats and almost everything you need to cook an Asian dish or meal. Prices are reasonable and quite often have advertised specials. Great selection of Moon Cakes during Mooney times and plenty of Chinese New Year stuff during the Lunar Holiday as well.

I’ve been coming to this 99 Ranch for YEARS. For almost 2 decades actually. This was part of my family’s weekend routine. Every Sunday morning we would come to this shopping strip mall and hit up all our usual spots, 99 Ranch being one of them.
This is a fairly large Chinese market. NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE, PARK A CAR, OR PUSH A SHOPPING CART. I’ve seen my mom get into huge arguments inside the market and in the parking lot with other crazy Chinese ladies MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT. It’s actually not a normal Sunday if my mom doesn’t get into some sort of petty quarrel with someone. I’m used to it. And in fact, I see myself turning into that angry Asian lady yelling at everyone and nagging at my husband and kids one day. IT’S GONNA HAPPEN. I WON’T FIGHT IT.
Once you get into the market, everyone is furiously shopping. You need to have strong elbows to nudge anyone who tries to interfere or cut in while you’re carefully selecting produce. People don’t understand personal space, and you get used to people not saying «excuse me,» «sorry,» or «thank you.» Basically, don’t expect anyone to have manners, consideration, or social intelligence at 99 Ranch. So why the 5 star? Produce is fresh, selection is wide, and prices are CHEAP! You can get all your asian needs here. I don’t know how to survive without 99 Ranch! I don’t want to know a world where I can’t go to 99 Ranch and get Asian snacks– red bean popsicles, preserved plums, and dried squid! YUM.
And my mom loves 99 Ranch because they still use plastic bags! I’m ALLLLLL about going green and reusable bags, but my mom LOVES her plastic bags.

Its my go to place for various chinese snacks. Its one of the older 99 ranches thus not as clean looking.
Parking is ALWAYS hell here. just park further and walk trust me you will save time and a headache.
The plastic bag ban does not exist here.
Their fruits and veggies are VERY fresh and great quality.
I just wish they would expand their food court area.