Bharat Bazar

Ideal due to
1/​great location (at Lawrence Expressway and El Camino near Kohl’s)
2/​abundance of items in stock for an American consumer: ie spices, incense, face masks, snacks etc
3/​nice pretty Indian gal is super helpful. Most helpful than of all of the three indian grocery stores I stopped at.
4/​Mexican produce guy even very helpful who greeted me as I walked in

I like the Samosa’s here and compared to all other Grocerry stores, this is the best in the area. Try it once.

Perfect place for stale vegetables. Disorganized store. Check out counter person is not helpful. Also they donot have many indian store items. Waste of time to shop here.

Not the freshest produce carried here, not that many people working in this store. I walked in one day only to see one man at the cash register… I had to wait for him to finish in order to ask to look for an item, which was annoying… Some of the pre made, pre packaged stuff looked old.

No major complaints, except for the *abhorrent* customer service at the cash register. I thought it might have been due to my non-​Indian appearance, but then I remembered that just about 100% of the Indian grocery stores I’ve been to in the past have all been very friendly.
Not even a pleasant «hello» from the woman at the register. Not a word when I was done signing for the bill and about to walk out of the store. Carelessly throwing my items onto the scale and into the bag. Actually smirking and muttering under her breath when I said I accidentally picked up an item which I didn’t need.
As for the store, its cleanliness was mediocre for an Indian market, with decent prices. I will definitely not be coming back. Many better places such as Cash n Carry nearby.

Confusing, musty, and poorly staffed. On El Camino alone, I could name about 3 different stores that will give you better variety and quality than this store. There was a time in my life (about 8 years ago) that this was my go-​to spot for quick samosas, Indian spice mixes, and a few cheap in-​season veggies, but those days are long gone. This place has definitely seen its day, and now it’s time to go…

I’ve been shopping here for a long time now because of the low prices, but have decided to look elsewhere for my needs. I’m so tired of getting ripped off. You have to watch every single time the prices are being put into the cash register. SICK OF IT! The women who work here are quite friendly and very nice, but the young men are RUDE and try to nickel and dime you every chance they get. If you want to charge more, fine. Fix the price on the shelves. It’s obvious you do not care about my business, so good luck trying to make your money this way.

This is regarding the salon inside BB.
My friend told me its a good place, so i thought of checking it out for eyebrows. I went there, and sat down. The lady was already doing someone else’s eyebrows. She just looked at me, didn’t even smile. Later, when it was my turn, i told her exactly how i wanted my eyebrows to be, but she just scewed it up. She made them so thin; i was totally disgusted. She didnt even say sorry, she was so dumb looking lady, i have ever seen. She was like no, its like that only. I was so angry with her!!! She just so least bothered.

Ive been coming here with my family for years and years. This has been one of our main grocery stores because the vegetables are soo cheap and fresh. I have fun coming here once in a while because they have interesting products to look at. The smell of the place brings you to a whole nother state. People are busy buying, eating, socializing, and more. I’m guessing this is how they do it in the Bazaar’s in India.
My mom has a «friend» who actually cooks the indian food here. Every time we come here we always stop by for the samosas. They are made fresh and crispy and ready to be dipped into some really good cilantro chutney. The batura and naan are soo good as well! freshly brought out of the oven and served with garbanzo bean dipping stew. MMM! and the pickled mangoes diced into the dishes are awesome!
This place is legit for ordering Indian cuisine. It’s one of those «Hole in the wall» spots but not dirty except probably the surrounding atmosphere lol. The desserts and jalabi’s in the counter must’ve been expired 2 years ago HAHAH! But just order fresh and don’t purchase the ready made items.

It’s kind of easy to miss this place as its existence is eclipsed by a kohl’s on the right and a Taco Bell in the front. I don’t come here too regularly but I have been going to this grocery store for several years. On first glance it looks kind of sketchy… BUT!!!
The CONS:
— Dingy
— Produce can be a hit or a miss
— Disorganized
— it’s a wee dirty
The PROS:
— They get a fresh truckload of produce every FRIDAY. Yes, the produce is cheap but go on a friday/​saturday when it’s still FRESH. I noticed that the stuff starts to go bad the later you go during the week.
— Kulfipop (Indian ice cream)…Malai flavor… too good
— Chapati & Samosas: Fairly cheap and delicious and AWESOME when you get them fresh! Remember to ask for the sauces.
They used to have a small vegetarian buffet which was also awesome possum, but I don’t think they have that in recent years =(Dessert selection is also fairly decent.
But seriously… if I can buy a week’s worth of veg for 2 peeps for less than $ 10 I can’t complain =)

Bharat Bazaar is an utter disgrace of an Indian grocery store!
Disorganization: The products in the store are very disorganized and placed in random areas. There are probably five or six different areas you can find soap! The very set up of the store is terrible with rotting produce outside, dry goods inside, a threading salon in the back, and a clothing/​sweets area in another room. Why is there even a threading salon in a grocery store?
Expired Goods: This lovely store sells expired goods. Some of the goods are over a year old! In fact, I once found a can of Heinz Baked Beans from last year. Lovely.
There is no point of shopping at this ghetto mockery of a store. If you go down El Camino a little further you can find better quality goods at India Cash and Carry.

Bharat is a great grab-​bag of everything Indian. Huge selection of foods and produce (all of it looked quite excellent to me), the best price on MREs, amazing selection of snacks. I went to pick up Indian tchotchkies, which were plentiful but a little expensive. We ended up getting loads of stuff, food, cloths, fake flowers. I LOVED this place, and will return. I found the bad reviews here very amusing. Just exactly what were people expecting?

This place is fine if you are in the area and need to get some veggies. Otherwise, I would skip it. It’s kind of dingy looking, and not that big.

This place is right next to khols Across the street from starbucks drive thru
Worse service ever! but what can you expect from small unclean places like these. My mom wanted me to buy some tomatoes and Garlic and other things to cook with. Total came out to be 4 dollar some odd change. I gave him a twenty and he gave me back 5 dollars and some odd change. i stared at him for a long time and i said «I gave you a twenty.» He goes «no you didn’t» and i was like WTF… I’m about to catch a CASE!!! He didn’t even try to re count the register he just said speaking in INDIAN to his manager and the manager said «ok i will give you extra 5 dollars…» I was like WTF again…
in the end i just took the five and said f@ck it … so I jacked more fruit and went home.

We generally go there for indian groceries and some times to the salon with my wife. Veggies collection is okay, not great given that it’s in california (in states like texas, it’ll be very good store). In general, we believe that it is going downhill. Pretty darn old counting machine which doesn’t even print the item names. If you want to know what costs how much, you can’t find that out. They will also not be able to tell.
Its shop owner is kind enough to refuse to replace these machine with a lame excuse that phone lines are old and he can’t do anything about it. I am not sure about their second store how it is but I am afraid to try that out.
About salon, it’s a decent one. Ladies are doing a good job. My wife likes it.

They have a nice selection of good Indian food and groceries. Seems clean enough for such a hole in the wall. Both stars are for the store.
Zero stars for the threading.
Had my eyebrows threaded in the back a few times… they did ok, but eventually one of my eyebrows kept getting thinner and thinner.
The LAST STRAW was when one of the ladies was threading my eyebrows, stopped to blow her nose and used the back of her hand to wipe the goo off her nostril, then went straight back to threading.
Sorry folks, I have Indian friends and even they were grossed out. Being a lover of different cultures, there are many things I can tolerate because I understand other cultures. However, I would have to say, this was not a cultural experience. It was a hygiene issue!
Needless to say, I got up and walked out with one eyebrow done.

This place was difficult to find, it’s hidden behind the Taco Bell and sits next to Kohls. I can’t say much about their groceries. You can get Indian groceries here, along with ethic clothes and jewelry!
My friend recommended I get my eye brows threaded here. I was a bit weary when I first stepped int to grocery store thinking i must have the wrong address. It turns out they have a small area with chairs like a salon and they do an amazing job. a bit painful– but like they say– no pain no gain!

This was my first trip to an Indian grocery, so I was excited by everything I saw. I stocked up on spices, dal, got a mint chutney, and spent an hour just browsing around. They have a huge assortment of packaged meals as well, which I have yet to try.
I didn’t buy any produce, but the prices were unbelievably cheap. It didn’t strike me as odd to have produce outside, as you see this a lot at farm stands. I agree that they should keep it more clean, but it was almost part of a fun cultural experience. Some of the jars are dusty or spilled, but these things didn’t bother me enough not to come back. Overall it is well organized and clean inside.
Now I’m tempted to try the Indian Cash and Carry to compare.

This place is a crazy Indian megastore… groceries, clothing. fabrics, housewares, movies, music, etc. We were looking for a restaurant in the area and when we drove up, the parking lot and sidewalk area of this place was full of grocery items. Guess they were stocking inventory. One of the things we saw that was interesting were these mini shrines that my Indian ex-​coworker started talking about which would make a great little bird cage. I suppose that it would be sacrilegious to do so and we’d have the wrath of Shiva on our asses.
They do carry the Kulfipop which is a great Chai Ice Cream popsicle with almond and pistachio in it, which I’ve grown fond of. If you’re looking for all things Indian in Sunnyvale, I’m sure this place has it. Just watch out for the jungle of things that are both in and out of the store.

Absoutely disgusting.
Everytime I pass by this place, it’s the same story.
Cartons of rotting produce, boxes scattered everywhere, rotting food stinking up the parking lot. It literally looks like a 3^rd world shantytown.
Who the hell keeps produce OUTSIDE??? No wonder most of it is rotten and unedible.
If you can make it past the filthy storefront, you will encounter some of the rudest and most aloof «customer service» anywhere.
These people act like this is the only place to buy Indian goods.
I think this store really makes a bad impression to others about Indians– this type of filth is unacceptable in properous Silicon Valley.
I totally disagree with a previous poster who said this is a great place to «see the chaos of India».
Thank god India Cash and Carry is up the street