Forest Restaurant Supply

Paola one of their newest employees. She is very nice and helpful.

Wonderful experience. Great tools and containers to tackle more ambitious cooking projects, and an unbelievably friendly and helpful staff. Grateful to have you guys around the corner!

Really mystified at the bad reviews for this place. The prices here struck me as more than fair — especially with the 10%discount for using a debit card. The people working there were very helpful in terms of looking up prices and offered me one of those awesome Chinese calendars.
The place is way cleaner & better arranged than most restaurant supply stores I’ve been to. Most importantly– what they do carry is very solid and well-​made. It’s true that there’s not as wide of a selection as Kamei, but what they have is choice. I’m not about to bike out to the Richmond every time I need a Cambro or a slotted spoon. Also, I love this place. Would be nice if they had bike parking, but there’s a gate you can lock up to. And they have an actual parking lot too, you know, if you like cars.

I was happy with them but then got ripped off by their strict return policy. We got a coffee thermos/​dispenser here, it was missing a rubber seal, so I swapped the part with our old one to save the hassle of going back. A week later, I realized it wasn’t keeping the coffee hot so I brought it back and they refused an exchange because I had modified the device. I could see that for complicated electronics but this is a very simple device and it made no sense that I was being accused of somehow cheating or abusing the device. It was simply missing the rubber seal and should have been replaced!
I offered to return the part to original condition but they refused on principal because it was their policy. It is an idiotic policy, or at least stupidly applied. I let them know politely that it seemed clearly unfair but they just dug in their heels. I won’t be going back since Restaurant Depot is a block away with all the same supplies and much more.
Don’t buy anything here that you can imagine possibly being faulty and needing to return.

Watch out the price

Forest Restaurant Supply is a cash & carry restaurant supplier. looks like they make deliveries too. products are mostly porcelain, to go boxes, kttchen utensils, bamboo steamers, ovens, referigators.
no food items seen.
not sure of pricing. cheap or not. most items sourced from china.
picked up some bamboo steamers and plates.
small parking lot. beats paying at the meter…

If you pay in cash or debit card, you get additional 10% off on top of already inexpensive price. They have all the restaurant equipments you need here. Love it.

great place for dry goods like napkins and paper towels and such. But prices are not posted nor are they organized the way you would like them to be. But the people are helpful.

Huge warehouse with restaurant supply equipment. Stuff is much cheaper than economy restaurant supply, but a smaller selection. Not really a place where you can walk around and browse, but the service is surprisingly helpful and kind.

If its your visit to a restaurant supply house I imagine its exciting. This isn’t the best place to buy stuff for home use as most of the store is filled with giant cartons of paper goods. They do have lower prices than economy restaurant supply and from what I can tell, often inferior products and less selection (its almost all from China and some it is obvious crap like «silicone» oven mitts that are clearly made of fabric). But I would recommend going here first to see if they had things that fit your needs before going over to economy if you are on a tight budget. I got some very cheap thermometers for my freezer and fridge, a meat tenderizer, and some rubber gloves that almost fit my meaty hands.
The people who work there are friendly and helpful. It is colder in the store than outside on a cold day so bring a jacket. No jelly beans though.

I need everything and nothing from here, all at the same time.
I went to get buffet plates, and found that they were much more expensive than I had imagined. However, the toothpicks! The sugar dusters! The old timey lazy susans! The larger than your head strainers! You could go crazy in there, and the prices for most things are not bad.
Go and have fun looking up and down the aisles. You may walk out with a carton of take-​out boxes. A Japanese mandoline. A set of barware just like that at your favorite watering hole.
No frills, neat and organized, with easy parking.

I love forest! The people there are friendly and always willing to help me find something, even if we have somewhat of a communication barrier. I get my ice cream scoops from here — they are heavy duty, and AWESOME! Not to mention the prices…6 bucks? Total deal. An oxo one would cost twice as much and break (like mine did). I promptly replaced it with one from Forest. Yay! I’ll definitely be back to check out their selection of appliances. I’m opening my shop soon!

Kind of a mix between Kamei and Economy Restaurant Supply. Not quite as Asian-​centric as Kamie, but there’s still an Asian restaurant tilt to the place. Prices were much cheaper than Economy Restaurant Supply and about on par with Kamei with a slightly smaller selection of stuff.

Thank you Unilocaler Adam Z. for recommending this store! I needed some Champagne flutes for a party and Forest Restaurant Supply had the best prices by far for a specific brand I’d been Internet-​shopping. This is truly no-​frills warehouse shopping and probably best for folks who need an item in bulk. That said, they sell glasses, dishware, pots & pans and many other items individually. They also have restaurant-​grade ovens, ranges & grills, tables & chairs, signs, etc. – truly anything you’d need to open a restaurant. They were extremely helpful when I called ahead and even nicer in person, going so far as to help me carry my purchases to my car and welcoming my dog, which always earns points with me.

What a cool find! FYI, the store is set back from the street in a warehouse. They basically do wholesale, retail, and delivery of restaurant and decoration supplies. Basically, everything is imported from China and is really cheap. I bought seven items for cooking totaling $ 17. They literally have everything you would ever need to open any kind of Asian restaurant.