Phil Asian Food Mart

Had an awesome experience ordering food from them until Thanksgiving 2014. Ordered bistek for my kids and they quality of meat they used was gross and very dry. I emailed the owner amd asked if they have a new cook. Hopefully, they will start doing quality control otherwise, we will not order from them anymore.

Great selection. Best of all very friendly service. I purchased some caldereta mix, smoked milkfish, ensaymada, and freshly made pinakbet. The pinakbet was nicely made.

Phil Asian Food Mart is located in a strip mall on Route 50 in Chantilly at the convergence of Avion and Airline Parkways. It is in the eastern corner of the parking lot hidden from the main road. If you are travelling west on 50 you have to make U-​Turn at Airline Prkwy and then make the immediate right — then continue to the opposite end of the parking lot. There’s not enough parking so if it’s a busy time, there may be an issue finding a space.
The owner of the establishment was very friendly and he told me he and his wife took over the business this past September from the previous owner who operated the store for over 17 years. They, like all niche shops, depend on their loyal customers to stay in business.
The store is a medium-​sized convenience store that stocks the most desired Filipino items that cannot be found in other «oriental markets». The interior is well stocked, clean and maintained. They do not offer hot food or carry-​out.

under new management. Same offerings.

Let me start off by doing a little dance for finding one of the scarce sources of Filipino goodness in the Northern VA area…
This place gets a 4 for location alone… other than this one, the closest Filipino grocery stores are in Manassas and Springfield.
It’s a fairly small store but they have all of the essentials… a few different kinds of pandesal (including whole wheat which I was SO surprised to see) and ensaymada, chayote (which is yummy in your arroz caldo, nilaga, or tinola!), sauces, condiments, and flavor packets!
No hot meals here…(yet [hopefully]) but sometimes you can catch some prepared foods like palabok or pinakbet.
Also it’s in the same shopping center as 7-​Eleven and Picante… but all the way towards the left in the back near Merchant’s, Thai Basil, and the laundromat.