JD’s Market

Place has a mix of items but is not organized. Meat is pricey. The most important is they sell expired items. I now check expiry items on all packages before I buy. Management is not very friendly and I have seen them being rude to their workers in front of public. All in all ok but could use some cleaning and organizing and better management.

I have gone there several times from last three month to buy halal meat. Their meat prices are higher than other halal stores. I’m really disappointed by their whole chicken packet because in this packet chicken breast is always missing. They sell it separately. That is why the rest is packed as whole chicken which is actually just the black meat. And the worst thing I noticed is when I opened the beef mince packet the mince was red from outside and and really dark brown from inside because they covered the stale mince of brown color with fresh mince of red color and packed it. I think this kind of attitude is fraudulent because we are paying the full price and getting very less or stale meat in return.

This market has an interesting mix of items, Mexican, Indian, Arabic all mixed together under one small roof. They tend to have some inexpensive produce but it’s not super fresh and can go bad quickly. If you are buying a lot with the intention to eat it within 2 days it’s totally worth it.
It’s not the cleanest place I’ve ever been too.
I guess it’s worth checking out, they have a few items that seem unique to the location (some frozen food items, fruits and veggies).
I haven’t really interacted much with the staff, I’ve only seen them at the cash register and they don’t say much.

I love JD’s Market for what it is — a reasonably priced neighborhood ethnic grocery store with a very large Indian section and a modest selection of authentic Hispanic items.
But don’t go in expecting anything fancy. Items spill out of the shelves onto the floor, things are stocked haphazardly everywhere, and there are a ton of flies all over the store (especially gross in the produce section).
At the same time, they’re the only place I’ve found that sells injera, and their prices on Indian spices are great, so I keep going back!

big bags of flour are busted at seams. mislabeled price tags. things where they don’t belong.
aisles are so narrow and full boxes on floor just can’t get around the place.
A whole leg of meat just sitting in a shopping cart left unrefrigerated next to meat section.
not sure if they adhere to the practices and safety standards.
fruits and veggies reasonably priced but not the best quality.

The meat should be a little cheaper. In desperate need to find cheap halal meat. The staff is nice. The muslim ladies are really helpful and fun to talk to. The vegetables are good but some are sold so fast that only the bad ones are left.
Location is good
Try lamb chops from here. Soooo good!
The ground chicken is not good since It didn’t smell or taste fresh.

The BEST place to buy apples! They have multiple varieties of apples, usually $.49 —
$.99 pound! Apples at grocery stores in the area usually run at $ 1.49 — $ 1.99 a pound so if your family goes through multiple pounds of apples a week this is the place to go. Pears are also worth getting here but that is about it. Most of their other produce is very over ripe, often even rotten. It is a good place to get brown bananas if you suddenly need to make banana bread. Other than produce, they have some unique sweets and pastries and a good selection of things like rice and lentils. The employees are not very friendly or helpful but they are never rude and will usually honor returns for rotten fruit.

good place to get fruits and veggies and some other Asian Indian and Mexican items. produce is new on I believe Fridays but after the weekend prices on produce drop a bit more. its cheaper then produce at a regular grocery store but sometimes quality isn’t great but very cheap. lots of variety on produce. I used to not like it but if you pick and look its a good deal for the good stuff.

I’m so excited. Seriously. SO FREAKING EXCITED!
I just got home from my first trip to JD’s and all I want to do is go back. From the outside I figured it was a typical fruit stand with some specialty items, but inside is isle after isle of new flavors and delights to discover.
This place is a bit run down, the lighting could be a little less dingy and institutional, the aisles can be hard to navigate even with your little cart and around the fruit/​veggies there were a good amount of flies hanging out. However, dust of your American sterile glasses and enjoy finding fruits and veggies only seen on Iron Chef and Chopped. There are pastries and breads you can only dream of making at home– because let’s face it, your diy naan is never as good as what you can get else where.
If you are into cooking and sometimes get sad because you read a more authentic recipe and you know QFC/​Fred Meyer/​Albertons/​Safeway just isn’t going to have it and you know it will cost you a pretty penny at PCC and Whole Foods, THIS IS WHERE YOU’LL FIND IT. I got a bottle of sesame seed oil, chili vinegar, and soy sauce for around $ 8 total. The rest of my basket was filled with fruit, veg, asian noodles, Persian butter biscuits, and a few other random impulse purchases and the grand total for 3 bags of groceries was $ 25 and some change.
I didn’t really encounter the sales people too much other than being checked out by the front counter woman, she was nice enough. Honestly– this place is not somewhere made by the service, it’s about the products. Enjoy!

Short review: JD’s is great. with some minor qualifications to that great.
Ah, the joys of ethnic goodies! Injera bread = yummy. Koroun’s yogurt drink, so tasty. Jars and boxes and things… good good good. JD’s is the place for this.
Vegetables of sorts and varieties that I can only figure out with Wikipedia… And ones I do know that I see no where else in the Northwest.
They get GREEN /​unripe almonds! Wow! Fuzzy tasty and so hard to find.
I wish I was in the area more often, so as to shop here on a regular basis. One just doesn’t know what they’ll get in.
Prices are good on the normal fruits and vegetables too.
OK, on to the qualifications (mostly in reply to other reviews):
Sometimes the vegetables are not quite up to supermarket standards, most of the time they are, but use your brain to pick them. We’ve never had any problems.
As with most ethnic markets there are things I won’t go for, mostly raw meat and seafood. I just don’t even notice it. I’m one of those folks who wants their meat etc. to look like it never got close to an animal… Neat, tidy, uninteresting. JD’s might have great meat, don’t know. But, I don’t even look at Uwajimaya’s in Seattle and they’re cleaner than my kitchen. If it’s an interesting store more exotic than Trader Joe’s I just tune it out.
Some reviews have commented on the staff being grumpy… The staff here ranges from: One gal who is so sweet that, if I wasn’t married AND old enough to be her father, I’d definitely try to date her — to several folks I would describe as «very reserved». The reserved ones (my guess) are from cultures that just don’t smile etc. As an example I’ve known several folks from India, certain groups there smile bunches, other groups always look (to me) like they are at a funeral even when (technically) happy. One thing I like about this store is that they seem to have a wide ethnic variety of folks as staff. I think several continents worth.
Bottom line: JD’s has things I’ve never seen anywhere else, things I’ve never seen within thousands of miles, things tasty tempting and wonderful.

I’m always on the lookout for places to buy good, reasonably priced produce. Last weekend, I was across the street from JD’s and realized I had never been there.
Upon arrival, there is a large section of produce outside the store — onions, melons, tomatoes, whatever is in season. Before I even entered the store, I had picked up two and a half pounds of pears, two pounds of apples, and 4 mangoes. I was already pleased with my purchases before I entered the store.
When I went in, I realized there was a lot more to this store than I thought. It’s a grocery store with meat, dried goods, housewares, and more! The spice selection is impressive with many varieties of curries, dried peppers, chili powders. In addition to the produce outside, there’s a section inside. They’ve got dragonfruit, Hawaiian purple yams (what, what?), mandarines, and the usual produce you’d expect to find. As far as soft drinks, I found King Car lemon iced tea and Vimto. Winning!
With just a few cashiers running, checking out can take awhile but you can grab a few Mexican pastries or baklava from the case. I got two bags of groceries and paid $ 8.81. Yep, under $ 10! Be sure it’s a leisurely visit on the weekends because it can get busy, the aisles are narrow, and the check out lines can be slow.

Great veg choices, great prices, great spices, and now much more organized and fast service. Wish i could shop there more often. Recomment it to everyone…

They have got a ton of carts. Finally! The service still have to be improved. Nobody ever smiles or talk to you. Simple: How are you. Is it hard to say?
But veggies got better, fresher and prices have not changed. The store got cleaner. before I could give them only 2 stars.
But they working on improving their business. :)

A good place in Seattle to buy Indian groceries as well as vegetables. They have pretty much all the groceries that are available in the Eastside Indian grocery stores.

Love JD’s. Great fruit, international selection and reasonable prices. It’s my official fruit source. I go there to get honey from Granite Falls, Mangoes from half a world away and Middle East pita bread. My grocery shopping is not complete until I go there.

I like this store only because they sell little Persian pickles. It is hard to find them, especially during the winter time.
This store use to be very very dirty and food was spoiling fast too. They are a little bit better with cleanness, but cashiers still ignore you rudely, when there is a long line, They wont open a second line ever for you. I simply don’t stop there to buy food if I see busy parking lot.
I wont buy oranges here, 30% off them will spoil in a few days. :(. I bought many oranges here once and after a few days I found in my refrigerator 3 molded and 1 very unpleasant looking orange. That happened to me a few times in this store with other fruits or vegetables too.
They also don’t accept credit card if purchase is less then 10.00. I needed once to buy some special pepper and cost only 20cents. I had no cash. I could not buy it. Yep!

A produce market, a Halal Butcher and Grainery in one store. There is a really a wide range of choices of Hispanic and South Asian products here. To supply the diverse community that Lynwood has become.

10 limes for a dollar!
Apples are 25 cents a pound cheaper than other stores – pretty sure they were grown in the same orchards.
There are all the staples and more here; lots of great ethnic foodstuffs, cool tea cookies, fantastic spices at a fraction of what they cost elsewhere. A very «market» feel here and an INCREDIBLE selection of items for Asian, Middle Eastern and Mexican recipes.
I popped in onThanksgiving and got a huge pomegranate, 3 boxes of incense, Garam Masala paste, limes, cucumbers, parsley and a large mexican apple juice — $ 14.00 total.
Will defintely be back!

Fantastic place. Always my first stop when grocery shopping. Their prices are fantastic.
Sweet onions are usually 25 cents a pound, so it allows me to buy a ton and carmelize them which is a nice personal treat!
Their produce prices are incredible, they have great seasonal produce. However, be warned that these vegetables are fresh but may not last long. Do not buy vegetables for the week, just for a few days.
Also have a selection of dried chiles, prepared/​frozen/​microwave Indian/​Pakistani meals, Injeera and deserts.
Also a good place to buy if you’re feeling adventurous. Fresh tumeric, coconut, lemongrass or banana flower!
Now accepts credit cards but $ 5 or over i think?

This place will turn some people off because it initially appears a bit run down but the shabby appearance disguises some amazing deals on produce and Indian/​Pakistani/​Mexican/​misc ethnic food. If you want to get 20 pounds of apples to juice, JD’s is the place for you. If you want to get a really excellent box of 20 veggie samosas or a bag of Naan for half the price you would pay at trader joes, JD’s has you covered.
They also have some harder to find items: indian style pickles (not talking about cucumbers here), ghee, paneer, and dry pulses and beans that are harder to find elsewhere.
The service is friendly and I usually don’t have to wait long to be checked out. I usually visit late afternoon and the lines aren’t bad. Parking is very very plentiful.
This place would easily get 5 stars if it weren’t so shabby. But as it stands I love it just the way it is.