World of Spices

One of THE best spice stores in Michigan. It has an incredible array of spices from all over the world. This is my number one «Go To» spice store, whether I’m looking for a spice/​herb that is easy to find, or if I’m looking for something that is more difficult to find. The vast majority of their products are sold at very reasonable prices – in many cases, the prices are one fifth of what you would pay (for a much smaller amount) at a supermarket/​grocery store. It is great to have this shopping option in Kalamazoo/​Portage.

Quintessential Indian grocery store — some fresh veggies and herbs, but mostly packaged goods and frozen foods (including MANY kinds of naan, swoon!). I stocked up on tea, spices, and snack mix. Get ready to spend a while perusing the shelves — so much to look at. If you’re vegetarian, there are also many frozen entrees. Spices are very reasonable.

Indian in Portage! The owners provide a great service of Indian snacks, fresh produce, and even movies!
A Portage establishment for all your needs Indian, including:
— Coconut
— Peppers
— Frozen Naan
— Spices
— Etc.

Love this place! Found this about a year after moving here and wish I had found it sooner! It is a small store, easy to miss, in between Walgreens and a liquor store. This is a great place to shop for spices of all kinds. The prices are phenomenal and I only buy my spices, seeds, coconut oil, etc. from here now. The staff is knowledgable and very helpful. I had an indian recipe that required an item I had never heard of and they helped me to find it and recommend how to use it.

A lovely Indian grocery with a HUGE selection of spices for dirt cheap.
I was making some Indian-​spiced pickles recently. I went to my regular grocery store, bought $ 40 worth of spices (turmeric, cardamom, star anise, etc, in little bottles with big pricetags), but they didn’t have fenugreek. I thought «Huh, what about that spice store on Westnedge? I bet they’ll have some.» I drove over and couldn’t believe what a fool I’d been for buying spices at the grocery store. I got what I presume will be a lifetime supply of fenugreek for, like, $ 3 or something? Had I done all the morning’s spice shopping there, I’d have gotten ten times as much for a quarter of the price.
They’ve also got a great selection of Indian snack food. If you like crunchy and spicy, you’ll love ‘em. They’ve also got fresh specialty produce, frozen food, packaged meals, and so on.
Service has always been excellent. A clerk always asks if I need help finding anything. I usually like to take my time and browse, but once I accepted the offer. I was asked to pick up some «far far rings» but I didn’t know what they were, other than snack food. I asked the clerk and he hadn’t heard of them either, but he helped me look through the snack foods. We didn’t come up with anything, so I kept on shopping. A minute later, he popped out from around a corner with a bag of … far far rings! Turns out they’re little tapioca starch rings that you deep fry so they puff up, then you salt and spice them, and THEN they’re snack food. Now you know.
Anyway, I’ve never had anything but great experiences here, and the money you save on spices makes up for the extra you pay on irresistible snack foods on the way out.