Cottage Mart

We’ve driven by this little market and read about the take out food for a while now. Finally, a chance to taste the food. We swung by on a Friday afternoon after work to pick up some Indian food for a ready made dinner.
The owner greeted us and answered our questions about the drill and what the dishes are. We picked a vegetarian combo with chana and okra with rice and naan and a chicken tikka and eggplant combo with rice and naan. We also got a couple of samosas. While we were getting our food, the owner was bantering with his wife about testing out her cooking. She told us that she just doesn’t make food as spicy as he does. They are a fun couple and were very friendly.
The food was delicious and plentiful. We could’ve shared one combo between the two of us, but we ate the combos and the samosas, no problem. All that was less than $ 20. So wish we lived in the neighborhood, but we’re not too far away!

Wonderful neighborhood market. The owners are wonderful and very friendly. Beautiful patio setting and good, fresh Indian food and a nice coffee bar. They also have a mail counter for shipping packages. Thank you for being so great to your customers.

Stood outside for about 15 minutes! They do not open on time. Needed to drop off a package to be delivered & it just made it so much harder that they don’t follow their own business hours!

Great lunch spot walking distance from UCDMC. Delicious homemade indian food and the owner was very personable. There is a cute little garden patio to sit and enjoy lunch too. I would definitely go back!

The woman working at this little crap hole in the wall is so rude and unhelful. I missed a UPS drop off at my house for cat food which my little kitty was about to run out of. So my package was sent here. I had never been here before. I went to the counter and told the woman I was picking up. It was in my boyfriend’s name since he was the one who placed the order on Amazon. She told me she needed him to pick it up with his ID. I asked if I could just call him since he was at work. We live at the same house and our cat needs her food. It also didn’t state on the slip I brought in that it was under any specific person’s name. She said she could just match up the tracking number if he had it. So that’s what we gave her. Then she said there’d be a service charge. Excuse me, what? My boyfriend was on speaker trying to understand why since we’ve never had to pay a service charge before. At that point she decided that she didn’t like our questions and didn’t feel like being helpful. She then said she was going to refuse our package because she can. I told her no, that I didn’t want that and that I would pay the dollar. She said she wouldn’t take my dollar and «i don’t care if you need to feed your cat.» She is an awful human. Telling me she doesn’t need this stress. I told her I’m pregnant, I don’t need this stress! What a horrible experience. I’ve worked in the service industry for a long time and I would never speak to a customer the way she spoke to me. It was completely uncalled for. I will never go to this place again and I hope I never see her hateful rude face again.

LOVE THE COTTAGE MART! The owners are absolutely the nicest people and the store is great. Ping Pong, and dance lessons on Saturday. Awesome patio for lunch, and tasty middle eastern food. Elm Hearst would not be the same without the Cottage Mart.

Delicious! Stumbled across this lovely market after paying my registration at DMV. There’s a great little patio, it’s a corner store, they make coffees and sandwiches and have fantastic Indian-​Pakistani food. So good! And the owners are so friendly. Great little gem that’s been here for 30+ years!

Cottage Mart’s Indian food is very spicy and flavorful. Be sure to get there early as sometimes they run out close to closing.
They also have a very convenient post office and mini-​mart with groceries right in the store.
This is very convenient — you can get Tikka Masala and stamps or beer or ice cream all in one spot.
The owners are extremely friendly.

I have drove past this place a number of times saying it looks like such a cute little patio to go and eat at but never stopped until today… OMG I might just have to stop next week as well. It’s like a hidden neighborhood gem of authentic yumminess! Great value and the owners were really nice. The patio was indeed the perfect place to sit and eat. We had rice, naan, some kind of garbonzo bean dumplings in an amazing sauce and an equally delicious eggplant dish all for $ 4.99. Really? The experience all the way around made me so happy that I had to tell the checker at Trader Joes. She said that even though she had packed a lunch for today she wanted to check it out. For her taste buds sake I hope she does!

I walked in seeking corn nuts. I left an hour later with knowledge of an interesting man’s life and considerable improvement on my ping pong game.
Cottage is a quaint little market located in the sleepy Elmhurst neighborhood. It’s the last place I expected to find a corner store with friendly service and a wide selection of amenities, but then again the geographic diversity of Sacramento’s businesses has never ceased to amaze me.
Unlike many a market downtown, you’ll be immediately impressed by the friendliness and openness of the family who runs it. Take the time to chat with the colorful owner Eugene about his life and experiences and you’ll see what puts the «neighborhood» in neighborhood market. On my visit I asked about the ping pong table in back and he said he occasionally allows guests to come down and play. After asking what I was up to the rest of the afternoon, we ended up casually playing between customers for close to an hour while he regaled me with stories about his past, ties to the neighborhood, beliefs and how he has owned the shop for 21 years.
As a new resident in the neighborhood, I left feeling glad that I had engaged this man and learned more about this business. It just goes to show that behind every store is a story, and this story is one of the more fascinating.

This was my go to spot since a young child in my neighborhood, since 1986.
They’ve always had what we needed and the customer service was so awesome that I go back there from time to time just to say hello.
A very unique and convenient cottage style mart for the local neighborhood.

My favorite special spot in Sacramento. I’m so jealous of their neighbors cause they can just walk on over in their jammies when they’re craving some beer with bomb ass Indian food.

Got take out Indian food for lunch today, and it was excellent. 2-​item vegetarian plate (which also includes rice and bread) for $ 6.99. I wish I could remember the name of the first item: a yellow-​white sauce with some sort of dumplings/​fritters and olives, which was the perfect level of spicy (the proprieter warned me it was a little spicy) and very tasty. I also had the saag, which was delicious.
The proprieter was very nice, and he told me to come back on Fridays for the lunch specials (which I think he said were $ 2 off, but don’t quote me on that).

I had the Indian food. Very tasty. This is a real mom and pop sort of place. The proprietor was very friendly. The patio is a nice quiet place to have your lunch. The chicken curry was very tasty but beware of. Bones. Mine had a lot

Family-​run mart serving homemade Indian and Pakistani food!
I had driven by the Cottage Mart many times, admired the cute building, and thought «I really want to go in there some day.» Now that I live in the neighborhood, I’m there at least once a week.
Cottage Mart carries the usual convenience store stuff but there’s much more to it. The owners bring in a buffet of Indian food, including Chana Masala, a spicy Eggplant Curry (my favorite!), Chicken Tikka Masala, Samosas, and more. The lunch plate is a choice of two entrees and comes with rice and naan. The price is $ 6.99 or $ 7.99, depending on whether you go veggie or order meat dishes, or you can order a la carte.
Cottage Mart has sandwiches, as well. Not the suspicious ones you can pick up at convenience stores — actual sandwiches made of actual food. The deli case offers other goodies, like macaroni salad, potato salad, and baklava.
I guess this is more of a general store, like in the good old days, because Cottage Mart also serves as a post office and notary. There’s a lovely back patio, complete with lots of greenery and a ping pong table. Check it out and if you don’t like it, that’s fine because that means more delicious Indian food and Noah’s Almond Sparkling Water for me.

What a quaint, old school place to have sandwiches or home made Indian. A little flat on the curry flavors but good if you want to walk from work in the area.

Nice folks who run a decent neighborhood convenience store & deli. Most days there is a hot Indian food section where the wife will dish out a few home cooked choices.
The store also has a small patio where you can hang out for a little peace & harmony. Ahhhhhh.
The Indian food is far too oily for my taste. If I enjoyed it more, I’d add a star.

This place is awesome!
I came here for the baklava and oh my goodness, it was SO good!!! I came here because of the Unilocal reviews. There were 3 different kinds, the traditional, a fruity flavored one and chocolate. The chocolate was my favorite!
The owner and his daughter were there and they were SO friendly! A breath of fresh air! The owner asked me if I had ever tried a Samosa and he told me about the 3 item special, it came with 3 items & rice, just $ 4.49! I’d never had Indian food before, it was a tad spicy but was very delicious and full of flavor!
I will defintely be back! Thanks for the amazing service!

I love this place, it’s not a convenience store, it’s a local neighborhood market where everyone knows your name. They have a better than average beer selection and if you don’t see your favorites on the shelf, there’s a notepad at the register and he’ll write them down and look into getting them for you.
In the front of the store is a cold case with fresh sandwiches and even baklava, and to the right of that is a row of hot plates where freshly made Indian food is offered. If you’re not in a hurry, grab some food and go out back where you can enjoy your food at one of the patio tables in relaxing and quiet oasis-​like setting.
And if you happen to be bored on a Friday night, drop on in and call next on a friendly game of ping pong with friends and strangers alike.

This is a great little market. They have great coffee drinks… lattes, mochas, etc… I love the Indian food. There are fresh sandwiches, like roast beef and turkey. The baklava is great. They also have the regular mini market items (bread, some canned goods, cookies, chilled sodas…).
Feel like getting your ping pong game on? Look no further. They have a ping pong table in the store.
Feel like a lovely afternoon and chatting with friends? Grab one of Cottage Mart’s fun coffee drinks and enjoy the patio atmosphere and their outside, enclosed seating.
The owners are very sweet, too.