Sunset Supermarket

This place has a lot of good food for good prices. It isn’t the best supermarket because the place it is unorganized but it comes in handy that it is in the Sunset neighborhood. It is really mice that they have weird food from all over the country. It is really hard to find parking there and the service isn’t that good. In my opinion it is really dumb and retarded asking for your receipt because there is like NOTHING valuable things. When I was younger I was grocery shopping with my mom, when they were netting a fish a guy dropped it on the floor & I told my mom to tell them. They said «Who cares let it die». They were stepping on it and it was like rolling on the ground. I was 6 so it was kinda sad because the catfish looked so cute and miserable. I felt bad for whoever bought that fish. What more do you expect me to say. It is a Asian Market & some are much worse. Three stars is a reasonable rating.

You can’t really be too picky. This isn’t WHOLE FOODS BOOJIE MARINA DISTRICT
This is a really decent market for the Sunset District. I mean, come on there isn’t that much competition out here. You have Safeway (shit way) or Luckys (Ugghhh.)
I needed ingredients for Dash broth and they have a range of Asian items. This is not just a Chinese market. There is a whole isle dedicated to Korean and Japanese foods. The Japanese food section is much cheaper that Nijiya over in Japantown. Too bad Sunset Super doesn’t have more pick up and go lunch items.
I picked up Mirin, good sake, tons or produce and their green onions were pretty cheap.
The workers here don’t speak that much English but they will go out of their way to help you out.
My friend who didn’t speak Chinese looked up stuff on Google translate and the man helped her right away.
TIP: At the fish section they can cook, de scale, and give you advice on how to cook it. Don’t be scared of the Chinese guys in bloody Aprons.
Asian dream heaven.

Good for college students, not organic or any fancy thing but it does the job and a lot of ethnic options for veggies and fruits! love the selection, go only for fruit and veggies.

Asian supermarket… what is there to say besides they have what I need and want to get. I mostly come in, get my goods, pay for said goods, and leave. Parking can become an issue but they have a small parking lot on the corner of Vicente and 39^th and some parking along the front of the market. In my experiences, I’ve been mostly lucky in finding a spot right in their parking lot or along the front but I have seen people double park in front and across the street during the holiday times, when every Asian household is trying to get their hot pot goods. They are still one of my go-​to places for some groceries haha

We live only half a block from Sunset Super, we used to buy our stuff there, but from two years or so ago when Sunset Super started their packaging practices, several times we got some rotten vegetables and rotten fruits, usually the pre-​packaged pack of produce being sold on a Styrofoam tray, when you look from the outside they are fine, the bottom are often moldy or rotten and should have been in the compost bin and not on the shelf for sale! So now we do our shopping elsewhere.

Decent market and located in the middle of the outer Sunset. Few other stores that far out there.
Yes, they had a good amount of fish. Luckily, it was mostly all on ice. Some live ones were swimming though.
And they don’t spend too much time making anything look pretty. Good selection of produce, but it isn’t presented well. Meh.

My son recently moved into the area and I was looking for an alternative to Safeway. Good variety of fruits and veggies at a reasonable price. Not for snobs, yes, it smells like fish in here.

It is not the best supermarket out there — but hey, I can’t complain that it is nicely available in the outer sunset for the local neighborhood. I did notice that the prices here are about 10 cents higher than the Irving St store on some items. But worth it because this store saves me from trying to find parking on Irving. The store is generally well-​stocked but the fruits and vegetables are of mediocre-​quality. I do like this for their assortment of Vietnamese ingredients and products. You can find a lot of the more hard-​to-​find items like Nem Nuong, Banh Hoi noodles, etc. Overall, happy to have this market nearby for those emergency runs.
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Review #170

I live REALLY close to this Sunset Supermarket, so therefore come very often… at least once a week and usually more.
Pros:
— Great selection of all sorts of Asian foods ranging from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and more. Of course there’s more of a Chinese selection but you can find it all here.
— Cheaper than regular groceries stores when it comes to produce and meats!
— Lots of Asian snacks & beverages.
— They carry milk and some of the standard western food items too.
— They have Polly Ann ice cream, mmm!
Cons:
— Aisles really narrow.
— Parking is annoying and really hit or miss. Why the hell are there so many people here at 1pm on a weekday?!
— Western selection is vastly overpriced and often close to expiration… check the dates people.
— Not the cleanest grocery store in the world.
— Don’t expect to get help from any of the checkers or anyone else that works here unless you speak Chinese.
— Make sure you double and triple wash veggies you buy here. Guaranteed to have dirt in it still.
I’m Asian so none of the cons really bother me. :D Just another average Asian grocery store to me. It’s not as nice as Ranch 99 or Pacific Supermarket, but if you live close and you’re Asian/​need Asian ingredients, you’ll keep coming back.

I love this place cuz I’m weird n I like weird stuff! Lol but really I like Asian snacks and candy which they have a good variety of. I lovvvveeee MOCHI! I’d give 4 stars but it smells so bad inside and none of the employees seem to speak English. Kinda annoying when ur looking for something specific and no one can help you.

They ask to see your receipt when you leave the store.
I went in there today to see if they carry the dishwashing liquid I like. They didn’t so I walked back out. The lady stopped me and asked for my receipt. WHAT THE HELL? I didn’t buy anything from your store. I had a bag cuz I had leftover food in takeout boxes from a restaurant.
This isn’t Costco!
What is the point of asking to see the receipt? They are so paranoid here.
On the other hand, they do have oxtail. So I give them 3 stars for that.
ALWAYS check expiration dates here. I saw expired yogurt, expired spaghetti sauce, and expired roasted chestnuts.

This is the closest grocery store to my house, but I try to avoid it unless I just can’t deal with going further or just need to get a couple of things, or if I’m making an Asian dish with something I wouldn’t find at a different grocery.
The bad parts are that the space is small, aisles are narrow, floors are very dirty and grimy and it just looks quite rundown and uncared for. A lot of the produce is shrink-​wrapped in styrofoam flats, which I think they do to get people to buy the undesirable items since you have to buy the package which might contain some very old or overripe items that you can’t examine before buying. I’ve had shrimp from here, but their meat department looks dirty and gross and I avoid buying meat from here – it creeps me out.
I read people on Unilocal making the excuse of «it’s a Chinese grocery.» Yes, I understand that they’re not going to have decent selections of cheeses, wines, decent breads and other European-​style foods. In fact, I couldn’t even find canned tomatoes. But c’mon, they can do better as far as cleanliness. «A chinese grocery» is not a good excuse for the general grossness. I’ve gone grocery shopping in Hong Kong as well as other Chinese groceries in the Bay Area like 99 Ranch and other smaller places. None of the others had the same extent of problems such as grime, spoiling foods, pests and stench. I know this isn’t only a Chinese cultural thing because other Chinese groceries do quite a lot better than this place. I’m sure there are parts of China that are worse – but I guess I expect more and it seems like other Chinese here have a higher standard, too. The people working there haven’t been rude to me, unlike what some other reviewers say – though they might not greet you at the checkout or tell you the total. I just figured some were not comfortable speaking English.
Now for the good things. They are close to my house. Their prices are pretty good. They have some European chocolates like Lindt and random French butter cookies with fruit jelly in the center. They have a good supply of Asian sauces and things like rice-​paper wrappers for spring rolls. They probably have what you need for making many Asian dishes. Their produce also has many Asian items that you wouldn’t find in Lucky, Safeway or Trader Joes. Yes, I bought banana blossoms on a whim there once.
So overall, I’d go here if getting Asian ingredients is a priority and it’s the closest place and you are ok with some general dirtiness and maybe some sub-​par produce mixed in. Otherwise, I’d probably go elsewhere to other groceries or Asian groceries somewhere else if you have the option.

I hadn’t been here since the rotten meat incident in 2011. I dropped by to pick up bitter melon to cook a large pan of pinakbet for a Pinoy potluck. Grabbed the pre-​packaged pack of five being sold on a styrofoam tray. The bottom four are moldy and should have been in the compost bin; and not on the shelf for sale! Shame on Sunset Super for their packaging practices!!!

This place is Chinese, so naturally, expect quality control to be NON-​EXISTENT here. They’ll sell old produce to the detriment of customers so as to not waste product. It’s just how it is.
–The greens are infested with insects, so wash thoroughly.
–All of the steaks I’ve bought have that old smell to it.
–I just bought a pack of chicken thighs today. When I opened it up, I got blasted in the face by rotten chicken fart.
That last line item drove me to write this review.

Ask people to form a line at the fish dept! Some of the customers are shameless and have no regard for people who do wait in line. This ain’t China! Frigging peasants! (I am from China but I learned to wait in line pretty darn fast.)

I live down the street from Sunset Super and I really want to love it. Unfortunately, we purchased meat there and it was chewy, like really chewy and didn’t seem fresh at all. I also don’t like how much of the produce is wrapped in plastic.

Oh, nooooo! Fresh Fong Kee Soy Milk really isn’t! It said it expires on 4 – 10 next month. What the heck?! It’s not even April yet! Sunset Super FAIL. Booooo…

Aisles are a little cramped as is, so if you come on a weekend, it’ll really test your patience. They also started pre-​packing all produce which is convenient at times, annoying at others. It’s convenient cause it prevents people from squeezing and squishing the produce to see if it’s good… but other times, when you need just one of something… you’ll get stuck with two or three instead, unless you decide to break the packaging… BUT if you do, they charge more for the item individually. So suck it up and plan multiple recipes instead.
Produce is pretty fresh and the butchers readily recommend the best cuts for whatever you are looking to prepare. One even took the time to explain (and point out) what I should look for when shopping for pork chops.
They have a tiny parking lot, max 10 cars… but street parking is pretty easy this far down on Vicente… really, your only competition for parking is from kids/​families visiting South Sunset Playground.

Excellent freshness and good prices. Bad parking… making fresh garlic noodles nearby, so came to this convenient Chinese market. Plenty of fresh and dried to choose from…
They didn’t carry any kongxincai — but they did have very good jackfruit chips!

Dang You Sunset Stuper… Why do you have to be so blatantly ignorant to how unclean your basket /​carts have become???
The little red ones… Yea the ones that little Asian grandmas roll around the nasty store floor all day like its their carry-​on item.
Yep the ones stacked up high so that the little black wheels that have been-​a-​draggin thru the funk are now sharing the funk.
What.Where is the funk? All over the inside of the carts where we just so happen to place our food. Brilliant!
Now I’m not even that big of a germa-​phobe but this is just NASS-​TEA… Hell I might as well be practicing soccer with my water melon juggling it to the cashier. I’m sure the stockers would appreciate my love for the sport. I’m sure to hear a shouted ‘Orale’ or two.
So I guess its not all that bad since there is a silver lining, I’m finally commited to using my own shopping bag 100% of the time because I’d rather not have your Asian grandma’s shoe scrapings on my fresh produce.
Now for those of you that forgot your own bag… remember…Wash Rinse Repeat.