Apna Bazaar Cash & Carry

I am writing to express my concerns about the Bournvita sold at your store, as my recent experiences have been less than satisfactory. The orange cap Bournvita I purchased not only differs significantly from the authentic product, but it also caused gastric discomfort and skin rashes after consumption. This raises suspicions of it being a counterfeit version of the original Cadbury product. I urge customers to exercise caution when considering this disappointing copy.

Does one employee really intend to verify all of the clients' receipts? Invest in more security cameras and retail upgrades if you are really worried about shoplifting. Disgusting!

I am very disappointed how cashier service works.
Even though I waited on the line.
The cashier took 2 persons behind me because they had 1 item. Even though you pay for the bag they don't bother to put it inside.
No discipline or respect for the person who waited long.

Same thing with customer no respect for the person who is had of them.
It because they been doing it for long and no1 doesn't complain.

Went there today to purchase some Guyanese Bora. The management (lady) was very rude. I asked her a question and she shunned me and walked away, then when I got to the cashier, all the family members were arguing over some bill and totally ignored me again. After waiting several minutes, a man cash my item. I wonder how this place manages to stay in business, with that kind of attitude toward their customers.

Large selection of mainly South Asian products, very big store by city standards. Produce is always priced competitively and fresh when in season (if out of season buyer beware). Easy access via the E, F, M, R and 7 trains. A Jackson Heights classic.

Rude Management and Great cashiers. No Parking place for the customers causing serious traffic jam. Product quality not good. Not hygienic environment. Good variety of ethnic foods.

Very bad customers and very rude doesn’t speak English or what customer need thy never listen specially manager bad mount attitude must be change

I have been shopping here for a long time for Indian grocery. But today had the worst experience. They were very rude and stared yelling because i refused to give them my photo ID in order to take the cart to my car after shopping. After I told them I have never given my photo ID to take the cart to the car to unload, he was extremely rude. I told him if this is the case I will not return, he told me you don't have to return. Looks like new management, this has never been the case in the past they were very nice.

This place is nice the manger is really kind and some groceries are fresh and they are really tasty but sometimes the cashiers do like to scam you they will charge money this lady knows that everyone knows that shes scamming people but she didn't stop she kept continues to scam people. Overall this is a nice place

I dropped in here by chance when passing by to get some food but was appalled by the inappropriate attitude of the shop’s manager Kumar. Managers are supposed to be welcoming and considerate, but Kumar is clearly an exception to the rule and can’t care less about his customers and the shop’s reputation. It’s a shame that a lot of hard work is put into maintaining this store with so many entrepreneurs supplying their precious products here, but managers like Kumar completely nullify their value and fail to represent it with dignity and respect.

: (THE MEAT SAYS IT IS HALAL BUT ITS NOT ZABIHA HALAL! BAD VEGETABLE NOT FRESH. And please tell those uncle to stop staring at u its very scary

This outlet has a large variety of veggies and fruits and other items. However you won’t find any MDH or EVEREST spices here. Also everything is in bulk/wholesale packets not prices though!

Cold cut seems like a nightmare. I showed & told the person to cut a particular Raan. He pointed too but when I reached home I was given the meat that I use to serve dogs!

However, the Sikh guy outside the store near the green coconut stack is pretty helpful and courteous and other senior staff as well.

Ladies staff are courteous too. Only the two store looks a little messed up, over crowded & dirty.

Recommend only in desperate needs due to prices

Other then the customers double parking outside, the place delivers. Cant really blame em for the customers though.

Isles are too congested. Fruits are not that fresh most of the time. Vegetables and spices are much better compared to other items. Frozen fish is available but fridges are not well maintain to keep frozen fish in good condition.
They have the most widest variety of rice that I've seen so far. Price of the goods is very much competitive to any other store where bangladeshi, indian and Pakistani grocery is available.
Sidewalk on both sides are occupied by them and rarely it is been cleaned.

Cashier seemed a bit rude and when I got home one of the items I was charged for wasn't in my bags.

The peanut we bought from there is obviously bad.though price is cheap, but watch for cancer risk.

This is a 3-star place, but i add 1-star for being 24/7 and 1-star for always stocking 15mo good tetley loose affordably (patel dropped this line). I echo most complaints here that employees are too busy and poor english to be much help, worse half the inventory isn't priced or shelf prices are not current and there is no customer self scan price kiosk, so you have to price check at a cashier which is impractical when they get busy.this really hurts their business because i would buy 50% more each visit if i knew what things would cost at checkout so i could actually comparison shop while walking the aisles.they don't sell Jyoti or other canned sides, only 9oz side packs from mtr, ashoka and haldirams (some are vegan). They do have an wide selection of low price asian rice varieties and bag sizes.i visit this bike friendly place every 4 months - sadly since their major renovation a few years ago, not much has improved here.

Apna is a supermarket with rather fair and efficient Customer Service and pricing. When Pandemics hit NYC in early 2020, almost all supermarkets had some sorts of logistics troubles which caused inventory and merchandise shortage and, then, price increase. Probably a few exception supermarkets in Queens is Apna which seems to be owned and managed by South Asians.

The supermarkets mainly for sale of farm products [vegetable and fruit], mixed nuts, rice, flour, grain, dairy, south Asian bakeries, cooking ingredients, tea, and cooking equipment- did have human casualty or employees who were infected by Covid-19 virus, the supermarket closed a few days, set up plastics partitions in cashiers sections for Covid-19 risk management, changed inventory and delivery system, and it reopened to serve large number of customers in Jackson Heights and other Queens residents.

To my surprise is that the supermarket did not raise any price on most food and non-food items from the beginning of the pandemics. Then, it seems that it also tries to source and sell any vegetable and fruit items, which are over production and supply, at even lower price in their stores. In recent days, Apana was selling blue berries at $ 1 for 4 6-oz containers and large naval orange at $ 2 for 5 oranges.and $ 3.99 for 4 pounds of chickpeas.

I remember that in Mid May or June 2020, I did stand in line for a few supermarkets, including Key Food, Food Universe, and compare them to the price of Apana for low-fat Yogurt, eggs, and I was surprised that Apna was selling the same item- brand name and quantity- for about 30% to 40% lower in price.

Apana does earn my respect for its customer-service consciousness and logistics efficient, and their fair pricing policy during Covid-19 pandemics.

Most of the worker Rudy unfriendly especially night time. Guys very careful when you leave the counter they’re try to cheating.

The MEAT department (Mamas Halal Meats Inc {ms.choi}) are apparently making too much money. The butchers are not trained to listen to customer requirements. You could spend $40 on goat meat and they don't care to listen to how you want it carved or dressed. Plus butcher's are not trained to cut meat the way it should be done. Everything is "curry cut" in odd shapes and sized, as if cutting red meat was like cutting wood.

This place has better prices then the store next to it. Also they have done some renovations and its now more open. They carry large variety of veg and fruits. Also they carry American Pure Honey. LOCAL FRESH RAW and NATURAL. Love it

The cashier says, the store manager will help you to find out the stuff that you want but the manager is super rude
He doesn’t even response what we asked for

Please improve your service quality.

This supermarket is well stocked and open 24hrs which is super accommodating and convenient for customers but the energy of this place feels a bit chaotic.

Produce is fresh and cheap only thing they need to improve on is the traffic inside the store. Also they dont have everything I wanted

I wish I gave this place - infinity stars. I happen to walk into the store for the second time the same day when all of the sudden one of the workers loses his cool at me, calls me crazy after I ask for something. Then I hop on a phone call, spoke Arabic over the phone, the same worker who screamed at me with the cap backwards and a vest follows me around and at one of the aisles he calls back up claiming I was in the store for 2 hours when in reality I was in there for 7 mins. Both workers who were Indian or Bangladeshi screamed at me while I was calm trying to explain I was here for 10 mins and not 2 hours but I ended up getting kicked out. If this store is business, why treat other people with different ethnicity differently?

Too little space even for walking, and over crowded counter tables. Staff NOT friendly by any means. Things are Not cheap.

Okay I won’t say this store deserves a 0 but yeah it does deserves a 1. Things use to be cheap and some things are still cheap but now they are turning it pricey. Not only that there are a lot of things that I have seen expired. So my suggestion is before buying anything make sure to see the expiration date as it can be expired and very moldy with fungus, and later when you come back to return that item even with receipt they won’t return or refund. You have to be really careful while shopping here and plus people have no social distance here so don’t bring your kids!

I wish I could give them zero stars don’t even deserve one star. Selling expired with foul smell and bitter Paneer spoke to manager for exchange. Manager was rude to my wife refused to take care of legitimate situation selling Paneer expired on 4th Mar, 2020 on 9th April, 2020. Manager kept telling No Exchange even after telling him about the expired product which they were selling. Had to call the cops. I would recommend everyone not to buy products from them. The entire staff is rude and uncooperative.

My favorite 24 hour convenience store serving the entire community in terms of demographically designated area.

I purchased one of the spices on march 15 that they are selling over price. I went back to store next day exchange thay item but they refused to exchange it. I spoke with store manager SHARMA and show that receipt. On recipet clearly say refund or exchange with 7 days but he refused.

Very disrespectful and rude employees who works on the floor, they all cursing in the Spanish language.better not to go there

I am never coming back to this shop again. They are thieves and keep one or two items after bill payment and the lady in the cash counter shouts with customer when she was asked politely, on top saying this is customer’s fault and started behaving bad with the customer. You hand over the bags to customer and rush through because long queues behind and not having enough counters or places in your supermarket you are saying it is customer’s fault! Some more do not even looking after how is your workers are behaving with the customers you just opened a market! It previously happened and today again same mistake and do not even know how many times it happened before! Even mistakenly if customers left things then you unpacked that and kept back in the shelves! I do not understand really why no authority to audit this type of stuffs in USA! Also Management must not hire thieves and bad behaving people as this is USA not India and law is equal for all. Nobody will get away harassing the customers here please remember that.

Always a pleasure coming to this supermarket. I love how they have fresh produces. People who work there are very welcoming and helpful. I love all the Indian snacks that they carry. Would definitely recommend everyone to go and fresh produces and snacks plus they have halal meat there as well.

I honestly can’t rate this place any less than 5 star.
I’ve been coming here for the past 22 years, since when I was a kid. I used to shop here with my family. I still remember my father teaching me how to pick the right vegetables lol. Every time I go there, it reminds me of my father. My father is gone now but the memories remained
Anyway you could almost find any desi house items, groceries and vegetables, fruits here and it’s always fresh. The employees are great some are really friendly, however you can’t really rate this store by employees because they are always changing, but I good say great job. Recently they expended the store because Sabzi Mandi has closedown, so they took their spot. It was already huge now it’s even bigger.
Who ever is managing this place is doing a great job. Keep it up

Unprofessional! Rude! Discriminative! All these things you will get in your shopping cart when you are shopping there! Go there if don’t care about how bad the management behaves with you. Don’t go if you care about your prestige.

Extremely rude employees and filing a complaint to the manager like talking to a dead person - no reaction! Really sad! After patronizing more than 25 years might not go back ever again.

I was very disappointed to see how rude the behavior of most of the staffS, especially the manager with Bangladeshi people. Almost 80% of their customers are Bangladeshi. Every time I asked their staffs for any help they either ignore me or was rude talking to me. I felt discriminated and I think the reason is my nationality. The wired thing about this place is although majority of their customers are Bangladeshi but they haven’t hired a single Bangladeshi staff although they have Spanish people working for them. When a Bangladeshi customers try to communicate with them he/she either has to use Hindi or English to talk to them. Their staffs won’t use a single Bengali word to make it easy for their customer. I think unless they learn some Bengali to communicate or stop being rude, Bangladeshi people should avoid this place to shop.

Did they get extra Item In the first Counter Then they give me money back And they never say anything It mean cheating

Great local spot for Indian food ingredients. Prices are the most reasonable I've seen in NYC. $. 99 avocados and eggplant less than $1 per pound. It's a bit of a hike to Jackson Heights from the city, but it's worth it. Accept cash and credit including AMEX. Parking is difficult, but it's very close to the E and F line.

Never Ever Going there back. Staffs are very unprofessional. There is a employee named Roma or Rama, she is very disrespectful. They don't know how to serve their customers. Please don't ruin your day by going there.

Apna bazaar grocery is ok. Inside apna bazaar there is meat shop which is dirty, old meat and all the works don’t know English. So I recommend you all to not go there if you wanna stay healthy and safe.

During the day, it's really busy and there's lots of cashiers on staff to help with the checkout to make things as quick as possible.

At night after 9pm, however, it can still be really busy and there's only a handful (maybe less) of cashiers on staff working checkout. The lines tend to be long and the wait to get to the front tends to be even longer.

This location always has what I need though, so it's worth the wait, sort of.

First time coming back after they renovated the store and doubled their space. Compared to other Indian Supermarkets in the area, their vegetable prices were lower than what I had paid for 30 minutes ago. This should be your first stop and be happy with what you are getting as it is the same quality in Jackson Heights, but they have some much of it that they pass the savings onto the consumer.

Best place to get fresh fruits and veggies. Cheaper price compared to others. Love the edition of halal meat now.