We wanted to check out the other oriental markets in the area and chose Kim Bros to roam. Staff was very, very nice. You are welcomed with an aisle of noodles and chips. They have some pretty unique chips but it was quite expensive, $5 a bag. They have the same selection as the other oriental stores such as meat, cookware, noodles, etc. The only thing that was a treat was their fish cake. It was delicious and worth the money!The place does get a bit cramped so just be ready to share the aisle with other shoppers. This place does price their items a little bit more expensive than the other oriental markets. We would probably return for just the fishcakes.
If I could give this store zero stars I honestly would. It was my first experience and last experience coming to this store and I was greeted with rude looks from the cashier because of this I was very uncomfortable shopping as a business owner myself I find it important to treat customers with kindness I mean they are paying me after all! The products at this store is very overpriced and the store is very unclean. After doing research of Korean stores around I found MD oriental market has WAY better prices and the cashiers don’t go out their way to make customers feel unwanted. After reading many other reviews I find I am not the only person who had to deal with such poor customer service. To whoever’s the owner please tell your employees to clean up their act wow.
I just discovered this hidden gem a couple of weeks ago while we were out shopping for furniture. I’m really glad we have something like this in Tampa because they are very well stocked for a small Korean grocery store.They have all of your basics for Korean seasoning, sauces, powders, as well as snacks and frozen foods.One thing that really surprised me was that they have a refrigerated section in the front right before you checkout with all sorts of homemade banchans (side dishes) as well as bibimbap kits! We had to grab some because we couldn’t find them anywhere ready-to-eat bibimbap kits besides Lotte Market in Orlando.Also, make sure to go on the weekend because they have hot ready to eat foods at the checkout counter! We got some freshly made kimchi buns and they were still warm to the touch when we got home! They also have homemade mochis too.They are definitely worth checking out!
Hands down best Korean mart around without having to drive all the way to Orlando. My wife is from South Korea and she is always looking for what she considers comfort food. They have a wide selection of the required ingredients and they are very polite and helpful. Just wish they were here in New Port Richey.
Great Korean cuisine selection with a super helpful and friendly staff!
Very nice little market. The employees were very nice and helpful
Love this shop, its usually my familys go to oriental market. The only issue is that there arent enough options so you end up finding out that there is that one item most oriental markets have and they end up not having it. Still a great place to go.
This is the place I usually go! They have a lot of options than other Korean markets in Tampa!I always get more stuffs than I planned here😅
Great variety of korean foods. prices are a bit high but I guess thats expected with the price/demand/availability in the area
Nice Korean grocery store, had most of what we were looking for.
Cool place, has mainly Korean and Japanese food. Very friend and helpful staff. Enjoyed our time there
This is the best Korean store in Tampa. They have just about everything you can think of. I haven’t found any other store that has a great variety like this one.
This place has a bit of everything Korean. It is a must place to go to shop for all the ingredients for cooking Korean cuisine. I also enjoy their ready made food such as Korean rice cake. I also bought a few pairs of indoor out door slippers from them. I always walk around to see what little cute Korean items are being sold there and have fun finding some new things for my kitchen.
Great selection of everything you need from Korean grocery store. Best fresh Kimchi around. Fresh sides too!
Best Asian store we think that is close to South Tampa. The young woman (owner?) behind the counter is super knowledgeable and tells it like it is on which item is good and worth the extra cost.
My friend and I went to their store. She bought black soybean powder. She open one bag and saw dead black bugs inside the bag and more and they are undividual bags. Pretty grose!. Heads up.. Please do not buy this. If you going to buy please mention the owner and pull out of the shelf. They should not reorder it!!! This is my seond time going to their store with my friend. I for sure would not buy this black soybean powder again!
The desired Korean foods were available and the prices were good.
This reminded me of Korean grocery store in Philadelphia back in 80s. Small, but carry good inventory.
Love this place!! They have so much variety of Korean food, alcohol, and household products. If your lucky you can pick up freshly made tteokbokki and even japchae
Had just what I was looking for that a friend told me they should have. Very nice employees too.
Great selection! Daughter-in-law in from Korea and she was able to find everything she wanted. She said she liked the market very much.
Love the great selection of Korean products! The fresh rice cakes are delicious 😋! Cant wait to go back.
A+ store a lil $$ but worth it. Swell owners.....
Hands down this is the best Korean grocer in the Tampa Bay area. Thats coming from someone who spent a summer in South Korea and is married to a Korean woman. I lived in Queens, NY for over a decade before moving to Florida.The staff are friendly and helpful and they have an excellent selection of products. They have a wide array of very authentic kimchi (when you first enter the store, turn right, it will be on your right.) They also have a decent selection of Korean side dishes (from the entrance, turn left, you will see them on the left and in front of you.)Around important Korean holidays (such as New Years) they have high quality homemade traditional staples like dduk guk (small rice cakes typically eaten in the New Years soup.)This place has been a lifesaver for me; if you are looking for authentic Korean ingredients in the Tampa Bay area, I do not know of a better source.
Following a specific asian recipe? This is your one stop for hard to find ingredients. Love the selection here
They didnt have everything I was looking for. However, I found some treats that I wasnt looking for. The young man ordering the register was warm and friendly. He laughed WITH me when I needed him to read some of the packaging that was written only in Korean. Its always a pleasure to shop here. It is a bit dirty in some areas, but to be fair, it is an older store.
The owner is super nice and theyre always stocked with delicious kimchi!
Great store, nice variety, helpful staff. 10/10
Good Korean market. Everything you would expect and friendly, helpful, efficient staff.
Reminds me of the local grocery I shopped at while teaching in Daegu, SK. Staff was very nice. Theyve got pretty much everything you could think of if youre looking for Korean ingredients, snacks, produce, or alcohol. Grabbed everything I was missing to make some proper kimchi and samgyeopsal at home. Definitely a cool find and will be back plenty while living in Tampa!
Happy to have found this place. Clean and bright with a lot of neat things to either try or stock up on.
Wonderful customer service
Best Korean market in the Tampa Bay area
Its a great store for Asian/oriental groceries. Staff is nice and friendly. Decent size store for a quick visit
I can buy kimchee 5 miles from my home, and from many other stores within my own city( Sarasota). We drive over an hour in grueling highway traffic to buy kimchee here. It is the best kimchee I have ever had, and I have had a lot, to put it mildly. The radish version is simply outstanding. The family that owns this store is lovely to do business with. They packed up my order for me to pick up outside last time, despite having a small staff (comprised of family members). I feel good about supporting this business. I have for years. It has been worth every awful trip to shop in this spotless store with delicious healthy food and kind helpful proprietors.
Stocked up on snacks, ramen, kimchi and candies. 10/10. Very friendly staff.
Very good customer experience
Great place for all your needs! The ramen selection is phenomenal, and they have alot more than just Korean food.
Clean, many varieties and nice ppl.
Love the place... you can get many goodies here.. if you like asian food and stuff this is the place to go!
Very clean with a variety of korean/Japanese items (which are usually limited in general oriental stores). Friendly staff & best homemade kimichi!
Great store. Incredible selections, wide variety. Pretty much find whatever youre looking for there.
Decent selection good prices
Great selection of Korean foods at fair prices, and easy to enter and exit the parking lot.
Great selection! Gimbap so fresh!!New spot for Korean goodies!
Has all my favorite korean grocery items. Im surprised this place has a good amount of japanese items too hidden in the mix. Also if you like chesnuts and see a chestnut cake on the counter when youre about to pay grab it! Best decision Ive ever made. Cheap black garlic and great selections for Tteok-bokki. Different kinds of rice cakes available in freezer section.
Excellent shopping mart. Oriental supper market. Extremely polite people and great service.
Great store and customer service 👏
Perfect place to get everything you need for a spicy meal chased down with somaek, also good deal on cookware! Favorite market in Tampa
Ive been shopping here for 20 years and love it! Large market with many different types of Asian food! From seafood, fresh veggies, pastries, soft drinks, kimchi, noodles and much, much more! Prices are reasonable and very friendly!
Great service! Tasty kimbob.
This is a good Oriental Store. Lots of very nice products that you cant find it other places.
Just went in for the special drinks that have the marbles in them for my daughter otherwise I would not go in there.
Friendly staff, excellent service .Find a lot of snacks and ingredients .
Local asian/korean market. Not going to be overwhelming like MD yet has most stuff. Friendliest staff you will find in any asian market in the area.
Nice selection, friendly staff
Very good Korean market. One or the better ones in the area. I was happy to find many of the things I wanted since moving down here to Tampa.
Would recommend this store to anyone I have been taking my mother in law & her sister hear for 20+ yrs & they are always nice & have everything we traveled for & there premie food is DELICIOUS
Their homemade items are the best!
I bought every ramen I could and loved the variety of items! ❤
One of my favorite markets in Tampa, they have a unique candy and snack collection, and the prices are decent.
They had what we were looking for and were friendly. We are very easy to please^^
Great noodle selection
The Best place for Korean Grocery store. Besides regular grocery items, they carry ready to eat light snacks and many side dishes. Fresh vegetables, some imported goods like acupuncture needles. The shop is really clean, well organised and the owner is very friendly. The store offers discounts on certain things.
Kim has great Kimchee
I love this store.
Great place
Absolutely love this place! I always leave with a basket full
This store has a variety of vegetables and spices and things you can only find here. Awesome place.
I love this store. I get lost in here everytime I go because Im looking at all the goodies I want to buy... Theres so much eye candy! But theres lots of great stuff that I can afford and I walk out the door with too. Yum, yum, yum!
Excellent variety with good prices.
I love the many different flavor and exotic packaging of Korean snack/food store
Always great,stocked well,friendly,good products.
Love it
Decided to stop in & browse the isles as I enjoy going off the beaten path & trying something new... This place had a plethora of Oriental foods & snack items BUT is in desperate need of an extreme deep cleaning.Upon entering I wasnt greeted with a cheerful welcome, instead my nostrils were assaulted by the most foul stentch & knew I wouldnt be making a purchase: many items on the shelves were dusty; the floors look as if they havent been cleaned in ages, there was a lot of stock piled up still in boxes & sadly I was further disappointed by an employee who seemed extremely perturbed by me trying to ask a question since she was busy watching TV...Hopefully this place will go under New Management who are compelled to give it an overhaul from top to bottom & everything inbetween.
My family and I have been shopping here for years. We find what we need at a reasonable price and the staff is always helpful & kind
This is BEST Korean market in town. They make their own food as well, and they are tasty!! They also carries powders that benefits health as well.
Love the spicy anchovies and spicy small crab dishes they have here.
Very helpful and friendly. Great customer service.
Very good choice of Korean ingredients. Overall a decent Asian market Nice selection friendly staff and the kimchi here is really good. Many hard-to-find items.
Perfect store to get all your Korean grocery needs.
Awesome stop for lunch
I would give this place ZERO STAR if I could..The owners are pretty Aggressive and Impolite!! Please watch out the expired products. I know I’m not going back to this place!
Good local Korean groceries. Especially they have small size which is good foe snow bird home or single person
Came here with my girlfriend she loved it so 5 stars.
Very friendly employees. Helped me find what I was looking for and even gave some receipe advise. Big store and plenty of selection. Definitely will be back.
Much cleaner and ginger was fresh... compared to other Asian markets Ive been to.
I like the variety they have especially the large selection of rice types. Prices are too high for many of the products and all the fresh vegetables.
I felt so happy going in and seeing all the ingridients that i needed to make kimchi. I was also happy to see that they already sell pre made Kimchi which i will definately stop by tomorrow to get some.
The owner and family are not nice. When we returned the items, he insulted us by talking Korean to their family member. Other families and ours have been buying in this place for many years. But instead of listening to the customer for their bad Kim Chi products. They are arguing to the customer, and bad attitude to return the money to us when we return the products. The true character of bad manner for this place make me and families will never comeback to this place. There are other Korean Store, which is cheaper. This store is selling products more expensive than others. We may never comeback to this place again.
Awesome selection and they have some hard to find products as well. Great stuff I love this place
Their Kimbop can use a little attention. Overall, I love the broad selection there.
Very Friendly Staff members, love to interact with them. This place is the great option if you love Korean stuff.
I found the sauce I wanted but I also wanted kimbap and it was all gone. People there are nice and they have a good supply of Asian foods.
Pretty good..prices are a little high though
Very home feeling small korean market