Reviews of Desi Mandi (Fruit Store)

Dawood Younis

Great service from the staff and great experience. Desi Mandi had all the products I was looking for and had great selection of Indian Pakistani and Arabic products. Had fresh food offerings as well. Very fresh halal meat section as well - fresh chicken, goat, lamb, beef, and veal!

Vishal Patel

I was happy to visit Desi Mandi in Burlington, One of the Best place for Indian and Canadian grocery, with many varieties of products. Food at the restaurant is authentic Indian taste., with lots of varieties of dishes. This store is clean …

Alwyn Dsouza

Great place in Burlington for Indian groceries. The restaurant has good food too.

Madhuri Maddipatla

My first visit to Desimandi. The store is organized, has all one needs specially there's a restaurant in the background. I purchased 3 items and very disappointed with the quality/taste. …

Janvi Mehta

Full grand Indian grocery Will save a lot for me to go to Brampton/ Mississauga for groceries And they have food court too ???? Let's see how it goes

Haritha

Visited on Saturday and felt really amazed with the great selection of Indian groceries and foods, which speaks of the uncompromising effort put into by the team. Spacious design gives more comfort shopping through the aisles. I was surprised to see them serve fresh prepared food, dosa and sweets. Will be going back soon.

Tam Pham-Gamon

EDIT: Contacted the store, they were very nice about everything and explained the misunderstanding. Ended up getting my samosas, and they were even kind enough to give additional complimentary items! Met the owner (which I wasn't expecting) and he was a very nice and genuine person! Thanks so much. -------------------------------------------------- Ordered sambar idli, medu vada, and samosas. They forgot to give me the samosas and I didn't realize until I got home. Can't go back to complain because the lady at the counter didn't give me a receipt. $7 just for 2 pieces of medu vada, seems quite expensive. Taste of everything was good, but service was poor. Probably won't go back again, which is a shame as I had been really excited to come here for a while.

AJAY KATARE

Desi Mandi is a first of it’s kind Indian groceries store that celebrated Diwali in a grand fiesta!!Their exquisite spread of authentic Indian multi-cuisine food is awesome they offer variety of mithai-sweets, snacks like samosas, paneer puff/ tikka’s, vada-pav, chat-papdi and scrumptious biryani with fresh ingredients is a must try.

Thomas Lombara

Nice shop with a good variety. My wife and I enjoyed the hot food cooked fresh and grabbed some groceries while there. Looking forward to trying more options on the menu next time!

Subash Kumar

Spacious, clean and well maintained store with excellent covid protocols in place for a safe shopping experience. Been to this store couple of times and experience so far has been supreme. The staff and management are very polite and courteous.

Hiral Jani

Best place to get each and every thing from tooth brush to utensils or flowers, any stuff related to pooja, etc you name and they will have it. Price is high but it’s convenient to get it in Burlington.

Andrey Tsirulnikov

Indian Heaven. You can find everything you want

E 90

Nicely stocked grocery store but their South Indian food at the restaurant IS AMAZING. Some of the best I’ve ever had in Canada. Highly recommend it.

Michelle

Absolutely one of the cleanest grocery stores I've seen! Extremely friendly and knowledgeable staff. The shelves are tidy and organized. The gentleman behind the hot table (Joshua maybe) was fantastic. Explained every item available. Everything is fresh and made to order in some cases. He was a pleasure to deal with. Great experience!!!

Samir Mondal

A much awaited Indian grocers, halal and eatery in Burlington. Loved the veggie section. Haven't tried the eatery and halal but heard great feedback from friends.

Rohan Bhajekar

Great Indian store with loads of options to choose from. Groceries are fresh, they have excellent meat options as well. They have in-store deals on groceries items. What I like the most is the restaurant with daily and weekly specials. They also have good options for Indian sweets and desserts. IMO this store has great customer service compared to other indian stores I have visited. They are now expanding their store and I am just waiting for a paan shop in there.

Mohit S

Great big location with ample parking and ample space within the store. This is the Desi store to go to if you need anything. No need to drive down Brampton or Mississauga. The only drawback is Meat is halal only, something they should rethink. Prices seems to be at par with other Indian stores but sometimes Walmart and Freshco have better prices for most Indian grocery compared to prices here.

Jishang Tailor

Never thought I'd say this but this is the first ever Desi store in Canada that has exceeded my expectations; both in terms of customer service and quality of products they have (both packaged and made-to-order). You get everything that you would in Brampton/Missi stores. Staff is really good here - super helpful and friendly. Now the next hurdle is to see if they can keep up with the great beginning.

Pranav Bhatt

It was reasonable in starting now its over priced. I dont recommend. They have good inventory and stock arrangement is good.

gaurav gangothra

I am regular customer but I am disappointed today , I was waiting on meat counter to get meat and person in a cap saw me and ignores and did not take my order. I will not come back again. People who worked before on meat station were so nice and they know how to provide service for customer. Today I am really disappointed with the service. Get response from owner and he is really nice person and he told me will make sure it will not happen again, so I am changing my review to 5 star because of owner Raj only .

Junaid Asif

Had everything that people need for groceries and take away indian food. Really liked this store

kunal chopra

Great Indian Grocery store. Prices are good, good variety. You can get almost all the Indian stuff. Good cooked meal options are also available!!

Arefin Chowdhury

New indian store..vegetables weren't fresh..lots of deshi items..meat section is ok but not looking great..hot table and indian sweets available..no whole fish. One cash counter was open but wasnt good with greetings. Overall need some improvements..theres potential to be a hot spot for sub continent customers

ERSAD SEK

I bought lentil packet of 8LB which offer price was 8.99$ and original selling price was 11.99 but still they bill it 11.99 without offer price . When I saw my bill later and asked them they refused that there were no offer on that product Second- I bought a Dabur gulabari rose water and clearly it was mentioned on the packet there is a free cotton ball pouch . They gave me that pouch with rose water but billing time they bill it 3$ which was free. I must say these things are not mistakenly doing but I can say they are cheating with customers. My advice will to people who do shopping with them , please check your bill and match the prices what is written there before leave the shop

Patti Moorcroft-Tasker

Oh boy... what a great place! My first time there and went in to see if they sold grapes... and check out the store. Found my grapes (nice & fresh) and they have a ton of exotic fruits and vegetables. I don't think anything is missing in this south asian grocery. When I found the deli in the back I was more than pleasantly surprised. Take home dinner this night! It was wonderful! I highly recommend!

Pankaj Tank

Great collection of organic food. I found everything I was looking for. Near and dear!!!

Steve Parsons

A tremendous range of produce, spices as well as snacks, tea and cookies. We’ll be going back!

Rahul Shah

Gone are the days of lacklustre, sad looking items & the lack of effort (and smiles) on the part of other Indian Grocery Store owners. …

Ashutosh Dutta

Good shopping place for ethnic groceries and prepared food.

Salem Kadu

Great place to get Indian stuff. Good variety. Good prices and great staff. Good luck guys! Hope you also come to Niagara.

Shashank Dixit

Went for Indian groceries and found they sell appetizers and Biryanis too along with marinated veg and non vegetarian servings.Very well organized and Convenient Location, next to Burlington Costco and Spacious inside.

Naba Khan

Very spacious and clean. Did not have proper bathroom access for customers. Had an excellent choice of vegetables. They even had fresh sprouted vegetables. If anyone is looking for a Charpai , then you surely can find it here. The meat shop had marinated stuff which we brought home to BBQ, but turned out bland and tasteless. It was filled with color. Great option for desi grocery overall though.

Zdravko Kekerovic

Poor performance, store has a lot to offer, but staff needs some training especially food department. Going back for sure

Manish Jauhari

Nice place to shop for your all Indian grocery needs. Ample variety available for most of the products. Enjoyed the Diwali shopping. The food in the in-store food-junction is good as well.

Sandeep Singh

I like visiting this place as you’ll get plenty of fresh Indian vegetables and fruits options which are not available in giant supermarkets. Moreover, the frozen food item section has tons of variety, anything frozen related to Indian food market you can think of you’ll probably get it here. Furthermore the variety in spices and condiments section is immense. I also like the way everything is neat and clean and well managed. You can also find festival related items here.

kaleemullah Khan

The place is very neat and clean۔ Staff is cooperative and friendly۔ You can get all your back home stuff under one roof and especially meat is fresh and Halal۔

brian colaco

Finally......a great Eastern style grocery store for all your spices, pulses, cereals, snacks, fruits and veggies, butchery with fresh marinated meats for the BBQ, takeout Indian food both veg and non veg and sweets! Great customer service, polite and helpful staff! I was very impressed and bought a whole lot of good fresh ingredients and yummy takeout for supper????

Kannan Sundaram

Pleasantly surprised on how clean and well maintained the store continues to be in each visit. Shelves are always well stocked, great fresh produce section and the best part of it is the hot food. The Hyderabadi style Chicken Biryani and Samosas tastes amazing. You also get such a nice customer service that usually is non-existent in such big box Indian grocery stores elsewhere. The owners and employees clearly care about customer satisfaction and it shows in all aspects of the store.

Raj Bhatia

I went to Desi Mandi at 2:00pm on 1st jan 2022, there was a white male without Mask freely shopping inside. During this Omicron surge where everything in Halton is getting closed, Desi Mandi is letting customers inside without Mask. I raised to casher, and she said Owner knows about this and he has exception, and we don't care as this is a small shop. When asked did you see the exemption letter, they had no response. So let me tell you guys, being a NP, Desi Mandi is not a small store, it is size of fresco or no-frills and this would not have happened there. Also, he was only one roaming freely touching the stuff and keeping back on rack. Everyone one else was wearing mask. As I felt he got free pass because either Desi Mandi owner don't care or they let him have his way because he is white. Either way, I am going to raise it to halton health and see where we go from there. Also, if you are immune compromised, think being going to Desi mandi. TL, DR :- If you want to get some desi stuff, this is a great place, but you will have a risk to getting exposed to COVID. As, owner replied to all reviews here, I want to see the reasoning behind this. You can't deny this as I have photos and videos of this guy without mask touching and smelling stuff and then keeping it back on rack and your staff there watching doing nothing

Venkata Doddi

Went for Indian groceries and found they sell Hyd Chicken and Mutton Dum Biryani. Both tastes yummy and fresh. Got some sweets and spicy Chicken/Veg Samosas too. Convenient Location, next to Burlington Costco and Spacious inside.

NS Sidhu

Our family and friends always go to this place for grocery and sweets. We order food today. The paneer curry and naan was not properly cooked. It was tasteless. It was around 9 pm. I think they were going to close thats why they messed up with food. I will never order food again from this place

Hari Ganesh Mani

Good variety of items, great quality. Helpful staff.

Indo Priya

Our go to place for buying Indian groceries. The store has everything you will ever need in an Indian household. The customer service is also very good. Pleasing billing counter experience ????????

Kalpesh Makwana

There are desi groceries and then there is Desi Mandi. This place probably has the widest variety/range of fresh/packaged food minus the usual negatives of a small store. The store is big. The alleys are wide. The place is well lit. The overall hygiene and cleanliness is significantly better here compared to competition.

Wes

Lots of Indian food products and spices, with fresh food service. Prices were reasonable. I will definitely need to further educate myself on Indian cuisines and visit again.

khalid khan

Quite a good selection of products. Was happy to see a desi store finally in our area. Produce and meat seem a bit hit and miss but clean store and good service and pricing.

nani v

Decent Indian grocery store. I found almost everything I was looking for. But the prices seem to be on the higher side compared to other Indian stores in GTA. Was expecting fresh vegetables based on the other reviews but most of the vegetables are not fresh. Maybe I will visit again to see if I can change my opinion.

Chetan Kohadkar

Horrible mutton. Never buy from here. I bought baby goat mutton from here. There were only bones in it and no flesh. Even the taste was not good at all as if it was sold stale.

D badwal

I would have given ZERO star if it was an option. The worst Indian grocery store, I've ever seen. I have been going there for a few weeks, since they opened the store. But after the customer service I received today, I'll never enter this store again. As a Burlingtonian I'll make sure I make as many people aware of this fact, as possible, so that people don't have high user experience expectation. I had a complaint, for which store manager didn't even bother to come and listen. The lady on the register just left and a very rude vegetable staking guy dealt with me and in a typical Pakistani tone, no customer service whatsoever. And I came out with resolution to my problem. Even the quality of fresh produce isn't the best. The cooked dishes and sweets are no where near of the quality we used to get from the other Indian store. I'll again start going there. They are such a nice community store, where people listen the customers. This store is big box store version of Indian grocery store, where no one care about if the customer is happy or not. Just a heads up - Make sure you check the price tags beforehand because they intentionally remove the price tag to mislead and sell their stuff.

Shuborna Green

Opposite from Costco. Clean and spacious. All sorts of awesome produce and products to try at least once. Can't wait to try the hot food. Will certainly be back

Ash B

Modern, neat, clean well organized and a wide variety of goods available. Hot meals are delicious and reasonably priced. Meat selection is great with several pre-marinated options included. Staff are friendly, atmosphere is really great and enough space in each aisle. No need to drive to Brampton anymore, great addition to the community. This is my new favourite store!

Sabrina Costa

Is a good place for Indian canadian groceries very fresh vegetables and good for Indian massla snacks etc no harm in checking it out

Rrr Ppp

Some of the best Indian food. It’s a hot table for takeout only. The pre-seasoned meats are also amazing for the bbq.

Sangeeta Pathak

Horrible Customer Service. Highly overpriced items. Won't recommend to anyone. Store is making a fool of the public.

Boris Thomas

I have been to many Indian stores in the GTA area and Northern Ontario! None compares to Desi Mandi! With an extremely wide variety of available fresh fruit, vegetables, and halal …

Ajay Sharma

Great place for South Asain groceries. This location is big, clean and has a wide variety of selection of frozen, fresh produce and meat. It also has a hot food section and sweets. Highly recommend!

Shehnaz Farooq

Was missing such super store in this area. It's a nice spacious and organized place. You can get from grocery, meat to take out food. Helpful staff

Manjeet Kaur

Visited the store. Neat and clean. Vegetables are good.Lots of Variety in almost all the sections. Biggest East Indian store in the area near Costco, Burlington. …

rajdeep singh617

I have been there about two days ago for my grocery. No doubt, the prices were pretty affordable and the staff helped me very well in finding the goods.

Srini T

Don't go this store..The Food is very bad. Menu has something and they give you something. Also, selling expired items. Careful with the discounted items..mostly expired. And careful at the billing counter..They bill it and won't pack.