A & A International Food — Attraction in Charlotte

Few days ago I bought approximately 200g of chocolade candies "Lastochka" that were advertised as original Russian but actually I got a mix of true Russian cookies made by Moscow company OAO Rot Front / Red October and counterfeit ones made by no-name company from Santa Cruze de Tenerife, Spain. There was a ratio of 1/10 between true and calcified ones in the mix. By the way, falsified ones have a different shape, packed differently (see the pictures attached), and tested horribly. I doubt that there is any real chocolate in them other then pure soу.

Obviously, this mixture of true and falsified items was done intentionally. I had never had this kind of experience here in the past.

To sum up, I have to check what I buy here or just go to another store for authentic food products.

PS: Ashot, the store owner wrote a comment on my initial review . I updated some details accordingly. I hope he can better monitor quality of his...

I LOVE this newer, bigger, renovated place so much better than their last one. Cleaner, three isles instead of one, therefore there times more product options. Food from all over Eastern Europe, from the few labels I red: Russian, Polish, Moldovan/Romanian, Azerbaijan, and many others. They even have a small section for wine bottles from the Russian winery I had the privilege of seeing in Chapel Hill. Fresh dairy products and sausages in the deli section. Bigger bear selection, a ton of jarred goods and a "heavenly Lage" section of tea varieties. So excited the are at a more accessible location. Oh yes, and the best thing! The owner was there, stocking sheds WITH her kids! She came up to me said hello with a bug smile offered help. She is super kind, genuine and warm hearted. And her worker/employee lady was really nice as well. Simple people that showed great "American style" customer service. I am definitely going back...

This is a fantastic Russian grocery store. I visited it for the first time today after reading the mixed reviews on google and Yelp.

The people are friendly and helpful. It is quite unfortunate that Americans are giving such low ratings due the fact that the owners have a mandatory mask mandate and request the use of hand sanitizer. One must understand that the American attitude of “customer is always right” and store employees doting upon rude customers is a purely American phenomenon- it is not this way in other countries and is certainly not this way in Russia.

If you do not enter with an attitude of entitlement and instead humble yourself a bit to experience a taste of the rich culture and foods of Russia, you will not be so disappointed.

P.S. the array and variety of products here are quite rare, and high quality, difficult to find this selection in other Russian store.

Overall, i would highly...