Spice Bazaar — Attraction in Durham

The storekeeper sells packaged frozen goods that have not been adequately frozen in storage. As a result, the food being sold is sometimes “re-frozen” stuff. When my wife reported this issue to the storekeeper, he made a sad face and said that his shop had experienced a power failure as a consequence of which the entire products being stored in the freezer had thawed out and frozen again. He did not reimburse us for our purchases (approx.. $21) but offered instead two samosas ($1.98) in goodwill. On another occasion, she requested two packets of frozen Aaloo paranthas (potato flat bread); he said he would personally fetch those for her and tried to rip her off by putting one Aaloo parantha packet over a plain parantha packet. Apparently, he had only one packet of the former and tried to fob her off with a different kind of bread. Luckily, she called him on it. During Eid, we purchased a packet of phirni. It was so old, that when we opened the packet the rancid smell was such that we had to wrap the phirni in a separate bag and leave it outside our house. My wife also bought 2 packets of frozen Shrikhand (sweet, thick yogurt) during Janmashtami and found out later that the packet had expired. It tasted like cardboard. Lastly, when we wanted to buy a little bit of plantain chips for the first time, his teenage son was behind the counter. The son looked at his dad and asked him which paper bag to use. The storekeeper replied in Malyalam, use the largest bag and charge her. He didn’t realize that my wife is a south Indian myself and could understand what was being said! The storekeeper has no ethics whatsoever. Do not let him take...

I generally don’t write reviews, but felt like I should write one, since I see someone intentially trying to harm and bad mouth a small family run store. I am neither a relative nor a family member of the owners of spice bazaar .

I have been living in Chapel Hill for last 1.5 years and have been visiting Spice Bazaar ever since. We used to buy fresh chips and samosas every time. We never found that bad and even my 20 month old child likes it .No parent will give bad food to their child. Shop owner always uses tongs/gloves to get samosas and chips. Be assured if anyone use hands I will never buy.

It’s a small and decent store and it’s been a good place for people in and around Chapel Hill to buy Indian food items.

After reading the bad review below, I feel like the person visited this place several times in the past and looks like had fallout with some one and decided to badmouth. If you don’t like samasos and chips please don’t buy, but there are other people in the community who likes and love to eat it.

Anyway, Spice Bazaar please continue with the good work you are doing and bring the...

I've been here 3-4 times as this is the only store close to me. I always end up with some expired goods, but the last time was quite awful. I got spicy bhel mix, which smelled like rank old oil the minute I opened it. I even tried to let it air out and bake it, but it was inedible. $6 down the drain. Kurkure was old but at least edible.

There were pricing issues- samosas were labeled 2/$6 or $4 each, so I bought 2 packets but I checked the receipt when I got home and they were rung up as $4. Same with kurkure- labeled 4/$5 but I bought 4 packs and was charged $1.5 each. Will not...