I recently visited MAIWAND Market on Fremont Blvd. in Fremont, CA. This grocery store specializes in authentic Afghan and Middle Eastern food, offering a wide range of products that cater to the Afghan community. They have a butcher shop with fresh, hand-cut and hand-slaughtered halal meat, a bakery with some of the best bread in the Bay Area, and a variety of sweets, spices, and home essentials.
While they offer a diverse selection of goods, their prices are slightly higher compared to other grocery stores. Street parking is limited and there is a large lot behind the store. Customer service is average—not great, but not terrible either.
On the other hand, Maiwand Market & Grocery Store has some issues that need improvement, particularly in their bakery section. The bakery staff is rude and needs to work on their attitude. Unfortunately, they treat customers differently, which is unacceptable. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and fairness, regardless of who they are. While the store may offer good products, their customer service needs serious improvement before I could recommend them.
Overall, I’d rate this store 4 out of 5 for its authentic selection, quality meat, and excellent bread, despite the slightly...
Read moreI few things I like about this place
Some frozen halal food Awesome large Afghani bread for $2. If you pass near the shop the smell of the bread makes you hungry. The bread is definitely worth a try. Then there are some sweets which are good especially the Baklava They have home made fresh cream which goes well with their bread.
Used to be my favorite goto place for raw meet but not anymore. The butcher is not very friendly and will give you meat as per his wishes and not what you ask for. He would try to sell you more than you ask for, even insist at times. Will refuse to cut the meat sometimes saying you can do it at home. Basically he will argue and try to have...
Read moreVery poor customer service, the owner in-front on the register doesn’t know how to speak with clients and so expensive every thing compared to other afghani shops. Secondly the owner on the front register is thief by counting extra money on random groceries. While checking on price he made excuses and also yelling on me that each day prices getting high on each items. Than he gave me the items with the exact price when I showed him the proof for last purchased which I got one day before from his coworker. I hope next time every single person has to check with them for prices...
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