World Foods Supermarket- Vien Dong — Attraction in San Diego

I live 20miles east of this store & have to come here to get my Asian food supplies & ingredients. Unfortunately, most Asian Grocery or Supermarkets are about this distance & even farther (National City!!). There is a very distinct odor & smell as you enter ( like a foul slaughter house/ toilet smell!!) and slowly dissipates as your nose gets used to the fish area in the back. It would definitely help them if they clean & sanitize all areas, especially by the fish section!! Prices are comparable & average with the rest of the Asian stores around. Plenty of inventory, grocery, cleaning & cooking supplies. I like the vegetable section with a lot of ethnic & hard to find items to choose from. It would do their image & the business well if they clean, organize, & source out fresher seafood (the choices they have to offer right now are definitely not very Fresh, except for the live Tilapia in the tanks!). I will go back & check them out again with the hopes that they...

cheap fruits/vegetables and sometimes cool stuff like mangosteens! decent ramen selection (they have the vegan soon), good snack selection, decent fake meat vegetarian selection (vihn dong is still owning it though), big curry/sauce etc. selection, big spice selection, some american foods like soda and chips, some mexican staples like rice/beans/spices and sodas.

can't super speak to the meat and fish selection because i don't eat them, but it looks like there's a lot. there's also a seperate hot food place/kitchen, but i'm not sure what the hours are.

the missing star is because some of the men in charge freak out if a lady has a bigger bag, or if anyone is wearing a backpack. i get it, but don't make me feel like a criminal because i walked instead of drove and i only have two hands. they seem not so great judge of characters and can be rude. all the ladies i've had as cashiers have...

It just happened yesterday on july 21,2024. I live in that neighborhood and it is my go to place for easy access. The security said i can take my reusable grocery bag into the store. I was confused as it is the first time happening to me. I just left the store but went back and asked the manager. She said it’s okay for those reusable bags. I went in and shopped around but the security guy came to me at the cashier and confronted me why my bag was so important and it is rules, bluh bluh bluh. I was kind off pissed and I don’t understand why these environmental friendly bags are issue for them. I don’t think i will go back there again. It is just annoying that you have to...