Hodolimart — Local services in Saanich

Good selection of key Korean foodstuffs. But service continues to be lacking, with the new Chinese owners lacking in both basic Korean and English. First visit last year, the owner, although friendly, did not know what "kim" was (!?). This past weekend, a new employee did not know what "perilla seeds" were ('ddeul-kye'). I kept telling her to look it up, since the previous owners had always stocked it. She then asked me what the name was in Chinese (!?!?!). After 13 years living in Korea, this kind of experience is frustrating. I can only imagine how many potential customers, like me, will never go back. Strangely, it's enough for one to miss the previous...

Literally just walked in and had the man behind the counter ask me to leave my bag with him. My bag with my wallet, phone, and a nice bottle of sake I just bought. All I wanted was to know if they sold sake sets and get something for dessert. An Asian woman walked in behind me and I asked why she didn't have to leave her bag and he laughed and said OK fine you keep your bag. I walked...

The owner must change the time to open. I did believe that they open at 9:30 so I went to there with my heavy stuffs to ship but they weren't open that time. That...