Saruga Shopping Center — Local services in Seoul

Saruga is great. It’s not Whole Foods and it’s not EREWHON. Appreciate it for what it is.

They have the best herb selection anywhere in this part of town and lots of items that aren’t available on ssg. Lots of vegan friendly and organic selections as well. Outside the grocery store there’s a large assortment of best of America snacks (little Debbie / Doritos / Takis and pop tarts ) that likely made it from a container near the base. They deliver. They have parking.

That said, it doesn’t have the widest sku selection so you’ll still need to supplement with heading to another grocery store. The prices are high, particularly if you’re buying things that can be readily found...

It's nice. Too nice. This is the place to go for overpriced foreign products. The grocery store is 25% markup on the same products you can get from homeplus, and the grocery prices are downright insulting. I have seen a single melon priced over 60,000 won. In the center of the complex are stands selling hard to find goods for foreigners. These too are overpriced and must be checked for expiration dates. That said, they have hard to find stuff and it'll do in a pinch. You can also park there when it's not busy. The best thing going on is actually the guy who sells eyeglasses on the second floor. He makes precision grind lenses and will set you up with...

If you’re looking for a place to buy some good quality products this is the place. As a foreigner I struggled finding where to buy meat from and I was so happy to find this place. They have a lot of meat 50% off when expiring soon, it’s a really good deal. A good portion of their vegetables are organic, most meats are no antibiotics/ free range/ non GMO, and they some local meats such as hanwoo beef. They have a good variety of foreigners spices too, I was surprised to find the salt I normally get in France. Of course all of this good quality comes at a higher price but that’s the same in every country. Ps- There’s a parking lot and it usually...