Star Bazaar — Local services in Franklin Township

I am going to be honest and say that I grew up in a home where String Bean Almondine was considered exotic. The sights and smells of the Star Bazaar market are not something that I can adequately assess. That said, this review is not aimed at those from the many cultures and traditions of the vast Indian subcontinent, but for those, like me, that have a recipe that calls for something not normally found in our pantry. The Star Bazaar seems well stocked, and, based on the number of customers in the store, it would seem many people would agree. I was specifically looking for three items which I sought in a couple of places prior to getting to Star Bazaar, but which hadn't been available, and they had two of the three. The remaining item, I believe, would be more likely to be found in a Middle Eastern shop. Star Bazaar is large, clean, and well stocked. The staff was helpful, although I did have some difficultly communicating, but that was my fault, because I couldn't explain what I was looking for. Parking is good, and the location is very convenient. Produce looked fresh, and the staff was very active in updating and rotating stock. I thought the prices were very competitive. For me Star Bazaar is a great find: there are a number of fine ethnic restaurants in the area, and I find Indian cuisine most interesting. There are those of us who try a dish and would like to replicate that dish, but need some help in getting the ingredients together. Star Bazaar helped me in finding most of my things. Try it, I'm sure you won't go away...

ABSOLUTELY AVOID this place due to the ultra rude staff, I went to this store to buy some Indian stuff and accidentally dropped something, they forced me to buy it and said you can’t even exchange it, I had to buy it and then trash it. No store in America would do such a thing. They were constantly talking in some other language in front of me probably abusing me or mocking me. The store also has no sanitizers and zero social distancing policy. Also they snatched an extra bag from my my elderly parents because the items were too heavy. There is one young lady in specific who has zero manners. Many items are also expired so please check if you make a mistake of visiting the store as they don’t exchange or return anything. Update #1 You can also see by their reply and judge them yourself because in the first sentence they're saying that I hid and I'm responsible for the item but in the second sentence they're saying they wanted to give me credit, I also told them that I simply did not want to buy because it was dropped by mistake and they rudely forced me that I must buy it, I didn't have time to argue so I took the item and trashed it. Also they simply accept that they were speaking in some other language in front of me,...

Variety of items : 5/5 Prices: 5/5 Staff : 5/5

Lovely Indian store with very vast variety of items. One can find all sorts of items here: -Ready to eat packs like haldirams daal/paneer, paranthas, chapatis, bhaturays and many other veg and non-veg items; -dairy items like milk, curd, eggs, etc. and related items like bread, butter, jams, spreads etc. -fresh vegetables like onions, green chillies, bananas avocados etc.; -daals, rice, dosa mix, idli mix etc. -dry fruits like cashew, almonds, wallnuts, pista etc. -packed items like Bournvita, Haldiram's namkeen, several Indian biscuits; -household items like brooms, buckets etc. -Bathroom items like toothbrushes, toothpastes, shaving items etc. -Pooja samagri like dhoop and agarbattis (incense sticks), jyot, kapoor, diya baatis etc. The staff is friendly and courteous and always willing to help the customers.

As told to me by one of the cashiers there, they have items ranging from "Nepal to Kanyakumari and from Gujrat to Bengal". :)

If you are coming to NJ from India then no need to burden yourself by getting all these items from India... everything is available at reasonably good prices. Many things are only marginally costlier than the...