Prime Bazaar: Halal Supermarket — Local services in Houston

As a former restaurateur, and brother-in-law of a food safety inspector, I like it when some of the items written on the specials board run out. It means they pre-make only certain numbers of items for that day, and are more concerned with having batches designed for a standard day's fare than serving every possible item to any customer, even the last ones of the day. Given that, the first 3 things I wanted from the specials board were out, but the chicken on rice dinner I did have was very good. The spices were elegant, rice perfect, and the chicken literally fell off the bone. Some of the small bones and cartilage were difficult to navigate, but overall, I will go back (for take-out at least, see later).

The store next door (there's a pass-through to each other) had a fair array of items and nice attendants.

I cannot, however, give the restrooms a pass, at least the men's room. I was, quite frankly, entirely disgusted by the presentation and upkeep of the men's room. There was no lock on the stall door, and no trash bags in the large, open-topped trash container. I simply do not know how the health department allows this restroom...

I’ve been going to this store for a while. These new owners have taken it over and not running it with fair business practices. 1, They don’t have prices on a lot of the stuff in the coolers. 2, They tried to over charge my wife on an Indian squash by charging her $13,99. When my wife realized this she went back into the store and asked for the receipt and they told her to come back the next day, after being adamant they finally gave the receipt and issued the refund. 3, When I went in to buy heavy cream they had it priced at a lower price on the shelf in the cooler, when at the register they told me that lower price is for the smaller size and that they don’t have the smaller size. The larger size had no price listed. 4, The meat is mislabeled on their dates. I understand the butcher leaves before the store closes and he probably cuts up enough meat for the closing shift and the opening shift but why mislabel it at all? The meat I bought is listed as cut on 3/1/24 and I bought the meat on 2/29/24. Makes you wonder what else are they mislabeling and hiding from customers. FYI I’m posting...

If possible, I would have given them 0 stars. This was the first time going to this establishment. I was intrigued by their low prices for halal meat products. I asked to see the Zabihah certificate and the owner became very aggressive. Against my better judgement, I bought several meat products, including chicken tights, chicken legs, and meat patties. I cooked and ate the chicken legs that same day, after I ate it i felt very ill. I did not know why. Today my wife called me to ask me where I had bought the meat because the meat seemed very odd. We cut it open one of the meat patties and there was green/blue spots in several locations. After seeing this, I knew that I had gotten sick from eating the chicken the night before. I would stay away from buying meat from this location. I will no longer be going there again. Also I am going to report this location to the Better...