Daiso - Japanese Household Goods — Local services in Lemon Grove

The black beauty supply store I'd just left was sold out of the lip gloss colors I wanted and I saw them on a shelf in this store while I was walking by. There was a noticeably suspicious vibe while I shopped, one of the workers insulted me verbally, then said "stinky" and propped the entrance door open after me when I walked out with my bag. Then I was followed from store to store by the wayward teens who had been saying rude things in their language in this store, and though I would have responded in a way they could understand, I didn't pay my very nice language instructor (we actually had the same name which we thought was sweet) to teach me insults and cursing when I took lessons years ago. Overall a bad experience and for the record I smell great, with the possible exception of a few days ago, and only because I ate someone else's double onion burger by mistake and then slept for 6 hours on a long azz flight. Anyway, this store sucks,...

I gave Daiso one extra star than I was going to give them due to their very helpful employees, but other than that, this store is not as advertised. I was always told/thought/understood that Daiso was a “discount” Japanese store. Their prices are sky high. They have quite a variety of items, but just be prepared to pay top dollar for said items. If I want some kinda specialty Disney item I may come back, but otherwise this place is a pass. I would rather go to Kearny Mesa/Mira Mesa and go where there are a variety of...

I went to the Daiso in Lemon Grove over and over for the origami paper selection. Because Lemon Grove is far from the origami epicenter for the County (Clairmont Mesa is that), so when I shop at Lemon Grove, the origami section was less...