Byblos Mediterranean Market — Local services in Lynnwood

Expired items I didn't want to add this review, trying to support the small business. But since this happened 3 times, I have to report that. Every time I purchase anything I found some items are expired when I am home, not only that I found sometimes items without expiry date at all.

Last time (07/27/2024) I explicitly asked them for an item expiry date wasn't there and the item looks really expired! They couldn't provide an answer! On the same day I ordered tea and found it expired since June 2024 once I arrived home (photos attached), for more than 1 months they didn't clean the store from the expired items!!!! This is not the first time, it is the 3rd time!! And I surprised that there are some reviews there complaining from the same thing!!! For me personally, 1st time I ignored and said it's fine I will throw the thing, 2nd time I went and talked to them and they refunded the item from my next purchase, then now the 3rd time I said I have to take a serious action!

What if I didn't notice the expiration date and eat/drink what ever I purchased giving them the trust that I will be fine!! They don't even apologize for that pr taking a serious action and cleaning the store from any expired items!!

This is not acceptable at all and I believe it is not legal as well!! I will search for taking a next level legal action for that as this is a serious health issue and they are not doing anything to handle that with all the verbal feedbacks and the written reviews below! What else they are waiting for!!! To close the store...

How is this place not famous? It’s because it looks boarded up from the outside.

Inside you’ll find a butchery who’ll cut your meat the way you want. They know meat. I was waiting for my turn and heard the guy in front of me ask for his meat to be ground for kebabs. He fetched his parsley onions from the produce and they mixed their spices and made a custom kebab mix for him. What magic is this?!?!

Did not know that there so many different varieties of zataar existed and so much better priced than the overpriced lil jar you’ll get at Whole Foods!

Canned food that I’d never heard off and couldn’t wait to try. You can only imagine when I served stuffed eggplant to my friends for a party. They were impressed - and I did not want to tell them how easy it was to open the can :D

Every Arab food, Indian food you can think of you’ll find it here. Spices. Pastas. Lentils. Pickled veggies and fruits. Pomegranate molasses. Saffron water. Garlic water. Produce like figs, dates, different kinds of eggplants. Fresh flatbreads. Candies from faroff places that you’ve never heard of.

It’s a little confusing, had to roam the aisles to figure out where the bulgur and lentils were.

Only thing I’m not crazy about is the frozen section. Just too crowded and the boxes bent out of shape don’t give me a lot of confidence in...

I'm a food market enthusiast and I love poking around into small independently owned businesses that specialize in unique ethnic specialties. I shop in Asian, Thai, Korean, Chinese, European, Mediterranean, Central American, and any other place that looks interesting. There are both great places here and uninspiring ones too. I rate this to be an excellent market. Clean. Well stocked. Terrific looking Hallal butcher, and the produce section is in very good order. I highly reccomend Byblos market for the Mediterranean pantry and even for American born people who want to expand their culinary repertoire into a fascinating range of dishes. For instance, I have looked everywhere for a particular Kosher salt, and of all places, they had it. They also had a delicious vegetable I rarely see called Cardoons, a great find! For those of you not familiar with foreign markets, Byblos counts as an unusually friendly establishment and it should not be difficult to find people who can speak English. This is often not the case with many other types of markets in our area. Please consider visiting local independently-owned businesses and discover what they carry. There's a whole world right here in our own backyard and the super big box places shouldn't get...