Spice and Sweets Corner — Local services in New York

Beware of buying anything there. I've been a client for many years trusting Ajad, only to find out that he labels organic for any products. I bought 3 lb of organic Darjeling that did not resemble or smell at all the usual Darjeling. When I called on him about it he replied "one is Regular organic other one earlgray darjeeling. i give you Regular darjeeling" having no idea what how he labeled or what he sent me.

It's been a few weeks of negotiations trying to persuade me to just like and use the tea he sent (worthless for fragrance and quality). When I explained to him that this is an FDA violation he started pleading and using family issues. Still no refund. He raised the price pound from $15 to $25 and once again over charged me for shipping. Expensive, dishonest, and...

I bought two curries. A Tikka Masala, and a Thai red curry. The flavor is not great. Neither tastes like what they are supposed to. In fact, both of them taste pretty much the same with one big difference. The guy at the store asked me if I wanted a larger package of the Tikka Masala and offered me a "good price". I agreed, so he went to a room on the side. A few minutes later he came back. The price ended up being a lot more than I expected and the Tikka Masala ended up being mostly salt. I am never...

Not happy with there service. The guy at the counter didn’t speak English. I was looking for a special masala and he just couldn’t understand. All he kept on saying. I am new. Don’t speak English. It’s strange when you have a business for this long and don’t hire the right people to work the cash counter. There are a few on this block so I was able to find what I was looking for from another place a few...