Himalayan Bazar — Local services in San Antonio

The Place is good for Indian Groceries. The Aunty (owner )is very sweet and well behaved. However, the employees are horribly rude. They are the most unprofessional staffs I have ever seen anywhere in the USA. They are employed here without any training I guess. They continuously chatter , laugh, talk among themselves terribly loudly and make the shop a chaotic place. If you ask help with anything and ask them in English, they are most likely not to understand you (except one girl)( That is ok. Incapability to understand a language is not a big deal but the attitude /rudeness after that is). The other day I had a question and asked one of the employees in English. She couldn't understand it, gave me an impolite look and asked other employees what that word means. One other girl understood and said that service was not available in their store. However, the aunty quickly realized that was not true and said the service is of-course available with her and that said she could help me. Now, realizing their mistakes and incapability to understand one of the simplest English words, the girls in the counter started making fun of me and of the word with the other girls infront of me itself. Also, a few days back, a man asked for a packet of biscuits which was 50 cents. He gave 1 dollar to the girl and asked 50 cents back. The girl quickly replied- You take the packet that is one dollar. OMG ! That is rude and unprofessional. They often misplace items and if asked never give a damn about it afterwards. I was very offended by the employees that day and I will not go to Himalaya...

I recently moved in the Axio apartments nearby to be with my indian girlfriend (soon to be fiancé) and decided to surprise her with some Indian cuisine. I am not too familiar with the area so I did what any other person would do and look online for nearby places. I thought this place would be good since it had a decent review and it was right across the street but boy was I wrong!

I do not know how to cook indian food because usually Parineeti (my gf) likes to make some vegetarian dishes and I am no expert chef like she is. So naturally I go for some treats, produce and frozen foods and quickly head home to “cook” since she gets home only an hour after I do. To my unfortunate surprise I realized that one of the items I purchased was OVER 2 WEEKS EXPIRED!! It was too late to go back and now I spent my hard earned money on expired products.

Luckily, I ordered uber eats and was able to surprise her with that instead (Although it was delivered AFTER SHE GOT HOME, SO MUCH FOR THE SURPRISE PART). What was suppose to be a romantic surprise home cooked indian feast turned out to be ruined!! I will not be coming back and urge all of you reading this to ALWAYS CHECK THE EXPIRATION DATE!!!! especially if you do decide to shop here.

Parineeti and I had a pretty good laugh about it and she told me that their prices are pretty high compared to other stores that she goes to, GO FIGURE!!! 1/5 stars because I can’t rate 0 and if it wasn’t for them I wouldnt have found Dahlia Thai Cuisine nearby, we can’t stop going...

To whom it may concern. Himalayan Bazar have perfect produce internationally. Indian style, I went inside the store it was so Himalayan Bazar. The square feet of the grocery store " lay out" was so different at every angle, aisles, etcetera. I was like, " I must be AMERICAN, NATIONAL CITIZEN. L.O.L. BORN AND RAISED". USA. Okay...needing a salad, buy veggies one by one. Needing ingredients " the Hispanic way, buy one by one etcetera". I went inside with EBT FOOD STAMPS I was like, I don't know what to buy??? Very good store with valuable pricing. 👍 I eventually bought a package of vanilla cookies, also a soda by the name of Limeca. Coca - cola product??? L.o.l With me it's a new Himalayan Bazar trend setter. L.o.l for me it is. Like I went inside a WHOLE different continent! L.o.l Not bad grocery store internationally at all inside Himalayan Bazar. God Bless America. Not...