I found the Ding Dong mixed nuts snack that I like here. I bought 20 of these since its a bit of a drive to get here for me.. I didnt find the Nagaraya Adobo crackers nuts here. That was the one I really wanted.I didnt try food in the restaurant side of this place. I remained strictly in the grocery side.I give 2 stars to this place because they have food here that you cant find in regular grocery stores.CONS: 1. The place is grimy and dirty. The floors are a bit greasy and have dirt and grime on them. The freezers are old, beat up, and very dirty. 2. Some of the products in the refrigerator section are being kept at too warm temperatures. 3. There are boxes, cleaning materials, merchandise, and other things being kept in the aisles. This is clearly a fire hazard.BOTTOM LINE: 1. I wouldnt buy anything perishable here for fear of food poisoning. 2. Prices are decent here. 3. Come here for hard to find, non-perishable items only.

Has more oriental food item choices & at better affordable price with friendly people...

Its always fun to try out. Like to visit foreing shops because theres something new

I expected more from a store like this. Portions are small for rice and noodles. Also only one sauce ( really small container) for a handful of rolls ordered. Tasted ok

Best place to get hot fresh Filipino food & deserts!

Its ok, have to check the items as some are out of date. The cashier is usually pretty nice but some on the cooked food side are quite rude. Have had the person look behind me and take that persons order before me. Sad

Went to eat at their restaurant, food is good, looks fresh since we got there before lunch. However, the service wasn’t that good, server won’t let you take your time to choose and wasn’t even wearing mask.

One of the food server hair is touching the food in the food tray while serving food and no mask

Filipino store that sells a variety of food. They sell meat, some produce you cant find at regular grocery stores, they have familiar snacks, baked goods, sauces, mixes, rice, drinks, frozen foods, beauty products, calling cards, etc. Worth checking out if you havent been. They also have a small restaurant within the store that sells hot Filipino food, but go early to get the freshest and also because they put away food at 4:00 pm even though the store closes at a later time.

Great Filipino food to go

I love this store, I heard about this store through word of mouth searching for some kopiko coffee candy, and they have them there. Their prices are very reasonable amd I cant wait to taste their food. They were closing when I went there but Thats just an excuse for me to pay them another visit. Ill probably go this weekend again. I just hate that I been out here for years and never been there. If you havent been, stop by amd see their fresh sea food, and grab some noodles while youre at it. See ya there!!!!!

I love the people here! They’re so friendly and the food is so great! If you love Filipino food, go here!

Normally I love this place. But I worry that they are slipping a bit.Twice in a row I’ve bought the store made garlic peanuts. The first time they were raw and had a bitter taste. The most recent time they were undercooked and smelled of dirty oil as well. So... avoid the peanuts.There is an odd smell in the store that is getting worse over time. I worry that they need to do a more thorough job cleaning the butcher area. Also, inspect the meet before you pay for it to make sure you are happy with the piece.The kitchen had good food though. You can buy anything there and be quite happy with it. I will also say the store is quite well stocked.

Excellent Customer Service, Properly stocked with necessary items. Well competitively priced. Cleanliness and most importantly main and keep up with Mandatory social distancing

Great place to shop. Wonderful selection of Asian foods, fresh vegetables, and good prices.

There are 2 parts to this store. On the left is an Asian market. Its pretty average sized for a market and has a pretty decent meat section, but to be honest, I dont go there much.On the right there is a cafe that serves hot food and halo halo which is a dessert drink made from red beans.The hot food area is really nice. There is a nice selection of Filipino food like pancit (like chow mein), tocina (fried pork in a sweet sauce), longanisa (a sausage that has a great sweetness to it), spring rolls, lumpia (like a spring roll), and other foods that I dont know the name of. All of the dishes can lean on the fatty side.Theres even a cooler with drinks. They take credit cards, and offer hot plates that include two sides and either white or fried rice.The staff is pretty friendly, but I wish there was a better effort to identify foods to people who arent aware. Even something as simple as a paper label on the glass case.

Awesome local shop to get new and tasty food

I take my family to this great spot quite often! This is the best place to grab a bite. I visit this spot frequently. The food is of high quality, the staff members are helpful and the charge is affordable. I like eating in this spot to have a decent supper.

They sell African food items such as beans, meat, fish, fufu mix, etc that are very decently priced! Their goat meat is fresh and tastes just like the kind back home. Place is always kept clean .

This is the go-to store for Filipino food and groceries here in southwest suburbs/ Bolingbrook. They stock a variety of products and they have good service. The owners are nice too. Ive seen their growth from a small, basic store to having expanded with an eatery/ catering. Keep it up!

Good selection & filipina hot food

For all your Asian food cravings!

Over priced!

I just enjoy their dishes. I always get great service there. The place is always clean and the employees are always super nice. Keep up the good work.

Small store but stocked with a variety of Asian food items and snacks. Also serving chinese and phillipino hot ready made dishes. Shop and eat not a bad combo. The friendly staff is also a plus.

Got in there at 6pm to pick up plantains, the staff rudely announced to that they are close and so cant help me. I mentioned to then that I will let others know about this poor service and then again the staff said they cant be bothered. These people are rude, dont shop there

Wife likes, me no

Great place to get philippine food they also have food you can order out

This place has the freshest, tastiest, and best priced take out filipino food you can buy. You can take out or dine in. We come here every Sunday to get our food for the week and they never disappoint.All the staff are very nice and polite. One in particular is Bernadette. She is always smiling and courteous. She and all the staff behind the counter make you feel right at home.Did I forget to mention they also have an Asian Grocery store? Yep, they do. Well stocked with fresh, frozen, and imported goods. I use to bounce all over until I found this place. Now I only come here. They know how to treat their customers. A+ to JoFen. Keep up the good work!!!As far as all the negative comments, Its obvious they are from competitors.Have a good day and god bless everyone.

Its so hard to find Filipino food that I really like, this place is really good!!!

I go here for items I might not be able to get elsewhere

Small store but stocked with a variety of Asian food items and snacks. Also serving chinese and phillipino hot ready made dishes. Shop and eat not a bad combo. The friendly staff is also a plus.

We were excited just walking around the store, if you need it, they Got It, the Restaurant was Awesome!!!! Price is decent & food was Yumlious.....😋😋😋👍🏼😉

Great authentic cuisine and shop

Very poor organization for catering. Really only good for eating in. Although I called in to order food. I had to wait an hour and thirty minutes for my ordered food.

Great food. Good prices

Love coming here! I always love the food and team that works here. They are so nice

Lets of Asian goodies. Nice produce. Also a tiny eatery attached with Sesame balls.

They are very nice people!!! Best chicharrón not to hard but not too soft!!!

I have been going to this place for about 15 years, even before it expanded into what it is now. It is a grocery store with a ready made food counter. It has all the fresh ethnic foods and ingredients that an oriental store should have. The ready made food counter is the real hero here though. The food is always hot and good tasting. Cooked traditionally. I moved to Chicago, but I still choose to come here bc there is no other filipino food market that beats it. Its better than both seafood city and unimart combined. Highly recommend.

Bolingbrooks premier Filipino store. It carries a wide range of Filipino items, fresh and frozen fish, and even has a hot food and drinks to-go. It is also easy to send money to the Philippines there.

Very beautiful and I will love to live there. Straight 5 stars without hesitation

Never buy hot food after 330pm. It’s not fresh anymore. The best time to Buy a cook meal is when they open. Because it’s still freshly made. But still? be careful. It might be from 3-4 days old re-heats. I know because, I got food poisoning. Then, if you buy frozen Fish like salmon head smell it and look at the eyes. Because it’s spoiled too. when I got home and tried to cook it. It started bubbling. Always check expiration date. On everything you buy.

I found the Filipino food I was seeking. The shelves were well organized. Id like to come back to eat at their restaurant.Update: I ate at the restaurant. It tasted delicious and homemade.

4/1/20 visit :Good variety of food. Unfriendly Staff. We came in early so it’s not that the store was busy. Not one staff member ever smiled or say good morning or hello. Not even when another customer said Hello. Not the typical “filipino” welcoming trait. No “hellos” or “thank you” or “have a nice day” —- which i find very odd and frankly, rude for being in a filipino store. Combo meal price is also pricey compared to other asian stores in the Area, and most food items in their turo-turo are “not included” as a combo-choice. Hmmm...Prices on the marquee also not updated so it would actually cost you more that what is being advertised. Grocery area have good variety of snacks and condiments. And so far the items we purchased are not stale.The reason for my 3 stars is mostly because the customer service at this place is very disheartening considering Filipinos are known for their welcoming, hospitable, warm and kind personalities.

Fantastic store with all the Filipino Favorites! Lechon kawali is delicious!

I really had an amazing time at this place . There is a restaurant and a store connected . The restaurant has a lot of options of food .The store had a lot of delicious snacks .⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Its packed on weekends. Go on weekdays or else expect to wait in long lines. To-go and catering orders taken. Grocery store is tight but have the old school chips and candy you havent seen a while (from the Phil).

Good place to shop for both Asian and African ingredients

You can find beautiful Filipino foods here you cant find anywhere else,from exotic meats to whole fresh seafood as well as freshly made, made to order on the go.....very nice people there....been back there again...now the made a small restaurant style store on the inside of the store...so now you have a great variety of so many delicious authentic meals and foods to choose from....not to mention their fish market ...omg...this store has merchandise from several different places from around the world..some even mention where ,for instances...it could be a fish for sale and on the tag for the fish it will say africa or some country ..just an example...very friendly people...please go check them out , a real original and authentic Asian market for the scale of it.My girls is in some of these pics from there....she was born in the Philippines and knows her foods...we live a good 35 40 minutes from this place,she insist this is the only one we go to. ...please leave a post or reply or something if you decide to go,let me know what your experience was. ...Ohhh...lol...one more thing...while I was shopping i witnessed an older lady picking through live crabs for I guess the perfect ones for her soup or whatever...thought that was pretty cool.

The service was phenomenal and everyone was very heloful, its not a huge store but theyve got the best snacks and some great seafood. A few of them smelled a little off/old but the prices for everything else where right. There is a HUGE selection of snacks my goodness, if you want oriental snacks go here. 10/10 will be back

The small restaurant had a lot of my favorites. Didnt try anything. Hard to compare to my moms cooking. Always good to stock up on food to cook.

Busy place. Good service. Sho bao - excellent!

Always always clean, very neat and has great prices! The staff is always so polite and helpful 😊

This place has the most reasonable price on Filipino items! I have been in USA since 1999, I have lived in Darien, Chicago and Joliet, almost all Filipino stores are overpriced. Fortunately Jofen retains a very reasonable overhead which is probably why they keep expanding and getting more customers.. Im always recommending this place

Watch out buyer!!! A lot of expired food. They removed the expiration date just to sell the items. Also, about their foods, all the leftover food except the vegetables they mix it to new one for the next day and re sell it.

A good little oriental store with lots of items from the Philippines. They also have an eatery onsite that serve common Filipino dishes.

Really good food here. The best Filipino food around in my opinion.

Best local place to purchase Filipino food. They are a grocery and prepared food place. The recent expansion is terrific!

Great store. Neat, organized, and friendly staff! Definitely will be back.

The Pinakbet tasted like 10-day old diarrhea with a hint of salmonella. Aside from that, the food was mediocre. So if youre too lazy to cook Filipino cuisine at home and in the mood to waste your hard-earned money, then youll absolutely love this place!

Wonderful place to get Filipino food

A place where you can find Filipino and oriental foods.

If you want Filipino food but dont want to cook- you can get it here.

Convenient location, variety of Asian products, affordable price and it feels like you are in the Philippines. Love this store!

I love the store plus the customer service since we know about this store, Recently i bought a box of mangoes which has maybe 10-12 pcs , out from that only 2 is ok - but the inside its only the half that can be eaten . ( the inside of the others is black and cant be eaten ) , Since we came from work , we dont have time to bring it back to show them- when i came in the next time - i have mention it and i was told -i shoud have brought it in which im supposed to , but then i explained why. NO RESOLUTION WAS DONE ON THEIR END which i think it was not fair on our side - its only almost $10 and we just wasted that. Kind f unhappy about that.

Great price! Great food! Great store!

Great selection of Philippine foods. Made to order ready to eat or ingredients to cook yourself.

Great place and awesome staff.

They got most of everything u need if u foriegn. Lots of African stuff too.they also got a good restuarant next to it that they own

Great place to order your catering needs!

I can always find things to buy when I go there. Great hot food during the weekends.

Good authentic Filipino take out and grocery store!

Great little Filipino grocery with a hot food bar. All the classics are there and all really well done. The Beef Caldereta is especially good. My wife thinks their Totang Talong is a little bland (her favorite dish her Lola used to make) but is good. Every thing else is just as you would expect. Their butcher shop has a large selection of goat and other items somewhat hard to find in an American grocery. Maybe that is why there is a large number of non Filipino ethnic shoppers there as well.

Good selection of foods and has a restaurant attached

Friendly staff. But careful at the checkout. Register staff gets overwhelmed with phone calls and ringing items & over charged you?! Double check everything and pay attention to what you bought at the register. I live in Indiana. I work in the area. We’re tired and it’s a long day. We want something quick!? We go here because it’s convenient. But not to suffer from getting ripped off and served spoiled,rotten food. There times!? we called in & asked if they have Salmon head available for sale. They said,yes! Now, the lighting inside the store not that great. I can’t tell?if the Salmon head was fresh?I bought 8 heads. Got home, cleaned it for cooking. All of the sudden the stench of this Salmon was horrible. So, we thought!? Maybe we boiled it?it can be salvaged.And then,the soup was showing bubbles.( we making sinigang) we even tried to fry it. Instead? We stop before cooking all together. Before,we get food poisoning. We called and was told to bring back. Now, I can’t bring the rotten cook pot. It was thrown out. I was told, that I should had brought it back with other uncooked food.!?🤮🤮😱😱 & was told those Salmon was fresh and freezes after removal of the head from the Salmon body. But even, Frozen food has expiration dates.We can’t control things sometimes.As far The restaurant?! Ohhh 😮!? Be careful. Because, they reheated food. 👨‍🍳 👩‍🍳 over 2-4 days old. My favorites was deserts (ginataan) gluten mixed with sticky rice, sweet potato, jackfruit, pearl ball. I got home over 1 hr. Drive. I heated it up for a minute in the microwave. It’s started bubbling and it has the sour taste & smells. I called & told them.My whole experienced was just bad. Never buy hot meals here unless it’s just freshly cooked & you see it just cook?! And sniff it with your 👃. never buy frozen food unless you bring a bright flashlight 🔦 and use your sniff test nose 👃. Prior to buying. I know that it’s hard to own a business without spending and wasting money. When it comes to food !? we aren’t supposed to wasted. But?!You better believe !? Food poisonings is REAL!? your customer Jofen will either die of it or SUE and closed this place. Again!?

Its a great place with great prices for all your authentic Filipino needs

My filipina wife loves this store. Its the best oriental store around here.

Great place for a quick filipino food bite!

Good foods, crews are friendly and the cheapest asian groceries store in town.

No nonsense yummy authentic Filipino food

Clean well stocked international market place.

Always good its like African store

Good variety of African items and very tasty cooked food.

Very good hot food, halo halo! Groceries to match!

Great food and prices

Great Asian Food selections.

We come here often after work or workout. When you dont want to cook when an exhausted day. We go here most of the time is everyday. My favorite -are hot meals. Especially, milk fish(banged). We buy and spend meals between $ 20-$45. I was told that most of the hot food arent fresh.Since, Ive moved in the area from Indiana.now, I resides in Romeoville. Ive been visiting this place. I had noticed that I purchased my favorites Bangus. When I got home getting ready for dinner. Heat for 5-7 min. 350 degrees. (the Fish Bangus.) its tasted like a chewy sponge. I was told it was fresh!? Its more like fresh recooked for another day.After I had tried calling but the store was close over the weekend for Holyweek. 4/14/2017. When I finally able to speak to someone(4/17/2017)!? I was told to return the fish with the receipts. Garbage truck picked our garbage over the weekend. I was just simply, want to say that I didnt want refund just cook me fresh hot meals. Not re-sell unsold hot food the next day till its sold. The eatery isnt fresh. Anytime the hot food isnt sold they re heat the next day.

Great place to buy filipino prepared food

Is a good place for african food items

Good Filipino food, nice selection, friendly people.

Small outfit but but fully stocked.

Nice for weird foods.i go with my Filipina wife!!!

Love all the foods. Feels like home!

Great place great service!

It was really busy, but good

Best foods EVER!!!

I love asean food!

Good variety of Filipino food.

Love the place and good food