Well organized Asian market with dry goods, canned goods, condiments, noodles, tea (including Thai tea), frozen food and produce. Looks a lot like an Asian market you would find in a Chinatown, or in Honolulu. A lot of items did not have visible prices. Store has a parking lot.

The best Asian market Ive found in the area. Not only do they have a wide variety of nonperishables such as spices and sauces, theyre one of the few markets up here that offers freshly prepared food such as wide rice noodles and roast pork. They have a pretty decent selection of fresh fish as well. Its certainly not the best Asian market Ive been to but for Maine its pretty solid.

Great grocery store. Friendly staff. Good selection of products; but not consistent in keeping certain items stocked: personally, use to purchase the Sour & Sweet Hi-Chew from this store.. but the last few times Ive come for groceries, that particular item was not in stock. But overall great place.

First time coming to this store. I didnt get what I wanted. Because they didnt have what I want. They are pretty good store. Smaller than I expected.

Im really glad that they have a full fresh options of vegetables I need for my Asian foods that I can’t find on other Asian stores around the area. Better options for the meats too.

Per usual, you can get your Asian ingredients and spices that you cannot get elsewhere. Prices are a bit more than where I’m from. However what gets me is that nothing is priced. Instead of just hanging around, I don’t think it would hurt to put in some work and label the items.

This Asian store on Forest Ave is very accessible and has plenty of parking. The store itself is very clean and is well stocked. You can find just about anything Asian related here from fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, seafood (mackerel, squid, pompano, and even fresh bangus). And yes, they will gladly clean your fish for you at no extra charge.

Amazing selection, awesome staff and Ill be coming back regularly

Amazinf selection.. friendly helpful staff.. fresh greens and everything you could want to make ur Asian home cooking come to life

Drove 40 min round trip, to 2 staff members closing 10 minutes early unannounced, and they did not seem to care. Never going back, suggest the same. Vientiane Market is more reliable.

Produce is cheaper than a standard grocery store, as is rice, by a lot. It also is the biggest Asian market near by, and it has a parking lot. Any one of these things would make me shop there, but all together make me a frequent customer.

I love this place. It has a great variety of interesting drinks and snacks. It also has fresh produce and meat. Some cool home and gift items too!

They close early unannounced, and the customer service is very poor. Food selection ok. Try vientiane off brighton, much more consistent.

Great prices, lots of variety, and helpful staff, would recommend to go again.

Very well assorted relatively small store, but oh my, they have a lot of stuff, fresh meat, fish and vegetables, dried, frozen, bottled, canned and bagged anything; not to mention their cookware and utensils and sauces.Highly recommended for anyone looking to cook something different than typical foods, unless you’re of Asian descent, of course 😀

Very good fresh Asian vegetables and reasonably priced sauces

Love it!! They have about everything you need.

I come here for the chili paste which is absolutely addictive on rice, ramen or noodles. The pork buns are really good and the roast duck is decent considering its moderate price. They also have a good selection of fish, produce, bowls, chopsticks and other cutlery. The produce is very low priced and the snack section is good for finding something odd to give as a gift or amuse a party ( think spicy squid flavored chips or spicy seaweed (nori) or dried fish for snacking)

This is my favorite Asian market. If they have their fried sesame balls, it is a must have!! They are so delicious, we dream about them.

Good store, great selections.Staff should spend a little more time understanding what products they have on the shelves..

Fresh produce, meat and exotic spices you cant find anywhere else in portland.

Beautiful produce and great selection. My only complaint is there lack of prices on most things (its one thing to ask the price on an item or 2 but the majority of things werent priced)

Best banh mi in Portland, hands down.

Outstanding market. Both the quality and variety are first rate. Gorgeous produce.

I made a comment to the clerk that it would be nice to have prices on their goods. It is a hassle to be going back and forth asking for prices of certain items. He’s been working for 2 weeks and it boggles my mind how a person remembers the prices of each items. While we were talking he was ringing up my items and I found out when I got home that he charged me 5 x for a single crab chips.

This place is great! Very fresh produce and meats! A+

First time there. Great selection. Friendly people.

Not what they advertised! No hanging cooked meats and no prices on their products. Well stocked except for starch veggies.

Having spent 18 years in the Asian epicenter, Flushing (Queens), NY, I have an appreciation for Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese provisions. This food products location offers a nice selection to the Greater Portland community. I like the persimmons when they are available. Kim Chi is decently priced. Sesame balls and pork buns (baos) are a nice occasional treat. Many other products to select including some of the canned exotic fruits of Thailand. The staff is very industrious but pleasant when engaged.

Such a large selection of food! I love grocery shopping here! And they make the best house kimchi for only $5. This was the only place that still had bags and bags of rice after the pandemic hit.

Crowded market with all kinds of treasures. Fresh fish and produce. Unusual ingredients. Super helpful staff. Its a two-hour trip for me to get there, and Im going to go back next weekend when I have some serious time to check out every corner!

It is an AMAZING store. I love it.we bought a lot!!

Great market with large quantities of Kewpie mayo.

So fresh produce,I grew lemon trees from their lemons, peanut bushes and orange trees! Their rice is fresh and makes wonderful fluffy white rice

So many interesting Asian food items. There are so many different types of ramen and the bean sprouts are fresh and cheap!

We normally love this place and would make special trips when we were around forest ave but the last few times we went the short-haired older woman that we tried to get help from was extremely rude and very short with us.Thinking it might have been a bad day I asked one of my asian friends that goes there pretty frequently and she has ran into her as well and stopped going there altogether, preferring sun and hong kong market purely because of this womans attitude.As for the store itself it has a great selection of things you cant easily find other places, awesome sesame balls when they were making them pre-covid, and an overall awesome experience. My advice to the store is dont have this woman helping customers or talk to her about having a better attitude towards the people frequenting the store. It might be because we are in Maine and rude people are somewhat jarring compared to elsewhere but you are losing customers because of a poor attitude when everything else is great.

Had everything I needed and more very clean very nice people

Very pleasant staff. The store is clean and people observe distancing. The produce was good quality

Had what I was looking for but kinda rude...felt like I was an inconvenience. Very close space

Love this market. We’re lucky to have you. Please please please wear your masks though 🙏

This place is ok, has a decent selection of mostly Chinese based foods, some Korean and Thai, but they are pretty rude if you are looking/asking for Japanese ingredients. Once we went in looking for Umeboshi and got the whats that response, but they were at least helpful to look for something similar, a Chinese plum sauce, not pickled but still yummy. Last time we went asking for Kamaboko, and the guy working said whats that, we offered, Narutomaki, surimi, you know, the steamed fish cakes for ramen and one guy working there said it sounded like we were just making up words and the other said is that Japanese? Laughed and said no we dont have that. Definitely feel the bias there.

Better than Sun Asian grocery, I wish Id come here first. Lots of fresh produce, fish, frozen and refrigerated foods, jackfruit, roasted duck and chicken......

I love this grocery store, but I have been very disappointed at the lack of precautions for Covid-19. There is no cleaning of carts and baskets, no plexiglass protection for the cashier, and distancing is hit-or-miss depending on the customers. When I walked in last week, there were 5 or so people crowded around the cashiers counter. Im not sure I can come back until I see more is being done to keep both customers and employees safe.

Staff was helpful. And they have a wide selection of delicious Asian food!

I have been in this store three times in recent weeks. So far, they are NOT setting up anything for proper social distancing....no specific notices, no limiting the number of people inside at one time, no making people wear masks. This is a very tiny store, but they are NOT taking proper precautions during the pandemic. Additionally, I purchased bags of shallots from them twice, and both times the shallots were all moldy and rotted. If you go in this shop, do so at your own risk and dont buy the shallots -- overpriced and rotted!

Huge selection. Bought some stuff to make homemade curry. This will be a first.

Would put 5 stars but its pretty annoying when I drive all the way from saco specifically to come here when I get outta work and they close 15 min early. This is the second time now. If you say youre going to be open until 9, stay open until 9. If you close at 845, change your hours of operation than.

Great place to find all kinds of different ingredients you cant find at other stores.

Great place to find Asian productsThe parking behind the store

Wonderful selection, defiently going back next time im in portland. 10/10 (I liked this one much more than sun oriental(congress st))

We come down, out of a small mid-coast town in Maine, to Veranda Market when ever we get a chance. Options in food items is so nice to have. Gotta like it these days. Enjoy and try new things.

Your typical Asian market. Everything your could need!

Such a long line that the kids and I left the staff wasnt friendly and has an absolutely horrible oder

Worst customer service ever today. I asked the lady to help me.she said not now in five mins cause she was busing and I asked her to clean and cut fish and she said not today!!!!!!!Rude Rude!!!!!!!

Very good Asian market, I find myself here.. a lot haha.Theres a huge selection and it makes me feel comfortable.The biggest issue is that sometime you will find something amazing that you love, and it will never be stocked again. But still so worth it to go in!

Not only are the items overpriced, the old lady working there was extremely rude. She told me to remove my items off her counter when I was ready to check out because she states, “my store is very busy.” She wasn’t even at her counter when we were waiting to be checked out and I went looking for a cashier. My boyfriend and I were the only ones in the store at that time. When she realized we were ready, she finally checked us out and proceeded to try and sell us sandwiches. I will never go there again.

Many Asian foods available. Canned goods, frozen and fresh. Veggies and meats available as well as seafood. If its Asian food, they probably have it.

Not to bad experience

Great Asian market. Had multiples of everything I wanted, staff was super helpful.

I like going to this Market, but not everyone is labeled or has a price tag on it. I like to know how much something Is before I decide to buy it. I Also want to know What things are so I can learn how best to create with it.

Really nice people and a well stocked store ! Aisles are somewhat small without arrows so it might not be the best environment if youre super worried about getting sick , but employees have masks on and its a great store !

I love visiting here you will never know what they will have in stock and the food they make is amazing as well!

They dont mark there products!

This is an almost entirely Chines market. Which is fine if you are looking for Chines food but not as helpful if you want to make Korean food.

Clean, Organized & Pretty easy to find what your looking for. Great selection 👌

Only place in town or whatever lol

Amazing!

Great place to buy anything Asian, as well as a huge variety of fresh vegetables and pantry staples. The staff is always very helpful if you have questions.

Good selection and good service

I heard about Veranda Asian Market from a friend that knows my daughters love of exotic fruits and decided to check it out. I walked in and easily found the things I was looking for and things I wasnt. Will definitely be shopping here for fruit and other thing cant beat their prices.

Great selection of products, including a lot of Spanish items. Always good produce, fresh beansprouts, and cheap prices.

Very good Asian market and take out. Easiest way to get there is to take the side street at the light and use the free parking behind it. Dont miss the roast Pork by the pound in the back and the goodies around the register.

The lady at the counter was super friendly to my child we found everything we were looking for overall great place

They have a huge selection of fresh, frozen and dry goods for the size. They pack it in and have everything I want to make tasty homemade Thai and Vietnamese food.

Excellent! Introduced by my friends, I found all foods I need there, and which I never found at other supermarkets, especially for some my favorite vegetables and ingredients. Love it, I will go there often.

I love a good Asian market. This one has a nice selection, I think geared toward Vietnamese products. Also serving homemade foods, which were very tasty.

Lots of foreign and organic foods at reasonable prices. Love it.

Best house made kimchi in Portland. Excellent grab and go lunches featuring banh mi, noodle salads, bun, and fried dough with sweet been filling, Veranda is an excellent place for grab n go lunch. Hosting an impressive variety of exotic fruits, vegetables, and meat products from the greater Asian varieties, Veranda Asian Market is a frequent stop of mine.

My go-to Asian market in all of Maine. Has everything you could need for this style cuisine, including hard to find ingredients. Dont forget to grab a banh mi on the way out, excellent and cheap lunch!

This is the best Asian market in Portland, my opinion. I wish theyd bring back the take out restaurant back. It was the best place to get Thai, Japanese, Korean and other small Asian countries.

Great market with nice produce and Thai and Vietnamese products. Sometimes I receive a free cake for no discernible reason other than they are nice.

I bought some soup from there and chicken bouillon. Prices are good. Nice store

Well stocked store, with a variety of noodles and friendly staff but the disappointment is lack of sanitization and social distancing.

I have shopped Veranda Asian Market for the past 4 months and I just love it! I am an American, and that is important in this writing. We need to welcome the Asian Market here in Maine. I have another home in Minnesota, t There are many things I do not know and want to know in my journey, and the staff at this market are not just well informed but so wanting to help you with your purchases and recipes. With that said the head on shrimp are OUTSTANDING AT $8.95 a pound.. You loose if you dont give it a try.What an OVERDUE welcomed asset to Portland Maine both in their recognition of and their support of our Asian diversity in the Community of Portland, and in the State of Maine.

Excellent selection and service. If you dont know what you are looking for just ask and you will receive friendly help to what you are looking for. Best bok choy produce

I love Asian food, and this place gives me a taste of so many different types! Love it

Excellent selection/variety. Well worth stopping in for a great number of eastern cuisine shopping needs. We always are very happy with the fresh vegetables, herbs, protein and dry goods selections.

Their steamed pork buns and banh mi are delicious. They have a large selection of Asian grocery products and good produce. I love their candy section.

This grocery has a wide variety of spices and goods. Meats and fish as well. If you dont read Chinese youll need assistance for some items. It was fun just walking around and looking.

Clean, large, inviting area with lots of unique and fun items. Its my stop for sriracha and many, many other items.Also, if you see the fresh baked taro sweet rolls at the checkout, buy one, take a bite, and then go back in and buy 6 more. They are scrumptious!

Great supply of everything you would need to make great food!

Not much selection for what I wanted

Great selection. Decent prices. Had lemon grass. Will return.

This place has many asian goods that you might need. It has a pretty thorough selection for such a small store.

We love their cold cut sandwiches. Amazing bread. Excellent!

One of the best Asian markets in town. Bahn Mi sandwiches available for a good price.

I love it, they sell a lot of stuff all over

A comprehensive grocery specializing in Asian and Hispanic ingredients with an excellent meat selection. There are also Bahn Mi and other prepared foods at the check-out counter while they last.

A very quite yet robust asian market anyone interested in asian culture should visit they have authentic meals and snacks with a in house butcher in the back for duck and lamb products

This is one of my favorite places to go for Asian specialty foods. Their prices are very good and the staff are very helpful if you need help.