99 Ranch Market

Rice, rice, baby. We were in need of rice, and 99 Ranch came through for us. But before I begin my review, an anecdote must be provided to help pass the time. Long anecdote short, a few chums of mine were getting our groove on in the pool at Marquee. One of them was jazzing it up with his left hand and holding his iPhone with his right hand. Fearing he would drop it, he handed it over to me. Nonetheless, he dropped his phone in the pool. Solution? Find the nearest 99 Ranch Market and purchase a bag of rice (wet phone + dry rice = working phone). Spice is the variety of life. Their selection of rice was impressive.

I ended up in Chinatown in Vegas and I saw 99 Ranch Market. To me 99 Ranch market is like an Asian Grocery store. Walked inside and picked out a few things. I was lucky my black bean drink mix powder was on sale so picked that up. In the morning its super quiet here. The place is quite clean. Another thing to note not all their staff speak Cantonese.
Compared to the ones in LA, I actually like the LA 99 Ranch Market more. It just seems a lot newer or brighter. Isle is a bit narrower in this market.
The good thing is that there are lots of parking available.

Love this store… Can find all of my Asian foods here and prices are unbelievably low. Here weekly :)

The 99 Ranch Market was smaller than what I’ve usually seen as far as 99 Ranch Markets went. It was really close to the Las Vegas strip so you could come here if you needed some asian food for your trip. Parking was shared with other restaurants in the plaza but you might need to drive around for a bit. The aisles were organized from what I saw and easy to find stuff. It wasn’t that busy even after 6:30pm and that was a little surprising to me especially in a plaza like this. Overall, this 99 Ranch Market was alright.

$ 5.99/lb beef short ribs plus the Korean BBQ sauce I like = good BBQ food for the weekend. This is mostly where I shop for this item because I’ve been coming here for many years and have not been disappointed.
Parking is sometimes a hassle, spaces are small and tight. Its never fun to park here in my big truck.
The store is nice and clean, looks good. I really need to try Seafood market next time since its on my side of town now. I was just here in the neighborhood.

Have you ever been to the ones in Southern California? Yeah, no comparison, so I’m not even going to knock them for that or else they would merit 1 star.
Most Asian markets do not give off a pleasant scent, but this one is immediate as soon as you walk up to the entrance. The strong smells are usually from the exotic variety of stuff they carry, so I can’t really fault them too much. Maybe they should try industrial sized boxed baking soda to absorb the smell? The upside of it all, I know they carry everything I need to complete my hot pot meal.
The produce section can be a bit lacking in terms of freshness. The spinach and watercress could be better, but it is what is it. They have all the exotic fruits like jack fruit and lychee. At the seafood section, they offers services to cut or deep fry the fish for no additional fee. I do appreciate the fact, that they carry thin slices of meat perfect for shabu shabu in beef, pork and even lamb.
If you’re desperate like me and this is the closest Asian market within 15 mile radius, that carries all the products, my options are quite limited. This store definitely does not offer the best prices in town, I would say another option would be International Marketplace. Henderson is limited and traveling to Las Vegas is almost a must. Grrr!!!

I come here often to buy my groceries. Last Saturday I stopped by early in the morning to get some pastries and rice paper. I asked the Asian dude putting some fruits in the bin…
Me: excuse me.
99 Ranch Dude: WHAT???
Me: do you happen to know where to find rice paper?
99 Ranch Dude: NO!!! I don’t know, we don’t have it here!!!
Me: oh! Ok… Thank you.
Yikes! I was just get yelled at early morning by the dude for asking for a little bit of help.
I WILL NEVER GO BACK IN THERE!!!
I think I got PTSD just seeing the store. For peach sake, who the hell employs an ignorant jerk like that?!?

I mainly come here for the ramen selection, I wish there was more selections here because I love these type of markets.
It’s decently priced too so if you’re in the area check it out!

The halo halo is on point at chow king. The marinated meats are good for some backyard grilling. No complaints.

Good asian market place. When I used to reside in California, I love going to this Market and there’s so many locations, but here in Las Vegas only one in Chinatown in Spring Mountain. There’s soon to be a new location openning located in city of Paradise, NV Maryland Parkway Blvd right next to Best Buy store and I can’t wait. This will be a much bigger place compare to the current Chinatown location.

Smaller selection than other 99 Ranch Markets. Its bread section is pretty limited.

This was my first Ranch 99 supermarket on west coast. I was so happy. As far as I knew, the china supermarket was the heaven for Asian people.

My friend was visiting here from California and we wanted to make curry for dinner. Looking at the outside of the store, I really didn’t expect much out of it. Inside was a lot roomier than what the outside made it to be. Although they have a lot of selection on items and the store looked big, the maneuverability inside was kinda limited (aisles were so small that people were constantly running into each other or waiting for each other to move). Everything just felt so squished together, I actually felt borderline claustrophobic.
Thankfully, they have a lot of those hard-​to-​find Asian products needed for cooking homemade Asian cuisine. However, examining the products they were selling I noticed a lot of things on their shelves were dusty, which made me think I had to double check expiration dates. In their seafood section, some of their packaged fish looked dried out or they were left out for too long. I’m pretty sure a few crabs were dead in their tanks.
Their meats had some dark spots on it, which made me think that it’s not fresh. The produce wasn’t good, either. I found a lot of produce that was either bruised, wrinkled, or rotten. After searching through a sea of bad produce, I managed to get the very few that were in good condition to buy. I don’t think I’ve ever had to work this hard to find decent-​looking fruits and veggies.
Also, they told me and my friend we were not «allowed to take any photos.» I think they don’t want people knowing about the poor quality of their products. To add to all this, customer service was severely lacking. No one had a smile on their face, they didn’t respond when trying to hold a conversation with them, and I felt that they just wanted us out of their sight. Horrible experience at this market.
At least I found what I needed…

Dirty, old expired food.
Regret buying fruit. Oranges, plums, and nectarines were all rotten.
Cashiers are shady. Charged me $ 10 for 5 oranges. Thought it was too much so I told her I’ll take two out and only buy 3. The 3 came out to $ 2. Really shady business here.

Was a bit disappointed. Read the reviews and pictures and it suggested lobster was $ 10 to $ 13 a pound but got there and it was $ 20. Additionally, the biggest lobsters they had were only 1 pound at best, really small.
Service was slow and the isles were small.
Selection on fresh fish was good
Overall was ok but going to look for alternatives to live lobster.

The smallest 99 Ranch Market I’ve ever been to. This location was probably ¼ of the size of what I’m used to and their inventory is very limited. At most 99 ranch markets, it’s freezing when you get close to the fresh seafood area, but since this place is so small, it feels like a freezer the moment you walk in. The prices of their items are also steeper than what you can find in the CA– Los Angeles & San Diego locations.
We just got a case of water and bounced. ++ for being in a plaza, so you could grab some boba or asian foods.

When I’m in desperate need of Asian ingredients and treats you can’t find at a regular grocery store, I muster up the courage and patience to come here. And that, takes a lot of work for a number of reasons:
Parking:
We, Asians, have a bad rep for our driving. As much as I’d like to disprove that, it’s just pointless. We’re great in many things but for some reason, parking and driving just aren’t our thing. You have somebody who takes up 2 parking spots, double parks, back parks and does a terrible job, parks too close to another car (usually next to mine which prevents me from getting in my car without using the passenger door) and creatively parks (where everyone else is parked within vertical lines and you got that special person who parks inside imaginary horizontal lines).
Crowd vs Store Size:
The store is pretty cramped. Old-​school folks love this store because it reminds them of «home»…if home was a dirty crowded street market alley in Hong Kong. I just grab a basket to put my stuff in and ever bother with the carts — Asians and four wheels? See previous paragraph. They’re constantly re-​stocking shelves and freezers using their own carts that take up lots of space. Expect pushing, elbowing and getting hit/​ran over by a cart or a person… but never expect an apology.
Customer Service:
The people who work here seem to have the most miserable time ever. They don’t smile. They’re not friendly. They look at you like you’re about to steal a whole jackfruit or you’re bothering them. Today, I got yelled at for taking pictures of Hello Kitty. The guy was huffing and puffing with his fists clenched. Oooh, a challenge? I smiled at him awaiting an impromptu Kickboxing session. But he walked away. Booooo!!! I got my enoki mushrooms and some tea bags (Thai) and proceeded to the cashier to get the heck out. I was offered a rewards card and I had to fill out a form — no words were spoken the entire payment and rewards card application process… just sign language and pointing. The other cashier was coughing on my face a few times without covering her mouth. Yum!
Products:
Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian, Korean, etc. Condiments, seasonings, sauces, fruits, vegetables, cookies, chocolates, candies, snacks, alcohol, tea, lumpia, pot stickers, ramen, noodles, sesame oil, Ramune, juice, ice cream, Mochi, cooking utensils, kitchenware, dinnerware, toiletries, books, magazines, videos, etc. Jackfruit, durian, mangoes, dragon fruit, bok choy, string beans, and many others. The products are great. I was looking for galangal to make Tom Yum Goong but I couldn’t find it and asking for employees for help is always a bad idea in this store.

This is a very small 99 Ranch compared to the ones I’m used to in CA. The prices here are a bit higher than the SF market down the street, but they do have some harder to find Chinese specific stuff like all the weird fried gluten, fermented tofu, and this specific fish ball with roe inside in the frozen section that I cannot find anywhere else (even though they carry the brand, but not that specific item).
The reason I come here is for the rock crabs. Usually $ 3.99/lb, and other places don’t have it. Although I don’t know why not. It’s a sustainable crab and available year round, and fairly local, as they are fished off of CA coast.
They do also have Dungeness crab, lobster, spot prawns, and even Ridgeback shrimp, but all at a bit higher than other places.
The staff here is actually pretty nice, and behind the butcher and fish counter, they actually ask if you need help.
Location is kinda dirty though, and you will see a few stacks of brand new shopping carts still with bubble wrap in between the carts outside that look like they’ve been there for months, if not longer. Some of them have unofficially become trash cans.
*Update: seems they have finally cleaned up and are now using the «new» shopping carts.
Traffic coming in and out can be a bitch too at certain times of the day since it opens directly out to Spring Mountain.
My crab was great though! Meat was very sweet and easy to open. Then I used his shells to make a crab stock and then crab and corn bisque.

Gah.
I wanted to give more stars, as this store has a great array of food!
Whenever we want fresh. and I mean FRESH crab, we come here, take home two live crabs, and kill and cook them at home.
They have a huge selection, of fresh fish, lobster, oysters and clams… all live and all in water!
However.
The reason for 2 stars instead of three, is this:
With all the live clams, oysters, etc… I want to know why there are mussels labeled as «live», but out of water, and open? When mussels open, the are no longer alive! That upset me a lot. :(
Meat selection looks good, and they have a ton of teas, coffees, spices, etc.
I’ll go back for sure, but only for the actual fresh, live seafood.

I have a deep affinity for young coconuts. At a typical American grocer, these coconuts can go for as much as $ 3/​each. I would be broke if I was shelling out that sort of money for my daily breakfast coconut.
There are only 3 things I purchase at Ranch 99 here in Vegas:
1. Coconuts
2. Shirataki noodles
3. Bohae Black Raspberry wine.
There is nothing else that is needed here that can’t be purchased elsewhere. The one thing Ranch 99 has going for it is that it is generally cleaner than any other Asian grocer on Spring Mountain.
Depending on the cashier, they’ll give a case discount on the coconuts, but not always.
Parking is an absolute sideshow so exercise caution.