Adel International Food Market

Small «mom & pop» style market. Has a little bit of everything you would need to cook a nice Persian meal. Reasonably priced.

My family has been coming to this market for years. The owner is so nice and honest about his products. The produce is fresh and they carry a great assortment of items including Sadaf. Will keep coming back here for years to come

Is there a way to report antagonistic behavior?
I have never ever felt the need to write such a review, but honestly I feel threatened by some of the people who work here, especially the drivers. They are mean and scream at people, who try to park in spaces in front of their store. I actually fear for the safety of my kids right now. Don’t want to get out of my car. I suppose I should consider calling San Carlos, police rather writing this post…

LOVE this little store. Very fresh and often unusual produce that is hard to find elsewhere, great selection of Middle Eastern and some European products, and great Afghani bread. The service is always very nice too. A gem!!!

They have the best yogurt in town. The kefir cheese is to die for. Pomegranate molasses, the feta and olives are excellent. Great prices. A fav.

Ive not set foot into this shopping center in a number of years now. Didnt even realize a great little market like this existed. Middle eastern/​easter European and a few other ethnicities spot the goods that are sold here. Bought some Turkish styls pasta products, Iranian dill rice, and sour cherry juice. The guy working was super nice. Tons of packaged foods and spices to boot so if you’re looking for beyond your normal grocery ethnic items, this is a good place to hit.

The go to place for peninsula Persians and those looking for middle eastern ingredients. Clean, organized and full of treats… Don’t be fooled by the size!

I have been shopping at Adel for years. I live in Burlingame and drive all the way to Adel to shop. The store is clean, everyone in there is very helpful, polite, courteous and nice.
The prices are good and very reasonable. If anyone is interested, the Saffron at the Adel is the best price and the best quality!
Keep up the GREAT work.

A nice little Persian market. Stand-​outs include their selection of teas, bagged dried herbs, scented waters, and oils/​vinegars. The prices are reasonable, and the service is friendly. It’s located in a strip mall so there is lots of parking.
Probably not of interest to anyone else, but they are also the only market I found in CA with poulaki (saffron/​sesame rock candy).

Great place to shop, I wish people with anger will stop spreading there negative spirit when leaving feedbacks. I will continue to go there.

It’s a small Middle Eastern store that has the basics of what you might want. We bought pomegranate (which was a dollar a pound cheaper than Safeway). Unfortunately, they were out of walnuts (also cheaper the Safeway’s). Their paneer was more expensive than Rose Market’s. We bought some Persian tea; when they scanned in the item, it was priced higher than what the tag said. We pointed this out, and they immediately returned the difference to us. Staff was pretty friendly, prices were decent. It’s just a bit small.

The store is very small and cozy. They offer some produce, can goods, spices, fresh olives and feta cheese, baklava’s, etc. They carry Middle Eastern and Russian products. Not over price at all.
It’s located a door down from Kabul Afghan Cuisine and has plenty of parking.

Great selection of all things middle eastern, russian and eastern europe. It’s amazing they can stock such variety. I go there for persian teas, lavesh breads, spreads, and of course ice cream. The fresh products dont look all that great and their prices probably arent the lowest but for something different I think they are well worth a visit.

I Love going in this store and finding all the interesting things. It has a wide range of middle eastern dairy products, canned goods, and candies like nougat, halva, and baklava and Lily is lovely and helpful too.

Nothing big or fancy, just a compact little Mediterranean grocer with all the middle eastern basics and specialties. I reacquainted myself with Adel being a few doors down from My Gym in the same El Camino strip mall with Kabul and Long’s Drugs. Check it out.

Nice clean middle eastern store. The store is not really on El Camino with the storefront on El Camino, but rather, it’s located in the strip mall where Long’s Drugs is. It’s locate don the opposite end of Long’s, near Kabul Restaurant. Being in a strip mall, there is plenty of parking, so it’s easy as 123.
Store has all sorts of middle eastern items but I was in there for the flat skewers only, and the service was good.

I love this store and yes, sometimes there’s no one there but if you just call out, they’ll come out from the back. Their prices are very reasonable and it’s very clean for the average mom ‘n pop food store.
If you’re not Middle Eastern, Russian or European and you feel like trying something new, I have some ideas for you. It’s a great place to experiment and impress friends with strange, tasty items. Try the rosewater saffron ice cream, the doogh (a carbonated sour yogurt drink), sar sheer-​the cream top of non-​homogonized milk you eat with bread and jam. I also love the Persian cucumbers — can be eaten with the skin on with lemon and salt. They’re quite fragrant and crunchy and less watery than hothouse and they have unnoticable seeds. French feta is good and cheap here. They have pita and lavash bread which is also cheap and fresh, unlike at the supermarket. They also have interesting fruits such as quince, fresh green almonds-​which taste nothing like almonds but are nice. And, they have sweet lemon-​no, not meyer lemons but sweeter and less tart. Try it out but don’t tell too many people because it pisses me off when I have to wait in line.

I went to buy some Baklava here once, but no was there. Literally, I could have stolen about 10 boxes worth of baklava and no one would have noticed. I stood around for several minutes, but no one came, so I left the store. The selection seems pretty good, but considering I was not able to actually purchase anything, I’m going to have to give one star, since more would require me to have actually eaten some sort of product and gauged its quality.

Nuts in basket – a bushel basket, that is. I love their fulsome display of fresh whole nuts in big bushel baskets. Why have bushel baskets seemingly disappeared? Nothing says produce abundance to me than a classic woven wooden bushel basket. This little grocery has something for everyone and the proprieters are friendly and kind.