Fresco Supermarket

DO NOT GO HERE!!! Stay away from cashier Ha Ly. They charge items that you don’t have or bought. This is the 3^rd time this has happened. I have kept receipt and have taken pics. When I called the store after getting home and checking what I got and why it seemed more expensive than what I had bought. I noticed they charged me $ 10 bucks in seafood, I even brought this up when they were ringing me up and the cashier just said no its not charged. When I called back I talked to a lady «manager» who refused to give me a refund for the amount, even though she checked with employee and confirmed. We only have 1 car, I have a 7 month old and wife left for work for the day/​evening. I explained that I was unable to come back as we did this before she needed to leave and is now gone. I, let me repeat this, I had to offer solutions to get my money back and she still refused even though they mislabeled and priced the product. It was a live crawfish label on 1lb of chicken legs, chicken legs were 99cents/​lb. She said that they need to scan it back in, I explained again that I would not be able to come in and do that. I offered sending her a pic of both barcode and item its still attached too. and she said no. I tried to explain that they could scan it from pic, she refused and would not listen, I said they could manually enter the numbers, and she flat out refused, I asked if there was another person that was maybe more tech savvy, and NO, finally she said bye and thank you and hung up. Now the last two times a very similar thing happened and it was so small that I didn’t report it. Now I am hearing from others that this is something that happens quite frequently. Horrible cust. service here, no one listens when you raise a question about the price (which I have in the past because the price on the shelves rarely match the register price, they speak fine english when there’s not a problem but when you ask something they play like they don’t understand english anymore. I hate that, its B.S. and own up to your crooked ways, you have now lost business (probably for the better) and I hope they loose more. If you don’t believe me and still want to shop here then go ahead, just do yourself a favor and check every price they ring you up for, and go back and make sure it is the right price. I will be contacting the BBB as well as the health dept as the guy cutting fish went to the meat dept and started handling meat and chicken with the same knife. Also in the bathroom, at least in the mens, they have a cardboard box with used toilet paper and feces opened sitting next to the stalls. WTF???

In my opinion the place here is not that great as soon as you Go in the smell is horrible and it is always dirty, in the parking lot there is always trouble with Asians blocking your way and not seeing where they are going!!! Patience

The only reason why I shop here is because it is well stocked. They have a large meat section too — a whole wall. Parking is kind of tight. The employees don’t seem happy though. The butchers usually grunt at you or give you a look when you ask them for something. Probably it’s a language barrier thing. And the cashiers are not friendly either. Be prepare to bag your own groceries when you come here, for any Asian market for that matter. Whatever happened to our friendly grocery stores where they come out to greet you and smile and maybe ask if you need help carry out groceries out to your car?

I like the place. Generally, it’s clean and well –attended to. Plenty of parking except on weekends and good location to other popular restaurants and shopping in the area.

This place is a lot better than the one on King & Tully.
This place is at least clean enough for me to pick up any grocery items without hesitation.
Products are clean and fresh enough for right away use. And fresh produces are packed neatly, ready to go home.
There are good asian stores right next to Lion Market so even better, than ever!
I am definitely coming back!

Store is dirty and smells like fish. Frozen food items must be frozen and refrozen, because they are crumbly and stuck together with ice crystals. No expiration dates on many packages.
Bring back SaveMart!

This place so shady. Chicken thigh post on sale for .79, so I ask for that n they gave it to me n then I was walking to pay n then looked at the price n realize that they charge me $ 1 n something per lb. So I went back to the butcher section n told them that it’s posted on sale for .79. They said oh that’s for the other cut of chicken. Then I said why is it post for chicken thigh. I told them I don’t want it n change it for the other cut then. They told me no they won’t. At that point I got piss. I was like you gonna false advertise n trick ppl. N now tell me no you can’t change it for the correct chicken. They knew they got caught cheating customers n finally rudely trade it for the correct chicken. It saved me $ 4.00. The principle of honest selling is important to me. I don’t cheat ppl n don’t appreciate others trying to cheat me out period. I left to the cash register paid n that was it. Thinking back I should have asked to speak to the manager cuz a lot of other ppl probably experience what I have n not know it. A lot of ppl probably don’t realize that the chicken they are buying isn’t the one on sale. Ppl don’t check the price sometime when its allot of pound. Screw this place. I hope management is reading this.

Nice to have a grocery market in this area. There’s Maxim nearby there as well across the street. The prices are fair and the market is clean.

I only went here because my brother wanted a larger yet inexpensive Sesame Seed Oil bottle than the ones they sell in the usual grocery stores. From what I see the customers that this place attracts, it is not a safe place to park your new car and definitely not a friwednly and healthy place to shop.

This is the newer Lion Market around. Its definitely a bit neater, aisles larger.
What you can expect, a variety of great things you won’t find at a standard supermarket.
Similar to other Lion Markets is you can also expect a horrible parking lot. That and the crammed street is the main obstacle (literally) here. But, location aside, I love Lion and will stop by when I’m in the neighborhood.

I live near this Lion Market so it’s our go-​to Asian grocery market (though the good old Asian supermarket is a worthy alternative). It has everything you need, and best of all, is generously air conditioned in the summertime (you might want to layer up prior to visiting).
Fresh fruit, fish to order, that Asian ingredient you needed you couldn’t find anywhere else. It also is very Hispanic with salsas available just around the corner. I’ve found everything to be fresh and appetizing.
Prices are good, if not awesome.
Since Lion Market has opened on Story, however, traffic has probably doubled. Be careful in the parking lot! (but you should be fine)
3.5 STARS out of FIVE STARS — rounding up for Little Saigon!!!

I’ve been in the same shopping center several times now for tacos, but only ventured into this store because I was in need of some Asian groceries that I can’t find at the Korean and Japanese stores otherwise.
I was mainly in search of some instant Thai coffee, but there are various VietNamese and Thai items that I can’t easily find. Trying to find a parking space was even more difficult and it seems that 99% of the parking is used by customers of this store.
It seemed as though prices were a bit high but they had quite a bit available. I found my coffee but not the Thai ramen or even the Tom Yum/​Tom Yam soup base, but there were so many people, I may have not been able to see anything else. Perhaps, during the week, it’s a bit less crowded.
The cashier was friendly and you can use your card for your purchase.

Don’t like how they have a sign in there parking lot 1 hour parking or they Will tow your car. Wtf.

I’ve been to this location twice since its grand opening and both times I bought this «Land O Lakes» butter priced at $ 3.19 from $ 5.19. Both times I had to correct the manager. She says the barcode is different than what is being scanned. I saw the same people and the same problems. I believe they are trying to rip people off two dollars knowing that this butter is on sale.

This market is quintessentially San Jose– a mixing of cultures. Given that I write a food blog about a «diet with an identity crisis,» obviously I find being able to get many cultures’ worth of authentic, delicious food products pretty fabulous and inspiring.
It was clean and the staff were very nice, helping me find things and at the checkout. Even the bathroom was clean! I loved the mix of products. The fruits and veggies were fresh. Most aisles were well stocked. They definitely had Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Thai, and Hispanic goods. Pretty much anything you could want.
Bonus: they have good bike racks!
Only downsides: I was a little confused by the organization of the store. Also, their fruit selection wasn’t terrific, even if the fruit was fresh. I would’ve liked to see more tropical fruits.

Pro. New
Cons: narrow, not much selections, workers aren’t helpful and somehow they are rude.

Lion Market is also Fresco Supermart (mexican grocer). parking here isn’t that plentiful. hearsay this was a savemart. dropped in looking for cheap snacks. the usual lion food sections are here.
buys:.
–Kasugai hot green peas (1.19)
expensive stuff i j shops
–garden cream wafer @.89
1.69 up the street, has palm oil
like this better than sunshine wafer cookies
–pinguinos (mexican cup cakes) @ .99
foodnotes:
–just grabbed and got, didn’t sight see
–noticed mexican shoppers, mexican goods
–not so busy, checked out fast…
4 stars for the bargains. regular goods-?

Pros: An Asian supermarket conveniently located to home. I don’t have to drive all the way to Fresco over by Eastridge.
Cons: Parking sucks.
This place is a mess considering grand opening was last week.

I was glad to hear they were going to open a Lions closer to central San Jose. I went on a Friday afternoon and I am accustomed to busy to Asian Supermarket parking lots and grocery alleys. I understand they barely opened so they have quite worked out the stocking scheduling and streamlining of the layout of the market.
Pros:
–A combination of both Asian and Mexican items, almost one stop shopping
–New therefore clean, not sure how long that will hold up
Cons
–The store itself is smaller than some of the other ethnic supermarkets
–Because it is a combination of both Asian and Mexican items, i felt short changed in the number and diversity of items
–The parking lot layout is horrible and the light stop at the entrance is going to piss off a lot of people
It is a good store if you can go during off hours and I will update my review if things improve

This grocery market just opened on 7÷26÷13, so it’s super clean compared to other similar Asian grocery stores. The store is brightly lit and feels much more sanitary than other similar grocery markets. The floors actually look clean. I hope they keep up the cleanliness of the store.
When my sister and I stopped by here on a Saturday afternoon, the place was super packed. I used to have no problem at all with parking when the place used to be a Savemart, but now the parking lot is pretty crowded. It might just be because of the grand opening.
There is a produce area, lots of Asian snacks, kitchenware aisle, dried and canned foods, meat and fish area, and cremeria (sp? salsa, guacamole, Mexican cheeses, etc) counter. I think it is really neat how this Lion Market is combined with a Fresco Supermarket. With this mix of products in this store, I feel the store serves the needs of the community it is in.
The workers were actually really helpful. We got helped by two workers; both helped us find the things we were looking for. There were samples near the salsa counter area of cheese and ham, and the workers behind the counter explained what the samples were. There also was a person holding a tray of samples walking around the checkout lines.