Appletree

New to the area so I was looking for a bargain produce market, had high hopes but quite honestly didn’t make the cut, as a consumer do your research one is easily paying $ 1 more per lb on green peppers, found onions in bags to cost much more than Aldi’s– Lettuce and greens were quite expensive compared to BJ’s /​Aldi’s. They have a few things here and there that were a good deal however the majority of the goods were either at parity or more than supermarkets.

OMG this place is wonderful I’ve been searching for a farmers market with a selection of Asian and Korean ingredients. The fish is fresh and well priced very clean and polite service.

Amazing fresh seafood display that’s mixed in with an Asian, Jamacian, and Latin market. This place is based out of Queens. with one of the satellite stores up in Hartford (very ethnically diverse city here) The seafood has fresh conch, skate wings, carp, even striped bass amongst a myriad of other things. Wonderful place… and the neighborhood isn’t great but it’s safe during the day.

I was a regular customer here until today. Lately, I have been experiencing maggots and rotten produce. I went to Appletree today and notice their produce is no longer fresh or cheap. There were fruit flies and worm holes in almost all the fruits. Unless Appletree cleans up their act, I will not be shopping there any longer.

Just went there today for the first time. I wish I knew this place earlier. I especially love their fruits and Korean BBQ sauce. Will definitely return!

Was totally shocked to find an Appletree in CT. See, the trademarked name was a chain of grocery stores that started and died in Texas;
I think I may have been one of the last customers at the last location in Bryan Texas as the next day it closed, ending a decades long run that died in Bryan Texas of all places, a spin off of Safeway.
Impressed by the fresh fruit selection here, the worn out floors do show decades of foot traffic, but is it a last remaining real AppleTree?
Very odd and unusual. Friendly staff.

Amazing quality and value, this is the best produce combo seafood and international market in West Hartford. The employees are always nice and the produce is always fresh; the seafood is second to none…

My wife is korean and gets groceries from here on the regular. They have alot of veggies and fruits but do lack in variety of korean food. Also they often do not have kimcge which is a staple to koreans diet. They do have a large portion of fish but we havent tried it yet. Overall they get a 3.5.

Years later I went back to Apple Tree and it is now one of my favorite places to get produce and seafood. I think they may have changed owners at some point cuz it started to stock a lot more Korean items (no complaints here!)
Prices are pretty good, variety is much better than most supermarkets, and staff is very friendly.

Appletree has become one of my favorite produce shops in the past year. They seem to have everything I need. I can’t say the produce is organic but even at Whole Foods some exotic fruits are only available with laced with pesticides and who knows what.
I’ve been able to find decent deals on fruits for juicing here. One week I found apricots for $ 0.99 per lb! When juicing I’m not too picky about the quality of the fruit so Appletree gets the job done.
This is my go to spot for cucumbers! They usually have them for $ 0.69 or $ 0.99 per lb. Appletree prices are consistently lower than Stop and Shops.
I haven’t purchased anything besides produce here so I can’t comment on their fish or dry goods.

Great selection of fruits and veg and fresh fish all at a very reasonable price. My Turkish husband’s go to spot for salad ingredients.

Appletree is an independent, small fruit and vegetable (primarily) grocer.
The prices here are generally lower than in supermarkets and they have hard-​to-​find varieties. However, they offer very few, if any, organic options.

I have only moved to the region 8 months ago, but this place has by far the best non-​frozen sea food collection in the area that I have seen. They have a cornucopia of collection from conchs to salmons, which is comparable to the selection in the Asian markets I frequent during my SoCal days (the only thing I wish they have are sushi quality fishes). Appletree’s fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs are also commendable, inexpensive and a larger selection to choose from is also superior to the ever-​the-​same-​ever-​boring selections at the local Stop-​and-​Shop.
The dry spice, dry food and condiments are exciting and worldly. I picked up a jar of Jamaican jerk seasoning, Mexico grown mangos, Korean rice cakes and Vietnamese fish sauce all in this one establishment.
The only thing I want to complain about is the place smell fishy when I first walked in, not overwhelmingly but just a hint of seafood. I am not sure if there is anything Appletree can do about it, since their best asset comes with a small price.

Appletree is in the Raymour and Flanagan plaza across from Home Depot. They have a good selection of produce. You can find almost anything you require for almost any recipe there if you are looking for unusual fresh vegetable or fruits. The prices are usually a bit less than nearby supermarkets. I have purchased some seafood here, but this is not my default «Go To» seafood place due to some difficulty I encountered communicating with the people who work in the seafood section.

Fresh papaya? Check. 4 types of eggplant and 5 kinds of yams? Check check check
What an unexpected delight! Wonderful prices on gorgeous displays of fresh produce (and an extremely extensive/​exotic selection at that), cheap herbs, and a great assortment of Korean & other Asian goods. My boyfriend freaked out with joy over the buckets of homemade kimchi (bleh. To each his own). We’d driven past Appletree so many times and I’m so glad we finally decided to stop in. I left with tons of fruit & veggies, some cashews (the store has an entire wall of different nuts & tasty trail mixes), and a bunch of other miscellaneous items. I’ll branch out next time, promise. All in all, a clean, well-​stocked, impressive little grocery store.
Appletree also has a decent seafood selection so I’ll probably check that out on my next visit. To be continued!

Cheap produce and nice fresh fish selection!
This grocery store also has tons of Korean grocery items that are hard to find in the area, and are generally priced below E-​Mart and Oriental Mart.
For anyone who’s been to Ranch 99 Market, the produce here reminds me of that but without that underlying durian scent taking over the store. The produce items are probably a few days beyond what’s acceptable to sell at Stop & Shop, but still good if you plan to eat it relatively soon. SO AFFORDABLE!
Staff is always friendly and is quick at the register (which is a big thing for me!).
I always stop by this place after making a BJ’s run!

nice little international flavor fruit and veg shop.
cheaper than a lot of other stores, good selection of what you would expect and some out of the ordinary things. when i was there i think they had 5 kinds of fresh yams. smells a little fishy (the fish dept in the back of the store is pretty big)

I like this place. The variety is unreal if you are into wierd produce, and the prices are cheap.
I also bought fish there on my last visit — the sole was excellent and super fresh.

After stopping in again, I just had to put up a quick update.
The Basil there is F’ing amazing. I made some pesto for our Easter Dinner. It got rave reviews, and I think mostly due to the great, fresh, fragrent Basil.
I also picked up some cashews.
They were cashews. I mean I love cashews. But for raw cashews, what can go wrong. Seriously?

Finally, a place that sells reasonably priced produce! As close to the farmer’s market as you can get without waiting for the farmers. Plenty of good quality produce for cheap prices. If only I lived closer… Lots of vegetables that you won’t find anywhere else. But for some reason they didn’t have fresh basil (neither did any of the four grocery stores I went to the same day, so I just bought myself a basil plant. I call him Bob the Basil plant). I’ll have to update my review come winter to see what kind of stock they still have, but I’m sure it will still be good.
Come with cash! It’s better for small businesses anyway. A trip to the ATM isn’t going to kill you.