A.R. Supermarket

I’ve shopped at AR Supermarket in Garden Grove several times before and usually had an okay experience, but today was very disappointing and honestly ruined my day. The cashier (a Korean male employee - receipt 178) was extremely unfriendly and rude during checkout. He insisted multiple times that I hand him my credit card, even though on previous visits I was always allowed to tap my card myself. What made me very uncomfortable was that he was wearing visibly dirty, yellow gloves. Since COVID, I do not feel comfortable handing over personal items like my credit card, and this should be respected. His attitude became even worse when my husband asked for a shopping bag. The cashier claimed we had to request a bag before checkout, which makes no sense. First of all, it is the cashier’s responsibility to ask. Secondly, on our previous visits no one mentioned this rule or charged us for bags this way. It felt like he was just looking for reasons to be difficult.which makes no sense and was never mentioned on previous visits. The attitude was unnecessary and unprofessional. Because of this experience, I will not be coming back here to shop again.

Went to get some supplies for tonight dinner. Still a great and valuable with decent prices place to shop. With friendly cashiers and staff. Their stuffs are fresh & nicely packed. They do have already cooked, fresh, and frozen for meats, seafoods and veggies. Parking is great, there is front and back of the building, and easy to park (small spaces are small). The market is clean and well organized. They also have food stalls section, and other shops at the entrance. Their bathroom is clean and well kept. At this time, they are given out complimentary calendar for shoppers with purchased. Very nice big calendar.

This store has some items at great prices, especially the ready made food in the to-go type of containers. They also have better deals than most places for their soju. They have deals on their fishballs, but their fishballs with roe are expensive.

My friend lives in Garden Grove and she told me that actually A.R. Supermarket is her favorite for getting Korean food and products. That’s interesting because I was often shopping Korean food in H Mart nearby but never noticed this A.R. Supermarket so I went to check it out. It offers a wide variety of products at prices significantly lower than the H Mart’s!! Vegetables, fruits, and mushrooms are very fresh, with organic brands too. There’s also a wide selection of side dishes, meat, seafood, frozen food, sauces, snacks, instant noodles, shampoos and etc. Those items are often on sale. For example, Harim’s frozen ginseng chicken soup was $7.7 (dated 5/2024) on sale while it was priced at $9.9 on Weee even after a discount. The store layout is okay, but the lighting isn’t as bright as H Mart’s, so it might seem not so modern, however, I don’t mind as long as it provides good products with great price. There are a few shops aside in supermarket including shoes shop, Korean cosmetic chain store, women clothing stores and hair accessory shop. Overall, it’s a great place to shop at one stop and I definitely recommend it. 📍A.R. Supermarket (Korea Plaza) 9580 Garden Grove Blvd #300, Garden Grove, CA 92844 They also have a Fullerton location 📍 1701 Orangethorpe Ave, Fullerton, CA 92833

I love their ocean salad section. Plenty of Korean style kimchi and cold food to choose from. Marinated raw soft shell crab is my favorite. Saturday morning is the best time to get freshly prepared pickled stuff each week.