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March 2024 by Asli Peker
Lots of variety of Turkish groceries, a butcher and some fresh pastries.
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March 2024 by Bogdan Prorocu
Big variety of Turkish food,fresh meat from butcher section,great service and friendly owner
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March 2024 by Kim Ponce
This store is a gem! Friendly staff and many many interesting food items!
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January 2024 by Amalia Anderson
AWESOME store!!! Great selection of Turkish prepared foods, ingredients & products. Felt like a cross between a Migros + Rossman. Excellent prices, very low markup compared to prices in Türkiye. Must return to try their fresh desserts & prepared foods in cooler area. I found the limon kolonya, chocolate cookies & chocolate bars, tea from Rize & olive oil moisturizer I was search for.
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January 2024 by Alex Sari
Best halal place. All materials are 100% halal owner personally best respect, nice and polite
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January 2024 by M GKL
A very nice market where you can find super Turkish products. Whatever is available in the market in Istanbul is also available here. All of them are pickles, even the juice of Bturk Marks.
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January 2024 by rachael zwoboda
Fair prices, diverse selection on cheeses, driesd fruits, frozen specialties, and pantry staples from urkey!
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December 2023 by Kevin K.
Best Turkish supermarket in western Queens.OH, THE ONLY TURKISH SUPERMARKET IN WESTERN QUEENS? Okay, slightly kidding since it's the size of two bodegas, and Sunny grocery on 43rd (a block away) is also a Turkish grocer, and it carries slightly different things. One of the fun things about visiting a foreign city like Istanbul is to go native and visit corner produce stands, grocers (Şok or Migros) or hypermarkets (like Carrefour). What I will do is look at the items, and based on some researched numbers, get an idea for how things are. For example, in Nov 2023 a 500g bag of Caykur Altinbas classic tea is 95 TL. A six pack Pasabahce tea glass set (çay bardak) is 99 while ones from Sahil is 27 at Şok. A bottle of full fat Ayran is 12, a subway ride is about 15 and a breakfast set is about 200. The monthly minimum wage is about 23000, and average rent for a dinky apartment in Zeytinburu is about 16000 TL. The current exchange rate is about 30 TL to 1 USD with an 80% inflation, so you need to hustle to survive on Istanbul money, but as a tourist, you can make out like gangbusters if you stick to domestic products and shop around. So what does that have to do with shopping at Turkiyem? Well, certain useful items are oddly inexpensive due to lower relative pricing in Turkiye, but you just have to think outside the box. For example? The pasabahce 6 pack tea plate for 8 bucks (I think they were like 75 TL)...can you use it as an olive/nut plate for parties? Yes - better than Ikea in most cases. What about the big 500g bag of Caykur loose earl grey for 4.75? Yep. What about that 3.50 jar of Tomato paste? High quality and much cheaper than Concertina, stick it in an ice tray, freeze and ziplock bag it up. The olive bar here? Cheaper than Parrot foods and just as decent. Same goes for Turkish Olive oil - same or higher quality than Italian without the markup. Of course, not everything is well priced. That 2 lb bag of Reis red lentils (Turkish brand, Kazakh lentils) is 6 bucks. Go to Patel Brothers in JH and it's 5 bucks for a 4 lb bag of Canadian lentils, which tastes the same in Turkish lentil soup). Arborio rice too difficult to find? Use Baldo (it's a Turkish hybrid for making Pilaf), but don't pay 6 bucks for a 2 lb Reis bag here - go to Mediterranean Foods in Astoria and look for the Krinos brand, which is often around 5. But what is this place really good for? Well, it's a good one stop shop for Turkish items but minus a few things. For example, if you want Tulumba (Turkish honey glazed churro nuggets), that's Sunny on 43rd, and the good stuff is at A&D Turkish market in Bay Ridge. Want great Baklava? Antepli in Bay Ridge. If you want single serving Kahramaras style Dondurma (Turkish ice cream) which is freaking delicious served with Turkish tea and baklava? Grand Bazaar in Cliffside park. In terms of Turkish markets It's not nearly as big as Istanbul Food Pazaar in Clifton (NJ) or Portokali Market in Sheepshead Bay, or even Nizaam in Cliffside Park, but you know what? If you want pre-packaged Moda Dondurma sliced up and ready to go in Queens? Check the freezer here. Want a crapload of dried mint at a reasonable price but without the stems, or Aleppo peppers for lentil soup without paying the absurd markups at Sahadi's? Pul Biber, check the spice aisle. Hell, they even got multiple varieties of dried peppers hanging on the ceiling and more spices and teas than you know what to do with. It's just as much fun to browse as Parrot Foods on Sunnyside, and you can chat with the Butcher and get tips on cooking. Yeah, some places are cheaper or have more stuff, but often, they win out on convenience. If I have a Zipcar for the weekend and don't mind driving to NJ, I'll head to the big Turkish markets and maybe get something really Turkish, like Beyran soup from Gaziantep on the other side of the Hudson. Otherwise I drop by here for small culinary reminders of Istanbul. So yeah, stop by. I do that once a month.Oh yeah, can someone tell the owner to install a few price validat
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December 2023 by ENGIN MALCOK
Great spot for authentic Turkish National labels of grocery,dried fruits,packaged goods,and butcher within . It is expanded location for more products and frozen aisle added as well as dairy products. Welcoming staff and community members' gathers every Friday as hangout amd shopping spot .
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December 2023 by ALPER YILMAZ
They have decent tasty food. Not much of choices of wine. I was there for lunch with bunch other colleagues and we wanted to have doner. It was 12:30pm and they didn’t have any doner available. Appetizers were tasty. It is a small cozy place if they can improve their menu, it is a nice place for lunch.
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December 2023 by Francesca Perrone
Love ❤️ ? this place friendly & helpful staff they just EXPANDED THEY HAVE THE BEST CRACKERS & SPECIAL TURKISH OLIVEBREADS CHEESE SELECTION GREAT
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December 2023 by Meline V.
This is my go to place for spices and if I need to find herbal tea. Their cheese, yogurt, milk , beverages and frozen section is without prices. I bought philo dough with price $3.75 at the register was charged $4.50 when I showed them the price sticker they reimbursed me but it's not the first time. It's overstocked and would suggest you check for expectation dates on products and prices before you buy. They sale spices, halal meet, baklava and herbal teas. I wish there was someone who can explain some of the products.
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November 2023 by Merantine Nolan
a long standing Turkish gem??made this eu vegetarian very happy they are a little pricey due to import prices, but the pizza I ate today was made in turkiye 6 months ago? (see photo)
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November 2023 by Estefania Cabezas
We love going here for the Turkish products. The staff is friendly and helpful. The products are fresh and they have a lot of variety. Make sure you buy the meat there is very fresh.
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November 2023 by Arda Anıl
One of the best stores in the area. Authentic Turkish products, clean store, friendly staff. Check out the Turkish snacks, they're becoming quite popular.
