China World Supermarket

Check expiry dates. If there is none, don’t buy it. This place sells old products. I bought some ice cream mochi, felt like eating dried rubber. Also bough some white rabbit candy, they were rock hard.

I love this place! It is by far my favorite Asian grocer.
As some other reviewer said: rock-​bottom prices. This store reminds me Aldi Supermarket in Australia. They cut costs by stacking open boxes everywhere instead of paying someone to take the items out of the box and organize them on shelves. Works for me!
I actually feel this place is a hidden gem. Not many people know about it still. There is lots of space to walk around and it’s never crowded, unlike Yaohan or PriceSmart.
As for inventory, they have an amazing selection of rice, sauces, snacks, junk food, noodles, drinks, frozen foods, etc. Not just Chinese, but Japanese, Korean, etc. The produce and meat sections are a little weak, but good enough for me. They also have the cheapest BBQ meats (BBQ pork, roast pork, soy sauce chicken, duck) in Richmond by far.
A few suggestions for management:
— Accept credit cards. I would go there more often and buy in larger quantities if they did.
— Add another cashier when it gets busy
— Baskets with wheels

Basically Costco for Asians. Lots of Asian brand food items, household items, bakery, beauty products, etc.
Prices are slightly lower than the regular chain Asian supermarkets, but not significantly so. Some good deals can be found occasionally, if you’re buying bulk cases of items.
I stop by sometimes for Asian snacks & packed drinks, but only if I’m in the area.
Cash or debit only, no credit cards accepted here.
Lots of parking spots available in the large parking lot in front of the place.

This place is great if you are looking for rice and other Chinese bulky items. The two things I don’t like about are they only accept cash/​debit, and there’s not a lot of varieties in the produce section. If they accept credit card, I would shop there everyday. But their price is definitely very good compared to other Chinese supermarkets.

China World now carries additional brands of chips including Lays, Cheetos and Mrs Vickies. I did notice that sometimes they can be close to the best before date, so do check that before purchasing. They also carry ONE coconut water now.

This place is awesome. The prices are the best and quality is equivalent to other Chinese groceries. Barely any non-​Chinese shop here, they must not know how great it is. Cash and Debit only. It’s always busy.

I came here when it first opened up, and then I didn’t come again. I would drive by this place with my dear, and she would never suggest going to this place to buy groceries, and then this past weekend due to changing it up a little, and needing to just find a place to walk, we ended up in here. I pulled into the front parking lot, and found a spot, just note… this is Richmond. the stereotype is true. if you know what I mean! We walked into this place finally to see what has changed in this supermarket, and here is my observation.
I think I expected more when I entered, the place, as in building, is not that old, but when you come in. it feels aged, and with the not so bright future lighting that most people would be used to (ie. T&T, Osaka) it’s not the clean, comfortable place you maybe used to. Because this place is so big, even if there are a lot of people in here, it doesn’t feel as crazy as going to the other Chinese grocery stores in Richmond. It feels as big as a Costco in here, with isles… and isles of dried foods, there’s a whole centre isle dedicated to rice. hence it in their name outside the store… Rice World.
This place feels like how Superstore used to feel to me, unorganized, a little chaotic, and not much in terms of quality, or more like unknown foods. There’s a lot of wasted space here. which is used to show repetitive product, so you will see a lot of the same. This was the case when we went to the back refrigeration isle, the cold area was layered with big round E-​Fu (yee mien) noodles, where we ended up picking up a pack… due to my dear wanting it for dinner. then later on we also picked up a pack of pressed tofu to go along with the dish.
Didn’t really like the selection of meats, as they didn’t look too appealing, that and also the vegetables, but if you are in it for dried food or canned food, this is going to be pure heaven to you. The place feels like your local small Chinese supermarket, just expanded by space. 10 fold. If you are looking for a no nonsense place to shop. come here.

China World has EVERYTHING you could possibly want from a Chinese market, all at rock bottom prices! They also have a ton of other Asian/​Japanese snacks, candies, drinks, etc for super cheap! They have a plethora of brands of every asian food imaginable from China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. They also have a standard grocery section which is actually pricier than Crystal Mall.
There are usually long lineups, but the check out clerks move really fast, so there’s barely any wait time!
I heart you China World, for sastisfying my hankering for all things asian!

Overall, cheap for what they sell. Sorta like the chinese version of no frills. However, i must say no frills even though i haven’t been in one is a lot better in that at least no frills accepts mastercard. This location will only accept debit or cash. Most of the time 14 cashes, 2 tills open. And to top it off they have two of the tills that are designed as express tills blocked with stock. Often times I’m in here, it’s 8 – 12 people deep with full carts. If you think 5 – 6 people with full carts at rcss and pricesmart are crazy, try china world during a weekend. Too cheap to hire labor or give people extra hours imo. Store getting busier and no extra cashiers coming in, have the existing ones going off stay an extra hour to help clear the people out. Instead they had people closing down, overworking the remaining 2 cashiers while it got busier and busier. No wonder they can’t keep people. Horrible management imo. Myself I would pay with debit at this location. Just to piss them off because they’re pissing me off by closing down lanes and wasting my time standing in line. Let them get dinged for the debit transaction. Not my problem if they get dinged. Not getting any tips from me in the form of cash for sub-​par service.

This is a Costco sized Asian supermarket! If you want hard to find cool Asian foods (especially Chinese) then this is the place. As a vegetarian I bypassed the «uterus» for sale. I have no idea whose uterus, but I was fine to stick with the crackers, rice and noodles thank you very much. They even had 4 – 5 different kinds of vegetarian ramen. I have yet to crack them open but I am super excited. The selection is 5 star for sure and if not for that this would be a 3 star or less. There is no sign on the door saying they only take cash and debit. Thankfully my friend bailed me out since all I had on me was my credit card. Also, there were only 2 lines open for check out. It took 35 min from the time we got in line till we got through check out. Ridiculous. Staff was pretty dead pan — not much customer service there. So, I would say go for sure, but just have cash or debit and be prepared for this to be a really lengthy excursion.

This is the go-​to place for rice – an entire aisle full of rice bags, probably about 20 different ones to choose from as pic indicates; I shld’ve looked to see if there was a gluten-​free one since hear that’s healthier lol.
You come here for the perception of better prices b/​c of its warehouse feel, with its high ceilings, plain flooring & not so bright lighting, quite large, no cozy feel; certainly not service-​oriented, neither the shelf ppl seem want to help nor the cashiers greet you – granted, they’re not here to emulate Safeway lol.
It’s got all you need from a supermarket, without the produce. Does have meat & seafood.
Amazingly, their ice cream selection is pretty impressive: ben & jerry, Purdy’s & Breyer’s.
Back to the cashiers, seems they only have 2 cashiers open though there’s at least another few empty lanes, no matter how busy it is. At least they don’t charge you for plastic bags like T&T.
free parking in the front and back too.

Not too sure if this place is related to the Rice World that is in China town, but this is the one that I come to the most to get Asian groceries that I cannot get at T&T.
The thing about this place is that it reminds me of the dingy smelling places that are in Mainland China. The goods can be somewhat disorganized and haphazard when you compare it to T&T or Yaohan Centre.
What I do notice are:
1. They have a huge variety of rice. All kinds.
2. Dry spices. Again, all kinds and lots of variety. I am guaranteed to find licorice root here. It’s hit and miss at T&T
3. Snacks, again a huge selection.
4. And finally instant noodles. They have an entire aisle packed full of instant noodles.
Prices are pretty good especially for the Asian goods.
Don’t expect too much of assistance from the associates, I don’t think their English skills are too high. Know what you want to get, and get it. I do hear a lot of Mainland Chinese speakers in here tho, so I guess they like the place.
Crowds are a lot smaller than the T&T or Yaohan, and it’s not as crazy.

This store has almost everything and the prices are lower than their competitors by a lot depending what you buy. I find their selection plentiful and most of the items are easy to find. What I have noticed is that not everything is cheaper here, mostly western foods as I find them pricier than other supermarkets that sell the exact same product.

This is my lovely alternative to T&T supermarket for cheap asian snacks! It’s a little walk from Aberdeen skytrain station, but this market is PACKED with stuff priced so low that it was hard for me to not overstock. (I always end up getting weeks worth of snacks…) There’s a lot of brands that you’ve probably never heard of though as they could be from China or Singapore or Thailand, and the signs sometimes are written in «engrish», but nonetheless, I enjoy shopping here a lot! There’s of course more to it than just snacks; it’s a warehouse-​sized supermarket after all! It’s best to just check it out for yourself, and oh, do come by car. You may just end up with a trunk full of stuff.
Note: Weekends may get a bit busy here; the locals really love shopping in this market, but the place seems to insist on using 3 registers only.

I come here for my dry spices and Hot Pot flavour packs.
What’s this?
If you like Hot Pot, in particular the spicy Szechuan flavour hot pots then you can buy these little packages of soup bases for hot pot. They have all kinds of varieties.
I know you can get them at Yao Han and TNT’s but I like to come here, cause it’s not crowded, ample parking you don’t need to fight over and the whole experience is less stressful.
Ok it’s not as fancy and stuff is either on a shelf or in a box.
What I do like to find are the instant noodles. They have tons of them.
The Chinese peppers, dried mushrooms, bamboo shoot in a package, mustard pickles, RICE! All kinds of RICE!
There is a frozen food section and a fresh produce. You can’t get everything, but there are some things I like to get that are cheaper here than other places.
It’s affordable, big, easy to shop and I can RELAX while shopping in a Chinese shopping center! Now where else can you find that!