Kin’s Farm Market – Davie Street

Used to be good. Of late we’ve come home only to find long white radish (daikon), oranges, persimmon and even their lettuce when you peel or cut find they’ve gone bad.
No idea why the quality of their produce has fallen so far.
Will also add unlike Shoppers who help you pack your items in the bag (s) you bring since they started charging for bags, Kin’s clerk do zip. Poor service, guys.

I don’t shop here on the regular, but I will stop in when I am on Davie street.
The produce is always looking very fresh, and the prices aren’t too bad.
It’s clean, well lit, and organized.
However the staff leaves a bit to be desired.
I have never gotten any sort of greeting ever. and when I asked for assistance yesterday in locating jicama, I was met with a completely blank look.
Granted, this isn’t probably a very common request (it’s a Mexican veggie similar to a turnip) but 3 people later, we determined that it was not meant to be.
The cashier however had to be the worst! She had a really pissy look on her face (how dare I take her away from texting on her cell phone !)
Not a word was spoken nor a smile was cracked. When I asked if I could have a bag — it was as if I had demanded her first born child !
So come here for the produce but when it comes to customer service — do not hold your breath !

Ph I love this tiny fruit and veggie market! The Kin’s are so sweet, and wow is the produce ever fresh, flavourful and extremely well priced! I was just walking by and I could not help but buy cherries that were glistening in the sun. They had 3 different varrieties of cherries, and I was easily guided to the best ones out of the Okanagan.
If you happen to be in English Bay it is so worth the walk a few blocks up to this adorable shop to grab a snack (or a whole fridge full!)

This is a great little produce market. They have a wide selection of fruits and veg, many of which are sourced locally. The prices are great especially on the items that are on sale. For example today’s sale prices included lettuce $ 1, blueberries $ 2.49, and heirloom tomatoes $ 1.69. All of these items were local and tasty.
If you are looking for regular grocery items here, you are out of luck. They have a very small selection of pasta and canned pasta sauce. They do have salad dressings.
What did I learn today? Grab a bread from Cobb bakery next door. The Turkish bread and cinnamon rolls rock!

READ!!! So me and a few friends came out to visit and decided to stop here to buy lots of fruit while we were visiting Van. We had the fruit for breakfast after buying it, everything seemed fine. We put the fruit in the fridge, and the next morning I pulled out the blue berries to eat some. Chewed on a few, grabbed one, and notice there was a WORM IN IT!!! I screamed and had to throw all the fruit right away! I was so paranoid to eat any food from Canada after that :/​jeeze I’ve never been so grossed out in my life!!!

My best friend and I were craving pomegranates, however, we didn’t want to spend $ 6 for palm wonderful now did we feel like sitting by a sink at night getting the damn seeds out. Kin’s to the rescue as the had a Styrofoam platter with half a fruit already de-​seeded for $ 2.50 = awesome bargain. We cleaned them out for the night. This is the only time I eat pomegranates is when they’re already de-​seeded for me = ready to eat.

Clean, friendly and good looking. Produce here is fresh and not trashy and their prices are so much better than your local Choices, Nester’s, Safeway and IGA.
And they sample their fruit fresh!

This place is as good as it gets in downtown.
It is cheaper than Whole Foods.
A LOT cheaper than Whole Foods I should say.
The organic section was bigger than expected.
Sometimes the vegetables are really dried out.
Other times they look really old.
But after farmers market on West end is over for the year, this place is the place to shop in this area.

bought a bag of their cherries and each one tastes great with no bruises!!! same price as supermarket nearby, but prefer giving business to local stalls!!!

Easy to give 4 stars as there’s really nothing else in the area, sandwiched between IGA and Safeway, about 15min. walk in either direction.
A wide store, with usually fruit samples like oranges, apples.
Good service too, constantly restocking.
Lucky for the Sandman hotel guests next door, whenever i’m traveling, it’s nice to be able to pick up fresh fruits within walking distance.
Not much parking here anyways.

I’m not sure how they manage to undercut supermarkets for so much of their produce– and often fresher, and from local area!- but they do.
As a bonus, this location also has an organics section.
Great service also.

I’ve always given priority to local vs. organic products and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw their bigger than average «local produce» section. I will definitely be back, especially for that butter lettuce, even whole foods can’t compete with that.
Two thumbs up for Davie’s Kin’s Farm Market!
Ciao Ciao
M

Fantastic place for your fresh produce such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, cereals and milk.
Such a good variety and always fresh product.
Clean and spacious store in the middle of Davie Street.
The cashier are not particularly friendly but always nice.
The prices are good too.
Always a pleasure to go there and see this variety of colour and smell.
That you are vegetarian or not, it is a «to go to» place for your groceries.

I like the Kin’s Farm Market concept. Small stores located in neighborhood where you can easily walk to them and pick up a day or tow of produce. Not like the gargantuan sole-​less big box groceries stores with waxed apples.

I love fresh fruits and veggies. Love love love! The problem is that Kin’s is pretty expensive. I don’t mind paying a bit extra for organic produce, but sometimes it can be a bit ridiculous. I got fooled by their pricing because I usually shop at West Valley (just around the corner) and their strawberries are priced by the container, whereas Kin’s prices theirs by the pound, so when you pick up a container of strawberries, you never know how much is in it, and how much it’s gonna be when you get up to the till.
I bought a container of organic strawberries, and two fuji apples and it cost me over $ 11. Yup. The conatiner of strawberries was not super huge, I’d say that if I bought one this big at West Valley it would have been $ 5 or $ 6. But I’m not the kinda girl that gets agro at the till when I find out how much it is. I’m sure my eyes slightly popped out of my head, but I paid up and went on my way.
I probably won’t be back anytime soon, I’ll stick to the cheaper places, cuz if you live in Vancouver, you spend 80% of your money on rent, so spending the last 20% on groceries leaves you with no drinking money — which is NOT ok. On a positive note — the place smells great when you’re inside.

I live a few blocks from this location and it is my go-​to for all of my fresh produce. Plain and simple: their quality is consistent and they are definitely the least-​expensive in the area. I like having a regular go-​to place.
Also, they do have really competitive weekly specials, which I enjoy. Being frugal I tend to shop that way — I tend to go by what’s on special. That being said their staples — potatoes, onions, peppers, etc. — are, more often than not, less than anywhere else. Why people go to Urban Unfare when Kin’s is a mere stone’s throw is beyond me. I’d rather take a pleasant walk in my hood, burn some extra calories, and save the cash. It’s how I roll.
They have a fairly decent selection of organic produce as well as dry goods, like cereal, honey, etc. Their prices on that sort of stuff isn’t quite as competitive, so I do shop elsewhere for everything that’s not produce-​related.

Kin’s Farm Market is the polished-​up chain version of those cheap little Asian produce markets that populate the city. Kins resides in a happy middle ground between sketchy local market and high priced over-​glazed grocery store produce department.
In addition to the regular selection of produce, you can usually find great Asian vegetables for cooking as well as tofu, noodles, yogurt and eggs.
This particular location is clean, well laid out and usually has some very reasonable specials on local and imported produce. A better organic produce section and clearer labelling would make the shopping experience even better.
Kin’s is a great place and a regular stop on my shopping trips (by foot).

This is a great shop to get great produce at great prices (ok enough with the greats already)
I agree with the other reviewer more local produce during our growing season would be great, but, whatever I buy there I find tastes great and is fresh.
I have shopped at Kin’s for many years… we actually buy all our produce there instead of our grocery store.

Kin’s is my fail safe produce source.
Fresh and perty 95% of the time. Good prices and a respectable selection of organics. Unfortunately they have minimal local goods, other than plenty of apples (which I always appreciate). But this may be due to supply reasons? How much local stuff is really out there anyways.
So what’s on my list?
Organic bananas (the price isn’t much more than regular)
Local apples (any’ll do)
Organic lettuce (from the states, darn)
And pretty much anything else colourful that catches my eye!

If you’re looking for good quality produce at a stallar price, Kin’s is pretty much the place!
They have a large selection of fruits and vegetables, along with herbs and organic products as well. I would choose Kin’s over any supermarket such as IGA or Safeway, but sometimes can be out of the way as they do not sell meats, dairy and all that other jazz.
The cashiers are friendly and I can usually get everything I need for a low price. They usually put out samples of fruits to give you a taste of what to expect so you don’t feel ripped off, and can be convinced that what they are selling are ripe enough for your liking.
Two thumbs up for Kin’s!