H Mart

Totally fun Korean Grocery store with a bunch of little kiosks by the front of the store that sell other things like skincare. The face masks I bought there were a hit as Christmas gifts, and they were very inexpensive. More than a grocery store, this is a cultural experience. Lots of pocky flavors available!

This supermarket has terrible return policy. The customer service department refused to refund me for packages of items that were clearly spoiled. The employee was not apologetic at all about it and was rude. They would not refund any unused opened items, either, even when presented with a receipt. Think carefully with what you buy because no matter what happens, they will not take it back.

Tip: Sign up for their h-​mart loyalty card. It’s free, you collect points, and you get coupons in the mail.
H-​mart is the Asian version of Whole Foods, where you’re pretty much guaranteed to find the produce, fish and meat selections fresh and of good quality. Another plus are the samples! And just like Whole Foods, it’s easy to end of spending your whole wallet. But the trade off in their price is their quality. In addition, they often have a number items on sale. On my last visit, I got a pack of 9 pack of instant udon noodles, mushrooms, tofu — all on sale. I also loaded up on thinly sliced meats for a future hotpot night. For those who are enjoy korean BBQ, they have self serve bar with a variety of marinated meats for people to bring back home to cook. I’ve tried the kimchi porkbelly and the BBQ beef, and everything was delicious.
On your way out or in, there are a number of small shops and a food court to extend your stay. Definitely can’t go wrong with H-​Mart.

I’ve recently started coming here for my asian grocery shopping. I used to go to Kam Man a few minutes away but I find that H Mart’s groceries are fresher and the store itself is much cleaner. Also love the little shops selling trinkets on the side! I have been able to find all of the chinese groceries I need at H Mart, so I don’t think I’ll be returning to Kam Man.

Let me just say that as soon as we walked into this market, I decided I was buying a cot and living in there! I love Asian food, and I had heard about H Mart before but never had a chance to go. We usually go to Chinatown in Manhattan to buy our favorite Asian products.
We went on a Saturday morning and around every corner was another free sample to try! I got to try persimmons for the first time, and had some little dumplings as well. It was just wonderful. And those sample ladies know what they are doing, because we ended up buying the food we sampled! That never happens in the regular grocery store!
We spent a few hours going through everything in the store, and bought a few great things. The store is very clean and well set up. Produce and meat was fresh and beautifully displayed. The price was slightly higher than your average shoprite, but considering the quality of the food your are getting, it’s worth it!
Other selling points: there is a good court inside the store and a picnic garden k-​bbq restaurant next door, so you can make an afternoon of coming over here and checking it out! I will be returning soon!

I go to H-​Mart just to spend my day wandering around feeling like I’m in another country. I love this place. They have a cafeteria with great food, a café with delicious coffee and what look like incredible pastries (no gluten-​free ones), small shops for beauty and other products (Rilakkuma, K-​pop, Hello Kitty, etc.) and a huge selection of food and beverages. The employees aren’t rude or friendly. In fact, none of them have ever said a word to me, which I prefer anyway. The cashiers I’ve dealt with have been what you’d expect from any minimum wage-​paying position, but they’ve never been rude or unkind to me. The guy at the café who helped me was a step up from that and even added a smile. Visit H-​Mart and try things you didn’t even know existed!

This is a really nice and clean hmart. Lots of shops (including face shop and Tous Les Jours) inside. There are always samples and this is big enough that there is more selection.

I feel like I’ve written a review here or am shocked as I haven’t since I’ve shopped here basically monthly ever since its opening ~3 years ago. I remember its long history of defunct retailers & HMart’s anchoring the Korean-​oriented shopping mall has completely changed its fortunes, now the shiny shining example of an Asian East Coast mall. The HMart is very clean, very spacious, very well stocked, full of staff, has food tasting stations throughout most days, very well chosen Korean supplies as well as some other Asian items, a very handy & varied prepared & semi-​prepared section & ample parking. Always a pleasure to visit, including the 5 stores located within including the Tous Des Jours bakery in the front.

It’s a clean Asian grocery story. I’d rather buy produce from here than the Asian Food Market on 22. The prices might be higher (and definitely for the packaged goods), but you make it up in quality and not wasting ⁴⁄₅ of whatever you buy. Great selection of Korean and Chinese, but Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai and Filipino sections were lacking.
Come hungry — they have a lot of samples around, plus the bakery and the food court is really good.

This H-​Mart is truly the «multi-​ethnic» H-​Mart.
Big and organized. Not only they sell Korean staples, they also carry few of other ethnic foods such as Indian, Indonesian, Chinese, and Filipino.
Prices of beef and seafood are a tad pricier than Bergen County H-​Marts, but they seem to be fresher as well. Tons of samples on the weekend.

Overall, this place is just a very fancy asian market.
The entrance of this supermarket has a food court on the left and on the right there is a bakery. I find this to be very clever, because research suggest that people who are hungry tend to buy more items in a supermarket compare to people who are not hungry. The food court has many varieties, but there is one store that used to be the restaurant in Edison called, «Woo Jeon,» which was one of favorite korean restaurant. There are many varieties of clean produce and fresh fish in the back and on Sunday the place becomes a mass of people trying out sample from every column in the store. Beside the groceries, there are a handful of smaller stores that are clothing, make up, gift shops, after you finish purchasing your items, which I find to be very interesting.

Big place to shop, good hearty produce that looks very fresh and appetizing — nothing worse than having wilted or rotting vegetables and fruits on display.
They have a lot of food to eat at their sizeable food court area where you can get noodle dishes, fried chicken, etc. A bakery with cute cakes, but I’ve never tried them. I’ve found good strawberries and apples, my dad would stock up on pears, other veggies, noodles, dumplings. He always seems to find something good at this place!
Also, gift shops, kitchen supply area, they also have an area in the back where there’s a buffet of stuff you can cook yourself, or a selection of things you can purchase, buffet style. It’s interesting and different. .
Typical things like Pocky snacks, stuff you would see in any Asian market.
I appreciate how this place has a little bit of everything for everyone, regardless of their taste preferences, but also a wide variety of stuff within that «little bit of everything», ya know? I don’t come here often since it is a bit out of my way.

If you’ve ever been to Wegman’s and enjoyed the multiple restaurants and huge made to order food sections and café inside and wondered what the Asian version of that would look like then I suggest stopping by H Mart.
H Mart has a food court with Chinese, Korean, Sushi, and more. They have a bakery with very fancy looking cakes. They have a gift shop with weird New York City street style knockoff things. They also have all the Asian food you could ever want. I especially like their fruit section. It has all the staples as well as some really exotic fruits that I’m not too familiar with. The fruits are all SO much better than the sad sack fruits that the local Stop and Shop puts out.
I’m also fond of the desserts. They have a solid assortment of Japanese Kit-​kats, Pocky, and all sorts of weird fish flavored things.
They also have some tasty cook it yourself seasoned meats that you get from a buffet. It sounds odd… but the chicken is really really tasty.
The only reason that this place isn’t 5 stars is that I feel that the employees are very standoffish. No one offered me a store card or was helpful when I was looking for things in their confusing layout. I may not be wanted in this store, but that won’t stop me from going back.

I was super excited to go here, and I can’t wait to go back!
Really nice, big, and clean Asian market that leans more towards Korean goods but they’ve got Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and I’m sure more offerings there! What I also really loved is that when you walk in, they have a mini food court with Korean, Japanese, and Chinese food as well as a bakery, make-​up, and clothing stores.
This market is awesome too because there are food samples everywhere — both hot and cold. They seem to have a really awesome variety. Totally looking forward to going back when I can spend more time there!

Oh how I miss you H Mart of Edison. When I first started living in the city, I was pleased to find that Koreatown had its very own H Mart. Alas, the moment I stepped foot into the K-​town branch, the differences bore a stark similarity to what I experienced when I moved from my apartment in Jersey to the city: one quarter of the space, twice the price.
For those expecting a similar level of standard from chain stores, H Mart will leave you sorely disappointed. I’ve been to the ones in Fort Lee, Edison, and K-​town, and it’s safe to say each one has their differences.
With the store being half the size of K-​town, a nice little food court (imagine Food Gallery 32 being part of H Mart), friendly ahjummas giving out free samples of food, and great monthly promotions coupled with their loyalty card, H Mart Edison is in a different league compared to H Mart NYC. Heck, sometimes I wonder if they’re even in the same sport.
tldr: I did it again, writing two reviews in one. H Mart Edison rocks; H Mart NYC, not so much.

They have an excellent variety of snacks and fixings for shabu shabu (hot pot). Their meats are cut so perfectly thin — it’s perfect for your hot pot.

FIVE in ONE. When I first stepped foot into this H-​mart, I was in awed. Basically every thing you would expect and would not expect a grocery store to have, this H-​mart had it all!
The moment you walk into the grocery store, there’s a medium sized food court with a handful of Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and other ethnic food for you to choose, and there is a good amount of seating. I’m always worried when there’s not enough seats or when you can’t find available seats in the food court, but that hasn’t happened to me yet! However, I think the overall quality of the food here was only average.
As you go pass the food court, you see LOTS and LOTS of fresh produce! All kinds of Asian vegetables and fruits to the common ones you see in all grocery stores. Besides the fresh produce, they also have all kinds of live and dead seafood, such as fish, lobsters, shrimps. Since it’s a Korean grocery store, they sell all kinds of meat, especially beef. I feel that they have a good customer flow, so the produces are generally VERY FRESH!
H-​mart offers a great variety of Asian snacks, ice cream, sauces, and other dry/​packaged foodstuff. The flavors are fun and different! And the packaging is very cute and colorful! It’s hard to not pick up a few items to try!
Towards the end of the dried foods, they place their kitchenware such as pots and BBQ grills. And some of them are Korean styled.
After you’re done shopping for food, you go through an aisle of small shops selling clothing, stuffed animals, cosmetic products, and many miscellaneous items. I love the face shop here! Korean cosmetic products are very good for my skin, and the prices are fairly reasonable!
When you thought this is the end and you are back to the exit, you see this small bakery shop Tous Les Jours! I’ve been to bigger Tous Les Jours before, but the pastries, coffee, and baked goods that they have to offer you will not disappoint you!

Great asian market. Selling Lots of unique eatable here but there is also a café, asian bakery, electronics… very wide variety of foods and products to buy.
Mostly clean floors, meat looks fresh.
The seafood sections is very large. I love the fact that They sell fish you would see at your typical Shoprite.
HUGE Korean pears, HUGE Fuji apples, lots of great fruit and veg. I even saw Dorian/​Jackfruit… i still don’t have the Cajones to eat Dorian lol.
If you’re in Edison and like asian food then this is a must see

Disclaimer: Review only of the beauty store
Enter the H Mart and your first inclination is to head towards the food court on the left hand side. For those Asian beauty addicts, stop, chill, turn right and find a beauty store on the corner.
I’ve been following Sokoglam for a hot sec. While I trust her reviews, I still want and need to test the products before purchasing. Similar to The Face Shop down the corridor, the store is small, and has a tightly curated selection of goods, mainly Amorepacific. Find yourself greeted by a display of Iope cushion compacts and a couple of other foundation compacts, walls filled with Laneige and other skincare goodies.
The Korean ladies, although blunt with their criticisms («oh you have such such dry skin, so thirsty»), are helpful and enviable with their porcelain doll like faces. Stop by for a cushion refill or a serum or two.

They have samples here, especially on Saturday, but even during the week. It’s a great way to try before you buy. I have bought some things randomly here and usually it works out ok, but this powdered cereal I got is gross and I have like 60 packets of it: p
Southeast Asian section could use improvement. They do not have the good brands.
Lots of people just standing around talking here. Big community hotspot.