World Food Warehouse

Can’t be beat from a price/​quality perspective in the meat department. If you know what you want here, they will customize it for you. If you are seeking advice or expect the item to be on the shelves then forget it.
Produce is sub-​standard but then some hard to find south Asian vegetables and fruits (generally seasonal) make the occasional appearance.
During its early days, the place catered to a distinct crowd but the diversity is now very noticeable and proper attention is being paid to keeping up with diverse tastes. In keeping with the times, the frozen foods aisles doubled in number over recent years.
When management parks its S550 in a clearly marked NO PARKING wall of the store, you can clearly level set your expectation about the mindset in action. «Take the products, pay the cheap price and get outta here!» is the motto. The customer service is non-​existent so your «buyer beware» mindset has to prevail otherwise you will be disappointed.

I go here if I’m in need of nuts like raw cashews or lentils as well as paneer, basmati rice, yoghurt, spices, and my other Indian food needs when that’s on my menu.
I only come here at night about an hour or so before they close, so I can only base my review on those visits. They still have a pretty good amount of people there despite the hour but there are no real issues with parking, other than how annoying when there may be some large trucks or even 18-​wheelers taking up large portions of the parking lot. Most of the patrons here are of Indian/​Pakistani ethnicities so I always get weird looks when I walk in, but not for long.
I like their rice selection though it gets confusing with all the choices. Their frozen section is pretty good too. Like I said — I go for the paneer and desi yogurt. I also love their Jain friendly samosas (I’m vegetarian but don’t eat onion and garlic so I go for the Jain foods) that they have in the freezers. Browsing through the rest of the aisles is always an adventure as well!
I love Indian food but there is still a lot I haven’t tried yet, mainly due to my dietary restrictions, so it’s always interesting to encounter new things. Going through their spices and grains section by the produce is needed as well when it’s time to refill my stock of those items. The thing is that they come in huge bags and then you have some small bottles/​containers, but not much. The prices are pretty good and the selection is great.
The only thing about this market is that I’m not sure the quality of their fresh produce is all that good. The prices tend to be good, but the quality isn’t guaranteed, so I only buy it if the food looks good on that visit. The overall cleanliness is okay — nothing great. I don’t have much experience with their staff other than when it’s time to pay and they tend to be young students just doing their job, but they’re fairly nice and I have no complaints on that end.
All in all, despite the questionable quality of their fresh produce, I still return when I need some items for Indian food. I haven’t had any problems with the food items I have purchased thus far, though.

We have been going to this store for long time (since the inception). Busier they have become, poor service, virtually no service, they provide. Most of the employees have attitude especially meat department is the worst. The store smells terrible. The bathroom is unclean. It’s time to go to somewhere else!

Best prices on produce. Great variety of Indi/​Pakistani/​Arab foods. The spices are best price in town. They have every variety of dal and beans you can think of.

Beware of expired stuff at this place literally half of the stuff I bought without checking dates were expired and they are really not good in returning or exchanging merchandise especially their bakery items they carry from this bakery called jolly bakers

The good– different types of international foods and spices. Halal (like kosher) meats and poultry. I like getting my lean ground beef from here. Some fruits and veggies are cheaper here than buying at other grocery stores – BUT some are borderline bad. Just depends. They even have a prayer room if you are stuck In a bind and have to pray on time. They also take cash and credit cards.
The bad– they really need to do a better job at cleaning, specially for a grocery store! I can’t stress this enough. Some items are expired… Even some vegetables are obviously growing bacteria yet they are still on the counter being sold. I don’t get it.

So we used to shop here for international items, up until this past week. We purchased a case of mangoes for $ 11.99. From the outside they all were yellow and tough. We brought them home only to find allllllll of them rotten in the inside!!! We called the store only to get a poor response, and poor customer service. They hung up on us multiple times. So disappointing. You want to support places like this, but it’s their service that really deters you away.

World food warehouse will just be the thing if you are looking for an economical alternative for Indo– Pak food. Although they do say that they cater to middle eastern and Asian foods, they do not stock much of these items. For Mediterranean you can always try out Phoenicia speciality foods in westheimer, they are hands down the best in business catering only to middle eastern cuisine. and for chinese /​south east asian as always hong kong super market in bellaire.
What this place lacks in customer service and sufficiency of staff and organization. it makes up in variety and price. although most of the stuff seems to be sourced from pakistan and india, their prices are very competitive and infact atleast 1 – 2 dollars less than the market price. especially for lentils, pulses and meat
This is essentially a warehouse cum meat shop, the emat shop is clean and tucked away in one corner.
You have to help yourselves, as they might be slightly understaffed. but you should get through if you are slightly familiar with indo pak food.
Pros and Cons
Pros
1. Price
2. Variety of choices
3. Meat, fresh, cut to proportions
4.Beats any other indo pak seller in houston hands down
5. Good assortment of frozen foods
Cons
1.Understaffed
2.Cleanliness
3.Poor Customer service
4.Aisles may be confusing
5.The stuff you get may not be the best in quality.

Okay, I did stumble into this supermarket not knowing what to expect despite them having a large sign outside saying that they sell Indian/​Pakistani, Middle Eastern and Asian goods (by the way, it’s largely Indian/​Pakistani — the other international cuisines are only barely represented).
And it’s also a seemingly popular market, with a large amount of highly stacked Indo-​Pak goods throughout their many long aisles (I feel like I’m speaking Chinese now, reading the palm of your hands or the tea lines in the cup — whatever they are). It’s such a large market that I have no doubt that it is one of Houston’s larger market catering to this ethnic group. They also have a chaat /​samosa station at one corner of the store, a jewelry store, an Islamic store, and even a prayer room for the Muslims who have the sudden need to pray to Mecca. Granted, it’s the first supermarket I’ve been into that even have a prayer room — and I did find this odd.
But regardless, it does lend itself a hand to authenticity, and the Hindu/​Punjabi/​Pakistani shoppers here seem pretty happy about it.