Asia Mart

This place has a fabulous assortment of Asian products and the only place on my side of town where I am able to find carries Filipino noodles «bihon,» which are made in the Philippines. The downsides are that it is not clean, the parking lot is dark and not all the staff speak English.

I come to Asia Mart for my Asian needs. I also go to Saraga, and the two stores compliment each other because I can’t get all I need from one store. For instance, I can get the thin slices of meat I need from Asia Mart. Sure they have it at Saraga, but they will charge you much higher prices, and if you asked at Saraga for meat to be sliced from something that is already packaged, like a 1 lb beef loin, they will offer to do it, but will charge you an extra $ 10 to do it. No thanks.
Anyway, Asia Mart has all the produce that I need at good prices. $ 1.69/lb for baby bok choy, $ 0.35/lb for shanghai choy, $ 1.33/lb for fresh ginger. These are all things that are essential for me and if not next to impossible to find at other stores like Marsh, Whole Foods, or Fresh Market, are charged at ridiculous prices, often on average $ 3.99-$ 5.99/lb.
Asia Mart has all the sauces and spices that you need to create any chinese, japanese, and korean dishes. They also carry some good thai, indian, and filipino products. They have the Vitasoy drinks that I grew up with and love, like Lemon-​Lime tea, and also have my Calamansi drinks. They have pretty much anything you need to make a hotpot as well.
The aisles may be a bit cramped, but at least everything is actually organized according to ethnic food type, so you can easily find what you are looking for. They also have a really good frozen food section and a lot of whole fish that you can buy.
I don’t know where I would shop for groceries without Asia Mart.

Asia Mart Oriental Grocery Store features a wide range of products from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.
The store doesn’t allow photos, so close your eyes and let your imagination conjure up the sounds, smells, and sights that is Asia Mart.
A pungent fish smell permeates throughout the entire store. From the moment I walked in. Unlike other Asian grocery stores in HI and CA which sell live seafood, this one smelled particularly pungent. Curious, I went over to the glass display cases to see what I would find.
Although the store boasts many live fish, crabs, and more, their live seafood selection looked sickly and lethargic. Perhaps it is difficult to get fresh fish this time of year, but the conditions in which the fish are being kept is not conducive to keeping them healthy. Ultimately, freshness suffers.
The vegetable section is modest, but the prices are cheap. It even features favorites such as bitter melon and Chinese okra.
There is an array of preserved Asian foods and sauces. You can count on finding the spice you need for that Asian dish your friends have been asking about.
Durian is available all year round in the frozen section. No matter the season, you’ll get a chance to get your fix. The King of Fruits awaits your arrival.

Small aisles… decent variety of products. Horrible customer service. The cashier has yelled at my wife as well as my mother on different occasions. Better service at View Hua just around the block.

Great place. Lots of inexpensive Asian foods that you would be hard-​pressed to find at regular grocery stores and supermarkets. A ton of interesting stuff in here. All sorts of unique grocery items and friendly staff.

Great store for someone who wants to try something exotic. My family loves getting fresh fish from the store. Recently we found great dry fruits. Still experimenting with baked goods. They also have great price on edamame. Great selection of Asian spices and sauces.

Pretty much the only place near my house where I can get Filipino ingredients. The selection as a whole is gigantic. Their Filipino «section» is basically dedicated to an end cap at the back of the store. The end cap is basically just spice packets. That’s really disappointing. They’ve also either stopped carrying pancit canton noodles, or I just keep returning on days where they’re sold out. Thankfully, I’m not just limited to making Filipino food and can utilize more of the store.

Small space, very wide selection. I was able to find tempeh, something I can’t find at Saraga. Not somewhere I would go to for produce other than mushrooms, but the meat, fresh noodles, and tofus were in wide variety. Nice selection of sauces and spices

This place saved us when we moved to Indianapolis. It even smells and feels like a Taiwanese grocery store. For someone who doesn’t know what they are getting in to it could be overwhelming but we can always find the ingredients we need for an authentic meal.
You can buy whole fish, a wide range of vegetables, and a wide range of helpful ingredients and snacks.
We shop here weekly.

The only Asia Mart near Fishers. Coming from California and living in San Francisco I have been to better markets with more selections in meats, frozen food, and produce as well as better customer service. But what do you expect from Asians. For now, I am content with this place. Even though the workers aren’t too eager or nice to help.

Conveniently located across from Costco, I always stop by here when I’m in the area. I’ve found their fruits and vegetables to be a lot cheaper than many other ethnic stores and especially American stores.
If you go to both Viet Hua down the road and here you’ll be sure to find some good deals!
Then stop by Goodwill for some cheap second-​hand wares!

Nice place… good choices not as big as the other one close by… but still a great selection and better prices.
Worth checking out

You know you’ve found a true ethnic grocery when the smell of fresh fish greets you at the door, not to mention only half of the customers are speaking English in the store. I was really impressed with their variety of imported goods. Quite a few products had no English on them at which to me says, this is some legit stuff!
Fish– lots of fish options. Frozen soft shell crab, frozen and refrigerated fish along with LIVE fish in a fish tank ready to clean and consumed!
Edamame — only $ 2 a bag for frozen whole bean edamame! I may be Edamame girl for future potlucks when they are this cheap! The beans also tasted great might I add. You’re getting quality for $ 2, so no need to fret.
Prices: fantastic. For $ 13 I bought all of ingredients necessary to make 10 servings of miso soup, four pork buns and four frozen mango bars! Pretty impressive if you ask me.
Health — if you’re on a low sodium diet you might need to proceed with caution. Low fat diet? Shouldn’t have too much of a problem.
On the day of the visit I wanted to be Miss. Independent-​problem-​solver and find all of my products myself just so I could learn of some surprise items along the way. After no such luck from 20 mins of searching and a kind customers help I sought help from one of the cashiers. She was so eager to help and seemed happy that I was asking questions. She helped me find my product and how to prepare it. I accidentally knocked off a bunch of boxes from the shelf and she told me «no problem,» as I was frantically apologizing and trying to pick them back up. She handled my clumsiness quite well which eased my embaressment.
Synopsis: low prices, wide variety and helpful staff.

Asia Mart, I used to loathe you for being a monopolizing giant of Asian grocery stores on the Northside. I go anyways due to convenience and pretty much it’s my only option — despite of the higher markups vs. Saraga & other Westside food marts. The cashiers think I’m a cheapskate & a gas waster (see why you shouldn’t talk about other people when they understand your language) — I only go in to shop for 1 person, moi, and sometimes I only need a bag of Asian veggies and a bagful of blue crabs all for less than $ 10 (Oh right, they don’t take card unless I spend $ 10, so I make it just that by grabbing a few snacks/​drinks). After-​all, I don’t need to shop for a family of 4 and wheel off with a cartful to my car.
Usually they stock their store on Friday afternoons — so you’ll see a flood of Asians flock in from Fri-​Sun to get 1^st dibs on the freshest groceries arriving from Chicago. They have assorted buns from Chiu Quon — BBQ Pork Buns are the most popular and they tend to run out quick. They’ve rearranged & vamped up their veggy department with a spanking new refrigerator to keep them organized & fresh. I see they’ve expanded their seafood selections as well — lots of shellfish (conchs, snails, razor clams). I heard there’s a pretty big competitor coming to an area close by. Notice how the cashiers have become more courteous with customer service. If you pay really close attention, shoppers avoid the lady who throws everything in your bag.
I’m glad to see them lower their price points appropriately. Clean it up so it’s more presentable (although I still see expired items occasionally. Always check!) Like others, double-​triple check your receipt — there always seems to be a discrepancy. Still, this is a great place for those who need fresh Asian veggies & herbs and can’t-be-found in regular supermarket items.
Tip: If you go during off-​days, you can shop at your leisure, avoid rude customers & the dreaded line cutters.

Asia Mart. I shop frequently at Asian marts. I know Asian marts. Asia Mart, you’re no Asian mart. Okay, admittedly, I live in Northern Virginia and there’s a much larger Asian community in the area so the quantity and quality of Asian markets is much greater. That said, Asia Mart could improve on some things. First, your store layout was messy, chaotic, and not logically laid out. Second, one of your staff (a non-​Asian) was not familiar with the products you’re selling and was unable to help me find what I was looking for. I eventually found it, but it wasn’t easy and I spent way more time in your store than I had planned. Third, while you seemed to be more Chinese and Vietnamese-​centric in your inventory, you didn’t seem to carry some Asian staples (i.e. no konbu or Sriracha) that I should’ve found in your store. Finally, some of your stock was past its sell by date. After much searching, I managed to find dried bonito flakes, a staple in making dashi, and found it to be two weeks past its sell by date. Frankly, your only saving grace in my eyes was that you were across the street from the Costco, so it was convenient for me to shop there. However, for my Asian grocery needs, I’ll head to the Southside and Saraga Supermarket.

There are two things that I cannot get at a regular grocery store — noodles and thai curry paste. I like making thai curry and noodles at home. Its one of our standard dinners, its comforting, flavorful and spicy.
So after trying pretty much every grocery store in the 5 – 10 mile radius of our house we decided to go to Asia mart.
Noodles — We found plenty of different rice noodles from the spaghetti type thick to super thin ones.
Curry paste — they have cans of green curry, red curry, masaman, panang, yellow… we bought one of each. This brand is sooo flavorful you literally just need this paste + coconut milk + veggies/​meat/​tofu and thats it! NEVER going back the bland flavorless brand-​that-​shall-​not-​be-​named available in the ‘ethnic’ foods aisle elsewhere.

Executive summary: This is about as good as it gets here in central Indiana for east Asian groceries. If you were in Chicago, LA, NY, Toronto, etc, you would go somewhere else. But you are in central Indiana and there is nowhere else really.
The selection is very good (for here). The prices are reasonable (for here). The food quality is fairly good (for here). If you know a better alternative on the northside, please let me know.
Tip: Check the freshness of what you’re getting. For frozen foods like dumplings, make sure they are not sticking to each other inside the bag. If they are, they might have thawed a little and then frozen again. Also check to make sure there’s no freezer burn.

Large, clean, well-​stocked, wide varieties, (comparably) well-​organized. Includes dry, canned, packaged, fresh produce, frozen food, refridgerated food, and some live seafood.
Much of the fresh produce is cheaper than Marsh /​Kroger ! Like 99 cents/​pound for red and green peppers. Various *-choy lettuce much cheaper than Marsh/​Kroger too.
This is mostly Oriental. Most products seem to be of Chinese origin, then Korean and Japanese. Some Vietnamese, and Thai also. They have a free local/​regional Chinese language newspaper, and a pay Chinese newspaper.
Good variety of rices in various sizes, up to 50 pound bags. Includes brown rice, sweet rice, red rice, long grain, short grain, Jasmine Thai, Basmati, wild rice, and black rice. (Black rice is excellent for practical jokes, since the uncooked kernals look like mouse pellets. Use your imagination.)
Very large pre-​packaged noodle soup selection. Also has a modest cookware selection, and they have LOTS of rice cookers.
Attention picnic-​ers or campers: If you need a camp/​picnic stove, but don’t want to invest big dollars in a Coleman stove, or propane grill/​stove, and cans of Coleman white-​gas or propane tanks, check out their BUTANE stoves. (Also available at most Asian stores.) They are only $ 23, for a single burner unit that comes in a carrying case the size of a small briefcase. Very lightweight. You then buy 4 cans of BUTANE, for about $ 5 for the package of 4. These cans are about the size of a can of hair-​spray, and you throw them away when it’s empty. Each can is enough to cook at least 2 pots of soup. Convenient, and good for picnic, camping, backup, or emergency use.

Reuben L. is right. People from San Diego might be simultaneously underwhelmed and pleased, underwhelmed by SoCal standards but pleased that Indy boasts such a market in the first place.
Of special note: Asia Mart has Otafuku brand Ponzu Sauce. This is the single most excellent brand of ponzu that this seasoned Unilocaler has ever had the pleasure of tasting. Heretofore, I was eking out a meager existence from the stuff I was able to import from out West. (Expeditions to places as far afield as Lafayette Road, Chicago and Cincinnati revealed nothing.) I bought 6 bottles. I will be happy.
For those of you who don’t know, ponzu sauce is a Japanese style soy sauce seasoned with citrus juice (often lemon or lime or some obscure-​but-​wonderful Japanese variant). I use it interchangeably with soy sauce, be it in cooking, in salad dressings or as a seasoning for such things as steak and gefilte fish.
Yes, try eating gefilte fish with soy or ponzu (and maybe a little wasabi mixed in). Asian-​Jewish fusion as never been so good!

This is my favorite Asian grocery store in the area. Prices are fair and the selection is amazing! Every time I return home to visit my parents, I would stop by. Although i have been disappointed in the milk tea stock. Only twice have I seen it fully stock. Are people drinking them all up and not leaving me with any? boo! Anyways, I love buying their fresh veggies and durian ice cream. Yes I love DURIAN! It taste amazing but it is not for everyone. I think it is an acquired taste. My husband hates the smell and won’t go near me when I eat it. LOL Oh well.
The snacks and candy selection alone makes me waste countless minutes in the place. I stare at each one before making any decision and never have I left without buying some junk food. I used to be addicted to these muscat gummi and yes they carry those. Oh and they also have large ramen selection. Not only do they have food they also have rice cookers, hot water pot and various other appliances.
My parents must shop there often because every time I come in with them they remember and ask how we are etc.