Namaste Plaza

Next door Indian grocery store. The varieties are less than Miramar Cash and carry but they have just what I need.
Prices are competitive or less compared to other Indian grocery stores in the neighbourhood. Must try the food counter and sweets store inside.

This message is to the management. Your business is in California so comply with it and live up to that level, respect your customers. I returned an item back within a week of purchase for exchange and you didn’t accept it back. You told me it was against your policies to have cosmetic items returned but how would a customer know if you don’t state that in your printed receipt?! The package was unopened and you didn’t even try to look at it to see or give me some respect. You should watch your facial expression and tone when you talk to your customers and be CLEAR about your «third world» policies that won’t work here. Again, just a courtesy reminder, you are running a business in CALIFORNIA so respect your costumers and live up to it.
This is not my first time to catch you, you sell expired food and I had to return an item once in the last few months.

Ordered goat biryani and chicken curry combo togo. Goat biryani was completely bad, smelled like shit. I don’t think they serve fresh food.

Accidentally served chicken in vegetarian dish. Had to eat non vegetarian after 30 years being vegetarian. Management needs to be bit careful with their process.

Support your local business. Drastically improved from last year. Great prices, large selection and you can order creamy rich curries and lunch combos and Briyani rice a la cart. Support your local mom and pop store. I will be back!

This is the closest Indian/​South Asian grocery store to our residence and we stop by at least once a month to pick up naan, rotis, lentils, ghee, nuts, and the occasional spices to refill the spice jars with.
They have a pretty expansive produce section with excellent prices. You’ll find veggies that you don’t always find so readily at the larger chain supermarkets. If those grocery stores do carry them, you’ll definitely find them cheaper here.
Heat-​and-​eat frozen Indian meals can be found in their freezer/​fridge section along with a variety of frozen veggies, Indian breads, yogurts, drinks (including mango lassi!).
They have a sweets and snacks counter, which I have yet to try. This place has definitely met our desi grocery needs. Even better than Indian Sweets and Spices in the Valley (dare I say).

Nicest people in all the Indian grocery stores I have visited in San Diego area. They have almost everything you need for an Indian grocery store. Sweets were fresh and Great ! Love their cookies. They also have food for sale (to take home), which is the same food from the restaurant next door (8 Elements). Just excellent !!!

Great prices in general, with the exclusion of some items (that are most likely seasonal). Good hours too. The manager, her name starts with an R, is very knowledgeable and helpful. I don’t know why some comments are so negative, I had a great experience.

Looked at me suspiciously as I walked in. Lady working there followed me to the aisle I was checking out, pretending to arrange stuff when she obviously was just watching what I was doing. Wanted to snapchat a row of spices to my wife to get excited about cooking some Indian dishes. Lady says in a very unfriendly way. «I’m sorry, no photographs. Store policy.» Not posted anywhere. Needless to say, I’m never setting foot in such a hostile place again.

Love the Indian market in this plaza. Large and easy to park. An Indian restaurant and also fro yo!

Be careful at the sweet shop — happened twice. You ask for various items, and they box it different boxes (on purpose?) and they bill for all, and they dont keep everything in the bag.
It happened for me yesterday again. I asked for 4 items, and one of them was assorted Sweets for 500 gms. This never included in the bag. I am extremely annoyed with the service — absent minded and not fit for serving. I think the kid who is serving needs some training, and I cannot provide that …
I liked the quality of the food though, but service level needs to be upped, otherwise, there will be some lawsuit due to will fully not providing service after collecting the money

The homemade desserts at the deli counter are to die for, and there have been samples out every time I’ve stopped in. The spice aisle is amazing — whole and ground spices in bulk at very low prices. Half a pound of cinnamon was two bucks. Prices are very reasonable on (good quality and variety) produce and the extensive supply of frozen goods, and comparable to non-​specialist stores on things like chutneys, pickles and jarred sauces. Staff was friendly and helpful.
So far I’m very impressed and would give five stars but for one thing — the take-​out curry part of the deli is only open for supper on weekdays, which seems a weird choice and means I’ve yet to try it. I suspect they want to move lunch traffic to the next-​door and co-​owned 8Elements lunch buffet.

The «bakery» is so good, it’s dangerous! You’ll need to bring a buddy to talk you out of buying one of each!
The staff is very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. They explain the uses of ingredients if you’re a newbie to cooking Indian cuisine. Really great prices too. Nice variety. Very good produce section.
The quick take out food is the same as the restaurant next door. Great vegetarian variety. I like the take out option. When shopping, I first buy a samosa and shop while I eat.

I saw this hole in the wall after needing to pick something up from autozone and I’m sure glad I stepped in. It’s a small market that’s filled with a lot of goodies that you either can’t find at a chain grocery store, or is much cheaper than a chain grocery store. All I bought was some produce, some Pataks sauce, and naan but I was surprised at the big selections offered for such a quaint place. You can find pretty much any south Asian sauce, flavor, or spice! It was 69 cents for a bundle of spinach vs the 99 cents at the grocery chain.
I’m all for spending money at smaller places like this so I will be going here more often. The 3 women working the cashiers were all smiley and friendly too which made it feel welcoming.

I stumbled into this store after having lunch at the vietnamese restaurant Phở Cow Cali and thought I’d check this out.
I started with simple stuff– brown basmati rice. Of course they have a sizable selection so it took a while to figure out what I needed. I found some pre-​mixed spice mixes that had recipes for some of the most common indian dishes. I’ve been wanting to try to replicate the Tasty Bite Madras Lentils in my kitchen but had no idea where to start.
I found all the ingredients fairly easilty and asked the manager for help– She was gracious to me knowing that this white girl has no clue about indian cooking :-) I got everything I needed to make dal makhani (Madras Lentils) and Channa Choley (Punjabi Choley– curried chickpaeas)
Everything was very reasonably priced– I got a 10 lb bag of rice for $ 14 and 4 lbs of green lentis for about $ 4 (this is a good deal compared to other stores I’ve visited)
This will be my destination next time I need indian cooking supplies!

This is two businesses in one. There is the grocery business and then there is the Deli. The Deli is probably the best in class. Try the Samosas, Mirchi bajji, Chilli chicken and Rosogolla. The samosas could compete with samosas from India itself.
The grocery store is clean and tidy but is inadequately stocked. I can never find all the things I need on any particular day. One of the main reasons for that in my opinion is that they still do not have an expanded frozen section for Kabobs and other chicken appetizers. Having said that, it is also the only desi store that carries Jujubee fruit (Bengalis call is Kool)
I visit this place 1 – 2 times in a week at least for the samosas and chilli chicken. These are a must try

Very nicely organized and super clean Indian store. And –yes I checked– no products expired! (I still remember a very dear huge Indian supermarket at the Black mountain Little India hood with tons of expired products. Now is a defunct place ready to resurrect in the shape of another –waiting for it– market).
As a fan of Ayurveda cosmetics and enamored of what I see as «exotic Indian herbs, fragrances and oils» I got several «Fair and Lovely» brand cremes for different purposes. I know some Indian friends hate them because the meaning behind them, but I just like these products so much, plus all those soaps with sandal aromas! So I got this time 3 different soaps for my face and a couple of cremes (you gotta keep the face like a baby butt and so far anything Indian has been good to my delicate skin).
Other than beauty products, you can find a variety of spices, chutneys, pickles (my favorites with mango and lemon) and many snacks and food. Groceries do not seem to be their forte, but still you can find most of the things you might need (check those wonderfully looking pomegranates!). Another favorite area for me is the patisserie, catering several European style sweets. Did not buy anything sweet today but is in my ‘to try list’ and will comment on that. So far, I loved what I saw.

New Indian market. Veggies are a good price and they accept Amex. Clean too. Also they have organic milk here which is awesome since that’s the only thing I buy.

Namaste Plaza is nice clean store full of ethnic Indian items. In the front they have free samples of various cookies and treats if you aren’t familiar with this type of cuisine… definitely new for me; I enjoy trying new things and integrate different spices and cuisines to my everyday cooking. Now I will be searching food blogs to find recipes knowing that a nicely stocked Indian market is right down the street.
The store has an interesting variety of sweet and savory snacks… even Masala flavored potato chips and frozen Pillsbury naan. I enjoy the flavors and textures of long grain basmati rice, can’t wait to integrate it into my weekly home menu. Produce here seems very fresh and are priced at relatively low prices in comparison to some of the other local multicultural markets in the area. I’ll be back to this market soon to gather and try some new snacks, see you soon; Namaste.

Namaste! In Hindi, it roughly means «greetings» or good day” — and in the usage of this new Indian supermarket’s name, the connotation is that it’s welcoming new and returning customers.
Mira Mesa is becoming a cultural melting pot, and the various restaurants and supermarkets are a reflection of this. From Seafood City for the Filipino community, to Vien Hung and Lucky Seafood for the Vietnamese folks… and despite it being a distance from the Little India section off of Black Mountain Road, Namaste Plaza has recently opened to serve the growing Indian/​Pakistani enclave.
From what I’ve seen, it’s pretty clean inside — while I’m not too familiar with Indian sundries and food, it looks like their veggie section is well stocked. The shelves are clean and organized, with Indian music playing throughout the place.
I bought a can of Schweppes Ginger Beer ($ 1.89) — which was MUCH stronger in taste than the ginger ale I’m used to — a Mars Bar ($ 1.49, which after 1 bite I found was more like an American Milky Way), a bottle of Thums Up (Indian Coca-​Cola, at $ 1.29… and also surprisingly strong), and a bag of Lays Magic Marsala chips/​crisps at $ 1.29. (I tried not to chuckle as I saw that Lays’ Indian marketing department was marketing our sour cream and onion flavored chips as «American Sour Cream and Onion.») As you can see, the prices reflect the import prices, but it appears the groceries look competitive with the other ethnic markets in town.
There’s also an Indian restaurant and grill on premises, but I didn’t have a chance to try it.
A promising ethnic supermarket that is a welcome sight in the area we call the Mecca.