The Village Grocer

Definitely one of the better supermarkets in town. The Bangsar Village outlet in particular has some import items you can’t find elsewhere.

As an expat it’s a good supermarket for finding familiar brands from overseas.
The fruits and veggies are very fresh but a bit overpriced compared to other places — however I would rather pay more for quality and fresh stuff and that’s surprisingly hard to find in KL.
The organic section is great and the sushi selection is really good and fresh with quality ingredients.

I used to love shopping here, mainly due to their wide variety of organic products. But recently, I have found the place to be very expensive. I always spend a minimum of RM 400 here a week, and it has become so much so that I have actually started shopping at alternative grocery stores and even the wet market. The prices of their leafy green veggies are just retarded. And please don’t ever buy lemongrass, ginger, onions or garlic here. Ridiculously expensive. I also find their bananas to be very expensive (when compared to other places like Hero).
In short, I would still come here if I need to buy my kid’s organic oats or goat’s milk, or cheese, but other than that, not at all. Sometimes it makes me mad (at myself) actually thinking of how much money I could have saved shopping elsewhere!

This is definitely a high-​end grocer that selling everything at high price targeted for high income customers. But is also a grocer that you can find something that you can’t find at normal grocers out there.
I usually come here to hunt for new fruits. I’m a fruits lover who like to try imported fruits especially those that I never seen before. Here, is really a treasure for me!
Have heard about cactus fig? Try fresh olive before? Shallot or redcurrent? You can all of these here and more. For those imported special foods, they will have some description and information about it display next to them. So, it’s give the customer a better understanding about the products with are new to them. This a friendly and wise approach for me. So that I don’t need to walk around to ask their staff about it.

Village Grocer is an upmarket-​supermarket in Bangsar Village. I used to come here a lot when I met up for dates with friends or meetings or whatnot just to pick up some veggies or meat for dinner. I love that they have a decent-​sized organic section because many other stores just have an organic shelf!
One day when I was shopping here and couldn’t figure out what to cook for dinner, I stumbled upon a little kiosk selling fresh pasta. Intrigued, I bought some ravioli and my husband and I had that for dinner with some homemade sauce. Apparently the pasta is made fresh daily. It tasted pretty good but was a little on the pricey side so it isn’t something I buy on a very regular basis. I think it’s called Bella & Luca.
I like their little in-​store bakery as well. It’s a decent enough bakery with a good selection of breads, pastries and savoury things like pies and puffs. As a lover of all things chocolate, I used to stop by and get a chocolate roll every single time I was in Bangsar Village but now I am trying to have more discipline so only once a month or so. The best part about shopping here is that the lines at the cashier are never very long. And this is because village Grocer always has almost all cashier lanes open at all times. I can’t think of a time when I had to wait in line for more than 5 minutes. Also, they emphasise a lot on reducing usage of plastic bags so many people who shop here bring their own shopping bags which is a great thing.

I have mixed feelings about this grocery store.
Starting with the positive, Bangsar Grocer has the best organic section of all the grocery stores around Bangsar. It offers a lot of options of organic greens, fruits, grains, seeds and imported products. It is quite convenient and the variety of products makes it so that you won’t have to stop anywhere else. The staff is very helpful and cordial, which is not that common in other grocery stores I’ve visited here in KL.
On the downside, the price is remarkably higher than other places like TMC, Jaya or Cold Storage. But if you live close to Bangsar and you want fresh and organic, this is the place you should go.

Bangsar Grocer is not the cheapest Grocer in Bangsar but it definitely has everything you could possibly need in your fridge and your kitchen food section.
The reason I’m sharing this review with you is because Bangsar Grocer also has an Organic Section, so if you are a health freak just as I can be at times. this place will offer you limitless options, from organic seeds to organic oil, tea, soap and more.
My friend was traveling once to Brazil and left me his hamsters to look after, a while after that their food finished and I brought them food from Animal planet but they wouldn’t eat it and I got worried, then I remember they loved seeds, so I went to organic Section in Bangsar Grocer and found the organic seeds that saved their lives perhaps because they wouldn’t stop eating those till they got really fat. which wasn’t good really: D
The point is! you’ll find wonders in there :) my personal favourite is the organic soap options. if you want to look after your body. make sure you grab one of those :)

I had just moved into my new apartment and was in dire need of cleaning supplies. I also had to run a few errands around Bangsar area so I decided to kill two birds with one rather large stone. After I finished my errands, I decided to head to Village Grocer for my cleaning supplies. Now it’s a well known fact amongst Kl-​ians that the village grocery is considerably more expensive as compared to your other local hypermarkets such as Giant and Tesco but I had a cleaning crew coming in the evening and when you’re running out of time, the price difference was the least of my concerns.
You enter through the fresh food section and I asked one of the nice, helpful staff where the cleaning supply isle is and darted straight there. While I was walking (ok no, I was power-​walking actually,) I noticed that there are plenty of imported items that you would not normally find in Giant or Tesco such as a whole rack filled with different types of olive oils from Italy, biscuits and cookies from Japan, chocolates from Belgium, cheeses and wines from France and the works. Everything was systematically arranged and neat.
Now I know where to head to when I’m feeling more cultured and international. But at that time, I was sticky and sweaty, my house was in a mess and the cleaning crew was blasting at my phone. Ciao bella!

This is where most of the expats of Bangsar shop. One of the reasons is that the grocery store is very hygienic and all the products are smartly placed. You can always get everything you need and it’s always fresh.
They have a huge organic section where you can find thing like buckwheat or sunflower seeds. It is quite busy during the weekends, especially in the evenings, but the lines are never very big.
It is more expensive than usual supermarkets and if you are looking for a cheaper option, across the street you can find TMC ! Maybe the products won’t be as fresh, but they will definitely be cheaper!