Hankook Supermarket

My wife is korean. She enjoys shopping for so many korean products. Store well stocked friendly staff. Prices relatively high due to many if not most imports. Ready made food veg/fruits cosmetics beverages and seafood. Enjoy!!!

DO NOT BUY FISH HERE! I bought a box of yellow cracker last weekend. After I eat some of them, I feel stomachache badly. I realize that this box of fish has already gone bad. I go to the store to return this. The staff declined because I didn’t return at the same day of purchase. How come I am able to return this at the same day when I feel stomachache and need to take rest. NO CUSTOMER SERVICE! BE CAREFUL!

My favorite Korean supermarket. Prices are reasonable. Their produce us very fresh and sushi price is great too. Great Kimchi selection. Plus if you buy over a certain amount they give you free gifts like i.e. individual serving size seaweed packs

Vegan-friendly — check out some of the pictures I made on the fly. You can buy big jars of vegetarian kimchi (without anchovies/shrimps) for a much cheaper price! Cute dish ware, some household items, personal care items and even Korean skin care.

Clean and spacious. Large variety of Korean groceries. The meats look high quality. The live fish tanks were empty. I bought a pack of uni sashimi. Even though it showed "packed today", the uni tasted fishy and smelled slightly stinky. Definitely won’t be buying that again. The salmon sashimi didn’t taste super fresh but was decent fresh. They have two types of packaging. The one that has a whole piece where you have to cut into slices yourself is a lot less expensive than the box with pre-cut slices. I was able to find a pack of beef short ribs without large pieces of fat inside. Note that the un-marinated short ribs are slightly more expensive than the pre-marinated ones, probably because only the un-marinated ones are USDA Choice. It’s very easy to grill these at home. Each side only takes a few minutes. I just used salt and pepper to season it. Tasted very chewy. Looking forward to tasting the frozen noodle lunchboxes!

Love this place, and i hope my review will help them to improve kitchen. I am a frequent customer who buys their side dishes made of vegetables. And found this small aluminum while i was eating the ‘Seasoned Yu Chae’ and got disappointed. But I hope it will be better soon.

The owners own the building property. Huge game changer to have lower operating cost. They are then able to offer better prices on many of the staple goods. Their competitors typically have to lease the building and price in that cost into the products sold. That’s how they won the battle for dominance as the only Korean Market to remain on Lawrence Expy over a decade ago. There were 2 other Korean grocers back then. They can afford to hire good staff and provide a cleanly service.