T & T Supermarket

This was on sales racks at the 1^st Ave T&T supermarket
Moldy, rotten and opened packages. No product control, these have obviously been sitting there for a long long time. I notified customer service and the lady just came took the packages and left without apologizing.

Perfect place to grab lunch that’s affordable. Love the Jazz music playing in the background and the different and very authentic choices that they provide. The staff is very friendly but most of them speak very limited English, which they make up with their friendliness. I’ll be here more often since I work close by :)

I came here ’cause they had some imported Kit Kat’s on hand of many different flavors including Green Tea, Toro, cheesecake, red bean etc. They were expensive at $ 8 per pack. Understandable since it was an import but I just had to get my Kit Kat on. The pastries are very cheap here. Not as awesome as the Downtown or Metrotown location, however, for what it is it’s not that bad.

Came here for food from one of their many «delis.» We came later at night, so they were trying to get rid of all their prepared food (which means food deals!!).
This place is clean and has all the Asian grocery items you could want or need. If I lived in the area, I could definitely see myself shopping here.

Went after a long time. Great selection, but prices on everything but produce has gone up significantly and the produce is worse than ever.
The fruit is bland and spoils seconds after exiting the store. Half your purchase is wasted because of spoilage before you reach home.
Won’t be returning, and certainly prefer H-​mart or Fujiya to what T&T has become, sad.

I used to live near this T&T and would shop here quite often. I find in terms of pricing, their produce and meat are cheaper overall compared to the near by Walmart, Superstore and Safeway.
Lots of Asian imports like Japanese Cookies and Korean Snacks etc.
As well they recently renovated giving the place a cleaner and more welcoming look to it. In terms of where they put their products, its the same as any other supermarket. Sometimes can be quite frustrating trying to find an item or find someone to ask.
Parking is great on weekday but in terms of weekend, parking can sometimes be hard to find eventhough it has a big parking lot.

Great place to shop for Asian produce and products. Prices are usually a bit higher than the smaller grocery stores for regular priced items but they have a lot more variety than the smaller stores. Parking can be a bit crazy at certain times of the day. Customer service is dependent on who is serving you. Some of the staff would pack the cooked food containers a bit fuller than others. Also, I tried to buy some deli meat today and the price was different at the cash register. The cashier called her supervisor to see if it could be fixed and the supervisor refused to honour the posted price. It seems like they were waiting for people to not check the price of the items being scanned and to pay double the posted price :(! I checked the barcodes when I buy my food to make sure it matches. The lesson here is to make sure to check the prices of your grocery items when paying.
When I used to work as a cashier in a big box grocery company, the customer is suppose to get the item at the posted price and then the price tag for that item gets changed after the customer catches that mistake. That was years ago and I guess Asian supermarkets do not follow that practice.

Chain of Asian Grocery Stores now owned by the same people that runs Superstore.
Typical items, not always the cheapest, I find they do not clean the veggies as nice as they do at the corner green grocer.
Stay away from their frozen fish fillets, most people that mistakenly bought them on sale finds that once it’s defrosted, the fish had a funny fishy smell.
Located in a busy corner strip mall, tough to park during busy weekends.

Ah, T&T. The staple of many an Asian across Canada.
Parking is available all over the strip mall lot, but watch for people who can’t park.
This location definitely feels more beaten up than many of the other others — I think it’s the age of the strip mall in general. It’s got the old school Chinatown atmosphere that is sadly disappearing from the city.
The stuff here isn’t always the cheapest, but once in a while you get good deals on staples such as rice. And of course, if you want ethnic goodies such as Schweppes Cream Soda (Hong Kong), you can get them here.
I can’t imagine how much thinner I’d be without a place like this.

Been shopping at this location for the past fifteen years or so. Located within walking distance from my in-​laws.
Not the cheapest place to shop for grocery and prepared food. However it is one of the best place for One-​Stop shopping. This store has it all and in more than adequate quality.
This the only place I know that make a decent «po-​tat» (Portuguese style egg tart) outside of Macau. I always buy a flat to take home to Tacoma USA.
NOTE: this review is for the 1^st and Renfew location

Go bargain hunting. This T&T always has tons of great deals near the entrance and scattered around the store — I find that there’s usually a cheaper variation of whatever you are looking for.
They have a large selection of live seafood as well as meats — if can get pretty busy!
Produce section is extensive with lots of exotic fruits (as well as the «normal»).
Pretty much this is an all-​stop shop for all things related to Asian groceries.
It’s nice since everyone speaks English and Chinese and are usually pretty helpful.

They provide quite a lot of asian stuffs that you normally can’t find anywhere else around Vancouver district. Their prices are usually pretty reasonable. Also, their food is pretty darn good and lastly they are surrounded with other asian stores that also offers other services like basic medical stores such as Dentistry, Optometrist, a health store, and a pharmacy store in the front part of the T&T.
There’s also restaurants, bubble tea café, one or 2 media stores, a bank, a couple of grocery stores, a seafood store, etc. around the surrounding area. It’s kinda like a open strip mall.
The only problem is that it isn’t exactly in a prime location and most of the stores here are either hidden or isn’t exactly selling or providing a type of service that most people normally required or needed.

whenever i’m up & down the 2^nd narrows bridge, i’ll make an effort to shop here, such an easy exit off 1^st Ave.
It’s got a neighbourhood feel to this one, obviously has a lot less traffic than Richmond or Metrotown. Has partial covered parking too.
Surprisingly a big store here, much more spacious than Yaohan’s, esp. in the back where the seafood is. come to think of it, i don’t ever recall free food samples in yaohan, but definitely here ;)

I guess this is what you would call an all-​purpose asian supermarket. They have a bakery, a butchery section (chicken, beef, pork etc.) as well as a seafood section with tanks with live shrimp, lobsters, crabs etc. They have a wide selection of most asian products, from soy sauce, to rice to frozen dim sum. The quality of the produce is pretty good as well. They also have a deli where you can buy pre-​made «meals» from dim sum to cold cuts to salad rolls. They even have sushi though I wasn’t a fan when I tried it. Overall it’s a pretty decent place to get your asian products though I do prefer smaller asian «cornerstore» markets where the quality is close and the pricing is better.

Omg this place is just great.
Sushi and sashimi (though I didn’t try anything) is really cheap here. They looked fresh to me, but I had already had Japanese food planned for all my meals that day and I didn’t really want boxed sushi while on «vacation».
The dessert selection is A-​MAZING. They have mango pudding for only 2 dollars! I also tried a taro tapioca dessert and it was OK; I don’t have much experience with taro. The mango pudding was really good. The fruit tarts and amazingly priced and the cakes all looked delicious. I had to force the BF to put back some things because I knew we couldn’t finish all of that before returning to the States and customs might not let us bring anything back that contains dairy (last time, we were searched and inspected by US Border Patrol because we had a red bean donut!).
Japanese candy and snacks are also good priced. I wish there was T&T in Seattle instead of Uwajimaya!

my neighbourhood grocery store
i still remember when this was Safeway back before all the chinese people moved into the area. i was one of the originals!
T&T is great, just don’t ever try parking here. Produce is fresh and cheap, i love the buns/​bakery. Sushi/​sashimi is a hit and miss (don’t get the california rolls). But they always have little wrapped up bbq pork or noodle portions to go if you don’t wanna cook.

Interesting Asian vegetables. Latest find: beech mushrooms (shimeji mushrooms). They’re so cute and work in any stirfry or miso soup. Their bakery is also nice and they have yogurt cheese cake – nice lower fat version of the real thing!
However, this T&T has been cited for safe food issues when their deli temperatures are not at regulation standards. And their turnover isn’t as high for some products leading me to get eggs that expire in 2 – 3 weeks instead of 4.

I will admit before coming to T & T someone wished me luck on my trip and I really thought I would need it as I am a very impatient shopper. I am happy to admit I was wrong in thinking that!
Despite being sick and less tolerant that usual I genuinely enjoyed my shop at T&T!!!
When I walked in the door to my surprise I was not assaulted by the smell of seafood and raw meat and I was pleasantly distracted by their ready to eat goodies and got sucked into buying some Garlic and Black pepper Edemame and 2 different dessert buns, I have since eaten them all and they were great! Also their bakery section was amazing, such unique and delicious looking cakes, tarts and goodies!
Their ethnic food is really well priced however their Western food was pretty overpriced so it definitely not a 1 stop shop for a girl like me! I bought a few random items, really cheap noodles and sauces and can‘t wait to try them out.
The only downsides are there is a lot of boxes and carts in the aisles from staff stocking the shelf and me being the distracted clutz that I am walked into a few! Also they have a sign saying if you have your own bags hand them over and they would be happy to bag your purchase… by this they mean they would be happy to aggressively and randomly throw it in the bag… it didn‘t all fit and they didn‘t offer me another bag, wtf. No biggy though, I just had to dump everything out and strategically bag it and fortunately made it all fit!
If it wasn‘t for that last 2 points they would have got 5 stars, but I can‘t excuse having to rebag my items and not being offered an additional bag, even if it would have cost me a nickel! Overall I was impressed which is good enough for 4 stars in my book!

I thought I liked T&T until I came here.
I usually go to the differently-​branded but T&T-run Osaka Supermarket (
).
One of the most important things I go to T&T for is the Pea Shoots (
) that I can’t find at Canadian grocery stores. The ones at this location seemed older than the bag I got at Osaka Supermarket a week ago, and still had a bit of in my fridge. It looked a little bruised and wet a little bit. Perhaps of the way they were squishily piled up, perhaps because they WERE old… I should have acted on my hesitation, but I bought a bag, since I wasn’t going to get to another T&T soon. We didn’t get full-​on food poisoning, but our stomachs got sore.
A large section of the store was meats and seafood. None of it seemed enticing, though. Not just because I had recently heard of a T&T/Seafood experience (
) but all those creatures piled into those little aquariums were more saddening than appetizing.
The square loaves of nicely squishy sliced bread were good as usual. I was happy to find Multigrain and 60% Whole Wheat options here, not just the White I see at Osaka. Vietnamese Sandwiches and Garlic Sausage Buns were just as good as the Osaka ones.
Since this location is HUGE, I was happy to find some items that I don’t see at Osaka, like the Korean flavoured Black Vinegar for drinking. Yummm…
I will stick to the packaged imported cool stuff and the bakery if I come here again. And maybe the hardy vegetables.

I live around this area, and this is probably one of my favorite places to go and buy groceries. Back in the day this location used to be a Safeway, and then T & T came to my neighborhood, and everytime I go in there, I can somehow figure out what to cook for that night.
T & T’s are the one stop places for everything you need in regards to Chinese cooking, from the produce and fruit, to the abundance of meats and seafood, to all the soy sauce and other sauces needed to whip up the next chinese meal. The prices, compared to if your going to a seperate Chinese produce store, and butcher are a little higher, but in this day and age, your paying for convience, and cleanliness!
On the weekends, you can pratically have yourself a meal at lunch time here with all the free samples from the booths promoting certain products from frozen dumplings, certain cakes, instant noodles, new juices, fish paste, etc., it’s a riot here. You can actually save money here too, by going online and looking at their flyer as to what is the deal for the upcoming week.
I find that this T & T, some things are cheaper than others, and it is only this store (in store specials) from certain meats, to fruits. After 7 PM, they start clearing out their cooked/​prepared food, sushi, and bakery items. You can get yourself a pretty cheap dinner out of this.
This place has a sushi bar, a pretty big bakery, a cooked food isle (your rice and 3 or more sides for $ 4.99 and up), and another side with dim sum style cooked food.
The parking lot is another issue, and it depends on when you decide to go shopping. It can be an utter mad house on the weekends, and the spots are narrow, so to save yourself the potential door ding, park deep in the lot, and not near the place.