The FRUIT Shop

5 stars for carrying mangosteens! Man, I was having major cravings after coming back from Thailand. But to my dismay, they were impossible to find. Until… The Fruit Shop! Of course though they are crazy overpriced (I think I paid $ 16 for a pack of 8 medium-​sized mangosteens. And two were inedible!) which is why they get 4 stars instead of 5.

Bumped up to FOUR STARS !!!
Went on a better time (around 3pm) on a weekday ! The parking situation is so much better !!!
The lady I normally see wasn’t there, but a gentleman was. Much nicer in the customer service department. Very conversational when I asked questions. Definitely made my experience here worthwhile.
So why did I come all this way ???
MY LOVE FOR SUGARCANE JUICE peeps !!! I like to add kumquat to it !!! OMG so good !!! I’m drooling just thinking about it. It literally was LOVE at first sip. HOOKED for life !!!
Addicting and refreshing ! Great energy booster too ! Very alkaline and low in the glycemic scale for you diabetics or carb-​conscious folks.
I find this to be the BEST spot to grab sugarcane juice in San Diego. Another awesome one is in Hollywood so I’m fortunate to have one locally. My gf and I want to start our own business.haha. Adding that to my vision board !
Fall is not the greatest when it comes to certain fruits that I love. I was craving papaya, jackfruit, and mangoes. They didn’t carry any of these, but they did carry my favorite Fall fruit: PERSIMMONS !!! Quite the deal too ! .89/​lb and $ 1.29/lb for both varieties (Hachiya and Fuyu). Love Hachiya, but they take FOREVERS to ripen, but these were LARGE (as big as my hand) so I had to grab some !
This is a family-​owned business and I love that they are proud of their products. The gentleman gave me a few insights about their business. I will continue to support them since I know they offer better deals and produce. It’s the best way to spend your hard earned money. Fruit is thy medicine. I want to feed my body with the good stuff.
CARB THE FRUIT UP AT THE FRUIT SHOP FOLKS !!!

What a great place. Definitely an experience. My favorite thing to get is the mangosteens when they are available. I also get the tamarind and dragonfruit. I would suggest calling ahead to see when they got their order.

Definitely a hole-​in-​the-​wall fruit shop. My boyfriend and I had a one hour wait for Kula (the revolving sushi spot across this shop), and decided to explore about. I was thirsty, so we decided to come in here. The shop’s name is exactly what its name is; a fruit shop. They’ve got some pretty exotic fruit there, so while my boyfriend and I were honestly intrigued, analyzing the fruits, one of the younger male shop employees approached us asking if we had ever tried certain fruits they had. I forgot all the names, but there were several unique fruits we haven’t tried and homeboy straight up grabbed items and gave us a bunch of samples of each fruit LOL. He was definitely informative and generous with us. and they all tasted sooo goddamn refreshing and different. We didn’t purchase any of the fruit, but I did get a fresh sugar cane juice. They have nutrition facts on the juice so I got highkey excited to drink it hahahh. Will definitely visit again for the sugar cane juice, and to buy some fruits.

Outside looking in, if you’ve ever been to an Asian country (or somewhere tropical), you’ll be reminded of it once you take a step in. It’s a small and basic fruit stand (can’t really call it a produce for the lack thereof).
Fruits they carry:
— Jackfruit
— Mangosteen
— Longans
— Kumquats
— Dragonfruit
— Hawaiian Papaya
— Thai Coconut
We came in to just take a look around, but we saw their sign and were interested in trying the sugarcane juice. We watched the lady freshly press the sugarcanes, and the drink was good (a little too sweet for my liking). However, it was almost $ 7 for 24oz, and she packed the cup with ice to the rim. The added kumquat flavor was enough to make it taste like a over sweetened lemonade. I’ll probably come back just for the fruits.

This is a cute little whole in the wall. The parking lot sucks, but they have a couple dedicated spots which are often available.
They have a good selection of exotic fruits, but the reason I come here is the fresh pressed cane sugar juice with fresh kumquat. The stuff is amazing. I get the «super size» and it’s still gone too fast.

Complete Waste. They sell a 16 oz sugar cane drink for 5.25 or 24 oz for $ 6.95! You can get it for $ 3 elsewhere! She fills the entire cup with ice, so you really don’t get that much juice. The juice wasn’t even that good, didn’t really taste «fresh» or like Vietnam. Sooooo disappointed.

Mangosteens have been so hard to find in San Diego, so I was thrilled to find this place! It’s a small family-​owned business. Service is wonderful– they let us sample many of the fruit (and sugarcane juice) as well as pre-​order mangosteens which come in every week from Thailand.
Definitely will be heading back there soon!

5 stars for service, samples, and being the only Fruit Shop I know in San Diego
They’re located in the same disastrous strip mall as Dumpling Inn and Kula Revolving Sushi. But they do have 1 or 2 designated parking space reserved for their customers.
I can’t remember the day we went but their fruit inventory looked low. The super cool son, Hai, couldn’t have been more fun and knowledgeable explaining the fruits to me and V. He wanted us to sample a few items: longan, rambutan, jackfruit.
They fresh press sugar cane to make juice ! $ 6.95 for a 24oz size here seems like a fair price.
It was my first time ever trying jackfruit and it was fascinating watching a woman in the back prepping the huge jackfruit to sell in ready-​to-​eat containers.
I also saw a customer come in for a fresh young coconut. The woman in back cracks one open for him and sticks a straw in one. I can only image how fresh an ice cold cracked young coconut from their chilly warehouse would taste right now. V and I can’t remember how much this coconut cost — we think $ 3.25?
I bought two mangoes for sis but Hai threw in a few rambutans. I believe I paid $ 1.25/mango. I think these mangoes could have waited another two days to ripen (and intensify their sweetness) before sis and I tried them that day.
Hai said it’s best to come in Friday as that is the day they usually get in new shipments of fruit. Or, Saturday morning if the Friday shipment was somehow delayed.
The Fruit Shop is a gem here in Convoy and I’ve become a fan. Hai said they might be doing fresh juices or boba soon as they definitely have the resources. So I think that would be an exciting component to this fun fruit shop.

This hidden gem!
Had my first dragon fruit (pitaya) here. God’s creations are so amazing!
They have almost ever exotic fruit that I’ve been wanting to try. Of course prices are VERY high, but it is expected. I believe the Manager’s name is Thu. (pronounced Two) He is very knowledgeable in the fruit that they provide, and fruit in general!

We wandered in shortly after opening, and were greeted right away by a friendly young guy. He was quick to answer questions about items, offer samples, and tell us about all the fruits we could expect as the seasons changed. I got some jackfruit, sugarcane juice and sapote. The sapote is still not ripe, so I can’t comment on it, but the jackfruit was sweet and delicious and I’m pretty sure I could live on sugarcane juice alone. He also gave us some samples of rambutan, which were yummy and fun.
Cant wait to come back in the summer for the mangosteen and mexican sapote!!!

The guy who works here is super helpful and gave me advice on how to eat certain fruits. They get their shipments on Friday, so when I went on Wednesday, they didn’t really have much except for the average apples and oranges. Their fruit is super fresh when they get it in though. I bought a mango, dragonfruit, and jackfruit. Parking is sometimes a problem, so be prepared to squeeze into a tight spot in their small parking lot. I recommend this place for anyone who wants to try something new!

I love this place because they always have jack fruit and their mangosteens are a better price than any where else I’ve seen them… My favorite part of shopping here is the lady who is always working there (I really need to learn her name)!!! She is always so helpful and super sweet to my mom with dementia, who I wheel around with me :) They’re the only place I’ve see longan and they have the best price on dragon fruit too and my mom loves their bananas: D

Totally original!
The owner and his wife are wonderful people.
Jack Fruit — Natures Juicy Fruit Gum — Who knew?!

I am still a huge fan of this shop. But in the weeks since I wrote this review, I have actually discovered a similar shop much closer to LA in the San Gabriel Valley area. (See
.) That said, the FRUIT Shop seemed to have a larger quantity in stock, and would thus be less likely to run out of our favorites. And the FRUIT Shop (unlike its San Gabriel Valley analogue) sells fresh-​pressed sugarcane juice.

The Fruit Shop has great fruit to taste and buy. After discovering this little shop, I bring friends here to explore new fruits and set up a fruit tasting event with the California Rare Fruit Growers. It was great! Don, the owner, set us up with mango, jackfruit, dragon fruit, guavas, rambutan and tamarinds to taste — all for a reasonable price. The staff is friendly and very helpful with fruit selection. Give them a try — and take some fruit home to share.

Amazing sugarcane with kumquat juice!!! SOO delicious. WISH I knew about this before. We got the largest size 24 oz for 6.95. Totally worth it.
Tastes sweet, milky, and pleasantly fruity and a Lil citrusy at same time.

I must thank the Vietnamese American community for importing exotic fruits from Asia.
In Vietnamese restaurants and supermarkets, I love the fact that I’ll always find an exotic fruit and what not such as a durian smoothie
Anyways, this is a very small Vietnamese owned fruit shop that smells so fragrant once you walk in. They got all kinds of exotic fruits here from rambutan, to mangosteen, to durian, to jackfruit, and much more
I personally like the sugar cane juice they have here. It’s not really cheap for the portion but wow, the flavor is the bomb
Thanks Unilocalers for supporting this fruit shop. It really deserves it

Unilocal has fulfilled its full purpose, leading me to this place. First, the Fruit shop has a small selection. Sometimes, you go there and there’s almost nothing. I think this has largely to do with the fact that they don’t stock bad fruit.
2^nd, the majority of the fruit sold here is tropical fruit, and lots of asian stuff. I’ve been looking for a reliable source of sweet, juicy fruit that my baby will like. At the fruit shop, I always get ripe papayas. Not the ones that stay green forever at the grocery stores. These are picked yellow and get soft and sweet within a day or two. I’ve also gotten wonderful yellow mangoes. They are usually twice as good as my usual go to spot, Sprouts.
The people here, a young guy and older ‘grandma’ type lady, are extremely nice and helpful. Not sure about the taste of a fruit… they’re happy to let you try. Not sure which ones are the best to pick… they will eagerly help you make a selection. These are good people, and they hold their product to a high standard. The fruit shop is only about 3 years old, and I’m hoping they last. We’ve got tons of ‘organic’ fruit sources and even ‘local’ fruit sources. But if GOOD FRUIT is your priority, then this is your place.

Came in here for their selection of jackfruit.
1) was ripped off and,
2) given an unripe jackfruit without notice
They had several choices: a HUGE jackfruit, a medium sized one, and then small takeout-​sized boxes of already hand-​peeled and ready-​to-​eat jackfruit. Comparing the prices, it seemed like it was more reasonable to buy the jackfruit and cut it yourself… those tiny boxes were selling for $ 6 – 7 just for a handful!
So I lug one of the medium sized one over to the counter and ask for an estimate. After weighing it, the lady at the counter says, $ 11.47. Sounds like a good deal, considering the medium sized jackfruit will supply over 3 – 4 times the amount of those in the box. After all is said and done and I give her my card to swipe, I get my receipt back, which says she charged me $ 16.47.
I walk away with my jackfruit slightly puzzled, but giving her the benefit of the doubt… maybe she charged me extra for using a card instead of cash? Maybe that was tax included? Then thought – no way all of that added to a whopping $ 5 extra for something that was $ 11… that’s almost 50% more.
Get home, cut it open and hope it’s worth the trouble. It’s not. The flesh is spongy, dry, tasteless, and worst of all – sticky! It sticks to my fingers and knife. I look up methods of ripening unripe jackfruit, and decide to stick it out on my patio for the sun to ripen, with the open side wrapped in saran wrap. The flies flew around it all day, and when I took it inside, nothing had improved. Flesh was still white, bland, and hard to chew (as opposed to rich yellow, fragrant, and soft). Useless!
Even though you might be paying more for the pre-​peeled ones, at least you know what you’re getting. Lady at the front was unfriendly and unhelpful. Will try another place next time for exotic fruit.