Victoria Supermarket

Pricey and Disorganized. I was so looking forward to visiting this store under newer management and had a long list of things I needed. Boy, was I in for a rude awakening! First of all, everything including spices were so pricey compared to what one can find at major supermarkets. I am a good cook and the variety of spices I buy from Loblaws, No Frills even Freshco are of good quality and I am pretty happy with the freshness. Additionally, Victoria Supermarket was messy and disorganized which does not equate to a great shopping experience. I would like to add the cash staff was friendly but that did not change my overall rating. Will I be returning, NO! Would I recommend the store to others, NO!

I live in the neighbourhood and very much like to support the local business, however, the attitude of some of the cashiers is far from being polite - not sure if it is the cultural or lingual and or low pay. I received a flyer on Thursday morning of a sale but when I arrived at the store, I was shocked and confused because the displayed prices did not reflect the advertised sale prices in the latest flyer. And a copy of the recent flyer not available at the store. Anyway I picked up few items and reached the cashiers who were busy chit chatting. After few minutes, I was acknowledged and ordered to move to Casher No 2. When I inquired, the cashier lady asked me to bring the flyer with me the next time? Not sure what she meant but it does not sound like a good practice. Anyhow, the place is much cleaner but needs organization. Various promotion item are placed every where which makes the place very untidy. The hand written prices and unreadable tags on the shelves are very confusing. There is a good collection of Spices in the store - I guess the spices do not expire like the frozen bread and fish products? I like the meat counter, one of the cleanest in the town, however the service need to be improved, for I hate to just stand there unnoticed. The fish section looks okay. This grocery store is changing and not sure if it will stay as a grocery store combined with a disorganized $ Dollar store or a disorganized store selling just about anything. I like having a store like this in my neighborhood and ask the many merchants and owners of this place to look at the history and fate of verious stores try to operate at the this location and failed.

The disinfectant material/chemical they use contaminates all Produces and products, even our shirt smells of that VERY STRONG disinfectant material/chemical. Now the sad part is the "Milk" inside the plastic pack of 3.4 litre 3.25% smells the same. My kids complaint about milk smells gross, I did not believe, then I tried to drink and I had to throw out the milk. So please change your disinfectant material/chemical with something else that EVERYONE uses elsewhere.

I’m not sure what cleaning product they use but it smells through majority of their products. Do not buy food products like eggs, bread, oats and especially the milk is the worst since there is an after taste. There is a very distinct smell when you walk in to the store itself. I’d recommend going elsewhere as it is a hit or miss. Vegetables and meat are not always fresh. The two star rating is for convenience since it’s close by to where I live, other than that I would have rated this place a 0 star rating. I’ve spoken with the supervisor and he said that there is no smell. I’m going to be contacting Toronto public health to audit.

I bought Roo Afza in Ramadan from this supermarket and it was already expired In December 15 2021 and it was still placed on the shelf. Please be careful when choosing items at this store and check expiry date for products.

I live in the neighborhood and frequent the store often. I've experienced bad customer service from some of the staff but the overall convenience is worth it. The meat section is decent. The produce in the fruits and vegetables section is not always fresh and I've also seen expired items many times on their shelves. They do seem to be constantly improving, so I'll give them that.

Heading southbound on Victoria Park Ave just south of Eglinton Ave. E is a supermarket stocked with East Asian foods as well as houseware products. I found many items in the produce/fruits/vegetables department slightly higher than other stores I frequent. There is an ok selection to choose from. Do pay attention to expiry dates on products like instant noodles. I was drawn to a red/white sale sign of $0.10 for a package? What? Ten cents! Yes, but the inventory was close or past the stamped best before date. The meat department is at the rear of the store where staff will prepare/package/weigh your selection. There are some huge frozen fish stocked in the freezers! Salted fish is also on display. I loved the cold beverages choices, many that I've never heard of but the flavours sounded fascinating. Would probably come back here from time to time but I must try the Maggi 2-Minute instant noodles first...

I don't like to write bad reviews. But this one is a must for everyones awareness. I had my first visit there a couple of weeks ago (probably the last one). I drove 117km one way from my home to there to buy Bangladeshi products. With the other products I purchased Rice Roti and Chapati. When I came home and opened frozen Roti, they were all infected with fungus and you can see all these dark spots although they have expiry dates on them. I talked to my friends who also visited with me and purchased other frozen products and they experienced the same. After driving that long in Ramadan, with the hope of getting some bangladeshi foods, that's what I got. This is really frustrating. I'm not going there again.