H Mart San Jose

I like it! Variety of food everywhere, international cuisine. Big inside, also has a mini restaurant where you can eat bulgogi and boba, delicicious. Has a small bakery inside as well. Has a bathroom by the mini-restaurant. I would go again if nearby, Try it out!

Korean Supermarket in San Jose. A full supermarket to serve Asian customers in the area. Very clean and well stocked. It mainly carries Korean brands. Pretty crowded during weekend. Fresh vegetables, fruits. The market also offers tropical fruits including the exotic durian fruits in frozen. The seafood counter offers varieties of shells, fish. The meat counter also has wide selection. Price is pretty reasonable compared to other similar markets. There are several nearby restaurants, service stores.

Went to H Mart around 6PM on a Thursday.

Plenty of parking outside. The supermarket was clean, well lit.

I was looking for a self served to-go food counter where one can pick a few items and pay by the pound. This location doesn’t have that. They have 2 little restaurants where one can order food and eat. There is a rice hot dog restaurant!

Got my ramen seafood tofu soup for dinner.

First time to an h mart, this one is big. They got a bakery inside next to the entrance that has sweet and savory foods. Cakes, croquettes, and pastries. The bakery only takes card, they might take cash if you pay in exact amounts.

Big meat section that is practically 2/3 if not 3/4 the entire back wall. Meats are kind of on the expensive side but inflation and all that right now they're probably $1-$3/lb more. I'm not that into expensive steaks and really only go to Korean markets for hotpot cuts so shabu shabu beef and pork only, not so much grilling cuts.

The seafood section is to the left of it and a section for mandu/dumplings and other frozen foods along the adjacent wall of the seafood section(left side of building). Live, dead, and frozen seafood, very large selection. They'll even cut it up for you if you take a ticket.

Prepared foods and marinated and pickled foods are to the right, profuce are adjacent to that(right side of the building).
I bought a pack of their store stir fried anchovy and kimchi, better flavor for the anchovy and I could taste a little sour note in the kimchi so you know that it is allowed to ferment for maybe at least a day or three which is more than koreana plaza probably fresh(two negatives to koreana plaza, I like more a sour and salty taste in kimchi) but it is about the same spiciness which is barely at all, not even jalapeño level. I'll just fix it as usual and let it ferment a couple more weeks in a different container to my liking.

Middle aisles you'll find snacks, drinks, powders, oils, vinegars, extracts, noodles, instant ramen, spices, flour, cooking gadgets, desserts, and plenty of other things.

There is more room to walk in the aisles. Nice and cool inside, the entrance fan is loud though. Just wished we didn't have to drive so far.