88 Marketplace

Phuong Nguyen (Son Nguyen)

3 months ago

Absolutely love this store! It's clean, and very well organized. They have a huge selection of Asian groceries, fresh produce, snacks, and specialty items. Everything is easy to find and the aisles are wide and comfortable to shop in. The store feels bright and well maintained. Definitely one of the best Asian grocery stores in Chinatown.

Miguel Garcia

7 months ago

By far the largest market I have ever been. Anything I was looking for I found. Definitely a place to check out.

Oyinlolu Adeyanju

4 months ago

88 Marketplace is spacious. They have an extensive selection and a wide variety of foods. They look like they typically have excellent fresh produce, e.g., fruits. I enjoyed soy milk and tofu I got here, especially the VitaSoy soy milk they had. The store itself looks great. It looks like they have a lot of staff in case you desire help. They also have a food court that looks like it typically has great options. I was grateful they had a parking lot.

Huang Danny

10 months ago

China's Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunions. There are many people shopping, and the scene is bustling. The goods are abundant and fresh. The shopping malls are spacious and clean, and the snacks are rich and varied, delicious and fragrant. It is full of rich oriental colors and is a good place for shopping, leisure, participating in activities and tasting delicious food.

Natalie H

3 weeks ago

Came here today for the first time because I needed blue crabs and wow.. I am impressed. This place was clean, organized, had an incredible selection and all the workers that I encountered were friendly. The guy behind the fish counter even came and helped me pick out good crabs. I didn’t get to try any hot food but I will be back. I cleaned and made the crabs tonight and they were so fresh and sweet.

Wai-meng Leong

8 months ago

The best Asian style supermarket I have ever been. We like certain of Asia food and spice. We would visit Asian grocery store for every city we visit. 88 market place is by far the best Asian grocery store we have ever been. Not only the variety of grocery are abundantly available, they got both "dried" grocery (food in package) and "wet" grocery(fresh seafood and grocery). They got food court, I do rate that high for that. There are also got more Asian foods and shopping in the same block. For that, I could get all my daily grocery needs and satisfy my cravings for Asian food at one stop. It is really a super place for weekend visit. Most importantly, the parking is free widely accesiby(this is really big plus in Chicago area). If ask me say a word to describe this visit, that would be "awesome". In two words, that would "super awesome". The pros are outstanding that the cons couldn't be named.

Daniel

month ago

Seriously smiling at the great variety of merchandise here, particularly mainland China/Hong Kong stuff (some Taiwan and Japanese stuff too). Prices were good and there were cases of some soft drinks available such as Wong Lo Kat and that one coconut drink with the model on it.

Sooya xyooj

6 months ago

It is actively busy in and out. From their two parking lot to the grocery store. Also thankful that the parking lot is free. The groceries store has a lot of good variety from veggies, dried and frozen food. Giving a lot of props to the cashier and bagger, who are actively working as fast as they can to move the line.

Christina Gowrylow

4 months ago

Great food, shopping, and free parking?!? How can you not appreciate what 88 Marketplace has to offer?! If you love all things Asian you will especially love shopping, eating, and browsing the multiple levels. Shops selling everything from stationery, housewares, makeup, to unique Asian handmade gifts, collectibles, etc are pleasant to browse through. I noticed personal care/beauty services are offered here too such as a hair salon and Head Spa, even an eyelash shop (not sure if they provide services in addition to selling eyelash strips). There is bound to be something for everyone at reasonable prices no matter what corner you turn and decide to drink, eat, or buy. Overall, it reminds me of H-Mart, Mitsuwa, Joong Boo and Seafood City for its vast array of foods, produce, food court, and familiar shopping experience. Upstairs, once you get off the escalator, you will find a gigantic Asian grocery store with food court (lots of delicious choices i.e. bakery, sushi restaurant, dim sum, etc.) to the right. Busy but not overcrowded, even on a Saturday. Grab a table as soon as you see one, especially during peak hours. Such delicious food, I cannot wait to go back! If you are looking for a hard-to-find (Asian) ingredient/spice/product, you will more than likely find it here. Meat and fresh fish on ice sold towards the back with live tanks- seemed to be very popular with many shoppers..amazing to see how many types of seafood available. You will pass endless aisles stacked to the brim, super organized, and clearly labeled prices on the shelving, so no guessing what something is or costs. Great prices overall. Many shoppers (i.e. lots of families) mixed with helpful, bustling workers loading shelves, freezers, etc. made the experience a lot better than shopping at a Costco strangely enough. Major visual overload- but not overwhelming. I enjoyed finding unique and favorite snacks, treats, and items I rarely find anywhere else and left very happy.

indigomane

4 months ago

This is the first time I’ve been in here in two years. I was looking for five treasure tea and Barley tea back then ,I ask three different people but nobody spoke English.this time two years later. I got Assistance from two different people who spoke English. Their customer service was off the charts, looking for other items, but I still could not find Barley tea or the five treasure tea. In this store. Great store I always pick up three things. I love the fruit and have you seen the meat case the next time I come I’m gonna have to grab some seafood. If you have not been to the store, you should plan a trip. I have had no negatives whatsoever. I will be back again.