Oriental Imports

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I've been to Chinatown in Boston and New York; Mr. Lee and Oriental Imports is the real deal! He's a classic example of an honest, sincere owner/operator of a small family business. They have SO much unique and amazing stuff! A+

Their goods are totally disorganized! Prices on shelf are wrong. You will find a lot of surprises once the cashier scans the items (usually much more expensive than what you saw on the labels). Sometimes you wonder how much does it cost for an item, if you ask someone who works there besides the owner (the man in his 50s), no one will be able to tell you. Well, yea, you may scan the item at the cashier, but it's upstairs, do you want to climb all the way up there just to know the price? Once you finished your shopping, you have to climb upstaris to pay, plus, you may stand there for a while before the employees found out that you are there. One time I stood there for 5 mins before someone came up sloooooowly. Also, beware of the expiration date. If the itmes are not "popular", they may pobably be expired. One time I saw that they had a "sale" on the roasted chestnuts, buy one get one free, I bought 4, and later found out that it was expired 1 year ago. What the crap!!! The middle aged lady who works there is very rude, it seems to me that she doesn't even care about the customers. If you want to buy any Asian goods, go to Saigon Market (next to BobJones) or another one on Wade Hampton Blvd too, at the intersection of Edwards Rd, or Korean Market on Pelham Rd.