Caspian Food Market

All food items sold here originate from the Persian region or use ingredients commonly associated with Persian cuisine. You may discover something enjoyable that you haven’t experienced before. It’s worth a visit, though some customers have noted changes in pricing.

Amazing Fresh Pita Bread and a Great Middle Eastern Market Caspian Food Market is a gem in Scottsdale. If you’re looking for truly fresh, handmade pita bread, this is the place to go. They bake it regularly, and it’s easily some of the best I’ve ever had. Even their frozen pita is excellent — you just heat it up in the microwave and it tastes fresh. In fact, the pita bread sells out sometimes, which should tell you how popular and high-quality it is. Beyond the bread, the store is a great little Middle Eastern market with a wide variety of Persian, Mediterranean, and Arabic spices, foods, and specialty items you won’t find in regular grocery stores. It feels like a small convenience-style shop, but with a lot of unique products packed in. If you’re looking for authentic Middle Eastern ingredients or just amazing fresh pita bread, I highly recommend Caspian Food Market.

We visited this store as travelers, and the lady working there, whose name was AZAM joon, was incredibly kind and welcoming. She offered us tea and treated us with such warm hospitality. It truly made my day, thank you for being so nice and thoughtful!”🌸♥️

Love this Persian market! It’s definitely on the smaller side but carries all the middle eastern necessities. The noon sangak bread is baked freshly everyday, and tastes delicious. Make sure to try the saffron ice cream. It’s so yummy!!

Food was good. Our server was good. Other staff members were non-resposive and didn't care because we're not at the sections. Not sure about the bread either. Definitely could use a better recipe or better bakers or maybe both!

Love this store! They prepare fresh food in the back including ash every Wednesday and they always have all the ingredients I need.

This place should be ashamed of themselves selling nasty, melted, no flavor cheap products. There’s noway they don’t know how nasty this cheap stuff they’re selling. This is an indication how poor quality their products are. Can’t believe they would think it’s ok to sell nasty products to the public. I hope this $3 was worth it.

Azam is by far one of the rudest and most unprofessional employees I’ve ever dealt with. They have zero respect for customers, act annoyed when you ask for help, and make you feel like you’re bothering them just for shopping there. Instead of being welcoming, Azam is condescending, impatient, and flat-out disrespectful. It’s shocking that a grocery store would allow someone with such a bad attitude to work directly with customers. On top of that, the quality of the store has gone downhill. The bread is always burnt and dry, the deli food tastes bland and greasy, and nothing has the freshness or quality it used to have. The store used to be one of my favorites, but with Azam’s behavior and the declining standards, I honestly avoid coming here now.

I've been going to Caspian market for a few years now. It's a small, solid market with a variety of middle eastern goods. Caspian sells items you won't find at your local chain grocery store. They have delicious barbari bread that's baked daily in house! Service is always wonderful.

Staff were so friendly and helpful! The store was clean. Items were clearly priced and organized. There were fruits and veggies. Deli cases with prepared foods and bakery items. They even had honey with the comb. Yum. Try the Persian baklava--heaven. The hummus and tabbouleh were delicious. The fried eggplant was fresh and very good. Pita is available in the freezer. Also--parking was plentiful and just steps away.

It's good, def have had better Persian delicacies. I like the imported item selection in their market, but Baiz Market has way more to offer. Their hummus is decent. Their homemade fire grilled bread, that seems to sell out for a reason, is fantastic! The old woman at the cashier's counter is a witch, bad attitude, unfriendly and unhelpful, just mad at life?... The younger woman working there is nice and smiles and will help if asked. Their produce is great and priced nioce.

The Caspian Market was a true family favorite immediately after we moved to the Valley from the east coast 11 years ago. We loved all their fresh feta cheeses from the Balkans and France, the wide variety of spices, olives, nuts, canned/packaged foods, middle eastern prepared foods, sweets, and, of course, their freshly made, hot from brick oven flat breads. The entire staff from the checkout staff to Sam, manger, were very welcoming. Unfortunately, in recent months it's become obvious to us that the market has changed dramatically. Many significant small and large differences have emerged. The elderly male master baker doesn't seem to be around, and a very young guy is baking. The woman, who produced the amazingly delicious, huge bowls of tabooli,hummus, and multiple other delicacies, is gone, replaced by a less skilled male. No longer will the checkout women provide juice to preserve large olive purchases, or brine for big chunks of the fetas. The prior congenial staff, now no longer desire to please the customer. I assume the increasing financial crisis and inflation has figured into these sudden, apparently cost-cutting changes. It's sad that a former favorite will receive less and less patronage from us! Although hope springs eternal that the Caspian will return to its former customer-centered approach, along with better prepared food and bread makers.

Truly has every treat, ingredient, and food that any persian person is looking for. Felt comforting to be there. Everyone was super kind

I really love this Persian Market, it has really unique foods on the shelves and it's great place to buy lamb and goat at a reasonable price. The store is efficiently run and if you get lost or need help finding things the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. I've been coming here off and on for about 3 years. It is relatively small store with a lot of produce in it. They have a small butcher shop in the back of the store and they cook food in house. Also there is a bakery in the front where they sell fresh pita bread and classic Persian desserts and treats. The store can get crowed in the afternoon and parking is very limited. It's basically a three in one parking lot. Because you have the Persian room next door and the Black Bear Diner across the lot. Worst case you park in the Black Bear Diner lot. Overall this is really cool Persian market in the north Scottsdale area.

The Caspian Sea is to the North of Iran, so Persian imports are mainly what you'll find here though there's some items from other nearby countries. Major points to pricing, their prices are incredibly reasonable! I usually get Lebni (Persian yogurt) it's thicker than Greek yogurt because it's extra strained so there's even less liquid. I love it with raw honey. I also get the Bulgarian Feta which is creamier than Greek Feta, and their bread made in-house. Sometimes I'll grab some Gaz (Persian pistachio nougat) or Ghreibeh (shortbread cookies with pistachio), and Persian melons (similar to cantaloupe). They also carry Kalamata olives, cheese from different countries, Turkish coffee sets, Persian tea sets, spices, sweets, pastries, a deli, and more.

Magnificent food to take home the bananas is exceptional and the falafel balls break and tasty I love shopping here for savory well prepared fresh food to take home Try the cheeses as they are also exceptional

I'm so happy Caspian exists! As an Iranian who just moved to Arizona, I feel like I've found a tiny piece of home here. The people making purchases regarded the cashier like they were friends, so I can tell it's a tightknit local store. They have everything you could want for Iranian cuisine, from doogh to kookoo sabzi to torshi to barbari to spices to paneer. The prices of everything - besides saffron, of course - were incredibly cheap. For example, I saw a box of honeycomb for $10, whereas the same size elsewhere is double. They have premade stuff for meals, like ghormeh sabzi, in addition to all the ingredients you could need. I walked out with some feta cheese, liquid saffron, and sangak, and I can't wait to go back and pick some more things. I can tell I'll be purchasing everything they sell over time!

We love shopping here for desserts and treats to share with family and friends. It's also a great place to search your favorites while waiting for your reservation to be ready at the Persian Room. They have considerable ingredients to make your favorites that hard to find in regular store.

Rarely leave one star reviews but here it goes. Stopped by this store and bought a few items including a rice cooker. The lady at the front told me she recommended the bigger size so I switched to the bigger size. Brought it home and tried to cook rice with it only to realize that as the rice was cooking the lid was loose and broken. Brought the rice cooker back only for the lady to tell us it will not be replaced or refunded. Blame myself given the state of the box the rice cooker even came in. Leaving this to say get groceries from them maybe? But do NOT buy any appliances from them.

Great market. Fabulous authentic nuts and snacks. BUT their hours are not updated. We've gone a few times when Yelp says they should be open to find them closed.

Great Mediterranean market. Best hummus and taboulie I have ever had. Lots of other items including fresh baked bread. Friendly wonderful people working there. Reasonably priced.

Dropped by to check out this market. Found many European & middle eastern food items. They have frozen items such as fillo dough at great prices. They have a variety of olives, cheeses, deli salads such as tabouleh as well as an assortment of bakery items middle eastern and otherwise. Prices are reasonable. I really liked that they carry smoked whitefish something that is difficult to find. Will return.

This is a great place to find Middle Eastern spices, and the store as well equipped with all of the ingredients she might need for some of your Middle Eastern cooking dishes, and the deli is great

So I am on a mission to find olive oil from Greece PDO in 3 liter cans.. I am convinced they don't sell it anywhere here in state of AZ.. but I will keep on my mission. This is a great store clean and using all the precautions. I did purchase kalamata olives with the pit. So glad to find them here, nearly all the places sell them without pits so was glad to find them. Also bought some chinese eggplant and the best Persian cucumbers I have ever had!!! So fresh and crisp absolutely fantastic. This store is clean and so delicious smelling with guys working hard in the bakery fresh pitas, breads, sweets. This store has large variety of already made things in deli, bakery. Various products from all over.

I stopped in today, as I happened upon this store and wanted to see what it was about. Staff here are genuinely really nice and their selection of goods was fabulous! I came in towards the end of the day, so there wasn't any fresh bread or much left in the deli case. I was thrilled to find items in store that I haven't been able to find since I was overseas, I will definitely be back.

Hidden gem in North Scottsdale. Caspian Food Market and Bakary. When you walk in there is a huge stone oven in your view with people making Sangak and Barbarry Bread. The market has many Middle Eastern goods, spices, pastry, cheese, meats and dairy goods. People were friendly and service was good. Purchased Barbarry Bread and date cookies. No issue with price, I went in with no expectations and left with some tasty goodies. The bakery alone is worth the visit.

It's a fake one! The sugar candy surface was covered with fake dye! See the image below how the right piece after soaking in hot water looks so much different from the original left one!

Just wasted a trip and gas because the closing time advertised in Yelp and the website is 10pm where in fact they close at 8, can you please update your hours!!

I went to Caspian Food Market yesterday to do some shopping. They have a lot of unique items that you can't find in a regular grocery store. Some of them are very good some I don't recommend. I bought "Sangak" bread which tasted really good, specially when I warmed it up. I like that they bake the bread in the store. I don't recommend Shemshad Parsnip Jam or Gata sweet bread. It's a shame and waste of money that I had to throw both of them away :( I bought a few more items that I haven't used yet. I may post a comment later. The lady working at the store was very sweet and taught me how to make Fesenjan stew. They are accommodating and care about their customers.

This market is a hidden gem. Trust me when I say that it is worth the trip. Make sure to grab some of the fresh food and dips from the back counter. The Bulgarian feta, the Lebni, and the fresh bread are all amazing.

On my visit someone approached me right away to offer assistance. 2 people preparing food were very kind and gave me a sample of the hummus very garlicky but good. They also explained what she was stirring in the caldron aash soup and I really enjoyed that. I bought some garlic bread and tabouli both a little different than my tastes are used to. The price of olives per pound is very good here. I'll be back.

This tourist got suckered. I came here because of the fresh baked bread. They were baking fresh made bread. I asked for fresh baked bread. When we got back to our rental condo and tried it, it was not fresh. And it had mold. Unbeknownst to me, my wife said the cashier pulled the package off the bottom of the pile of packages;. Shame on me for not noticing. Shame on this store for taking advantage of a formerly nice tourist.

Staff ignores you or is on the phone. If you need to ask a question, prepare to be met with glares. Very rude. I bought one item so I didn't feel like I wasted my time driving all the way to shop for some ajvar. Won't be back.

When we moved here, we didn't know where we would have to go to find our Middle Eastern foods and spices, then we just happened to find the Caspian Food Market. Bingo. They have Everything we need including homemade bread made daily in the store. We have checked a couple other locations in the Phoenix area and the Caspian Market is by far the cleanest and the best in terms of overall product variety and quality. Everything you need for Persian cooking is here. And since they are right next soor to The Persian Room, you can grab some lunch before you shop ! Wonderful, friendly staff.

Associates are not helpful, just stuck on the phone. Too much variety of products but difficult to find as the aisles are packed and cluttered. They do not accept returns after 24 hours and charge 20% for any returned goods after that. Too many rules and since one is not familiar with products one has to be careful before purchasing. Lavash bread was soft but not that reasonable.

I love this market. They have the best French & Bulgarian feta, along with fresh baked breads right out of a brick oven, assorted olives, and if you hit it at the right time delicious hummus & tabouli. If you like baklava they have two types. Whenever I'm in Scottsdale I make a point of stopping here as there are so many delicious things to choose from. Yum Yum!

Come in here just the wonderful smell alone! This place has a huge amount of middle eastern food goods. They had some orange cream cookies I bought which were subtle orange and delightful. Prices aren't bad either. Staff is willing to help with opinions on Turkish coffee varieties. My friend purchased about a pound of dates and said they were fresh and delicious. Can't wait to return and try something new!

I've bought plenty of produce here, packaged cheeses, teas etc. Today I bought babaganush, labne, and a few different freshly baked lavash. Everything was outstanding! Very fresh and delicious. Highly recommend!

One of my favorite grocery stores! Amazing selection of European Cheese, Teas, Dried fruits, prepared felafel, and deserts. I've lived all over the world the quality of everything here and selection is really fantastic. Thank you!

If you want great Persian grocery and prepared foods, this place is for you. Great service and awesome food, can't ask for more than that. I highly recommend Caspian Food Market.

Small store but has everything. Try the cutlets and the potato salad . It's made on the premises and delicious . They also have pastries. Very friendly people.

Carries great selection of ethnic items. Fresh Bread is to die for. Kind and welcoming people.

Everything you need for true Med cooking! Deli is fresh and the bakery goods are delicious.

Thieves!!!!! BEWARE!!!!!!Big zero..000000000 After coming home checking my receipt, I was shocked...*****$22.99 for 2Lb ice cream**** So I called thinking there he'd made a mistake in charging me, and he hung up on me So I called again then a lady answered which she was obviously being told/directed by the guy what to say. 1st she wouldn't/couldn't give me the price nor the weight/size then she said that the price I'd been charged wad correct!¿¡ WOW I will NEVER SHOP HERE AGAIN. Big mistake.. If you are the owner (Mohsen) you will never know how much money you truly lost. Big Zero if I could 0000000000000000

Great selection and this market is only growing, but the deserts and bread will have me coming back often! Upon entry I was greeted by very friendly staff and they have anything and everything you could be looking for from a Middle Eastern grocer. I am a large fan of the roullette deserts and napoleon pasteies, they are so light and tasty, definitely a treat. If you are looking for the best examples of European or Perisan pastries you have to try these things! They are very elegant as well for special occasions. The bread here is fresh and you can see them cooking it right there in the market! Both sangak and lavash so great with everything, and there is nothing like fresh-made Persian bread!

This appears to be a recently opened market next door to the Persian Room in Scottsdale. I think that it is tied to the Persian Room. This market has a lot of unique things from the Caspian Sea area (Iran and Russia). You can get caviar here if you want. You can also get traditional stone cooked Middle Eastern flatbread. This place is definitely worth looking at if you want anything Persian or from the Caspian Sea area of the world.

Amazing array of offerings.There are many markets in the valley but the supply and fresh products are likely to surprise you and keep you coming back. Clean, Friendly, come and support the best mid-east /persian market in the valley!

This store is always empty and the owner is a big jerk but I had to make a quick grocery run for Persian desserts and begrudgingly opted to go there as it was very close to my house. 1 star rating for the jerk owner and 5 stars to the very nice young lady who went out of her way to help me because the rude owner couldn't be bothered helping the one and only customer in the store. My Persian friends won't even go there.

Great place to shop. Good selection and variety of middle eastern foods. The staff is very friendly and helpful and the prices are very competitive.

Sangak fresh out the oven!! They also have a great mix of dried fruit and nuts. Great place.

Place is cool but the customers and people working there are rude! Customers just bump into you to get by without an excuse me of any type. I can't believe people can be so rude!!!

Staying at the hotel next door I went in to check it out. There were 3 people in the shop including the girl at the counter and a guy stocking shelves. I wanted to say hi but she wouldn't make eye contact, much less say hi. I read the reviews and thought I'd at least buy some bread or pastry. I like supporting local businesses but decided to leave and go buy traveling snacks at Whole Foods where the people are nice. I don't like leaving bad reviews but it only takes a moment to smile and say hi. Everyone deserves that when entering a business. Especially when the business isn't busy.

This is a sucks please,expensive ,terrible Costomer service I didn't like the customer service

I really wish I could give this market a better review, but wow this place is overpriced!! Basically anything you can think of is overpriced (breads, tea, sabzi, etc). It's at a good location near Persian Room, and tempting to shop at... but if you go you'll be spending way more than you'd budgeted for.

Very very rude customer service. Expensive prices. I am Persian and I know a lot of better markets to go too. Lady in there has the worst attitude. It's like she gets mad when she has to help people.

This place is so overpriced it's crazy. There are international markets in Phx and Mesa with some of the same products but for 1/2 the price. Not sure what makes them feel like it's okay to charge so much. But let's say even it's okay to be the Whole Foods is the persian stores, at least be clean, everything in the store is so unorganized, things on top of things and there are 3 people working and no one in the store. But yet they are still not organizing. Anyways 3 Rd time we went here and it will be our last. Hope they realize the way they are going forth is gonna cause them to lose a lot of customers. Side note the other day we were in there the lady told my wife here is a coloring stickers for the eggs for Norouz and a small card with some norouz symbols on it. Wife is like sure thinking it's a coupe or dollars each since that is what it is in California where we are from. Then we looked at the receipt 2 things came out to 12 dollars. They has no prices but sometimes you just feel like people try to stick it to you. That lady sure did that to my wife lol anyways fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me!

Caspian Food Market is an awesome place where I can get my foreign grocery store itch scratched in Scottsdale. Wendy M. introduced Jeff M. and me to this market, and I am a big fan. Lots of interesting products, cheap spices, and a rose saffron ice cream I want to try next time. Buy the bread!