Cloves Indian Groceries & Kitchen

I usually don’t give 1 star, by seeing the food I felt i should give it this time. I ordered boneless chicken biryani , what I got is half boiled rice with a combination of spiced up masala, this is not food what people eat it at a price of 16.5$ for one bowl/1 order. I just thrown it in trash. When the chef makes biryani, let him taste it after couple of hours so he will know the taste of it and he will prepare well from then. Please make some hygiene food at this high cost.

Very bad experience. This Cloves Indian Groceries is not good shop at all. Employees are rude and behave like customer is disturbing them by existing. No greeting, no help, only attitude. When you ask question, they look angry, like you insult their whole family. Produce is rotten. Vegetables soft, moldy, smelling already spoiled. Why selling like this? Customer paying money, not doing charity. Fruits and vegetables should not look like they survived natural disaster. Store smell is horrible. Some mix of rotten food, old oil, and damp floor. Very unpleasant. You feel sick just standing inside for few minutes. Prices not cheap also, so what is the excuse? Rude staff, bad smell, spoiled produce, zero cleanliness. No pride in business. Many better Indian grocery stores around. Do not waste time or money here. I will not come again.

One of the best Indian kitchens in the Phoenix Valley with an excellent grocery section offering fresh meat daily. The owners and staff are always warm, welcoming, and dedicated to great service.

We used to go regularly for quick Indian food to save with their 10% discount on cash, yesterday was last time. From food purchased yesterday night ( chicken curry, Haleem, chicken biryani) we all got sick including small kid. That is when I found out that they already had 8 health violations before (google it). Please keep it clean, unhygienic vibe is noticeable every where inside the store, mainly around their cooked food.

I had a very disappointing experience here. We ordered the cut mirchi and bhajji, both of which were served cold and noticeably old. When we politely brought this to the attention of the manager/owner he was extremely rude and dismissive rather than trying to fix the issue. There are plenty of other places with better food and much better attitudes. Unprofessional and a waste of money. Good food is one thing, but professional service is a requirement. I won't be returning to a place that serves subpar food and treats customers with such lack of respect.

Great Indian grocery store with all the needs for a family, spices, essential groceries, produce and even meat ( halal options too! ) as well as lovely restaurant food ie..dosas, samosas etc , I highly recommend this grocery store!

Do not visit this place now. They have increased the prices of items 100% on average. I was a regular customer of this store since 2022. For an example, I have visited cloves, chandler on 20th December, I baught "katla" (500g) at $22.50 which was previously (2 weeks ago) $8.49 , rohu (1kg) at $20.25 which was previously (2 weeks ago) $11.39. you can visit this place for Indian vegetables. Those are available at reasonable price. But fish, seafood, meat is really expensive as compare to supermarkets and other Indian, asian groceries.

I recommend this store. It has wide range of typical Indian usage things. Irrespective of pricing, good thing is that, we can find whole bunch of typical indian groceries, pooja items, snacks, veggies, meat and what not! Right after groceries shopping, tried out few things from cloves kitchen. Chicken 65 was delicious!

Good taste but disappointed with the portion only 3 small pieces of chicken ,samosas are good

Terrible Experience - Rude Owner and Poor Service We went for a breakfast buffet expecting a pleasant start to the day, but it turned out to be a complete disaster. The buffet supposedly included pongal, idli, vada, poori, and dosa. However, the service was disappointing from the start--no vada was served, even though it was part of the meal. The worst part was the owner's behavior. My husband took a single bite of my pongal, and the owner immediately started shouting at us, accusing us of sharing food. It was shocking and humiliating. We didn't order extra food or ask for anything beyond what was included. Despite this, the owner demanded we pay extra for another breakfast item, even though we hadn't finished the food on our plates. This was completely uncalled for. The way we were treated was unacceptable. We ended up leaving most of the food untouched because we were so upset by the owner's rude and aggressive behavior. We also ordered food to go, but after this experience, we deeply regret supporting this establishment. I cannot recommend this place to anyone. Poor service and disrespectful treatment of customers--never going back!

The food has gone to crap. The owner gets frustrated, irritated and gives a weird face when we give him the feedback directly. All the curries usually float in oil and the taste of the snacks are not maintained consistent. Very bad place to shop and eat.

Another sad experience - ever ytime, customer finds new / untrained staff at register - (not sure if they are legally allowed to work ???? ) and not customer friendly at all - Stale Produce / expired items on shelves & freezer / plus seems oil is being used at the Eatery section seems overdone. Well finally located few more Indian Grocery stores , I hope all sensible - people , who value their hard earned money would explore other stores - Clove is not the end of the world .

This food bar is good for someone familiar with Indian food and likes spicy food. This is my friend's favorite place. Since I didn't recognize the food for sale, I wish I would've went around the corner to the grocery store and picked up some fruit or vegetable I recognized and then asked them to rinse and cut it up for me. I don't know if they would've accommodated that, but if I go back again I'm going to try. I failed to find a vegan meal without salt, oil, and sugar that was not hot and spicy to me. I wish I could have ordered brown rice with steamed vegetables with mild curry sauce or spice. They sell a lot of mango items in the grocery portion of the store. Staff was friendly, I'm just not sure if there was a language barrier or not.

Bought Indian mangoes from Cloves grocery store. They sell the box closed ,so you don't know if they are edible or have gone bad . They were $40.00 for 9 mangoes - I don't mind the price if they were edible. Opened the box - they were all raw . Kept them in the garage - ( mangoes ripen in a warm place) 11/2 days later they were all bad( rotten) The store won't accept returns on them

This Indian food market is well stocked and very clean. The people working there are kind and helpful. There is also a little lunch spot inside the market with fresh made Indian food and 3-4 tables where you can sit and eat. I did not eat lunch because I was pressed for time but I plan on going back. I bought spices and curry pastes for making curry at home. If you haven't gone in you should it's a treat!

This grocery store is located on the SE corner of Chandler and Dobson, however, it is not located directly along the road so you cannot see it from either road. It is set back behind the Brakemasters. You also enter from the East side of the building which is farther away from the cross streets. It has a fair selection of Indian Groceries and also some prepared Chaat and other hot food for take out. See photos of menus. There may have been tables previously but it appears with COVID that it is all take out. We got the Baingan (eggplant) which was well done and mid level spicy. A reasonable option for Indian food and groceries.

Be careful everyone ask for receipt when you shopping cloves stores,and review your receipt make sure your items and receipts are matched

The food and sweets are excellent. Have been going here for 7 years. The cook Srinivas is a gentleman, always greets me whenever he passes by. They respect their customers. Thank you for being there.

Worst customer service. They mess up your order and still blame you. Owner is rude and won't give credit and compensate when they are wrong. Don't know how they are servicing with such terrible customer service. Want us to pay cash. ?? Why??! If there was a zero or no star that is what they deserve.

Veggie Biryani is delicious!! The woman at the register is always so sweet and the store is nicely stocked. There are always fresh sweets in the front of the store also. 10/10 experience for sure.

My review is only about their restaurant/kitchen - not the store. Both the times i have gone to eat there, the experience has been a little disappointing. The tables are never clean and they're always running around - understaffed. Food was okayish. And the person managing the frontend was so stingy with a little thing like ketchup. And in the second visit - we ordered food for dine in- and kept waiting for 30 minutes. Only when we followed up, it turned out they had packed the food for to go but never let us even know while we were just sitting there. I see this restaurant sells like crazy, so dine-in customers may be under prioritized. Got it!

Grocery stores are the hidden gem for many ethnic foods. Cloves is another great example. Rotating list of curries, many doasas, chatt and more can all be had to go or eat in at the hand full of tables. The mango lassi was unique with additional flavors and even a hint of salt. Their website has a list of the rotating curries. The stand out winner was the standard masala dosa, the potato was full of flavor and texture from the onions.

Stale food and most horrible service. Dont get sick eating from here. Bought an indian sweet "badushah" from there on June 30th 2021 at 6:30 pm. It had mold on it and was spoilt. It was purchased for a friend and we were really embarrassed to learn about it from them. When we called to report it, they argued saying they never sold it yesterday! WOW.....we should have called the police and have them extract cctv footage from this vendor and have his license revoked

TL;DR: If you are just looking to grab some Indian spices or packaged snacks this place is great and not expensive. I was surprised to find some bad reviews on here, but I did not order any food from the kitchen. Cloves was the closest Indian market to my house so I popped in to grab some spices for a dish I am making. The store was clean, tidy, and well organized. I had no issues finding what I was looking for and the cashier that rang me up was polite. I was able to use a credit card with no hassle, so I'm not sure why other people said they were pressured to use cash only. Maybe it's different if you order/pay for food from the kitchen?

The review is only for their restaurants Samosas - 4 stars Mirchi Pakoda's - 3 stars Chicken 65 - 1 star I never had this bad chicken 65. I can taste lot of vinegar, and no taste. I would never order their chicken items again. I had 1'pc, and threw rest away.

I am rating 2.5 stars but rounding off to 3. We came across new Indian grocery store in Chandler and we had to give it a try considering the number of options available in the valley. The place is pretty organized and arranged well, it is clean and tidy. They also have a small restaurant as a part of the store. We found some fresh pulses which is not easily available. One can find authentic gongura leaves (Roselle/ Hibiscus cannabinus) , thotakura leaves (Malabar Spinach) and other Indian veggies too. We also ordered samosa chat and punugulu. The service was very slow and we had to wait for half an hour get our order. The taste was average and wouldn't suggest for the wait time. Overall I am removing two and half stars for the restaurant wait time and the taste of the food. Mainly the cost of the groceries, the scarcity is understandable but hiking the price doesn't help either. Also, comparing other Indian grocery market in the valley the price is a little more on the higher side.

Best chai ever ! The chai samosa combination we crave for can totally make your day. The groceries are also good. The veggies are not really fresh and not a lot of options. The meat is good. Don't go during the mid week for the meat. The weekends meat is only fresh.

Great Indian store. Well stocked groceries and very neat and clean store. They could reduce the spice level in the restaurant as it was hard to eat such spicy foods and also make the environment more hygienic. Will definitely recommend this store to anyone new to Indian grocery shopping.

Be careful. You will be charged a higher price compared to the display prices especially on the sale items. Their kitchen items are good but their customer service is pretty bad.

Horrible customer service went with my family and while ordering the guy said it would take more than 30 min on whatever you order very rudely because kitchen is working on catering order. Then also we waited for 30 min in the meanwhile getting some grocery stuff and then we find out they are giving samosa and pakoras without any kind of chutney. What is this , if you are taking ur time out to make samosas how can you serve them without chutney. Also this is not the way to tell your customers in a rude way that it would take more than 30 minutes on whatever I order. I am not going back again to this store.

The Grocery store is full of expired substandard shit. Constantly moldy stuff is sold. The restaurant is always out of food. The staff are rude and extremely shady

Really tasty Indian food. Their samosas and idlis are fantastic. Also other the menu is vast and whatever we have tried hasn't disappointed us so far.

Range of Vegetable selection is good and Fresh Food is also a real deal. Very quite and neatly maintained. Glad to have it in Chandler:)

Quality of most of products are good but not the price compared to other competitors . Felt cloves took advantage of market situation during this pandemic times

Once we ordered Punugulu and three of the people in my family who ate it felt sick (tummy trouble) right away. Not a good experience :(. We have ordered food/snacks prior to this and after as well and the food was good - so it's not always the case that the food is bad! Recently, purchased Grand Sweets Rava Laddu. It turned out to be some other laddu. Another customer who purchased the same item, complained that it was spoilt! The store refused to refund my money even though I took the box and showed the so-called rava laddus to them - not good customer service :(

On 4/17/2021 I Order some indian food for togo, my kid ate one item during the commute in the car , after we reach home when my family was trying to eat and we realized it is a complete spoiled food they gave us ; i don't think i will ever dare to visit cloves for food again, I don't recommend this place for food.

Hello guys, Lately I have been hearing really bad reviews on food they have in the kitchen, people from work, outside and myself. Firstly there Non-veg food ,( Meat is expired) and bubbles come out of the gravy. Secondly Veg food (Idli, Paneer, vada, Daal, Saambar) is just Awful with an A, is not fresh. They have now expired food on shelves ( Maggie and Yogurt). A sincere advice to people who prefer healthy, fresh food, Please DO NOT shop at cloves.

Here food items are higher in prize compared to other indian stores..They dnt keep swad " patel" brand items..They keep other brands which is normally too good. Here you good good vegetable but too vareity.. Samosas are good but dnt miss to keep cash..As they want cash only..some of thr guys in store pressure you to give cash & if u dn't give they advise to bring next time.. I dn't like this place because thy always demand for cash..

I placed a food order through phone for pick up. They said it would be ready in about 20 mins and I reached the store in time to pick up the food. They said it would take another 10 mins, it wasn't even busy but I agreed to wait. After waiting for almost 15 minutes more I went and followed up. They were confused as if my order was never received. The guy at the counter told someone else took my order so it would take additional 10 mins. At this point I was really annoyed because I don't understand how someone else can take my order. After almost 35 mins of wait I got my food and it wasn't even hot. Completely not worth the wait.

The best quickest cheapest option close to our home along with good selection of grocery

BEST SAMOSAS and they have great service! They also have a wide variety of Indian groceries to choose from.

This store of Indian groceries is newly set and they have wide range of Indian brands filled in their racks for now.We have been going to Lotus from past 2 years and now I feel , this store is better organised and also a better version .

This is a great place- they have a wide variety of items in stock from fresh produce to imported English chocolate! The cafe is a great addition; the curry is delicious! I will certainly be back!

Ordered samosa, mirchi bajji, paneer curry, Malai kofta. Definitely wouldn't try again. Not good quality but Expensive. Wouldn't recommend.

Kitchen is awesome! They always have variety, made fresh and the customer service is great too! One of the only places in town which caters to the authentic taste buds of Indians, other places are way too bland and use the same sauce with slight variation. Glad to have them in the neighborhood, very convenient :) - Anubhaw

The side dishes in restaurant is good, samosa is very good. Goat biryani is ultimate. Overall Restaurant have fresh food. The South Indian food and taste is very rare mixture of art. Really blessed to have one like this restaurant. Quality and quantity along with reasonable prices. Very rare to match.

I have been going here for groceries for quiet some time and picking up food to go every now and then. The menu is limited but everything is delicious and fresh tasting. There is a wide range of Indian/Pakistani grocery items that you could find here. The vegetables are of great quality as well. Keep up the quality Cloves team!

They have a wide variety of groceries. Although,their customer service isn't the best and their food is not good. The lady taking our order said each meal takes 15 min. We ordered a dosa and it came cold.

Went with family and ordered samosa chat. Got a plain boiled Chana mix with a bland taste. Guys, forget about chat masala..you should have atleast put in some salt to get some taste. Had to trash it right there. Boiled chickpeas at home would taste a lot better. Sorry, totally disappointed.