Tokyo Japanese Food Store

Nicolette Adams (OhSnapOhNo) 6 months ago

I found this place years ago and even though I live far away now, I come back whenever I can. They haven't changed a bit! It's a perfect little shop of Japanese grocery staples, produce, snacks, meat and fish cuts, and even fresh bento! Everything is very reasonably priced. They have everything you need to make all the convenient stuff you think of first and all the good real meals you know and love. I always find something I like (daifuku mochi or instant ramen) and something new to try (umeboshi or yuzu juice), and it's a good place to buy snacks and cute dishware as gifts for friends. My go-to thing to do in college was buy a melon ramune drink and a bag of soy sauce senbei to share with my fellow commuters. Mmm, rice crackers. I still remember the crunch. Those were the days... Anyway, the staff have always been friendly and polite and always have answers to your questions. Now I will note that if you plan to pay with a bank card, there's a ten dollar minimum limit, but there's an ATM outside if you need cash so it's not a big deal. Plus the area it's situated in is nice too; the street it sits on has lots of other little shops to explore. Definitely fun as a stop on a summer w

Sam Bodamer Edited 2 years ago

What a gem of a market. I recently moved to Pittsburgh from NYC and have lived on both coasts. I was worried that it would be difficult to find Japanese cooking ingredients, snacks, sashimi, and the like. I’m used to going to chain stores like Mitsuwa and Nijiya in California or Sunrise Mart in NYC. This small store has all the food products I would expect to find and at very good prices. I just got back from Japan and have been incorporating more of a Japanese diet since I got back. They have produce such as: shiso, gobo, daikon, Japanese cabbage, satoimo, renkon… and all of the essential cooking sauces and ingredients to make umami dishes at home. I also noticed that they offer Japan-grown rice along with other good short grain varieties. We’ve bought their sashimi a handful of times and make bowls with it at home. It’s fresh and reasonably priced. I’m so happy that they’re in the neighborhood, as we don’t have any other Japanese markets nearby. I noticed that they just changed their hours so they are open later, until 7PM Tuesday-Saturday. They had a small selection of home goods, including Zojirushi rice cookers; but I’d love to see them sell more home, beauty, and stationer

LWexplores Edited a year ago

We love this little store. It’s more important than ever to support small businesses and especially those that rely on international imports (due to tariffs). The fresh cooked Yakiniku bento is phenomenal - yakiniku beef, rice, pickled radish, pickled ginger, egg, egg roll, seaweed salad - all perfectly portioned and $12 (as of April 2025). Please continue to support these businesses that are the backbone of Pittsburgh culture.

Kina Senpai Edited 3 years ago

~Small store with lots of variety owned by a couple. They have a variety of bakery items, bentos, candy, snacks, frozen items, fresh items, green teas, soups, noodles, rices, seasoning, and they even have dishware/kitchen items. ~The couple are nice and the store is well stocked. Due to covid they enforce store capacity which helps the store not become too crowded when shopping. The parking is free and they take multiple forms of payment. ~For many items being Asian imports the prices are pretty good. Some items are more expensive than other places depending what it is. There are some things I can't find at other stores but I can get them here at a decent price. ~Favorite buys include: fresh yomogi dango, miso paste, surimi/kamaboko, variety of furikake, seasoned rice crackers, and the bakery items

Mr. E 4 years ago

Let's start with the positives, they have free parking. Alright now the not so nice stuff. If your looking for fresh food this isn't the place to go, while they did have some it didn't look all that appealing to me. In terms of variety they had an alright selection but there are others stores near by like Panda Supermarket which has nearly everything this place does but at much better prices. Speaking of prices everything here is more than other places in the area, we went to Panda Supermarket after stopping here and I sort of wish we hadn't because I saw how much more Toyko Food Store charged for the exact same items. The staff here is rude and unpleasant which is unexpected for a culture that is generally respectful like I felt like they did not want me there even though I dropped close to $200. Hate to keep comparing to Panda but everyone there was super friendly and even helped me translate some stuff I could not understand. Bottom line for me and my family is we will never come here again and I would stongly recommend driving another 7 minutes to Panda Supermarket if your looking for not only Japanese food Staples but also other Asian foods.