Grandmas Deli Babushka in Valley Village

Review №1

2023-08-15 21:05:25

Delicious! Wide selection from stuffed peppers to stroganoff, fried chicken or fish cutlets, and a large selection of salads: cabbage, carrot, beet to name a few. Also a small pastry selection with apple or cherry turnovers some cakes and puddings. I tried a chicken cutlet; excellent when heated in my air fryer. I got the grated carrot salad, which is grated carrots. It had at least double the amount of salt it would need for my taste. - I typically don’t use salt when I cook at home for health reasons. - I mixed it with additional vegetables I had on hand. It’s also spicy with cayenne.The beet and bean (red kidney beans) salad is fantastic! It’s hearty but light and refreshing. The cabbage salad also is absolutely delicious. It is shavings of red peppers, grated orange carrots, slices of cabbage, ribbons of yellow peppers, and other fresh green bits with wonderful seasoning. The beef for the stroganoff is just delicious. A deep flavor. Nice cut of beef, and the mushroom gravy that goes with it is some thing you won’t forget and will come back for more! They do have prepared mashed potatoes, and some bulgur as well that you could choose to take home with you to go with the beef stroganoff. - The customer service is absolutely stellar! Sweet, kind, patient and helpful. I got small size container of three salads, at $4.50-ish each, a chicken cutlet, a fish cutlet, beef for beef stroganoff and the mushroom gravy that goes with it (which I ate over farro) and a cherry turnover for $45

Review №2

2023-09-17 21:16:05

Just stopped by to look and had to leave with a stuffed cabbage roll. It was so delicious! The case was full of delicious looking deli items that I’ll have to stop in for another time. The stroganoff was calling my name. Very friendly staff and welcoming of someone who hadn’t been in before.

Review №3

2023-10-14 03:45:45

I am a regular customer at this establishment, but during my last visit, I bought some food and a round, brown ball-shaped cookie with rum that contained a hard-shelled nut. When I bit into the cookie, I broke my tooth. I am sure that fixing my broken tooth will be very expensive. I am very disappointed that the establishment is not more careful about what they put in their food. Please be careful when buying food from there, as the same thing could happen to you. I am sharing this experience with everyone so that I can potentially save someones tooth from being damaged.

Review №4

2023-01-02 21:33:14

Great tasting pastries and food. A must stop when you are in the area. There is such a big selection of food from ex Soviet Union, buy one of each to choose your favorite

Review №5

2023-11-28 18:21:22

My favorite Russian deli in Los Angeles, It’s the only place that has vegan borsch! Thank you so much, feels like home every time

Review №6

2023-07-15 23:10:55

Excellent customer service. They never snub me and I always feel like the employees smile and genuinely want to impress. Very good food; fresh gourmet- impressive!

Review №7

2023-06-13 07:16:17

- This review is purely for customer service -I used to avoid this store long time ago, I just remembered it being unpleasant and overpriced (all the foreign food markets are overpriced for that matter, to be honest).But I had to get something today and they were my go to place. I met the nicest ladies behind the register. No ego, no pressure, no attitude, just a lot of help to my quite demanding questions.Дзякуй 🙏

Review №8

2023-09-06 03:25:09

I really didn’t want to write this review - but my last interaction with them made me finally do it.I have been a customer for a while both in this and Hollywood locations- and have referred numerous customers to them over the years. However, on multiple occasions I would come home and discover that certain items would be missing in the bag that they would pack for me. Every time I called to let them know - they would always say that they forgot to put it - but no worries- I was not charged for it.The problem is the receipts they give you are not itemized which is not ethical- and you can never find which items you actually bought and how much they are as it only gives you a number of items and the prices. I continued shopping there despite these glitches because I like their products, however recently I purchased a lot of products there and before I left I asked them to dbl check that all my food was packaged properly and that I have all items . She confirmed I had all products in. When I got home - I again discovered that certain product - that they sliced for me- was not in my bags. I called them and stated the facts and the response was -Well, if it was sliced, then you paid for it and it means you have itToo bad that they would take a position of accusing the customer of basically lying about something that keeps happening on the regular basis. Very disappointing

Review №9

2022-12-28 17:24:59

I recently discovered this amazing Russian food store with my wife. The selection of products is incredible - they have everything from traditional Russian staples like pickled vegetables and caviar to hard-to-find ingredients for authentic Russian dishes. The staff is also extremely friendly and helpful. The prices are very reasonable and the quality of the products is top-notch. I will definitely be returning for more delicious Russian treats in the future!

Review №10

2022-12-02 01:36:46

The food is so good! And pretty wide variety for vegetarians which I really appreciate because it’s not easy to find Russian main course that is vegetarian! Desserts/cakes are also very yummy. And you can grab miscellaneous items as well, like creams and traditional meds. They stay open pretty late compared to other Russian stores in the neighborhood. Will definitely be back.