Herat Market

I have been shopping at Herat market for about 5 years and I always have good experience with them

We have tried so many halal markets in the Bay Area, even those reviewed on Bay Area Halal Foodies/Yelp and others in the Fremont/Newark area. We miss our regular butcher from Aladdin market in San Mateo, but finally we found Herat (through a very targeted Facebook question I asked to a group of Muslims in the Bay Area.

These guys consistently cut the meat properly. No chops in a lamb leg. Pieces are the same size. A chicken isn’t missing pieces or has extra necks/rib cages.

Many markets precut meat and don’t cut to order. I am not sure what Herat does, but I’ve never had an issue. They are our go to after searching for 6 years. Before, they were only a few minutes away from our house, now they are a half an hour round trip from my house and إن شاء الله it will not deter me. They are simply consistently the best. May Allah SWT preserve them.

Went here yesterday specifically to buy goat meat, the meat was so fresh and tender 10/10 recommended. In addition the store employees were very nice to me and checked on me to see if I needed help finding anything

I thoroughly enjoy shopping here for authentic Afghan and middle eastern ingredients.
The butcher shop has excellent Halal meat. Their breads are made fresh. I have always been treated with respect. Hands-down they have the best salt to dried lamb meat also known as “Londi!” However it is only available in the winter months.

I personally enjoyed this grocery store. It was a little difficult to find what I needed and I ended up not purchasing anything but the variety was there, between the meats and frozen, to packaged and sweets. Choices were endless. I gave 4 stars for the beautiful collection of Canary's they had in store. I didn't want to leave.