Korean Market Cape Town: Best shop

The Korean Market in Cape Town is an Asian market (grocery store) that sells everything Korean that you can think of. It is located in the Premier Centre on the corner of Main Road and Wrensch Road in Cape Town, South Africa.

What is the best time to visit the Korean Market Cape town?

The best time to visit the market is before 11am and after 3pm. This is when they are not too busy. However, if you like to be there when it is busy to meet other korean food lovers, then go between 11am and 3pm.

The Korea Mart is open from 9:30am to 5:30 pm from Monday to Saturday. However, on Sundays they are open from 10am to 4pm. Let us know in the comments what time you like to visit most? They also have a Korean Restaurant right there next to their shop in Cape Town.

What kinds of products can you buy at the Korean Market Cape Town

This shop really stocks everything you can imagine that has to do with Korean food. There are also food stalls selling delicious Korean dishes, drinks, snacks, and desserts. Here is a list of products you can find at the Korean Market Cape Town:

• Noodles
• Kimchi
• Whole tofu
• Red chilli coarse powder
• White sushi rice
• All kinds of paste like Thai green curry paste
• Vegetable and cheese flakes for rice
• Rice flour
• Sauces
• Rice vinegar
• Chilli oil
• Onion and garlic powder
• Tiramisu flavoured choco puffs
• Korean custard
• Wasabi crab chips
• Crispy seaweed snacks
• All kinds of korean drinks
• Bay leaves
• Bonito flakes
• Dried lemon grass and dried lime leaves
• Pickled pink ginger
• Rice paper and rice vermiceli
• Dried mushrooms
• Dried galangal
• Sushi roller
• Disposable straw for bubble tea
• Fried prawn wonton
• Rice cake strips
• TYJ spring roll pastry
• All kinds of ready-te-eat kimchi
• Instant soups, spagetti, yopokki, etc.
• Muscat green tea cold brewed
• And all kinds of other products…

The Korea Mart is owned by Mr and Mrs Lee. They make a specialised spiced kimchi that is really hot, but also really tasty.

Korean Market Cape Town contact details

Address: Shop D, Korea Market, 451 Main Rd, Premier Centre, Observatory, Cape Town.

Phone: 076 835 5702

Shop online

You can order anything from Korean Market online on Uber Eats. With this you will pay a little extra, however it will be delivered super fast and you won’t have to leave your house.

Another option for ordering Korean and other Asian foods online is A-Mart online store. They are based in Cape Town and have amazing reviews. The courier picks up orders daily for fast delivery.

What do people say

The Korean Market in Cape Town has a lot of review from people who have purchased from there in the past. They have an average rating of 4.4 stars on Google with 456 reviews. Here are our top reviews:

Gill A (4 stars)

The Korean Market in Cape Town is dedicated to the most popular foods / products from Korea. Think about those little yogurt drinks and Korean smoothies so beloved in the movie ‘To Al the Boys’ … these drinks are available at the Korean Market.

There are shelves of noodles, savoury snacks and sweets and a really diverse array of products to choose from. There is also a section where you can sit down and order hot Korean food. They even have a small section of BTS merchandise seeing as BTS is so popular at the moment.

Physically the grocer is easy to find in Observatory. It’s next to the McDonald’s and not far from the N2 offramp.

Nicole Cupido (5 stars)

Super friendly staff. Great variety of items. The new takeaway section is fantastic. All the food so far is amazing… Can’t wait to go back for the dumplings.

Update! The continue to impress and the dumplings are so delicious.

Bronwyn Pretorius (5 stars)

Found so many goodies I miss from Korea! Helpful and friendly staff too. Thank you for the great experience.

Edit: visited for some takeaways and can highly recommend! Tuna mayo kimbap was a substantial portion and delicious and the sweet and spicy chicken was exactly what its name says. Such a lovely lady working there too. Will continue supporting.