Double Dragon Food Market

I love shopping here. They have some items and ingredients always in stock that aren’t always easy to find. Unique snacks. Lots of harder to find produce. Any kind of noodle you can think of. Cheap home products such as dishes and pans. And some just plain strange products for any store to have around here. I like to just go and browse honestly.

A lot of reviewers complain about a smell but I’ve never been bothered by it. Is it as clean as a big chain store? Well… no … but I still really enjoy coming here. And it’s always busy.

I have been shopping here for over a decade now. I have eaten probably hundreds of bamboo sticky rices over the years. C fresh is nice but I like going here more, it's less crowded and they have some things that they don't have at C fresh, such as carbon steel woks for 20 BUCKS!? Incredible deal.

the only place we know you can buy Chicago feida bakery in des moines! and the grocery selection are good and price reasonable

The ABSOLUTE BEST Asian market in Des Moines / Central Iowa. Delicious options to choose from. Try the Pantai Chili Sauce on everything from Spring Rolls to even Salmon. Yummy.

They got every kind of ramen noodle you ever imagined in there got to go check I'm in the process of eating 50 different ramen noodles from I'm 10 deep in now

Authentic àsian grocery store they have everything!

I love the variety of things that they have. Im going there more.

My favorite Asian grocery store! Huge selection of noodles, rice, meats, spices, and more. I get my seaweed snacks here. Very good place to shop for authentic Asian food. Picked up some squid snacks today 😋

Great Asian food shopping many things you'll never see anywhere else and the seafood selection is outstanding

They have everything I need to prepare Asian Style meals and very reasonable pricing.
Their massive inventory makes it a little hard to find some things..but it's well worth the search. The sea food odor can be a little overpowering so if you are "smell" sensitive..be prepared.

I love love love double dragon food market for all my Asian food needs. Especially good for vietnamese, chinese, japanese, korean, and Indian food. Good prices and great authentic food. Always a bit chaotic and smells fishy inside, but the meat counter, frozen section, and all the options are amazing.

Great market. Don't go in expecting Hy-Vee. This is an Asian market. They have items in every nook and cranny of the building. You will find a huge selection of items such as fruits, vegetables, fish and everything else.

Also, they have friendly employees who will help you find what you need. It's definitely worth a trip to see a real market.

Excellent place to stock up with your family favorites

They have a big variety of stuff. They were cheaper than the walmart in fort dodge, idk about the one in Des Moines but it was significantly cheaper. It's like costco or sam's club but for asian market stuff

The food here is inexpensive and great. You could literally like off of a $30 - $50 budget shopping here. The staff is friendly and they always speak fluent english. Thanks for the food!

This store have alot of fresh vegetables and fresh Asian fruit, a lot of snack too. If you look for ingredients for Pho, this is the place you have to stop by. They also have live blue crab when they're in season. Too bad they don't carry live dungeons crab anyone. In New year you can get yellow mum, lucky money pocket, fresh annona, coconut,papaya mango and sweet dry fruits.

There are several Asian markets in Des Moines, and while I feel that Double Dragon only has the second best selection (behind C-Fresh Market), it is nevertheless my favorite Asian grocer in town by far.

Why? The ambience. C-Fresh is clearly Asian market repartee placed onto the shelves of an abandoned generic American grocery store. There's even still a bust of an Italian-American stereotype of a chef looming over what is now a Phó restaurant. I mean, the place has got it where it counts, with the best selection in town, but the ambience just sorta wrecks the experience, and makes it all seem so "plastic".

Double Dragon has the atmosphere, the ambience, and the vibe to make it all feel so much more authentic, and is a close enough second place in terms of selection to warrant the bald hedonism of going there just for the experience.

I'll go to C-Fresh if I strike out at Double Dragon, or if I'm in too big of a hurry to go two places and am after something really niche, or if past experience has told me Double Dragon doesn't have it.

But for everything else, I'd much rather go to the place where walking through the door feels like you're walking through a portal to the other side of the world, than to the place where walking through the door feels just like....well....walking through a door, and you half expect Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" to come on over the P.A. at any moment.

Double Dragon is my first stop shop for Asian culinary delight and adventure nine times out of ten. And if you haven't been there....you really need to fix that! With all the things going on in Des Moines these days, especially in and near downtown, it may seem a strange pick indeed to call a rundown old Asian grocery store on the near north side "one of my favorite places in town"....but what can I say, I just love it there! Culinary delight and adventure on offer on every shelf, with the atmosphere to match.

Cheers!

p.s. occasionally, I'll hit one of the other markets in town - and there are other good ones such as Jung's or the one in the East Village. Once in a while, I'll do it just for the change of pace. But most of the time it's only if I'm in the immediate vicinity without the time or the opportunity to drive to the DD/C-F area. But the reason this review treats DD/C-F as the only games in town is because collectively they so dominate my time in this arena.

Very good service and products

it smells due to the fish market inside but they have a very large variety of items for Asian cuisine. I have always gotten wonderful customer service there.

They have everything you could thinks of Asian and American food best egg noddle bubble tea best sea food everything fresh cheaper than any other store