Nick's Sari-Sari Store

Was in neighborhood to get oil change at Borst and decided to walk 1.5mi here for lunch. Great choice!

Walking we missed the sign that faces the traffic when driving as building itself has a very plain front. It wasn't until we realized we had passed it and looked around for a sign that it became visible in the middle of the parking strip, now glaring at us with a blue red Sari Sari sign lol.

$11.99 for plate from buffet of hot dishes with choice of rice and/or Pancit. Opted for all Pancit with signature vinegary Pork Adobo, generous portion and a bowl of piping hot chicken soup. Food was all very hot and fresh at 11:30AM. Pancit had more of a veggie and moist salty flavor and pork tender and right amount of vinegar and salty soy, delish. Soup was very hot and nice saltiness with choy and squash. Thoroughly enjoy my comfort plate. Banana ketchup, All Purpose tart light caramel sauce, fish sauce, sweet chili, Sriracha, vinegar available next to buffet.

Check out at register on the nearby shop side and enjoy in dining room with 6-7 tables and chairs next to chest freezers.

Nick the owner came over and introduced himself and became an instant friend. He loves to get know his clientele, the heart of a true, hard working sole proprietor.

Nice clean Bathroom at end of the back wall grocery aisle.

This is a small Filipino grocery store that offers ready to eat food. I mentioned Filipino, because they mainly cater to that demographic. I would not consider it Oriental/ Asian cause I did not see any other variety rather than Filipino products. Unlike the Lee Lee's International Market, this is focused only on Filipino food products. They have cakes, ice cream, cookies, hotdogs, ready to cook food, and so much more to even mention..
Every Saturday, they have live music. Their food is decent, small variety. Instead of cooking, I would recommend this place. Lots of interesting products to choose from.

The Sari Sati store was awesome, lots of variety especially in the frozen cases. They had limited cold case for veggies and a bread case with limited items, but if you needed your favorite hot n spicy cracker peanuts, shrimp crackers or any other Pinoy snack this is the place. The tindera was the best thing about the Sari Sari store she could light up the room with her big bright welcoming smile and her conversation. Would go back just for the greeting. The Sari Sari was split between the Palenke and the kainan. The biggest draw was to get some food to take home. Unfortunately, this part needs the most attention. All the food was either in a hot table, heat lamp or a steamer.

My guess is the food had been there for 6 hours and was made once. The caldereta was like cement so we past, the chicken adobo didn't look very good so didn't want to sample that. No sure why they wouldn't at this point make to order as people would enjoy fresh hot, appetizing food.

In the end we grabbed 6 shumai that were rubbery, the lechon kawali had been under the lamp so no crispiness and we are still deciding whether to try the pancit.

I understand as a visitor the area that there are only maybe 2 Filipino restaurants in the area. So which means you are prime for attention make a little effort to make the food look good and appetizing.

The buffet set up is great for lunch crowds, but then you should rotate to a made to order process.

Just my worthless 2 cents.

Lastly, it appears that Nocks Sari Sari is also an agent for balikbayan boxes which is always a good thing.

Work on the food, the great versatility of Filipino food should not be left to steam table or hot lamp.

Customers would wait the extra 5 minutes while shopping to get some tasty food.

Let me say, my heart really adores this place.

I had a great friend in high school whose family was from the Philippines, and having a Filipino cuisine spot in town that doubles as a market is a BLAST.

My only grievance with their cafeteria style food options is that, in my experience, they don't always keep the food super fresh. So it's kind of a roll of the dice for how recently your grub was prepared.

Also their lumpia is frozen .

But hey aside from that, it's a tasty spot and well worth a visit!

Good selection of Pinoy products and food. The owners are friendly and it is always good to practice my Tagalog as well.

Thank you very much for the great service over the phone and helping me order properly. All the food that I order all delicious are I am going to order again and again thank you.

Opened at 8am not 10 (Yelp). Ordered Pork Adobo w half rice/pancit noddles. Generous portion. Pork was well flavored and tender. Only place in Tucson I know to find Filipino food. Overall pretty good and reasonable.

The people here were so helpful! This was my first time here and I picked up some snacks and lunch next door. I'll have to try the lumping and halo halo next time. Looking forward to going back.

Great Pilipino restaurant and grocery. I enjoyed my food very much. The portions are generous.

I had the lumpia. Good. Not stupendously good, but better than average. Reminds me of good, motherly cooking. The rice noodles were very good, too. Again, nothing exceptional, but better than average. The BBQ chIcken skewers were tasty. Better than average. This is a nice change of pace from a Mexican food truck, burger, sandwich, or pizza for lunch.

It was lunch time, yet there was live music. The musician goes by "RJ." I rather enjoyed his covers. I'm surprised that there is live music at lunch time.

Three lumpia, rice noodles, and two skewers set me back $14. Not cheap.

Check them out.

5* = A top favorite. Mind-blowing good. I will definitely return and I will go out of my way to go here. Worth every dime of my money.

4* = Outstanding. Tucson-top-tier. Some elements not quite as good as it gets, but it still is worthy of my regular business.

3* = Good experience. I might do repeat business if it is convenient, the only option, the only one in its category, or on a whim, but would not be among the first thing to come to mind. Would definitely recommend you trying it to get your own take on it.

2* = Not so good. Would not recommend at all. Waste of money.

1* = How are they still in business? Stay away at all costs!

2day was my 1st visit to Nick's & it's a small grocery & restaurant. The store is chock full of Filipino canned goods, noodles, refrigerated & frozen items to include frozen pork blood & beef bile! Nick, the owner, is an affable & helpful person. None of the food items are cooked to order, but the portions are ample and the prices fair. The eatery has zero ambiance, but the service is polite. I had chicken adobo & pork belly w/rice for $9.50 & added a BBQ pork skewer for $3.50. The food was tepid & the flavor was just o.k.