Wing Yip Chinese Supermarket (Birmingham)

This place is nothing short of incredible. The supermarket itself is worth going to just for the atmosphere. There are so many cultures under one roof and it's great seeing local restaurant and take-away owners buying things in bulk. It's much cheaper than going to your local supermarket if you buy things here and then keep them in storage. Our favourites are the huge bags of rice and frozen prawns. Make sure you visit the restaurant on a Sunday for some dim sum. The place is always packed and buzzing. We started making our own dim sum and gyoza (steamed dumplings) from the ingredients that you can buy in the supermarket. ...  Read the complete review

This is a big supermarket in Nechells that sells all the ingredients you need to cook chinese food as well as big massive bags of rice. We go every couple of weeks and fill the cupboards up so that there is always lots to choose from in our house. The goods are laid out by type with the more common ingredients on display when you walk in like the tins and packets of noodles and things like that. They sell all the stir fry vegetables in tins as well as fresh and my mum always buys lots because stir fry is the one thing that we all like and can cook for ourselves. There are all the different stir fry sauces as well that you can buy in small ...  Read the complete review

Wing Yip Supermarket located in the Nechelles area of Birmingham, is more like a day trip than a shopping visit. The whole thing is an experience in itself. They sell pretty much everything there, nearly every type of food you could think of is sold, frozen, fresh or refridgerated. The smells are truly Chinese and having just got back from china take me back, however i was more impressed with the food sold in Wing Yip than i was with the food i ate during my 3 week stay in china! If you enjoy cooking then try the different types of sauces you can buy there including traditional Chinese cooking sauces and a wide variety of soy sauces, ...  Read the complete review

Experience unprepared or uncooked Chinese foods in this supermarket. Buy and cook at home. The Chinese sauces are unique. Chinese supermarket with some European foods. Similar in size to a large Sainsbury's or Tesco. The food taste is good, but there are some foods out of date but considering it is a Chinese supermarket, the quality is high compared to other Chinese supermarkets I've been to. You may buy in bulk here - like large bags of rice or many cans of pepsi or a barrel of oil. The packaged food available is mainly Chinese, but frozen foods are available such as duck, geese etc. There is no fresh food but the food is of good value. The Wing Wah restaurant is next ...  Read the complete review

I’ve known Wing Yip Chinese Supermarket was located just down the road in Nechells, Birmingham for years but it’s one of those places I just never thought to visit on shopping day. To call Wing Yip a supermarket is like calling Moby Dick a minnow, however, they call themselves a ‘Superstore’ and I’d definitely agree with the description. It shares a seven acre plot with the Wing Wah Chinese Restaurant and the store itself is absolutely massive. Wing Yip is sectioned into a warehouse area where they sell sacks of rice bigger than me to the restaurant trade and fresh beansprouts by the tonne. I can’t imagine anyone other than Chinese restaurants and ...  Read the complete review