Leone Star African Market

"Terrible customer service, expired goods, dirty store, very unorganised. Save yourself the drive"

"Came here to get some much needed supplies. I was really excited to find an African grocery store in Nashville. I hate to give these reviews but here it goes. As someone that has been to different state and always finds the African store this one was disappointing. The space is small and unorganized. Just stuff everywhere. It’s really hard to get help as there is only person up front. The main reason for my review is not about the space but rather the quality of food . I bought crawfish, fish powder, sardines, luncheon meat, cassava leaves, palm oil, maggi, African hot pepper, fufu, and smoked/ dried fish. My crawfish and smokes fish are full of SAND. I mean sand everywhere like scoops. I soaked it in hot water and washed it about five times and still it’s just filled with sand. My sink was covered in sand. My mouth was covered in sand when I tasted it. First I was upset because I washed all the flavors out and second I was unable to get all the sand still but finally I came to terms that I had to throw it away and waste my money. I would certainly not recommend to buy crawfish or smoked fish here. Hefty price for poor quality. I also saw two mouse still on the traps by the fridge. Lots of items everywhere which makes it impossible to walk around. In addition lots of items with no prices marks which makes it hard to stick to a budget to gauge how much you will be spending. Almost seems like the prices are made up depending on who you are. They do accept EBT. I don’t have EBT so my total was a steep for the items I got before and after taxes were added. All other items purchased have been good. The sardine, palm oil, fufu, cassava leaves, and hot peppers good quality. Would I return to this place absolutely not. I drove an hour for poor customer service and bad quality food. I know there are few other African grocery stores around so I will be checking them out. I cherish my money and felt I did not get what I paid for. Also I felt everything was overpriced. Yes, I do know what these items will typically cost either on Amazon, or at other African grocery stores and believe me they are overpriced here. Would I recommend going here yes if you don’t buy the crawfish and smoked fish. Wish they can close for some much needed remodeling and labeling on items. Your experience may be different than mine, but this was my first time here. Hope this helps!"

"Save yourself the trouble and don't come here. All they do here is cheat people. First of all, the items have no price tag. I went back home to check my receipt and all I was seeing was "custom items" with exhurbitant prices. I stayed in San Francisco, which is supposed to be the more expensive city, yet the things I bought from this store were sold at double the price of what I got them for in African stores in SF."

"The owner is a hard-working lady. And a lot of products can be found there. Heavily recommend this store. The only thing is that she needs to redesign the store to facilitate access. Other than that, it's a very good place!!!"

"the owner is nice and I like buying African food items from here, but the problem I have is that there are no price or hardly any price tag on her products. When is time to check out, she just be pressing on numbers and you end up paying so much for something little that you buy. For this reason I started going to the other African store next to her. The Ibex mart next to her. They have price tag on their items so that I will know exactly how much I will be spending before I check out. Imagine going to Kroger or Walmart and you don't see any price tag on anything, that is how this shop is. Is very annoying. She is a nice lady, but she got to do better with the pricing."