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Jungle Jim's International Market - Fairfield
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Ratings by eyeenjoybeer:
Reviewed by eyeenjoybeer from Seychelles
4.44/5 rDev +3%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev +3%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.5
This place has it all, really...everything.
I went today to get a Blushing Monk and was amazed at the beer selection that I had not seen in 6 years. So many tasty Mid West and Northeast goodies, as well as Green Flash, Bruery and many other fine domestics were there. The international offerings were pretty sweet too. Even though this store is epic (yes, like that), the worker who helped me was very courteous and knowledgeable. I like it that this store (and staff) are huge and yet personable.
This store is not near my usual stomps in Cincinnati, but the selection makes the occasional trip a must.
Jul 06, 2011I went today to get a Blushing Monk and was amazed at the beer selection that I had not seen in 6 years. So many tasty Mid West and Northeast goodies, as well as Green Flash, Bruery and many other fine domestics were there. The international offerings were pretty sweet too. Even though this store is epic (yes, like that), the worker who helped me was very courteous and knowledgeable. I like it that this store (and staff) are huge and yet personable.
This store is not near my usual stomps in Cincinnati, but the selection makes the occasional trip a must.
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Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
4.26/5 rDev -1.2%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev -1.2%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
A massive grocery store with a theme park vibe, a huge gift shop as you enter and has a huge parking lot. Lots of collectible toys and knick-knacks greet you then it's right to the food and beers. Well lit, big isles, international food sections, a world-class cheese delicatessen counter and a big, and I mean BIG selection of beers and a walk-in cooler. Singles, 6pks, 12pks, cases, kegs. Local, domestic and imports. They have rotating items on sale. It must be an exciting experience to go into as a child. I'm 58 and I get excited going in there. Prices are competitive. Staff are helpful. It is usually pretty busy. I'll return again.
Aug 28, 2023Reviewed by dcotom from Iowa
5/5 rDev +16%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5
5/5 rDev +16%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5
Where do I begin? Everything about this place is off the charts. This international supermarket boasts an incredible array of groceries, toys, candies, baked goods, fresh meats and seafood from every corner of the globe, with everything nicely organized by region and country. That's the Cliff Notes version. They also offer a bewildering selection of wines, spirits, and craft beers. They even have maps available for those having difficulty navigating the B/W/S section. There is a tasting station with over 20 beers and seltzers on tap. You can sample up to four beers for a small charge, or you can grab a full pour to enjoy while you're shopping. I found the store staff to be friendly and helpful, and the B/W/S staff to be knowledgeable about the products offered. If I had a quibble, it would be that there's no international food court. Regardless, this place must be experienced to be believed. Set aside plenty of time, because you're gonna need it.
Jul 10, 2021Reviewed by HopHunterCL from Ohio
4.33/5 rDev +0.5%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 5
4.33/5 rDev +0.5%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 5
My wife and I have been shopping here for over 20 years now. This is the store that got me into craft beer. They have always had a huge selection of beers. They also have every international grocery product you could imagine. The only fault is that all of the beer is on shelves. Singles section is also not stocked very well some times. If I’m looking for a particular beer this is my first stop. I will continue to shop here especially for beer as long as they’re open
Jun 06, 2021Reviewed by West_Chester_Ale_Tester from Ohio
3.85/5 rDev -10.7%
vibe: 4 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.75 | selection: 4
3.85/5 rDev -10.7%
vibe: 4 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.75 | selection: 4
A Cincinnati icon. Lots of food, lots of beer. Drinking a beer with you get groceries is pretty cool. They do get some pretty decent stuff on tap. If you need interesting food to go with your beer, this is your place.
Mar 17, 2016Reviewed by ManapuaMan from Massachusetts
4.16/5 rDev -3.5%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev -3.5%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
Awful lotta good beer sitting warm on the shelves...
A must stop for anyone rolling through Cincinnati looking for local and regional beers. Shelves are easy to navigate and broken up by region. Bell's Two Heartwd canned less than a few weeks ago? Absolutely. An aisle dedicated to local Ohio/Kentucky brews? Makes life real easy. Don't expect much from service since the place is so huge and often crowded with shoppers, but don't let that stop you from swinging by. Make-your-own six packs with a solid selection is a nice option. Points docked for too much warm storage and a cooler that's no bigger than one at a market and is filled with the usual macros. Never had any of the beer on tap but you have to love the option.
Sep 06, 2015A must stop for anyone rolling through Cincinnati looking for local and regional beers. Shelves are easy to navigate and broken up by region. Bell's Two Heartwd canned less than a few weeks ago? Absolutely. An aisle dedicated to local Ohio/Kentucky brews? Makes life real easy. Don't expect much from service since the place is so huge and often crowded with shoppers, but don't let that stop you from swinging by. Make-your-own six packs with a solid selection is a nice option. Points docked for too much warm storage and a cooler that's no bigger than one at a market and is filled with the usual macros. Never had any of the beer on tap but you have to love the option.
Reviewed by C_Adams from Ohio
4.74/5 rDev +10%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 5
4.74/5 rDev +10%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 5
I was in Cincinnati celebrating my birthday for the weekend. This was one of the places on my list to visit because I have never been here. I was blown away with their selection. I was also pleasantly surprised that they have about 8 beers on tap for you to try. The store also has a huge selection of food, wine, cheese, cigars, hot sauces, etc. I could spend hours in here checking everything out. I wish it wasn't 3 hours away from where I live. I love shopping while drinking a nice craft beer! I ended up leaving with 4 sampler cases from the local Cincinnati breweries. I can't wait to go back again.
Aug 14, 2015Reviewed by UrbanCaveman from Ohio
4.34/5 rDev +0.7%
vibe: 3.25 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 5
4.34/5 rDev +0.7%
vibe: 3.25 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 5
Updated Review, September 2021:
This is still a fantastic place to purchase beer. The selection remains vast, the singles section likewise, and the taplist is now 34 or so handles wide. Frankly, I haven't seen import sections as large as the Jungle Jim's locations anywhere else I've been (particularly now that The Party Source has fewer imports).
Original Review from 2014:
Not only are the Jungle Jim's locations both some seriously impressive grocery stores wherein one can reasonably expect to find anything edible (ostrich? boar bacon? rancid emu eggs? It's there!), but the craft beer section is nothing to sneeze at. Multiple taps for tastings and growler fills, in addition to aisles for country / region, all reasonably well-stocked with tons of breweries' offerings. That includes AleSmith, The Bruery, and tons of others. If you want to see a partial list of what they carry, just look at the "Brands" and "Beers We Sell" sections of the websites for Premium Beverage Supply and Heidelberg Distributing. JJ's orders every single beer each of those distributors carries, plus more.
The imports section is absurd for German and Belgian beers, in a good way. If Paulaner, Ayinger, St. Bernardus, or Weihenstephaner brew it, it's in a bottle there somewhere.
To top it all off, there will occasionally be ludicrous sale prices on packs of beer at the Fairfield location. I've gotten a 12-pack of GLBC Edmund Fitzgerald for $8, and a 6-pack of Left Hand Sawtooth for $4.
The downsides are that the staff aren't generally all that knowledgeable - there are some beer geeks, but mostly grocery store employees who just happen to work in the beer section. Advice is not their forte. They also tend to keep a lot of their inventory on non-refrigerated shelves under fluorescent lights, so check dates on bottles.
Oct 10, 2014This is still a fantastic place to purchase beer. The selection remains vast, the singles section likewise, and the taplist is now 34 or so handles wide. Frankly, I haven't seen import sections as large as the Jungle Jim's locations anywhere else I've been (particularly now that The Party Source has fewer imports).
Original Review from 2014:
Not only are the Jungle Jim's locations both some seriously impressive grocery stores wherein one can reasonably expect to find anything edible (ostrich? boar bacon? rancid emu eggs? It's there!), but the craft beer section is nothing to sneeze at. Multiple taps for tastings and growler fills, in addition to aisles for country / region, all reasonably well-stocked with tons of breweries' offerings. That includes AleSmith, The Bruery, and tons of others. If you want to see a partial list of what they carry, just look at the "Brands" and "Beers We Sell" sections of the websites for Premium Beverage Supply and Heidelberg Distributing. JJ's orders every single beer each of those distributors carries, plus more.
The imports section is absurd for German and Belgian beers, in a good way. If Paulaner, Ayinger, St. Bernardus, or Weihenstephaner brew it, it's in a bottle there somewhere.
To top it all off, there will occasionally be ludicrous sale prices on packs of beer at the Fairfield location. I've gotten a 12-pack of GLBC Edmund Fitzgerald for $8, and a 6-pack of Left Hand Sawtooth for $4.
The downsides are that the staff aren't generally all that knowledgeable - there are some beer geeks, but mostly grocery store employees who just happen to work in the beer section. Advice is not their forte. They also tend to keep a lot of their inventory on non-refrigerated shelves under fluorescent lights, so check dates on bottles.
Rated by WesMantooth from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev -1.4%
4.25/5 rDev -1.4%
Really cool place. The Eastgate store has a little better selection
Aug 27, 2014Reviewed by RCLOHR267 from Indiana
4.54/5 rDev +5.3%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.75
4.54/5 rDev +5.3%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.75
Went to Jungle Jim''s yesterday. I was a little disappointed with the amount of options. I guess I was expecting more. Where I wasn't disappointed at all, was the different selections I can't get In Indianapolis. I ended up getting quite a bit. I actually even found Elderberry wine which I had been looking for. It was a two-hour trip from Indy, but worth it if your looking for some exotic foods and a different selection of beers!
Mar 16, 2014Reviewed by JVB from Illinois
4.88/5 rDev +13.2%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 4.5 | food: 5
4.88/5 rDev +13.2%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 4.5 | food: 5
I grew up around this area and still have a lot of family in the area. Every time I come back(1-3 times a yr) stopping at Jungle Jim's is a must. You never know what gems you will find on the shelves. I was there in Sept of this yr and found a few BBQ sitting on the shelves. Highly recommend any craft brew lover to swing by here.
Dec 11, 2013Reviewed by KYGunner from Kentucky
4.66/5 rDev +8.1%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 5 | service: 4 | selection: 5
4.66/5 rDev +8.1%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 5 | service: 4 | selection: 5
Walking into the beer aisle I realized " your not in Kentucky anymore." Huge selection of quality brews and much are unavailable to me in KY. The Bruery, Alesmith, Ballast Point, Great Divide, Victory and so much more were waiting and to top it off I found several that were available but apparently in short supply. There's about ten taps with several great offerings that you can try while you peruse the best selection I've seen. The staff were friendly but not beer geeks, but who cares when your staring at so much.
Oct 20, 2013Reviewed by WVbeergeek from West Virginia
4.61/5 rDev +7%
vibe: 5 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4 | selection: 4.75 | food: 5
4.61/5 rDev +7%
vibe: 5 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4 | selection: 4.75 | food: 5
Between the cigar selection in their walk in humidor and the beer selection available, I thought I landed in my own personal heaven on earth. Jungle Jim's is an adult theme park for foodies, beergeeks, winos, and cigar snobs alike. Massive Ohio brewed selection, tasting area offered beers I had never had, or heard of. Cigars were stellar quality is top notch, and I'm glad I made it to this store, I have to go back but if I never make it there's at least one thing off of my bucket list. I didn't meet many employees well versed on beer, but I was so impressed and jealous at the same time that this isn't located in my neighborhood. Awesome place for cigar, wine, and beer tastings there's nothing like this store not a cookie cutter chain, one of kind built piece by piece as eclectic as any world market could ever claim to be. This place has to be in the Guinness book of world records for originality or something.
Sep 15, 2013Reviewed by screamking from Ohio
4.61/5 rDev +7%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4 | selection: 5
4.61/5 rDev +7%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4 | selection: 5
This is my home beer store, I live just a couple of miles away. I can't recommend this store enough. The selection is second to none I've seen, I've heard it's one of the biggest selections in Ohio. They get multiple deliveries throughout the week, so the place is usually stocked to the gills with product. I will suggest that you don't visit on peak weekend hours, lots of tourists standing in the beer section making it hard to get around.
Service is... okay. Some of the people there are knowledgable, others are far from it. They all try to be helpful at least. I have also heard that they only hold stuff back for some people making it difficult to get rare items. I would say that's the norm nowadays so take for what it is. Overall I would put this place against any.
May 07, 2013Service is... okay. Some of the people there are knowledgable, others are far from it. They all try to be helpful at least. I have also heard that they only hold stuff back for some people making it difficult to get rare items. I would say that's the norm nowadays so take for what it is. Overall I would put this place against any.
Reviewed by Jballn from Ohio
4.57/5 rDev +6%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.25 | selection: 5
4.57/5 rDev +6%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.25 | selection: 5
I was blown away by this place as a whole, it's massive! Came for the beer only but they have one hell of a food selection as well. Beer section is among the largest I have seen and a nice variety. If it comes to Ohio they will get it. First thing I found was 2 bottles of FFF rye da tiger, which in Columbus was very hard to get ahold of, and 3 bottles of FFF behemoth. With those alone it was worth the trip. Another thing I was supprised by was the nice selection of 1/6 kegs in the walk in cooler. Had a couple alchemy hour that if a had the money to get would snatch in a heart beat. Overall a must stop in Cincinnati and worth the trip out. Looking forward to future visits
Feb 23, 2013Reviewed by JPSingh from Ohio
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 5 | food: 5
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 5 | food: 5
I live about 5 minutes from Jungle JIms, so it s just about the only place I go for beer. This place is basically a tourist attraction. Great selection of food, cheese, produce, fresh meats, etc. But the selection of beer is what I go for. The best selection Ive seen in this area. Very quick at getting new lines and new season out, and they generally have decent sales near the season end i.e, Breckenridge Summer $3.99 6/pk, Sierra Nevada Summer $7.99 12/pk just to name a couple. They get a lot of rare beers in so I usually grab them when I see them, usually they are gone the next time Im there. I take any friends and family when they visit, and would recommend this place to any craft beer fan. They also host a Beerfest, in the event center next door, every summer that showcase around 80 brewers.
Sep 21, 2012
Jungle Jim's International Market - Fairfield in Fairfield, OH
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