Asiatic is one of the oldest departmental stores in Mumbai. It is located just in front of Church Gate railway station –one may use the subway to go there. I am not a frequent visitor but I go there whenever I am in that part of Mumbai mainly because almost everything is available there including Homeopathy Medicines.
Main Attractions for Me
Asiatic is a reliable place and I have never faced any problem. Under one roof you get variety of goods and they accept almost all credit cards. I normally go there when I have few minutes to buy something before coming back to home, which is 125 km from Mumbai.
Pastry & Bengali Sweet- I am fond of Pastries and I love to buy it from a hygienic place like Asiatic. I do not know about their works but display counter is clean and decent. For Bengali sweets they’re some big names in Mumbai but I go there if I am at that part of Mumbai. You have limited choice but good quality.
Stationeries- There are lot of vendors on the pavement outside the Asiatic but one can look at the varieties they store and those are quality products. No bitter experience.
Grocery Shop- Very selected item are available and price tag is very reasonable.
Cosmetic- They store only leading brands and suits our choice. My wife use Cleansing Milk of Anne French and this is neither specialty item nor a costly item but not easily available everywhere – it’s available at Asiatic. They store genuine and useful Personal Care and Home Care products.
Garments and Shoes- First floor is for garments, shoes etc. Not a very great place but good for casual or daily wears. Collection for ladies and kids are also reasonably good. They also have a small collection of swimwear. Never purchased any shoe from there and reason is simple – I never liked the styles and shapes.
Gift items- They store few items but of good quality. Price may be little high because there is no scope to bargain. Collection of toys and purses are not bad. My wife has purchased few purses from there.
CDs and Cassettes– They do not have huge collection but I look at that counter whenever I go there. Normally buy something for the road. Few cassettes of RD are my latest collection from that counter.
Cameras– They are dealers of a leading brand and you can get almost all models. Price is surely more than that of Crawford Market (Gray Market) but I am sure about its genuineness, quality and guarantee terms.
For medicine one like to go to the most trusted place. I have never gone to their counter for Homeopathy Medicines but my friends who work in that area have purchased such medicines for me from that place.
There is a good collection of Jewellery and because of some obvious reason I normally do not venture in that side of the shop. And because of that I am scared when my wife accompanies me there.
Why sometime I avoid going there
There is no parking place and the nearest pay-and-park is about 300 meters from that place.
I am fond of wearing ties and dress code in factory does not allow me to do so. And guys, do not advice me to go to the small town where I live in suit and tie - I will be stoned to death. But whenever I go to Mumbai for any official work or some formal parties, I wear my best tie and Asiatic is not the best place for buying ties. I have similar opinion for clothes and shoes.
It’s a very congested place and going there in a big group is not that convenient. May be because of space constrain they are unable to offer many choices in most of the categories.
Sales persons and the supervising staffs are better than some famous departmental stores in Mumbai. Due to change of my Head Office I do not get enough time to go there.
I wish, they start a spacious store in Navi Mumbai (New Bombay) where I go quite often.
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