I always come here when I'm in Leicester to get not only old fashioned sweets but also to get…read moresweets as they should be. The quality of sweet here is much greater than you will find in the newsagent or in the supermarket. Proper midget gems!

Hehe, this place is cool!!! It's name is highly appropriate as it reminds you of proper olde sweet…read moreshops from your youth, with shelves to the ceiling and lots of lovely jars of sweets to buy by the 100g - and still by the quarter too!! They also have a wide range of other candied delights, lovely small boxes of Belgian chocs for low, low prices for example. Furthermore, and not everyone knows this, if you need them they are one of the few places in that particular bit of the city that sells fags, and not just the chocolate ones. You're sure of a warm welcome from the friendly propriotors of this oft forgot City Centre gem!

Newly opened cocoa amore is just that. It's like stepping into chocolate heaven. You sit surrounded…read moreby chocolate and have a small menu of hot chocolate option, chocolates and chocolate desserts to choose from, or you can make your own hot chocolate flavour combo's. Apparently one of the top 10 businesses invited to 10 Downing Street and was awarded best new business of 2013. So get down there.

BARGAINS, BARGAINS, BARGAINS…read more this shop sells everything from shampoo to crisps at very reasonable prices, worth popping in every time in oadby as often have one off items in. Staff are very friendly, can get busy at weekends and leading upto xmas,

One of the best places for Indian gujerati food. Amazing sweet and savoury snacks and awesome…read moreprices! The shop is tiny and a little run down, but for the many years it's been running; the quality of their products has not diminished. Simply delicious food! The staff are friendly and helpful.

The best shop ever for Indian Gujarati snacks. It is located…read morein Leicester, just outside the city center, one afternoon me, my brother and his friend fancied this particular dish that I know no-where in London sells and is very tricky to make at home so we drove up to Leicester to get this dish. I hadn't been here in over 5 years and was so glad to know the owners are the same and the quality of the food was amazing as always, it is a take away place and they have indian sweets as well as indian snacks, they do a few specialty dishes which just can't be found anywhere else. I would definitely come back here. You can also order over the phone for their specialty dishes so they can reserve it for you as they only make a certain amount a day, great if your travelling up just for the day and want to ensure the products you want are there.