I always find staff here are friendly & relaxed…read more Sells a good range of magazine, has special offers, discounted foods, as well as the usual corner shop goodies. The only things that let this store down is the appearance & the pay point machine frequently not working. Though there is evidence that the shop is regularly cleaned the fixtures, fittings & flooring are quite old & run down making it look rough and dirty.

i like this shop because the staff are very friendly and the shop is nice and bright .read more

One of several convenience/off license stores on a small stretch of Raddlebarn Road. I think there…read moreare at least 6 shops all doing a similar trade, and all of them seem to survive. This was a mystery to me when we first moved to the area, but I'm slowly cottoning on that these places survive due to students. A) There are loads of students in the area and they all walk to the nearest one B) There are loads of students in the area who visit the shops in groups and, after having a lengthy discussion at the counter about who is paying for what, they all want to pay separately with a debit card. When this happens it's very quick and easy to simply move along to the next shop, rather than wait 15 minutes for the whole shenanigan to play out. Sakib is one such store. Local, friendly, convenient.

Locally known as Sakib's this modest corner shop has a remarkable range of products on offer to the…read moregeneral public. From tennis balls to food stuffs to alcohol they have the lot here and this place most definitely targets convenience. The owner is a friendly gentleman who welcomes each customer with a smile and never fails to act in a polite and professional manner. This place like many businesses on Raddlebarn road appears to have been around for years, so there is a real sense of local community in terms of the way it is run. Sakib's is another store which continues to prosper in the face of massive Supermarket chains and long may that continue.

This newsagents and sub-post office is known in our household as the posh post office. The reason…read morefor this is that it carries a wide range of papers and magazines, far more than most normal newsagents, meaning that you can avoid going into Solihull if you just want to stock up on a wet day's reading material for the sofa. The shop also carries a range of greetings cards, wrapping paper, stationery, sweets, drinks and sundry other items. The shop staff are absolutely lovely: always helpful and a real asset to the place. There is a sub-post office counter to the rear of this shop. It can get very busy in the mornings, so expect to queue for a little while (you can choose your greetings cards while you queue). I have on more than one occasion had to insist that large letters are checked against the measure, rather than be charged twice as much for a packet. It's always worth visiting just after Easter, or indeed any holiday where chocolate is involved, as you can pick up their surplus stock for pennies.

nice enough shop which has a variety of things. can be a little bit pricey but they do tend to have…read morealot of offers on each week and they can be amazing! staff are always nice and theres enough aprking as its not really that busy.

This is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades convenience store with a 'cafe' and dry-cleaning service…read moreavailable. They stock all of your typical convenience store goods; milk, eggs, bread, cereal and so on. It comes in handy when I'm on my way into the Jewellery Quarter and need to pick up something on the go. The cafe isn't one that I would choose to go to - Rosella's a bit of a weird amalgamation of services that leaves it all a bit substandard. Anyway it fulfils it's purpose of being a convenience store, as does the cafe - so perhaps the cafe is best described as more of a convenience cafe. It's not the most extraordinary of establishment that you'll ever visit (in case you were expecting that) - but it's prototypical, reliable convenience store to get a mars bar and a pint of milk when passing by or in your slippers.

For such a residential street, it is surprising that this 'corner shop' isn't open longer hours. In…read morefact, many times I've walked past this shop in the middle of George Street, underneath a big block of flats and it appears closed. It doesn't open till 9am, however, it is very handy to have something close by if I run out. We've been in their for supplies to ease of a cold as well as basics such as eggs and bread when we've been caught short. Service is always good. They also have dry cleaning from here now and it's a point to collect post if you're out during the day. There is a cafe in there and I'm not sure if the attached pizza take away is ever open but I may find out one day!

A great convenience store which stocks lots of those last minute things you often find yourself…read moremissing. Staff are very friendly and helpful. They have a huge selection of wine/beers and interestingly very competitively priced. In fact I have found some products here cheaper than in the local supermarket. Long opening 10am till 9pm. It's halfway up Station Road and is the only convenience store in the vicinity, otherwise you have to go to the high st

This is a really huge home bargains, stocking the usual products that the company sell but they…read moredefinitely seem to have a bigger range than other stores nearby, such as harborne or bilston. the shelves have to be stocked several times a day because of the growing demand of the store, as it is always busy and full of people with their trolleys rather than simple shopping baskets! I think that the staff are really helpful at this store, and are always willing to go and look in the store room for products that are not on the shopfloor. The range of artwork is much better than i've seen anywhere else before(as in canvas art) as are the fake floral arrangements.