While in town to run the London Marathon we stayed at a hotel just a few minutes walk down Tooley…read moreStreet. We hit up this market a few times for bottles of water, snacks, bakery items, and fruits to keep in our room. Nice sized grocery to be discovered after taking the escalator down from street level. Decent prices. Checkout was easy.

Stopped in while staying nearby at the Hilton. I was hoping to find a salad bar as a previous Yelp…read morereview mentioned there being one in here, but unfortunately there was not one. It looked like a good place to order some quick groceries, but not necessarily a great place to find a quick dinner that could be eaten in a hotel room. I did pick up some great snacks though.

Aisle are clogged up with stocking trolleys, so can't even navigate around the store or get to the…read moreproduce! Staff are rude and barge pass you, and push their stock trolleys into you without no apology or acknowledgment when you point it out to them! Disgusting Customer service as the staff seem to think the customers should work around them!

This is a small Marks and Spencer location, it can feel claustrophobic at times, especially at busy…read moreperiods, it is in a good location within London Bridge Station, stocking a satisfactory range of essentials, which is useful if you're passing through the station. The selection here is limited due to the size of the store, but it certainly isn't too bad for a railway station location. I did find the store to be a little disorganised, the staff seemed friendly enough. 3* - This store isn't too bad if you're in a hurry if you're looking for more of the standard Marks and Spencer offering which may not be offered at this small concession, there are many other better stores within around half a mile away.

Persepolis is a hipster restaurant and market offering vegetarian eats and sweets inspired by the…read moreflavors of Iran and the Middle East. Their signature offering is the "Persepolis Feasting Menu," which came with multiple courses to share. There's no set menu and the dishes offered change by the day, so there's always an element of surprise! We were started with ramekins of a sweet potato soup with yogurt, but my favorite course was the meze platter, which came with pasta salad, falafels, sweet potato fritters, pickles, a cottage cheese dip, tahini, and hummus with cheese puffs sticking out! The mezes were served with pita bread slices, which were perfect for eating with the dips. The next three dishes were amazing as well: crispy halloumi with sesame and honey; fattet, or pita chips with spinach, chickpeas, and tahini; and a creative dish of chips, melted cheese, cauliflower, mushrooms, tomato, and onion, all seasoned with a yellow spice mixture. Finally, the last two dishes were pakora, or battered mixed vegetables (onion, cauliflower, pickles) served with saffron and dill aiolis on the side; and a final platter of rice, cucumber/onion/tomato salad, a red kidney bean stew, and a potato stew. While decent, the fried vegetables were on the greasy side, and the stews had an overly sweet flavor, and I was more impressed with the earlier courses. Finally came a colorful platter of dessert, which included ice cream topped with rose syrup; two different types of baklava; a cream-filled cake roll; jalebis; Turkish delight; cookie sandwiches; dates; and sliced strawberries/oranges. Everything we had here was flavorful, delicious, creative, and beautifully-presented, and enjoying the Middle Eastern hospitality was a great experience!

Still my fave veg restaurant, for the tasty food, the huge portion sizes and cheap prices. Yes, you…read moreshould make a reservation and you'll likely still have to wait to be seated, for a server to arrive at your table and for your food to arrive. But even this impatient native New Yorker is more then happy to deal. The avo smoothie is incredibly rich and whilst I thought the rose taste was a bit overpowering at this visit (my husband said it tasted like soap haha), I overall still loved it. My husband's date smoothie on the other hand was sadly underwhelming. My spiced broccoli soup was thick and creamy and full of flavour. I was so stuffed I regretted ordering the fried plaintains and eggs on bread as my main so my husband ended up eating it haha. But as I've ordered this before, I know how great it is. And he agreed, as it's slightly spicy and full of flavour. His main dish sadly again was bland: similar to a stir fry of veg and bread. He did enjoy the sahlep for takeaway though.

Are these the nicest grocery store workers on the planet? We went there three times and each time…read morethe staff were kind and solicitous. Helpful finding things, helpful giving directions and generally very pleasant. Good selection of products at reasonable prices. We bought mostly breakfast foods: Baguette 80p Loaf of fruit bread £1.65 Pain au chocolat 80p The check-out line moves quickly. Tip: bring your own bag. That's a tip for all over Europe (and at home, too!).

One of the employee asked me if I took anything and put in my pocket for no reason at all. Might be…read moreracist or just pure supid. Very rude employee.

Lacking in some stock areas but still a way better choice for the…read moreregular 'top up' shop in-between visits to massive supermarkets than the local Tesco branch. When a queue occurs it does snake around the store most inconveniently for people who want to buy booze or frozen goods. Luckily they usually seem to have a decent number of people serving.

I totally agree with jojeba on the layout. I sometimes come here to grab a quick lunch. Why have…read morethey put the sandwich section right behind a large pillar at the front of the store? A large queue builds up around this pillar every lunchtime meaning you have to push your way past people even to get into the store, then you end up tripping over a pallet as the shelves are being restocked, before you join the queue that's already looped round the far end of the store and is half way back to the front (the tills are at the front). At least the tills are well manned so the queue does move along quite quickly.

Sainsbury's Local's Southwark location on Tower Bridge Road is a decent store, while it isn't the…read moretidiest with warehouse boxes in various places making it a little hard to get around the store, and the staff also seemed miserable and unfriendly, for a size of its' store they do have a pretty good selection including a machine to squeeze your own orange juice for as little as £2 for a 330 ml bottle (Really rare in the UK - shame!) The store is really dedicated to getting food on the go with a good-selection of to-go food as well as a hot drinks machine alongside the orange juice machine, with it being in a busy part of London it is designed well for commuters with limited time. I do feel issues with the store tidiness and service do really let it down, however, but overall in terms of selection the product range is very good for a store of its' size. 3*

NEVER order from this place via Just Eat. £15.50 worth of my order was missing. They told me I had…read moreto ring Just Eat via an 0903 number which costs £6+ per call. Just Eat refused any refund and instead offered a discount for that amount on my next order. Utterly disgusting and illegal to boot.

If you had a inebriated Australian come up to you waving a crushed plastic hat covered in pink…read moresparkles in your face and shouting "Will you put on this hat?", would you comply? (If your answer is yes, I'll probably try to manipulate your agreeableness, asking for back rubs and gourmet meals, so watch out). Well, would you? They guys who work at this Superway would (after a bit of nudging, and no, I'm not asking them for the aforementioned things). You might think that sparkly hat ordeal is made up considering I say plenty of ridiculous things in my reviews. It's not.. I promise. I leave near by this place and I'm always in and out like a turtle and his shell when he's really scared then really relaxed then really scared then really relaaa.... right so. I go in here a lot. The guys who work here are always nice and put up with any hilarious shenanigans silly drunk Australians through their way. My roommate once broke a jar of salsa on the floor there when she knocked it with her bag, and the guys in the shop cleaned it up and told her not to worry about it. They could have gotten mad, but they did not. They could have danced a fiery tango with the broom, but they did not. This store also has a nice selection of humus, in case you wanted to know. It's basically an average grocery I suppose, but it holds a fondness in my heart. You can also top up your Oyster here. Now if that's not the cat's pajamas, I don't know what is

3.5 stars Small…read moremarket that's great for snack runs, light meals, and wine and spirits. Crispy rice and pea chips are my new favourite snack food, and Black Tower wine has also found itself high on my list of things that I seek when I come to the store. I also love the Innocent-brand green juices. I tried the limoncello dessert as well, but it was a little sweet for my taste. The selection is decent, as are the prices, and they have quite a few interesting things that we don't have back in the States: like Jack and Coke or gin cocktails. Together. In one can. Brilliant.

Located right next to Tesco express and marks and Spencer, Sainsbury is a good place to go for…read moreafter work shopping or actually shopping any time of the day as it is open 24/7. I went here on boxing day around 5.30pm and got myself some marked down ready made meals (how difficult is it to find an authentic Cornish pie in any of the pubs in London. They are all selling gourmet burgers, Mexican food or Japanese food). Options for ready made meals include English pies (get the one with steak and ale), soups, curry chicken and rice, asian noodles and salads. I even found marked down crumbed sole fillets. Yum. I searched and searched for some rye, sourdough, or ciabatta bread and came across nothing I liked. My options included thick wholemeal bread or rye bread. May be I'm seriously spoilt in Australia and more so after enjoying delicious sourdough bread in la clusaz, that I can't bring myself to eat anything sub par. This place is seriously lacking baked goods options. What is the point of being open 24/7 if you don't restock your aisles? Couldn't even find eggs. No breakfast for me. :( Did manage to get a bag of english royal gala apples - can't wait to find out how different they are from Australian royal gala apples. :) There are a few self check out counters and fewer check out counters with attendants. You can stock up on meat, veggies and fruits here and of course frozen desserts. Bags cost 5p a piece.