This Tesco Express is similar to all other Tesco stores, being relatively good and selling most…read moreitems you're likely to want. Fresh fruit, veg, bread, milk, ready meals, magazines, cakes, painkillers, washing up liquid etc. It's bright, fresh, clean and the staff are fine. However, I just don't like it. The aisles are far too narrow and between staff stocking shelves and customers trying to move round the shop, it's actually a really uncomfortable and inconvenient store to visit. It's impossible to take any time to browse and look at things as staff and other shoppers will be in the way or trying to squeeze past you. It's a bit of a nightmare; far too much stock, shelving and people crammed into a small store. If I ever do have to go into this Tesco Express (due to some short term insanity or sheer desperation!) I regret doing so immediately. Then I mentally remind myself I must never return, I dodge the bodies, grab what I'm after, pay (there's always queues and a wait ugh) and exit the building ASAP. Enter at your own peril...

There are loads of Centras in Belfast and Northern Ireland and i have to say the one on Botanic…read moreavenue used to be my favourite. Those days are gone since the discovery of the Centra on the Ormeau road. First of all as is standard they make THE BEST sandwiches I have ever locked my jaw around. My first ever Cajun chicken experience was in a Centra and I will never forget it as I mistakenly called it CA-JOHN chicken to the great giddy pleasure of my friend. Once you've had it you'll never turn back. I had a Cajun and coleslaw baguette today in fact! The ice cream and hot deli counters in the Ormeau branch are fantastic - the ice cream counter is like something you would see along the street in Rome or somewhere else that is famous for its ice creams! All the colours and flavours are a delight to behold. The deli offers your usual sausage rolls and the like. They do have something I have never seen before which is hot pizzas ready to eat in five minutes - obviously not handmade by some gorgeous Italian chef but decent enough for a snack at lunch time. Aye, old Centra is hard to beat! Didn't give five stars because the queues can be very long sometimes - more staff needed perhaps?

I always forget about the Ormeau Road Centra as this stretch of Belfast is packed full of shops…read more However it's a very good store which sells a broad range of groceries and has weekly offers. I'm a fan of Mash Direct products and there's a good selection here. There's a lot packed into this centra - an ice cream counter, large selection of chilled & frozen foods, sweet & savoury snacks, drinks and freshly baked items. Despite holding so much stock it's an easier store to navigate than a lot of others. Very good little grocery outlet.

My biggest pet hate ever happened in this Spar today. I went to the counter with a drink costing…read moreunder £1 and they told me they didn't accept card for purchases under £5, even though they had contactless installed, which meant the transaction would have been quicker than paying with cash. So I then had to go outside use the on site ATM and withdraw £20 (they didn't have any tenners) for a 98p drink! Surely it's time to accept card for all sales? The shop itself is actually quite good, it's in the heart of student Belfast so it stocks all the essentials, party snacks, energy drinks, pot noodles, ready made sandwiches. It also has a coffee machine and as mentioned an ATM on site! Losing a few stars for their ridiculous card rule!

As far as convenience stores go this Spar is actually pretty good. It has a great deli counter…read moreselling a range of cooked breakfast items, freshly made sandwiches, wraps and salads. Additionally they have a coffee machine and stock freshly baked croissants, pastries and cakes. There are a lot of other items too - magazines, stationary, prepackaged sandwiches, fruit, ready meals, bread, confectionary, household cleaning products, painkillers, deodorants and shower gels etc. Much better laid out than a lot of similar shops and the prices are reasonable, plus there's an ATM outside. Only one drawback exists - this Spar is located near Queen's University and in a main student residential area, hence it's swamped with customers during uni term time. Can be extremely busy, especially around midday.

For American Information, Tesco is a European convenience store chain. Think QT or 7-Eleven meets…read morea bodega. Founded over a century ago in England, they are in five countries. This express store offers liquors, snack cakes and sundry. Locals shop here, but to an American it would probably seem small for a supermarket. The lines aren't too long, and I run in for the odd pack of gum or sweets. The prices are competitive, and they offer teas and coffee vended drinks.

This is a smaller, 'bitesize' version of the megastore you get dotted around the country. This…read moreparticular Express version isn't that great. Although the prices are the same as their bigger versions, the selection is poor. Even though this is supposed to be the 'essentials', the shelves are often empty and the security man at the door makes you feel like you are shoplifting even though you aren't. Chances are what you want isn't in this shop. It's a mish mash of bits and pieces, but it simply isn't good enough. I'd recommend walking a little further, or driving on down to the Lisburn Road shop and get what you need from there. Disappointing and painfully small

I've been meaning to try to recreate the dumplings from Wagamama for ages, and having been…read moredisappointed with my search for ingredients in Tesco, where else would I try but Asia Supermarket. Looking drab from the outside, inside is a bustle of colour and noise, busy with people and packets with labels I couldn't read. After dandering up and down the aisles I finally asked a really lovely girl about the dumpling wrappers. She laughed in a nice way at the idea of me making my own and showed me what she used to make hers (from scratch, the show off) but then took me to the wrappers. Thank goodness she did, I would have been there for weeks. The selection of dried, pickled, canned and fresh goods is astounding. The fruit and veg section puts the big supermarkets to shame in quality and price. This shopping experience was a roaring success. Lets hope my dumplings are too!

I love wandering around stores like these and checking all the exoctic looking foods they have on…read moreoffer. I used to shop a bit in the Chinese emporium on George Street in Dublin, because the vegetables were cheaper, fresher and came in bigger portions than in crappy supermarkets. The Asia supermarket looks more like a factory than a place that sells food. The layout, as other reviewers have mentioned is vast and scatty, but if you have your wits about you, you may just come out with something weird and wonderful, and tasty too hopefully! I would recommend getting some seaweed, a big block of Tofu (really good value) or some yummy miso soup. There are also big bags of spices, bags of rice so huge they could kill a man and some great traditional chinese vegetables. A little haven.

This is why I think Yelp is great; through it I hear about spots I never normally would hear of and…read moream encouraged to try new places I wouldn't usually visit. Hence, thanks to Yelper Eda N and her Albertbridge Road Karolina Shop review, I was intrigued enough to walk into the Ormeau Road Karolina Shop tonight for the first time, after having bypassed it for the last couple of years. Sure, I couldn't understand any of the Polish labels haha - apart from a few which included English language descriptions! Nonetheless it was fun and interesting to walk through. It has a huge range of pickled foods, sweet things, baked goods, deli items and cheeses all of which looked very interesting. The shop itself is small but well laid out, clean and bright. I managed to acquire a jar of black olives and some blueberry and strawberry filled chocolate - delicious and reasonably priced. I'm definitely going to call in again and try out some of the pickles and cheeses. Here's to new experiences and food adventures!

Visited 387 Ormeau Road yesterday and had the nicest sausage roll and oat milk latte I've ever…read moretried. Love that everything on offer is vegan and reasonably priced with a wealth of options to choose from e.g. filled wraps, bagels, salads, stews, soups, cakes and tray bakes. It's also heaven to have a choice of plant-based milks for coffee i.e. oat, almond or soy - such an improvement on offerings found at other Belfast cafes. My food was delicious and coffee flawless. In this, the age of excess hipster cafes, unfortunately it's still difficult to find good coffee, but thankfully 387 offers exceptional coffee. Additionally, this place doubles up as a health food shop with shelves, a freezer and a cooler brimming with goodies. After enjoying my coffee and food I did a mini grocery shop stocking up on vegan cheese, tofurkey slices, sausages, burgers, soups and chilli mayo. A lovely, relaxed spot with friendly, helpful staff and outside seating for sunny days. Decor is natural, focused on muted grey shades, wooden furniture, soft lighting and green plants. Everything about this cafe is synonymous with ease, relaxation and quality. I'm very glad 387 has arrived on the Belfast food scene and hope it flourishes. I will definitely be back.

We came here 3 times in a row during our stay in Belfast. We are from LA so vegan food is very…read moreaccesible and diverse there, but 387 Ormeau Road did not disappoint at all. We got to try the bagels, the sausage roll, the breakfast burrito, the mocha lattes, the soup, and strew! ALL amazing! And the staff made our visits that much more accommodating! Best place for vegan food in Belfast! Cheers from LA

Yeah, I've visited your shop a few times now. The first time I visited, I thought I'd landed in…read moreheaven. It's not a massive supermarket, but I must've spent over an hour in there, I had to look at everything, I was completely mesmerised. The staff are pleasant and very helpful too. If anyone wants to do Chinese cookery, you won't have to go anywhere else, whatever you need, this shop has the lot. OK, you may think I'm being a bit over the top here, but trust me, and you don't have to take my word for it, you will be overjoyed when you visit, so much so, you won't use anyone else. It's just a pity they don't have a page like Tesco (That I know of), I'd be forever getting deliveries. A massive thank you for your service and well done on a fantastic shop.

Lee Foods! Whilst it's safe to say that I love this place, I'm generally scared to go in during the…read moreweeks either side of pay day. I'll either be spending money I don't have, or blowing a sizeable chunk of my paycheck in one go. If you like to cook, chances are you'll have those wee cylinders of herbs and spices bought for a couple of quid each in your larder. Lee Foods do bags of spices at a fraction of the cost. Did you know that chillis freeze really well? I bought a big bag of bird's eye chillis for a quid or thereabouts, I take them out of the cooler to thaw when I need some. Do you have an awesome looking recipe for a Thai salad, or a curry paste, or want to make tamales but you don't know where to get fresh papaya, real turmeric or banana leaves? Lee Foods will have it. It outperforms the major supermarkets in many different ways. More choice, better prices, weird and wonderful stuff you might not have heard of before. There's nowhere else like it in town.

I am a whistle-blower. I reported the investment fraud in Ireland. I am denied a food and medical…read morecare by the Irish authorities. I reported a fraud in the financial institutions (Swirl, N26, PayPal, The Kingdom Bank, Revolut, An Post Money, etc.). I reported a matter of heritage gang crime. My electricity was illegally cut off. Irish authorities delay, in fact reject to resolve this matter. I am searching for the support that I will pay after for the food products from the compensation/heritage money. I will pass on your contact information to my solicitor.

For about three months I walked past this little city centre store every day and, every day I…read morecalled in to a)buy the papers and b)buy something cold and something minty to chew. It is for an intensive purposes just another little local convenience store but it's one of the friendliest and more importantly general one of the quickest in the area. You rarely have to queue for any long 15-30seconds in this little place before getting served, something a lot of the bigger stores across the city could learn a lesson from. Aside from that you'll get the usual range of things as well as a spattering of American sweet goods and soft drinks.

great place with lots of asain and african products.great place with lots of asain and african…read moreproducts.

This is one of a few 'ethnic' food shops which have sprung up in the city over the last few years,…read morecatering for the Asian community in the area. There is an extensive range of fresh food items and other things not normally found in your average high street store or supermarket. Fruit and vegetables, dried and tinned goods as well as things like phone cards for those calling to those back home. I ended up getting chicken breasts the last time I was there, not sure why but I somehow felt obliged to make a purchase. There is quite a lot of competition in the area from the Asia Supermarket and neighbouring convenience stores. This is something that is really aimed as a hub for the Asian and African community in the area.