Of all the local supermarkets I have around me, I like this one the most for one reason. There is a…read morestaff member that works here who is easily the happiest man alive. Always smiling, asking how your day is going and what the rest of your day is going to bring. His name is Kyle and if you ever find yourself being served by him, pay attention to how happy you are when you leave. As for the store, it's also one of the hald decent "express" stores in the area. Sometimes there are stock level issues on the dailies such as bread and milk but all in all it is a very clean and well maintained store selling everything that you need to top up your shopping with. If I had one complaint about the shop it would be like the rest of the reviews, there are sometimes occasions when you can stand in a queue for 5 minutes longer than needed after being followed around the shop by a security guard at the weekend all whilst there are staff members walking about chatting to each other. It's local and it delivers. You sometimes get Guinness draught for £1 a can too which is good.

When I first visited the Scotmid in Oxgangs I was suprised about how big it was…read more The shop is well cleaned and maintained with offers on many products. They not only sell your standard items, they also have a great selection of value books, chart books and value dvd's. During the day they have a hot counter where freshly baked pies and pasties are for sale. They have a pay point machine for gas, electric, phone top ups and bills. The only downfalls are that they do not have a lottery machine, you tend to find teenagers loitering about outside the shop in the evenings, a security gaurd follows you around the place when you do enter, making you feel awkward, and there is normally always a queue for the tills as they do not have many people serving.

Handy shop to pick up a couple of items on your way home but not where you would want to do a full…read moreweeks worth of shopping. They carry the basic range of items and for me as a vegetarian it isn't a large selection of fresh "dinner" ideas. Clean and well lit, this is a new shop so is immaculate. Nice staff and positive experience here. I miss the car showroom that used to be here in its place as I always played picks with the very expensive cars! There is another Tesco express a mile up the road at Haymarket and a Tesco extra 2 miles the other way in Corstorphine. It is a bit of a mass take over and although it has its place, I hope that it doesn't elbow other local businesses out of the way.

this is one of the bigger co-op's. It has a fairly decent range of product and is slightly cheaper…read morethan some of the smaller co-op's in the area. it has a small ethel austin clothing dept within it too. it also has a mathiesons bakery section at the back of the shop where you can buy hot pies and fresh rolls etc

this co-op is in the carron centre. it is quite a handy place. it has a big car park and has 2…read moreentrances. in the co-op part there is a lottery kiosk, just as you go in. they have a good selection of fresh fruit and veg, a big deli counter, they have a mathiesons bakers at the back too and a small ethel austin's clothing deptwithin it too. they have a big section in the middle of the shop where they have white good on display and are more often than not on special offer. they have loads of tills, but rarely have more than 4 open at a time. it is more expensive than most supermarkets, but way less crowded.

Margiotta isn't the cheapest of convenience stores (they are aimed at upmarket residents who live…read morearound the New Town and the like) but it is one of the best. There is a good selection of stuff, ranging from basics to the kind of luxury and international foodstuffs that you'd find in a deli. The stores are brightly-lit, clean and with usually friendly staff.

Margiotta is a pricey, but very handy chain of general stores dotted in and around Edinburgh. This…read moreDundas Street location was always the handiest for me. Convenient place to pop in for a newspaper, a few quick household items or something for dinner. Quite often went in and snapped up a fresh loaf of bread or some snacks for the evening. They had quite a wide selection of groceries and food, for such a small store. Also has a cash machine (outside, available 24/7), something else that came in handy lots of times.

This is a well stocked and family run newsagents in Newington which offers plenty of magazines,…read morefood essentials and alcohol. The booze in here is pretty well priced with eight cans of lager or cider costing only £5. They also sell white cider which, if you're homeless or a student, may be quite tempting, coming in at only £1.50 for a litre and half. Be warned, however, this stuff ensues the hangover from hell. My mate bought some last year for a pre-drink and had to literally go for a lie down after just a glass because he felt so ill. Aside from this, Choices Express is a clean shop with a nice environment, which is always a safe bet for cheap essentials and friendly service.

Choices Express leaves a little bit to be desired compared to the numerous other newsagents located…read morearound this area. What brings it down, ironically, is the lack of choice. The shop strikes me as being very empty. The shelves are sparsely populated. A group of us visited here part way through a booze up to get some snacks and most of us came out with the same thing. However, as mentioned before, you can indeed get some cheap booze here and the staff are always pleasant. Ideal as the kind of place where you need to grab some essentials in a hurry, but little to make it stand out from the countless other little shops that do exactly the same in this area.

Convenience stores are meant to be convenient. As I don't live in the Costorphine area of…read moreEdinburgh, I don't know how convenient this shop actually is! If you're a local, post a review so that the Yelp world knows the full story! So, I can only really give my verdict of this as a passer-by / visitor to the area. This is basically you're normal neighbourhood newsagents, with all that you'd expect to find in it. It has a prominent corner location, as well as being painted bright yellow, which always helps. It's placed at the western end of the Costorphine shopping parade as well, so you're always going to pass it if you're heading in or out. Standard newsagents that appears to be convenient

The use of the K's, as Mark says, seems a bit pointless, as the alliteration would have worked just…read moreas well with "Cost Conscious". However, tis is a pretty average newsagents that stocks much the same items as you see in hundreds of other newsagents and that makes it A-OK in my books. The shop offers a pretty good range of items, but the key area in which it excels is its range of alcohol. There is a great range of beers, spirits, wines and ciders that would be of great convenience to the local residents if a trip to the supermarket seems a bit too much. Other than that they do a good range of food items, but they are a bit more expensive than you will find at the supermarket, so it would be best to not do any bulk buying here.

Apart from an interesting use of the letter K when a C would have been perfectly alright, this is…read morejust another newsagents. Portobello has a fair few of these, and this one is just like any other. It has the normal range of alcohol, snacks, sweets, and magazines. There was also a good range of tinned goods and other non-perishable food items. The floor space went back surprisingly far, and the stock was definitely crammed in. Not much more that can be said really: this is another handy local newsagents.

For the last few weeks there has and continues to be an item of rotting food at the back of the top…read moreshelf in the 'Ready Meals' aisle, specifically where the tapas is. If you care to look, and move aside the food items at the front of the shelf you will see a furry 'thing' which has quietly been rotting there for quite some time, I first noticed it on Friday 11 August and it was well decomposed by then. Clearly ASDA don't inspect nor clean their food storage shelves. You can also see pics on my twitter feed here: 21 August 2017 https://twitter.com/macSomairle/status/899710931827142659 23 August https://twitter.com/macSomairle/status/900486931146059781 24 August 2017 https://twitter.com/macSomairle/status/900790720398839809 There is a general malaise in this store and dirt is in evidence all over. We recently noticed easter egg chocolate in the vegetarian freezer which was disgusting.

I was threatened by the delivery driver…read more If you value your safety, just avoid asda delivery at all costs. Better yet, shop elsewhere.