I'd call this a hidden Welsh gem. Freshly picked and local…read moregrown fruit and vegetables, traditional Welsh cheese and butter, local meat and numerous local beers, chutneys and herbs and spices. In the middle there is also a selection of chocolates to die for along with a mini bakery with freshly made Welsh cakes and bread. With all the produce being locally sourced, you know what you're getting. But bearing this in mind, the prices aren't cheap. There's also a cafe, icecream parlour, wine shop and bee centre located right outside so everyone should be able to find something to suit their taste.

Although the Bodnant Food Centre is only a few miles from home until today we'd never visited. It's…read morethe sort of place you need to go out of your way to get to and in any case we'd heard mixed reviews of the place. However one quiet Saturday afternoon we needed something to pass an hour and with nowhere else to go we turned south down the Conwy Valley and headed for Furnace Farm. The centre essentially comprises three parts for visitors the Hay Loft Restaurant, The Furnace Tea-Room and the Furnace Farm Shop. There are however other parts of the business including a cookery school and a bee keeping centre. We didn't try either the restaurant or tea-rooms on our visit but instead headed for the shop. My first impression was that it was bigger than I'd expected, it's maybe the size of an average convenience store but for some reason I'd expected a tiny little room. There's everything you'd expect from a shop like this including meat, veg, dairy produce, preserves, cakes, beer and all manner of cooking ingredients. Surprisingly for a Welsh food centre some of the produce wasn't Welsh, I spotted produce from Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Yorkshire amongst others, but most of the stock is Welsh. There's some genuinely local produce too including beer from the Great Orme Brewery which misleadingly isn't located on the Great Orme but is in fact located about a mile to the north of Furnace Farm on the outskirts of Glan Conwy. They also stock preserves from Baravelli's of Conwy and cakes from Swigr a Sbeis and Ty Hwnt I'r Bont, both of which are located just down the valley in Llanrwst. They also stock locally reared meat and game, some of which is reared on the Bodnant Estate and rest elsewhere in the Conwy Valley. What isn't surprising is that the prices are often a bit hefty, this isn't somewhere many people will go to do the weekly shop. We bought a few items (mainly Great Orme beer!) but I think for most normal families this is somewhere to purchase couple of treats rather than do any substantial shopping. In many ways it's more of a tourist attraction than a shop for the locals and I'm sure they'll be looking to attract coach parties to boost their trade. Although we will no doubt return at some point in time it's not likely to be anytime soon. However I do hope the business succeeds. It does provide much needed employment in a rural area and also provides a place for local food produces to sell their wares so it's not all bad.

We came here in the late afternoon. Needed some basic groceries for dinner. Water, milk, some…read morechicken, veggies. We got all we needed. Fair prices, friendly staff. But what makes this Spar very special is the bakery section. A wonderful selection of great, wonderfully baked goodies. Not just a feast for your eyes...for your tastebuds as well. Bought some Jam Shortbread, Cinnamon Toffee Flapjacks and Teatime Shortbread. Great flavours for good prices. Very much enjoyed these items. A great place. If not for groceries, you at least need to visit it for the bakery.

Betws-y-Coed is a scenic village in Snowdonia which hasn't (yet) got a supermarket. The nearest one…read moreis Somerfield five miles away in Llanrwst. Therefore if you want to buy a newspaper or some groceries you can either visit the Spar or Londis further on down the road. What lifts this place above Londis is the bakery which offers fantastic cakes at very reasonable prices. I had a decent sized slab of delicious carrot cake for just 55p. Yummy!

Cheap tasting chip shop type sausages on the breakfast which was very disappointing. Won't be…read moregoing back.

Hopped off the bus in Llandudno, and happened to be right across the street from Orient Express. I…read morecall that fate. Stopped in for a late breakfast, and the eggs benedict was delicious! I devoured it and scraped the plate. I thought the service was extra friendly and prompt. Prices were pretty reasonable, would love to try one of their paninis or main dishes. There is an outdoor seating area if the weather is nice.

This Marks & Spencer is a 'Simply Food' supermarket, but it has a small clothing/housewares section…read morein the back. Do not do the majority of your grocery shopping here--save that for Morrison's. M&S is kinda expensive, plastic bags are 5p or 9p (but you should be using a tote anyway!), and they don't have much. But it's good for ready-made meals or lunch. They have lots of take-away salads, sushi, fruit, and sandwiches (which, by the way, are still cheaper than the ones on campus!), and it all tastes pretty good. Except for the sushi. The sushi is gross. And then, after 1 or 2 pm, they reduce the lunch food price by half. Everything is still perfectly fresh, it's just the lunch rush is over. Also, they have a decent wine selection (but save that for dinner...). If you DON'T live in upper Bangor, M&S is a godsend when you're tired and have no energy to climb Bitch Hill to Morrison's. Unlike some other places in lower Bangor, it is clean and not creepy. But the best thing about M&S over the other supermarkets is that the staff are ridiculously friendly. They're super thankful when you check out, and basically, just nice to chat with. It's the little things I guess.

Marks and Spencer has been a good addition to Bangor. As is normal, local traders were initially…read morevehemently against the idea, fearing that their business would explode into a puff of thin air over night. Somewhat surprisingly (not!) this didn't happen, and Marks has brought new custom to the area. Of course, it is a little pricey and in my opinion it does not always justify this in terms of quality. However, many people swear by it so who am I to judge? The eco-bags are a great idea; although the inconvenient truth that you may not want to hear is that hardly anyone uses them. Boo!

I was only in Toast briefly whilst waiting for a train at West Kirby station but in the short space…read moreof time that I was there I was very impressed. The ambience was lovely, the staff were charming and the latte they made me was delicious. So much so that I told them as I was rushing off to catch my train! They looked very chuffed indeed. There was also a nice selection of magazines and newspapers which impressed me. A lovely place, and not just to kill time whilst waiting for a train!

Great place for a quick breakfast. Ordered a Latte and it was delicious also we ordered a tuna melt…read moreand a bacon and cheese panini, both were delicious.

This isn't the cheapest cafe in town but the food and drinks are good quality and you aren't…read morenormally kept waiting for too long.

Well it's always nice to find a good old traditional fishmonger, don't you think? It's reassuring…read moreto know that people are still selling decent, line caught fish that haven't been farmed and fattened up artificially some place or plaice... haha No but, there seems to be less and less fishmongers as the years go by, and this is a great little one based in central Hoylake with a huge selection of fresh fish for anyone to choose from! They also sell sauces to have with your fish and they are next door to a greengrocer so you can get your vegetables! They sell lot's of varieties of fish in accordance with the seasonal catch, including haddock, salmon, crab, cod and other fishy favourites! It's every fish lover wildest Bream come true!

I havn't been to Hoylake fisheries for a couple years, not since I lost my wife. When they where in…read moreWallasey Village my wife used to go there and buy our cod which I would batter for myself and steam for my wife, my wife didn't like me using dripping. Buying the fish was an expedition. Me and the kids in the car outside while she was inside the shop talking the day away. That was because the people who owned the shop where friendly and cared about their customers, nothing was too much trouble. When my wife couldn't walk properly they would deliver it for her. When they moved to Hoylake, me and my son would go there and collect my wifes order. What a tremendous shop with such nice memories. Thank you,

Moo Baa Oinc is a fabulous butchers in Beaumaris. It's the kind of place you can't resist popping…read moreinto even if you have no intentions of purchasing any meat products, and on this occasion our instincts paid off as our visit here resulted in the best meal of our week in Anglesey. The butcher itself sells really high quality produce. They have won awards for their Welsh black beef and Welsh lamb. Chatting to Brian the proprietor was a really pleasure as meat is clearly his passion and he was keen to talk about the best cuts and the best way to prepare certain pieces, my boyfriend was in his element! As well as the butchers, they have a deli/produce store at the back and we came away with a few products. It was Brian who told us about Cennin*, the restaurant upstairs run by his wife on front of house, and Aled Williams, of Great British Menu fame, in the kitchen. Brian told us that they had opened the restaurant with the aim of obtaining Anglesey's first Micheli Star. Of course, we had to book up and we weren't disappointed. *See separate review.