It's the ultimate grocery in an almost vanished tradition…read more Individual and unique products. An Essex and East Anglian treasure which is a lovely experience for those who can usually only endure the supermarket warehouse agony. A favourite for those who remember when a shop was a display to impress the customer and there was personal counter service, not a big shed with "pay now" machines. One of the few remaining joys in this town iis to visit Gunton's. It is towards the end of changing Crouch Street which still has many individual businesses. You can usually find parking off London Road, Lexden and walk, or walk from Balkerne Hill after paying local parking tax. Just outside the Roman Wall so not far if using bus or train. It is traditional to the core as a grocery business (now with a formidable and wonderful online shop). A delight to enter and experience. "High end" merchandise, but not expensive and with loyal, discerning customers! NB. Morning cafe too.

Once upon a time every village and town had a store like Guntons. Unfortunately they have almost…read moreall gone. We are lucky here in Colchester that this place still exists. It serves home made style produce from breads to Indian snacks. It serves up-market pre-packaged goods and has a great old fashioned coffee bar. But for all that you cannot mention Guntons without reference to the outstanding range of fresh coffee beans, the smell of which pervades the shop in an old-world comforting way. Without a doubt this is my favourite store in Colchester.

A brilliant little place, stocking all kinds of locally-sourced meat, cheese, bread and condiments,…read moreas well as wines, beers and desserts. Service is friendly and helpful and there's a nice teashop right next door.

Loads of free parking and very reasonable prices in store. Staff are pretty helpful but normally…read moreflying around filling baskets. While most of the food is good you have to be a bit picky as some of the Adsa items I have purchased have not been of a great standard.

Asda is one of the major supermarkets in Colchester, mainly competing with Tesco in Highwoods and…read morethe Hythe. As mentioned by previous reviewers, a fun feature of the store is the travelators, which allow you take a trolley up to the clothing department. Even I, as mature as I clearly am, cannot resist the urge to walk the wrong way down these flat walkways, pretending to be Michael Jackson (before he went weird, of course!). The store itself offers most of the usual features, such as food, a bakery, fishmongers and entertainment. In all, a decent store with cheap prices on everyday goods.

This is a fabulous farm shop…read more All of the produce (where possible) is locally produced and mostly free range meat. All meat on the butchers counter (and it is a proper butchers) is fully traceable and usually sourced witin a 5-10 mile radius. The quality is superb too! From such excellent produce one would expect to pay a premium but from my comparisson, it was cheaper than the major supermarkets! If you find yourself in or near this area I would say it is well worth a visit!