I first visited this location around Christmas time last year and I gotta say, it's something else. Sure the grocery aisles are pretty standard, but everything else is pretty top notch.
The moment you walk in you've got what appears to be a marché style pay as you go deli buffet with numerous counters each specializing in different ready to go items. In addition the produce, meat and seafood areas all appeared to be at the level of a specialty store, just all rolled into one convenient location.
However, we were in a hurry on our way to a family christmas and we needed some appetizer style munchies to bring to a party and seeing all the choices in their ready made section was like hitting the last minute food item lottery. After a quick peruse, we decided on a large platter of mixed sushi which had been made only a little earlier that day (as marked by the made date sticker) as well as a variety of delicious wood oven baked pizza style flat breads!
The sushi was a huge hit, generous portions and very fresh (not sushi restaurant fresh but definitely up there) but the real star was the pizzas we bought 4-5 slices of various types (my favourite of the lot being the roman style pizza with cherry tomatoes and the fungi (mushroom)). The staff were also great, despite being busy the deli attendant asked what we were buying this for, and we responded with a Christmas party, she offered to cut the slices into smaller bite sized pieces easy for munching - perfect!
I found the staff here in general to be more polished and more professional than many other grocery stores. I've come to expect this level of service and quality from Fortinos grocery stores, but this one was really a cut above. read more