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'd advise anyone who receives a 'fine' from Parking Eye, or any other Private Parking Company…read more(PPC), to do a quick Google search for 'Parking Eye Scam' before doing anything. The fact is that no PPC can issue a 'fine' to a member of public for parking on private land. What they can do is issue an invoice to recover any losses arising from the 'offence' they claim has been committed. Parking Eye and the like operate a scam whereby they print their invoices in such a way as to deliberately mislead people into believing that they are enforceable fines. Basically they're relying on enough people to be misled into believing they have to pay up. If you choose to ignore Parking Eye they'll send a few follow up threatening letters but eventually they'll go away. In order to get any money off you they'd have to make a civil claim via a court for any losses suffered. This means a) they have to pay court fees and b) they have to prove that their client suffered a loss of £40 as a result of you staying in the car park for a few minutes longer than the imposed time limit. As far as I'm aware Parking Eye have yet to win a single case in a court of law. It's to Aldi's eternal shame that they allow these cowboy scammers to operate in their car park. Any retail business that treats its' customers with such contempt deserves to be boycotted and driven out of business and I'd advise anyone reading this to shop elsewhere until Aldi kick out the scammers and refund every single one of their customers who have lost out as a result of this con.

For some reason I wasn't buying any stuff here. And I'm not so sure why. It looked like a normal…read moreAldi, cheap, crowded and a bit full of everything. There wasn't any staff, as usual, but the ques weren't that long (just 3 people per que). For some reason I just walked in to fancy myself some food, but couldn't find anything that seemed to be delicious for a dinner to cook. So I walked out again. I wasn't coming here for anything else. But to be fair: it is a great place for chocolate, fizzies and other kinds of cheap food. And it is a lot easier without any allergies to find here something to eat, although they even have soya milk.

A big supermarket for a small student, city center. It is build at the middle of the hill…read more It is lying between the station and a part of the student-city-center of between the Campus and bitch hill (a streets which is very, very steep.) Here can you meet other students, use the ATM (hole in the wall) an buy some good but relative good food. There is a dinning-cafe inside,for every costumer. It is a clean place and there are always a lot of cash registers open to pay. Not only students do there daily shop here, also, eldery, and familys. In the front of this shop, you can park you'r car. It is a big parking places for maybe 50 up to 100 cars which is quit big.

It is the best supermarket in town. Because is smaller (easy to find things), is in the middle of…read morethe town. It has got very good freshly baked bread. It is the only supermarket that sells spelt, rye bread or mixed grain bread with rye. Rye is healthy grain, so is spelt. Morrison has got good vegetables. It has got good fish and everything what we need. I do not understand people complaning that is full of students and children. What is wrong with it ?

It's a lidl its what your going to expect from a lidl store. It's Just had a face lift and it is…read moremuch brighter and airier inside! There is fresh bakery in store and the cheese twists are divine ! Worth a trip too A weeks food shop for me was just short of £14 ! BBARGIN

I'm not a fan of the Lidl in Bangor. For some reason it just feels cheap and dirty, and I much…read moreprefer the Aldi store. The Lidl store is also in an unaccessible area of the city, as the road it's situated on is very near a junction and the road is very busy anyway. The car park isn't very large either. Upon entering the store you're confronted with bright orange pieces of paper displaying the prices of things. I don't think many things are very cheap - e.g. bottles of Coco Cola are around the same price as they are in all the supermarkets, and they stock 'special offer' items which are usually walking boots, coats and tools - all of which can be purchased elsewhere at the same price or less. I used to like the Lidl stores in Bristol, so I wonder if it's just this one store. I do quite like their German Christmas range of panettones and gingerbread, though, and a while back, they had some nice-looking bonsai trees in.

The store itself is alright. Good variety of food items on the shelves, and the aisles are pretty…read morewide, so it's a decent place to do a food shop. Disappointingly, there's not much choice in entertainment items, household goods or mens clothing. Doesn't seem as the store was needed in Bangor though. Everytime I've visited the store has been extremely quiet, and I've visited at various times of the day too. Good for those who want to do a stress free big shop and not have to queue, but it does feel strange going around a big supermarket, which has more staff on the shop floor than customers, and I suspect this can't be good for staff morale. The cafe is quite bad. The staff seem feckless and can't even cook toast properly. Got two slices of warm floppy bread on one visit! Again, everytime I've looked at the cafe, there's barely any people there, compared to Morrisons cafe which is always full, so it's only worth taking a chance on the place if you want quick service or want to sit in complete silence

Conveniently located, but have stopped stocking "Smart Price" Goods, ensuring that the customers…read morehave to pay Top Price for their shopping.

Short but clear: it is the only 24/7 open shop in the city centre, so the employees are rude and…read morewho don't looks to know any of the friendly British ways of politeness. If you have a car you better go to the 24/7 Tesco. ( Its cheaper too)

A small shop useful for stocking up on necessities at late hours. All meat products are kosher…read more They sell sandwiches, drinks, pies, crisps/sweats, magazines, alcohol and general groceries. Good quality sandwiches with a variety of fillings, especially chives which seem to appear in most of the sandwiches. Normally the products don't have price labels which can be a bit awkward but the staff are ususally friendly. Averagely priced. Credit cards can only be used for purchases over five pounds. Popular with university and college students. No parking nearby with the exception of Morrisons Car Park. Easier to access on foot or by bus as it's on a regular bus route.