I started to use Lidl simply because it was closer to my house than Tesco. Shorter distance to…read morecarry loads of heavy, fresh veg and big bottles of fizzy water! It was only then that I realised it was actually quite good. Fruit and veg arrives daily with nice additions like papaya, watermelons, kumquats and persimmons. The little bakery has fresh baked bread made on site along with pastries, buns, donuts, cookies and scones. All really well priced. There is a big selection of regular bagged breads, pancakes and wraps etc. Also gluten free ranges of bread, rolls and rice/corn cakes. Irish, grass fed beef is pretty good. Reasonably big range of fresh meat and already cooked. The beef pastrami is very good! The constant rotation of different county produce each month is a great addition. Things like lovely Greek yogurt, olives, spreads and very good pittas from Greece, baklava, hummus and beans from Turkey or flavoured oils, vinegars and cured meats from Spain. The have 10 pack of Belgium caramel waffles at £1.50 that taste exactly like Starbucks 2 pack that cost about 62 quid There is a forever changing middle section with homeware, kitchenware, gardening, tools, school stuff and fitness etc. The alcohol section has some super cheap beer and cider deals. Most of the spirits are cheaper brands(the ones that give killer hangovers) Some things to avoid: The herbs/spices, they are pretty wick apart from the white pepper. Baresa olives! The black ones are awful. Dentalux toothpaste. The staff are mostly friendly.

The prices here are so cheap! You can buy good chocolate for well under $1. Check out is quick as…read morewell.

Sainsbury's is my favourite supermarket. Its quality products are the best available and it sells a…read moregreat range of items. I'm a fan of their vegetarian foods and Sainsbury's own brand items (love Sainsbury's Nut Cutlets and veggie mince). They have the best labelling of all the supermarkets with all their own brand products clearly labelled as to whether or not they are vegetarian or BUAV approved (not tested on animals). In addition their brand match scheme ensures you don't pay more with Sainsbury's than with another supermarket. As per Sainsbury's website "When you buy ten or more different products, we'll tot up the comparable brands in your basket. If you could have paid less at Asda - even because of the deal - we'll give you a coupon for the difference off your next shop." I always use my brand match vouchers at my next Sainsbury's grocery shop. Plus their wine selection is superior to all other supermarket selections. Quality store with unbeatable prices, pleasant to browse and lovely, helpful staff. Perfect. At Christmas and New Year Sainsbury's have a special range of fabulous food you can order and collect in store, I would especially recommend the: *Three nut roast with cranberry sauce *Butternut & mushroom en croute *Limoncello buche de Noel If you want indulgent, treat foods try Sainsbury's 'Taste The Difference' range. This blows every other supermarkets 'luxury' items clean out of the water. Definitely the best you'll get, bar none.

Sainsbury's is the main supermarket in the Forestside shopping centre, so for this reason it is…read morealways packed, no matter what time of the day it is. The supermarket has all the stuff you would expect and more, and is a good place to get all your weekly shop done. They have a very large fruit and veg section, complete with salad bar if you are that way inclined, with a very large delicatessen meat and cheese counter. The store also has a large range of magazines, books, CDs, DVDs and games, and is always worth a check for a better price if you are about to buy a recently released item from HMV. As for the rest of the store there is a large range of everything as you would expect. The store has its own cafe which is good for pacifying those who have been dragged along or those who have worked up a hunger in their arduous shopping trip! The store also has installed self scanning machines, which is a real boost to customers as they can get in and for a few items much faster than in the past! I will sign off with a tip: try the white chocolate and cranberry cookies from here. You will not find a better cookie from any supermarket, pinky promise!

The only reason I went in here was because I was there. I would never have previously even…read moreconsidered it, but after this accidental visit I will be back. Like other places in Kings Square I have reviewed recently, it looks rubbish from the outside. Inside however is a different matter. clean, bright, fresh and great value. OK, so the clientèle generally aren't the usual M&S Food Hall types but who cares when you need some spuds, and the fruit and veg looked lovely at a fraction of the price. It isn't brilliant if you are looking for speciality ingredients, but on an unrelated plus, it has a Post Office down the back which totally took me by surprise, especially as I've lived in the area for 10 years and always go to the busy one in Ballyhack. Free parking, cheaper prices, what's not to like?

It's half way between a pound shop and a supermarket. Like a pound shop you can find a number of…read morecheap items, although whether they are actually value for money can be tricky. A quick google of some items and the big supermarkets own brands are about the same price. I don't ever get a weekly shop at Lidl, there simply isn't a wide enough range, treat it as a supplementary shop. The best use of the store for me, are the events. I got an email alert to say they had a baby event, so incorporated the visit into my weekly grocery shop. Yes they had an number of cheap baby items and a few foreign gems, but I was quite shocked at the number of empty shelves and the eerie quiet of the store. It was bright and clean, the staff were friendly, but that's about it.

Sometimes I like Lidle. Others I don't. Prices lack…read moreconsistency and so does stock. I can rarely find the same thing twice. Their baskets are a bit annoying. They can be carried or wheeled. Though they are a bit too bulky to carry. When you wheel them. They feel Like they will tip over. Remember your pound for the trolley.

Ahhhh, Tesco. If it wasn't probably the worst place in the world, it would probably be the best…read moreplace in the world. It is so convenient and so cheap that it is hard to avoid it. Especially if you are in a rush or on a budget. That being said, it is basically crushing local communities and local businesses, but in there austere times. Principals like that cost quite a bit of money. This Tesco is pretty much exactly the same as all the others. The staff are a mix of students and middle aged people and you can get basically everything in the world you could maybe ever need. The prices are pretty amazing if truth be told and you could easily get a weeks shopping in here for about £20-30. Which is awesome. If it wasn't bad for the soul Tesco would be amazing.

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this Tesco store before, I go all the time. Not the most…read moreglamorous review but here goes, hopefully it will useful. First up - this Tesco store isn't 24 hours, don't be caught out! It does have extended opening hour but it's definitely not open all the time. The car park is huge and there's a bottle bank and recycling point right at the back - a handy place to get rid of those post party bottles. The shop itself is huge. They have a Timpsons locksmiths at the entrance so if you need to get a key cut or a shoe mended you can leave it in here and pick it up when you've done your shop. There's also an optician at the back of the store so if you are confusing potatoes and tomatoes I'd pop in here for a check up. A recent addition to this store is the home ware and electronics department which pretty much covers every area. The only thing holding this store back is the lack of manned check outs. They seem to have invested heavily in self service areas but the problem is that most people come here for a big shop and not a few bits therefore rendering these useless as no one wants to stand and scan 1 million items. Really convenient store with loads of wee extras to make life a bit simpler - A-OK!

This Tesco seems to have everything you could want from a supermarket. Good size of electrical…read morerange, clothing, off liscence, bakery and of course groceries. Its open 24 hours which is a plus, which I have had to make use of a number of times due to shopping emergencies etc. The only reason I did not give it a 5 Star is because when you do make use of the 24 hour service, some of the Isles are closed off with the staff replenishing stock levels which can be quite annoying especially if you are after something in particular. The store has a scan as shop service which is really convenient, you scan the items as you shop, place them into your bags in the trolley then pay for everything at the end of your shop! There is also a 24 hour garage at the Tesco which again comes in handy.

We refer to this place as "The Tiny Tesco" indeed it's probably the smallest Tesco I have ever…read moreseen, it's positively tiny, it was closed down for a while and was rearragned for the reopening, if anything it seems to be less of a "supermarket" and more of a "convienience" store now, certainly it seems to lack the range of products it used to sell, which is a pity because with Connswater, Knocknagoney and Upper Newtownards Rd a couple of minutes drive away and having much better parking, this store seems a little surplus to requirements. Also there's usually the one memeber of staff on checkouts, even at busy times! Which leads me onto the worst part of this store, it's really only suitable to be visited on foot, or in a weekday evening, any other time the Belmont Rd is usually bunged and on a Sunday, even the car park behind the Toby Jug is packed with churchgoers who'd drive over the top of you as soon as look at you! Definitely not Tesco's finest hour.

I'm definitely a fan of Tesco express, mostly due to it being open later than other shops in the…read morearea and cheaper than the petrol station up the road for most things. It can be a bit awkward to walk through the wine and beer section especially if your pushing a trolley or buggy and the barrier a the till isn't really needed it's just a maze to walk through. Apart from that it's a decent shop

Handy co op just round the corner for me, selling hot food, sausage rolls, sausage baps and…read morepasties. Good selection of sandwiches , fresh fruit and veg also bakery produce in store, lotto, in the chilled department there's a £5 deal every month, great dinner for a family for a fiver, I've bought it a few times and it comes in handy for the freezer. Newspapers and magazines selection , good wee shop selling a wide selection of groceries.

The co-op is my very local supermarket a two minutes walk away. Its got all basic's and is ideal…read morefor that moment you realise you've nothing left in the cupboards and no petrol in the car to go to Tesco. Open to 10 its provided me with gas and bog rolls when I've ran out. Its an essential alternative to a drive or long walk.

Asda Superstore is quite a distance from where I live so I don't get to visit it often, however…read morewhen I do I love how their own-brand products are good quality at a great price. They've recently increased their vegan products, including frozen, fresh, chilled and ambient. Really love the Asda Plant Based range of vegan chilled items, especially the Duckless Spring Rolls, No-zzarella Sticks, Roast Veg & Houmous Pizza and Filled Potato Skins. Can be extremely busy, so is best avoided during peak shopping times...

Asda is about a 15 minute drive for me unfortunately but worth it, I think the quality of the meats…read moreand bread is better than Tesco. If your not an Asda shopper do just one thing, go to Asda and buy the biggest tiger baguette you can and some mixed crunchy salad leaves, cheese and a bottle of red. Cut the baguette length ways and butter it , stuff it with salad and grated cheese and bung a bit of black pepper over it. Its the ultimate sub. Id love an Asda within walking distance its definitely the bes