I appreciated this convenience store. For American reference think Q-T combined with a smaller…read moreALDI. They had a huge variety of prepared sandwiches for a quick bite, soda and bottles of liquor for a wee sip. Hot cups of coffee, lattes and tea on tap from a clean vending area all day. And snacks galore! Any junk food you had a taste for, and new ones to try, you could get it here. The store is bright and the aisle were wide. They didn't have my favorite Volcanic Unflavored Water here, but they had many other items to try.

I've been happy enough with stuff out of Centra on plenty of other occasions and I like the way…read morethat they stock various confectionary items that I wouldn't see elsewhere, which makes it a good place to try different things. My 2-star rating therefore reflects today's 1-star lunch experience. I ordered a "Taco Chip". Now I know not to expect Boojum quality but if would be perfectly reasonable to expect something advertised as a "Taco Chip" to be a chip with salsa or at the very least a salsa-like taco sauce. What is absolutely not acceptable is for it to be a chip slathered in a cloying, creamy, mayonnaise-like substance which just happens to contain some spice.

Came in today to get a vape, after paying and receiving my product and opening it I later found out…read moreonly 1 of the 4 in 1 pods actually worked, heading back into the shop not asking for a refund but to have the product I just bought exchanged for one in full working order, wouldn't go here for any of your electronics / vapes - stars

In town before 11am? Call in to Today's Express and you can get a sausage butty for a £1 at the…read moreDeli Counter. You don't get much for a £1 these days so this is an offer not to be sniffed at. This wee convenience store has it all and serves local office workers to perfection. Whether you're looking for a pastry of a paper Today's Express will stock it. Food wise you can also get sandwiches and other breakfast goods. A bacon bap is only £1.20. The staff are great, you always get a wee bit of early morning banter out of them to kick start your day. An awesome wee shop with absolutely no faults - centrally located and serving food from £1 - what's not to like?

This shop is right at the top of my road, but there is another small supermarket on the way there…read morefor me so I only call in here if the other store doesn't have what I need or I happen to be driving past this Spar. That is not to say that the selection and service in here is in anyway not top drawer. Well, top drawer is maybe a bit of a stretch. The store is always clean and tidy, the staff are always friendly and helpful and you can usually find everything you need in here if you are popping in for a pint or milk or a loaf of bread. There is good parking here and an ATM which is always handy. It is also in a good location, with excellent access to the Belfast and Newtownards roads. There is certainly no real reason not to call in here. You won't be able to do a full weeks shop in here, you will need to go to Tesco or whatever for that but you certainly will be able to get plenty of what you need in this wee shop.

For American Information, Tesco is a European convenience store chain. Think QT or 7-Eleven meets…read morea bodega. Founded over a century ago in England, they are in five countries. This express store offers liquors, snack cakes and sundry. Locals shop here, but to an American it would probably seem small for a supermarket. The lines aren't too long, and I run in for the odd pack of gum or sweets. The prices are competitive, and they offer teas and coffee vended drinks.

This is a smaller, 'bitesize' version of the megastore you get dotted around the country. This…read moreparticular Express version isn't that great. Although the prices are the same as their bigger versions, the selection is poor. Even though this is supposed to be the 'essentials', the shelves are often empty and the security man at the door makes you feel like you are shoplifting even though you aren't. Chances are what you want isn't in this shop. It's a mish mash of bits and pieces, but it simply isn't good enough. I'd recommend walking a little further, or driving on down to the Lisburn Road shop and get what you need from there. Disappointing and painfully small

this store is as good as a convenience store gets, they have everything i need as a mother on a day…read moreto day basis including food, baby products, cleaning products and so much more. perhaps this customer above was just having one of those bad days where everything goes wrong, because i was attended to immediately a soon as i entered the shop or stood outside. the staff are pleasant and very helpful, and the owner is a well-known generous person throughout glengormley. the owner makes sure we are satisfied with theyre products... a cafe, a taxi company and a store is exactly what we needed around this area, so i for one am giving it top results.. the food is delicious and satisfying that people from afar come here to eat and enjoy a nice meal.

When I worked in the Ulster Hall, this was my local shop…read more It's not a particularly exciting shop (it is just a corner sop after all), but I always really liked it in there because the staff were so friendly. I used to have to call in in the mornings to pick up the papers and the girls there were always chatty and polite, which makes a change from some shops where you just get grunted at!

I like this shop because it is an independent corner shop in the city centre where you would expect…read moreall the big branders like Spar and Centra to be. I used to use it a lot when I was a student as I would walk here on my way to get the bus back to Derry and pick up the Derry journal so I could catch up on all the happenings before I hit the motherland. It sells all the usual stuff but the prices are slightly hiked up because of its location and I guess just because it can with all the passing trade and the business men and women nipping out for coffee, chocolate, papers and snacks. I don't care that it is a tiny bit more expensive, its convenient on the walk to town, friendly and it has a good feeling about it.

A family run business, friendly helpfull staff, with convenient opening times: Monday to Saturday:…read more7AM TO 8PM Sunday: 8:15AM to 8PM. Convienient parking, hot sausage rolls in shop

After a long Tuesday afternoon dandering around Lisburn, what's the one thing you need for the…read moretrain journey home? A couple of magazines of course. (Well, if you're female anyway). The nearest newsagents happened to be Sweeneys, which, luckily for us, was filled with a large variety of glossy mags. Unfortunately, it was that time of the week when next week's edition hadn't yet been published, and so we were left looking at pile of magazines which we had already read. Bummer. Thankfully, we did manage to come across a couple that we hadn't, so all was not lost. It did take my sister a few minutes to leaf through the various glossies in order to ascertain which ones these were (well, they do all look the same after a while, don't they?), and so while she was doing this, I noticed the lovely bright yellow stickers that adorned the shelves behind me, informing me that everything was £1. Thankfully for me, I had my careful hat on that day, and was easily able (well, fairly easily anyway) to a) dissuade myself from purchasing several bags of Haribo and b) distract myself by turning to the job in hand (magazine selection). Magazines sorted, we avoided the rest of the shop (for fear of my 'careful' hat tipping over slightly), and went straight to the till. By this stage on a busy Tuesday afternoon, I was managing to look like a bag lady...literally. With numerous plastic bags weighing down each arm, and no room for mags to fit into them, the shop assistant laughed and said she would happily provide a bag (groan...not another one). All in all a productive visit. Thank you Sweeneys.