great service very friendly. great product the almost have everything, its so great to shop…read morewithout going out.

This variety store was at the bottom of the building where I lived during a few years of…read moreuniversity. The main advantage was that you could access it without even going outside! This made wintertime and study sessions much more bearable. I would just run downstairs and grabs some cereal and milk or some other staples and go back upstairs and keep working! Prices are a little high on regular items, but sometimes it is worth it for the convenience. You can get papers and magazines here too and you could actually rent movies from a small collection. There is coffee if you are running late in the morning and bus tickets that you can grab as you are running out the door. All in all, this is a very handy spot.

I stopped by Food Frenz to pick up some Lebanese meat pies. They were $3.75 each (including taxes)…read more The pastry was thick and crispy on the outside. The meat was flavourful. I asked for spice and unlike most places, the spice had some heat to it :) The pie lacked the smoky flavour that I like with Lebanese meat pies, but it was still very good. A solid pie for sure. Service was very friendly. I think they employ university students who live in the area, which I think is great. They had some prepared foods like salads, rice with chicken, and falafel balls. They also had slices of cakes for $5.99 each and tiramisu in a cup for $3.99. I like that they have prepared foods in addition to regular items you would find at a convenience store. The store is in the heart of where a lot of University of Ottawa students live, so I'm sure they do really well with the student crowd. Since it's more for locals, there's no parking, so you have to park on the street.

I have been going to this store for a few years now. It is a little gem in the Sandy Hill area. The…read morecustomer service has always been friendly. If you're looking for ready made meals or groceries, Food Frenz has it! They have an awesome salad section and pantry staples in you need one or two items. Today I had the Manakish. Fresh and big in size.

TL;DR: Convenience store in an unassuming plaza has a counter at the back that sells pizza and…read moreMiddle Eastern pies. The pies are good, albeit a bit greasy from all the cheese, lol. I discovered Middle Eastern meat pies when I first moved to Ottawa and have been hooked ever since. So I'm always up for checking out new places. I learned that SM Market, a convenience store in the Alta Vista Shopping Centre (it's really more of a plaza), had meat pies, so when I was in the area, I dropped by. The store itself had a lot of things that appealed to me. They have Mini Melts, which are little dots of freeze-dried ice cream. They are similar to Dippin Dots. I love this frozen treat! They also have a wall of unusual soda flavours. And they have a slushie machine. It's Slush Puppie though, my least favourite slushie brand, but still, in a pinch, I'd drink Slush Puppie, lol. Their meat pie counter is at the back of the store. They have meat pies, cheese pies, and zataar pies. They also have pizza by the slice, or you can order an entire pizza. I got a cheese pie ($3.99), beef and cheese pie ($4.99) and chicken and cheese pie ($7.99). They were all delicious. They are generous with the cheese, as a result, the pies are a bit greasy from all the fat in the cheese, lol. Staff were courteous. If you like Middle Eastern meat pies, don't overlook this hidden place. Lots of free parking in the plaza parking lot. (142)

Do you really like chocolate? Do you really like ice cream? Do you like taking pictures of your…read morefood? Then you have to check this place out at least once. I heard their cones can be sweet depending what you get, so I originally wanted to get a kiddie size, but they don't "kookie cone" that size, so I went with the small. The small is more like a large. It is shareable, if you like sharing your ice cream cone. I'm not a good sharer, but by the end of this cone, I was trying to pond it off to my husband. It was just too much. I got the chocolate hazelnut. He got the cotton candy. Both were good. This location is in a strip mall. They have a patio in the back where you can enjoy your ice cream. I personally like walking or going to a park to eat mine, so we drove up the closest place of greenery, which was in front of a hydro Ottawa building and ate our ice cream there. If this place was in a more convenient location, i'd probably go back, but for me it wasn't worth the hype or the drive. It's more of a once a year, type of treat.

The place is amazing, the ice cream is so rich and good. the cashier was very nice. The chocolate…read morewas decadent and rich. Would come again for suuure!

Lollies and Scoops just opened in the Manotick Mews today (February 3, 2023) and I had to check…read morethem out after seeing their coming soon sign for so long. Christine, the shop owner, was warm and welcoming right from when we entered her shop. Lollies and Scoops has sooo many different options of treats, both salty and sweet as well as international ones! At the front of the shop, there is a freezer with some frozen treats like Neale's Sweet n' Nice Ice Cream ($3ish, made out of Toronto with yummy Caribbean flavours to choose from). There is also a cold display case housing edible cookie dough (around $5) and some international drinks! Yummm! We picked up a Reese flavoured cookie dough one to try and two drinks. The shop has different categories labelled on the walls to help guide shoppers, such as Old School, International, Salty, etc. There are also fun stuffies, socks, earrings, etc. making this place a whimsical gift shop in addition to being a sweets shop. Christine mentioned that they will be scooping ice cream too come the summertime. I can see that being very successful with the locals as well as tourists. What an awesome addition to the Village of Manotick - looking forward to stopping in here as a regular! Welcome to Lollies and Scoops!

Terrible. Just terrible. They seem like nice people overall, but in the end? You just can't trust…read morethem with anything. I dropped off a package there since it's a UPS collection point on Monday (April 28th). The package was scanned and entered in the UPS system as it should have. I dropped it off before the pickup time so I assumed it would leave by that day. It didn't. Same thing happened the next day, which prompted me to drive over and ask what the heck was going on. Clerk proceeded to blame previous clerk for not doing her job and promised it would be picked up Wednesday. It's Wednesday, same bullshit, same clerk saying she doesn't know what happened and promises it will be picked up tomorrow. This is a terrible terrible way to handle things. I'm making a complaint to UPS.

Been going here for years , the staff members are so friendly, they always chat me up because they…read moreremember daily faces The store itself has amazing coffee And always funny new arrivals in for nic nacks

I remember when Nasa Food Centre was in Chinatown at the corner of Somerset and Booth (where Corner…read morePeach is now). I don't remember how I discovered it, but I remember getting huge samosas there for $1 a piece (this was over a decade ago) and I loved them. Back then they were a small shop selling mostly groceries with some snacks like samosas and pakoras, and Indian sweets. Now they have moved to Barrhaven and their foods now include curries and biryani. I picked up a dozen samosas to share with my parents. I got 6 beef and 6 chicken. They were $1.75 apiece (vegetarian ones are $0.95 each). They are significantly smaller than they were over a decade ago at the Chinatown location, but still a decent size. They tasted good, but not quite as wow as I remembered, but we always gaze at the past through rose tinted glasses ;) They are still legit samosas and very good. The store is in a strip mall. Lots of free parking.

We placed our order with Nasa foods and despite just a few hours of notice, Nasa was able to give…read moreus 150 hot and crisp samosas at 3pm.