A great little traditional butchers with some great staff, too. They didn't seem to know if many of…read moretheir products were free-range or GM-free when I went in recently on a research mission, but I guess this new-age hippy crap is a bit alien to this world. Still, it would be nice to know exactly what you're getting. Most of the food is locally sourced, though, so that's a plus point right there. If I'm honest, though, I would probably use The Sausage Shop (see my review for more on this) that's just over the road, as they're 100% free-range. Even so, this butchers does everything it should.

Fantastic small family butchers selling all the basics you would expect and a good selection of…read morehome made and great tasting creations too from butchery things such as black (Blood) pudding, white pudding and faggots to pork pies and such. They also handle game foods covering most (if not all) of the game birds as well as Venison and Rabbit. Unfortunately they don't carry things such as Beef blood (for blood pancakes). Overall this is the best butchers in Bath 8/10

The plus point - they do sell organic meat. The minus points…read more- it's astonishingly expensive (I've bought organic meat for a lot less), and on the few occasions I've been in there the reception has been frosty to say the least. By all means eat organic, but it's not difficult to buy the same quality meat at a much more reasonable price, and other butchers might actually be pleased to see you.

I don't know that I've ever had a finer cheese shopping experience elsewhere in the world. We came…read morespecifically for the store (not the cafe), and though it's on the smaller side: there are SO MANY delicious things to look through and buy (I dare you to leave here empty handed). The incredibly knowledgeable, incredibly friendly, incredibly engaging cheesemonger from France basically only had eyes for me (or so it felt; they take care of their customers so well here! I've never felt so spoiled!), and spent quite a bit of time both talking cheese with me and letting me try loads of different samples from locally made sources. I got quite a few options, and he did a spectacular job at giving me just enough of each so that I could have a Wine + Cheese Night For One back at my AirBnB. I also picked up some crackers, olives, and incredibly garlicky hummus. If you love cheese, do yourself a favor and come here. Even if you don't know where to begin except traits you like (funky, creamy, earthy, salt crystaly), they'll know exactly where to steer you, and will probably delight and surprise you along the way!

Superb cheese; a local blue, a local soft, and a Italian hard, all just as the French gentleman who…read morehelped us pick them out had described. The shop is delightfully petite and well organized. And the Tiffany blue of the store is what caught our eye, and lucky we did see it because we had a most lovely picnic.

I was taken out for a lunch meeting today, which is a rare treat in my line of work. A friend had…read morerecommended this place so decided to give it a try. We were not disappointed, this a great little farm shop, they have a great selection of deli items, including jams, chutneys etc and sell loads of nice veggies as well as having great meat counter at the end of the shop. The menu was was simple but did not disappoint, they have a selection of breakfast options as well as salads, ploughmans and a sandwich selection on the lunch menu. We both had the smoked trout, it was on the menu as a terrine however we were told they had sold out but could offer a smoked trout salad instead. It was really nice, the Trout had a really nice flavour, and was served with salad and toast, the waitress bought out a couple of salad dressings and oh my god the spiced mango chutney was Devine. My colleague and I both bought a bottle to take home, I don't think it will last very long. We also had a tea for two which gave us about 4 cups each and was great value for money, tea was served in lovely China which always makes tea taste better! I will definitely be visiting again and next time I'll be taking some more money for some yummy treats to take away! Sorry only got a pic of the sauce as I'd left my phone at home.

I popped in here when I noticed signs for the farm shop/cafe. It's just up the road from my…read moreparents' house where I grew up so being nosey I thought I'd take a peek. It's all lovely round here, so it's a great setting- the farm shop sells a variety of local fruit and veg, plus honey, chutneys and chocolate (made very locally in Newton St Loe). There's a butcher too- all the meat is British and most of it is local. You can also get some very fancy cordon bleu ready meals- and I don't mean the kind of thing you'd see in a supermarket. Plus, always a bonus in my eyes, you can take a load off and sit down for a cream tea, or a lovely piece of cake- seating both inside and outside. Lovely little place, good for gifts and for higher-end farm produce.

There's a lot to like about Seasons, a total veggie health-food shop that manages not to be a…read moretypical Holland & Barrett/Julia Graves knock-off with a million bags of seeds, nuts, dried fruit etc. Instead they sell all the stuff you want, and lot of the herbal medicine hokum, but lots of nice biscuits, breads, cereals, spreads and chilled foods. And, they have one of those rooms with loads of tubs and scoops so you can get the amount of stuff you want, instead of having to buy 2 kilos of it. Mainly though they have a good fresh food counter. No meat and lots of salads, rolls, indian foods and especially, for the winter, fresh soup which is outstanding. Very good prices too.

There are multiple locations in London, but we were in Bath and wanted to check it out. Since it's…read moreone of the oldest cheesemongers and is well established, it is more expensive, but compared to American prices, it's still not that bad. They have a good selection of interesting cheeses. Even though it was empty on a weekday afternoon, the cheesemonger didn't seem particularly interested in helping us since we weren't buying a ton. I know it's annoying to let us sample and then cut a bunch of 100 g pieces, but we just didn't have anywhere to store the cheese on our trip. They also have lots of cheese tools and cheese related gifts, as well as their own crackers and lots of various spreads. It's a pretty cute and complete shop.

I was very, very pleased to see a Paxton and Whitfield here in Bath. I used to love walking down…read moreJermyn St in London and once a year, I'd walk in the P & W there and bought a special Christmas treat to take home. Paxton and Whitfield was always a London institution. And I love old traditional shops, especially businesses as old as this one. So, I went into this shop hopeful I could find a special treat for a picnic. It was lovely, a really special experience. The young man in the shop was really helpful and knowledgeable and friendly and not in the least bit snooty. There were lots of beautiful artisan cheeses from all over, including some special local cheeses. Suffice it to say that I tasted some beautiful cheeses in there and took some lovely stuff home with me. I can only recommend that you do the same. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.