Updating my review. Service got a bit better after I posted my last review but that might also be…read morebecause I started deliberately paying in cash to avoid the battle at the cash register over my "suspicious" debit card that just happened to have my picture on the front. Lots of items here that I wish were available in the US. The whole Heston Blumenthal range was really interesting..I especially enjoyed the curried popcorn and the prawn cocktail with a hint of vodka in the sauce (too much mayo though). The bakery had these awesome rose geranium/cherry flavored cupcakes. We frequently purchased a Waitrose brand treacle tart with some clotted cream to go with. The Rachels organic yogurt in Ginger was amazing. And don't get me started on the premade Indian food. To be honest, we went to 2 indian restaurants in Wokingham and the ready made meals at Waitrose tasted more like authentic Indian food than either of the restaurants we tried. You can also go and have tea or cakes in the area next to the bakery. Lots of stay at home mums with squirmy children but the cream tea was nice and under 4 pounds.

Great chain of supermarkets on the higher end side of pricing. They have a nice selection of…read moreindividually wrapped & prepared foods ready to cook along with small bottles of wine. I wish the US would have more stores that sell less quantity like this, but the cost savings would likely be lost with the extra packaging required. the staff is a great younger looking group of guys and gals that were very helpful and nice.

Big supermarket with plenty of car parking. Shelves are well-stocked and there's an excellent range…read moreof items. Prices are generally competitive and there are many special offers although they tend to be of the buy one get one free type which isn't much good if you only want one of each item! The bad points that not enough checkouts are open and queues are often long, and the interior decor is rather tired and scruffy.

Not sure they need 20 disabled spaces and only 10 baby spaces?? Apart from that it's a nice store…read moreduring the day. Be careful of the teenagers at night though.

First went to this Tesco years ago while on a business trip. Generally speaking I have had a great…read moreexperience in all the Tesco's I have visited. Wokingham's Tesco provided the same experience. Nice selection of ready to eat foods. Excellent selection of fresh and packaged foods for a neighborhood market. good selection of other stuff you would expected to find in a one-stop market. Nice people willing to help you when asked. I would go back here anytime! (Love the one-stop markets in th e UK. Wish the USA did a better job with this idea)

I love the store, good variety of food and clothing…read more Efficient staff, very helpful. A clean and hygienic store.

Another massive super store, chock full of food and stuffs. This one is on the other side of…read moreReading and I have to take away one star for something that is not their fault - the bus line that services this route doesn't run on weekends. Just like the other Tesco I shopped last month, this store is massively huge with a major selection of produce (two aisles!), cheese, meats, and then dry goods. I'm almost glad I don't have a car, because my carrying capacity limited my spending budget here. The store also has a little snack restaurant, though I thought it had a pretty good selection for a cafeteria style deal. Great hours, it's open from Monday at 06:00 until Saturday at 22:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00. (Aside from the bus issue.) There's a petrol station in the parking area and a "freephone" near the tills for calling a taxi.

A very useful store that I have visited a few times, always well stocked and has what I want. The…read morestaff are very helpful and the store always seems to be clean. Cashpoint just outside it.

Another massive mega-store, on the same order as a Wal-Mart Supercenter like in the States. Except…read morethis store is 90% food and groceries, but only 10% clothes and electronics. Wider selection of clothes and other non-food items than the Tesco I shopped last week, including a small shoe department (boots!) and an aisle of kitchen items (drip coffee maker for £7!). With this shop, I think I've fully kitted out my flat. Prices are in line with what I expected, as Asda is "part of the Wal-Mart family". Slightly lower than Tesco and much lower than the urban Sainsbury's in Reading Town Centre. It's a huge store and it's very easy to spend a couple of hours in here without realizing it. One annoying thing - Bill, the greeter, kept announcing on the overhead how much he'd love to help and kept pointing out the specials and hours. Between that and the Asda advertisements (mostly Christmas specials and electronics items), there was barely a moment of peace. I have no idea how Brits got by before these mega-stores came to be. This store literally sells every type of food and in many different varieties. Lots of ready-to-cook and ready-to-serve items in many departments. Compared to the States, the produce section was much larger. It was also a little odd (as an American) seeing a massive aisle of spirits (whiskey, scotch, etc.). In many places back home, these are in a separate section or even a different store to keep them away from the kiddies. Loads of parking and a petrol station, Asda is also served by the Reading bus lines - numbers 21 and 22 stop right in front after a ~20 minute ride from the depot. I snapped and posted pictures for you!

Our nearest Supermarket in a nice airy Mall with other shops including jewelers, shoeshops,…read moreopticians, estate agents, cleaners and cafes. It is a busy area and yet one can get ones shopping done quickly because there are so many check outs. Items are easy to find and are tastfully displayed. Good parking and also a large section where one can deposit old wine bottles. There used to be a series of small banks in this mall but there are only ATMs left. There is also a shop selling wheelchairs and mobility cars etc Across the road is a small Marks and Spencers which we use for variety .

The thing I really love about Sainsburys is that it keeps the riff raff out of Waitrose…read more This branch was built in late 2011 and features everything you could ask for in a supermarket. Eco friendly grass covered roof? Check Biodiversity area in the corner of the car park? Check Parking space to charge your electric car? Check It's a tree huggers dream yet it still manages to draw in the most ardent of ozone depleters such as myself. There's nothing I enjoy more than ditching the short walk from my house to the store in favour of cruising down there in my behemoth of an automobile with the engine so cold that instead of measuring the fuel consumption in miles per gallon you have to use gallons per mile. Once you arrive you are greeted to a clean and well laid out store with all the usual gubbins you would expect from a supermarket but with prices so high that all but the most lavish of grocery shoppers will have been scared away. However, you must not be afraid. Pay their inflated prices I tell you, pay them! As you walk around scanning your shopping and watching the total surpass the amount you paid for your first house take a moment to soak up the ambiance. Revel in the fact that you aren't constantly stopping behind shoppers who have shunned Facebook and instead choose to conduct their social networking on aisle 5 while creating a blockade with their trolleys. Rejoice at the relative emptyness of the store, you aren't an extra in a remake of 28 days later. No, you have merely escaped from the clutches of Tesco and found a better way and it is worth every penny.

I came into Waitrose the Thursday evening after New Years Day to pick up some wine for some friends…read moreof ours - I ran across a terrific young man, Joe Martin who couldn't have been more engaging and helpful - thank you for making my first experience in an English Grocery store so terrific!!

I do like Aldi for all my grocery shopping, bar a few cosmetic and cleaning products it has…read moreeverything I want in my weekly shop. Plus the aisles, which hold random different items each week. Only complaint would be the till check out. Glad they are quick, but there are a couple of staff who literally chuck your items through. I would rather having carefully selected, they made it in the same good condition to my shopping bags.

Morrisons is great if you have a car, but if your elderly and have no car it is hard work getting…read morethere and bringing the bags back as it is about 15 mins walk to the bus station and that is at a good speed. Huge car park which is free, not great at night time as attracts young kids and thugs (I should know as I had my car stolen from here) This Morrisons is huge with a salad bar and it has fresh pizzas(which are yummy), along with a cafe which is outdated and needs to be modernized. There is an average variety of stock, however a lot of items are near to their sell by date and they tend to have hardly any stock of each item.

Pros Morrison's is located in the Peel centre on the outskirts of Bracknell town centre. There's a…read morelarge car park and three free cash points outside, and inside there's a fairly good range of items and brands on offer. There are always promotions and deals available, and the in-store baker and butcher offer fresh bread and meat. The staff are approachable and friendly, and helpful when asked. Cons This shop doesn't have the best range of items, and some of the items aren't the best quality. The cafe is a bit old-fashioned and depressing, although the meals served are quite tasty and arrive fairly quickly.

A little smaller than the Waitrose I visited on the west side of Reading, this one still sells…read morealmost the same stuff. Higher end produce and grocery items with bunches of organics available too. Prices are a little, but not much, more than Tesco and Asda. Associates are friendly and engaging and very busy. As I was here on the bicycle, I was particularly interested in a program they are trialing here. Bike trailers. No deposit, you just have to promise to return it within three days. As this store is a bit out of my way, I had to pass on the offering because I'd have to return it later. But wow. Very clever!

Waitrose has recently just cut down their prices, which i very pleasing as i can remember they used…read moreto charge way too much on most, items and the groceries you want were rarely available, but as time has gone by it has some good bargains, and slowly it's reaching high standards again.