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.

I popped in to this Nisa Local on early Saturday morning in the search of an energy drink. This was…read morethe first time I had been in this relatively new branch of Nisa and I was shocked at what it had to offer. Firstly the store is deceptively big and you could easily complete your weekly shop here. They have a huge cold drink and snack selection and they also have an off license at the back of the store. The selection of alcohol isn't amazing but they have all the usual suspects. One thing to note is that there's a minimum spend if you ant to use your debit or credit card. This happened to me but rather than pick up unwanted items to make your purchase up to £5 you can use the in store ATM. There's a whole load of bargains in this Nisa so you'll more than likely come out of the shop with items you didn't intend on buying.

This petrol station has been here for quite a while and is always busy but the fact you can pay at…read morethe pump is a massive help because it really, really speeds things up. Being Tesco as well, it means that you can usually get clubcard points or use them to get money of petrol and it that can usually get some of the price down off filling up the tank. The wee shop her is actually quite good and stocks everything you will need for a wee snack or to grab a drink and a sandwich to take on a long car journey. It has a good selection of papers as well, which is really handy because you don't always want to go all the way into the big Tescos to pick up the Sunday papers. Based nice and close to main roads, really handy.

The mace serves its purpose as the shop to run in and run out of. We all have times when we need a…read morequick stop and the Mace is the shop for that stop. That was all a little bit confusing but let me explain. When I need to get something in a hurry I am usually going to be passing the Mace. The other day I needed milk desperately, I have a really bad tea addiction you see, and the place I stopped to get it was the Mace. I jumped out of the car, left the engine running, got the milk and was on my way in no time. No Fuss+ Milk for tea= Happy! There is a good little lay by to park in outside the Mace and they accept card payments on any transactions so this is always helpful when you get so desperate for caffeine that you forget to lift change.

Love this Spar. Handy to home, good selection for size of store. Bargains to be had, reduced goods…read moreare great. Handy for petrol or takeaways and easy to park. What's not to like?

This was actually our local petrol station growing up but it's come on a lot since those days…read more There's been some serious dollar pumped (get it?) in to this place! On site they boast a Spar convenience store, a newly opened Subway, a Chinese and a Chippy. As well as an ATM. The Spar itself is huge - it stocks fresh fruit and veg and a frozen section. So don't worry if you have nothing in the cupboards. You can always nip down to the Spar and garb a few bits. I would avoid this garage like the plague between 8am and 9am and then again at 3.30pm. This is because of it's proximity to BGS and the fact that for a start you'll be queueing for ages and secondly you'll struggle to be able to pull out of the station with all the traffic backed up.

Standard service station with fuel, groceries and a subway. Good grocery offers on display, well…read morelaid out store with everything you might need from a convenience store. Ample parking and ATM machine available

OK, so I recently forgot to get my mum a present for mothers day. Unforgivable obviously so I did…read morethe whole panic thing and bolted to the nearest store. I was in Newtownards at the time of remembering and Rosevale Spar was on my way. Chocolates. And flowers. Can't lose with getting chocolates and flowers! If only it had been as easy as that. It being mothers day, there wasn't a big selection of flowers left and what there were, weren't looking so great. So, ok. No flowers then. It'll have to be chocolates then. (And this is where my review starts....) I find the chocolates, of which there wasn't a big selection and to my complete horror I find the boxes covered in dust. Not a good impression, but hey, I can dust them off. Then I check the use by date. Not just days out of date, not just a month : EIGHT months OUT OF DATE. A quick inspection found that this was not just one random box. The vast majority of the chocolate gift boxes were out of date! Needless to say, I did not purchase flowers, nor chocolates from the store! I did however get a fantastic bunch of flowers somewhere else and my mother still loves me so all's well that ends well!