Only open for the run up to Christmas Harvey Nichols Food Market has moved from their tiny second…read morefloor to their very own shop in Quaker's Friar. The store smells like a decadent mixture of blue cheese and flowers (needs to be smelt to be believed) and is filled with festive "bits" to fill stockings and line pantries. Sadly for me and my budget, a lot of my shopping experience here comprised of looking only, but it was truly a treat for the eyes. Beautifully packaged crackers, chocolates and kitchen utensils fill their shelves as well as a varied range of international foods (including the irresistible Reece's pieces). There's also several food hampers to choose for if you're feeling generous. Or hungry. It could just be jealousy, but I couldn't help feeling like it was all a bit overpriced. £5.50 for 12 tiny mince pies?! What a rip off! It I wasn't such a shopaholic mince-pie fiend I would have walked straight outtathere instead of straight to the till. A walk into Harvey Nichols Food Market put me well and truly in the Christmas mood - I just hope me and my family can wait 'till the big day to eat the tiny mince pies!

I'm not usually a Harvey Nicholls customer - I'm the wrong side of the £20,000 a year salary…read morebarrier to justify shopping in Harvey Nics. However, one place I do go to treat myself every now and again is the Harvey Nics foodmarket. It is a complete food lovers haven with the most weird and wonderful ingredients, antipasti, cakes and drinks and what's more - it's not even that expensive. You'd pay the same for lunch in here as you would in some of the other places in Cabot Circus (I'm thinking Pret A Manger). They sometimes have little pop up stalls with people selling new innovative products, I bought a delicious little carton of fruit smoothie from the owner of a new up and coming company and again, it wasn't too expensive. It's wise to go in here after you've eaten mind otherwise you could end up buying just about everything.

Really nice little deli. Their homemade ham was excellent and a small but splendid selection of…read moreBritish cheeses. The pork pies were also divine. Would go back anytime :-))

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.

If you happen to be in the area this Cheese is a must. While cheddar is their pride, a few other…read moreselections are available. The cost is about 1/3 less that what you might see at a grocery. The people are friendly and incredibly knowledgeable. Small batch of local beer on site as well

(I feel as though I'm being very generous today, but I've just found so many good places recently!)…read more Right, I love cheese. I mean, I really love cheese. Of all kinds. And if I haven't tried it yet, I will. And I will then love it. So this cheese stall was always quite likely to get my vote. But I'm particularly happy with it. Located in the centre of the Old Arcade, it may have a different name - but this is how I know it. The people who served me were wonderful. Not only were they friendly, but they recommended different cheeses. I just wanted a bit of cheese but they were so knowledgable that I would feel comfortable just asking them to give me a selection, if I had to impress the Queen with my cheeseboard.

This is a shop inside the historic Cardiff Market. An old Victorian building that remains a good…read moresource of produce from local traders. As you enter the market you will be greeted by the same smell of fresh fish that has filled my childhood memories of this place. It's hard to find a traditional cheesemongers that can compete with the availability of food in large supermarkets, but there is still one surviving inside Cardiff's Central Market. The range of cheese is mind-blowing compared with what's available in a supermarket, and the advice and guidance on what kind of cheese you might want to sample comes from a friendly set of staff. As with all the traders in the old Cardiff Market, The Cheese Stall is an expert in its field, so they will be able to offer expert advice and guidance that you know you can trust.

Lovely little independent bakery/cheese seller is Ashbourne. Easy to miss but not easy to forget…read more They do a great lunch time offer of a cob, with crisps/cake and a can of pop for £2.60 (15p more for salad, which I would recommend as you get your money's worth!). Great value and great, fresh local food. "Martin Platt" from Coronation Street often sells his own-brand cheese here, which I've not tried but he seems to enjoy making!

Lovely deli - kids love their sausage rolls - cheese selection is fab - fresh rolls - gorgeous jam…read moretarts and cakes - definitely worth a visit to stock up.

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.

A little hidden away but worth the search to find!! I love…read morecheese so this was a wonderful place for me!!! Excellent customer service and friendly wonderful staff! Delightful place. A definite must go if you are in Cardiff! The salad was fresh and interesting and delicious. The cheese board was excellent. The Welsh rarebit was Devine!!!

Probably my favorite place to eat in Cardiff. Every time I go back to visit my family in Cardiff I…read morehave to make a point of eating at madame fromage. The Welsh rarebit is amazing and so is the goat cheese on toast with salad. I totally forgot to take a photo of my food, but I did get pics of everyone else's lol. The Camembert with maple bacon was a favorite too. Parsnip soup was good, but I love the potato leek better. The rarebit and welsh cowl are a must.

This place offers tours, however the last one had taken place when we arrived. Still, we tasted…read moresamples of 4 different aged cheddar and they were excellent. The service was wonderful and the cute shop a delight. We ended taking 2 different aged cheddars home and some other gifts as well. This locale in the Cheddar Gorge is superb. The drive down reminded me of a drive through the mountains in Switzerland, so beautiful. Certainly alot to see and do and walking is the way to do it. What a beautiful late afternoon in the Gorge. I look forward to returning to this beautiful place.

The Cheddar Gorge is famous for the cool caves that were used in the storage process of the cheese…read morethat they made in this area. I like cheese so I popped into this factory shop and I'm very glad that I did. On the way down the hill from the car park I popped into another gift shop that seemed to be offering cheese tasting, but the guy behind the counter had no customer service skills and I just left. The Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company shop, however, in extreme contrast to the first shop, has staff members just standing around behind the counter with the soul duty of offering you a sample of all the various varieties of cheese that they make in the factory behind the shop. You don't feel awkward at all asking to try them all. I DID buy some before I left the shop and it wasn't touristy expensive. I wish that there was a shop like this in my town. Not a lot of photos being taken but everyone in the shop was saying cheese. Pity it is 388 miles away.

I have only bought baguettes from here but I have never been let down! There is an amazing variety…read moreof choices here; you'd be choosing a filling for 10 minutes! All baguettes are bursting with flavour and always taste fresh. Recommendations: any pate!

Stopped off for a bit of lunch on a spur of the moment thing. I walked passed many times and always…read morewondered what was on offer. Now feeling a bit foolish as the baguette was amazing. I know it's only a baguette, but it was fresh like it had just come out if the oven. Really friendly staff to boot.