Cheese is a kind of meat, a tasty yellow beef!! I also go a bit wrong when I'm surrounded by cheese…read moreand this little dairy shop is no exception. The cheese here is just gloriously good, creamy, gorgeous, decadent and makes you feel a bit special! Cheese from here, some crackers a fine bottle of oaky red and I feel like I have found a small pathway to heaven! On top of that, the staff here are incredibly nice and helpful, although I have generally noticed that people who are mad about cheese are generally sound people :-) They also sell an incredibly good brown sauce here that goes fantastically with sausages. Very deserving of 5 stars.

From time to time I have been asked what I would choose should I be stranded on a desert island and…read moreonly allowed one food. Most islands being rife with fruit and fish I would probably choose cheese. I absolutely love the stuff. I love the smell, the taste, the history of making it, the process - all of it! As one can then imagine living in Bristol with Trethowan Cheese Maker and Monger just down the road, my cheese lust is often satiated. As well as a very good range of deliciously rich and creamy cheeses at this stall in St Nicholas's Market, there's also a wealth of information on offer. Any queries about the traditional style of cheese production can be answered here along with a few tasters and nibblers of course! They're not just a mongers, they're keen to stress, because they also sell the Gorwydd Caerphily. This is very much a Welsh word and one I don't understand. It looks a bit like the rind and is very very delicious. If cheese would be your desert island choice or not, this shop is worth the trip.

(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.

The woman here seems to have an issue with non-white customers. She was really annoyed to have us…read morethere and extremely unhelpful. Intentionally misunderstood us and couldn't seem to answer any questions about the cheese she sells. It left us wondering if she was ignorant to her own business or just racist. It would seem we aren't the only ones with this experience sadly. Perhaps avoid this spot if you prefer professionals with manners.

Lady did not seem like she really wanted to be there to help customers find cheese. She was not…read morevery helpful and when we asked her for recommendations she seemed rather annoyed to have to help. Was sad because looked like a very lovely shop. We still bought cheese but thought i should make a note of the service.

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

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.

Oh if only they were nearer my work! This is a deli counter / salad bar / cheese counter / sandwich…read moreshop. The sandwiches are just awesome, baps, baguettes or straight up sliced bread sandwiches that just never seem to go up in price. You get loads of filling, can mix and match and some of their specials are just amazing - tandoori chicken with mint sauce was my favourite but I haven't caught it recently. The cheese on offer is pretty wide ranging and there's also other unique items like eggs (I think they do geese eggs when they're in season), offcuts of smoked salmon and pies. Often people are queuing out of the door but don't let that put you off, it moves pretty quickly and it's only a small shop so there's not usually many people in there.

Great deli. They have a wide range of sandwich fillings and pasties/pies. Fab cheese counter…read more Staff are really friendly and helpful. Highly recommended

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.