The Grocery

Really great and fresh food,excellent

Good selections,good range well recommended.

Friendly service and good products

I LOVE IT! STAFF ARE REALLY NICE AND HELPFUL. LOVE THE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS THEY OFFER FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT CAN'T EAT DAIRY OR GLUTEN AND BELIEVES IN ORGANIC FOOD. THE CAFETERIA IS REALLY GOOD AS WELL, EXCEPT FOR ONE BLONDE GIRL WITH LONG HAIR THAT LIKE SOMEONE SAYS BEFORE, TREATS YOU DEPENDING ON HER MOOD. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE FRESHLY MADE FOOD LIKE GUACAMOLE AND FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SOMETIMES ARE ALREADY EXPIRED OR HAVE MOLD ON THEM WHICH ANNOYS ME. I'VE SEEN THAT MORE THAN 4 TIMES, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS CHANGE OR RETURN YOU THE MONEY IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING, WHICH IS NOT HOW THEY SHOULD TRY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT STILL, I KEEP IN MIND THEY ARE A NEW SMALL SHOP, COMPARE TO WHOLE FOODS OR WAITROSE AND KNOWS ORGANIC FOOD GOES BAD QUICKER. 
THE SPA DOWSTAIRS IS REALLY GOOD AND THE PEOPLE WORKING THERE ARE SUPER NICE.
HAPPY HAVING THE GROCERY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

There you can find a good variety of products. The last time I needed some specific ingredients for the dish I saw on one TV show. I think they are not very welcoming sometimes, but still the service is good. The prices are  reasonable too, but keep in mind that if you are searching for something unusual and not so common you will pay more for it.

Often shopping there. Really great and fresh food. Recommended!

Shopped here more when I lived on The Boundary but still pop in now and then. Great prices and a nice selection. people are very friendly who work there. One drawback is that the place is kind of hidden and after being away from area for a few years I walked by and thought they'd gone under because of the dark lighting...either that or I over shot the short cut off of Hackney Road.

Outrageously rude service. Dont go! They discriminate against handicapped people and apparently you are no longer not allowed to exchange or get a refund on any unused items (all of which are rather expensive). I was unfairly discriminated against and harassed by the store manager today, an older black man, who told me quite rudely I could not return an un-used 10 pound bottle of shampoo with a valid receipt. When I asked why, he said my reason (that I needed a shampoo for colored hair and that it was too expensive to just throw away) was not good enough. He said I had bought the shampoo over a month ago. I explained I had been homebound and severely handicapped for the last three months due to a knee accident and unable to walk properly until now. My boyfriend had bought me several items and the shampoo was a mistake. I explained that I shop regularly at The Grocery and have never had problems exchanging unused items in the past. The manager made a big deal about it and tried to dissuade me. Then he finally said he needed to call a woman named Lisa in charge of the Welleda products to get her permission. He warned me that she would not be happy since he was calling her abroad on her cell phone. He misrepresented the situation to her on the phone saying I had said the shampoo was too expensive and that I was lying about my handicapped situation. He actually this, quite loudly, not just in front of me but the whole store, including the other shocked customers. He said, verbetum, "No, no. Shes lying. She is very healthy! She is very rich!" I was utterly humiliated. I am not rich, but struggling like everyone else I know in Dalston with the recession. I am not healthy, but have been suffering from various health problems including severe dyskariosis in addition to struggling with physiotherapy for my recently dislocated kneecap and torn ligaments. I have been worried as of late that it may turn into cervical cancer, as it often does in women of my age. He made assumptions because my illness does not show in my face. Even if I was wealthy and healthy, I did not deserve to be judged and harassed by him like this in front of everyone in the queue. Bad enough that he made a big deal about returning an item and bullied me into not returning it. But then he accused me of lying about my handicapped position and making loud public judgements about me. Unbelievable. I wanted to lift up my long skirt to show him the metal bandage supporting my left knee. I should have. Lisa asked to speak to me on the phone, and after I explained myself, she said she didn't understand why he (the manager) had called her in the first place and was making a big deal about it. The manager then huffily refused to give me a receipt for the return and kept saying how he would get in trouble because of me. There was a very bad vibe in the store, and everyone was quiet. I walked out in a daze, shocked at how badly I had been treated----without any respect, much less the friendliness I expect from an organic food speciality shop I often frequent and normally do pay more than average prices for because of the quality of the products. Unfortunately the customer service The Grocery provides does not reflect quality at all. Needless to add, I will never return to The Grocery and they have lost a loyal customer. I prefer to buy my fruit and products at Whole Foods Market in Stoke Newington where I receive a modicum of respect and courtesy in return for my patronage. If they continue to alienate their local client base, it is unlikely The Grocery will be able to survive as there are organic alternatives popping up all the time in the East End, and unlikely that tourists will be willing to pay more for less.

Not somewhere I regularly shop but handy to have on our doorstep. It is pricey but then again it sells nice things. It has that classic Shoreditch vibe – bare brickwork and a cool clientele. Veg can be a bit iffy but lots of interesting things for the store cupboard. Good cafe and they do massage downstairs. I must admit I use the free cashpoint on their outside wall more often than I venture in. However if I just have to have an organic miso stock cube then this is the place I go.

Great selection of lovely quality food and a brilliant selection of wheat-free foods.
I find it expensive but I’d rather support this shop than one of the supermarkets.

Best grocery shop in London, full stop.

Possibly London's first hipster supermarket, which alongside its top-notch selection of produce - including such niceties as Cawston's exquisite apple and ginger juice - will also sort you out with granny trolleys complete with a Damian Hirst-like spots design, oil burners and environmentally friendly toiletries.

The feel of the place reminds me of one of those stores you find in rich but liberal USA towns and although there's the obvious lack of special offers and deals that the main supermarkets offer, it's not ridiculously pricey here and they do stock an ideal range of products for those as sophisticated and urbane as I.

I rarely shop here as the prices are above and beyond what I can buy elsewhere for my staples, but I have to say the quality is always top notch.

More specifically the cafe in the back has plenty of excellent meat and veggie dishes of the best kind and are all home made, cooked up and served on the spot.

In my humble opinion they serve the BEST sandwiches in London and come highly recommended from this Qyper!

While I tend to buy most of my daily items from my next door market, when I’m wanting fish, a variety of milk substitutes, or specialty ingredients, The Grocery is my local “Whole Foods” type store.
The staff is friendly and helpful, and they are usually quite quick to help me find what I need and even provide me some information about how to use it.
I visit here frequently and always leave inspired to eat healthier and to cook something amazing. I love how browsing their shelves leaves me feeling inspired, though I often leave empty pocketed!

Do NOT buy any kinds of grains (clearly they wrapped it themselves…) here!!

I experienced many times that there were hundreds of mouse poo inside them.

So disgusting!!

Back when the only organic shops you’d frequently come across were Planet Organic and Fresh and Wild, I stumbled across a new shop on Kingsland Road called The Grocery. As a typical Londoner who romanticises the idea of those shops with local farming village –sounding names, aged wooden floors and simple wholesome foods in baskets, I was immediately drawn inside. You get that fleeting sense of being in Hertfordshire or The Black Country, without having to bother venturing outside of the M25. So far, so perfect.

The prices are sadly similar to those of Fresh and Wild et al, so not very credit-crunch friendly, but they do have a great range of the kind of things I need each week, like afalfa, decent-looking, rich red tomatoes that don’t look anaemic like the ones in supermarkets, reassuringly muddy and generously sized heads of lettuce, quinoa and decent soy brands like Alpro and Bonsoy (you know there are some that taste like mud in a glass…why do that to a customer?!), a promising wine, beer and perry collection; and a wide range of good old English cheeses. They also have a cafe out at the back for you to relax in and read your Sunday paper.

A huge grocery store that does what it says on the tin. Tons of lovely organic products and a nice big selection of yummy cheeses. You can easily spend a while perusing the aisles here and more easily spend a whole heap of money on one meal!

They also have some lovely wines on offer and lots of fresh meat. I say fresh, I did once come home with what turned out to be not at all fresh chicken. They were happy to rectify it but it was a bit of a pain so do check before you leave!

All in all, top notch!

Great selection - especially the wines if you want to learn a thing or to about organicy speciality stuff. The staff are lovely and you can lose yourself for ages. The cafe out the back is lovely too. And they have a no charge cashpoint out the front…they’re not daft hey!

They get points for being within walking distance and stocking a wide variety of groceries, cleaning supplies and fresh veg and all of them are good for the environment. I haven’t tried the little cafe in the back, but you can also find the cafe’s sammies for take away in the refrigerated section.

I bought a tasty organic steak one day, bonus that it was reduced for quick sale. But twice now, I’ve walked out and realized once I got home that I was over-charged on my bill. I truly don’t believe they’re doing it on purpose, so just check your bill before you depart the store to ensure total satisfaction.

I’ve several times looked around here, then, being flat broke, gone out empty handed. Being a little richer this month I was at last able to buy… bliss! I came out with three things on the ‘I haven’t had that for ages’ list: Kallo tomato and herb stock cubes, chocolate soya desert and jar of barley miso (complete with instruction not to worry if stuff grew on the top!). Wonderful! Yes, the prices are not exactly cheap, but I’m still not exactly rich, and I found a few things…

The store is also lovely. Old white supporting columns, brick walls and woodblock floor. They have a little café area where apparently you can get a massage several days a week (I think it was £10 for 15 minutes). There was also a cat wandering about. Any place that has a cat gets extra points from me.