Katherine R.
Yelp
Dream shop!! This is the shop I go to when I am feeling flush and want to treat myself, or a gift for someone I really like. If I like you I will buy you Avoca! As soon as you walk in you begin to salivate (maybe that's just me), so many pretty things in one shop....expensive pretty things. A mug will set you back about a tenner. They stock anything and everything, books, rugs, throws, crockery, door knobs, candles, beauty items, and food.
I just want to expand on the food though, at the front of the shop as soon as you walk in they are selling buns, traybakes, cakes, pesto, breads, pasta sauces, everything, all parcelled up and ready to go (actually maybe that's why I salivate). Upstairs they have more food waiting, a deli counter to grab a quick sandwich or salad from the salad bar, this gets particularly busy at lunch times, but you can sit in or takeaway. They also sell fancy grocery items (the type you won't get in your normal upermarket), pasta shapes, spices, biscuits, sweets etc.
They also have a sit down café for breakfast, bunches and lunches, or just getting your head showered with a coffee and a slab of cake, again you will have to queue to get in if you arrive around lunch time but you can book and it's worth the wait, the lunches are yum, everything comes served on their own crockery, the décor is so quaint, like eating al fresco in a garden (possible exaggeration). The portions are huge but it's not cheap, but I've never had a bad meal in it! Worth noting they do afternoon tea and with it being fully licensed, you might as well replace the tea with a glass of prosecco.
Love this place :)