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Food Lover's Market Balfour Park

Supermarket

One of the Most Revieweds in East London


Address

Balfour Park Shopping Centre, 30 Balfour Rd, East London, 5247, South Africa

Website

foodloversmarket.co.za

Contact

+27 43 727 0060

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (2.2K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Wednesday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Thursday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Friday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 6 pm
  • Sunday: 8 am to 4 pm
  • Monday: 7 am to 7 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Mbali O. 2 years ago on Google
    Always lovely visiting my favorite supermarket. Love love the food and the super friendly staff 👌🏽
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Walter L. 1 year ago on Google
    Wow. What a wonderful experience. Great shop. Food lovers market. They have all kinds of nuts from all countries. Have money when you go there. Amazing
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Martie K. 10 months ago on Google
    Fruit and Vegetables are old and damaged. Bakery items are old and stale. Biltong (expensive) is bland and was cut very very poorly by butchery employee. Meat are tuff and or looks over expiry period. Very very very poor service and products. Not even 5% of what is presented in television adds
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Nesisa Cleo D. 2 years ago on Google
    Good deals, and great prices.. Although i would appreciate it if things that are said to be on special they be made available.. eg For the 10 Bucks promo, there was said that there is R10 cabbage but it wasn't there so it sort of felt as though the advertisement was misleading. Other than that, I definitely recommend for your fresh fruit and veg
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Thembakazi X. 1 year ago on Google
    I bought beef short ribs, the lady serving me was not friendly at all behind the butchery counter. I asked her to cut it, she was quite as if she did not hear me. I asked for the second time and still no word from her. She took the meat to the back and came back with stew cuts. Can you believe it!!! So pathetic
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Graham W. 1 year ago on Google
    Food emporium. Interesting cuts of meat including shisa nyama. You need time to browse if you enjoy smoking or braaing different cuts. Butchers will also help.

  • 4/5 Alicia Heidi J. 1 year ago on Google
    It's nice and big, platters are really cheap and tasty and food really good, Just horrible biltong other than that like to shop here.

  • 3/5 Bukho Brooklyn D. 1 year ago on Google
    Bought a pulled pork burrito from a very unfriendly young lady. She didn't listen to any of my requests. The burrito was not a burrito but a wrap! It was a lovely wrap though

  • 5/5 Dionne L. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place to shop for fresh fruit and veggies. I prefer going early, this place can get crazy busy with their specials. Staff are friendly and quick to notice when there's an error with a special, makes life easier for you.

  • 3/5 Burchleigh P. 1 year ago on Google
    It's a very very popular store. But every Saturday it gets extremely busy. Wether it is 8am or 4pm. The store gets really congested. Sad part is it's the only time myself and family gets time to go there. That's just my experience. For such a popular place, there should be catered for towards traffic. I don't think it's it's good Idea to have all your promotional goods forced up at the entrance of the store. Now most of all the congestion is at the front of the store. Plus, for the amount of people visiting the store, they should consider going much much bigger.

  • 5/5 asive priscilla f. 1 year ago on Google
    Great love that they sell variety of food... You can buy lunch there while making your groceries and they have great tasting food in their deli

  • 1/5 comfort m. 1 year ago on Google
    You guys used to make a delicious well presented shawarma but these days it's a mess. This other day I was disappointed with the shawarma I bought. of which this was a second consecutive bad experience. It didn't taste nice, the presentation was bad it was as if things were just mixed up. Simply said it was a mess. Please look into this. I used to enjoy your shawarma

  • 3/5 Xuan D du P. 1 year ago on Google
    The most difficult 3 stars I have ever given. As far as FLM's go yours is exceptional with specifically meat varieties and prices. I was slightly disappointed in your mayonnaise based salads as they all had robot peppers garnish on top which excludes people that don't eat robot peppers from eating any mayo salads. However, I addressed it with your staff in the section who humbly apologized and and thanked me for raising the matter with them. The 3 stars given today is purely because of the sign against the pillar at the baskets only turnstile. The sign addressing your staff so publicly about the use of plastic utensils. The sign that goes as far as warning them about disciplinary action if they don't comply with your very public warning. As a customer I feel it is demeaning towards your staff and your customers should not have to be exposed to your internal reprimands as it makes one feel uneasy.

  • 5/5 Eunice E. 1 year ago on Google
    Their meat , vegetables & fruit r always fresh , the shop is spotless clean as much as they r always busy they got fast & friendly cashiers, Keep it up the gud service it's highly appreciated

  • 4/5 Ayesha van S. 10 months ago on Google
    Always such a pleasure shopping at Food Lovers Market. Fresh fruit and vegetables as well as confectionery. This is such a one stop shop also a great place to pick up a quick light lunch or something to make for dinner. I love that they always have freshly baked goodies, carrot cake, donuts, banana loaf, awesome chocolate cake and yummy milk tart. There's always specials, nice deals on buying bulk. You can do your weekly, bi-monthly or monthly shopping here and know you getting value for money every time. The shop is clean, packers and staff are super friendly and always ready to assist.

  • 5/5 David L. 1 year ago on Google
    Great service. Both the cashier and supervisor that assisted me were very friendly and patient dispite the fact the store was closing.

  • 4/5 Jinto J. 10 months ago on Google
    It's a big store and we can see a lot of items. I used to get items for my office always from here, they got a Verity of stationaries

  • 5/5 Lwando M. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place to do all your grocery shopping, with a vast selection of frui, vegetables, meat etc. Best to go early morning.

  • 5/5 Simon T. 2 years ago on Google
    Has some really amazing produce, also some stuff you can get elsewhere at the same price... But that's how we all shop nowadays... Worth a look.

  • 4/5 Dan DE L. 1 year ago on Google
    Great variety of fresh fruits and veggies - Groceries and freshly made take away food and an in store butchery available

  • 5/5 stacey k. 1 year ago on Google
    Sorry, the low rate was in error. Actually, your security officer was very friendly. He took the time to engage with my daughter, his playful nature really made your store feel like a family store.

  • 2/5 Thandazile I. 1 year ago on Google
    They have fresh fruit and vegetables they never disappoint on that section but the problem is their dairy products they are short dated and soon to expire and it's very common to buy expired dairy products or soon to expire dairy in 2 days and. When i called the store they seem not to care about that their standard is dropping it isn't what it used to be

  • 4/5 Richard N. 1 year ago on Google
    Vegetables and fruits are well priced but the quality is not consistent but with a good choosy eye it's great. It is my favourite shop for bananas, pineapples, avocados and other veggies

  • 4/5 Thabiso Vuyo H. 1 year ago on Google
    One of the best food lovers I've visited in my life. I've never used the covered parking but there's ample parking space it's just really cramped. The store itself has a phenomenal range always has stock, offers the best specials, cashiers are quite fast.

  • 2/5 Werner Heinrich Von S. 1 year ago on Google
    Fruit was not fresh. Flies on the meat by display counters. When asking the lady why there is flies she just looked at me and did not bother to do anything about it. Shop was dirty and staff was rather focused on letting us know that they are closing in 30 mins than assisting us. Some good deals on their food but i wont be going back there again

  • 3/5 Tozama N. 2 years ago on Google
    Almost what you need you get for your palate but not my style

  • 5/5 Estrolita B. 2 years ago on Google
    Simply love food lovers market. Everything is so fresh and really not expensive. Love love it

  • 5/5 Jean B. 2 years ago on Google
    Very good quality of products. Good choice of meat and helpful staff

  • 5/5 mncedi P. 2 years ago on Google
    Fresh produce, amazing and tasty food. Friendly staff with great service

  • 5/5 Mfuzo Hlubi M. 2 years ago on Google
    Always excellent and fabulous with your products, prices and your staff

  • 4/5 k l. 2 years ago on Google
    Great place for your produce... they sell fresh produce and you won't get disappointed. Only downsize is, the lines to the tills is right next to an open fridge, which can be a problem in cold days, especially in winter. Hence the 4star rating


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