Whole Foods Market

This place is very big and has a great range of supplies. Of course they are much more expensive than you would get elsewhere but they do stock a lot of harder to find items. They have Miss Cupcake cakes available which are lovely! Also sell the tofurkey range and vegan cheeses which are not available in a high street H&B.

Updated from previous review on 2016-09-22

I have looked all over for marigolds engevita and found it here along wth all the other dry stock I needed for my kitchen they also have all my Green tablets needs upstairs this place is so convienant!!

They stock a variety of vegan supplements, nutritional yeast, Tofurky roast and slices, vegan cheeses, etc. I've picked up some good bargains on nut butters and chia seeds in the discount displays. Always pays to compare the cost to other stores like Planet Organic or Holland & Barrett though.

A few years ago, when local shops didn’t carry many vegan items, Whole Foods was amazing because they had the products one couldn’t normally get in the UK. However, in the past couple of years, local health food stores started carrying many of these items and now it seems like Whole Foods is carrying less of them. This store didn’t have many vegan ready made options or frozen foods (the Camden store has more) so it is also difficult to predict how useful each branch will be for a vegan diet. Last night we were excited to go shopping here for the first time before heading back home, but were so disappointed that we didn’t find anything we couldn’t get in our hometown.

This Whole Foods is right behind the hotel I stayed at, so it was really convenient. Selection did seem limited compared to a regular Whole Foods in the US, but I do think this store is geared more towards tourists and people that work in the area. That wouldn't be a fair comparison. I came here just to pick up some soy yogurt and chocolate and was perfectly happy with what I got. It's definitely not the right place for grocery shopping... or the salad bar for that matter. Nothing for vegans that looked remotely appetizing. Plus, who comes to London to eat Whole Foods??

We actually went to the Whole Foods on Kingsington Rd. We bought food from the salad bar. The vegan options were limited. They don't carry the same items in England than what we get in the USA. We bought the worst vegan yogurt we have ever tasted. Ended up throughing it away, it was that gross. We bought instant oat meal or porridge. That too was not that good either.

We went upstairs to eat our food, only to discover we could have bought vegan food, like a veggie burger.

I did not see an elevator to go upstairs. I don't know how people with disabilities would be able to get up there.

Don't support this American chain. Support your local health food shop before 'Wholefoods' puts it out of business.

Very expensive, although it's a good place to go if you need to buy some specific brands and frozen vegan goods (the only place in London where you can buy Tofurky, even if it costs £30).
They have a good selection of milk alternatives, but coffee is not good, and more than once they prepared the wrong drink, or delivered it almost cold.
It would be better if they had vegan pastries.

This is the smallest wholefoods I've been to (alongside Camden's store) If you're looking for their main selection, make the effort to go to the HUGE one in Kensington instead. But this one covers the basics, I thought they had a nice selection of vegan cheese and tofu/tempeh. Certainly good enough to do your weekly shop in! =)

A decent grocery store but this particular Whole Foods didn't offer any vegan pastries or muffins. They had a vegan rice ball that looked like something I would put out in the yard for the birds but that was the only vegan choice. In the US all Whole Foods offer many vegan options.

A great place for vegan people in the heart of Soho, very near to Piccadilly Circus. actually the store is not totally vegetarian ( and neither completely organic), but it's possible to find a large variety of vegan options ( salads, tofu salads, calzone, rice salads, fresh cakes) to eat at the tables outsid or inside, or to take away in recycled plastic boxes; of course a very good choice of vegan food to cook too. Good choice of vegan, cruelty free and high quality cosmetics ( Faith in Nature, Jason...); there are also some vegan vitamins ( especially from Solgar).
Maybe the best food here: a lasciv tofu cheesecake made by Laura's idea, which should make people understand how useful tofu can be and how, actually, heavy and perverse cow milk is.

Located on a busy street in Soho.

Grocery store with a salad counter, self service salad bar and a cafe on the ground floor. There are a few small tables inside and on the pavement outside. A security guard stands at the door.

Super versions of food and cleaning products from your regular suburban supermarket available. There are some great finds such as wasabi peanuts and flourless absinthe chocolate cake. There is also meat there. Upstairs also has vitamins, homeopathy products, sports medicine products, quite a wide range of skincare and a small book/ DVD section.

I thought it was very reasonably priced so got a shock when the salad I packed came to nine pounds 48 pence. Salad item prices are labelled so you can do the maths.