Thomas Dux

Love Thomas Dux, they stock the less common yet more fantastic grocery items. Yes, pricey but worth it if you are wanting to wow the socks off someone enjoying a meal you have cooked from items from their store.
Deli staff are super attentive and spend that extra time with you explaining products you might be having trouble choosing.
I often come out of Thomas Dux with item’s I don’t really need but have eventually used and been pleased. I have this wonderful all natural crunchy peanut butter that goes great with thick cut toast, I’m addicted.

Firstly, I’d like to state that yes, I know of the politics and agenda
behind this store.
This, however, does not change the fact that it’s a rad-​tastic store.
The produce, the products, the range, the temptation, all come with prices!
It can be expensive to shop here, or rather it is, when you keep getting distracted
by awesome things such as great breads, cheeses and small goods. There’s
a lot you can work with here, if you need to pick up a last minute meal.
One can walk around the store, and find all the bits and pieces required for
a well done meal. Fresh fruit and veg, salad stuff, meat, and other ingredients
can be combined to make a winning meal. Most of the impulse items are great too.
Instant miso soup for example. There’s like 8 varieties of canned tomatoes, which
is great, and the pasta range is expensive but awesome as it is fresh.

I came here on a friend’s recommendation, 2 shopping bags full of stuff later I found things I didn’t know I needed. It’s quite pricey. I wouldn’t go for the staple items but it’s great if you’re looking for unique ingredients.

This is the fanciest, schmanciest super market that I have been into in Australia. Sure it is a little pricier that most but the service, there is actual service. Free samples all over the place, the system works. I just walk in here to take a look around and before I knew it I had brought a loaf of bread, some lamingtons, fresh fruit and some chocolate. I could spend hours in here discovering new things that I would not find in a regular supermarket, gourmet products line the shelves as you snake through the aisles. I wish this was my local supermarket so I could pop in here every week, if not just for the free samples.

I find this place completely underwhelming. All they’ve done is taken a Safeways, rebranded it, added an even larger profit margin, and trained staff the way they should have been trained at an ordinary Safeways or Woolworths in the first place.
Nup, sorry, not interested. Yeah, they’ve got lots of free samples. They can afford it. Everything that this place has that can’t be had at Safeways can probably be found at a deli not far away. A deli, which could probably do with your business and probably sells an equally good or better product.
Frankly, I’m disappointed. If Woolworths want to do something to impress me, rebranding isn’t going to do it.

Thomas Dux on High St may be the best grocer/​convenient store I’ve ever been to.
I was actually marveled at how amazing their products were. Everything fresh, high quality with people making sure the place is in top notch the whole time where it may be the most fun browsing a shop ever! They literally have a tasting place on every corner of the aisles where you can try before you buy on a lot of the yummy treats, cheeses or products like balsamic vinegar.
There is a really organic and fresh vibe in there where they obviously take high pride in what they sell. The place was popping with people trying and exploring their exotic items. It’s hard to walk out empty handed.
Definitely the nicest grocer I’ve been to where it’s worth a look at their amazing treats like the macaroons, chocolate coated liquorice or cookies and muffins to buy as special treat for you or a loved one. Fantastic!

I stopped in here on the way to a friends house for an evening of poker and drinking. I forgot I needed to supply the munchies.
I’d driven past Thomas Dux on a number of occasions, but had never actually been inside. I was impressed. The range of produce is huge, and it all looks tantalizingly fresh.
I ended up buying a few dips, some crackers and some fresh fruit. I’d definitely go back again.

Sometimes we receive information that contradicts with our morals and values. So we’re confronted with a choice: to alter our actions in accordance with said morals and values, or forget said information.
When it comes to Thomas Dux, I prefer to exercise the latter. I had been frequenting the boutique supermarket for weeks before I discovered that it was owned by Woolworths. My heart sunk. Here I was thinking I was working against the man — shopping at a local store that stocked only the best of local produce. I thought I was engaging in some first class anarchy.
I tried to resist the temptation of bright fruits and vegetables, stacked with the level of care only a boutique store could give — like a mother to her newborn. Too far? Perhaps. And the cheeses. So many cheeses. And the black pig chorizo. The lady behind the counter warned me that once I went black (pig), I would never go back. She was right, and I’m forever grateful that she warned me.
It’s not just the fresh produce that excites me. The staff are so helpful and well-​informed. They’re always brimming with positive energy, at the ready, to help you with whatever you might need from a supermarket.
The best part, the part that most people won’t like to admit, is that they offer fresh samples of all their best products. I’m talking brownies, people. You can munch on a delicious brownie while you roam the limited aisles.
So when I did regrettably learn that this delightful store was the seed of a bad apple, I chose to ignore it and we’ve been happy ever since. That is until I get to the cash register.