Dulwich Supermarket & Off Licence

It might look like just another grocers from the outside, but there’s more to this wonderful shop than meets the eye. Across the road from the more upmarket (and expensive) delis, Dulwich Supermarket (more a large grocers than a supermarket, incidentally) is packed with useful items and great deals.
Fruit and veg are displayed outside, with dried fruits and various health food products on the right as you enter. To the left is a deli counter full of lovely stuff — I particularly recommend the vegetable samosas — and further in are a couple of chest freezers containing various yummies including vegetarian goods. There’s a little bakery section offering mediterranean breads amongst other things and a fridge with dairy, dips and a good selection of soya milk and yoghurts.
To the back of the shop is a lower ground floor with a really good choice of pasta, rice, oils, sauces and the like. Unusual items like orzo pasta can be found, along with lots of different kinds of oil and olives. I always find something to match what I’d like to pay — I hate it when there’s only a cheap oil or an expensive oil and there’s no such problem here.
To top it all off, the guys who run the place are always really friendly and willing to say hi and have a nice chat as they bag up your groceries. It’s the personal touch and attention to detail that I like the most about these small independent shops and Dulwich Supermarket has it all in spades.