The Anonymous Widower

A Disappointing Trip to Eastfield

The Waitrose at Westfield Stratford City is the only place I’ve found the delicious Genius gluten-free fruit bread.

As I needed one or two other things and also a prescription dispensed, I took the train to Stratford and walked to the centre.

But I didn’t get anything I wanted, except for the drugs.

1. Waitrose were out of the gluten-free fruit bread and also the normal Genius bread as well.
2. Marks didn’t have any gluten-free bread either, but they did have three gluten-free ham sandwiches.  So at least they must be stocking them now!

So I left a few minutes after I got there and returned home.

I think though, I can recommend the Boots pharmacy there. I got everything I wanted without waiting, as obviously, the store isn’t the place where people would normally go for their prescriptions. It’s lovely to shop without queues.

One thing that annoys me about the centre, is that to get between the main entrance and Marks at the front and Waitrose and John Lewis at the back, means that I have to run the gauntlet of a crowded corridor and lot of shops with the exception of Starbucks and PC World, I never have visited and never will. It would be much better if the two end escalators were round the other way and I could walk across at first floor level, descending as required.  There is also no direct link between John Lewis and Waitrose inside the store, which puts me off visiting both on the same visit. I should say I don’t buy much in Waitrose on most days, as I’m only getting my supper.  For a big shop I go to Waitrose in Islington and get them to do the carrying.

September 26, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Drugs, Eastfield, John Lewis, Shopping, Waitrose