A nice specialty grocery with deli counter…read more I was too late to catch the deli counter but browsed and got a loaf of sourdough from a vendor. From my limited experience I would return.

Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined such an extraordinary Grocery and Cafe that opened…read moreits doors in 2019 after quality extensive renovations to Tinnell's Finer Foods, when it closed its doors after 82 years of serving the South Roanoke community. When I came to visit this place for the first time I had no idea that it had a close relationship to the River and Rail Restaurant which I reviewed last year, giving it the highest rank of my Five Star reviews ever. When doing my research for this review I found out that the long-time Roanoke residents, Whit and Lauren Ellerman, the owners of Crystal Spring Grocery, are also the owners of the River and Rail Restaurant, located on the same block as Crystal Spring Grocery. The Ellermans clearly have an eye for recognizing the possibilities of vacant buildings and the talents of others and a vision of how they can come up with something as wonderful as this establishment. Gourmet grocery store and Cafe is a short definition of what Crystal Spring Grocery Company is all about. But I must go more in depth of what makes it so special and unique beside being gourmet. First of all I was very impressed with the interior design of the building space. Simple yet beautiful in its simplicity. I particularly loved its shiny whitish gray floors, and the green furniture and design, throughout the Grocery as well as Cafe. Also, I was very impressed with the windows and lighting treatment of the place. Second, I was very impressed with the quality and organization of the food items and wines, in the Grocery area. Third, with the menu items and quality of the food coming out of the kitchen of the Cafe. I had an Iced Sweet Tea to drink, and a Chicken Sandwich with Fries to eat. Everything was amazingly delicious. And last, but not least, I was highly impressed with the quality of your employees; with the ones behind the counter up front and the ones taking the orders and handing them out in the Cafe area. They all were so friendly and welcoming and at the same time so knowledgeable and organized, providing exceptional customer service individual and working as Team players. I highly recommend this Grocery and Cafe to everyone reading my review and viewing my photographs accompanying this review. This place is another gem in the this neighborhood.

Strolling through the market I ran across Roanoke Natural Foods…read more I browsed a bit and found them pricey. A manager was stocking shelves and struck up a conversation. He was friendly and I appreciated the assistance. I ended up grabbing an apple for my walk. Checkout was friendly and smooth. I would return.

The Roanoke Co+op is Southwest Virginia's largest food co-op. And this year they are celebrating…read moretheir 50th year anniversary. Since 1975 they have been serving the Roanoke Valley community. Located in Center In The Square, in the heart of Downtown Roanoke, it's a Market featuring natural grocery staples and organic-focused produce, along with prepared foods and grab-and-go options. It also accepts SNAP/EBT for its prepared foods. Besides this Roanoke Downtown location, it has another much larger community-owned grocery store in Grandin Village. This co-op has over 6,200 owners. They welcome everyone in the community as well as visiting tourists to shop there. And if you wish you too can become an owner by filling out an application and by making a one-time purchase of 8 ownership shares at $200 or paying for your shares one at a time in 8 installments of $25 each within an 8 year period. Owners receive benefits such as Owner Rewards, Patronage Rebates, Vote in their annual Board of Directors elections, eligibility to run for an open seat on the Board of Directors, and an invitation to the Annual Co-op Meeting. Today, I visited their Downtown Roanoke location. The employee on duty allowed me to explore the grocery store and take photographs to accompany my review. The store was very clean and organized, and although it was a bit late, early in the morning its suppliers bring in fresh merchandise, and make sure to fill up all its shelves spaces. In the past, I had purchased many items from this store. In the Summer, I would sometimes get a grab-and-go salad and either go sit at one of the tables that they put out in the Center In The Square or to the ones in the Market Building, and eat it with the salad dressing that it includes inside. Their hot Soup of the day is also very tasty and popular, and I've enjoyed a bowl many times. A while ago they experimented by selling Roanoke t-shirts and due to popular demand they now carry a nice variety of them for both locals and tourists who like taking one home with them as a souvenirof the Star City of Roanoke. I invite you to view my photographs accompanying this review to get a better sense of the place and the quality merchandise they sell here. I definitely highly recommend this grocery store to all who want to eat healthy and support locally sourced products.

Small but mighty! This shop has the kindest owner and lots of wonderful products for a good price…read more Some of our favorites were the kielbasa, red pepper spread and dubai chocolate. When looking at the ingredients for the red pepper spread, I was happy to see a list of 4 - red bell pepper, eggplant, salt and oil. It can be challenging to find something so clean and tasty from a jar in the US! I love it on toast with eggs and arugula. This place is something special despite being located in a sleepy shopping plaza.

Stock updates every other week. Awesome selection, friendly…read moreowner. (You don't have to be from Europe to appreciate the items available). Awesome skumbria.

The Roanoke Co+Op is a health and natural foods store in the city of Roanoke, Virginia. It was near…read moremy Airbnb and decided to look for lunch and dinner options on a brisk Thursday evening. My time here at the Roanoke Co+Op was brief, as I spent about 1/2 hour or so looking around and purchased a couple of snack items. The store is one of the largest health and natural food resources in southwest Virginia. It reminds me of my own local natural health food stores in Honolulu but not Whole Foods. It's a quintessential supermarket store that houses a lot of natural food resources that you typically won't find in your larger local grocery stores. They're typically a place where health is impactful and natural foods are the way to build your own lifestyle here in Southwest Virginia. The store itself is not that large but they have a lot of great items to choose from. During the time I was here around 3pm, it wasn't terribly crowded so it was nice to be looking around and seeing what Roanoke Co+Op has to offer. I ended up grabbing healthy snacks and paid cash for them. Healthy chips and healthy drinks other than commercial soda drinks are helpful when you want to maintain weight while maximizing your food options here and supporting local businesses. It was a cozy experience though. The staff here is friendly and knowledgeable about a lot of things, specifically how to live a balanced healthy life. We all sure could be more concerned and cognizant about what we eat and how food affects our bodies. Natural foods help bridge that gap with that and the Roanoke Co+Op helps and reminds us of all the natural healthy foods we can incorporate into our diets on a daily lives. It's always nice to find good sources here or wherever your travels takes you. I'm glad my travels took me here and helped me with my snacks and dinner options on a balmy Thursday in March 2026. I enjoyed my time here at the Roanoke Co+Op and hopefully you will too on your next trip here to shop at the Roanoke Co+Op. The overall experience here at the Roanoke Co+Op natural foods store was very good and pleasant. It gave me a chance to wind down during my travels and help myself with meal planning during my stay in Roanoke, even if it's for a night. There was not much of an air conditioning system that kept me and others cool and comfortable. I enjoyed looking at all the different products on the shelves and price compared a lot of things while I was roaming through the aisles that Thursday March afternoon. The prices can be a little more than average, which is typical of natural wellness stores versus the chain supermarkets. You come here because you want to be here and are focused and laser driven on a healthy purposeful life. That is what gets me going every single day I live. The prices doesn't mean much if you don't have health. The store itself is very organized and definitely is amazing. It has everyday items for anyone and everyone who needs healthy food and snacks while having other non edible items for active lifestyles. Regardless of how your lifestyle looks like, the Roanoke Co+Op has what you are looking for. I could have purchased more stuff here but I couldn't use everything during my stay in Roanoke and had to pack it in my luggage, Which was already packed to the max. Even then, my experience here at the Co+Op was very good and happy that I was here. Recommended if you're in the Roanoke area and want to be on top of your health and lifestyle. The Roanoke Co+Op health and natural wellness store is located in Roanoke, Virginia in the Grandin neighborhood. It's physically situated at 1319 Grandin Road SW. They accept major credit cards as well as cash. As far as parking goes, they have a small but limited parking spaces for yall who drive. For myself who take public transportation as much as I do, bus routes 65 and 71 passes the Grandin neighborhood and stops nearby. So you can walk from there and to the Co+Op, which isn't far from the bus stops. There's always Uber and Lyft for anyone and everyone who needs that. I ended up walking to the Grandin neighborhood from the 3rd Street Bus station exchange that afternoon because I had time to kill and tried to save a little bit of money. It was money well saved and spent it while shopping at the Co+Op instead. They have a hot bar, where you can buy your lunch and dinner by the lbs. One of these years when my travels permit me to return to Roanoke, I will be able to come back and have lunch or dinner here at the Co+Op. Recommended if you're in the area and want to eat and be healthy. 5.0 stars for the overall experience. Support local! A+

The local Co-op, a great store with friendly, kind and professional staff. Has pretty much…read moreeverything you need for healthy, local, organic choices, and a sustainable lifestyle. A small store, with a decent local and organic produce section, bulk section and deli in the back corner. Prices are competitive to cheap buy comparison to the areas grocery stores, and the quality here is much better. Bring your own baskets, bags, containers. For less packaging and waste. 4.5 Stars rounded up for all of the friendly staff 01038

This store is a standout! Incredible produce quality, consistently helpful staff, and an inviting…read morelayout. I love the seasonal specials and the easy-to-navigate aisles. If there's one thing to tweak, it's the occasional mismatch between sale items and shelf availability, but it's minor compared to the overall experience.

I like Kroger... but the staff at pharmacy and "some management staff" are not as good as some…read moreother kroger locations. This is for Brandon Ave location. One extra star for having some good fruits. We went and bought over $350 grocery order. It was only 7:50 pm, a friday I think.. I get their newer policy of closing down all checkouts except for the self checkout... of 15 items or less... I asked if someone would open a lane or help up (because of the super large order). Another Kroger opened a lane for us, this one wouldn't even help. Nope, they can't. But there were at least 8 staff in the self check out laner.. if not more. Ok..huge order we were ringing up and every 15 items a staff had to come over to enter permission so we could keep ringing it up. No one would help up, ... one very large man who seemed to run the other staff.... smelled so bad, I was praying he would not come over. He looked like he did not shower for a week, and the smell from him was smelled 15 feet away. Very strong order. Anyways it took is a long time to ring up a whole cart full... and the only help we got was flagging down a staff member to override the 15 item limit every 15 items.. We had to get a back up cart as the food bagging area was not big enough.. No Many things at that store were very dirty. I called the pharmacy for a pickup, yet they would not help me when I got there... meaning, it was sent to another store yet even with ID not one would tell me which store, I was their only customer, yet they would not take the time to look up where for me. Management it not caring about hiring people that care about customer service. I will not go back.

It's a small Indian food market, but clean and well-organized. They have a couple of rows of dry…read moregoods, a freezer, and a bit of produce. They also cook their own food, and roaming to the back yielded several dishes to go. I got some lentils, but they offered me samosas as well, which for some reason were stored somewhere that you couldn't see them. Having found them, they had a nice aromatic fennel seed note. I picked up a few other items, and I could certainly see returning for more.

I visited today. Very impressed - great selection, clean, and orderly. The owner takes great pride…read moreand gave me a tour. Delicious food prepared from scratch and at reasonable prices.

This is the second cardboard container of Nature's Nectar Orange Peach Mango Juice that I have…read morepurchased at the Aldi in Roanoke Va. Within days, the juice begins to ferment. It's interesting that the container expands as the juice ferments to the point where it is very tight and bulging until the cap is removed. I won't be buying anymore orange peach mango juice. Otherwise I like shopping at Aldi.

Last couple visits have been lacking in service. I was waiting behind a woman whose cards weren't…read moreworking about 10 minutes. I stayed in the full check out line because I can't do self check out. No problem. The cashier decided to leave everyone standing in the line to go to the vacant self check out area to reset a machine. I can understand if there's a line but it was empty and there were plenty of other registers they could go to. I had a very large bag. Rather than put anything in the bag, she put everything all over the cart and then was rushing me to pay. If I have to pack everything into the bag myself then thats going to have to wait. I then leaned on the cart as I was passing to get my bag after paying and she snaps at me saying I have to leave it. I know that. Why would I want the cart if I have my bag in my hand? Every other cashier has put my items in my bag. This one placed some items in the top of the cart and some on the bottom and some on the side. They are small items so someone with disabilities will take time to pack them and they have no right to scold or rush you especially after you made them wait to reset a machine that no one was using. Very bad service. In addition to the bad service they've also been out of the baby chickens that are a regular item for the past 4 visits. The chuck roast has been out the past 3 of 4 times.

Amazing shop! I…read morewent in for one item and found so so so many more I wanted to buy. I have loved everything we have cooked so far. I will definitely be back!

Great customer service, robust selection of items. A perfect store to do one stop shopping of Asian…read morecuisine cooking. They literally had everything I'd buy at Hmart and 99Ranch in this small but comprehensive store. I was able to purchase items necessary for Japanese, Thai, and Chinese food cooking. Even had the lemongrass and Thai basil too!! And tonkatsu sauce as well as five spice powder. I wish my area had a store just like this in my neighborhood!!