Starbucks - Sainsbury's in Canterbury

Always busy but can usually get everything I want. Added bonus is Argos in store.

I have been coming sainsburys for many years and never been served as politely as I was by taylor hammel. Lovely girl, made lovely conversation as she sliced my bread for a birthday meal I was hosting for my granddaughter. Precious girl and excellent speedy customer service 👍👍

Had to trouble posting this review as phone decided not to work. Was served by a Taylor with my friend the other in the bakery for bread. Lovely polite girl and made my Nan laugh. Very much will be going Sainsbury’s again and hope to be served by her soon

Like any other Sainsbury's, the best supermarket in the UK

Local supermarket well stocked and convenient with free 2 hour parking.

It's handy for shopping, and post a parcel. Get items from Argos then have a coffee

Good place to shop and get a cappuccino.

There are plenty of options, The largest Sainsbury's in Canterbury which is a plus. It is difficult to navigate finding items. Too many distractions as a shopper.

I love 2 hours of free parking !!

Picked up an internet order, no waiting.

There is a variety of menus and a lot of Asian food. sauces and ingredients etc.

I was accused by the staff of stealing when I had a receipt to prove my purchase. When evidence was shown to the security within the store I was left feeling in shock and angry as to the false accusation that was made against me by the till staff and security guard. When I asked for an apology for the accusation made none was forthcoming from the either party.

Excellent supermarket, I always go there on arrival from France to fill the car up with my favourite food.

Has a fab Starbuck too ! Toilets stink ... Still...

Saintsburys is my supermarket in the UK. Waitrose is also great, but quite expensive. The price-performance ratio is simply right. Above all, I love Habitat. And the range of inexpensive children's clothing is simply great. No stay in England without many visits to Saintsburys. PS: I'm not talking about Saintsburys local. These are general stores. 😊😊😊

Good but very difficult trying to navigate the place. Even with the many self-service tills the queue can be very long. The limited number of staff are great.

Definitely a decent place if you wanna go in for something quick but the wear and tear has really hit the store. Some of the items and the isle location of items make no sense together so you might think an item is not available when they are actually in a different location.

Good choice of alcohol, abit pricey, well lit inside overall very convenient

Supermarket, decent parking - 2 hours free - good range of fresh produce, household essentials etc. It's not massive, though there's not much room to expand. Should do well with the new Kingsmead development.

Great large supermarket, very nice staff, free toilets available, practical location.

Serious lack of staff. It seems their system like people waiting in queues

Great shop, moderate prices. Huge range of products, staff usually friendly. Self check out machines also available. It could be a bit cleaner but shop is usually superbusy so it's up to the customers I guess. 2 hours free parking. If you want a coffe, there is also a Starbucks next to it.

it's a sainsburys with a Starbucks and 2 hours parking in Canterbury City

Store is what you would expect of a sainsburys, car park much to be desired! Total lack of direction signs, good job I had a compass to find my way out.

A very pleasant shipping experience

We are a Bristol based Indian Authentic food catering company. We always use Sainsbury for our catering shopping. We got almost all the ingredients for our cooking and specially Paneer which is the most important ingredient in Indian cooking. Sainsbury’s staff are also great and ready to help. Highly recommend them . Thanks Bristol Indian Food And Sweet

Spacious store unwelcoming on the way in dodging juveniles on bikes then the aggressive security guards following people and searching random people by the exit Had what I was after and no queues at the checkout

You can get all you need, but very cold inside.

I like our ad its noir fat but our is cheaper for same brands in Asda's WTC I got a lovely throw and cushions tho on sale, and I love theselection of flowers plants And they do locally plants mini ones in lovely vases

Good store, toilets and parking available.

Struggled with the Smart Shop App and eventually gave up trying to use it. Otherwise it is a standard supermarket! Update: Used the 2hrs free parking to walk the dog along the river as far as Asda and back again. Only took about an hour altogether!

Good sized supermarket with good amount of parking yet still close to town. 2 hours free parking with option to pay to stay longer via an app.

Friendly stop, should focus a little on cleanliness.

Wide range, parking in front of the door. Of course you buy the tasty English things that are not available in the Netherlands. Long opening hours, friendly staff.

Good, well equipped supermarket

Large branch of this national chain with the usual wide variety of groceries plus clothing and houseware at this branch. Dated building and layout so car park entry and exit needs care. Has a Starbucks on site with the usual overpriced selection of coffee and food. Ok for a shop if you're in the area.

An incredibly large supermarket. He seemed huge to me. The selection is enormous. I could buy myself to death here!!!

Clean with friendly staff and it is so easy to find any item you need to purchase. Great store !! Thank You sainsburys

Argos click and collect from eBay is so convenient if you work full time

Dates on the meat aren't great and not everything is in stock especially in the meat and veg section.

Shopping fine...toilets disgusting!

Good selection of food and friendly staff. You can pick up bargains when items are reduced.

Good supermarket, nice customer service

I think it's time for the lighting in the carpark to be updated, apart from that very nice clean store 👌

Parking limited to 2 hours but more than enough for shopping. Wide range of products.

Good local store that has most things you could need for a shop.

Big, everything you need grocery store.

It's OK, needs a refresh, rather a refit. Only brought an item not available at sainsburys Westwood Cross, if they stocked it I would not have gone in ,only because I was in Canterbury

This is where we do our weekly shop, and for years it's been fantastic - but we've noticed vegan options are disappearing. I had thought that all the stuff we buy had been phased out, then I went to another Sainsburys at Westwood Cross and EVERYTHING was there. Why have you stopped trying? We're limited now to so little, and I'm never going to eat meat or dairy, so what option do I have? You were great once!

No shopping baskets available at the entrance to the store. Had to search around the store to find one. Indicates poor management.

Worn out, depressing store, somewhat dispirited staff too

Plenty of parking, including disabled spaces. Easy terrain for wheelchair users from. Well laid out and very helpful staff.

7 years ago I reviewed Sainsbury's and gave it five stars. Unfortunately, now it only deserves two stars as the lines and brands stocked by the store have reduced significantly. I can no longer get my preferred breakfast cereal (Grape Nuts), nor can I buy large bottles of spirits, being forced to buy more expensive, smaller 750 ml bottles. They have added additional features, such as an Argos collection point, but removed the really useful pharmacy. To compound all of this, I am forced to scan all of my own shopping as they have put in a majority of self-service, Which means my free labour is being used to support the shareholders profit! In addition, often the shelves are empty, mainly due to our Brexit bonus of no longer having access to a free market, so the price of our goods has gone up considerably 😞. I have taken to shopping in the Asda, just down Sturry Road as it meets my requirements, but it is less convenient. Maybe Sainsbury's needs to rethink its customer base.

You literally get almost everything you need and the nectar card is a blessing in disguise. I look for ingredients that are used for Indian cooking and you have a section for it. I buy the ones that are available and the other ones I usually go to the Asian grocery store. But overall it's a good place to get groceries.

Love shopping at Sainsbury's but some staff are quite rude esp to non British. I find this appalling as there are a lot of foreigners around Canterbury and lots of students who get rude remarks but are not even able to make formal compaints. Some staff ive heard makong comments about children as well-- but I saw the child was autistic. I think some staff training brush up would be appropriate.

Wide range, good fresh products.

Always love Sainsbury’s. As an Asian I get everything if my needs here.

Went to argos.sad experience.staff have none or very little customer experience.sad .

Excellent service, staff very friendly and accommodating and lots let's not forget the superb taste of their drinks 😀

Much improved store. Thank you for being so helpful with checkouts.

Large selection in all products

Very good shop for daily shoppings, cheap prices and fresh food. I recommend!

I left something behind and staff found it. So pleased. 😊

Ladies toilets had no toilet roll or soap. Were very dirty and smelly.

Not bad but prices are much higher than in another supermarkets.Why baby changing is closed?Many clients visit Starbucks with babies and kids.

Amazing superstore. Layout is remarkable and very clean. Great place to get all of your essentials.

Normally busy at the weekend, quieter during the week. For those driving, there is a good sized car park. There's a cafe and a riverside walk for those interested. There is now an Argos outlet in-store as well.

It's a nice big supermarket with a large car park, which can be quite busy. There is an extensive range of grocery and frozen products, and a range of clothes for adult and children, together with toys. Argos is also situated inside. There's also a Timpson key cutting and shoe repair kiosk on the site. Inside there's a pharmacy and a Starbucks as well. Avoid the till queues by using Sainsbury's phone app to scan your items, and pay at the self serve. July 2023 - the pharmacy has now closed.

I actually sat in the car with the motor running while my gf got a coat and some hot drinks. She came back with Earl Grey rather than regular tea, but feels mean to remove a star for that.

Too many self checkouts. Feels really crammed.

I love shopping at this store. Always good. Another shopping session in this store. Perfect

Why do Sainsbury's put their Tribute Ale on a shelf where I can't reach it? It's my favourite beer and there's loads of other swill they could put on that high shelf! I'm kidding Sainsbury's....I think.

My fiancé and I recently moved to Canterbury, and because we enjoyed doing our weekly shopping at Sainsbury's in the previous town we lived in, we wanted to do the same here if course.....but we were so disappointed (and a bit surprised, lol) to find that this is the Sainsbury's we would have to shop at now if we keep shopping at Sainsbury's. The stock is limited (for example, the yoghurt section doesn't stock much more than a Sainsbury's local), yet shelves seem crammed and messily packed.The layout is just confusing and somewhat jarring, and the overall atmosphere is just depressing to be honest. We thought that maybe they're in the middle of an ongoing renovation, but I don't think so... Just feels like an afterthought Sainsbury's supermarket.

Smart Shop is the way forward 👍🏻

Didn't have the cleansing creams I wanted.

Very friendly staff..sadly could do with a bit of a clean outside

Good shop lots of things you need more expensive than the one at westwood cross

Love the fact they carry a range of halal meat products.. chicken, beef, Minced, turkey slices and ready to cook meals.

Loving slow cooked sous vide meats

Stock low on shelves. Store looks messy.

It's Sainsbury. What more do you need to know?

Très spécieux rayon bien ranger une très bonne ambiance ❤

Not a usual Sainsbury's experience. Popped in to pick up a few bit, whilst there both myself and my wife nipped into the toilets. They were rank, dirty,.smelly, empty soap dispensers... And get this ... The single toilet cubicle had a paper dispenser where the toilet paper was pulled through a tiny hole.... This hole was blocked solid so it was impossible to get any toilet paper. I have literally never seen a supermarket toilet with no way to get toilet paper... How disgusting is that... It looked like it had.been like that for ages and ages. Just imagine how many people use that toilet then go outside to find no soap in the dispenser and then go out to touch all the produce outside. I came out to my wife telling me it was the same in the Ladies! Shocking. Who ever is the manager of that store should hang their head in shame. Sainsbury's... What are you playing at!

Very strange layout with clothing in the middle isles and drinks hidden away.

Pretty awful. Gents was revolting. Disabled was locked. Tried to complain but no one at customer services - one person serving vapes to a long queue. Long queue at the only open till too, but the self check tills were all empty - presumably people don’t want to put their neighbours out of a job.

Very busy and not enough till staff but well layed out and great parking

Very chatty staff nice to find on a busy Christmas eve

Great supermarkt, uk koop altijd hier mijn favoriete Engelse jam, scones om naar Nederland te brengen, gewoon TOP en het personeel is super lief!

Always a friendly store. They have that little extra

This is a Sainsbury's. It has Sainsbury's things. Recommended if you want Sainsbury's, not so much if you're looking for a different supermarket...

It was nice to shopping in new place.

J'avais dû mal à trouver une prise anglaise j'en ai trouvé une et je vais m'apprendre à l'utiliser

Sainsbury's does have much going for it not least plenty of parking sadly this is often abused by those that buy a paper then wander off to shop elsewhere. I'm disabled and they do have plenty of disabled spots to park in, they also are very helpful to disabled people in the store! There are certain items I can only find at Sainsbury's like spray starch which bizarrely is a dying range of items? There are sadly fewer and fewer real check out tills so as with other stores I have to try to unload and scan my shopping from a low angle it's amazing they don't have a lower scanner for disabled people but maybe they think we are not worth bothering with? The team are very loyal although they do change, many of the more mature staff and brilliant but the younger ones maybe need time to assimilate to the work environment. Stacking shelves is a laborious task and I can't do it with my knackered knee! So good luck to them! It's often overrun with coach parties of European school children as it's located next to the Canterbury Coachpark, but I guess we brits do the same on a day trip to France!

Super sympa proche arrêt bus et av3c starbuck café très utile pour attendre à l abrit

Always in good price. I come here every week.

I do like a Sainsbury’s every so often, was really clean, well presented, fully stocked even for this time of year

I just used their shipping so for the first time. A pig to set up, and stuffing up to WiFi was far from straightforward, but once done, it all worked well, and the nectar system does bring some bargains.

Large and has a good selection of services on offer, e.g. pharmacy and electronic goods. Car park is usually always full. Quite often don't have many full tills open, so can be slow to buy things if you have a full big trolley. 2023 Update - since COVID this store has gone hugely downhill. Their stock levels are generally awful, specifically the fruit and veg section. The staff don't seem to put much effort in either restocking or tidying up the shelves either. It really is quite a frustrating shop to use compared to a typical Sainsbury's in other towns.

Most of the day to day requirements are available.

Fresh , convenient, variety, affordable