I love a good health food store like I love my local stationary shop. Or a chemist. There’s something comforting about browsing through their respective remedies(whether for a lack of zinc in your life, a lack of organisation or a lack of proper body cleansers).They are all like little sanctuaries of self-help delight and I can lose hours on end among the aisles. Holland & Barrett was recently one of these time-warps and before I knew it, I’d spent 30 minutes browsing their, um, aisle. It’s not a big location, but I found cleansing detox tea, flax seed, aloe vera supplements, granola bars, daily vitamins, protein powers and a decent selection of gluten free items that I never knew I needed so badly. H&B is a great little shop and it certainly did the cathartic trick for my health-food store craving.
Dave S.
Place rating: 3 Melbourne, Australia
Your run of the mill health-food, vitamins and supplements store. Quite wide selection of vitamins and protein shakes. There is also an organic foods section(lots of frozen offerings) in the back. When I was there they had a promotion, buy 1 get a second ½ off, though it was a bit confusing to know which items qualified — apparently protein bars do count! Service wasn’t that helpful, I spent quite a bit of time looking at protein shakes and you would think someone would eventually ask to help, but sadly no. That said, I’d go back here mainly because of the selection and location. There are actually 2 Holland & Barrett’s on upper street, so if you don’t see what you are looking for at this location(near Angel) ask them to ring the store near the Highbury and Islington tube.