What food from Waitrose do I need to try?

I would be never shop anywhere else.

In my view the Waitrose essentials are good. So their meat and dairy is higher welfare as an example and I find their essential veg to be always decent quality.
But if you want more interesting options, their venison steaks are lovely fried (3 for £12 and they freeze well). In their 3 for £12 mest ranges their chiken tikka and their Jamaican jerk chicken is tasty. I agree re their own brand tea bags. Some of their desserts are very good too.i tend to just buy what's on offer

“Waitrose has a far better range than any other supermarket.“

has it? Sainsburys has a massive shelf containing every brand including v posh that you could think of. Not sure Waitrose could have more and why more would be wanted.

I think other supermarkets have caught up. I do wonder if Waitrose is struggling. As I said at ours the fruit and veg isn’t great. Yellow old kale in bags, zero clementines or tangerines, not much choice of a lot of things and what there is is always going over and not very fresh. Christmas food was very underwhelming those year, very few checkouts….

Chicken Karaage from the Japan MenyU section

Bertinet bakery bread
Waitrose sticky banana loaf cake
No 1 Victoria sandwich
Fresh fruit and veg are very good quality and last well.
Huge watermelons really nice.
Grapes lovely and sweet and big.
Sea bass fillets
Waitrose ice cream is lush
Waitrose French salted butter
Burford Brown very large eggs (fantastic poached)
No. 1 Cornish cheddar
Best selection of Bonne Maman products if you like those

Enjoy your shopping.

Not at ours, the quality of fruit and veg is v poor.

You go to Waitrose for niche foodie items or better quality.

I always buy bread there called Heart of Nature, which is really a load of seeds squashed together. It's expensive but delicious and good for my blood sugar.

I buy raspberries and blueberries in Waitrose- they're juicier and sweeter. In fact most of the fruit and veg in Waitrose is better quality .

Coffee beans. Tesco have very little offering and they're bad and expensive. Waitrose has a large range and they've often on offer.

Fancy olive oil. I eat a lot of salad and like a posh olive oil on it. Waitrose has a far better range than any other supermarket.

They do a brisket in their Japanese range that is excellent in bao buns. Their keralan chicken fry in their Indian ready meal section is also good. Otherwise it’s just a shop where things are quite expensive. I rotate between sainsbos, Waitrose and Lidl but less shopping from Waitrose even though it is closest

Rough oatcakes, waitrose own brand. No palm oil and SOOOO much nicer than Nairns or other supermarket own brands. And not expensive. I stock up when I am occasionally there.

I really missed Waitrose when they ended the Ocado franchise and was not happy when they went M&S. I loved Duchy Organic

since then I’ve noticed many branded goods have uped their game and are to the same standard via Ocado and Waitrose have stayed the same

go for all the Waitrose branded treats and you'll be ok. Watch out for substitutions though

Oh yeah i may be a lazy bastard but their pre peeled garlic cloves are brilliant if you need lots and the white papery skinned ones are a pain in the arse otherwise

Their economy shortcake and malted milk biscuits are the best I have found. We make a special trip just to buy them.

I love an occasional Waitrose shop! First I’d go to the fresh fish and meat counter. Then the cheese selection is brilliant. In the frozen food section, I’d zoom in on the raspberry tart and profiteroles. I’m fond of my local Tesco, it’s fine for basics and the staff are very nice, but the food in Waitrose is much better IMO.

They are surprisingly good value and the quality of fruit and veg in particular is much better than other supermarkets.

I love their Duchy cream cheese!

Salted Caramel Croissant Cups - addicted to these with afternoon tea!
Their cheese straws are like my grandmas (cheese and poppy seed twists)
Only place we've found Capricciosa pizza
Celeriac remoulade
Artichoke pesto
Only place that sells globe artichokes (theme!)
Pistachio tiramisu

Not really.

I'm addicted to Gail's seeded crackers but I have to reserve them for a treat.

There little jars of things they stock (Waitrose and other brands) are great. Unusual deli stuff; dips, falafels, cured meat, olives etc

Before Christmas I found their fresh treacle tart (as opposed to frozen) and it was so disappointingly teeny tiny. And not as unctuous as I'd hoped.

They do some own brand chocolate which is lovely and cheaper than some of the branded stuff. Also if they have any Heston Blumenthal foods those tend to be great. One thing I’ve started buying from them, although it might be available elsewhere cheaper, is a frozen soffrito mix with onion, celery and carrot, Such a useful base for soups/stews/chilli etc and saves me a lot of energy on chopping

The coleslaw is very good.

Huge blueberries and own brand new york cheesecake

I'm not sure if they sell them at this time of year but if they do their buffalo burgers are out of this world. DH likes their spice jars.

The big bar of dark chocolate for baking is good value.
Wine. Nice chocolate in general.
Loaker chocolate covered wafer biscuits.
Meat and fish in general are good.
The pasta that comes in a blue and gold box. Especially the tagliatelle. Not De Cecco!
The No 1 ice cream.

It’s restaurant quality isn’t it.

Tesco food is not the same, it just isn’t. Unless you are buying Heinz ketchup etc.
Balsamic tart is delicious. The organic produce is second to none. I love the fish counter they prepare for you with chosen butters, herbs etc. The quality of everything is very good.

Their blackcurrant jam is just lovely, really tangy and more-ish. I buy their Essentials mature farmhouse cheddar, which is better than Tesco's finest and cheaper, their Italian roast coffee beans, and the meats at the deli counter.

Weirdly, their Essentials bananas are nicer than any from Sainsburys or Tesco. They seem to have a lot more flavour.

Lemon possett - it's a brand, not waitrose own, but I've not seen it anywhere else.