Planet Organic

I really enjoyed my stay down road from this store. I was able to find many unique (to America) items to try and ended up filling up my suitcase with lots of items I can not get abroad. Everyone is friendly and it has a great vibe. I highly recommend this place and regret not trying the food or coffee. The only reason I did not give it five stars is because I found some post dated items (fish and bread), and there were some days when the produce was just not appealing.

Great place to grab a quick bite! I had the spinach and lentil Dahl soup and the kale super food salad, both were delicious. The soup was from the hot foods bar and the salad was a pre-made grab and go item. They have lots of nice juices and sparkling water for reasonable prices. Quick and easy for lunch!

A very wide selection of veg and vegan food, including a hot bar. I ordered the zoodles with hazelnuts and pesto and a mild cauliflower and chickpea curry. Hearty portion for 4.99 pounds and the tastes were great. Dinging a star for the mildly surly counter staff woman and the prices for everything else in the store are SO expensive.

On a second visit, got the three cacao-based protein balls and each was so good!

Planet Organic on Torrington Place is not just an organic supermarket, but also offers a great value for money lunch takeaway. There are tables and chairs inside as well, so you can take refuge from the cold as you have lunch from the takeaway boxes. A large box is about 5 pounds, and a small one is 3. They also have a juice bar with a large variety of organic juices and smoothies, as well as wheatgrass and various other supplements.

The takeaway lunch has two sections, one with salads and fruit, and the other with cooked tofu, lentils and vegetables. If none of this whets your appetite, there are a range of ready made sandwiches, yogurts and fruits that you can pick up from the supermarket shelves. This is a healthy and good value lunch if you are eating in the business area, but can sometimes get quite crowded.

A student spending a term studying in London, I hunted around a bit for a suitable organic grocery store, and Planet Organic was the best I encountered.

It's a decently sized organics store, with sections of hot & cold food, a food counter, juice bar, produce, dry goods, cosmetics, supplements, etc., etc all the unusual. Unlike some health food stores there's a mixture of products offered and not just medicinal material and ultra-exfoliating shampoos. (Although they have those too).

There's a wonderful array of specialty products for those with dietary concerns, plenty of obscure but quality brand names - many local- and quite a few interesting foodstuffs that would be fun to experiment with.

If you're looking for a health lunch -hot or otherwise - there's a decent selection of nutritious meals available. The hot lunches are served in biodegradable containers that are priced by the size, not the weight, which is a rare thing. And yes, they fill them to the brim. Expect servings of wonderfully prepared things like brown rice, tofu, quinoa, lentils, and other members of the health-conscious food families along salads and side-dishes. There's plenty of seating area both inside and outside, but beware of the London lunchtime stampede at the usual hours.

I'm willing to spend money on organic, local, healthy food, so the prices aren't objectionable too me especially since I mostly buy ingredients, not snacks. In general organic food costs more, and Whole Foods has similar if not identical pricing so I wouldn't fuss. On the up side, there are discounts and meal deals if you hunt for them, and students get 10% off - but you have to ask.

The downside would be the often unfriendly staff which is a bit of a puzzler to me as the healthy, earthy vibe of the place makes me happy as soon as I walk in. Also, the produce section is limited compared to other supermarkets, and sometimes the vegetables aren't in peak condition. And if you're look for non-specialty food, well, sometimes that can be tricky. In other words, you can find every kind of bread except whole wheat flour on a bad day.

But still, thumbs up.

Planet Organic is a health and organic food store curiously located in the student heart of Bloomsbury.

It is a good sized store that includes a café-juice bar. There are coolers on the left that have food and drinks to take away. There is a large range of food (such that if you were so inclined you could do all your shopping here) and a health and beauty section here. The takeaway food I have tried has been good and wholesome.

The main negative point about the place is that the service is frequently quite bad, which is fairly typical in these kinds of shops. It's odd, or perhaps not, people that look very healthy but miserable at the same time.

Insanely overpriced I would say!
Organic ok but £4 for 125 g of raspberrys? Wow!
Where is the local stuff I also wonder is there nothing around here that does not have to be transported?
They have free water in plastic( biodegradable) cups for customers that eat there wouldn't it be good just to have cups you can wash , biodegradable cups have normally be burned at really hot temperatures that could be easily avoided . Also the refill of water bottles costs money I think that's sad a store like this should encourage the carrying of water bottles you can reuse!
When I was visiting there was one person at the registers, actually running two of them , because it was so busy at lunchtime!!
The garbage was overflowing and in front of it trash on the floor, plain nasty!
I know Wholefoods is a chain and I try to go to different places but that wouldn't happen there.

I absolutely loved this place. Such a clean, refreshing look with everything you can possibly imagine regarding healthy food. This was like heaven for me. You could basically get anything good in there. I had an amazing salad as well. Friendly priced and with such an outstanding taste and texture. Lovely service too. The eatery itself, where you can eat your salad, is pretty uninteresting though. Nothing to ruin my salad or overall excitement about Planet Organic.

Five stars if I was the kind of person who had all the money in the world to spend on trendy health groceries. Oh, and I could afford to live nearby and actually frequent this shop as need to supply my addiction to coconut milk yoghurt and chia seed pudding.

I am neither of those things. I am a simple, Croydon-dwelling, 90% gluten-free and dairy-free eating, occasional vegan, Meat-Free Monday celebrating, very experimental cook. So as a nice treat I really liked Planet Organic. I could never afford to shop there frequently.

I mean - finally! Large pots of coconut milk yoghurt (not even Waitrose carries this reliably). And oh.. that's where I can get bee pollen. And man, I totally want some matcha green tea to sprinkle over my homemade Nice Cream. And yep - there's the buckwheat flour for when I want to make gluten free, savoury crepes.

I was like a kid in a candy store. Except instead of candy it was extra large bags of flaxseed and Amy' Organic microwave burritos.

I mean, they have a *water bar*. As in, a place to get still or sparkling, triple amazing filtered, low carbon footprint delicious tasting water out of a cool looking draught tap. This is amazing to me. As someone who grew up in Arizona, where water out of the tap tastes like you took the water out of your dog's bowl and then microwaved it, this was my favorite part.

OK, now the rest. It's expensive. Don't come here to get stuff you can get at Sainsbury's (i.e., almond milk and flaxseed). They also only carried the nice granola bars in singles, where as bigger grocers do carry them and you can buy the box to save overall. I found their labelling (especially in the seeds section) to be in total disarray. That's how I ended up doing that embarrassing thing at the register ("That was how much?! No, I don't want it...).

Did I mention they have a deli and coffee counter? And fresh baked treats (nearly half of them wheat or gluten free!) to grab and go. The take aways were awesome! (Raw pad thai!) For someone who has (by choice or not) special food needs, quick food is just not possible. To be able to waltz in and grab a lunch to go feels ... revolutionary.

So yeah. If I was rich and lived in Central London proper, I'd be in Planet Organic every morning, grabbing my Bulletproof Coffee and my Nakd bars before heading off to my bikram yoga class. Instead, I sort of stumbled out in a daze, having spent £40 and going 'Wait, what just happened?'

They make Whole Foods look cheap on some things. Oddest soups and cookies but the deli options are interesting and you can not choose yourself. Very pricey all around.