Bon Marche Borrowdale Brooke — Local services in Harare

This is basically the place to go especially if you reside in Borrowdale Brooke so there really aren't any other options. It is a lovely, clean supermarket with a welcoming ambiance to it. It's a nice place to shop as the shop isn't crowded most of the time. There is an hydroponics station so you can get live lettuce (a nice change from the traditional iceberg lettuce) which is ideal for a small meal or few people and keeps fresh for longer. The bakery is filled with a variety of baked goods and confectionery and there is an active takeaway as well. There is also an extra wide variety of products available to choose from in each section of the grocery aisles. Goods are priced on the higher end and the interbank rate prevails for those purchasing in US dollars. We personally enjoyed the live lettuce, beef burger patties and fresh chicken which were all delicious. They have a good range of quality pastas as well. Security is available and active on site so you can shop...

Not crowded airy, spacious shop. Just wish they'd be well stocked in everything like ok mart is. Sometimes simple things like milk baking soda aren't forcing one to drive to the village. Some items aren't labelled correctly also quite annoying to have to go ask for price on till. The other day, they had a special on rivive juice buy 2 get 1 free and it wasn't punched in the system, was about to pay when I asked and till operator said they normally don't want the system to pick up. Eish having to wait for manager to come allow for the special thought that was insane. But other than that, it's a great place to shop if they have...

On 26 March I bought two packets of chicken thighs with a BB date 29 March. One pkt was opened on 26th and the meat was rotten. I took both pkts back on 27th. The experience was disappointing. The head butcher offered me beef as a replacement - from the same butcher that had sold me rotten chicken. The store manager said he was very sorry. No offer of giving me my money back. I didn’t ask for compensation and, certainly none was offered. Spar was always my shop of choice but...