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8 reviews for Nicholson's No Frills
7 reviews in English
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Review from Todd V.
Toronto, ON
10/31/2008
No Frills as a rule are the places that you go in for canned food, adequate produce, and meat that better look fresh. Most times when I head inside for groceries to one of these places, I ensure that it's just for the tinned foods and cleaning products that I need. Produce? I look elsewhere.
Leave it to Bloor West Village to class up one of these joints and make it palatable. The look is the same as most to all No Frills. There's yellow all over the place, the owner has his name plastered in huge letters ("NICHOLSON's") at the front beside all of the junior sports teams that they sponsor, and there's boxes lining the front of the store for those that don't feel like paying a nickel-a-bag to take their groceries home.
That said, the place is one of the cleaner of the No Frills that you'll find in the city. The staff are good, and the produce is actually competitive in terms of price and freshness to that which you'll find in the small grocery stores that are found in Bloor West Village. I'd even go as far as saying the meat's okay to get there. That's saying something. -
Review from Jeremiah L.
Toronto, ON
7/25/2011
Nicholson's No Frills is on the ugly end of No Frills stores, and that's saying something.
Combined with another shop like Sobey's, one can make due with shopping here strictly for deals on canned goods. I wouldn't recommend coming here specifically to buy meat, or produce. Veggies are often rotting on the shelf, while meats have an odd colouring to them days before their expiry many times. I once bought bread at this location and as soon as arrived opening, uncovering the bread, I noticed it was covered in mold. Once in a while something good will pop up, but tread carefully.
Prices (not specific to this No Frills) from No Frills are not as competitive as they once were against the higher end chains. In some cases, meat is cheaper to buy from Sobey's, or Metro than it is from No Frills now, and the quality is better.
The good qualities of this store are the location, which is right by the subway, and the staff which are generally friendly. Boxes near the front are nearly always plentiful, and there is plenty of parking on the street, or in the lot next door (don't forget validation).
There are many options up and down the street in terms of meats, bread, and produce. Stick to No Frills for generic canned goods without a huge markup, and buy anything perishable some place else. -
Review from Kim B.
ON
12/12/2008 8 photos
The neon yellow (the paint colour is called "Nuclear Banana") that encompasses No Frills hurts my eyes, its shoddy sneezed on produce hurts my stomach, its moldy breads hurt.......okay, you get the picture, No Frills just hurts me.
The lines are long, the aisles are packed and everyone, EVERYONE, looks miserable there. So why do we go? Because it's cheap. It's cheap in terms of bags of pasta or cans of food or cereal or frozen pizza or milk or eggs even.
Seriously though, if I have to make a trip I have a specific list and I'm in and out as soon as I can.
Oh......and FYI, once you've picked out your groceries make sure you don't try to pay by VISA. They don't take it.Listed in: CHEAP Toronto
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Review from Luke A.
Toronto, ON
8/27/2008 1 photo
I'm a big fan of the No Frills franchises, but this one is a little tough to love. They just finished a big, disruptive renovation that apparently consisted simply of making all the aisles perpendicular to their former configuration. For a mid-sized supermarket, it's got a fair selection, and the prices are tough to beat.
There's free parking, but you need to get the ticket validated, which makes sense considering the demand for parking around Bloor West Village. What doesn't make sense is that the ticket dispenser has been busted for over a year, and you still have to drive over to the attendant to get a parking ticket. -
Review from Renata R.
1/26/2011 1 Check-in Here
Not my favourite NoFrlls. I go there because it's close to the subway. My favourite store is still Tim & Sue's, at Pacific & Dundas, but this one is way closer. Laziness wins.
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Review from John F.
North York, ON
1/30/2010
The Junction location of No Frills is much better, primarily due to wider aisles and plenty of free parking. Go there instead.
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Review from Michael S.
Toronto, ON
9/19/2009
Great location. Great prices (no frills). Free parking..
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