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We list 323 food businesses in Shrewsbury and Shropshire and 935 independent food reviews.

Shrewsbury Bake House

Contact: 07974 095633
shrewsburybreads.co.uk
Shrewsbury Bakehouse near the train station is home to artisan bakers, producing hand-baked breads. The labour intensive process produces superior flavoured and textured breads. The daily specials are well worth getting hold of.... Read More

Churncote Farm Shop

Contact: 01743 850273
churncote.co.uk
Invite you to visit us at Churncote Farm to see our ever expanding range of home grown and locally produced products including fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, free range eggs, home cured bacon, free range pork, gluten free sausages, lamb, butter, ice cream, organic flour, oats, muesli, cheese, together with Indian and Thai curry sauces.... Read More

Golden Cross Hotel

Contact: 01743 362507
goldencrosshotel.co.uk
Traditional bar restaurant located inside Shrewsbury's oldest public house. Menu changes monthly and serves freshly prepared seasonal produce from local suppliers. Open every day for lunch and dinner.... Read More

Old Post Office

Contact: 01743 236019
oldpostofficepub.co.uk
A 16th century half timbered building, the Old Post Office is a traditional family pub & hotel. We serve an excellent new menu throughout the day. We have recently started a full new menu with a new chef who has brought in some exciting new daily specials.... Read More

Special Features

As well as the Shrewsbury food map and independent reviews, we also have information about Shrewsbuy Market, plus Shropshire Box Schemes, Food Fairs, Breweries, Indian Restaurants, Theatre Severn Food, and Fish & Chips

Organic Box Schemes

Anyone who 'grows their own' vegetables know how much better they taste than those you buy from the supermarket. But with allotment space at a premium and not everyone fortunate enough to have a large garden, getting your hands on good quality organic vegetables may seem a difficult proposition. That is where your local box scheme can help. A lot of people seem to have the misconception that vegetable box schemes are expensive. If you are used to paying supermarket prices, you will be pleasantly surprised.

Get fantastic fresh Shropshire produce delivered straight to your door. Here is a round up of the best fruit, vegetable, meat and fish box schemes the county has to offer.

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Shrewsbury Market Hall

The Market Hall at Shrewsbury is a fantastic place to buy your fresh fruit, vegetables and meat from local producers. Shrewsbury has been a thriving market town for centuries, with the original market taking place below the Old Market Hall. By 1965 the market had moved to its present location in the new Market Hall and operated as a pannier market until 2003 when it was modernised to create more space. The market stall holders are a friendly and knowledgeable bunch and between them offer some of the best locally produced Shropshire food. If you live or work in town, why not make the market part of your weekly routine. Opens most days of the week.

More about Shrewsbury Market Hall

Positive Thinking

We are starting 2012 with a bit of a change to the website. We would like your recommendations, rather than your reivews. In an ideal world, positive and negative reviews would balance out to give an accurate picture of where to eat. In the reality, people with a grudge are much more likely to post a negative review than people who came away happy. Following reports of customers threatening owners with bad reviews if they weren't given better seats, or free food, we decided to start the new year with a policy of, "if you have nothing positive to say, say nothing at all". So if you enjoyed a recent meal, please let us know. If you had a horrible time, try somewhere else and don't give them a recommendation.

New Pizza Restaurant

A new woodfired pizza company restaurant opens today on Smithfield Road in Shrewsbury. Apparently a few invited guests were treated to a preview the other night. Unfortunately our invite must have got lost in the post so we cannot tell you whether or not these new pizzas pose a threat to nearby Pizza Express on Mardol.

Unusual Search Terms

People stumble across this website using over a thousand different keywords and phrases every month. Most of them are completely understandable but here are this month's pick of unusual search terms:

"Nightmare of owning a fish and chip shop", we all love fish and chips, but it sounds like owning one isn't much fun. "Cheapest takeaway food in Shropshire", not sure I'd use this method to decide where to eat, but it must be important to someone. "How many goats do you need to milk to make cheese?" ah yes, I've always wondered that too. I'd guess about seven. "How many houses are there in an Indian village?" tricky one. I'm pretty sure every single village in India has fourteen houses, but I could be wrong. And my absolute favourite search term used to find this website: "Is fish legal tender?" Brilliant! I'd love they answer to that to be yes.

Real China Express

Real China on Castle Street has re-branded and re-opened, now known as Real China Express. It's previous incarnation as a buffet restaurant received very mixed reviews here on eatShrewsbury. The new look restaurant is eat in or take away and has a counter that looks like a Chinese version of MacDonalds. Perhaps the roaring success of Soy Oriental Express on the other side of town has prompted the re-design. Perhaps it is merely coincidence. Let us know what you think of the new place.

Awards for Shrewsbury restaurant

It is our neighbours in Ludlow who usually get to shout about award winning restaurants, but Shrewsbury now lays claim to the best Indian restaurant in the West Midlands and Curry Chef of the Year, according to Spice Times and Curry Life Magazine. Quite an achievement for Chef Abdul Husen and his team at Cafe Saffron, who already picked up the accolade of Shrewsbury's best restaurant, a competition run by Shropshire Council. Are you tempted to head to the Hills Lane restaurant and try his Tawa Labra signature dish? Marinated grilled chicken, cooked with fresh ginger, garlic and fresh green herbs and chilli. Served on a hot Tawa (iron griddle pan) to give a West Bengal Labra taste.

Mad Jack is back

The owners of the Mytton and Mermaid and Mad Jack's Restaurant are expanding the Mad Jack empire with a new delicatessen selling lots of local goodies. The new place is called MJs Deli and is located on St Mary's Street, opposite the restaurant. Ludlow's excellent Deli on the Square was unable to compete with Shrewsbury favourite Appleyards Deli, will Mad Jack be able to attract enough custom? We will pop along soon and let you know what it is like.

A flurry of curry activity

If the last month or so is anything to go by, Indian food is flourishing in Shrewsbury. A firm favourite with party groups, the popular Indian Village restaurant has expanded into the vacant shop next door to create a double restuarant, seating 90 people. A few doors down, The Curry House has re-opened under new ownership, and the bright green, unmissable Greenfield Spice takeaway has opened on Ellesmere Road.

Casa Naranjo

Frank Bar in Frankwell has been the only real place to get Tapas. And judging by the reviews you have been giving them, good tapas at that. But now they have some strong competition in the form of Casa Naranjo, Shrewsbury's first Spanish restaurant, which has opened in Barracks Passage, off Wyle Cop. Sister restaurant of the popular Casa Ruiz in Bridgnorth, they are sure to attract a lot of custom.

Shrewsbury's new Spanish restuarant Casa Naranjo.

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Vegetarian Food

Of course all restaurants have a vegetarian option, but the places below offer a real choice.

Good Life Wholefood Restaurant

This should be your first choice. Lovely home made dishes and an obvious choice for vegetarians. Comes well recommended on a number of vegetarian websites... Read More

Royal Siam

The cuisine of Thailand does include some very tasty vegetarian dishes. This place has a good vegetarian selection on its menu. Open for lunch too... Read More

Shalimar

No Indian restaurant in Shrewsbury pushes the boat out for vegetarians which is a shame when you consider 31% or 350 million Indians are vegetraian. The Shalimar does at least have a vegetarian section on its menu... Read More

Shropshire Healthy Eating

If you are in Shrewsbury at lunch time and looking for a healthy snack, the following have all been awarded a gold standard healthy eating award by Shropshire Council.

Taste of Shrewsbury

A good range of sandwiches and an even better range of healthy fruit juice drinks. Taste of Shrewsbury Juice Bar is a popular choice at lunch time... Read More

The Pantry

Set out like an American diner with seating around the central serving area. You can choose from a good menu and watch your food and drinks being prepared in front of you... Read More

Sprinters Coffee Bar

This coffee bar is next door to the Bodytech Health and Fitness Centre on Mardol. A healthy atmosphere serving healthy food... Read More

Inspiration

Looking for ideas about where to eat in Shrewsbury and Shropshire? Here are a few ideas.

Tiffin Coffee House

Contact: 01743 247350
Nice little coffee shop in the parade of shops inside the old hospital building. Worth a visit.... Read More

Organic by order

Contact: 01588 660747
Organic by Order is a Veg-Box Scheme which aims to provide you with fresh organic produce at a reasonable price. Organic by Order is based on an organic smallholding in South Shropshire.... Read More

Drapers Restaurant

Contact: 01743 344679
In medieval and Tudor times 'Drapers' were wool and cloth merchants. Today's restaurant is in the Draper's Hall. Perhaps the finest dining in Shrewsbury.... Read More