Gourmet

Compared to other grocery stores in the same category — the luxury, super segment in HK — Gourmet just isn’t on the same level. And you’ll know it because the store was practically empty on a weekend afternoon.
The produce, beverage selection, prepared deli foods, and salad bar (if you can call it that) can’t hold a candle to what you’ll find at the Great Food Hall or City Super. Mind you, I do most of my grocery shopping at the Fusion store a quick walk away from my flat — and it’s more than fine, though nothing special. I’d say that Gourmet is more of a ‘regular’ grocery store and less of a gourmet supermarket.
Basically, it comes down to this: I’d have a difficult time leaving my neighborhood and making Gourmet a destination. Conversely, as long as my checking account gives me permission, I’m always happy to jump neighborhood ship to purchase special treats at the Great Food Hall or City Super.

Gourmet is one of my favorite grocery stores to kill time at — not because it’s super convenient to go to or terrifically well-​stocked, but because it is always empty. I mean, it’s location along Leighton Road makes it just a five-​minute walk from Times Square, and it’s got quite a good variety of international products, but can we just talk about how empty this place always is? Located at the basement of Leighton Centre with not a lot of obvious signs pointing to it, I guess that’s no surprise.
I find that this supermarket has a pretty large variety of, well, junk food. There are chips in every possible flavor and candies for the pickiest of snackers. In fact, the chips and chocolate aisles are the first things you see when you enter the supermarket, so this is a great place to hit up if you’re planning a party and need lots of snacks.
If you’re looking to do some serious grocery shopping, you might be disappointed because there isn’t a great selection of things like meat and vegetables, and even if you find what you need, you can get them cheaper elsewhere. They seem to have more international products than local produce, hence the higher prices.
The cashier is a little hard to find here, and you enter and leave at different spots too. If I remember correctly, the cashiers are close to the cleaning products. You won’t normally have to line up for long, and not all the cashiers are open because there just aren’t a lot of shoppers compared to other supermarkets.