Names of a couple of LARGE grocery stores in central London.

There's a large Sainsburys on Cromwell Road...Gloucester Road would be your nearest tube stop.

The largest Waitrose in zone 1 is in Bayswater...closest tube is Royal Oak, with Bayswater, Queensway, and Paddington not far off.

There's a big Tesco not too far from Earls Court.

The largest Whole Foods is on Kensington High Street.

The flagship Marks &a Spencer's is on Oxford Street near Marble Arch...there's a large food hall in the basement, but M&S do mainly their own branded products. They're very good quality, but if you're looking for familiar name brands, then maybe a Sainsburys/Tesco/Waitrose might fit the bill.

There's also a massive Asda near Clapham Junction, but that's zone 2.

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Access the Internet. Buy stuff. Get it delivered. Eat. Repeat.

Access the Internet. Buy stuff. Get it delivered. Eat. Repeat.

Succinct but excellent advice.

We just got back from a 6 night stay in London and loved the area that we were in. We rented an apartment on the South Bank and loved everything about it. The location was ideal to walk but also for buses and tube stations.
There was a waitrose right around the corner from us but it wasn't huge. It fit what we needed though.

+1 for the south bank....anything within walking distance of Borough Market will put you in food shopping heaven. Plenty of produce, meats, fish, etc and at least two or three Tesco express stores scattered about the immediate area. It was nice to be between London Bridge tube stop and the Borough tub stop.

As Emma and melsmith recommended, buy online. We did this for two trips to London and will do it again. I set up an order at Waitrose.com and I start it a couple of weeks before arrival as the delivery dates fill up. I schedule the delivery for a couple of hours after we expect to arrive at the apartment so while unpacking and getting settled, the groceries arrive. I order everything from wine to produce, some meat (I plan a meal or two in my head) and then we fill in from the smaller stores throughout our stay.

I think that could be said of most financial districts in the evening.

In addition to the locations mentioned above, off the top of my head, I know there is a full Sainsbury's on Camden Road in Camden Town (Zone 2 - Camden Town tube st). There is a full Waitrose and M&S with food hall on King's Road in Chelsea (Zone 1 - Sloane Sq tube st), as well as Partridges, which is an gourmet food store (with a decent and pretty interesting American selection, btw, for any ex-pats).

In addition to what above posters have mentioned, you can go to the Sainsbury, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S, etc. websites and see which stores in central London are "superstores" or full stores.

We stayed in the Pimlico area in May. Loved it! Safe, quiet, not too expensive, near both Victoria and Pimlico stations. Sainsbury and Tesco's in the area plus bakeries, etc. Open Google Map and scope out what is available in your chosen neighbourhoods.

There is also a Waitrose right beside the Gloucester Road tube stop. The Sainsbury is about a 10 minutes walk from there. Once you know where you're staying bring it up in Google maps and it should show any supermarkets nearby. When we visit London we always stay in S. Kensington at one of the hotels by the Gloucester Road tube stop. Anyplace in London is close once you're on the tube, so it's really a matter of personal preference which part of the city you stay in.

Check Templeton Place Aparthotel near Earl's Court and a big Tesco. It has good reviews, and I will be staying there next month and will write a trip report.

Check Templeton Place Aparthotel near Earl's Court and a big Tesco. It has good reviews, and I will be staying there next month and will write a trip report.

For really high end (sometimes very overpriced) stuff there are big food halls in Selfridges, Harrods, and Fortnum and Masons.

As someone else has mentioned, most branches of Marks and Spencers have large food departments. Two other large supermarkets in central London that haven't been mentioned are two big Waitrose branches - one in the basement of the main John Lewis store at Oxford Circus, and another in the Brunswick Centre (a large upscale housing project and open-air shopping mall) near Russell Square tube station.

I love the Bayswater/NottingHill/Holland Park neighborhood and shop at the large Whole Foods Market on Kensington High Street if staying in a flat for a substantial period of time. Usually walk over and back but you can ride the tube. Whole Foods is pricer than Sainsbury and Tescos but it is a FULL supermarket. There are other Whole Foods markets in London as well.

If in Holland Park there's a large Waitrose in the Sheperd's Bush Westfield Mall. Open from 8am-10pm

The reason I love the neighborhoods mentioned above because of easy public transport (buses and tubes), and the fact I can go to Portobello Road market for fruit and veg daily. Take a look at the Vancouver Studio Apartments in Bayswater for your next visit.

I was at the Sainsbury's on Cromwell Road today. The Waitrose is only 5 minutes away and there is a Whole Foods on Kensington High Street that will take 15 minutes to walk to. (I did it a couple of days ago.)

You will have better luck staying in a residential area rather than a commercial district if you want a full size supermarket. Otherwise you will find the "local" versions which are geared more towards ready made foods and easily prepared stuff.