Summerhill Market

I’m fairly new to SHM so my rating may change!
The prepared food is excellent offering a vast selection of ready to heat meals incorporating very top-​quality ingredients. So far the Lasagna and meat loaf and chicken Parma were all great. Only the fresh Thai style shrimp rolls were quite disappointing, obviously stale and thirteen dollars for the four, unsubstantial pieces, the rice wrap was in turns soggy and hard.
The meat counter is impressive with nicely-​marbled cuts, itself worth a stop and I think the store must cater to a selective market with very high expectations and healthy budgets. Hence the good ingredients! I expect also some easily-​baffled customers have no ability with a kitchen knife because here pre-​cut raw ingredients like celery are offered at a substantial premium.
And so you can also find other fresh goods and pantry staples you’d buy elsewhere for 50−80% more than you’d buy elsewhere. Browse them for your amusement and try not to be offended.
At least they are a good selection, which would be convenient for well-​heeled locals and perhaps the added cost premium helps the store carry the cost of so many excellent fresh meals to go some of which may be loss leaders. Everything is economics, and there is a reason they are able to offer prime cuts of beef not seen most places.

This place has high quality prepared foods and nice looking produce that you will pay through the nose for, which is something I’m willing to do once in a while. What the major problem is with this establishment and why I tend to avoid it is the absolutely abhorrent cashiers. They are so incredibly rude and unable to mutter a greeting or make eye contact. Perhaps it’s because there are a lot of high maintenance customers that come there but for someone like me who is polite to everyone and expects professionalism and courtesy in return, I ALWAYS leave the Mount Pleasant location in a bad mood and wanting to never return again.

I have ordered thanksgiving and Christmas dinners from summer hill for 3 years and loved their food. I recommended them to everyone until I was disappointed last Christmas 2013. My Christmas dinner arrived in a big truck and due to the ice storm in toronto, the whole supermarket was out of electricity. I was impressed by their dedication and ability to still deliver on their Xmas dinners. However, the vegetables were spoiled and tasted sour. Imagine how mortified I was to tell all my guests to stop eating the vegetables because I realized they went bad. What was worse was their customer service. I emailed their customer service email and never received a response. I called several times and the catering manager was disinterested and told me to go send another email to the customer service email. They ‘looked’ Into it and said no other customer complained of their vegetables going bad which I don’t believe (thus accusing me of lying) and finally said they would give me a $ 50 credit but never told me how I was ever to redeem this and never responded to any more emails. With so much other competition out there in terms of high end supermarkets, they have actively turned me to their competitors like mcewans, pusateri’s and whole foods. I will never shop there again.

At first I almost vomited at the sight of their price tags. I was actually quite offended and appalled but decided to browse around anyway. $ 7 for a basket of peaches is also quite a rip but they were Ontario peaches and came with the purple muffin holder things… $ 5 for a bag of Kettle chips? Half a chopped pineapple for $ 5 and a full one for $ 8? How do they find the nerve when most grocery stores charge $ 4 – 5 for a full one? I almost wanted to drop my basket just out of sheer principle but I gave it a shot and kept perusing the store.
Although the prices are outrageously expensive, they appear to have some specialty items. If, for example, you are reminiscent of the marshmallows from Butter in Vancouver, then by all means, pay $ 7 a bag for 5 marshmallows. I was actually hoping to find Butter’s cookie sandwiches there but I’ve concluded that no one in Toronto carries them, probably because they have to be fresh…
Their prepared food, on the other hand, is quite good. They bake cookies. I bought some peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. They were nice and chewy and appeared to have natural ingredients but they tasted kinda old. Not sure if the peanut butter or peanuts were past their prime but it didn’t taste right.
It looks like they sell ground beef a bit longer than they should. When it’s brown, you probably should’ve taken it off the shelves a couple of days ago, but I’m not a butcher so I don’t know.
Their prepared food that’s going to expire in 1 day is discounted half price. Definitely some good finds. I bought some quiches. Only ate one so far and it was delicious. Who knew broccoli could taste so good? Also the boneless half-​chicken (breasts) stuffed with sage and apple stuffing with an herb marinade is delicious too.
Only 3 stars because of price gouging and the cookies that led me to believe they use old peanuts or peanut butter.
Overall, this place is great for the prepared food sales and I can see myself stopping by again as they’re a great option for dinner if you don’t have time to make something. A good spot to supplement your regular grocery store shopping with specialty items, but should by no means replace a visit to a regular grocery store or farmers’ market.

This convenient little place is right across the street from me so go there more than i should. it’s way way way overpriced, but at the same time, it’s really amazing food. the prepared food is perfect, the fruit and veggies are fresh. they have fancy artisan breads, desserts, soups. Yes, you will pay too much, but once in a while it’s totally worth it for yummy, close by fresh food.

Summerhill Market moved into the old Sherwood Market location. Do you like your corner store to have chandeliers? Do you think $ 6.99 for a small container of chopped up celery is a good deal? Do you have more money than brains? Then Summerhill Market is the place for you.