Hare & Hounds

She is friendly and it is nice to have a place that is local where i can get some English goodies. Good selection of things too!

I drive 3 hours to get to this great store. Trish always has everything I need at reasonable prices. Way better than the stores in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Santa Monica. Always nice to stop bye and have a chat, Trish never forgets a name or face, and has been so loving to my wife Antoinette. She is the very best!!!

Honestly this has got to be my favorite shop of all time! It is a quaint little store with amazingly kind owners! If I had to say one bad thing about this place it would probably be that it is a little pricey, but hey that’s because, yes, you heard that right, everything in there is imported from Great Britain! Personally if I were to just go there right now I would get a bag of crisps and a Cadbury Flake, and you really can’t beat a glass of Ribena whether you make it hot or cold p. s. Hot Ribena works wonders if you have a sore throat!

Tricia is a wonderful lady. I’ve been going for years stocking up on British goodies. The shop is quaint and full of my favorites. She has a fridge with bangers and meat pies which cook nicely at home.
It’s a great little shop run the old school way… Which is what makes it the best.

Stopped in here on the recommendation of a friend. Wasn’t planning on buying anything, but seeing the fantastic selection they had and getting some recommendations from the absolutely LOVELY owner Tricia, I walked away with some tea and biscuits. My favourite thing, though, was getting to chat to the owner Tricia, who is from Glasgow. She is so sweet and endearing and very helpful. I felt very welcome in the little shop and I can’t wait to go back!

Love the fresh bangers and meat pies! They have a great selection of English foods and candy. The owners are very nice & helpful. And you can always get your English or Irish news there. This is a lovely shop!

Hare and the hounds has all the British goodies that you need. Potato crisps, candies, cheeses and bangers. The hare and the hounds has it all without having to drive all the way to Santa Monica. Trisha is terrific and very customer friendly. It’s also a great place to pick up some English gifts such as China or odds and ends.

I came here for the first time last week (drove from Malibu because I was on a mission to find clotted cream). Tricia, the owner, is from Glasgow but has been in CA for 50 years, and she is the sweetest (and most talkative) person ever. I had such a great conversation with her about Scotland. Although the clotted cream is almost 8 dollars (it’s about 6 in PA), I’m very willing to give Tricia the business. Plus the price might just be California, not her shop specifically. Everything about Hare & Hounds is so cute, and it’s refreshing to visit a small privately-​owned shop once in a while.

Tea cozies, they have tea cozies. That was my first thought when we walked in the door. I used to live in Fullerton and have missed The British Grocer store there very much. Hare & Hounds fills that void quite nicely. I can’t believe I haven’t been in before now. The owner Tricia is a dear, sweet, kind lady who made us feel right at home. If Central Casting needs a British granny, they need look no farther — we loved her on the spot. She greeted us warmly and, when she learned this was our first visit, she introduced us to the freezer where she keeps the meat pies and bangers and such, and to the rest of her items for sale. She was very helpful. She even gave me some free British newspapers along with our purchases. I am sort of a royal family junkie and I’m a bit late to the party with Wills & Kate and Queen’s Jubilee merchandise. If the store had had more items, I might have bought them. I did buy a Violet Crumble — my favorite British candy bar, and my daughter bought some Cadbury Easter items. We will be back as often as possible.

This is about as British and quaint as it gets, a true family store. If you’re after those Heinz Beans, Branston Pickle, Pickled onion monster munch, cheese and onion Crisps to PG Tips T bags and sausage rolls, Trisha is there to help every time! She owns the joint!
They have a great selection of t pots, Tea cozies, Lady Diana memorabilia, T Towels spoons, aprons and all sorts of stuff British. There’s also a freezer for savory pies, rolls, British bacon and sausage. Its a little pricey, but then Trish has to import everything for a small customer base.
Give this place a shot, don’t bother with the drive down town or Santa Monica. There is parking outside and when your done, call in at the Crown and Anchor pub down the street for a pint! Support you little local stores, we need them!

Love my British PG Tips tea and frequent this little gem monthly. Love the little gals with their homey British accents and one is transported back to Britain right in the middle of TO! Lovely little shop with all the imported goodies.

This is a wonderful British import shop. I lived in Glasgow for a summer once and was raised on British books like Paddington, so I’m glad to have such a nice place to get British things at. The owner is friendly and it’s nice to chat with her while shopping.

I absolutely love this place. Tricia is the nicest woman in the world. I’ve been going here since my parents would bring me in when I was a little girl. 20 years later and I still think this is one of the best places to get your British fix when you’re not across the pond. It’s also stocked with a bunch of frozen foods like pasties, bangers, pies, crumpets, and british style bacon. If you’ve never tried anything British, you should go here to give it a go. Best chocolate ever. Puts American chocolate to shame!

Love this little place. Great goodies from the UK. Must try their frozen meat pies and sausages. Very fun and friendly ladies that run the place.

I love this place! I know the owner really well (Tricia) and she is fantastic and super friendly.
This place has been around for several years and hoping many more to come. I love to be able to support local business (non chains) when I can.
They have food items, crackers, awesome candies! I can’t get enough of Flakes. They also have a freezer with sausage and meat pies (which are delish). They also have birthday cards, t-​shirts, and a bunch of other random items. Small, quaint, but awesome!

I love this place my family and i have been going here for decades… my family is english so i grew up on all of the treats in this shop… It is more expensive but the chocolate tastes so much better… if you go in make sure to try the flake bar mmmmm sweet goodness… Trish is the best

A British friend told me about this place, and I went there for nostalgic reasons, to maybe get some food or snacks that I love and can’t find elsewhere that remind me of my time in Scotland. And it worked. If you want some real marmalade or candy or canned beans from the UK, this store is for you. I loved the marmalade by the way. So glad the store is local.

Trish is great, she always makes me feel like she’s missed me whenever I come in. I always feel like she remembers me and knows just who I am.
Great selection of imports, especially food stuffs, spices, etc. I loove all the sweets!

I’ve been going here for years, and I have never been disappointed. There is always a great selection of items from the «motherland». I have avoided going down to Santa Monica for my British goods because the Hare & the Hounds is closer and has always been more convenient.
The Hare & Hounds is a small shop, but the shelves are full of goodies. There are usually several customers browsing and chatting whenever I go there. I try to visit on days when I know Trisha — the owner — will be there. Part of the experience is just having a «blether» with Trisha, and it seems some people even visit the store just for that purposes and not to actually buy anything.

A couple of times a year, I used to make a trip to The King’s Head in Santa Monica for bangers, tea, Bisto and other standard goods for my mother. She neglected to tell me (for about ten years) that this place was only a few miles from her house.
To my eye, they have everything The King’s Head or Tudor House has except they also have parking and no lines. The prices seem comparable to me and the bangers are delicious, Irish and English. It’s an easy stop for those hard to find British items on your list.