Tesco Express

I’ve never been a fan of Tesco stores, I’ve always thought the idea of a Tesco shop a few doors from another Tesco store that has another Tesco store just around the corner is just a little too creepy and leaving no room for the smaller guy that is already struggling.
When I was last here there was a pretty bad stench where the vegetable section is l was told that it was a bottle of TCP that someone broke a few says earlier & they couldn’t get rid of the smell.
With these smaller Tesco metro style shops they tend to stock a smaller selection, with pretty narrow aisles, you definitely couldn’t get two trolleys down those aisles.
Quite often at this store there is cages left in the shop filled with rubbish where there is already no room to pass.
Free cash machine outside.

This place is fine for a convenient store but if not for convenience I wouldn’t choose to shop here. At certain times of day I actively avoid it.
They have the basics and they’ve been extending their selection of Polish, North American and Carribean foods, as well as including more Halaal options and a few other bits and pieces. They’re definitely doing better in terms of their selection than they were a few years ago. You can probably find most of the items you really need here, but don’t expect anything too out of the ordinary.
They are clearly desperately pushed for space, though. The shelves are stacked quite high and the aisles are really narrow. Their standard time to restock seems to be at around 17:30 most days and, combined with the narrow aisles and the rush of people dropping in to get groceries on their way home during rush hour, this just feels like awful timing. It can be really difficult to navigate around the store.
Also, staff just stop to have conversations in the middle of aisles quite a lot. I get it, it’s probably pretty boring at times, and I’ve never minded staff chatting, but they always seem to do it right in the way of the items I need… Maybe I’m imaginging it!
On the plus side they have a pretty fair selection of wine and beer for such a small store. Beer more so than wine, but they’re holding a few of my favourites now so that keeps me happy. Sure, it’s convenience store prices mostly, but occasional offers make it worth it.
Note: There are two Tesco Expresses near here. This review is for Tesco Express Yorkhill (at 1071 Argyle Street), kind of opposite Lebowski’s. The second one is the Tesco Old Dumbarton Road Express, is newer and is kind of across the road from Firebird.