Romford Market Reviews Summary

Variety and Quality of Goods

Pros:

• "This market opens on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. It's a nice place to get your groceries fresh and cheap from the vendors."
• "Romford Market has a few decent stalls and a few good food vans."
• "A fantastic market that often has everything you need (fruit and veg, takeaway food, electronics and DIY tools etc)."
• "Romford Market is a delightful haven for anyone seeking fresh, high-quality produce in the heart of Romford."
• "Feels like a very traditional market. Fruits and veggies were way cheaper than the shops."
• "Good market variety of stalls out last Friday when I was there."
• "Great place to spend your hard earned cash in the local economy with some friendly traders."
• "Love the market! Good prices, great atmosphere and items are good quality."

Cons:

• "It's a nice place with a lot of shops and friendly people, you can find anything there and also get help with all the stuff you need because there are people helping and different shops and brands."
• "Sad to see how awful this place is. It was a great market, now its just a bunch of people selling questionable fruit and veg."
• "Shame this marketplace is suffering from poor management and economic pressures."
• "The market, unfortunately, it's no longer at its best. It used to be great, but it's now a shadow of its former self."
• "Why does this place exist? Many of the stalls are selling cheap, fake goods. No adherence to any kind of safety standards."
• "Not really a Market of old. Today's markets don't really have much substance."
• "Really gone down the hill recently. Looking at it, I would say that it is lost between 30 and 40 percent of its stalls."
• "A once bustling market now a shadow of its former self. The Tory council blaming everyone else other than themselves for what has happened to the area under their control."

Atmosphere and Experience

Pros:

• "It was my birthday, and I happened to visit Romford market with friends for the first time."
• "Romford market appears to have gone very down hill to how I remembered it, but seems to be making a bit of a comeback since we came out of lockdown."
• "Every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday you will find fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as different clothing."
• "Wonderful market that still tries its best to keep the tradition alive."
• "My first visit to Romford Market is such a vibrant place with something to see, taste, and smell at every corner."
• "Love! Love! Love Romford Market! Such a wide variety of pop up shops with the majority of the same shops returning time and time again!"
• "Good old Romford market. Always find things there you can't anywhere else and some bargains too."
• "This is a huge market, you can find almost anything here no matter you are from which part of the world."

Cons:

• "Visited the market on a wet Wednesday and it had hardly any stalls, How the council has allowed this historic part of Romford to come to this is beyond belief."
• "The car park is very poorly let in the night, from about 21:00. Hardly any lights on, very unsafe."
• "People are not too friendly here. Could not find anywhere Halal to eat."
• "One of the oldest markets in England (1247), it has a wide range of stalls and retail shops around its perimeter minus alas, Debenhams."
• "I've lived here 10 years now and seen this once booming market dwindle down to an empty looking place."
• "No one likes barking. Coming from a barking resident that I have asked, no one ever smiles there."
• "It's taken a nosedive unfortunately. This might be due to rates, I'm unsure, but as a kid this was the heartbeat of the town."
• "Social distancing seems to be completely forgotten about! The signs are up but no-one takes any notice."