The Broadway Shopping Center is an icon in Bangor. I grew up going thee once in a while as my…read morefamily lived in the area and I went by there when I walked to Bangor High School. I seem to have an ancient memory of seeing Santa Claus even earlier there, but it is hazy. I continued to go there after I moved away from home as my mother and siblings were still in the area. Now we have moved back to central Florida and occasionally have reason to shop there. I have gone to the Salvation Army store already and had lunch at Governors, and I assume at some point I will be trying out the TJ Max/ Home Goods and the new KFC, which used to be located across Broadway. I don't know if I will be going to the Wendys or other stores there, but I am glad that with the loss of so many other businesses I remember from Bangor, this shopping center is still in my old extended neighborhood.

Very poorly managed and disorganized. Spent hours picking out items, put them on hold so I could…read morebring my husband with his Marshalls card the next day. They said they'd put on hold till sunday, but to be sure we came back the next day. We shopped for more items and left our cart for 5 minutes, which they took and started putting the items away. When we asked for my items on hold they had already put it all away too. Wasted hours of our time, came out in a snowstorm, called management today: "They don't care." Someone must be a restocking Nazi there. They put our stuff away twice before we could buy, and we are not people who spend anymore time shopping than necessary.

Always well organized, clean and tidy. Staff are very friendly and efficient. Love shopping here!read more

Just a quick update a year later.... After several more visits to Ocean State, I was quickly…read morereminded of their rolling stock in the food section, meaning that some items they carry all the time but they also have special purchases or items that show up and are gone again. Some of them are pleasant surprises, such as something I had years ago and haven't thought about, or something seasonal or stocked temporarily that I would never have thought to look for. It makes the trips more fun than your average store. Recently I also found a winter hat the same style but much better than one I had passed over at twice the police at Reny's (another great store). So I will obviously keep going to Ocean State when we are in my home town.

This store has just about everything you could want. I have been coming here for years. LOVE the…read morecrazy deals and Eat For Free items. And thank you TIM for making me laugh. You turned my bad day into a laugh fest! Thanks to all Ocean State staff!

I have been to this branch of the chain a few times and have no complaints. The last time I was…read morethere about a week ago they were limiting the number of people in the store. Someone outside was joking about possible reasons they were doing it, but I assume it is the recent surge in Covid. At least I think he was joking. Because of the success of vaccines and Paxlovid in slowing down the spread and reducing its impacts, I think some people believe Covid is finished rather than that it is now like flu strains. Anyway, the wait outside the store was short. I tend to shop more closely in the Home Goods section rather then in the clothing, unless there is something in particular I am looking for. They sometimes have surprising items for sale, such as the time we found our brand of decaf coffee at a great price. The variety of decaf available at warehouse stores can be pretty limited, but if you have a Kurig you are made in the shade. They must sell a lot more of it and make more profit. So i don't shop at TJ Maxx regularly but I like stopping in occasionally to see what they have at that particular moment. It helps me miss Zayre's less from when I went to the Broadway Shopping Center decades ago now.

Love prices on product good bargains for upscale items; excellent choices in variety of items,…read moreexcellent service, personnel very nice

Located at the back exit of the Flagship centre, Argos is extremely convenient, almost too…read moreconvenient. Everyone knows what they are getting with Argos but I still can not really get my head around the concept. I just think it is strange that you place an order from a catalogue then pay for the item before someone picks it up in the stock room. Why can they not just have the items in front of you like any normal shop? I think this people go to Argos just for the novelty factor, you can get the items from their catalogue in any other shop for around about the same price. Although the choice is unbeatable there are not many places you can get everything all under one roof. The service is quite good too, the staff are pretty quick to scamper around the stock room and load up the conveyor belt.

Like a toy store for makers --- so many weird wonderful useful things at great discounts.read more

I got falsely accused of shoplifting because of how I looked. Guy wasnt even near me that signed…read morecomplaint, it was a woman. I refused to talk to anyone or turn out my pockets without a lawyer, police and proof on video tape. That was the only way they let me go. Cost me a whole day at police station, but now im suing their ass off. Do not shop here if you are a young woman. They are suspicious as hell, no training in shoplifting and will call cops thinking you stoke a $5 item. Who are these people????

I have been in this area for a little over three years now and I visit this store often, it is a…read morenecessary evil and far from any kind of decent shopping experience. In the three years I have been going there spending thousands of dollars I have been plagued with having to go out in the parking lot to find the smaller shopping carts. Early in the summer (2019) I finally had enough and called the store manager from the parking lot and complained about this. I put up with it all summer again, obviously ignored. On Veteran's day 2019 I went in and there were no small carts as usual, this time I asked the greeter to get me one and she did. For the record I am a disabled U.S. Veteran who suffers from PTSD and on Veteran's day two different greeters never said a word to me while wearing a sweatshirt that says in huge letters VETERAN. I came home, called the same store manager to which I was told 250 carts have been ordered, as for the greeting...oh well I guess. I was also told to ask for a cart when there were not any. I also filed a complaint with corporate, I got another call from the Brewer store manager telling me things would be better and again to ask for assistance if the carts were not there. Today I go in, one week later and no small carts. I went to the greeter and asked him to get me one, he refused. I told him his manager told me to ask for one and this employee still refused and told me verbatim "if you dont like it you can go somewhere else". I waited for a manager, (not the one I talked to on the phone) who only sought to degrade my issues as if it was my fault or perhaps just too petty. He told the employee to apologize but the employee did not, no one got me a cart and no one apologized for any inconvenience. The only time someone apologized WAS CORPORATE. I came home and called corporate again, a complaint form is being sent to the Brewer store for me to file a formal complaint against the employee who lied and called me a liar (which I will and wont settle for anything less than a public apology where he wronged me). I am waiting on a call from the store manager and the district manager to resolve this. This store violated my rights as a disabled person, management allowed an employee to get away with creating a negative situation and I was made to look like a fool. It could have been resolved with the employee acting like the customer matters and simply getting me a cart, whether he did it himself or called on his radio. You would think a human being standing 10 feet or so with a clear view of that bin would have the initiative to call on his radio when he saw the bin getting low...isnt that his job too? (if it isn't we have identified the issue) It's not my job to go hunting for shopping carts, it's going to be winter in Maine soon and I really dont want to spend another winter walking around doing someone elses job and not get paid for it. I am sixty years old and surely do not want to fall on ice looking for a shopping cart. No excuse for treating any customer like this. I will update this later with the results but right now my opinion of the store in Brewer Maine is the customer does not matter, employees are always right and they dont need our busines. Unfortunately it seems that management is at this time impotent as they just sided with the employee and not the customer (who was 100% right because that bin was empty). Honestly all the talks I had with the manager were very positive and well received, but now I feel like perhaps he was just placating me. BTW 2 stars because I dont hate the store but I hate hunting for shopping carts. Without said issue constantly happening 4 stars

you have an employee there taking pictures of shoppers with his cell phone this morning. This is…read morenot good business practice or training, Where are the Supervisors???