Good shopping centre and not too many empty stores. We last went on a very rainy day but it didn't…read moretake away from the shopping experience. I love that they have little food places staggered around like Ben's Cookies (which is always an essential when shopping for the family!) Easy to get to and access. Worth the visit.

Wow! I could do some serious damage at this place! Cabot Circus is a beautifully constructed…read more"outdoor" shopping centre with every store you can imagine! We were staying across the street at the Future Inn and on the evening we arrived, we strolled over to take a quick peek at the adventures I would be exploring the next day. Much to my surprise, pleasure and happiness, there was a Pret right there as soon as we walked in! Breakfast at the hotel was on the pricey side so we knew where we'd be coming in the morning and we certainly needed to get fueled up for a day of shopping! CC has lots of high end, brand name stores and with even more shops beyond the boundaries of CC, this made for a lovely day of retail therapy. My poor husband... oh well, at least they had an Apple store for him. ;)

I'm a passionate Bristolian. I love everything about Bristol and every inch of this beautiful city…read more However, every time I go through Broadmead I can't help but ask: what happened? What went wrong? I know that the high street has been in decline for a while now, and that it's not only Bristol that has empty shopping centers, but that doesn't make it any easier watch. When I was a kid I used to love going into town and going to the galleries to by someone a birthday present, or go to choose my own. But now broadmead and the galleries are a non-event. There's not really anything there apart from boots and a few discount shops. Saying that, every christmas the German markets come to town and liven the place up with mulled wine, bratwurst and some much needed christmas cheer. It's a really nice place to go on your lunch break or to start a night off. Without it, this would be a 2 star review!

This is Bristol's main shopping precinct, complete with a mall, two cinemas and various department…read morestores. It's always felt a bit tired and run down, with too much concrete and boarded up windows. They've taken a step towards dealing with a recent refurbishment - cleaning the brick work and stuff like that. It's still a bit crap to be honest, especially next the brand spanking new Cabot Circus next door. There's everything you'd expect from a big city's main shopping area. They've got a Marks and Spencer and several McDonald's - it's pretty much a clone of what you'd find in somewhere like Southampton or Wolverhampton. Everyone says Bristol can do a bit better - I suppose that's what Cabot Circus is all about. It's got a quite a Bristolian feel to it, which makes it feel a bit less soulless. Staff are a bit more likely to meet your eye than London and there's quite a friendly atmosphere. Anoyances include charity muggers and men standing around with microphones decrying your sins, but nothing too bad. Broadmead isn't flash, or even very smart but has everything you'd want when you go into town.

Ok, now for a little history lesson (sorry I wouldn't do this unless it was very interesting). The…read moreClifton Arcade, a beautiful Victorian version of a shopping mall, was buried under 60 tonnes of debris (including a caravan) until just 20 years ago. The story goes, when a builder was working around the site twenty years ago and started drilling into a wall, his drill went all the way through, meaning it was hollow inside; he made the hole big enough to look through and saw this beautiful old Victorian parade of shops, untouched for decades. Now I don't know how much of that the complete truth, but pretty cool is nonetheless. As far as shops go, they are suitably useless but fit in with this special building. They are lovely little independent businesses. There is an amazing little Mexican shop that only sells, well, Mexican things. Like wrestlers masks. Nacho Libre!!! There are art shops & a really cool vintage clothes shop (woman only, dam!). The biggest shame is that the brilliant little record store that used to be at the far end has now closed. Dam, now this arcade really is only suitable for woman, mothers and grannies who can literally get lost in their for hours. Some peace for the rest of us.

This is kind of symptomatic of everything that's good and bad about Clifton Village. You enter by…read morethe Promrose Cafe and stroll through this beautiful arcade, though I have to say, I'm struggling to think of a time that I've ever bought anything here. Pretty much everything in here - bar the music store - is high end, which means, especially in this day and age, that it's all a little rich for my blood. Always worth a quick stroll when you're in the area, but you may want to encase your wallet in concrete before you enter.

Lovely shopping centre! Perfect to drive a piano around in while playing the Coconut Mall theme…read moresong.

The Galleries shopping centre was THE place to shop to avoid the grim main strip of Broadmead…read morebefore Cabot Circus opened up a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, the new and popular Cabot Circus has meant pretty much the end of the Galleries. Many shops have closed down or moved out of the Galleries in hope of a better future in the new shopping mall. A few shops have stayed though, which means that the Galleries is still worth a browse. For chain essentials such as Boots, WHSmith and Burger King, you will find all these under one roof. There are a few non-essential and pointless shops which are still quite overpriced considering they are on their last legs. You will find Hawkins Bazaar here, which gives the Galleries a thumbs up from me.

China Town in Bristol? Well this little gem called little…read morechina town at Bristol isnt quite China Town like London, but it has most of the stuff you will see in most China town. Chinese supermarket, Chinese cafe that serves real China town food, some bubble tea shop and a karoake too.

Great little surprise, a beautiful old Victorian shopping arcade tucked away in Clifton Village,…read moreBristol. Hidden down Boyces Avenue, this treasure originally opened in 1878 but later fell into disuse. It has been restored now and is home to a wide range of small shops selling all sorts of stuff from antiques, furniture, jewelry, designer clotes, art, music and books. A really good mix to tempt our various interests. Apparently, the building has been used as a film location, notably in the BBC drama Little Sir Nicholas, De Amitri's video Nothing Much Happens Here and on more than one occasion by the BBC for Casualty.

Prepare to be confused. The Mall is what used to be called The Galleries. Why the name The Mall is…read morebetter than The Galleries, I've got no idea, and quite where that leaves The Mall shopping centre out in Cribbs, I'm not sure (suffering an identity crisis to go with its Circus-induced financial crisis, I would suspect). I walked through here the other day, and it was actually surprisingly busy post- Circus, with no shops boarded up as far as I could see and all the big players (Boots, Smiths, Waterstones) staying put. This isn't to recommend this massive anachronism, though, which is, let's face it, something of a ghost town waiting to happen.

Before Cabot Circus opened The Mall was the centre point for Bristol. I was ashamed to invite…read moreanyone to visit for this reason! It was really small for a main shopping mall, and only has a few decent shops in it. Now that Cabot Circus has opened, most business has relocated and nowadays there seems to be more and more of these tacky, cheap clothes shops popping up inside which all sell the same things. As Mark very well said, one of the sole uses of The Mall has to be the escalators to the top meaning you don't have to walk up the stupidly steep hill to Castle Park and St Nicholas Market! I don't ever really visit the Mall, only for TK-Max and the use of their lifts. Press onwards the Cabot Circus in my opinion!

Quakers Friars is a branch off Cabot Circus. It is open air and is very modern and new…read more I do warn you, this section of shopping is a bit more expensive then the rest of Cabot Circus, the strech of shops is dedicated more to your Fred Perry, Fat Face, Lacoste and such like, so if you do a have bit of cash to spend I think this will be your main visiting point. I do like to wander down here and pretend I have the funds to go in and buy everything instore, I can but dream!

A very chic and upmarket stretch of the Cabot Circus shopping district, Quakers Friars is the place…read moreto come for pricey gifts, a glass of fine wine at Carluccio's beside the fountains, and a reminder of the luxurious things in life. Harvey Nichols stands proudly on one end, and the shops cascade in varying degrees of poshness down towards Broadmead where, abruptly, the tone shifts and you're back in Poundland territory. The White Company, Molton Brown, Bloomsbury & Co (a gift shop) ... It's all stylish, gorgeous, and at the higher end of high street shopping. Even if you're not here to buy anything, go and have a coffee at Carluccio's on a sunny day, sit outside on the terrace under one of their royal blue umbrellas, and enjoy watching people shopping, and listen to the tills ringing.

A wonderful dining experience, such beautiful food with extremely knowledgeable staff, who were so…read moreattentive and informative about the food choices and wines.The ambiance was perfect, making the evening special. Will definitely return and will book for the Christmas menu. Highly recommended.

Wonderful air conditioned environment with top class food and service. Reception escorted me to…read moremy seat and I was immediately offered water and a menu. they had a new Spring menu which is amazing value one course £20 plus they had a free cocktail