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. ;)

Shops like Curry's have moved out refusing to pay the raised rents. They have recently put in Zebra…read morecrossings with cars either side blocking your view of pedestrians. In the car spaces are below your eyeliner barriers which often get hit damaging cars. There are no litter bins only Mc Donald's and Greggs' which everyone uses to overflowing over the paths. Avon Meads suffer from lack of thought and seem only interested in taking the money. The car barriers are totally unnecessary and expensive to hit even gently. Apart from good entertainment centres the low stars are for the above mentioned problems which I doubt will be resolved until someone gets hurt.

Don't you just love these ugly out of town meccas to all things capialist? No, me neither but I…read morestill seem to go to them every now and then and sometimes I even buy stuff (sometime stuff I even like!). This one sits in their usual habitat (a massive concrete car park), though it does boast a flyover arcing overhead (classy). Contained within are the usual suspects - cinema, bowling alley, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Chiquito - plus a load of warehouse sized shops (Boots, Comet, Currys, Brantano Footwear, JJB Sports, The Range and, er, a small Marks and Sparks for some reason). These places usually get the single star treatment though this receives an extra one simply for being the one that's near my house.

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.

If (God forbid) you should find yourself stranded in Brislington, and are at a loss for things to…read moredo (as you would be), I'd recommend you visit Avon Mead Retail Park if you're looking for something resembling civilisation. Here you'll find a long line of huge shops, including The Range. For those of you unfamiliar with The Range, it sells everything from musical instruments to arts and crafts, furniture, outdoor living equipment, toys and pet care items to name just a few of its many wares. Moreover, these can be purchased at trés reasonable prices (but don't expect the greatest of quality). This branch of The Range is gigantic and pretty souless. But for practical matters and rainy days, it'll suffice.

There's apparently a whole host of these shops all over the country and yet before I came to…read moreBristol, I had never heard of them. The Range is one of those wonderful mish-mash shops which sells absolutely everything, except from perhaps vital organs, although they could diversify into that in the future. Seriously, going in here is a real treat. You can buy everything from bones for your dog to every craft item under the sun. Or there's jacuzzis, huge boxes of broken biscuits, wall canvases, dried flowers and garden gnomes. It's all stacked chaotically around so actually searching for something you need is a total mission. But if you want to go in and come out with at least 15 things you absolutely don't need then I highly recommend The Range.

Oh yuck. It sure is depressing down at Broadwalk. It brings to mind Dawn of the Dead, that Romero…read morezombie flick set in the shopping mall. The security guards seem a little brain dead, letting teenage oiks run amok around the place, shoplifting from 'Select' and 'Superdrug'. Regulars wander from the pound shop to Iceland, shovelling sweets and non-nutritional food stuffs into their trollies. I really can't find one thing to recommend, unless you live in the area and really cannot travel anywhere else (although even Brislington and Totterdown aren't too far to walk to).

Just off Wells road, this is, as stated in the previous reviews, nothing very special. It has your…read moreusuall big chain shops, the somerfields and wilkinsons of this world (granted, not king pins in the business but gove them a bit of credit), and that oh so familiar: "oh look, a highly unpersonal shopping centre with a variety of quite characterless buildings and shops" kind of a feel. If you pass through at night time you could be forgiven for thinking oh so briefly that, it's quite nice, but a harsh light of day visit will restore all your perceptions. It is what it is, unflattering, unfriendly and un... un... unnatural (yea... that works!)

Named after the song in one of the most wonderful yet tragic motion pictures of our time (with just…read morea hint of sarcasm there), Hakuna Matata is Easton's head-shop - your one stop for all that is associated with smoking dope, getting high and the Rastafarian community. In this shop you can find all the expected grinders, papers, lighters, stash boxes and magazines affiliated with marijuana that you would expect, plus a few extras you may not have thought of. They have a very broad and wonderful smelling incense and scent collection for starters, and a good collection of Indian-based art postcards. More gems that I found (excusing the pun) were some healing crystals and the guide books to go with them. This isn't just a collection of getting high tat, but rather a well thought out stock of gifts and treats based around a more relaxed and easy going way of life.

Not just another " head shop " But an amazing gift shop also offering craft and clothing from many…read moreparts of Africa, Urban clothing at reasonable prices, greeting cards, sandals, jewellery including body piercings, and of course the biggest selection of smoking paraphernalia in Bristol, A one stop experience for all your gifty needs, Llewsob

The B&Q here is conveniently located here. Last year on a hot sunny day I had a perfect position to…read morewatch the Red Arrows doing a demonstration during the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta here last year. A good opportunity to buy an ice-cream cone and take a break from DIY. There is a large Argos which doesn't get horribly busy. And when the knowledge of dinner is a takeaway surrounded by half stripped wall-paper, a dinner at pizza hut is a top treat. Its by no means an exciting shopping experience, it possibly is if your idea of fun shopping is SCS, B&Q followed by pizza hut, its convenient having these stores close to home but I don't miss the almost daily visits to Imperial Retail park necessary when doing diy!

A funny little convenience store, very dark inside. Unlike many convenience stores which add and…read moreextra 3 pounds on the bottle for the convenience, the wine here is pretty good value. It sells some sandwiches and convenience food at the back of the store, has some basics and a freezer with things like pizza's and an ice-cream freezer. Unlike many small convenience stores, the ice-cream doesn't look like it has melted and frozen about 3 times before you've bought it. It also sells milka chocolate - hurrah! The staff here are very friendly, although I'm afraid I can never understand what the young guy is saying to me.

Right next to organique, if you buy some food from their, and then some clothes from this St Peters…read moreHospice Shop, I can garuantee you will have that feel good feeling in side, and you will feel happy that you are doing your bit! Not only for the environment but also for charity! Being the largest charity retailer in Bristol you wont find many places without a St Peters Hospice, but they are all of differing qualities and standards, this particular one is surprisingly big and has some great stuff inside, and always a warm smile will greet you upon stepping inside.

ST Peter's Hospice Charity Shop's are located all accross Bristol. They are the largest network of…read moreCharity shop's in the Bristol Region and you will probabley have stumbled accross quite a few during your travels around the City. This St Peter's Hospice is slightly larger than some of the others I have seen, so purley on that fact it has quite a good selection of brick-a-brack goods. Also if you are good at seeking out items of clothing that look drab on the shelf but as soon as you put it in an outfit it somehow becomes amazing then you might just thrive in this charity shop!

Until very recently the centre (being the open plan water fountain area by the Hippodrome) only had…read morea couple of independent newsagents, which was fine. Then in the space of a few months two of the big players popped up - Tesco Metro at College Green and Sainsburys Local in Broad Quay. Each can complete with a much-needed cash point in the area. Previously, people had to either walk halfway up Park Street to the HSBC or halfway down Baldwin Street to the Alliance and Leicester. Sainsburys Local is your bog standard Sainsburys Local but it looks much nicer and newer. It sells the usual from sandwiches to chocolate and soup to milk and eggs. It's also handy for the smokers in the nearby office blocks. I don't know about you but I'd much rather shop at Sainsburys than Tescos and now you can if you live or work around the city centre in Bristol.

Good selection of ready-to-eat sandwiches and meals, even late at night. Besides that, it's not…read moremuch different from any other Sainsbury's. Oh, unless you love Reese's. They also happen to have an epic selection of Reese's peanut butter cups, pieces and even the oft-unseen crunchy candy bar. Heady stuff.