I went to see The Twang perform here in June 08. The small room was fantastic for gig. Very…read moreintimate! The low ceiling made for a great, enclosed atmosphere.

im going to have to majorly disagree with the comment about rude bar staff as i thought they were…read moreincredibly friendly. I lost my purse and staff couldnt have been more helpful. Even going from behind the bar to help me look for it. As has been said before this is a pretty massive and impressive place. Seems to have catched on to the indie scensters who usually dwell in the leadmill but overall a pretty good night. Good student drink prices on wednesday

This shop is pretty big with rows and rows of cds and dvds. It is easy to spend a few hours milling…read morethrough it all. They stock quite a lot of different genres of music along with the latest games and dvds. The prices are average, when there is a sale then there a few bargains to be had. This store has quite a lot of stock in and it's only the rarer, older stuff they may not have in but its worth asking if they are planning to get anymore in. They also sell Ipods and sometimes do offers with them such as I tunes voucher which makes it a better deal then the apple store. Some prices are a bit expensive and could be worth looking elsewhere. With Zavvi being close by they are better as there is close competition.

This is a huge store which has loads of different dvds, music and games. It is a great place to go…read moreif you are looking for something specific because they have a lot of unusual and long forgotten stuff. They also stock quite a few box sets of different tv programmes etc.

From the outside, this Waterstones store stands out. Why? It's the biggest book store in South…read moreYorkshire, and is over two floors, from the outside you can see that it is located in an old building with outdoor stairs - considering it is in a shopping centre which is basically outside this is quite a funky, maverick approach. The store does feel pretty old-fashioned inside and it hasn't had any sort of refurb which a lot of the more central and mall locations have, such as the nearest other branch of Waterstones at Meadowhall, which despite being a little smaller is one of my favourite branches of Waterstones. Decent selection of books and the location is decent too being the only Waterstones branch in Sheffield centre, located in Orchard Square fairly close to Costa and Primark. Some unique features to decor mainly in the exterior, but in the interior, it is pretty dark, and a tad gothic, and reminds me a lot of one of my local branches at Manchester - Deansgate. 2* - Useful brand and a decent sized store but for me, it lacks that interior beauty juxtaposing old and new which many of the latest Waterstones stores do have.

I have been using Waterstones in Sheffield for many years, and have always found it to have the…read moremain qualities you would look for in a bookshop: friendly and helpful staff, and a good selection of books. The space is attractive and inviting, with plenty of space to browse and to enable good displays of the more popular books. In common with all bookshops it faces strong competition from Amazon, but does a decent job in providing an alternative: while it can never stock such a large selection or compete on price, it has advantages such as being able to browse at leisure, especially useful when you don't know exactly what you're looking for.