This newsagents shop is so much bigger than it looks from the outside!! I visited it twice today on…read moretwo different occasions (the first time to buy a paper and the second to browse) and I was impressed by the good service and very large selection of newspapers and magazines. Everything is laid out so nicely too in a very eye-catching way with unusual curved display racks going down the centre of the floor space. In addition to papers and mags, there are plenty of local books, stationery (including school/college items), and, around the corner at the back, good quality greetings cards. Some jigsaws for sale as well and a full range of confectionery.

It's a great newsagents,well stocked and displayed nicely , equipped with everything one needs, yet…read morethe staffs curt and standoffish behaviour is less desirable. They are so rude,inpolite and miserable that they made my partner & myself feel very uncomfortable.NO please & thank you's were mentioned ,it takes nothing to show a few manners especially whilst dealing & working with the public. How do these people get jobs? they make victor meldrew look happy. It's a shame as the shop itself is very good,but the employee,s have really put me off.

A childhood memory is this place to me, as I used to go here many times with friends. There is so…read moremuch cheap choice there too. It is almost an old fashioned sweet shop it has sweet; sugary, juicy different flavoured mice, lollies, and there all kinds of chocolate and many other sweets there. The prices are just right and the staff are really friendly and very welcoming. I recommend it as the best sweet shop in town, and it is one of the best arcades within town. I love this arcade because it is amazing what neat, smaller, old fashioned shops that you discover down here. I also love it because it reminds me of Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter, fantasy novel series. Apparently Cardiff is known for being the city of arcades representing perhaps the only images left that tell us of the wonderful and interesting history of the Victorian and the Edwardian heritage. It was in 1858 when the Royal Arcade in Cardiff's city centre was built; before that the 1790s only beheld twenty five retail shops known as 'market stalls.'

Fine Chocolates is an extremely well positioned shop on the corner of The Royal Arcade where it…read moremeets St Mary Street, allowing it a sizeable shop front on both, whilst retaining the prestigious address of The Royal Arcade. The chocolates are exquisite, but with a price tag to match, and so I have only ever bought them as gifts for other people, munching out on the less expensive, ubiquitous mass produced Belgian chocolate when I have a chocolate attack. I think that this is probably what most commonly occurs. With a selection of modern gift boxes, which are all finished off with presentation ribbons by the staff, it's clear that the gift option is a popular one. (This doesn't mean to say that it's not possible to prize the box open and snaffle a couple before you present them, somewhat apologetically, to their intended owner. And, this way you can announce with authority, as you hand the goods over, that the contents of their gift are really very good!) The shop also stocks soft drinks and a few lower cost items, like cake, that you can eat in at the tables provided. They also do great ice creams. I guess it is the sale of this kind of stuff that subsidises the chocolates, and justifies having such a large retail space, (otherwise there would be no point, and it certainly wouldn't be affordable).

I don't know whether it's because it's so close to the station or whether it's something that's…read moretrue across all the shops (I am assuming it's a chain store though I've never seen another) but this is such an expensive corner shop. I mean, you get everything you're likely to need, granted. Snack foods, newspapers and magazines, medicines - it's all there. But at quite a high cost. It's like when you go to the theatre and they charge you about £7 for a spoonful of ice cream - it's because it's theatre ice cream. Well, if you're going to buy food you might as well spend only a little more and get something good from M&S.

This has to be the cheapest newsagent in the city. Do you remember when Mars Bars were like 26p and…read morechewing gum was 19p then it started to creep up until in recent years it has clambered so high that you won't even get much change from a pound for a lot of choccy bars? Well, this shop is thankfully bucking the trend selling choccy bars for the 35 - 50p mark, crisps and even drinks the same. What's more, the staff are really lovely and polite. I've just got a job near this shop and I'm sure I'll be saving loads ever month because the stock is reasonably priced (I used to work near McColls on Temple Way). Avon News also has a good mix of newspapers and magazines and greetings card for that last minute panic when you realise you've forgotten your mum's birthday (never done it myself, thankfully).

Avon News is a well rounded little newsagents, boasting the usual range of newspapers, magazines,…read moreconfectionery, stationary and the like. Staff are friendly and welcoming and like to chat.

The Hayes is in the perfect location in the middle of Cardiff and I've got a knack of passing it…read morejust as I run out of cigarettes or fancy a drink and a paper on a warm day. It's pretty small and has everything you'd expect. I tend to look at the price of a pack of cigarettes when comparing newsagents and corner shops. I know that's little basic but it works and this one is certainly not as highly priced as Spar and other alternatives. I wouldn't expect it to last too much longer as the modernising of the Hayes area engulfs all and sundry with its power. But enjoy this place and the convenience it provides while it lasts as it's the most well placed newsagents in town.

Something missing from city centres are traditional Newsagents. It really is annoying that you have…read moreto go into a big department store etc to pay for over priced drinks you know you could pay alot less for if there just a damn newsagents around. Luckily Hayes provides this service. It's just a typical newsagents in all honesty, fairly cheap prices compared to changed stores, mags, sweets etc etc it's all here and a very nice member of staff that will always make you live with a smile.

This is a great little convenience store and news-agent, and being the only one in the immediate…read morearea, it's a real blessing that it is quite as good as it is, despite the fact that there's no competition! They stock a really good range of wine and alcohol in general, as well as all of the basic foods that are well complimented by some exotic extras. The Indian couple that own this shop take it in turns to man the counter. I like both of them, but really enjoy a chin wag with Mrs... oh no... I have forgotten her name... so sorry! (All of a sudden I don't want her to read this... how embarrassing!) City News stays open really quite late, as do all of the little businesses in the immediate vicinity, including Whispers, the internet shop next door. And that's another thing... Whispers is about to have a change of name, and the owner, whose name eludes me, told me what the new name is going to be, and guess what? Yep, I've forgotten it! Do you think I should carry a notebook and pen!?!

This is another newsagents like Here's News, further up Albany Road, in the sense that it offers…read moremore than the newsagents that I am used to. Rather than just a chocolate bar and a magazine, like I remember, you can instead pick up a little book! How odd. However, I kind of like it. Not that there were any books I really wanted and the fact that it is primarily a newsagent means you don't get a good selection. Then again you still get everything you could possibly want, and get served by a lovely person. What else is really negative about it? I'm trying really hard to think about something! I would say it's prices aren't great. But that's good too! Damn you, A J & B Dudden!

A J & B Dudden Newsagent are somewhat of a rarity these days. They are an independent newsagent…read morethat haven't sold out to the Life Style Group or some other such chain. Good! This means that they can carry the stock that they want, and decide how things are going to look, and essentially do things their own preferred way, making A J & B Dudden Newsagent unique as a consequence! Unique and quirky I should say! They carry items that you wouldn't automatically expect a newsagent to stock, such as board games and books, (mainly Welsh in theme, such as guide books etc.), to compliment the national and full range of regional press and their good selection of magazines (which again reflects their desire to stock titles that you can rarely find elsewhere, unless you go to a large WH Smiths or a chain of similar stature). This of course, means that they can look after their dedicated loyal locals who consistently patronise the shop, allowing them to buy in items that have been requested. This shop is run by a lovely family who never consider anything too much trouble. Being small, they can't arrange the same level of bulk buying discounts that the larger chains are able to negotiate, and so their prices are a little more expensive. But I hope that this doesn't put too many people off using them. We run the risk of losing our independent corner shops, with their individual identity and their lovely quirkiness. We need to carry on shopping there and at other shops just like it if we are going to see them survive.

A handy, very small shop, for newspapers, basic groceries, soft drinks, cigarettes, cards and…read moregiftwrap. There's usually a queue as it gets quite crowded. Friendly staff. On the ground floor of Fulton House in the middle of the campus.