This branch of WHSmith is located in Burtonwood Services, which is operated by Welcome Break in the…read moreBurtonwood area of Warrington. I called in here on Christmas Day 2017 and this was one of two of the three units in the Eastbound services which was open, alongside Starbucks, the only unit which wasn't open as stated in my other reviews was Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). The store is quite small, on the day I visited one of the shutters was down so it didn't feel too welcoming, but the store was quiet, on my visit I was the only person in the shop, as well as a slightly tired employee who seemed friendly enough but didn't seem too thrilled to be working on her own on the quiet Christmas Day. The selection of drinks was very good, and included the Starbucks Iced Bottled beverages, these are normally £1 each at SPAR, or £2 each at Superdrug on Buy one get one free, but here they were £2.25 each which was really expensive, but is just an example of the overcharging, expensive nature of motorway service stations, which is frustrating and sad. On the plus side, they did stock a good selection of them including flavours such as mocha and coffee, which are becoming harder and harder to track down now, to the point where I've only found two stores in Manchester, my home-town which sell them. The overall selection around the store, other than a huge drink selection wasn't great. There isn't really many alternatives nearby, as this is the only shop on the Eastbound services, due to the high pricing, slightly unwelcoming nature of the store and selection for anything other than drinks, I feel this store only deserves a slightly generous two-star rating which is only earned for drink selection and location.

This shop exists solely to annoy me I think. I've passed in virtually daily and the windows are…read morefull of local posters and for-sale-type adverts, so I have on occasion been lulled in for toffees or a paper. And that's all they sell. Even in the middle of summer, there ice cream/ice lolly freezers were totally empty. There's never anything useful on the shelves, no interest from the staff either. Its a total disappointment. I'm not entirely sure how it survives in the middle of a bustling little shopping village but it does - its been there for years and years, looking exactly the same. However its useless! Absolutely rubbish - totally disspointing in my opinion.

Staff are helpful, has a post office inside so can get pretty busy at times (Lets pray they don't…read moretake this post office away!) Sells everything you'd expect in a newsagents and has a paypoint access too

GAME made headings in June regarding the fact as a company they are struggling with a potential…read morebuyout by Mike Ashley and Sports Direct - take a look at this branch in Warrington's Golden Square and it is pretty easy to tell why. As well as the issue with mobile phones - which I've explained in detail in the review for the Brighton store, this store as a HUGE selection of pre-owned goods to the point it becomes more like an exchange store, similar to CeX so the selection of new products seemed to be quite rare in the store - the products that were "new" were really expensive too - much more expensive than giants Amazon and other retailers - now considering Game is the major player in their industry with no other store which is similar surviving, you'd expect there to be some decent deals other than on the pre-owned games - are they seriously trying to go down the CeX model? The staff also seemed disinterested - there were two staff members working which was good however they might as well have not been there at all with staff just sat there on their phones and ignoring customers who come into the store. Dreadful selection and pricing of "new" games compared to any other high street or online retailers and staff who don't care - this store sadly sums up the decline of GAME throughout the years - and by the sound of things, they better get their act together quick. 1*

It's a chain store, but it's the management that let's this particular store down they have been…read morehere a long time(no promotions then!) In the past I have taken defective software back and what a reception I got, totally unhelpful, no consideration for the customer they even went further, made snide comments and the manager even licked his tie and rubbed a game disc presumably to check if I had brought him back a pirated disc, and he could get the ink to run, he did this in my presence. Shocking service from totally unprofessional staff. The store seems ok until you have a problem with your purchase. There are plenty of good computer stores in Warrington, use them!