How much this place needs a face lift it still has the same interior as it did when it opened,…read morewhich I wouldn't mind but there is nothing in the shopping centre Penneys has got to be the smallest ones and they got a CEX store which always feel like a death sentence for a shopping centre

One of better shopping centers in Dublin. You ask why? It's pretty simple, not too big and not over…read morecrowded. Has mostly everything you'd want. From petrol station to cinema. AIB bank is right beside it on the road near by. Lots of parking spaces. No time limit.

The best thing about the this shopping center is not the center itself but the woodies across the…read moreroad. However as this review is about the center i better base my review on it. Dated and drab looking this center seriously needs an overhaul. There is a big Dunnes stores which keep the locals happy, a bit furniture store on the first floor which has been so expensive everytime i go and lots of smaller cheaper looking shops and boutiques. There was a restaurant upstairs with miserable looking staff and even more miserable looking food but i think they have a subway there now and a mcdonalds on site too. if you like that sort of nasty fatty food. But the good thing is that this shopping center aims to have everything, from shoes, to groceries, to diy, to books, to health clinics and so much more. Is the swimming pool still there? I'm not sure but i'd certainly avoid the dodgy looking pub outside. when i've parked in the carpark, i've watched some colourful and unsavoury looking characters hanging the doorway; at 11am.

Located in Coolock, Northside Shopping Centre was described to me by a friend as stepping back into…read more1980's Ireland. The decor is very old, non frivalous, however the shopping centre does have a good Dunnes Stores Department store serving the needs of the local area. It has a large food department, clothes too but unfortunately the home department is very small. Other shops that are in the shopping centre is O2, a few butchers and numerous 2euro shops.

This is my favourite Penneys branch. It is less crazy and more spread out than other branches. Less…read morepeople pass through these doors so the staff have time to put things away, making the place look cleaner and more respectable. If you can get to it it makes a shopping spree at Penneys a lot more memorable!!

Loads of different brands under the one roof, including Miss Selfridge, A-wear, Faith, Warehouse,…read moreOasis and Bay Trading. It's perfect for the indecisive shopper who doesn't like to do too much walking. Sadly, French connection and Firetrap are having closing down sales at the moment, but who knows what exciting brands will take their place?

As the main shop in the centre of the DCU campus, Spar does a roaring trade…read more There's a hot and cold deli, serving up boxes of potato wedges and fried chicken, and fresh wraps, rolls and sandwiches, though it's not the quickest place to grab lunch on the go, as the queues are usually really long during peak mealtimes. There's a machine serving Insomnia coffee, which doesn't taste half bad for a button machine, though is reasonably pricey at €2 a pop... They have the usual vast selection of sweet treats and savoury nibbles, and a shelf of staple cupboard items for the offices and residents on campus, like instant coffee and packets of dried pasta. The best reason to visit this Spar though is to pick up a half-price newspaper.

07.12.10 first order…read more i heard about LadyUmbrella through a friend, and really thought a lot of their overall concept. in planning a celebration for a couple of my lady friends, i decided to order a couple of shirts from LU, but didn't really know how to gauge women's sizes (being a man, that can be a problem). so i was able to connect with LU through twitter, then was able to eventually chat on facebook with their marketing rep. short story long, they made it really easy for me to order the shirts, have them hold the shirts until the party, have the ladies email him with sizes etc (to avoid revealing that info to me or anyone else at the party), then have the shirts shipped to them free of charge. and they sent me (i've already received it) stickers, buttons and coupons as swag for our next UYE. not bad for making a call and asking a few questions. overall: very pleased with customer service, and their overall concept. hope the girls like the shirts! they will. or else ;)

I am a fan of Lady Umbrella…read more I have had two tops given to me as presents from my sister and I always get compliments whenever I wear them. Quirky and cool. The materials used are quality and nice to wear. I bought a top myself recently after I queried sizes and when they'd have my size back in stock. Which I did using twitter. But they have email address too and facebook. They got back to me promptly and had their website updated with what I wanted. Postage is free too. This always attracts me to an online business. Ole!

Aldi in general has improved its products and store environment in recent years; however their…read moreprices have crept up, especially since the lockdown. I normally shop at Aldi Laytown which us superb with lovely staff. Santry Aldi is a different story. Staff don't seem to want to open a full checkout even for trollies and keep trying to get oeople to the self-service scanners. I keep reminding them : I don't work here, please open a till. When queues were building up today, having declined to self-scan my own trollyload, reluctantly a call was made for staff to open another till and the staff directed the person behind me over, fortunately, he had manners and recognised that I should have been next and allowed me go ahead. All fine, my shopping was checked out but when it came to pay on the card reader I was denied the opportunity to give my rating of my shopping experience. The staff member turned the screen towards himself and gave himself his own review! Aldi need to be aware that their customer satisfaction rates are being skewed by staff giving themselves a good rating instead of allowing customers to honestly rate the shopping experience and give valuable feedback which contributes to improved service in the future.

This place has gone way down in my opinion. Self check out has been introduced and there are never…read moreany check out lanes open. They herd you towards the machines instead. even if you say no Why should I do their work for them, to maximise their profits. if i'm doing that I want 20% off the price of my groceries. it took me twice as long to check out as i had to stand waiting for someone to come and tell the machine that im old enough to buy beer. I am 56 years old.And the whole time i have a camera in my face 12inches away recording my every move like im a criminal. Junkies hanging around outside all the time panhandling and they do nothing about it. it feels unsafe to go here too. if I had a choice i would shop elsewhere but they have it all sewn up now theres no more family grocers left. Customer service has long been forgotten. Shame.

Many of New Look's customers are teens. When I visited, a trio were having the following…read moreconversation. "She wears gorgeous clothes...But her fingers are rotten and she's always caked in makeup." Luckily, the staff members are friendlier and engage in complimentary banter with you when they ring up your purchases. Inexpensive, fashion-forward clothes are New Look's stock in trade, and it does it well, as long as you aren't hoping to buy something that you can pass down to the grandchildren. The shoes are also great value but step away from the jewellery racks - cheap but decidedly not cheerful. Oh and something to note if you have been on holiday across the water... The sterling prices displayed on the tickets are much cheaper than their euro equivalents but New Look does give you the option to pay with your leftover UK money.

I just find New Look so unexciting. Unlike its name, it does not tender any innovatory 'new look'…read moreto us, the buying public, but instead stocks a collection of clothes as humdrum as they are tasteless. New Look's manifesto declares; 'You love the excitement and limitless possibilities that fashion provides, and that 'wow' moment of finding that must-have item.' Having gone into their shop and seen their stockpile for myself, to say this is an inaccuracy is, sincerely speaking, a very gentle way of putting it. The shop is awash with tawdry ditsy print dresses, tacky striped peplum dresses, crude leopard print tunics, ghastly stud trim vests (a particular turnoff), horrible frill crop vests, magnetic bling stud earrings as well as the particularly disconcerting transparent knitted tunics that you can see your bra through. Obviously I understand that the shop is not going to stock hoodies nor sportswear of the same caliber as Adidias or Abercrombie and Fitch but I have never seen such shoddy hoodies anywhere as those sold within this store. The ones I am speaking of have such counterfeit phrases as 'Daytona 1971 Athletics Club' written across it. It's like they don't even try to make their stuff convincingly decent. A consistent theme amid all of New Look's garments is that everything is made from a very shoddy, thin material. I look at all this stuff and wonder whether any of it will survive past it's first spin in the washing machine. Nothing boasts any kind of integral shape, with most of the tops hanging off you like a shabby poncho. According to what is written on some of the labels, their clothes boast 'Paisley' designs - I wouldn't have known from the patterns alone however owing to their inadequate appearance. Instead of reconstructing authentic Persian or Indian textiles what surfaces are something akin to juvenile scribblings. If you want to pick up first-rate quality clothes with a pioneering twist marketed towards the young adult then bypass all of the counterfeit clones such as Warehouse, Oasis, Next and especially New Look and head straight to somewhere authentic like TopShop.