I really enjoyed myself at this mall. I came here with my cousins and pretty much had no…read moreexpectations, but my expectations were very easily exceeded from being here. This mall has a lot of the stores that I wanted to shop at and one store in particular that I have not found throughout my time in the UK they actually did have so that was great. It's also really beautiful as well. It has different areas in the mall that are themed based off different parts of the world and they did a really great job of creating that aesthetic throughout the mall. The staff we spoke to were also really nice and friendly. I overall had a good time and would recommend coming here for a shopping trip if you are near the area.

Think Las Vegas bling with a mix of mall and food court galore. Beautiful mall with tall marble…read morecolumns all over and tropical plants. Very good amount of decent restaurants and stores.

Barton Square is one of the nicer, newer parts of the Trafford Centre, which is more out-doors…read moretype, meaning it can be a nice place to go for a look around, to get some fresh air and away from the busy Trafford Centre, through a simple walkway which takes you there. Barton Square mainly is a bunch of home stores, with M & S, BHS, Next and Home Sense all having stores here, alongside a Seaworld and a Legoland. It is quite a nice place, it can even sometimes be set like a fairground with stalls selling quick food, which can be an interesting place to grab something to eat, although I've never eaten at one of them myself. The shops here are limited, but when you have The Trafford Centre at just the other end of the bridge, you don't need it really. It is a nice new addition to the Trafford Center, but adding a bit more here, maybe even a Starbucks / Costa / Caffe Nero to serve the area, although they have all 3 in the main building would be nice, but still for someone who despises home stores, which this place is all about - this isn't a bad place, and is a nice place to go while shopping at The TC.

Barton Square is part of the Trafford Centre which can be accessed by a covered bridge link from…read morethe Trafford Centre. It has many home wear stores including a huge M&S with a lovely cafe on the first floor, British Home Stores, Homesense, Dwell, NEXT,and now a Sealife Centre and Legoland to take the little ones too. If you are looking for any home furnishings then this a great place to check out!

The West One is a nice retail park in the Salford/Eccles area, I'm going to share the embarrassing…read moremoment that I actually came here by mistake, through making a left turn which I should have made 150 yards or so later according to my sat nav, I was quite impressed at the retail park as it was quite nice, even having a WHsmith to its-name, which seem to be in every shopping mall, every station, every airport, every town centre but still they seem to shy away from retail parks from some bizarre reasoning. It is located just off Junction 2 of the M602 motorway and is quite close to Trafford Park and Old Trafford and even the Lowry Outlet mall, all around one or two miles away. There are a few big names here such as Home Bargains, WHSMITH, Subway and The Carphone Warehouse, still the retail park is only small compared to others, it still is quite decent, quite satisfactory however nothing more than that, I'm sorry to report. It is also a shame this retail park doesn't seem to be making a name for its-self to make it more of a place to visit, through not having a website, there are numerous fast food chains here, as I recall there is both a Subway and a Mcdonald's, two of the largest fast food chains in the world which seem to always not be far from each other, where you can often find them in the same complex. There is also quite a large "Range" store here but that's about it really. The location of this retail park is interesting, with so much around it so it probably isn't the best place to go and shop but still it is quite nice and I do feel it has done enough to earn at least a high two star rating.

West one is the retail park in Salford. On this retail park there are some fest food restaurants…read moresuch as McDonald's subway. There is plenty of parking. There are still a few units empty.

My wife and I visited Salford quays outlet shopping centre yesterday 1st December 2023…read more We haven't been there since last year and we were shocked to find how poor the outlet has become Nearly all of the upstairs shops had gone! It was like a ghost town. It was also very cold (no heating) probably couldn't afford to put any on ! We won't be visiting again as they are still charging for parking which seems stupid when it's in such a decline. Something needs to be done quickley or I can see it closing down.

The Lowry Outlet is just ok its nothing that special apart from a couple of decent stores like the…read moreGAP outlet and a few others, but it's only really kept open by the Vue Cinemas and the very busy Costa Coffee, There is also a couple of chain restaurants which include Harvester, Pizza Express, Cafe Rouge, Lime Bar and the recently opened Nandos. It does have a lot of potential if it had the right stores in there. Its ok for a browse through if youre around the area or in Media City UK though. Its also very easy to get to from the City Centre with a direct tram heading straight towards to Media City UK.

This place plays a vital role in supplying my late night cravings for chocolate and snacks. Late…read morenight shopping is the best at this place, especially if you can't be bothered to face the public! The place is huge and if you wanted to engross yourself, it could easily take up a couple of hours of your time; food, clothing, games, dvds, books, household items and electronics! However if you're going to go late at night, get used to the annoying self-service checkout voice and her commands!

Very big store with almost everything I need (no deli and salad bar like Morrisons), prices are…read moregood if you play the system well, upstairs area for clothing, entertainment, health, beauty, and household goods. In house McDonald's which is generally clean and tidy. Only frustrating thing I find is hand baskets are hard to find and till staff have obviously been told to make mundane conversation with customers, I'm not a big fan of that :-\

Aww, poor Stretford Mall. It's not a place for high street fashion but if you're in need of some…read moreessentials or some tat, you've come to the right place! And you'll be surprised by how little money you spend (partly cos it's mostly bargain shops and partly due to lack of good shops). It has charity shops - the best one here being British Heart Foundation who are happy to take donated stuff and has a high turnover of preloved clothing. My favourite shop here though, is Quality Save. It's a nice spacious one with cheerful staff and constantly updated stock, perfect fit browsing before hitting the new Pure Gym that opened in spring this year. There are the essentials - a Superdrug, Boots, WHSmiths (which house the Post Office), Specsavers, Tescos, Holland and Barrett, Iceland, and Greggs - yes, the newly redecorated cafe-style Greggs! If you live in the area and don't know how to drive, I'd recommend a visit the mall. It's slowly changing - new cheap chains are opening there - a Pep and Co this year, Aldi next Spring, and a slowly updating market hall with lots of room and potential to house some pop ups. It gets three stars for now, four when Aldi opens and five when they push the closing time to 7pm or even 6:30pm. I have hope.

My fellow Yelper Sarah Anne has summed this place up perfectly. I do feel a tad disloyal speaking…read morebadly of Stretford Mall because I have been coming here for years so in order for me to put my Yelping family in the picture, I must describe its glory days to demonstrate its decline. This precinct used to be a bustling shopping mecca for the people of South Manchester. The market was packed full of bargain stalls and every teenage girl would flock there for their next outfit. There was a busy McDonalds, a great cut price sports shop and the Post Office which is now a dying breed, was an important factor for Stretford folk. No Arndale centre is complete without the obligatory Ethel Austin and Au Naturel and although Stretford Mall had its fair share of young mums pushing prams of toddlers eating meat and potato pasties, the general vibe was one of office workers on their lunch breaks, pensioners on their days out and regular people rushing around Tesco to do their weekly shop. Move forward five years and the Credit Crunch has decimated this place. McDonalds jumped ship, Woolworths met its untimely end- R.I.P Pick n' Mix- and the Post Office was obliterated, ending up in the less salubrious W.H.Smiths where queues are endless. Dorothy Perkins has run away with Au Naturel, Sommerfield became Quality Save and the market is a ghost town. Quite sad really and for those without a car, it is a real loss. It is now an underprivileged abandoned town of closed units and empty parking spaces and it is only a matter of time before I can see the whole place shutting and being turned into the biggest Primark in the world. Stretford Mall can change its name but it cannot change its fate and I would not go there unless I absolutely had to.

Salford Shopping City is the main shopping center for Salford, and its' only major attraction sadly…read moreseems to be a Tesco across the way, which still then leaves a lot to be desired and it is sad to see a shopping mall like this, run into a bit of a dump and I hate to be rude, but it looks like something off Moss-Side, it looks like a shopping centre situated inside a rather rough area, and is more of a frightening place to shop, than enjoyable and is certainly not somewhere I would choose to go, even when forced to go, I'd kick up a fuss. It was opened in 1972 and really has passed its' prime, it is an old building situated in a run up of shops of less branded shops and more lower class shops which don't look or sound too good. They is a small amount of shops, but all of these you'd expect to see in a small town anyway such as Cash Generator, Greggs, Argos, Heron Foods, a few pound shops, a phone shop (EE annd Vodafone) and Wilko, so certainly it seemed to be nothing special, which meant it would be easy to walk in and out in under a minute, especially with what I presume to be a few entrances to other shops. This shopping centre just seemed a sad place, a depressing place and it didn't even seem like a shopping centre, just a few shops piled together with an ALDI, KFC and Tesco outside.

Salford Shopping City is near where I work. Here is a pound bakery, travel agents, pawnshop ,…read moreindependent cafes, opticians, pharmacy and card shops. So there is anything you (apart from the chain food stores). It is in need of a facelift and there are some shops empty. Next door you have a big Tesco's Extra, Aldi and a Lidl across the road. So you can easily do your weekly or monthly shopping here, budgeting as appropriate

Today we visited Legoland in Manchester. Not knowing there was a Legoland here I did some res ears…read morethe day before and it was clearly advertised with the sea life centre so we figured it was two smaller centres you do in one day and that was exactly the case. We purchased online and saved ££ in doing so which always makes mummy happy! We also went for the second time slot as the first is alway busy. We parked in the Barton square car park as the website suggested and as we were nice and early we go a park directly outside the entrance. We did not have to wait in a queue at all we walked straight up to the counter which is a bonus! Once we collected our tickets we had out photos taken (which I don't know about you but I always buy because I am a sucker!) and went up the lifts to the first area. Upstairs there was a short presentation on how Legos are made. For Boo's age the man was a little scary and loud but she did well. I liked that all the kids were involved and having fun. Once through there was a ride called Kingdom Quest, but we weren't sure if boo (1yr old) could go on it, so we skipped it at first and went through to the Lego display area. Boo loved pushing the buttons. Once in the main area we saw the 4d movie - which we enjoyed but was MUCH too loud for boo, and myself. I wish they had it down just a little. She loved the pits of Lego, the small play area, the big play area and the big formula one car. Unfortunately she was too small for the other two rides so I found a lady with a similar aged child and asked if they did the first ride. They had done and said it wasn't too scary so we went back to get on the Kingdom Quest ride. Boo was fine on the ride and I am so glad we went on it because I would have felt disappointed if we didn't get to do one ride. I think it was what we expected, a small scale version of Legoland and I think it is marketed that was with the combination tickets to sea world. Would go again Money spent - £23 each, plus photo pack (we got the £20 ultimate combo pack being extravagant and on holiday - 2 big photos, 1 magnet, 1 Keyring, 2 wallet photos and photo download code) Cons - $$ is steep if you have lots of children, playground has no age restriction so lots of big kids mixed with little ones, 4d cinema too loud and no one to ask if the little one can go on certain rides.

A bit worst then Lego land but got a little Lego piece which is to remember and can only be…read moreaccessed from there.

As far as supermarkets go, this is the Burj Khalifa of the Tesco world…read more.... Its got almost everything you could wish for: a cafe, key cutters & watch repairer, pharmacy, phone shop, sells TVs, laptops and kindles etc, deli counter, camping section, clothes section- the list goes on! There are bigger savings here than at other smaller Tescos and its almost never busy (not in the evenings). They also have the scan and shop facility which means you can scan and pack your shopping as you go round. Apart from being too much fun, it does save time and makes sure you know how much everything costs The only gripe I have about this place is that the cafe, which does great breakfasts, is on the other side of the store to the toilets. And when I say other side of the store- that's like 3 miles away.... So that isn't convenient at all but the breakfasts were okay, nothing to write home about but okay for a stop off.

I have started shopping here for my "weekly" shop. I used to go to Sainsburys but the Nectars…read morepoints deal changed. They halved the number of points you would get for amount you spend. I was also thinking of changing as I think Tesco is overall cheaper. One other reason I now go to Tesco is this one has one of those Self scan things - called Scan as you Go. Basically you get your a scanner which you use as you go round the store, scanning barcodes. The idea is to make things quicker. I use it because its a gadget! But it is quicker as packing bag at same time and the Scan as you go queue tends to be much quieter. This store has a lot of the Tesco facilities like Click+Collect, Petrol, Pharmacy, Wifi and clothing.Its also got a wide range of food such as Polish, Halal, and Afro Caribbean. But at the end of the day, its a supermarket!

I've always found Trafford Retail Park to be a little strange, with it being minutes away from The…read moreTrafford Centre (a huge and stunning shopping mall), I sometimes wonder if this place is actually needed, but it still has a good selection of places to eat and drink, with lots of parking, with the added benefit that you don't need to track all the way through a busy car park and shopping mall to get to your required shop/restaurant, it's ideal for a quick bite, or to run into a store, making it really useful for the area. For food and drink, there is: McDonald's, Five Guys, Nando's, Pizza Hut and Starbucks. Stores here include B&M, Boots, Carpet Right, Dunelm and Iceland's Food Warehouse. The selection of stores isn't great, but the Sports Direct and TKMaxx stores are useful, especially as they are some of the larger retails to not have a store inside The Trafford Centre. Public transport access here is woeful and non-existent, and I wouldn't recommend visiting as a pedestrian especially if heading from Trafford Park / Trafford Centre due to how dangerous the roads/pavements can be but this is a useful retail park with a small selection of stores to add to and benefit the local area. 3*