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.

do not buy trafford centre gift card!!!!! 12 months expiry,…read more terrible customer service, i misplaced my voucher and couldn't find it for few months, once i found and i tried to use, i was told is expired. emailed them and they just told me is expired and conveniently kept my credit and blocked my email. extremely unhappy with that. my advice do not buy. mrs ahmed

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 ASDA store is improving, which is good, and with that should come an updated rating especially…read morewith public transport access to the store improving now, with the Barton Dock Road Metrolink stop on the Trafford Park - Cornbrook line being a couple of minutes away, I would note access to the store can be quite difficult if on foot due to it being located in a zone where there are many cars, crossing and multiple of stores and it does involve multiple crossings and walking on the road - I don't see how they could improve it though due to the construction of the Trafford Park area which includes a Starbucks and a Costco. One of the largest Asda stores in the area, inside it is pretty modern, featuring the Asda Scan and Go Scanners/app, and a small McDonald's, the checkout experience seemed to be much smoother and quicker here compared to other stores. The staff seemed friendly enough and didn't mind showing me where something was and offering recommendations on which flavour of Pepperami Chicken Bites to try. While I wasn't able to get everything I was shopping for, the selection remains good including the fresh/deli counters and this is one of my favourite ASDA supermarket locations. 4*

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!

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

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

Went to one of their fun adult nights. Two hours was just about right and I saw the European Cup…read morereplica.

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!

ok choice however design is awkward as can take 5 minutes just to get into from the outside pavementread more

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*