I love this place and go out of my way to go there. An…read moreAlladdins cave of treasures from shoes to fabrics..kitchen ware to religious icons..suits to saris.Balti trays and cooking utensils are very reasonably priced compared to any cook shop. This store is massive! It packs a lot of stuff all under one roof! Lovely sari fabrics from around £15.99. I often buy the plain white silk ones for £15 and cut into smaller pieces and dye for other things.Ornate saris make wonderful furnishing fabrics too. A great selection of haberdashery..lovely ribbons and trims. A bargain bin with short pieces of amazing fabrics at about 8 pieces a £1. Some stunning jewellery as well and indian cosmetics and hennabindis, henna tattoos and I also stock up on incense. The huge emporium is a gleaming bazaar with rolls of silks in every possible shade. Racks of spangled shoes and sandals seem to come straight from Bollywood. Yet there are also racks of little girls' organdie dresses like those worn by Shirley Temple in the 1930s. Indeed, something about Bombay Stores is very comforting for English people: it is as if time has stood still. For the Asian community is a taste of home. There is order and calm, no pressure selling and plenty of space to wander from the boutique, selling Bollywood pop hits and videos, to the cafe, en route to the fabrics, suits and shoes. I always keep carrying armfuls of stuff to the checkout but now they have also devised a new idea. In fact there's so much that the only way to shop for larger goods is to browse the store and pick up tickets for each item that you want to purchase, and when you're done you go to the checkout, give in your tickets and all your items will be ready to pay for and collect. I bought a huge, thick fleecy throw for about £20 and everyone wants to steal itit is so soft and luxurious! The brains behind Bombay Stores is 68-year-old Abdul Kader, who came to Britain in 1957. He knew nobody, and started with nothing, but there were jobs. He worked on the London buses and in the Bradford mills. By 1963 he had bought his first business, a former fish and chip shop. His capital was only £100 and his wife, Maryam, worked long hours in the shop making dresses while he drove buses on a double shift to pay for the enterprise. He expanded to the present premises in Shearbridge Road in 1983. Today, annual turnover is £10m and he employs 70 workers. Very efficient and helpful service. They have a cafe for wonderful samosas, coffee and good western style kids meals too. Bombay Stores in Bradford not only sells fabrics that attract customers from all over the world, it also brings together a multicultural community. It is the UK's largest Asian department store. They have a web site with a small online catalogue and various department goods. Opening times: Mon to Fri 10:00am till 07:30pm Sat 10:00am till 08:00pm Sun 12:00pm till 06:00pm

A great place to find interesting and colourful fabric/trims, Bombay stores has stacks of the…read morestuff. The wide range offers everything from simple plain white cotton to the most heavily embellished and luxurious satins perfect for wedding dresses. They have a dedicated bridal section and I believe they do custom made wedding dresses these do not come cheap but you get what you pay for. The extensive trims section offers glittering diamantes and a fantastic selection of buttons. They really do have everything you need at Bombay stores. The only thing that does start to get irritating after a while is the music as Bollywood tunes really aren't my thing but it's an INdian store so it fits well with the shop.

A really superb shop, it's only downfall being the size! Having said that, if it was any bigger…read morewe'd be there for days at a time. I can honestly say that there wasn't much in there that we wouldn't have in our house and the range is great. Excellent personal service from James, and a real feeling that he cares about what he's doing. Also very accommodating in that he will try to keep his eye out for something specific if requested. Why does anyone buy brand new furniture?

From the owner: Mid century furniture, Original School furniture & fittings & more…read moreIncluding pieces from Rosengren Hansen, Nils Jonsson, Troeds, Ercol, GPlan & many more. We strip and re-finish most if our pieces in coats of Danish oil & varnish.

Marks and Spencer's presence in Bradford is a real coup for the city, it's a great store to have in…read moreThe Broadway Shopping Centre in Bradford, of which it is an anchor tenant. Facilities inside the store include a Cafe, toilets, as well as a selection of Home products. The store looked fairly nice/modern, and the staff seemed friendly enough. I was pretty disappointed with the Food Hall selection, there was a large number of items that were either out of stock, or just not stocked here, and I ended up leaving unable to purchase what I would have liked and had to make a trip at a different store on my way home. A useful part of the store is the direct access to the mall's car park, meaning you can walk straight in and out of the store, without having to go through the rest of the mall, meaning it's easier to get your items to the car without having to carry heavy shopping throughout the shopping centre. 3* - A great brand and the store looks pleasant, they do need to work on the selection in the Food Hall though.

Dont be fooled from the outside- the Marks and Spencers at Bradford is surprisingly large. There is…read morea huge selection of food on the bottom floor (where the food hall is), and you can find anything from pre-cooked meals to raw meat. There is usually some kind of promotion, so watch out for those! However, I have to agree with mumtothree that the selection of fashion choices in the shop is not the best. The clothes tend to be for more mature women.

45 Westgate, Bradford…read more BD1 2QU 01274 309268 This is one of the oldest fashion outlet in bradford. It is a very large store up on the very top part of town - the safest way to get to it because it is on the very busy roads into town is to make your way to morrisons and use the crossings there. There are two floors with the kids clothes being upstairs - they are mostly boys wear but you can get the odd female wear like jeans and tshirts. Down stairs there is a huge seletion of different jeans in every shade, size or style. They offer loads of sizes from very small to very large to very tall. They also offer a tailoring service where you choose the pants or whatever you want and then they will measure you for taking up and they will be ready in about 5 days for you - this costs about £3 and well worth it as they do a good job. They do a good selection of school pants which are very good quality. They also have a good selection of tops and jackets and shoes and trainers. There are two changing rooms for you but it gets very busy so be prepared to queue for them. The staff are lovely and very friendly and helpful. A nice clean store.

The Broadway Bradford opened in 2015, taking up the "hole in the ground" which has become an…read moreeyesore in the city centre. It was built and managed by Westfield for the first year, but has since changed ownership. The mall has a food court featuring KFC and Subway, right outside the mall there are a couple of sit-down restaurants including Pizza Express and Zizzi. For coffee, you have Costa and Dunkin Donuts. The mall is pretty clean, pleasant and easy to follow, however, I find the Food Court to smell rather unpleasant due to a vast contradiction in the foods on offer. There is comfortable seating at either end of the mall, for shoppers to sit back and "recharge" with USB charging. 3* - A good shopping centre for a small city like Bradford, obviously the quality/quantity of shops is much better in Leeds (20-minute train journey away), but The Broadway isn't a bad alternative. TIP: Avoid using the Car Park, they only support contactless payment and you must pay at the machine as you exit, I found it difficult to use Apple Pay or Contactless Card and it took me around 5 minutes to get through the barrier, there are much easier (and cheaper) places to park around the city centre.

Excellent ladies clothes shop. They have a great choice of fashionable clothes at a great price…read moretoo. They also sell girls/teenage clothes from age 9 -15. Maternity range, petite range and tall range. Spacious store. One of my all time favourites

I love new look as their clothes are always the height of fashion and very well priced. The quality…read moreis good and they do some decent sizes and not just for skinny ladies. Their jeans are some of the best you can find in bradford and the sizes are decent too. The quality of the clothes is really good too. The place is nice and clean and the staff are very friendly. The changing rooms are nice and clean but a bit too small. They offer student discounts too. The only problem i have really is that they have the temperature too hot in here and you end up a bag of sweat by the time you have finished trying stuff on.