Twice is Nice is my favourite newest discovery. I happened to stumble upon here on a lazy afternoon…read moreshopping with a friend. Now, to be fair, if I even so much sniff a second hand book I have sensors that flare and light up the room. I'm lassoed by an invisible rope that drags me toward it. I can't help but nosey around for a bargain. I was pleasantly surprised that there were actually some good books in here (note: some, most of them were rubbish) but this was juxtaposed alongside a funky range of second hand clothes, that were dirt cheap, probably the best prices I've seen in a shop. There's an array of teddies, ornaments, toys, shoes, a bike helmet (hopefully for a collector or decoration, but if anyone ever buys this I really hope they get a severe safety warning!) but just nosying round the memoirs of the past gives me a real sense of history and the charm of all these products being recycled makes me happy (I'm a tree hugging hippy, what else can I say?)

I'm a real book worm. I love a good book and can get through them like nobody's business. The only…read moreproblem now is that my house is coming down with them! Unless a book was particularly fantastic, I will only read it once, so for that reason, I don't like to spend an awful lot of money on them. I popped into Twice is Nice on the off chance, just to see if they had any books, as a lot of charity shops don't have a great range, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had lots! I found two books I hadn't got from a series of books I had been reading, and also picked up three good well known cookery books. Best of all, when I took them to the till, the whole lot only came to £6.75. I could easily have paid that for one of the books if I had bought it brand new!

The Used Clothing Co buy old clothing and shoes for recycling. Basically, you bring them in your…read moreold clothes and shoes, they sort through them (to ensure that the items are in good enough condition and clean) They then weighed my bag, and gave me money based upon the weight. I'm not sure what they pay per kilo, but I had one large black bin liner full of clothes, and I got £4.55 I'm the sort of person who gets clothes all the time and easily get bored with them, so the clothes were fairly new and I would have been able to get a lot more for them if I'd listed them on eBay, but if you need stuff gone ASAP, it's a good option.

Great bargains to be had here! They sell pretty much everything! - Food, pet supplies, home…read morefurnishings, furniture, toys, garden equipment, clothes, DIY kit, you name it, great prices. My one niggle about this store and the reason for 4 stars not 5, is the staff. I as a customer on every visit am made to feel as if I am 'in the way' - there are staff about constantly pushing cages and restocking shelves - maybe it would be a better idea to do this stuff outside customer access hours to free up space for customers? Also when I was there once I witnessed one staff member 'disciplining' another - unprofessional! Aside from this it's a great wee store and I'd be a regular!

Only opened last year, sells everything including paint and diy stuff a lot cheaper than the big…read morelocal diy stores. Loads of parking at it. On the old currys/pc world site.its usually quick to get served at lunchtime too

Northcott shopping centre is where joy comes to die, and that's not an exaggeration…read more It used to have some life about it, but not anymore. I suppose, to be fair to the place, it is in the process of some kind of redevelopment, although what exactly is happening, I'm not sure. I know that the Tescos that's there is expanding, but whether that means the end for the shops in there remains to be seen. For now, anyway, there really is only Tesco in there. There's also a pharmacy, which is handy, but on the whole, there isn't any way you would decide to kill a bit of time wandering around the shops at Northcott!

Sadly no longer with us…read more Northcott was where you went if the hustle and bustle of Abbeycentre wasn't your cup of tea. Originally anchored with a big (for the time) Stewarts supermarket (and the then-seperate due to legalities Wine Barrel off licence) for the weekly shop (including the environmentally friendly options of re-using boxes or the big car boot sized trolley liner). Big Primark a couple of doors down was Glengormley's answer to the Abbeycentre's Dunnes Stores. In between these were a toy shop that seemed to stock every single Britains die-cast farm toy, and had a good stock of lego. You then had Lifestyle and the NPO (pre-Easons), for flicking through the magazines. The bakery beside this used to be fairly busy, was like a little cafe, and opposite those were Ratner (pre-'crap' speech, later an H Samuel) and a Chemist and ornament shop which clinged on til the bitter end, their period fixtures, fans and signage viewable. A few doors down was Tandy, which was then *the* Commodore 64 game stockist. It was the Maplins of it's era. Other than that, in the main mall, was Superdrug and several shoe shops (including Tylers?). A cafe was present beside the main entrance, and at Christmas time a Santa's grotto was set up. Outside was a beauty salon, the only external premises. On the other side of the mall was the 'In Shops', a collection of independent traders (similar to the one on Belfast High Street). These included a hardware shop that sold vacuum bags for seemingly every single vacuum in the world! Externally, it was a typical 70s period modernist centre. Brick and metal on top, glassy entrance hall. The car park was huge, and even in it's heyday was rarely busier than 1/3 full! It included a few anomolies for road geeks, because of the one way system. Mainly the fact that to continue past the main entrance, you had to go the wrong way on the piece of dual carraigeway because the left hand side was a drop off zone. Also, before the Antrim Road link was built, the return from the main car park was one way (ending abruptly with no entry signs) but was still marked as the two way road. In later years the number of shops dwindled, the bigger stores moved to the competitor Abbeycentre, and the centre became a curiousity akin to experiencing a shopping centre in a Fallout / 28 Days Later setting. The Tesco was still handy if you needed a couple of items and didn't want to brave the ridiculously busy one beside the Abbeycentre.

this store is as good as a convenience store gets, they have everything i need as a mother on a day…read moreto day basis including food, baby products, cleaning products and so much more. perhaps this customer above was just having one of those bad days where everything goes wrong, because i was attended to immediately a soon as i entered the shop or stood outside. the staff are pleasant and very helpful, and the owner is a well-known generous person throughout glengormley. the owner makes sure we are satisfied with theyre products... a cafe, a taxi company and a store is exactly what we needed around this area, so i for one am giving it top results.. the food is delicious and satisfying that people from afar come here to eat and enjoy a nice meal.

These guys are total scammers, I bought a sofa for GUARANTEED xmas delivery, coming up to xmas i…read moregot every excuse under the sun, the completely rude saleman stephen blamed the staff member who ordered it, and blamed the company Lebus, it took 26 weeks i was without a sofa for xmas. I have heard other horror stories about this company and have found out they have other bad shops operating under different names, they ship in containers of terrible quality cheap furniture from asia and sell it at 5 times what they pay, they have had shops in boucher, lisburn and city side, and other places in moira and lurgan and warrenpoint under different trading names, once things go bad and people know what they are upto they close it.. They are also making beds from used mattresses which are recovered and then resold as new and putting a different label on it. you need to avoid these guys at all costs!!!

BE WARNED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED. Paid for a sofa and…read morethey sent the wrong sofa not once or twice, but three times. Have now been waiting eight months. Promised delivery and have never delivered the proper sofa to date. On the phone they are unhelpful, at the store unhelpful area manager is arrogant and unhelpful, would not give refund. Started legal proceedings.

Not the most exciting review as everyone kind of knows what they are getting from Marks and Sparks…read morebut I felt like this one needed to be written due to the size of this particular store. It seems at the minuet M&S 'express' stores are popping up all over the place but this one breaks the current trend as it's warehouse huge! It's surface area is easily larger that a football pitch! But is bigger better? Well, in this case yes because this store stocks everything you could possibly want - clothes, homeware and food a plenty! I visited on Valentines Day eve to grab a Dine in Meal for two, this was my first time here and I was impressed. The food section is great - there's a larger selection than other stores and this means they have unique products - particularly craft beer. We went quite late on a Friday evening and there was loads of reduced food items - so if you're looking for premium food at a cheaper price go here later in the evening. The staff were extremely friendly and very chatty, the lady on the tills chatted to us for a good 10 minutes, mainly because there was a problem with the card machine but she made the whole experience light hearted. As mentioned you generally know what you're going to get with M&S but I'd recommend going here if you're looking for something specific as it will save you searching one of their smaller stores!

MASSIVE. This is the biggest M&S i ever did see. It has restaurants and cafes and clothes galore.read more

My other half is big into hiking and hill-walking, and was massively excited for the opening of…read morethis superstore! They stock pretty much everything you could possibly need for a large range of outdoor pursuits such as cycling, camping, hiking, horse riding, biking and fishing, to name but a few. They stock equipment such as tents (some of the biggest I've ever seen!) camping cooking equipment, fishing rods, bait, helmets, electrical gadgets etc. They also have a large range of clothing for men, women and children, with brands such as Berghaus, Regatta, North Ridge and Osprey. The store is massive and well laid out into the various different sections, oh and dogs are welcome (bowls of food and water available just as you walk in!)

Friendly staff but the company will rib you off on every item…read more I thought the stuff was expensive when i bought it even tho id bought there discount card for £5 which said would give me a massive discount . When i got home i seen i could buy the same stuff far far cheaper elsewhere. . But when i checked there website it said that if you find the same item cheaper elsewere , they would refund the differance plus an extra 10%. First the online process wouldn't actually work, i emailed the company but they said to use the website ( that id already been using) emailed them again,, every time they kept making stuff to get out of it.. in the end they said they wouldnt honer the agreement because the colour didnt match the one that id bought !! unbelievablely shady service go on here Go Outdoor ..... should be Go Elsewhere as its cheaper

5 star from me for this store. They have a huge selection of…read morefresh baked pastries and bread and loads more. They also have a wide range of alcohol in this store. They just never seem to sell out of anything which is brilliant because I can always rely on this store. And what's best for me is the fact they have a huge car parking area right outside which means no hawking loads of bags for ages.

One of the best perks of being a dad to a boy is getting to play with the toys too, there's any…read moreamount of toys and the store is divided into sections, boys ,girls,babies,outdoor and tv/film toys with a general craft or hobby toy area. You can pay off items that they can store for you on the run up to Christmas which helps spread the cost. They also assemble bikes and go carts for an extra fee which is great if your not comfortable with self assembly .even though it sells computer games its great to see so many real toys.

I'm a big kid, so it will come as no surprise that this place is like Disneyland to me-even at 20!…read moreIt's just row after row after row of toys i.e hours of fun! They stock every toy imaginable, from Barbies to Snakes and Ladders to more outdoorsy stuff like bikes and swing sets. And it's absolutely huge, meaning it's so easy to get lost in it-which I'm very grateful for as I don't want my friends to see me drooling over the Lego set that I'm supposedly purchasing for my nephew. My only warning about this place is that if you have small children, it will be very hard to a) Make them leave it and b) Leave empty-handed!