I like this branch of John Lewis which is located at the Trafford Centre with plenty of parking,…read moremaking it super easy to pull up and head straight in. It's also very neat and tidy which is pretty important to me as I hate it when a shop is in total disarray (think the hellhole that is Primark) as it just makes the whole shopping experience more stressful than it should be. I've always found the staff to be approachable and friendly and will happily dispense advice on the best toaster or coffee machine for your buck, if you so desire. John Lewis is definitely one of the more premium department stores (not quite Harvey Nics but definitely not Debenhams) so the products and prices obviously mirror this but if you are after gifts or items that are of a higher quality then it's a brilliant option. Another major plus point for John Lewis is that if you sign up for their loyalty card online they send you vouchers for free coffee and cake every month - this sweetens the shopping experience no end!

This is just for the Cafe, Not for the Shop…read more We ordered a couple of coffees and come cake while browsing through John Lewis. I'm gonna keep this short as there isn't a lot to say really. The Cafe is drab and so is the food. I don't know why it's so busy. The staff eren't very friendly either, I can think of 10 places much better only a few minutes walk away. No second chances on this one i'm afraid.

This is a pretty good TK Maxx, located at Trafford Retail Park, it's a short drive away from The…read moreTrafford Centre. The store is good, it's a fairly large size, over two floors, there is a selection of all sorts of bits and bobs including women's, men's and children's clothing as well as candy, luggage, sunglasses and footwear. You can choose between taking the stairs or the elevator between the floors. Like any TK Maxx, it is pretty much a jumble sale, you find something you like and then realise it's only in one size. Despite this, the store was clean and free of any obstructions and litter so it was easy to pass through. There is a small home section here including some furniture, although if you're looking for homeware in particular, there is a HomeSense (also owned by TK Maxx) at the Trafford Centre just around the corner. The staff in the store seemed friendly enough. There were some items which were heavily marked down from their "original price", but sometimes I just don't trust them. 4* - It's a good store and a useful addition to the retail park.

This is my nearest TK maxx store and its pretty good.It has a good selection of womensware and…read morehandbags to the front of the store and shoes towards the back on the ground floor. On the first floor is the men dept and the homewares and I can while away a few hours while its raining outside just browsing. It has a small selection of books which are usually aimed at the american market as a large selection of the products here are imported from the US .Shame there is no coffee shop or us ladies could spent even more time here.

A pretty large, modern Next location at the Manchester Trafford Centre, while it might lack the…read morecoolness and added brands and features of the nearby flagship branch at the Manchester Arndale, it still is a decent store and features a Costa Coffee. It works better with their Home Store at the other side of the mall within Barton Square, as this branch mainly consists of clothing. Lifts are notable as they seem to be quicker and have fewer people queuing at peak-times compared to the main lifts within intu Trafford Centre. Staff seemed friendly enough. A pretty decent store, but only made better through being one of two stores within the mall, and even then it falls short compared to their larger flagship store nearby. 3*

Although not truely here just for the clothing I popped in for a quick coffee and the ability to do…read morepaperwork. The venue is clean and has Wi-Fi although is busy. The shop itself is also busy too. The staff were working as hard and fast as they could to get the drinks and food out but struggling slightly with the sheer volume of customers. Easy to find a seat though. All in all not a bad venue. The clothing side is clean and has a wide variety of clothing to suit your needs.

Debenhams are quite a large chain of department stores in the UK, on the more affordable range…read morecompared to the likes of Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges who are more high-end, and the latter actually have one of the anchor stores in the Traffor Centre it is located in, which as I recall are three department stores being John Lewis, Selfridges and Debenhams. As mentioned, being an anchor store for the intu Trafford Centre, this branch of Debenhams is quite large, with a fragrance hall as well as a selection of both male and female clothing over the two floors. I'd also like to comment, as this is such a large store in such a busy location, I'm surprised it has only received 15 reviews, most of which being in 2009 and the most recent being in 2011, I'm not going to say all the things that have happened since then, including Gary Lineker being forced to present Match Of The Day in his underpants, following Leicester City's Premier League win, previously dubbed impossible. Moving on to my original review, this is quite a nice store, it is quite large and does look quite modern, but as you go into it, it sadly feels less modern, albeit it does have quite a nice, cool staircase towards the end of the store. Sadly, most of the clothes here just seemed poor quality, and honestly look dreadful, which proves it isn't the most fashionable place to buy clothes, unless you like to buy things which look like curtains and towels. The staff here didn't seem too friendly, they just seemed average. Overall, this store is okay, it is nothing more than that but I sadly feel it hasn't done enough to earn three stars, with one of the only positives being the size and location of the store.

I don't mind Debenhams to be honest. It's a good department store. Whenever I come here it's always…read morethe men's wear department that I visit. You'll be heading down some escalators when you come in to find it. There's loads of famous fashion names on offer, like Levi, Rip Curl and many others. It's always worth a visit as well as you sometimes find things cheaper here than in the labels' own shops. One thing I would say is that it's really difficult to find the escalator to get back up out of the basement floor! I ended up wondering around for five minutes trying to find the bloody thing!

This M&S Outlet store is certainly not the best or most exciting of stores from the Marks and…read moreSpencer brand, it is an Outlet store which mainly gets rid of old, out of fashion clothing which even the bigger stores wouldn't sell anymore, and often might have put on sale with no success in the past, still around sale prices. This is a slightly small branch in the Lowry Outlet in Manchester, they do seem to have made effort to improve it slightly such as with a nicer, slightly more modern and welcoming sign, and I presume this is a new addition for this store especially since it was last reviewed in what is nearly four full years ago. The staff didn't seem to stand out in anyway. I don't normally like Outlet stores and most of the fashion here was nothing great and more out of date rather than modern, which people would want to wear and the prices were just average sale prices and didn't stand out in particular, so I sadly feel this store does deserve a single one star rating.

Peddlers of pricey clothing with a penchant for food porn…read more The rise of supermarket clothing and budget store Primark has seen the once untouchable snobbery and borefest that is the mighty M&S slip sharply from it's perch. The elderly won't be around forever you know! Where's Take That when you need them?

Nice, cheap, and simple, my first call for DIY and gardening stuff, as well as household items…read more Queues can get quite big at the tills but staff jump on quick enough and queue bust. Stationary and sweets/food are on the lower level but I hardly go to that area of the store.

I quite like this place!…read more Cheap and simple with nice displays! It lures you in with their gardening tools, plants, ornaments and helps you to believe you can make your garden look beautiful! And surprise surprise, you can! I've found more than one bargain for the garden and EVEN the kitchen in here. Starting out in a new home was hard for me and my boy not owning much but our green bin, kettle and toaster look great and work very efficiently - and they were so cheap! Wilkinson's offers such a range of items but they are great at providing ranges that match each other. Your home will not look dull. They provide all the decorating supplies you could ever need as well as cleaning supplies and a good chocolate range.

I'm an M&S supporter. I've been shopping with them since 1973 and I trust them implicitly. The…read morequality of the food they sell is really beyond dispute and represents great value for money on quality. When there were food scandals here a few years ago like the horsemeat scandal their name never arose. Sure you can go to the other big stores but when you look at the prices they charge for their comparable quality provisions they actually usually charge more than M&S do for their M&S labelled products. Buy cheap folks and buy twice. I only needed croissants, Parma ham, roasted cashews and some of their exquisite Indian meals but I had grandkids in tow so things like Percy pig sweets, banana milk, sugary cereals, doughnuts and fresh baked cookies ended up on the counter. We all then went to the M&S upstairs cafe; adults for cappuccinos and kids for apple juice - before this it would have been to the Starbucks in this vast centre but since they charged me 5p for a plastic cup for iced water (in Portsmouth) I've not been back. M&S provide jugs of water with glasses for free in their cafés - you don't even have to buy anything.

I like Marks and Spencer's location in the Trafford Centre, it is over multiple floors with a large…read moreFood Section, they also have the Scan and Go capability, meaning you can scan and bag items as you walk around the store, and then pay on your phone and leave, which makes the shopping experience much more simple. I do find the checkout area to be a little hectic here sometimes, so that makes the app much more useful here. While I do prefer their Manchester Arndale location nearby in terms of item stocked and overall look/feel of the store, this store certainly isn't a bad alternative and I do seem able to get the majority of the items I need when I visit the store. The layout of the store is pretty easy to follow, I like how they've combined the cupboard and fridge "Made Without Wheat" range to be right next to each other, which makes the whole shopping experience much quicker. There are no toilets in store which is rare for a large Marks and Spencer, there are plenty of toilet facilities around the rest of the Trafford Centre though. 4*

A large shop that is supposed to be cheap yet they do items specifically for the outlet- how does…read morethat work? Thought it was supposed to be end of lines etc but clearly the aim is to extract money. You be better off going to a non-outlet.

This shop has been around in Chorlton for 13 years now, it sell some interesting and different…read morelabels, most from up and coming new designers and quirky European labels like labels like Ruutsoo. The shop sells clothes for both men and women with most of the pieces being a one off.... so if you like something well enough to pay the rather inflated price, the likely hood is that you will be the only person in Manchester wearing it! The shop is fairly small, but the wide range of stock is neatly placed on east access rails. The only downside is the staff sometimes seem to have been a little distracted when I popped in, I don't know if this is because I am not head-to-toe in designer gear, but I get the feeling it is!

Lovely fashion shop in Chorlton. Great range of small labels. They even sell clothes from the…read moreSwedish Bohemia label! I spent some hours there going through the pieces,nice collection of shoes as well.