I recently had my eyes tested at Optical Express in Greenock. They were very good, the test was…read morethorough and the optician explained a lot about my eye health and was happy to answer my questions. They helped me select new frames that suited me, plenty different styles, colours and sizes to choose from. They explained about the different types of lens available. I got varifocal and transitions lenses. I got an email with a seven page PDF with all the information about the results of my eye test, quite impressive. My new glasses were available for collection in ten days and I am very happy with them. Liz Robertson

The Oak Mall really has a bit of a cheek calling itself a mall. If you have ever been to a shopping…read moremall in America then you'll know what I mean! The Oak Mall is really small (hey I'm a poet and I didn't know it!) and has really rubbish versions of high street stores. For example the Oak Malls Topshop has to be the worst branch I have ever been in! It is so tiny and doesn't have any of the most fashion forward, cool lines. There are a few of those really tacky "tween" shops that I love to hate such as Quiz, Unique and Internacionale, if that's you kind of thing, if it is, why?? The Oak Mall does have one of the few Adams stores left in the UK which is maybe worth a visit if you have kids. Also the Bodycare, Semi Chem and Sally Hair and Beauty stores are good for picking up cheap but branded beauty products. I still wouldn't say it's worth the trip out to the mall just for a hand full of sort of ok stores.

Every Saturday of my youth was spent trawling the floor of the Oak Mall from one end to the other…read morewith a large group of pals and people we just picked up on the way. Nowadays, there's more life in the deer i clipped with my car last night than in this place. Poundshops-a-plenty and near on 5/6 card shops (really?) as well the Oak Mall doesn't have much going for it. Empty shops and poor ones litter the once bustling West Blackhall St. For any Greenockian, this part of town lost its appeal as soon as it become closed over and refered to as "The Mall" - no character remains, sadly. I really hope the council pour some serious money into our local shopping centre by getting it back to basics

This shop is bit drabby, with junks. Which I thought it would be a nice gift shop, but went inside,…read moreand thought Hmm and tried to look for something, for a friend or family, but the price are not that reasonable So I did not buy anything, as it is bit rubbish

The previous two reviews are unfair for this shop. It sells some lovely items and I have purchased…read moreseveral gifts over the years which are very unusual and good quality. The owners try to introduce goods which you generally don't see anywhere else hence the Something Different name. My sister and myself once bought a beautiful big glass dish as a gift for a family member and we had some other places to go before going home and asked if we could collect it later. The owner offered to (and did) deliver it to us later in the day at no cost. That's what I call excellent service and can only recommend the shop and owners for service, variety and quality of stock etc.