Brilliant and easily accessbile shopping centre with loads of top brands and free parking which is…read morea huge bonus. There's often great events for kids at the weekends too.

Friars Walk literally just opened today and has amazing potential…read more ~ Atmosphere: It's newly built and has a very modern, sleek look. Most of it is based on it being an outdoor shopping center with wide open spaces and plenty of outdoor seating. Not the most impressive shopping center I've seen, but definitely something that will give Newport the facelift it desperately needed! ~ Location: Its location is amazing: right in the heart of Newport by the bus and railway station so it gives easy access to anyone who wants to do some shopping. Spytty is great and everything, but a bit out of the way for anyone who doesn't live in the area or drive. It's super awesome that the heart of Newport has a new shopping centre everyone can enjoy. ~ Variety: Since it's just opened, it's hard for me to comment on the variety at present as some stores are still being designed and built. However, right now they have a small selection of great restaurants and some major chains to do shopping such as Next and Debenhams. The cinema is already open as well if you wanted to catch a film. I'm pretty excited for all the spaces at Friars Walk to fill up with different shops and restaurants! --- Opening day was pretty exciting, beginning with a public demolition of an old building as well as live music! Here's to hoping that Friars Walk instills some life back into Newport as well, everyone sorta knew that it was a bit of a dead city let's be honest. I for one am pretty excited to see Friars Walk grow into an awesome shopping centre I know it could be!

Quite a pleasant market to wander round and find some bargains, and much bigger than I first…read morerealised. Lots of market stalls to tempt you: a greengrocers, Newport town centre's only fishmonger, delicatessen, traditional sweet stall, second hand books and CDs, clothes and more. You can have your hair cut or visit one of the two or three cafes inside the market. Wide walkways make it easy to wander round.

Newport City Centre, is not the best shopping centre to be going to these days. Alot of shops…read moreclosing down, and alot still being done up but you can find your favourite shops probably. All the shops are spread out and it usually does take alot of walking to get to where you want to go. You can go into Kingsway and find Wilkinsons, TopShop, Warren James, Claires, Jessops, Savers, Evans and Bodycare. Along the main street though there is more of a variety of shops from New Look, Greggs, Primark, Sports Direct, JD Sports, Boots, Clintons, Thorntons. Although Newport does have quite a few a stores I'd much rather shop elsewhere, probably Cardiff or Cwmbran

good choice of shops can can most things you want good parking to.read more

We visit this Tesco location in Risca when we are in the area. This is usually our first stop…read morebefore heading to our accomodations. There is a large parking area out front. The store is usually clean and organized. Staff is always friendly and happy to help on random searches. The shelves are stocked full with items available for purchase. My favorite things to pick up while we are at Tesco is the fruit, juices, and items to prepare a charcuterie board after settling in. The food is usually pretty affordable compared to US grocery stores. We will definitely be back to this Tesco. We hope you have a positive experience.

Well what can I say other than this place must house the largest amount of ineptitude in one place…read moreat one time, the staff are so patronising and basically clueless, the few that do try and help are far outweighed by the many that don't. Tesco seriously need to have a word with themselves !!)

I'm sure everyone in the UK by now has experienced the amazing thing that is Argos. I'm the United…read moreStates, and when I first moved to the UK I was absolutely amazed. Indeed, the whole Argos system is built around easy browsing and great prices. Therefore, this review isn't for the company as a whole because in reality, I am a huge fan. However, comparatively speaking to other branches this particular Argos fails to deliver. Atmosphere: Really what you'd expect to be honest. A basic looking shop with little to no decor, just loads of large catalogs about with all the stock. How It Works: If you've never been to an Argos shop before, you walk in, head towards one of the many catalogs and get browsing. It's all organised pretty easily and when you have the product number from the catalog of the item you want to purchase, you can punch the number into a few machines about to see if the item is in stock. If it is, fill in an order card and pay at the cash register. Then pick it up immediately from the store. I came here to have a look at some computer monitors and the problem was... nearly everything was out of stock. Not joking, pretty much every single computer monitor bar 1 was completely out of stock. Checked a few other items and stock was also limited then. As a whole, pretty frustrating. I guess I would recommend searching online instead to reserve your order because it seems that as a whole, the stock would be very limited. The Pontypool branch seems to be a bit better than this one, so if it's possible I would head over there instead.

Don't bother unless you want to come out angry I drove up from Cardiff to pick up an item to help…read moreme with my sciatica I manage to arrive 10 mins before they closed expecting they would do Apple Pay or at least contactless I had no cash on me they told me they were closing so called my freind who was in the shopping centre already and on my way up. The assistant standing on the door was constantly telling me they were closing when I heard her the first time in the end I left. This woman should not be a sales assistant she has no manners and is rubbish with customer service! Needless to say I will never be visiting the shop again! Her attitude was worse than my sciatica pain which is a bitch!

I normally don't like shopping for clothes. The huge pricetag usually really puts me off. As a…read moreresult, I absolutely love Primark and all it offers - decent fashions for dirt cheap prices. Yes the quality isn't amazing, but I've had plenty of Primark clothes where as long as you take care of it, it's not going to fall apart. However, although I normally do like Primark, this particularly branch only gets 3 stars from me because it's not particularly the best. If you can, head over to the Primark in Cardiff as there's a much wider selection. ~ Atmosphere: The main downer for me - this Primark is always so crowded. Because it's relatively small, just a couple of people in there makes it really hectic and not a comfortable shopping experience at all. Plus, the decor is more department store than anything else. ~ Customer Service: Standard for a Primark. The employees here aren't really fashion gurus, but they're quite efficient with the cash register and take care of long queues quickly so you're in and out. ~ Variety: Another downside. You have some general items you can find and what they have is great - there's probably plenty of stuff in here that you would want to get. However, like I said it's quite a small store so browsing is limited. If you're looking for something specific, for example, like work clothes, you might only be able to shop from a tiny section. --- Overall, I do like Primark. Great prices, good looking clothes, and quick service. However, because of this Primark's size, I'd like to avoid going here if I can. Still, if this is the only Primark within your vicinity, I'd highly recommend the visit.

Primark is a very popular high street store although I don't think very high quality, but then you…read morecan't quibble over the price. You can find mens wear, womens, children and babies, night wear, bags, shoes, homeware all at extremely good prices for what you are getting. The store I find tends to be messy, and full of hustle and bustle and I don't just mean all the people in the stores. All the clothes seem so busy, nothing in any sort of order, thrown all over the floor, the whole store basically looks cheap. I don't buy clothes for myself in there apart from vests in the summer, I tend to buy my twins tracksuit bottoms for round the house or myself some socks for these cold winter nights. The business of Primark stores are bad enough at the best of times, but when it comes to Christmas it is an absolute nightmare !!! This is a store I'd reccomend for complete bargains, but no quality. O.K so it's cheap in there, but the quality of clothing etc is terrible most of the time. For example, I bought a few winter tops for my boys to keep them warm, but they are so thin they could be used for the summer.But like I said I don't argue because of the price! This store sort of reminds me of one of them stalls you find down your local market, with your cheap 'market stall' clothing. Staff I havn't found too helpful, but then I don't think I would want to really be helpful if I was standing there watching people rush around the store like theres no tomorrow launching the stock all over the floor. I do have a mixed opinion about this store, I tend to moan about it too much really, how can you moan when tops can cost just over a £1 and they do just about what they need to do. Bags are cheap and hold what you want them to, childrens clothing keeps them warm, near enough anyway, and clothed of course at decent prices. I always say I hate seeing children in the winter not wrapped up warm etc, O.K so people are not made of money but when you have stores like Primark who sell childrens clothes so cheap it's unreal there really is no excuse! Despite the busyness, hustle and bustle and so much clutter, I will continue to go in there for my beloved socks and my boys tracky bottoms for them to muck about in, Can't reccomend them enough (lol)

Newport indoor market is the beating heart of the town…read more The recently refurbished 19th Century building has three floors of local and independent stalls. This is a great space to while away the hours on a rainy day and it's the kind of magic place where you can buy loads and spend little. There are over 60 stalls here in all. Stalls include a florist, a bagel stall, cafe, fruit and veg, cards, jewellery, stall selling mobile phones accessories, fashion, baby-ware and the oldest record shop in Newport. The market is a short walk from the main train station and accessible from several entrances.

Up until recently I worked in Newport but lived in Cardiff. It's difficult to find a bit of…read moreNewport to rave about though I have tried hard. But Newport Market wins hands down for me. It's got a hidden modern frontage but on the inside it's like being inside a time warp. Everything you could possibly need under one roof and big enough to give you a new shopping experience every time you come. Even though I've been here a lot I always turn down an unexpected aisle and find a new shop I've never seen before. For me the reason I used to go there was the cake stall. A tiny shop quite hidden away close to the Kingsway entrance. They sell freshly made welsh cakes, sponge cakes, bara brith, fairy cakes and fruit cake. As well as fruit pies. A fully decorated sponge cake sells for about £2.50 so for any office event they're perfect. The other great thing is that they sell off the cakes by the slice at the end of the day as nothing will keep. They're also freezable if you want to keep them for a month or so. The only drawback about this stall is it doesn't sell bread.