Popped in for a quick shop before dinner and there wasn't much of a wow factor other then coming in…read morein November they already have a lot of the holiday decors out. They don't have a lot of stores that would stop in for, pretty much what was appealing to me was things that I was looking for. Its possible that I am coming from the states, so there isnt that many stores that appealing to me. Parking - plenty Cleanliness - it was pretty good, I saw a few janitorial personal cleaning

This is my favorite store in the whole mall. The place is always clean and neat, and the staff are…read morefriendly and helpful.

I love Matalan and this store is no exception. They always have great offers on their already cheap…read moregoods and they always have so much variety. These include mens, womens, childrens, homewares, toys and kids. Their baby range in huge and they have some lovely bits. The cues are never long and they always call more staff to help. The changing rooms are clean and the store is well organised. It is in the retail park so be sure to take a detour when visiting lakeside shopping centre.

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Lakeside Primark is really big and is set on 3 floors. It stocks lots more than the smaller stores…read moredo, so its great for cheap shopping. However, every time i visit the Primark in Lakeside its always a mess, its more like a jumble sale. If you visit on a Saturday or Sunday you need to get there early, otherwise you will have to look on the floor to find what your looking for. The mens section is really good here, my partner doesn't really do Primark shopping, but loves this store. He has bought many different nice hooded jumpers, and they have all lasted a long time because the quality is great. I never seem to see many members of staff walking around the store making it tidy. The tills are always packed, you normally have to line up for 10-15 minutes to pay, but if you've got yourself a basket of bargains you really don't mind. Tip - get there early, and use the parking located right outside the store.

Not bad at all. We were looking for handbags but ended up with 12cm heel shoes - pretty gruesome…read moreversion of a Kurt Geiger best seller but very good value for £17 - for that price you could just wear them once and throw them away. Just for fun, we also bought a pack of nine pairs of earrings for £2. Cheap as chips. (Just as well, since they went straight into the dustbin when the wearer realised how itchy they were). Would you believe people shoplift this stuff? Some of the packs had earrings missing - incredible! The queues were long but plenty of staff serving behind the counter so you don't wait long. A good effort.

Me and my girlfriend went to a shopping centre in the hopes of finding some new clothes, we ended…read moreup going into a clothing retailer (Zaras.) and the store was completely packed full of people and was difficult to move around along with this there was no staff to be seen anywhere around the store, after choosing some items we headed to the changing rooms so she could try the clothes on. We were then told that we could only take five items in at a time and that the other items we had chosen would be taken and put back on the shelves which we weren't pleased about but we were not too disheartened. After we had tried the items on, we headed back around the shop to pick up the items that had been taken away, after gathering all the items we headed to the check out however, the line was so long we decided to go to the "self-checkout" we then scanned all of our items and proceeded to pay but to our surprise no receipt was printed and we did not get given the option to take the tags off in hindsight this was down to pure laziness of staff as they couldn't be bothered to refill the receipt paper! This caused my girlfriend to panic as she didn't know what to do so I decided to speak to a staff member about the incident they weren't helpful at all and was very rude and had the audacity to call us liars and insinuated that we were trying to steal! I was disgusted and told them I would return with a receipt from the cash machine to prove we had bought the items. Upon our return we were shocked to find out that they had restocked all the items we had just paid for, and they said the staff member we previously spoke to had now clocked off and went home. We couldn't believe it we were totally neglected! I then demanded to speak to the manager and informed her of how bad our service had been, the manager then apologised for any inconveniences and said that the money would be refunded within five to seven working days, this obviously was not good enough they had virtually taken £300, and we had nothing to show for it. I made a stand and said we wanted the clothes we had just paid for as we don't even have a receipt to show proof of our purchase, they basically ignored us and disappeared into the back room for over an hour we waited for the managers return but to no prevail. I felt sick how a major business (franchise.) could be run this corruptly we were completely lost for words we had wasted three hours by this point and still had nothing to show for it my girlfriend was very distressed as this was almost all her saved money from the previous working month. In the end we never got any compensation for the lost time, money, and effort that day. I then spent three weeks going backwards and forwards trying to get a refund that I was told I would receive automatically after five to seven days as previously stated, after what seemed like an eternity we finally received a call from the bank with a URN number this allowed us to contact their helpline and force the refund as this number proved that the money had left the account and did not go back in, we finally had received the money back and it was all over, in the end this took well over four weeks to resolve and we never received an apology. I would never go back, and I would not recommend shopping in this retailer unless you want to lose time and money, in my opinion it was the worst experience I have had whilst shopping.

I ma a big fan of choice. Unfortunately I cannot afford to shop there a great deal as it is so…read moreexpensive but I love to go and have a browse. They sell a wide range of designer clothes. I am reviewing the ladies store but they have a mens store aswell. In the ladies they sell bags and shoes as well. A lot of the products they sell cannot be founf anywhere else in lakeside. The staff are really pleasant and always look really smart. I love the carrier bags because they are very posh, you have to buy something though unfrtnately. You can get most designer ranges in here and they do have sales although it still dont make things cheap.

This is a really big Mothercare offering a wide range of baby items from clothes to bedding. They…read morehave a large selection of feeding products. Very helpful staff and most importantly the best baby changing and feeding area I have seen!! They have a seperate room for each and the feeding room has comfy chairs ideal if your baby takes long feeds! Also very good for privacy for those breastfeeding.

not the biggest of shoe stores i personally have been to but they do a large selection, they have…read moresomethng for all tastes and are very reasonably priced, the store is clean and free from clutter and have freindly staff.

A very good size Marks and Spencer's. Set across two floors and offers mens, ladies and childrens…read morefashion. They have very good lingerie and provide a measuring service for this. They also sell a selection of items for the home from towels to furniture.

This Marks and Spencers is great as it is a very big storee so you are bound to find the exact item…read moreyou want. It is located in the middle of the shopping centre and is not too busy even on the weekends and other holidays. I have found some great quality clothing from here and they also do hmeware too.