HMV in Southampton is an excellent store to go to for any music and film lover. Spent much of my…read morefirst years student loan in that store. As richardn says, go during the weekdays when most kids are at school because during weekends its pure hell walking around the civic centre and in stores like HMV where problematic youth just cause trouble and annoyance. Overall the choice of film, music, and games is excellent, but there is one thing that HMV have lacked recently and thats their range of singles. Was in the store only a week ago looking for birthday presents, and i searched the entire store, and the only single that they had in the whole of HMV was the new single from the winner of XFactor. Was very disappointed in that, but otherwise happy with the store.

This HMV is a very well stocked one, with lots of stuff all over a couple of floors. The DVD…read moreselection especially boxsets is great, go upstairs and you'll find tons of them. Its also good for games, DVDs, music, magazines, tshirts, and consoles/games hardware. They have some great offers on boxsets, and cheap-ish dvd albums.

This is quite a big W H Smith store. It is on two levels. They sell a large selection of magazines,…read morebooks, stationery, games, cds, dvds and craft items. They also sell newspapers, drinks and chocolate bars. The prices are reasonable and they often give out money off vouchers for when you spend over a certain amount. The shop does get quite busy and so you can be queuing for a fairly long time. There is now a post office upstairs in the shop so the shop gets even busier. I have found on a few occasions that things I have bought have had the wrong price on. I have found the staff helpful most of the time and I always find what I am looking for.

W H Smith is brilliant for everything, books, magazines, stationary. But Southamptons main Post…read moreOffice has just closed down and moved itself in to W H Smith. And oh my god, you cannot move in this shop anymore because the queue from the Post Office takes up 60% of the room upstairs where the stationary is. They also sell ciggarettes in here now so everyones queueing up for fags and a paper now so it gets quite hectic in this shop.

This makes me feel old, but I do remember when W H Smith used to be a proper bookstore; now it's…read moreessentially just a big newsagents. There's very few actual books (if you want that, go across the street to Waterstone's), but the shop does sell a good mix of gifts (especially around Christmas), chocolate, games, DVDs and magazines. There's sadly not a huge manga/comic section, and the few that they do have they shove in with the young kids' magazines, which is a bit inappropriate as some of them e.g. the not-quite-for-kids Deadpool do not exactly mesh well with Barbie or Disney-related kiddie mags. The staff here are really friendly and helpful, and they try to keep the queues under control on busy days. The only pain is their shopping bags - literally a pain - they're made of that kind of material that cuts through your hands after holding them too long!

This is quite a spacious store and whenever I go in they are always well stocked with the latest…read morereleases. They sell second hand games aswell, so you can trade in your unwanted games for cash or store credit. The staff here were very friendly and things seemed to be run quite efficiently.

Small store although they stock alot of games and deals always really helpful its a great storeread more

Lovely lovely little shop. Sells everything for any games console, cheap affordable, even has a…read moreproper penny sweet counter!! mmmmm its lovely!! can pre-order games and everything, sells dvds and blu-rays.

I really do like this shop, I'm personally not really into fantasy stuff but its good for people…read morewho actually do like fantasy things. They stock things like Sci-fi items to Manga and sell old comics and models. The prices are quite reasonable considering its an rare item or memoribilia. Great place to visit if your into fantasy things.

Amazing shop!! They do all the rare, old and new comics at decent prices. They do loads of film and…read moretv memoribilia. i love their nightmare before christmas stuff! They do figures, and posters, and all sorts. Its totally brilliant.

What a great bookstore! Lots of selections, great layout!…read more And it has a very nice cafe. The service and food were great, and there were many tables for people to eat and relax or work.

Southampton doesn't have many bookstores but luckily both of it's city center Waterstones are well…read morestocked and friendly. This one is inside the West Quay on the lower floor with an entrance inside and another that lets out onto the Esplanade by the outside facing restaurants. Upstairs has fiction, new releases, and other general interest categories while the downstairs has genre fiction, YA and children's, arts, and so on plus the cafe. Service is always friendly and usually there is no wait.

I live relatively close to this newsagents but rarely use it. The staff, in the main, seem to be…read morerather abrupt in their manner and most of their products are over priced. Their cigarettes are more expensive than the co-op only a few doors down. If you wish to pay by debit card there is a 0.50p fee unless you spend more than £10 - though included in this price cannot be alcohol, lotter tickets or cigarettes. They have some bakery items which are freshly made - unfortunately they do not taste very moist and fresh! On the positive side!! - they stay open until 10.30pm which is later than the other surroundng shops, they also do sell a large, varied amount of essential products like milk, bread and eggs. The sald/veg is normally just about on its sell by date but on the whole looks withered and tired. This is situated with a few other shops and most times of the day you can park off road very near.

The staff are friendly enough, some of their own brand juice and drinks are very good and are half…read morethe price of Tesco/Co-op. The bakery items are much better than tesco's too, so overall it's a very handy shop to have on your doorstep!