Big store with large selection of goods ranginf from bathroom products to pet food to kitchenware…read moreto childrens toys. Very friendly staff with plenty of tills to go through as it gets very busy.

Busy store with a very wide selection of very reasonably priced goods including household ware,…read moreelectrical goods, toys, toiletries, stationery and DIY materials. I would say that frequently there doesn't appear to be enough staff manning the tills and the queues can be long and block the exits and top of the aisles but the staff are friendly in the main.

This is a large M&S located on 2 floors. It's mainly taken up by clothes, and only a small part of…read moreit is the supermarket. The supermarket can often be quite busy and you will have to queue at the checkout, but the food is so nice so you can't complain! The staff are helpful and always apologetic when they have to ask for ID because the silly 'you must look 25 to buy alcohol or have ID to say you're 18' rule, but I understand they have to do this. You have to pay for your carrier bags so take your own!

Marks and Sparks in Sunderland is a large branch, selling food and clothing. It is spread across…read moretwo floors (hopefully I'm not confusing it with the Newcastle branch.. it has been a while since I was last there!) It is a short walk from The Bridges shopping centre. To be honest I find a lot of Marks and Spencer's clothing dated - they no longer offer a very good range for their younger clientelle, and many of there prices are high unless you can bag a bargain in their sale. I do think their underwear offers good value though and they always have plenty of sizes in stock. The changing rooms are always clean and there's usually a shop assistant around should you need any help finding a suitable size/colour of item. Personally my favourite thing about M&S is their food court! They sell the best prawn pasta salad known to man. It's expensive but worth every penny so I always get one when I'm peckish whilst shopping in Sunderland!

Spend and Save is a brilliant bargain store. It sells a huge range of very cheap products such as…read morehousehold cleaning products, cards, birdseed, childrens toys, paper, pegs, tubs and plant pots - basically anything you could imagine. The shop is very higgledy piggledy and it takes a bit of rooting around before you find what you are looking for. There is always lots of products stacked and lots of them dumped around the entrance which you have to step around! The staff are active, pleasant and talkative. There are usually two helping at the till. They pack your product in a bag for you and always have a friendly natter. Spend and Save is always my first choice if I need something. I can bet my bottom dollar I will find it here and at half the price of anywhere else in Bedlington. The store has had some opening times issues since the large Tesco store opened up next door to them. I hope they survive the regeneration of the Market Place.

I was in the Northumberland Street branch recently, as I was visiting family in the North of…read moreEngland whilst I was back in the UK for a few weeks. I've visited the branch a few times over the years, and the majority of the staff have always been so lovely and incredibly helpful. However, during a recent conversation with a lovely and helpful staff member (we'll call them SM: A), another member of staff (we'll call them SM: B) randomly came briskly - almost marching - over to myself and SM: A, and proceeded to rudely interrupt our conversation, stopping it entirely, and THEN interject that SM: A needed to get back to work, implying therefore that they were not doing their job. Most times I have visited that particular branch over the years, SM: A has been present and I don't think I've ever seen them stop, much less slow down! Some other similar staff members, on the other hand, they seem as though if they slowed down any further they'd surely stop and proceed to go in reverse!

Caters for all ages. Up to date fashions as well as classics. Reasonable value for quality.read more

This is a good Marks and Spencer location, inside the Metrocentre in Gateshead. The store is fairly…read moremodern and has been refurbished recently, so the store still feels modern and fresh. It has pretty much most of what you'd expect to find from Marks and Spencer. The facilities inside the store are good and include a cafe, an optician and toilets. The Deli section did seem to be good, including freshly prepared salads, wraps and meals, but it did seem to be a little depleted later into the day. The store did appear to be a little understaffed, again this could have been due to it being the late afternoon, but it still was moderately busy on a Saturday. 4* - A nice store and a welcome addition to the shopping centre, the fact it is located right by the car park is handy too, to avoid carrying shopping around the mall.

Great selection in this large Marks and Spencer store convenitently located next to a large car…read morepark at one end of the mall. The Cafe Revive is always busy and does a range of hot and cold snacks and cakes. There's plenty of seating available and you can sit and relax without feeling like the staff are waitign for you to hurry up and leave. It does extremely tasty toasted sandwiches! The store itself has a wide range of good quality men, women and children's clothing at affordable prices. They don't do maternity clothing. It also does home furnishings and furniture as well as household goods and some toys and gift ranges for Christmas time. It can be tricking finding a member of staff to ask about items/sizes/where to find stuff but they are helpful when located. It's a very busy, well used store.

Fenwick is such a huge store! With an entrance on Northumberland street and one that opens onto The…read moreMonument as well as having other exits and entrances into different parts of intu Eldon Square...to say the least, I get very lost when I go in there. To confuse matters, there's also steps and stairs taking you here, there and everywhere! I much prefer Bentalls but I can say, Fenwicks does have a range of good name concession stands (which follow with the price tag), a make-up floor, some cute bits and pieces of stationary and randomly, some food joints which includes a sushi joint that kind of smells up the place. The layout is pretty confusing so I haven't ventured in too many times. There's wifi in here but you have to sign-up and it takes a while to be connected... The Christmas window this past year was pretty cool though (not sure if it was worth the queues or the aggressive shoving!) The building front from Northumberland street is a looker, if nothing else, Fenwicks can offer a visually pleasing building to admire.

I love Fenwicks! It's a fantastic department store with everything you could need under one roof…read moreand my personal go to place for a cosmetics and clothes fix! Whether it be perfumes,international foods from the food hall or homeware products Fenwicks has it all. There's a great choice of places to dine too including an American diner and Cafe 21 for those who literally like to shop until they drop. Plus what a bonus!! Every Christmas time they unveil their Christmas window (which changes each year) and flood Northumberland street with the cheery sound of Christmas music!

This branch of Poundland is located in intu Eldon Square, fairly close to Old Eldon Square and it…read moreis basically inside the Bus Station, from the outside the store does look quite nice and a little bit modern, but as you go in, it begins to become more average, typical and uninspiring and pretty much an average Poundland. The selection of drinks is limited, the pricing was quite good, they mainly sold cans and things like that however, I'm normally a person who prefers drinks in bottles, plastic or glass rather than cans which I find to be a frustrating mess. The store its-self had some items for decent value, some for not, and some items which in my opinion were just junk. There was a decent amount of space in the store for movement, a little more than the average Pound Shop normally has which was decent. The location is also good being inside the bus station making it one of the easier places to grab a drink before you get on the bus, with prices probably cheaper than Waitrose nearby, albeit a poorer selection and a greater selection than Boots also in the same building, which only sells Coca Cola in Diet and Regular, unless you go up onto the main level of the store. Location mainly earns an extra star, this store deserves two stars in my opinion as it is okay, yet in all below average and the stores slight modern features and location at least warrant a two star rating.

Well well, what can I say about Poundland? Firstly it goes without saying that everything is £1,…read moreaha. Funny aren't I ;) but seriously, I have heard people asking sales assistants how much things are Anyway, Poundland do sell some absolute rubbish but there also diamonds to be found. They sell loads of computer components that sell for £8+ in other shops. they sell tons of branded cosmetics (I saw Rimmel foundations and eye pencils last time I was in) and shampoos that are £2 elsewhere so are worth stocking up on! Also they have lots of things that would make awesome stocking fillers for kids and their friends, such as Bratz and Harry Potten moneyboxes which sell for £5+ elsewhere. Their decorations are good quality too, and cheap and cheerful - important given the current financial climate as you need to stretch the pennies! So many people are snobby and shun these kinds of shops for selling tat, but if you actually keep your eyes peeled you can save a lot of money by shopping there for your toiletries and other home essentials.

love Asda, not as big as the Boldon store, granted, but if you're in a hurry and you know where…read moreeverything is in store then you can normally get and go within a few minutes as there are the self service tills which are great but can be annoying at times, although there always is a friendly person ready to help you when your item wont scan. most of the checkout operators are really friendly and always ask if they can help you pack, great if you have a toddler who needs to be watched. Can big this store up enough

This asda store is a 24 hour store and is lovely a quiet to go late on a night. The car park has…read moreall been resurfaced, and there are alot more child and disabled spaces right next to the doors. It has got lots of checkouts and you never need to wait long to be served. Good offers are always on and late on a night you can even pick up reduced items. worth a visit.