maisie bows is great we get bargains all the time, they have weekly offers with big discounts, the…read moreclothes they sell are second to none,they have a big selection of boys & girls clothes at fantastic prices. they do alot of different things and thats what people want they make there own christening wear. plus fancy & plain cosytoes/ parasols available in any colour to suit your own taste. i must say i love the new teddy range & disney. i find the staff are very helpful they will go out of there way to get you what you want and thats outstanding in its self.i shop there weekly, and im just going to pick my pram this week and pay only a £ 5.00 deposit and pay weekly after that which is ideal.

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 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.

Over the years, I have enjoyed many trips to various TK Maxx stores to browse for bargains. I…read moreespecially like the home section where you can find lots of baking tools and the "Mod Box" racks where I have found myself a good number of discounted David & Goliath t-shirts and cute Yumi dresses. TK Maxx is definitely a place to visit if you have a spare afternoon to go through the many racks for hidden gems in a big store. I was particularly excited to see a TK Maxx so close by and was eager to check it out. The store is spread over two floors with ladies fashion, accessories, children, shoes and toys on the the bottom floor and home and mens upstairs. It isn't a busy store so it is quite tidy. The pet section is spread out with the dog toys nicely organised (found a huge rope tug of war toy for the dogs for £4.99 that was very easy to get to) but strangely there are no poop bags in this section until you go to the tills downstairs. The clearance section was dissappointing; it was unnecessarily large for the few items that were there. Not only was it very empty, many of the discounted items were broken but still quite expensive. Although this store does stock similar items to the larger stores, the sizing is limited and the other departments in the store are also quite small. However, small doesn't mean bad! It's a good size as it wouldn't take that long to browse the store in its entirety, so it is still worth a visit if you have an hour to kill. Conveniently, it is right next to other similar discount stores such as SportsDirect, and if you get hungry, McDonald's is right outside. Plus, it is really easy to get to by car, public transport or walking from the nearby areas. Even though I am a big fan of TK Maxx and levitate towards the big red stores, I would however warn of the poor customer service provided at this particular branch. On both occassions, staff have been much more interested in talking amongst each other despite seeing you waiting to be served. When they do eventually serve you, they are completely disinterested in their job and are obviously annoyed by you tearing them away from their chit-chat. I'm not sure if these are just isolated incidents due to the times I visited but I do know that TK Maxx store assistants from other locations have been at least minimally friendly and customer servce assistants from the Kingston Park area are mainly nice. It's a shame but I won't be going there anytime soon. I hope the hiring manager recruits better staff for their Christmas temps they are currently hiring for.

Ive bought a few things from here in the past, but ever time I go in, I always think the clothes…read moreracks are clutterred with far too much stuff on each rail. Thats the mens and womens clothing depts. You can, if you're prepared to spend the time, find some good stuff here. Whether clothing or furniture, orniments or kitchen and bathroom stuff. This shop could improve by having stuff better displayed, so its not like a jumble sale.

Good sized branch of M&Co. Ladies, gents and kids fashion and accessories. Many items were on sale…read moreon the day I visited and prices seemed to be pretty average on the whole, though I'm not a mad keen clothes shopper so I'm no expert on these matters :-) Pleasant enough shop for a browse round if you're in town.

great shop. well set out. staff fantastic had online items to return, could not find receipt for…read morebought in store item nothing was too much bother. staff went up and downstairs to check sizes. I was really impressed with the level of service. I live locally and have not really used this store but I certainly will be in the future and will recommend it to all friends and family. well done m&co Alnwick I'm hard to impress.

Little Gems is right on the bottom corner of King St just before it turns into Ocean Rd. This is…read moreright next to Asda, the shop itself is a medium sized shop that stocks kids clothes and also specialises in school uniforms for all the major school in South Tyneside. The prices are very reasonable and the quality of the clothes is very good and we always get the kids uniforms from here at the start of each year. The staff are very helpful and cannot do enough for you and always have a smile on their face. In short if you are looking for proper school uniforms for nearly all schools in STMBC then this is the place for you.

This is a nice H&M but the customer service lets it down. It reopened after a refurbishment a…read morelittle while ago so it looks nice but I asked an associate where I could find an item that I had spotted online and they were no help at all. A little customer service would go a long way!