Excellent service and very helpful staff. I particularly like being able to browse their products…read moreon their website at http://www.northerntools.co.uk . Always a great selection of tools available in store and online. They have a very good range of workwear which can be embroidered or printed with your company logo.

Thorpe's is absolutely splendid - with a tremendous range of hardware, and very friendly and…read moreknowledgeable staff - one of the highlights of Gosforth High Street for many years. Very rarely have I not been able to find the hardware item that I'm seeking when I've shopped there.

One of a dying breed, this hardware shop is like something straight out of the forties. It is quite…read morea large shop and sells quite a large range of hardware merchandise from door numbers to padlocks. The staff are very knowledgeable and helpful and prices are quite reasonable. It is the sort of place where you can go and get something quite obscure or ask for advice on how to handle a hardware problem.

Wickes has great customer services. DIY Shopping in Wickes is mostly cheap. You have to compare it…read morewith B&Q before you buy. Sometimes they have got cheaper stuff than B&Q, but sometimes they have also got more expensive stuff compared to B&Q. Their own branded products are good quality. One thing I like about this Wickes branch is its tidy shop. Its layout is also nice. Their products are well placed in shelves. They really look after the shop. The problem with Wickes is they have not got good network branch. As fas as I know, they have only two branches in Newcastle.

Love Wilko's!! My personal 'go to' place for any home essentials at a bargain price!…read more There's always an offer to be had on cleaning products which understandably no one likes to pay a hefty price for, and there is a pretty sizeable interior decoration section upstairs with all the basics you might need to decorate your bathroom, living room, kitchen, bedroom or garden! Yes it's cheap but actually a lot of it is pretty decent quality too. If your home is in need of a refurb without breaking the bank balance then Wilko's is your store! If you're a sucker for pick n mix at the cinema I'd recommend getting yourself here as they sell Candy King sweets at much cheaper prices. Sometimes a flashback to childhood is just medicine! The only downsides to Wilko's are that the staff always seem irritated if you ask them anything and you will normally have to queue for a fair bit at the tills even when it's quiet.

Hands down I am a huge Wilkinsons fan! After four years of depriving myself from Wilko goodies, I…read moream happy to say that Wilkinsons is still the cheap, reliable place I remember it to be. This is the type of store great for bargain hunters wanting to add some flourish and essentials to their house. This store is huge so I haven't explored it much beyond the pet and stationery sections (the most important bits!) YET, but I can say that these departments are well stocked with a wide selection. As you enter, there's escalators going upstairs to the home department and a cafe, to the right are back-to-school deals and food with 5 till points beyond that. Deeper into the store on the right is the stationery section (which has a good range off DIY and card making goodies) and the pet section is further in with another entrance/exit at the back of the store. The pet aisle is quite big with a good range of own brand treats and branded treats that don't come with the supermarket price tags. The only reason why I'm giving a four-star rating is that there are definitely not enough staff on the tills so the queue was quite long. Also I noticed a lot of dust around and on products... a few more staff members wouldn't go amiss.

Our new kitchen was fully designed and installed by Platinum. Love it!!! Great price and great…read moreworkmen. Highly recommended!

The store is amazing, it brings a cultural feeling into our town and makes it feel wonderful, like…read morea better world. The service is absolutely amazing, the workers are also so nice and understanding. The selection and varieties of furniture, food and decorations are amazing. The value is perfect, sometimes even a bargain.

This Ikea is one of the larger ones around. Situated right next next the Metrocentre, it is a great…read morelocation but this also means it can be crazy busy. If you've ever been to the Metrocentre you know that the traffic is hellish on weekends, so I recommend staying away then. Although it's very large it has a weird layout and feels rather cramped and squished together. Especially in the low-ceilinged warehouse which has laughably short shelves. There is a restaurant half way through the shop as per usual selling the favourites like meatballs and lingonberries but it's very dingy with no natural lighting. Some other Ikeas have windows in them but this one does not. I don't get why they added a "mezzanine" for the market hall. Could they have not just built more shop and put it there? It makes the warehouse more cramped and it's more effort using the lifts or travellators to go up and down. It is pretty good though. Every time I've been in it's never been as chaotic and stressful as the Edinburgh store and the stock here tends to be better than in other Ikeas. So although I've badmouthed Ikea Gateshead quite a bit it's still got its good points.

Just installled the yelp app specifically so I could leave a good review. The man in Maplin…read moreyesterday nr Newcastle town centre was so helpful and knowledgeable. I had a fairly complicated problem with projector/speaker connections and he didnt try to sell me the most expensive solution and worked out what i had been figuring out for days in a couple of minutes. Very impressed with the approach to customer service! Highly recommended chain of shops! Have had good experiences in London shops too. Will be returning frequently!

Maplins is the exception to the rule of high street chain electronic goods shops. The people that…read morework there actually have a clue what's going on. They have massive stock and an even bigger stock of components that I would have usually ordered from the internet, in this case, a laser diode, and they could give me the advice that I needed without anyone having to water things down too much. The staff are also very friendly, and its a pleasant shop to just stroll around and do some window shopping!

This is the place to go for the best selection of tiles in the area. The prices are exc eptional…read morereasonable and the range is large and varied. Prices are very competitive, the only thing they do not offer is a tiling service!!!