Very large indoor shopping mall located in Southampton, West Quay has a variety of department and…read morespecialty stores in a very modern setting. We got to experience it during the Christmas holidays, which was nice for sight seeing. It opens at 9 am on weekdays, and the outside doors opened to the public about 5 minutes before. Many of the stores open soon after. The 3rd story consists of a variety of restaurants, all of which were closed that early in the day. Instead, quite a few coffee shops were open, including a lot of Costa's. The center of the mall consists of elevators and a set of escalators. Even at 9, there were quite a few people working and browsing.

We didn't do too much shopping, but we did check out a few stores. We also went to Marks & Spencer…read morefor some food. West Quay is big, with over 80 stores and over 50 cafes, bars, and restaurants. There's even a movie theater and bowling alley. Best of all, it was conveniently located next to our hotel.

Beales in the Brooks Shopping Center well worth a look…read more Well known Fashion names from Espirt, Fred Perry, Henri Lloyd and Ben sherman for the guys To Country Casuals - Vyella - Kaliko - Dash - Windsmore for the Ladies Fashion accessories for the Sparkly handbag for a night on the town or a sophisticated one for the office

I really do not see the point of having this Beales store in the Brookes Shopping Centre in…read moreWinchester, as for its always quiet, dark inside and there product range is so limited. Theres hardly anything interesting in there to see, seeing as the larger department stores like Debenhams and BHS is in close reach. Beales has really outdated itself making itsself a failure. There product range is poor, the items are pricey, the customer service is very poor and all seem to be stuck up attitude. The interior design is extremely poor and lighting is bad. If this store doesn't improve, it will definitely go down hill.

West Quay is what would be a standard out-of-town shopping centre based in the city centre, which…read moregives Southampton some really useful extra department stores. Includes, JJB, Argos, Borders, Furnture Village, Tesco Home, Staples, Halfords, Boots, and Brantano. With McDonalds and TGI Fridays oppositem, and a Starbucks in Borders, and a Novotel, Ibis, and Etap hotels also there offering cheap stays. Tesco Home was a flagship new market idea for Tesco with the store concentrating only on homewares and is a wonderful idea, and often very packed out. Parking is plentiful and as its free, everyone uses it. Free for 2 hours with parking attendants there all the time its quite good! Also frequented by the youths with they're show-off cars of an evening, so not the place to bring a learner driver!

Good retail park with lots of choice. Shops include a Tescos Homebase an Argos a mothercare and a…read moreJJB among others. Really easy to navigate and a good choice of shops. It is also very close to a TGI's and a McDonalds as well as five hotels, which means that if you want to come from another city to shop it is ideally placed. Parking can sometimes be a nightmare and the carpark gets really busy. There are security guards and parking attendants walking around which is good and you feel very safe even when it is dark. It is a clean and tidy area and it is soon to include an Ikea.

Fabulous Dept. store!! Spectacularly laid out, clean, really attractive staff!! Quality of stock is…read moreall you would expect it ti be from such a high quality name. Toilets are quite a long way up and not very spaciouswasn't impressed with them. Don't try and walk up to themvery busy staircase. Restaraunt is bit pricey and has that lingering warmed up pasta smell!

Visiting from USA, upscale department store, way better than Macy back home, not too high end…read moreluxury. Customer service was really nice, Elemis skin care section was nice, cosmetic had nice choice and SP was very helpful. First-floor had a mini market, which was good for us for short stay for picking up few things to bring it to the hotel. Top floor has a cafe, good for breakfast and luchbut not dinner, only cafe. Over all our favorite store.

I am trying to get in touch with Southampton store to order curtain samples from Voyage Maison…read moreImpossible to telephone and central keyboard cannot order the samples. I was told I have to go into the store USELESS! Can somebody please email me Mrs Pat Hanks

I love this M&S! I think mainly because it is so huge and well stocked. As well as a clothing and…read morehome area there is a small supermarket too. Whatever you are after, this store has it. And if it doesnt, its attached to a massive Sainsburys!! Its very clean and the aisles are always wide and clear. Staff are very friendly and approachable, and prices as always in Marks very reasonable for the quality they offer. This store is out of the way, so you will need to live local to hedge End or have transportation but all this allowing you really cannot go wrong. If you are out for the day, you can even stop for a bite to eat as there is a resturant situated between Marks' and Sainsburys.

Really nice staff, better than most M&S stores I've been to to be fair. My main issue was the lack…read moreof available sizing. So many tops in a size 20 and a lot of items in sizes 16-20 with very little available under that. Disappointing as I drove out of my way to get a few basics. The food court was nice. Very busy as with any big M&S, but most items in stock that I was looking for. They also had the new oat range, which will be really useful on my long work days so looking forward to trying them! On a side note, I am obsessed with these coconut bars, but they vary from £2:75 to £3.50 for one bar! The higher price was in Jersey but it's still ludicrous.

I'm giving Brooks one star, which is made up of half a star for having a roof, as on the day I was…read morein Winchester it was chucking it down and it provided me with some brief but welcome shelter, and half a star for, well, I don't know what really, but I can't do half a star. It gets no more than that though because it cost me £15 to park there for 4 and a half hours (£4.50 up to 4 hours, £15 for any time after that. Cheeky b*stards). Also, the pay machines don't take cards, and there are no cash machines on site - you have to walk to the High Street for those. I know this because I couldn't find a slot for my card, had no money on me and had to ask the security man in his little booth where the nearest cashpoint was, explaining that I wasn't from Winchester. He very helpfully replied 'High Street'. Because I know where that is, don't I? Anyway, shops. There were some. But lots were empty and closed up.

Winchester is unfriendly and unwelcoming. Unlike Salisbury, that's another county capital, the…read moreWinchester city council and its traders lack enterprise and even common politeness. As an abstract artist, I had a very success Spring art exhibition in Salisbury in March 2018 (despite the Ukrainian poisoning debacle). In contrast, I haven't been able to get any response to my enquiries about holding an art exhibition either from the City council's facilities or commercial art galleries in the city. It's no surprise to me that the Winchester has lots of empty shops. Some of these could be used for pop-up art exhibitions and other attractions. I get regular offers to exhibit my abstracts in the USA as well as cities in the UK like Bristol and Birmingham. It's a surprise and a bit of a shock that an artist like me living and working in Hampshire can't exhibit my work in the county's capital.

I like de sainsburys because it is sainsbury but they should big up their meal deal game tesco is…read morebeating them.

This is our local 'posh' shop. A lovely old fashioned department store where you can buy most…read morethings. Although the prices are a little on the high side they only sell quality so its probably worth it. At Christmas its always worth a visit as its is always beautifully decorated. A classy shop for classy shoppers!