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!

The newly refurbished store is amazing! Lovely place to shop, lovely staff and a brilliant cafe…read more Great array of stock at all prices. will be back!

I was'nt impressed when I visited Boundry Mills.I found it so big I was bored by the time I got…read moreround half of it. It has in it's favour some lovely homeware and a brilliant cookshop.I was totally unimpressed by the clothing range though,although there was a good range of shoes. The store is supposed to be a discount one but I did'nt think the goods were that much of a bargain.I've often got the same thing cheaper elsewhere. It's got a good sized cafe if you fancy a break and there is a huge car park too. I won't be rushing back to shop here,there's plenty other places much better to go to.

I love this Sainsburys. I can literally find everything. It lives so near my home so I love taking…read moredaily trips just to collect bits and bobs (have to say it's an addiction!) I love the home where Isle. It supplies you with lovely, pinboards, Doorstops, then it has bed pillows, towels, wine glasses. Saw these beautiful dip dyed glasses that where blue-I was good and only picked up one :). If the kids are at school I sometimes take a trip to the upstairs where there's a cafe. There lovely cakes, food, tea, coffee, it's wonderful and I always have a pleasant experience there. The groceries are lovely. They have home brands and proper brands. I love the sainsburys finest, it is posh yet affordable and lovely. My husband seems to love Sainsburys basics- the cover is boring I guess, but they are so cheap and delicious! Example; pack of choc chip cookies- 40p! Kids got homework...no nightmares anymore! My eldest daughter (11) has started high and she has to do a lot of craft work, so I can just stop buy and get paints and card. Also my two kids (5&7) loved it when I come back with an art project like a wooden dinosaur set ( they sell them for only £2, my kids loved it!) ive bought storage boxes, candles, my house is slowly getting better day by day...

This new(ish) Sainsbury's Local should not be relied on. It is just a bit small, which means that…read moreit never seems to have whatever you go in looking for. Unless you just want a bottle of wine of loaf of bread and you are not fussed as to the details. The fruit is veg is especially limited, and the meat range is not much better. It's a handy location, in a city where the only other city centre supermarket type shop is Marks and Spencer's. But they've not really made the most of it.

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.

This Wilkinsons is good for if you want to pick up a quirky bargain. North Shields isn't one of the…read moremost upmarket towns, however, I do find that they tend to sell goods for cheaper than big shopping centres so it is definitely worth taking a trip there! Last time I was in they had lots of reduced home lighting and also discounted wallpapers, some of which I have seen in diy shops for nearly double the price for exactly the same wallpaper! They also have some good offers on food and they now sell a lot of chilled things with are better value than the supermarkets. Wilkinsons definitely get my approval for being top quality at low prices. Their refund and returns policy is also very fair compared to some other shops.

This place is inside the shopping centre so good for a cold day though you can also get to it from…read morethe main street, It is a large shop with furniture, household goods and lots of sweets. You can pick up some great bargains here and eat at the cafe which is quite cheap and does nice sandwichs The bird feed here which is in big barrels is really well priced

Marks in Spencer is located in King St in south shields, it is a small to medium size store that…read moresells a range of food and clothing as well as gifts. The stock it sells is your typical Marks and Spencer stuff that I find is way over priced and about the same quality as Asda's extra special range. The shop itself is quite busy and nearly always full of middle aged people and older people. As I have mentioned I find the prices of items to be rather high and you do not get value for money, and the staff are very helpful and also like to have a chat with the customers which is a plus for the store.

Verdict: worthy of a quick lunch! I headed here with my mum whilst shopping near home one weekend…read more In all honesty there isn't much of a choice on places to go in silverlink; its either nandos, frankie & bennies, pizza hut or bella italia...none of whilst take my fancy! We just needed a quick lunch having finished our shopping we decided to head to the m&s cafe seeing as we were already here! We we're quickly served at the counter given it was pretty busy! We managed to bag the last little corner table and waited for our hot drinks and food to arrive. We both opted for a beans and cheese jacket potato and I ordered a pot of tea (how much more english can you get?!) It arrived swiftly with the food shortly after. The jacket was nice and fluffy however I could have done with a ore crispy skin. Having said that the whole dish was cleanly served with nice little pots for the beans and even came with a side salad and a tasty salad dressing! All in all this ticked all the boxes for a quick, simple and easy lunch!

This is a large store but since the space is limited, everything feels very cramped. You can go…read morefrom being in the clothing department, then you blink once and end up in the food hall. Also since signage is appalling, I ended up getting lost for 10 minutes trying to find the cafe only to find that I was on the wrong side of the shop floor. On the ground floor, the left hand room has the very small menswear department and the food hall while the right hand room has a large womenswear department. Upstairs, there is the home department, childrenswear, lingerie, the cafe and the toilets. Very typical layout for Marksies. The escalator system is designed so that when you go up, you end up on the opposite side of the floor to the cafe, so you have to walk through all the pretty things to get there. And then to get down, the other escalator brings you right into the food hall. On the other hand, you could just duck into the lift but it is all the way at the back of the shop so you will have to go through everything anyway. Apart from the signage issues, the compactness and the escalator issue, this store is a good place to shop. All I ask is that they point a sign to the cafe from the up escalator.

Wilksinsons - if you don't already know - is a large discount department store. The Sunderland…read morebranch is a short walk from the Bridges shopping centre. I always think the outside of it looks a little tatty and tired Like the signs need updating or something, the windows washed. Can't quite put my finger on it, but it seems to have lost its spark in recent years. At one time it was the place to get cheap household stuff such as branded paint, wall coverings, plumbing items, etc etc. Nowadays it has a lot more competition as all of the shops are in a bit of a pricing war! Its competitors have caught up with it in terms of value for money. Nevertheless Wilkos is still good for discounted food items. Its DIY items are also reasonably price, though probably the same prices as many other high street stores nowadays.

Wilkinson's is a cheap and huge department storew about a 10 minute walk away from the Bridges. The…read morestore is really old now and could do with a major refurb but it stocks all sorts! Everything is quite cheap, and you can sometimes get cheap tat but also find some good labels in there too! It has 3 floors and each floor has something different to offer. It even has a cafe which I believe is only really used by pensioners.