Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre Reviews Summary

Christmas Experience

Pros:

• "Feels like Christmas already."
• "At Christmas there's a Santa's grotto and it's busy and festive."

Cons:

• "Unbelievably disappointed to find no Santa at all this year."
• "If you won't even have Santa for the kids or the large Christmas tree in Victoria station, that's a very sad state of affairs."

Shopping and Retail Offerings

Pros:

• "A huge selection of exciting shops from leading high street names."
• "Manchester Arndale is the Manchester city centre shopping centre!"
• "It has many brands to shop and places to eat."
• "Excellent shopping mall and the only one in the Manchester city center area."

Cons:

• "Most of the stores does not last long there, always moving."
• "However it is lacking in music stores which is a shame."
• "Too many empty units and for the early shopper found that about half the shops don't open till 10am."

Dining and Food Court

Pros:

• "The food court is huge."
• "Brilliant shopping centre with a food court."
• "A great variety of foods. From Greek to Mexican, you can find delicious dishes."

Cons:

• "A little inconvenient with parking, but overall it's good."
• "Food court could do with more seating, it's usually almost impossible to get a seat there."

Accessibility and Convenience

Pros:

• "Located close to bus, tram, and train networks it's easy to get to."
• "Very conveniently located in the city centre."

Cons:

• "Fairly inconvenient, easy to get lost."
• "I walked in circles. I didn’t go anywhere much, because we arrived quite late."

Safety and Security

Pros:

• "Good design, innovative, nice, safe, clean & calm, easy to access."

Cons:

• "It's full of misbehaving teenagers and you'll see at news the many gang fights that happen there."
• "Good to shop but bad security as they follow black and coloured people around needlessly."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "Clean and fresh and quite a few people shopping."
• "One of the cleanly maintained malls I have visited."

Cons:

• "It was very inconvenient for me that we left the car in the parking lot and then it was very difficult to get into this room to pick up our car."
• "Parking is rubbish, big shopping center yet you have purchase ticket in advance."

Parking

Pros:

• "Place is lovely! Free 24 hour disabled parking."

Cons:

• "Parking is too expensive and no decent wifi signal to pay the car park charge."
• "Parking is very expensive, and you have to guess how long you will be when you get there and pay on your arrival."

Overall Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "Always an interesting venue for our schoolchildren from Germany."
• "A great place to pass a wet day in Manchester."

Cons:

• "The place is not bad, but it's full of misbehaving teenagers."
• "It's gotten gradually worse over the years, with high rents and retailers leaving."