"Gunwharf Quays is every shopper's delight, and there's no better way to cap a visit to the Spinaker Tower than to spend the rest of the day wondering from shops to shops."
"Still a good selection of shops at Gunwharf, all offering decent discounts."
"GQ is a total experience whether it be shopping, dining, entertainment or just wandering and enjoying the sights."
"Lots of shops at discount prices."
"The wide array of high-end brands and discounted designer outlets create a shopaholic's paradise."
"A very good shopping centre with lots of outlet stores to choose from."
"Great outlet shops with some good deals."
Cons:
"The shops seem to be on the pricey side, but you are usually paying for advertised brands."
"Not everyone's choice though!!"
"Just looking as still expensive to buy."
"However I found the clothes shopping to be bland and overpriced, with designs being the now familiar generic uninspired."
"Not as cheap as the labels suggest but some bargains to be found."
"The shops seem to be based around a certain clientele & very expensive."
"Most of the shops have a mix of the latest stuff at full price and some end of the line stuff from last year."
Accessibility & Transportation
Pros:
"Easily accessible - train station is next door."
"Easy to get to, various transport links. Bus & train stations, ferries to Isle of Wight and Gosport all very close by, car parking also on site."
"The transportation is very convenient with the Portsmouth Harbour Station located overhead."
"It’s easy to get to, from both road and rail."
"Very easy to access from the train station or form the ferry from Gosport."
"Very close to Portsmouth Harbour station (2 min walk) and lots of underground parking available."
"Easily accessible by bus 23, 3 and 700."
Cons:
"Parking charges are shocking. Was returning some faulty trainers to Nike. Was there 19 minutes in and out of shop and charged £3.20."
"Parking is a bit expensive depending how long you're going to spend here."
"You can be queuing for parking for an age so plan your visit carefully, the last thing you want is to waste time sat in the car."
"Parking is a nightmare, finding a space with their system does not work."
"Went on a weekend, traffic and parking was horrific, queues to get in were horrendous."
"Parking can get expensive with a long stay, try and park off site and walk in."
"Coming out of the car park due to rush hour, held up the exit to the car park, paid £7.00 for 4-5 hours, the time we got out due to the delay from rush hour, we had to pay another £3.10."
Dining Options
Pros:
"Very good day with family and had very nice lunch at Carluccio's, service very good and plenty of room."
"Gunwharf Quays is also home to one of the best portfolios of restaurants I've ever seen at a shopping centre before, with more than 30 restaurants and food locations."
"The variety of food is especially impressive, including traditional British pubs alongside American, Mexican, Latin American/Caribbean, Italian, French, Japanese, Vietnamese and African/Portuguese venues."
"Food options are great from five guys, Chiquitos, cosy club and many more catering to all diets."
"There is a superb selection of food and restaurants plus a bowling alley and massive Vue cinema on offer."
"A broad range of restaurants to cater for all tastes, all reasonably priced for the area."
"The dining options are mostly chain-based, but with such a wide range of quality chains, you're bound to find something you love."
Cons:
"Service was slow, due I think, to the huge demand, which may have been the same wherever we chose to eat on that occasion."
"Eating places costy too."
"Disappointed there wasn't a Chinese or Indian restaurant."
"Only (marginal) downside is the food court is a bit too generic - all the usual names are there."
"The thing that stood out was the sheer lack of staff in Burger King."
"Quite a long wait for maincourse."
"No fried eggs in the menu for the fried breakfast, just poached. The bacon wasn't cooked great, didn't even look like it was fried tbh. My muffins were barely toasted."
Facilities & Maintenance
Pros:
"The Gunwharf Quays is well maintained in my view, the toilets are quite clean and there's paid parking on site."
"An extremely clean and well maintained shopping complex."
"The public facilities are readily found and are very clean."
"There are ample toilet facilities around the centre which are regularly cleaned and welcoming."
"The whole place is beautifully designed. Very clean and modern."
"The area was incredibly clean and there were a lot of like-minded people around heading for dinner / the cinema / just finishing shopping."
"Very clean and well maintained."
Cons:
"Needed to use the disabled toilet & changing facilities, never again. In fact, avoiding Gunwharf all together due to how we were treated."
"Spaces are small and not enough of them."
"Can be unpleasant in windy weather as there's no coverage or break from the wind apart from the buildings."
"No sanitiser in dispensers by the lifts ... why not? So many viruses at the moment and a rise in covid too so sanitiser would help ward them off please."
"We are very disappointed with the lack of child and parent car parking bays in the award winning car park!"
"Some units in the shopping centre are empty."
"REALLY need to sort the EV charging out. They have a whole run of chargers on site and 95% were taken by non-ev cars."