Grainger Market Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Environment

Pros:

• "Fantastic local market. Fresh produce, high quality goods and services."
• "Spectacular Victorian building complete with some original shop fronts including Mark's & Spencer."
• "Amazing atmosphere and collection of diverse vendors."
• "A must visit if you are a visitor in Newcastle-upon-Tyne right in the heart of the city center."
• "Cracking market with a lot of history! Another place where if ‘walls could talk’ you would be there for a while!!!"
• "The market is a perfect blend of history and modernity, with its stunning architecture and a wide array of stalls offering everything from fresh produce to unique crafts."
• "This is a fabulous old style market. Lots a small stalls with amazing characters running them. A wide and varied selection of retailers within the market. I love wandering around as the atmosphere is brilliant."

Cons:

• "Is under renovation currently so feels a bit odd walking around with lots of scaffolding and temporary walls here and there."
• "Sadly it is now a shadow of its former self. Hopefully once the roof of the main market hall has been repaired some of the magic will return."
• "The place is nice but it really needs to be brought back to life it looks neglected."
• "Has lost a lot of its charm since the proposed roof works were due to be carried out around 2 years ago."
• "In reality, the Grainger Market is a shrinking and declining retail environment compared with its vibrant past."
• "Bit disappointed that half of the market is still undergoing massively disruptive maintenance repairs many years after it started."
• "No atmosphere any more, won't be returning unless absolutely necessary."

Shopping & Products

Pros:

• "Great place to visit good for meat, fruit, vegetables. and great sea food good for coffee shops."
• "The veggies and fruits are super cheap in this place."
• "Great choice of food establishments and shops."
• "Independent shops, some new and some that have been there years."
• "One of the must visits in Newcastle. Great selection of good from food to essentials all locally sourced. A great place for street food with authentic flavours."
• "Fresh fruit and veg at incredibly cheap prices."
• "Fantastic indoor market, has a great range of butchers and decent produce shops. Lovely little cafes and it's always my go to when I need to pop to the shop."

Cons:

• "Even the butchers are now overpriced. I have very little urge to return."
• "Also, the quality of clothes is not that good, you can get better at the same price."
• "Went there a week ago and having been here in the past before COVID it was noticeable how many shops & stalls are no longer there and that was disappointing."
• "Unfortunately, the cheap fruit I carried home was not so good."
• "Baker's shops were disappointing - not the selections we were expecting."
• "But i found fruits and vegetables are more expensive than morrisons."
• "Unfortunately the quality of shops selling clothing, and other merchandise seems to be overpriced China knockoffs."

Accessibility & Convenience

Pros:

• "It's all under cover so you can keep warm and dry while you browse and shop."
• "This place is filled with little local businesses."
• "Locating in the city centre and opening from Monday to Friday, you can access here without any difficulty."
• "The market itself is step free and accessible, with wide alleyways."
• "The market is very accessible, with lots of bus stops right outside, do visit."
• "A vibrant market full of independent traders."
• "Love the Grainger Market, a wide range of retail units from Doc Martin shop, butchers, bakers, cafe, fruit and veg, just to name a few, and best of all, it's all under cover."

Cons:

• "Very surprised that the Grainger market don't have electric doors on all of their entrances."
• "It doesn’t have its own parking but there are parking areas round about."
• "Would appreciate more seating areas for eating however I can understand a lack of space for this."
• "At the minute the renovation works here make it difficult to get round at busy times. Wheelchair navigation would be especially difficult."
• "The only trouble I have is carrying it all as I live a train ride away."
• "Definitely bring money with you and not your card as a lot of places in there are cash only."
• "Was disappointed that I couldn't take my senior dogs in push chair round had to take in turns to round."