Designer Outlet Bridgend Reviews Summary

Accessibility & Layout

Pros:

• "Easy to get to and plenty parking spaces."
• "Nicely laid out and easy to get from one end of the shopping complex to the other end without getting wet if it's raining."
• "Everywhere is accessible to the disabled as it's all at ground level."
• "Easy to get about especially if you need a mobility scooter."
• "Visited on a wet day - ideal, as most is undercover."
• "The main pathway is decorated with flowers and has benches all across the stretch."
• "It is well managed."

Cons:

• "Parking is the main problem here as the outlet extremely busy at this time of year."
• "Parking although it always full and hard to park on the weekends."
• "Car park can get quite busy."
• "It can get very busy on the weekends; the car park is large but does get full at peak times."
• "Car parking, atrocious as always."
• "What a nightmare, the parking in this location is horrendous, and if you think that’s bad, wait until you try and leave, give yourselves at least 90 minutes to get out of the parking."
• "Can get very busy during peak times so parking can be difficult."

Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "Stores mostly all full, some good shops. Discounted brands."
• "Always been a fantastic experience. Had incredible bargains."
• "It's 'hit & miss’ spotting amazing bargains but most often it's been good value."
• "A really good place to visit for shopping needs."
• "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ shopping experience"
• "Great range of shops and food, good amount of parking and ideal location however as usual with outlet stores hit and miss in terms of cost saving, some good deals if you have the time to seek them out!"
• "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ value for money"

Cons:

• "Be prepared to queue to get in, then queue to get in each shop."
• "We queued for one shop for about 15 minutes then just left as we couldn't be bothered to wait that long for each shop so late in the day."
• "Very Disappointed with the lack of genuine bargains. Many units closed (8)."
• "Some products are not the same quality as in the high street, just cheap!"
• "The shopping experience is ok although there are more shops empty this time than previous visits."
• "Disappointing. It brought a lot of excitement to the area when it first opened, but is mainly filled with overpriced merchandise and little to none of what people really want or need."
• "Didn't buy anything! Compared to other outlets I've visited in Street and Swindon, this by far is the worst!"

Food & Dining

Pros:

• "Had lunch at a noodle bar, which was gorgeous, all freshly made."
• "There is a huge selection of places to eat, lots of parking with well maintained and clean toilet facilities in and round the shopping walk way."
• "Food court, coffee shops and restaurants are particularly good in range; Costa, Starbucks, Wagamamas, McDonalds, Chopstix, Nandos."
• "Great beer and food."
• "Great dining, lots of choice and to a high standard."
• "A very food food court with lots of food to chose from including McDonalds, Nandos, Frankie and Benny's, chopsticks and Spud u like and many more."
• "Food restaurants are great with a wide selection, plus toilets for everyone including disabled."