Marine Point Retail And Leisure Park Reviews Summary

Parking

Pros:

• "Free Parking."
• "Plenty of free parking. Lots to look at and do."
• "Easy 'FREE' parking, easy access to all amenities, (especially for families, prams, wheelchairs, the disabled and elderly)!!"
• "Free parking literally everywhere."
• "Parking is pay and display. Free after 5pm."
• "Plenty of parking, based on the seafront. Good for parking which is free."
• "The car park is a great size for the area but doesn't get congested when it's busy."

Cons:

• "Parking sometimes gets a bit tricky."
• "The traffic is pretty bad and parking is a nightmare, I dare say most people live a short walk away."
• "The major downfall here is the parking limit. You are allowed 3 hours which is a massive disadvantage."
• "Parking can be a big issue on sunny days and weekends as people park here to use the beach and promenade."
• "Wasn't really sure how long could park for, so ended up not having a meal, walk, shopping because Morrisons sign says limited '3 hours' so presumed here next door was same."
• "Don't park here tho as it's always really busy and you could spend more time looking for a space and walking in from outside."

Food & Dining

Pros:

• "Food was lovely for a chain and portion size was great."
• "Went to the seahorse for lunch during the queen's platinum celebration. It was busy the staff were excellent."
• "The hungry hoarse (seahorse) is excellent value for money and a great atmosphere."
• "Great variety of places to eat and drink."
• "Lovely place to sit and plenty of restaurants to tempt your palette."
• "The bars and restaurants here are clean and serve good food at reasonable prices."
• "A good focal point on the sea front with a lot of restaurants giving you a wide choice of quisine."

Cons:

• "Marine Lounge food overcooked do you want deep fried all day breakfast with tinned mushrooms..chips almost chipsticks won't go to that one again.."
• "Very slow service. Fish tasted like it had been under heat lamps too long."
• "Food wasn't all that nice had a southern fried chicken burger it was way too dry and the chips were cold."
• "Avoid Morrison's cafe what a mess it was toilets closed sign to use baby change or disabled but blocked and flooded food was wrong and tasteless strange man stealing food from tables never going again."
• "Drinks MASSIVELY over priced when you can walk over to Spoons for the same drinks for half the price."
• "The reason I'm giving a one star is on the food."
• "Disappointing Sunday breakfast. Part of meal (mushrooms) arrived cold."

Shopping & Retail

Pros:

• "Marine Point is a retail park containing Morrisons supermarket and Home Bargains, Iceland and a large selection of restaurants, a hotel and a cinema complex."
• "Very good small retail park, has a very decent sized Morrisons, Starbucks, Costa coffee, burger king, nice cinema, bargain shops and a cracking seaside vista."
• "A very good collection of shops. Can get all types of products from groceries to trinkets and a coffee shop."
• "This centre has brought new life to the area, with restaurants, cafes, cinema, hotel, bars and large supermarket."
• "Since it first opened it has now got a really nice selection of shops and restaurants."
• "A great choice of stores for the dreaded weekly shop, there's a Costa and Starbucks as well as cafe's and restaurants."
• "The shop's provide everything that you could need."

Cons:

• "Hate it we were a seaside town for years with lots of things to do, beautiful baths, pier, tower (larger than Blackpool) and tower ballroom. Lots of things for families to do. Instead we have empty buildings our council do nothing to help bring day trippers back."
• "New Brighton has gone very scruffy and lots of restaurants closed, since burger king arrived the area has gone downhill."
• "Run down and only half of it open it feels like the set off an apocalypse drama."
• "All the shopping I can get here I can get closer to home."
• "It baffles me how busy this place gets, but realistically it's a few shops."
• "Architecturally lame and terrible use of the amazing site location."
• "Another concrete shopping centre with all the charm and grace of a dead crab."

Facilities & Amenities

Pros:

• "Staff in various locations covid conscious but not missing customer focus for all that."
• "Also good for children as there is plenty to do, the main attraction is bubbles which is a indoor play area for toddlers and older children."
• "Great vibrant place ! Lots of young mum's kids ! & everyone seems to own a dog !!!"
• "Easy access too, via train or bus, with plenty of free parking."
• "It's a great place, on the beach has everything you could want for a day out by the sea."
• "A really great addition to New Brighton, fantastic choices for food here and with free parking it's brilliant."
• "A wonderful place to visit if you love the sea and waves with a walk along the prom."

Cons:

• "Shame about the aqua park and wakeboarding place shutting but seems like all the swimmers and paddleboarders preferred it as they could go for free now."
• "The only reason you go to Marine Point is for one of the retailers there."
• "The shops at marine point are ok but if you rely on public transport the buses and rely on Arriva buses to get where you're going you'll have a problem getting back from there."
• "We were not happy that there were so many dogs allowed In."
• "Lack of toilet facilities on promenade. Morrison's again are the nearest loos. Why are there no public loos run by the council?"
• "99% of the people in the amusement arcade had no face masks and the staff were not interested in enforcement."
• "The throngs of feral children that congregate of a night to cause havoc, give the area a whole different ambience."

Atmosphere & Environment

Pros:

• "Nice location in summer."
• "Very clean and quiet in a lovely location."
• "Great views across the Mersey estuary too."
• "A very nice area for a walk by the River Mersey."
• "New Brighton promenade is a great day out with a pleasant beach where you can see the lighthouse and visit fort perch rock and enjoy views of the Liverpool docks and waterfront."
• "A pleasant place to while away some spare moments in the sunshine on the wide promenade, and watch the world pass by."
• "Love this place, always something to do and the weather always makes it fun!"

Cons:

• "Can be a bit cold in the evening."
• "Winter can be rather windy and wet."
• "OK for a quick visit however the area is getting run down massively and needs revamping along the arcades area."
• "It needs work. It's got seaside quality and a nice cinema but it could be even better with correct development."