Princesshay Reviews Summary

Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "We had the best food, best service and an all round great dining experience at very affordable prices at Nandos."
• "The variety of stores and dining options was impressive, and the overall atmosphere was enjoyable."
• "Each store, well-organised and inviting, made browsing a delightful experience."
• "Princesshay is a nice shopping area filled with shops and restaurants."
• "One of my favourite places to shop, particularly during Christmas."
• "A wonderful selection of shops, from the small niche boutiques to major department outlets."
• "Fantastic shopping centre, it has all the top shops and some fantastic places to eat every time we visit Exeter we always end up in Princesshay shopping."

Cons:

• "A nice new shopping centre at the moment, but it is charmless and draughty and in ten year's time it will be horrible."
• "It was a nightmare to navigate to the car-park."
• "Disappointed to see so many of the stores in this shopping centre vacant."
• "Some of the shops were short of items while some of the others were empty of customers."
• "Didn't like the experience. Some of the shops were short of items."
• "I was saddened to see how princesshay that was built to be this great new shopping complex, has lost so many shops and big brand ones at that, what a waste of money, should have left it as it was,"
• "Boring clone shopping centre. The same as any other in any uk town or city."

Parking and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Parking is provided by the main car park."
• "Great location in the center of Exeter. Excellent transport connections."
• "Parking is pretty easy and fairly reasonably priced. It's just off the High Street, and there are several places to in both in the centre and nearby."
• "Best parking spot to visit all locations in city centre."
• "Multi storey car park will bring you out right in the middle of the shops."
• "Good parking, bit expensive to park though but right in town so makes up for it."
• "We parked out of town and walked in."

Cons:

• "Outrageous parking costs... I popped in expecting 20 minutes free parking and ended up having to pay £2.40 for a little under 8 minutes..."
• "Worst thing parking cost. Hardly go because of parking used to go regularly."
• "Parking prices suck if you can park somewhere else the shopping centre it's self is great has all the top shops for the sheeple but also has some proper hipster restaurants over priced average food."
• "Just pricey parking -big Gripe!"
• "Parking however as always was horrendous but its city center parking."
• "Parking facilities are unfortunately quite poor."
• "The Only down side was the car park.......grim!"

Ambiance and Environment

Pros:

• "Very clean, airy and bright."
• "Lovely main parade with partial covered glass roof."
• "Today's visit to the Princesshay shopping centre was remarkably pleasant."
• "The shopping centre is kept immaculate, the toilet facilities on the rear landing of M&S are always spotless and odour free."
• "Very clean and a wonderful day out. shopping centre well setout."
• "Such a beautiful architecture outside and inside."
• "The cleanliness of the space, combined with the orderly arrangement of shops and the vibrant lighting, created an enjoyable and efficient shopping experience."

Cons:

• "The beggars are very aggressive to each other and not afraid to challenge you for money."
• "it was very busy and very loud"
• "Nice area but they have a real problem with pigeons. Shop windows are covered in bird poo, especially on the high up windows."
• "Not a covered shopping centre which is really annoying on wet days."
• "Much of the centre is outdoors so it can be wet and windy depending on the weather."
• "This is a soul less place."
• "Soulless city centre shopping district."

Additional Features

Pros:

• "Regularly plays host to musicians and other buskers, especially at the weekend."
• "On the rooftops they have a set of hives and sell the honey during the late summer which is nice."
• "Love that there are often food stalls out in the open bit. There's also a guy outside Primark who does vegan breads and cakes."
• "You will also find street entertainers and musicians performing in the summer months for shoppers and holiday makers."
• "It's a brilliant centre as it holds student discount days and it's also a very lively place at Christmas with all the Carol singers."
• "Around the corner from the Post Office is a small section of established trees and an area to relax and enjoy a bite to eat."
• "Part of Princesshay has some of the original roman wall within it so it will appeal to history buffs."

Cons:

• "The highlight of Princesshay is possibly the old pallet over a drain used as a dog toilet outside HMV and Superdry."
• "Same old same old. Some security staff are rude and very childish."
• "I've still not got to grips with where things are here and it's been years! Very spread out, but clean and tidy outdoor shopping area."
• "Most shops seem to be completely unaffordable to the general population although they have a few shops that appeal to the broader population e.g. HMV, Tiger and Costa."
• "Loved the shopping but very disappointed with John Lewis toilets. Absolutely stink, 2 out of use and generally quite disgusting."
• "A lot of places have closed here so it's a bit forlorn without the likes of Debenhams which occupied the largest unit over several floors."
• "Walked into Pandora shop and was shouted at by a very rude abrupt shop assistant telling me to wait outside."