Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre Reviews Summary

Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "This is a really good shopping centre to visit. A variety of clothes shops."
• "The shopping centre offers a wide variety of stores, ranging from popular high-street brands to smaller independent shops."
• "A very convenient covered shopping centre with a good selection of shops in a small area."
• "A selection of High Street stores such as Boots, Burton and Body Shop."
• "A good selection of shops, cafes and restaurants plus, a large Sainsbury's."
• "Love hempstead valley, good range of shops plenty of restaurant choice too."
• "With a diverse range of stores, from fashion to electronics, it offers something for everyone."

Cons:

• "Not a lot of decent shops, has a M&S, Boots, Clarks and Sainsbury's but too many cheaper shops."
• "Needs demolishing and turned into residential area."
• "Sadly this centre is going downhill even though they're trying to revamp."
• "The building itself is full of cracked flooring and leaks with buckets underneath to catch the drips!"
• "Abysmal health & safety record (ask about lack of working sprinklers!) and poor selection of shops."
• "Not really a good variety of shops and a few units empty including 2 large ones."
• "Shops are going downhill too, bring back the good old days when it was THE place to shop."

Parking

Pros:

• "Good parking for cars and a small space for bikes."
• "Free parking."
• "Parking excellent at no charge."
• "Parking is great lots of spaces."
• "There is usually plenty of parking, but you may need to go to the top floor of the multistorey carpark at peak times."
• "Plenty of parking space."
• "The biggest bonus is the ample FREE parking on site, which is a rare thing these days."

Cons:

• "Area is busy at weekends so parking spaces may be difficult to find."
• "Parking bays very narrow."
• "The car park is quite tight with a distinct lack of spaces for people with babies and/or toddlers."
• "Parking spaces can be hard to get, and can be quite small in some areas."
• "Parking, at peak times, especially on a weekend, is slow and busy."
• "Can sometimes be difficult to find a place to park with child spaces at a minimum - relevant due to the size of the spaces."
• "Just not enough parent's parking spaces available."

Food and Restaurants

Pros:

• "Bella Italia Restaurant ❤️ absolutely wonderful."
• "There is a newly built restaurant area adjacent to the shopping mall with a bright and airy Costa, a popular Frankie and Benny's, Bella Italia and Nando's."
• "Large food hall to visit, also large Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer's, well worth a visit."
• "It's 50/50 really as there's lots of options for food if you want to have something for lunch (cafes and fast food)."
• "Great selection of places to eat with plenty of choices to suit all appetites."
• "There's lots of choices of food, Nandos, Burger King recently opened, Subway, and some others."
• "A good range of shops (mostly high street chains) and places to eat."