Bicester Village — Attraction in Cherwell District

OK... been meaning to check this place out but never quite got here but have now and got to say... If you like high-end name brands ( only Gold Label end in Tk.Maxx ) then this is the place for you. If not, then it may be hard to reconcile the final price that you still have to pay post discount if you're used to the lower designer brand range. ( just got to get it in here, lower range designer brands still decent enough for most of us everyday folks though.) To begin with, train ticket from Marylebone will set you back £30 return. When you get there, their cleaning force are out strong, toilets village streets clean and fresh. As is their security visible but not overwhelming, yet you get a sense of safety as you make your way around from shop to shop not feeling concerned if someone will roll up and try to have it a way with yr newly bought items with likely minium purchase value of around £500 -£2000 easy & more likely even higher... For example, the black bag in photo is a Gucci approx 3 grand bag , discounted here to £1,330. Although you have to scan and wait for invite in ( not sure if that's to give an allure of additional prestige or what- but really mate... Just let me in yr shop to give you my hard earned dosh innit? ( Although the security guard Nathan was an absolute doll, else may not have bothered to enter to purchase ( wayyyy too young for me but cute as hell too !😉) For the other high end brands at time you had to queue but no scan and wait for invite time. In a majority of the shops , staff were polite, helpful and inviting, courting your patronage expertly and with charm and niceness. Got to admit i bought things I never intended to just because of their charm . Not so much Burberry or Armani though, maybe their staff were having a bad day... Mulberry staff even offered cold beverages on top of their courteous service, so had to grab a discounted item there too. If you didn't bring immediate access to cash or cash, don't think you're running out to an ATM. Likewise if you're a smoker bring yr snouts, never saw a non-smoking sign. Coz nothing as " crass" as ATM machine or corner type of shop... Foodwise , noted they had the generic Pret, but if you could trust the weather they had a van dishing out "Mayfair Chippy " Fish and Chips boxes , Cod or Haddock at £17 a pop, with mushy peas, tartar and curry sauces as per the uploaded pictures... but as usual I keep forgetting to take pictures first as I like my grub and after cleaning hands get stuck in and only remember to grab pics midway or after... Batter on Fish was lovely, as was tartar sauce and the chips that were fried properly soooooo on point. However, many of the chips were border hard. Just about the right side of cooked rather than uncooked, but enough to take their food down from a possible 9.1/10 to 7.1/10. ( Unfortunately, we couldn't trust the weather so did some table hopping and crashing in on other finers to try to keep our meals, selves snd purchases dry during a brief but heavy deluge. Travelwise,you have to get on the train double quickish to get a seat going or coming if not driving but was a nice day out in all and shout out to the friendly tempting skills of Coach althoughbthe never had my ideal bag in the colour I needed, likewise to the Fendi staff coz there was a killahhh pair of boots and another pair of black boots was not in my mind. Too rich for my blood really even at the reduction ( just over a couple grand down to just over 6 and a half tonne) but yet my mind keeps running back to them making all kinds of excuses for why I should perhaps go back for them... The serious shoppers bought...

We’re been to Village for many times, but unfortunately to tell you, today was our worse experience ever, we are find out our car out of battery after shopping and we desperate need to send our friends to the airport, so I ask one of the staff for a help, security guard was very helpful, told us to open the hood and just wait there someone will come and help, when the helper arrive , I was feel so relief and tell him: thank you for coming. but he give us totally angry poker face and rude attitude, he pass us the battery charger and told us: do it your self! I not gonna help you! we just two female with one 12 years old boy, we never done this before, but we still understand if he doesn’t want give us a hands , so we immediately search on the YouTube where is the battery cuz battery got cover up can’t tell from outside, we just ask him can you just point to us where the batteries is ? so I can try to open , but he still told us: your find out your self, than he keep pushing us he want the charger back, we told him please give us more times cuz the car still haven’t charge yet , (in the same time we have to call uber for friends to the airport) and he got more angry to told us: Not my problem it’s not my job to bring you guys the charger!! I’m working at the car park not here, if want my help should offer me little money!! So we ask him how much you want? Then he said I’m not expensive. so we ask again how much you are looking for? and he keep repeat the same : im not expensive !! so just back forward and back forward repeat the same ! fortunately was have one gentleman passed by and give us a help , just in few minutes our car get start again , my friend was offer some money to him , if the worker from the village give a help we will offer the same.As years customer, I can understand totally if you can’t give us a help, we always respect your staff from shop or restaurants but your staff attitude treat us like a garbage, once again, we are totally understading your company doesn’t want to intervention with customers personal belongings, but your staff attitude give us very bad experience, even though we have bought some new bags and outfits but still destroy our day and unhappy through whole night, yhis is why we use to give your from 5...

This village is so pretty and posh. The designers paid attention to detail creating this space. The village is very clean despite the fact that thousands of people walk through it daily. It takes approximately 3 - 4 hours ro go through the entire village if one is going into almost every store. The village is an outlet space for luxury and high street fashion brands with up to 70% off. One can register to become a member with points accrued determining what level of membership. These points gather like loyalty points; you go shopping and scan your membership code as you pay. Perks are available to members such as free parking, birthday There are many encased items scattered across the village. These items range from Perfumes, diffusers, to a tower of macaroons

There is parking available for as many as 300 vehicles with staircase or elevator access to the village's entrance. There is a play ground for kids, which is quite nice and clean. There are at least 7 bathrooms with about 6 stalls each all over the village to cater to its guests. These are cleaned regularly and maintained very well. The bathrooms have a powder room with a mirror separate from the main stalls. There are changing tables available in the bathrooms. The designs is very vintage chic with milton . The pathways leading to most of the bathrooms have a forest theme. Some of the luxury brands, such as Dior and Gucci, require you to queue before going in. Sometimes, time slots are reserved with a text sent to individuals when it's almost their turn. Luxury and high street designer brands available are mulberry, fendi, prada, Alexander Mcqueen, Swarovski, ugg, tagheuer, diesel, Christian Louboutin, Kate spade, dolce & gabbana, Maison Margiela, Ferragamo, givenchy, Hugo Boss, Marc Jacobs and many others offering designer clothing, jewellery, bags, shoes, accessories and so on. Food wise, there is Italian Mediterranean Gelatos & Milkshakes, Crepes and so many more. Cecconi's, Pret a Manger, Ladurée, Itsu, Vero Latte,...