Quayside MediaCityUK — Attraction in Salford

This Quayside Media City is a shopping hall, a building located just the next door by turning the corner walk to Media City UK where the BBC, iTV and University Salfory locate.

The Quayside is where you can enjoy bites of Italian, Asian and Japanese Sui Shi cuisine for your choice of eateries.

Or else, you can find a Food Hall on the ground floor inside the building. It is occupied by stalls to have selection for your vast tasts of African sour pancakes, Vietnamese PHO with soup, Chinese dumplings, Korean bibbimbap & deep fried chickens, Pakistan kitchen and etcs.

There is another Fast Food Centre on the first floor, by your just sitting in a neat and placid dining hall to have an order of burgers from Burger King, Indian curry cuisine, fish and chips and drink of Bubble Tea or tast of Eggcellent whaffles from the stalls.

It is also a shopping hall where various shops, like the big name" Mark & Spencer" outlet had moved in. It is reason of the sparsely population of Media City UK, lots of shops are empty that it pends to recruite new tenants to fill in. The Quayside has an advantage of parking facility at a very competitive rate from £1.1 for an hour and hours onwards on top of £1.1 for another each following each hour and to cap at a ceiling £22 for 24 hours.

A theatre, named "Lowery" , is at an arm length distant from Quayside. This provides entertainment of movies or drama plays to enrich your living quality.

Despite the lower - populated density and shopping facility of the Media City UK, the living quality is a thumb of praise. The apartment buildings are not packed shoulder to shoulder.

The security of the Media City UK is very confidently by 24 hrs security partrol. The surrounding parameter is well lit shining the Media...

I always feel let-down when I visit this place.

It's billed as an 'outlet' centre, selling designer brands at upto 70% off high Street prices. Whilst this is true, the range of stores, items and genuine discounts is extremely limited.

It is possible to find the occasional bargain but, it's also equally possible to find items on sale, which are cheaper on the high street.

Factor into your shopping experience the food mall and things look even worse.

The food outlets are obviously being charged premium rental rates as pricing is in line with those you would expect to find at motorway services rather than on the high Street. Likewise, choice reflects what you would expect in motorway services. Burger King, as an example, don't offer a basic burger, only full, set menu items, at inflated prices. All the food retailers are the same, I only used BK as an example.

The eating area is understaffed, tables and floors aren't cleaned and the food hall was almost deserted, at 1pm on a weekday. Considering the pricing of the food outlets, I found the whole eating experience unsatisfactory.

You might find a bargain here, but you're more likely to come away disappointed and how much of a bargain will depend on how much you spent on the associated charges for...

Well, this is the UKs version of a dead mall. Firstly, don't go on a Monday as most of the shops are closed - and when I say shops, well, there isn't many. On the ground floor there are about 8 shops, the star of the show is the Cadbury Outlet with the remainder of the shops mostly being charity shops and a couple of 'outlet' shops which are quite sparse in their offerings. On the upper floor you have a cinema, a food hall and a few independent shops. The food hall is quite good but very quiet - but does host a Harry Ramsdens, perhaps the only one for miles since the Arndale one closed. I can't really say if the independent shops are worth the visit as they were closed when we visited. Overall it's a great space and could be a good shopping centre, but sandwiched between the Trafford centre and the Arndale - both of which are only a short tram ride away - it's just never taken off and with a few of the shops that are still there holding closing down sales during my visit, one has to wonder how long this mall will last in it's current form. If you're in the area, it's worth a look - but unless you're looking for food, a harvester or some Cadbury treats it's perhaps not worth...