Minories

This is a really pretty shopping arcade in the City Centre (off Bull Street). It’s beautifully designed, with stained glass entrance windows and brass railings inside. It has a touch of glamour… but that’s about all I can say for the positive…
It’s a shame really, as they seem to make a real effort on keeping this looking nice and using period features, but there isn’t much reason to visit except the cookshop — Livsstil. There is a sad looking greasy spoon café (this used to be good, but has gone downhill in recent years), handbag shop (with a constant sale on) and a dentist, but it could be so much more. If they put some vintage stores or something quirky in here; it could attract some real foot traffic.
The Minories connects Bull Street to Priory Queensway and is a well used shortcut (to avoid the Wetherspoons and bus traffic on Corporation Street). As pointed out by Mary D., the floor is marble — so it gets VERY SLIPPERY when it rains.
A quick bit of research reveals that this used to be a high quality department store, it’s a shame it didn’t stay that way really. With the other stylish arcades in the proximity (Great Western and Burlington etc), there is no reason to come through here unless you are using it as a shortcut!
In summary, it’s pretty (so worth a look), but your wallet isn’t going to get a beating… Unless you’re looking for a leather bag, a scale and polish or a new whisk.

The Minories shopping arcade is a bit, well, blah really. My one and only reason for ever going there is the amazing cookshop — Livsstil. I won’t go on about it here as I’ve written a whole seperate review but it’s a brilliant shop and is well worth a look. Currently in the Minories there is a café, a leather shop and a nail bar. It’s not so much a shopping centre as a walkway to get to the courts but the people with power should still give a damn really and let some of the units out to interesting new businesses.