Lowry Outlet

Not that great to be honest, the shops are a pretty poor selection, looks a lot more impressive from the outside, but it is only a couple of minutes from media city and the excellent dockyard bar, the cue cinema is worth checking out as it’s usually reasonably quiet

This place is fairly mediocre to be honest, but I find all outlet centres are! I live really nearby so I find it worthwile to take a look round every now and then to see if there is any good bargains… e.g. If you hit the Clarkes shoe outlet store at a good time you can strike it lucky and come out with bags full of quality shoes at great prices, but then you might not see anything else for the bext 3 months! I guess the same applies to all of the shops here!
Foodwise you have the normal chains… Bella Italia, Pizza express, Harvester, Burger king etc etc…
If you live close definitely worth a look around byt wouldnt be driving miles and miles to check it out!

I’ve previously been to the Cheshire Oaks outlet, which as an extensive range of shops, and ranging for different price brackets. However, The Lowry Outlet is somewhat limited both in terms of quantity of shops and price range. For designers stores they have Flanners and Tessuti both of which are quite small with limited sizing and although classed as the top end, there are many brands which are unheard of.
The only positives for this outlet is the Vue cinema as it’s never too busy and also the free parking available (if you spend more than £5).
I think the centre needs to look at extending the shops on offer, as the ones in there are very empty.
Such a shame as it’s in a great location, it just fails to being the crowds in.

It’s pretty limited here to be honest, and I also think they’re having an identity crisis. The term ‘Outlet’ normally insinuate’s a place to grab a bargain, or basically get last season’s stock at a lower price, although they’re not really outlet stores at all.
There is of course the cinemas, and the Virgin Active gym there which make it a good place to visit in general, however to actual stores in the Shopping Centre are below par, and I probably would put it fairly low on my favourite shopping spots. Outside of the actual Shopping Centre there’re some fantastic little cafes/​bars though.
That said, 4 hours free parking if you spend over £5 in any shop is a good drawing point, and should they be able to lure in a few more attractive names to host an outlet store there, this review could well jump up a few stars.
The main shining light is the Cadbury’s factory store — you can get all the rejected chocolate (shape-​wise not quality-​wise) at good prices, because let’s face it, chocolate is chocolate.

The Lowry shopping outlet mall. Haven’t been here for a long while but had to go to the Molton Brown shop. First off you get one hours free parking but if you purchase an item from any shop within the outlet for over £5 you get four hours free parking. There is now a lot of shops in there with M&S home outlet, cadburys shop, Black & Decker and a Molton Brown outlet shop and lots more. Also if you get all your shopping done and have some free time you can go to the food court or some of the restaurants that are in there such as harvesters or café rouge. On a nice day you could go for a walk outside which is five minutes and you will be in Media City UK, worth a walk around. Also located next door is the Lowry Theatre, again worth popping in to see what shows are coming. Also all around are many more restaurants and bars in the whole area.

Not really sure what the purpose this place is really. It is dubbed a place to get bargains and huge reductions from the high street yet most things are often equal to or higher than the high street! The selection of shops is pretty small, the food outlets are not up to much and it closes pretty early in comparision to most shopping centres. If you are thinking of going to get a bargain then think again and stick to the Trafford Centre or the city centre…

I discovery this place not long ago and I just love this place. This is shopping with adventure. To go to Media City you need to take tram (20 min from City Centre) In this shopping centre you can buy lots on cheep price from shoes to kitchen equipments. If you are tired let’s have lunch and coffee in good brands restaurants and bistro. Welcome

The Lowry Outlet is just ok its nothing that special apart from a couple of decent stores like the GAP outlet and a few others, but it’s only really kept open by the Vue Cinemas and the very busy Costa Coffee, There is also a couple of chain restaurants which include Harvester, Pizza Express, Café Rouge, Lime Bar and the recently opened Nandos.
It does have a lot of potential if it had the right stores in there. Its ok for a browse through if youre around the area or in Media City UK though. Its also very easy to get to from the City Centre with a direct tram heading straight towards to Media City UK.

The Lowry is a poor shopping centre, with it being located very close to the new Media City BBC and ITV filming centre, the shopping centre is terrible despite a good resturant (Lime). With it being so close to the new television studios in Salford, you would of thought it would of been modern and full with the biggest names, The Lowry does have a Cadburys store and Marks and Spencers however they do not have sports shops and other major shops you would expect to see in nearby shopping centres such as The Mancheser Arndale and The Trafford Centre. If you spend over 5 pounds in a shop or restaurant you get free parking up to 4 hours but the carpark is a horrible, dark, small place. I admit this shopping centre has a nice cinema but that is about it.

I’m a fan of the Lowry centre, and the adjoining Lowry art gallery where the work of the great Artist, who gave his name to these places, can be seen free; yes great art free to see, please don’t miss it if you are nearby. Here’s my snapshot: The Lowry centre has an M&S outlet store — I find that when these began trading the deals were exceptional, but more and more they are being used to offload assorted rubbish, seconds and cheaper stuff is being deliberately plied to sell specifically at Outlet places: you know capitalism at its worst always sets out to systematically rip off. There’s a Tefal store which is not badly priced and a pretty good M&S furniture outlet. There are a few well overpriced suitcase stores — when you consider what a suitcase is made from the prices even allegedly discounted is appalling. A Body shop and a Molten & Brown are there for those who pamper themselves and a really fab discount pro cook store where I recently acquired stainless steel non stick heavy pots & pans at a real deal with a further 20% discount special on the day. I was so pleased that I popped into Whittards and bought some Margaret’s Hope first flush Darjeeling and Guatamelen elephant coffee beans. The food places are ok but I’m not attracted to most of them. I noted a place selling ridiculously over priced New Zealand ice cream — I refuse to buy this as there are plenty of British ice cream independents who make ace ice cream — mind you most stuff here is low end quality well overpriced. On the fringe of the centre you now have a Nandos, Lime, a Chinese eat all you like and other places like Harvesters and a few Italian style places but I can cook most Italian at home and usually baulk at the overpriced pseudo Italian places around here. I know I’m a food snob or maybe knob? And within 10 minutes there’s a Booth’s good store that’s ace and a Marco P White restaurant nestled inside the Holiday Inn. Best of all shop in the Lowry and there’s generous free parking allowances but no doubt if it becomes more popular capitalism will want to screw us here too?!

Great place and selection of retailers to pick up some discount clothing or goods. Easy to move around the centre too as not all that busy.

The Lowry outlet is good for the odd thing and for a mooch on a lunch break. Although I wouldn’t make a special journey to visit the outlet

The Lowry Outlet gave us a great Saturday out. Despite the fact that it proclaims itself as a mall — silly Americanism — The Lowry Outlet gave us a nice break from the city centre and, surprisingly, we weren’t the only ones there. The car park was fit to burst (we got the metro but, as it usually is, nipping in through the car park was the easiest way to walk in) and there were shoppers aplenty. After our visit to Lime bar we headed back inside for a walk around.
Although many of the brands remain out of my price range — Flannels, Molton Brown etc — AX Paris and Pussycat London were nice suprises, offering many of their high street dresses and shirts for around the £10 mark. As most of these clothes looks the same nowadays, there’s no worry about being ‘off trend’! I got a lovely studded floral shirt for £5 and, although I’m sure it’ll disintergrate somewhat after a few washes, it’ll do me for now, and that’s what I look for in my fashion. Sorry but I am of that generation and spending limit. The atmosphere was much more alive than our last visit and the lighting seems to have had a boost. There was even a little craft/​artisan fair on.
The discounts were good and, despite the various empty shops, I didn’t leave feeling too depressed about the state of the retail economy.

Seems like a new hot spot in this area. With MediaCityUK it seems that this is a new growing area just outside of the city of Manchester. Arndale is probably the largest shopping center in this area but it is not an outlet mall. It seems that this mall has some better prices.

I usually make a couple of visits here a year. There isn’t a huge range of shops, but the offerings are mainly homeware stores so I can usually pick up at least a couple of stocking-​fillers for Christmas at a wonderfully low price.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of a lot of the smaller shops and the economic climate I should imagine, you will undoubtedly find that each time you visit at least one shop has closed down or re-​opened as something else, so don’t bank on being guaranteed to find what you’re looking for. It is good for a browse, though.
My favourite shop is definitely the Sweet Emporium, featuring wall-​to-​wall stacked tubs of old-​fashioned sweets like pear drops and rainbow kayli, and a floor-​full of more modern treats like those weird Wonka creations of popping chocolate, runts, nerds and gobstoppers.
Remember to get your parking ticket validated in one of the shops for free parking too, little bonus!

Outlet — discount.
Two words you would put together!
In many places in here you can find it, BUT, sometimes I can’t help but think maybe these «sale» prices are the prices they would charge anyway in many of the shops here.
Needless to say I was excited to visit the Cadbury store! It was before Easter and I still had those last couple of eggs to buy for the family. £2.99 for an egg — with no box. Outlet — discount???
Nike shop — now this was a discount store! I’m going back when I get paid for sure! With this kind of a brand it definitely met the outlet — discount!
So as you can see, it has good discount shops and discount shops that don’t seem to have much discount… I think it appeals a great more to the older generation. Perfect for a cup of tea/​coffee and a wander round bathroom/​interior shops. It definitely needs some «younger» shops to appeal to a wider crowd or even a few more brands. Narrow choices…

I just had to write a short review on the Lowey discount shopping mall in Salford Quays Manchester. I went there with an open mind thinking it will be just one shop I was shocked to see a shopping centre there! I think it is very good quality shops at a very good prices. Specially Marks and Spencer very good discounted prices. If you have not had the chance to visit the shopping mall I really do recommend you do also there are lots of restaurants to suit all budgets.

For such a modern and clean place this mall has potential however the choice of current shops is disappointing. Unless you want home appliances, candles or over priced cheap looking clothing there’s no point in going.
On the other hand however the only 2 shops worth going to are Dickies and the Nike outlet.
Dickies is fantastic with workmen gear for really cheap, I got a pair of steel toe caps for £20 that were reduced from £60.
There is a cinema here to but I have never been.
I may give the restaurant a visit in the near future also when I graduate.
Parking is free for all visitor for upto 4 hours

Let’s start with the negative points:
— No atmosphere, especially on a wintery weekday
— Rubbish shops in outlet mall, which is always dead
— Lack of good bars and restaurants
— Very windy
Now the positive ones:
— Imperial War Museum
— Lowry Museum and Theatre
— Lowry Bridge
— Free parking (for 4 hours if you make a purchase at the mall)
— The arrival of the BBC’s Media City (more jobs, more life?)
— Watersports events, such as the annual university dragonboat race
— Wildlife — when I worked here I saw herons, ducks and a stoat
— Accessible by public transport (and more accessible when the Metrolink extends to Media City)
OK, so there are more positives than negatives, but unlike the wealthy Corrie characters, I would never dream of living here. It makes a decent day out, but the lack of character and any useful facilities make this a strange choice for somewhere to live.

Ah, the Quays. The place where the characters in Coronation Street who have wealthy aspirations dream of living.
I’ve reviewed so many little spots in Salford Quays and said so many different things about them, I thought it’d be challenging for me to review the Quays as a whole. A place to visit. A day out with a friend, loved one or the family. How does it hold up?
Well, as ex colleagues of mine have affirmed, it’s not somewhere to go for a night out. The bars are few and far between, and with the dreaded Lime as one of the only options, well, we all know how I feel about the central Manchester option. I can’t see the Salford Quays version of the very same bar being any different. And for a day of shopping, I’ve never been blown away by the Lowry Outlet Mall. But for families and culturites it’s a lot better. The Lowry Theatre and Imperial War Museum mean there’s plenty for the kids to learn and lots of art and history to entertain oneself with. And while Frankie and Benny’s, Chiquito and Pizza Express may not be the gourmet’s choice, children love that sort of thing.
Also it’s a great place to find a job. There’s lots of industry in Salford Quays, from GMG Radio to an entire estate of computers and businesses and all sorts of important-​sounding things. And I’d say it’s a very pretty place too. There’s stuff for the sporty types from a very posh gym to a watersports school, which resides on the quay edge where people canoe and dive and do all sorts of aqua-​based activities. You’re likely to run into a gargantuan swan or goose walking around… just be careful, those things can be nasty.
All in all, the Quays is worth a visit. It’s quite ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ in terms of its content, but the stuff I like there is particularly good stuff, thus I’d recommend it. And for a picturesque afternoon in the sun it can’t be beaten.