Princes Square

I have loved visiting Princes Square since my lads were wee and use to play on the steps on the lower ground floor. Over the years shops have come and gone, probably due to the high business rates in Glasgow. Many of the more upmarket chains have a presence here, Joe Malone, Space NK and Ted Baker etc .
My personal favourite is COS, edgy fashion at a middle of the road entry level price .
Food is well represented here with chains such as Zizi, s and Pizza Express. Tinderbox has an outpost here and sells a cheeky wee vino as well as a great flat white .
Please don, t change too much Princes Sq and I promise to be faithful to your Mecca of shops and entertainment.

The nicest shopping centre in town. The basement level and top floor are given over to restaurants, cafes and bars and I think this is what draws in most people. There are lots of shops too of course and they’re mostly at the higher end of the price scale. This is where you’ll find Jo Malone, Space NK, Vivienne Westwood and Kurt Geiger. There are some more affordable shops too like Crabtree and Evelyn or Illuminati which makes this a good place to come for present shopping. Speaking of which, Princes Square does Christmas well with plently of decorations and school or community choirs singing every day. The basement has a large open floor space which is unofficially a children’s area and on most days you’ll see kids tearing around down there and parents chilling out on the sidelines with a coffee, it’s a pretty good arrangement!
I love the design of the centre too, it has a bit of an art nouveau/​Rennie Mackintosh feel and is a little reminiscent of shopping arcades in Paris. They have quite a lot of events in here so it’s worth looking at their website or Facebook page to see what’s on. Hmm, what else? Oh yes the toilets are very good (can I write a review without mentioning toilets? possibly not!) To sum up: fancy shops, busy restaurants and very child friendly.

Love it here, especially at xmastime with the beautiful decorations. So festive. Lovely choice of quality shops to buy a special person an unusual gift

I pretty much hate shopping centres. But I love Princes Square. Not that I actually shop here though!
Princes Square is also slap bang in the middle of Buchanan Street’s Style Mile — as such it’s full of designer shops like Ted Baker (oh, the ties!).
There’s also lots of places to eat and drink — Sugar Dumpling and October for great food and cocktails.
But the thing I actually like about here, is the circular floor area in the centre — it’s basically a kids playground, with the adults sitting around the sides. They also do kids activities, painting and reading here regularly. It all means that you’re not tripping over the sproglets while you’re wandering around.

What a classy indoor shopping mall, definately upscale with upscale shops & resturants on the bottom & top floors. It’s 4 or 5 stories high. Fantastic place to meander in the rain & or to meet friends for lunch. I love it & miss going there on a regular basis but I do not live in Glasgow anymore.

Not really a shopping centre in the normal way. Don’t get me wrong it has shops, it’s just not your usual type. I guess it’s more high end or quirky in a sort of way.
I’m not a huge fan of shopping to be honest, but I thought I should do a wee review of here as I seem to have been in it a lot recently. Other reviews will tell you more of which shops are here, but I can give you Abandon Ship and Ted Baker.
My reason for liking it is the atmosphere, layout, bars and restaurants. It has a swish feel to it and it feels very Christmas-​y at the moment. There are plenty of decent bars and restaurants to visit and spend some time people watching.
The best shopping centre, in Glasgow… But not for actually shopping.

You really have to pay attention when looking for Princes Square as the entrances are so small that even a slight lapse in concentration and you will walk right past them! There are two small door entrances on Buchanan Street, probably about 10 yards apart, which take you in to either side of the shopping centre. While this place may be tricky to find, it is well worth it once you do! When you walk through the doors you’ll find a ramp to lead you into the building, this area is filled with neon blue lights which really gives it a cool effect on entry. Once you get into the actual shopping centre, the place is stunning! The wood effect that they have throughout the floors, stairs and décor looks amazing and the rest of the white interior on the lifts and walls match it perfectly. The place looks amazing everyday, but as others have mentioned, it looks unbelievable at Christmas when they add the decorations which make it an absolute must see while in town around that time of year.
As for the mall itself, it’s pretty high end. There are not a great deal of actual stores, but the ones that are there are more expensive than the typical high street stores. You have places like Ted Baker, Kurt Geiger, French Connection and Vivienne Westwood. These days the shopping centre is actually made of us mostly food places. These tend to match the stores though in that they are of a higher quality than your usual fast food places in town. You have the likes of Barca, Darcy’s, Mings, Zizzi and Pizza Express. If you’re planning on spending some time in here, it won’t come cheap but you’re getting what you pay for! While this isn’t my favourite shopping centre (purely for the lack of options it has for actual shopping), it is definitely the classiest and the one that I enjoy walking round the most. I think this is also a place that comes in handy for older people or people who don’t like dealing with some of the riff raff you can come across in Glasgow city centre. You can tell purely from the customers that you see in here what type of place it is. I’d definitely say this is a place anybody should check out as it really is something to see. You may not get a lot of shopping done, or like many of the stores in here, but you’ll for sure enjoy seeing the place!

Not being much of a shopping centre fan generally, I actually really like Princes Square. Granted, I don’t actually do much shopping here but it is nice for a place to take cover on a rainy day and browse the shops.
This is an upmarket shopping centre which has more expensive high street shops like Reiss, Ted Baker, Vivienne Westwood and Cos (which I’m still yet to check out!). The centre is certainly decorated to match the crowd it’s looking to attract — glitzy, glam and always clean and tidy. I like the size of the centre as well — it’s very dinky but still has lots of shops and is easy to navigate.
There’s also a host of restaurants, bars and cafés but I’ll be honest — I’ve not visited many of them. I ate at Barca probably 4 years ago and also one of the places on the bottom floor but I think that’s changed hands. One down side is that if you are dining at a restaurant on the lower level, parents will tend to let their kids run riot in the centre circle which can be a bit of a mood-​killer.
Princes Square doesn’t have a car park due to its location but it is really close to train and subway. If you do really fancy driving, probably St Enoch or Mitchell Street are the closest car parks.

Great shopping centre, beautiful at Xmas. Loads of places to eat and drink as well as shop. Right on the shopping street in the centre of town. You will more than likely see a Scottish celebrity during your wander around princes square.

Nestled off a busy shopping street and city centre, with small blink-and-you’ll-miss-them doorways, you’ll find a magnificent, glorious rather lush shopping centre which is a (comparably) oasis of calm compared to the hustle and bustle of Buchannan Street.
Look out for the gigantic metal peacock atop the high buildings. It watched over Princes Square. Then get the escalator entrance up to the top floor. It’s new since i last took it, and all coloured lights. Then you’ll walk out to the top floor of what feels like a Victorian glass-​come-​summer house.
Cafés and restaurants at the top: Tinderbox; Fifi & Ally; Italian; Sushi; and Barca for tapas and cocktails.
High-​end shops on the lower too floors. And a big open space often made use of for choirs, concerts and Christmas time displays.
When I’m in the City Centre and I want somewhere to go for a quiet (er) coffee that isn’t one of the fifty Starbucks nearby, I head in here and go to Tinderbox. Even if it’s raining outside, it still feels light and bright in here. It’s my wee (big) haven.

I love Princes Square Shopping Centre. This is such a wonderful place to either shop or eat in Glasgow’s city centre away from all the busyness. Normally. It can, as it was when I was in yesterday, be absolutely mobbed with people, but the atmosphere is always lovely in here!
It’s definitely a pricey place to shop or eat, but all of their shops and restaurants are lovely, and its nice to sit at one of the restaurants on the bottom floor and watch all the crazy children running about in the square in the middle of the centre.

For me Princes Square Shopping Centre is as good as it gets. Over the years shops have come and gone and although it still has a good array of shops i have to agree with previous review there does seem to be getting more and more restaurants/​cafes. I still love it though and having recently undergone a refurbishment with all the woodwork, flooring and brass having been replaced and updated it looks alot better!
If your looking for something extra special this is the place to be.

There’s something about this place that just makes you want to meander about in wonder. I’ve always loved going in even for a wee nosey or to sit on the steps at basement level and read a book as kids frolic all around. It’s just a really nice to be, and architecturally quite stunning. A friend visiting from Lancaster told me that the main staircase reminded her of Titanic!
For the most part, I don’t have enough disposable income to shop here, but there are some nice stalls, art galleries and restaurants. You can also grab some cocktails at Bar November should it tickle your fancy. It’s a shame there isn’t more entertainers in the basement… I remember when there’d at least be someone at the piano on a Saturday, but that is pretty rare these days.
It’s definitely worth a look, even if you don’t plan to spend anything.

Princes Square is also one of the most unique dining environments in Scotland.
I personally love this place. It is home to 8 of the city’s top restaurants.

Fancy pants Princes square has a whole host of designers shops, jewellers and top class restaurants where you can go for some refreshments after a day of shopping.
Walking along Buchanan Street it’s hard to miss Princes Square with the massive peacock displayed on the outside of the building. You can enter through the ground floor entrance — but that’s a bit boring. Instead, I’d recommend taking the escalator which takes you right up to the third floor. On your way up you will notice that the walls pay tribute to famous Scottish inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and Alexander Fleming. When you arrive at the third floor you can look down at all the beautiful shops and work your way down.
A great place to pop into while in town and I highly recommend D’Arcys and Fantoosh if you’re feeling peckish!

Whilst everyone else seems to like Princes Square for it’s concentration of upmarket shops and eateries, I love it for another reason, the not-​immediately obvious, but nevertheless splendid 80s décor. Of particular note are the lifts, with their utterly tasteless gold trim, and buttons that wouldn’t look out of place on the original series of Star Trek.
It’s never once been done up since it opened in 1988, and I hope it stays like this for years to come.

Princes Square is without a doubt the classiest shopping centre in the whole of Glasgow. As well as being beautifully designed in its own right, it also boasts a whole host of gorgeous shops such as Kurt Geiger, Ollie & Nic, Arran Aromatics, Crabtree & Evelyn, Space NK and Links of London.
As well as being a shopping centre, Princes Square is also home to a large array of restaurants and cafes all designed in the vein of Mediterranean piazzas. Sit down with a glass of wine anywhere in Princes Square, and you’ll forget that you’re in a shopping centre in Glasgow and will believe instead that you’ve been transported to somewhere far more exotic.
There is nothing that I like better than to while away an hour or two in Princes Square. Whether I’m picking up a gift or two, lusting over clothes and shoes that I can’t afford, or enjoying a lovely meal with friends — this place never lets me down.

Princes Square is probably the classiest shopping centre in all of Glasgow. It’s very upmarket and shiny, but far from gauche and faceless like many of our other shopping establishments.
Built in the late 1990s, some of the décor (I’m looking at you, gold trimmings!) is a bit outdated, but still remains lovely to look at. The centre covers about 4 floors. The basement is home to Buzzy Wares American diner and a couple of other restaurants and a chocolatiers, ground level has an Accessorize and fancy pen shop, the 3^rd floor is home to French Connection and Lacoste, and upstairs there are many more restaurants from which to choose.
If you’re looking for fine dining, Princes Square is an excellent choice. From Ming’s Asian fusion, Barca Spanish Tapas, The Restaurant Bar & Grill, Fifi and Ally, and Zizzi Italian, you really cannot go wrong.
There is also the pendulum clock, which I think is no longer in action, but was one of the most accurate clocks in existence.
There are also a few concessions, one selling chocolate and another, art.
Princes Square is a great escape from the hustle and bustle of Buchanan Street, and with all those restaurants it’s difficult not to find yourself stuffing your face with great food. Lovely!

Ah I am finally getting excited about Christmas (biiiiig fan but can’t be mentioned too early or it loses its magic) and one of the places that feeds my Christmas spirit is without doubt Princes Square. With its tall, glowing Christmas tree and the angelic voices of children’s choirs, Princes Square does Christmas with class.
In fact, Princes Square does everything with class. From it’s décor to it’s elegantly presented shops, cafes and restaurants, this is a shopping mall on a different level. It oozes quality. Nice to wander round and soak up the atmosphere even if you are on a budget and picture perfect for window shopping.

Perfumed, blow-​dried ladies are well catered for in this upmarket shopping centre.
I sometimes wander about in here, gazing wistfully at the beautiful frippery available to those with only the deepest pockets. Sometimes given a wide berth, my bedraggled hair, fast walking pace and air of Primark don’t fit well with the sweeping pashminas and upturned, surgically perfected noses of the patrons.
Everything on sale in here is is beautiful and opulent — much like the surroundings. Even the escalators and lifts manage to seem graceful.
Maybe next year, when I finish uni, I’ll be able to shop in here. For now though, like a shoe-​deprived orphan, I turn from the Kurt Geiger window and quietly leave.

Légèrement en retrait sur Buchanan Street, ce centre commercial à vraiment su tirer son épingle du jeu face à l’imposant centre commercial ‘Buchanan Galleries’.
Orienté vers le luxe à prix raisonable, vous y trouverez de quoi faire du shopping, mais aussi des restaurants de tout types (Italien, Bar à Tapas, Japonnais etc).
Ce centre commercial est aussi le lieu où se déroule chaque année l’élection de Miss Scotland. Grâce à son large dôme vitré, ses décorations et ses belles finitions, Princes Square se prêtera volontier aux jeux des photos touristiques