Marks & Spencer

Full size department store on a few levels with lifts and escalators. Clothing, housewares and even a small grocery and ready-to-heat area.

I managed to find the men's department and then the accessories, picking up a hat, gloves and a scarf to keep me warm during the colder-than-expected weather. Not cheap at €10 each, but there were certanly more expensive ones if I wanted to go upscale.

The lady working the register was helpful and efficient.

This is not a review for the store but a review for Marks and spencers roof top Café ... It's truly a hidden gem on Grafton Street. We stopped up for a glass of Prosecco to celebrate our arrival in Dublin. The food looked tasty and there were beer, wine and non-alcoholic offerings as well. Pop up and check it out !

Nothing better than this place. Love the food court of course, but also love the sale on Clothes.

I needed a purse for the plane home. I'd taken Ryan air at their word and taken a mini purse with me but flying home on American I wanted a more normal size bag. M&S had the perfect bag! And on sale. I couldn't believe my luck.

I'm always happy to have a M& S nearby. Really they are just about perfect. Love the cafe too!!! You have to try that if you haven't.

One of my favorite places to shop. Food hall has so much to choose from. Everything is so fresh.

Love getting a bargain dress. Good for tights, nickers, & Jammie's. good value.

What is it about grocery shopping in another country? But everything seems so weird and cool. I mean, it's a grocery store but, it has so many things American grocery stores don't. With names that seem so twee and posh at the same time. I loved their produce and they had a good selection of organic and gluten free foods, different types of bacon that look like ham, biscuits that I want to make love to and the cashiers are appropriately emotionally muted.

I think this is the better of the two Marks and Spencers in downtown Dublin even though it is smaller. The layout really is very nice, open and airy and it's easy to navigate, which can't be said for some other huge department stores.

The clothes at Marks and Spencer are pretty great, as far as I'm concerned. They have a trendier line now called Savida, which is much pricier than their other ranges, but a lot cuter. I don't think the quality is absolutely wonderful for the price though, so choose wisely. Their other stuff is a great value though. I got some ultra soft and comfy yoga pants here for a fiver!

Their shoe and accessory section is definitely my favorite though. The quality is great; shoes are sturdy, comfortable and affordable to boot! Their purses are also really great, and for around 30 euros you can find one that looks like it cost a lot more.

NYC has it's pizza slices and we have the British retail chain M&S. Why am I drawing that somewhat vague comparison?

Well if you are looking for decent fast food and are by yourself this is a good choice.

The menu is limited, three varieties of toasted sandwiches. I had the mushroom and emmental cheese which was good. They do pastries and coffee based drinks.

Stools face out on to Grafton street and Duke street which makes it a good place to people watch and also won't make you conscious that you are dining alone.

Like a pizza joint your food comes on a paper plate... Classy.

I wish we had a place like this back in the U.S. The closest comparison I can make is an upscale Target, which I dearly love.

You can shop for clothes, groceries, buy food...it's a one-stop shop for everything you might need or love.

Marks & Spencers is famous among busy singletons and professional kitchen-skivers for its selection of ready-made gourmet-esque meals, classy sambos and salads. Among others, it's the place where live-alone suburbanites and yummy mummies shop for their groceries.

Personally, I don't buy much in Marks & Sparks apart from 'Percy Pig' sweets and sometimes I'll go wild and get 'Percy and Friends'. If this review was based on Percy Pigs alone, I'd give it five stars. I've also been known to purchase a luxury cookie or two - that warm sweet bakery smell is more than tempting and I reckon it should be banned for subliminal advertising.

Even yummy mummies are feeling the recession at this stage so M & S is offering meal deals for two people for around €12, including a bottle of plonk. Not bad, says I and I may just pick one up next time I'm in getting Percy Pigs.

To continue in the thread of Laura C.'s review, I notice that no-one has spotted Marks and Sparks rather sinister and sneaky ploy: the pump the smell of cookies all around the shop, especially around the front door.
Then having lured you into the shop, the crafty powers that be a Marks and Spenser PLC decrees that the cookies are always placed at the back of the shop, so you have to walk the length of the shop, subliminally registering products the whole way, until you get to them.

So yeah, Marks and Sparks is the place to go for delicious cookies and posh ready-meals. They also do good foodie presents, too: I got my Dad a cheese selection thing one Christmas, and we sat down and demolished after dinner, even though we were already stuffed to bits. Good times.

As to the clothes in M&S - they do good quality stuff, but most of the menswear is a bit boaty for my taste. They do some nice suits, though, and very reasonably priced. When my one and only suit finally gives up the ghost, I'll definitely consider looking them up.

Oh, and one last thing re menswear. Marks is great for the humdrum stuff, like socks and boxers. And for those of you cursed, as I am, with gargantuan feet (size 13s), Marks do socks for the man with larger piéds. They don't get worn out as quickly as the ones made for normal people with their regular-sized, oh-so-dainty little footsies.

Bastards.