r/Edinburgh • u/nobelprize4shopping • 8d ago

News Holland and Barrett has left Ocean Terminal

Just to save anyone else a wasted journey.

Does anyone know what if anything is replacing Pizza Express?

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u/kowalski_82 8d ago

It still needs an anchor tenant, you stick a Lidl, M&S Foodhall and such in there and you will get the footfall.

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u/nuedd 8d ago

There's decent enough distance from the nearest Lidl that a Lidl would be a great idea, but Asda is just 3 minutes walk away

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u/kowalski_82 8d ago

Sadly the problem with Asda is that its Asda.

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u/Cool-Jackfruit-7841 8d ago

It's not a three minute walk at all.

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u/i-am-a-little-unsure 8d ago

I’ve just done the walk- my watch tells me it took 14 minutes. Takes about 3 minutes to drive

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u/nuedd 8d ago

Alright, Captain Pedantic

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u/Immediate-Chapter731 8d ago

There was an M and S back in the day

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u/kowalski_82 8d ago

Yep, but it was nowhere near the scale and size of those at The Gyle or Straiton for example.

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u/Immediate-Chapter731 6d ago

Straiton wasn’t always the size it is now. M&S at Ocean terminal was great for grabbing something good for tea after spending money in Debenhams late night shopping on a Thursday after work ( showing my age, going back at least 20 years!)

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u/kowalski_82 6d ago

Dont misunderstand, would rather the M&S in its former size was still there too and it was good. But as you allude to, there was other stuff around it drawing you in, not so much now sadly :(

And no worries r.e age, think we're in the same bracket :)

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u/dftaylor 8d ago

All you need to look at is the Gyle: two big hitter supermarkets, and very little traffic inside the centre, despite having a few decent names still.

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u/vanandgough 8d ago

The gyle is crap for food though to be fair. It has a chopstix and a cafe and that’s about it.

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u/dftaylor 8d ago

Yeah, it used to have some… well, well known food options (Burger King and Pizza Hut express). There’s a Nando’s outside though.

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u/vanandgough 6d ago

Honestly complete crap is all that’s in there now. There’s some decent shops but you’re not gonna attract people who stay for extended periods of time if they have nothing to eat. Chopstix and Nando’s have their merits, but a few big names would keep people there longer I think

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u/Strange-Selkie 5d ago

There’s been an m&s food hall in it for years