The Trocadero Centre

Goes On Forever

25 May 08, 17:47 As expected

You can walk round this place for hours - it seems to go on forever. Sure, it's usually full of Japanese tourists for some reason, but that's ok. I love the video games here which are brilliant - and they do some expensive food as well!

Brilliant

21 May 08, 20:54 Above expectations

The Trocadero centre is enormous! It's a great centre with movie houses, bars and shops. It's a really fun day out so worth a visit if you are in the area. Be sure to make note of where you are going or you could get lost!

Shop Away

16 May 08, 20:31 As expected

This is a really cool and funky shopping centre on picadilly Circus, full of music, clothes and style, this is a muct visit centre cos I'm sure you'll find what you want here.

hell yea - love this

29 Apr 08, 18:38 Beyond expectations

if your visiting london for the first time put this on your little list of things and places to see and do!

it's giant, its fun and it's full of wicked things to experience.

i totally get why some people won't like this place but if you love music, movies and gadgets you'll fit right in here!

rock on

Trocadero Time

16 Apr 08, 16:30 As expected

This is a fun gallery organised in six floors that offer expensive high-tech penny arcades for youg people, movie theatres, restaurants, bars and more. Personally I don't find this place so interesting but you can have fun and stay comfortable when it's raining outside! A nice place to spent some hours with friends.

A evening at the London Trocadero

11 Apr 08, 12:15 Well below expectations

A busy Wednesday in the office, let’s catch up with a friend and a movie. That should relax me I thought…how wrong can one Londoner be?!

One had the misfortune of meeting a friend in the Trocadero for a movie the other week. Despite the maze of neon lights, the rattle of slot machines and the continuous noise of the arcades, I managed to find my way to Cineworld within this modern day Labyrinth. Confused by the multiple levels of this building and the unorganised layout, I was very much grateful for the sit down. The movie did not live up to much. So much so that the highlight of the evening was the Daily Mail that the patron before me had left in their seat for me to read!

After ‘enjoying’ 90 minutes of 21st century cinema, and still none the wiser, it was time to leave. After pleasantries and goodbyes it was time to work my way out of this building…alone. I felt like a solo explorer about to set of on an African adventure, unaware of the route and without the necessary jabs! Not only had this contemporary soundtrack from hell that is the modern arcade been turned up in volume, but I was welcomed by a see of adolescence. Without going into too much detail about these youths, I can assure you that they were not the Von Trapp children in any way, shape, or form. One just feels relieved that they had without protest left their mopeds and scooters outside.

It took me 10 minutes to navigate my way out side, and at this point I would like to that my GCSE geography teacher Mr Gale, without who this would not have been possible. In a building that impressively stands out in Piccadilly, and is magnificently huge within, it does seem an almighty shame that the Trocodero has become nothing more than a novelty for bored tourists who have more than likely missed the last bus tour. Soon the popularity of this place will wane and a re-think will be in order. The Trocadero doesn’t need a face-lift as such, more of a balaclava.

Self proclaimed as “London’s leading dinning, entertainment and shopping centre”, one can only assume this is measured by the amount of victims trapped, or indeed lost, inside.