Central Shopping Centre

I don’t know whether you could class this place as a shopping centre because it certainly isn’t much of one. With Central train station combined within the centre, it does feel a bit odd but there are a few shops such as a newsagents, cake shop and Thorntons — most of which you will tend to just pass by, either if your getting off a train or simply using the centre as a passageway to Bold Street or vice versa.
The only couple of useful shops I find here are CeX and Sainsbury’s Local (which I would only go to if I’m desperate).
There is nothing special about this area; I treat it just as a mere shortcut.

Oh, I do love a good shopping centre. Unfortunately this one is starting to look hideously outdated in light of LIverpool’s new shopping complex just up the road.
Central Shopping Centre stores include a key-​cutter, cake shop, Superdrug, Thorntons, Sayers, Sainsbury, and a few small newsagents.
This is a good place to use to walk through to get to the station as you can pick up everything you’d need for a journey.
Nothing special, just somewhere to pass through on your way to Bold St or the centre of town, or to pick up a sandwich, drink, or newspaper from.

Yes, it is drab, dismal and so outdated it looks more like a 1970s hospital in the passageway leading from Ranelagh Street into the station, but the selection of shops there actually rivals those available at Lime Street Station.
Immediately you will see a stall selling newspapers and magazines. There is also a Thornton’s on the right hand corner of the entrance, where you can sit in or take away.
You will also find a newsagent, Superdrug and a branch of Sainsburys which is small but has everything you’ll need, from yet more newspapers and magazines through fresh bakery and fruit/​veg, meat, sandwiches and pasta sauces to pinpoint just a few items. Expensive wines/​champagne/​spirits are kept behind the counter, so you may have to queue just to see whether or not they stock Jack Daniels or whatver your tipple of choice is.
The station itself has a spacious concourse and easy access onto the platforms; it’s an easy process, even from the perspective of a tourist (I used to come here as a tourist before moving to the city).

Central Shopping Centre is your first stop upon entering the city by train (get off at Central Station). It has exits onto both Ranelagh Street and Bold Street and there are about a dozen shop in the main precinct including Superdrug, CEX, a brilliant cake shop (that i can’t remember the name of but its worth a look), a great card shop, a newsagents and a fair sized Sainsburys store. Its more a gateway into the city centre rather than a main shopping area and to be honest could do with a bit of updating to keep up with the newer more shiny developments/​retail areas in Liverpool.