So Cabot Circus has just celebrated its 1st Birthday and its better now than it ever has been. The amazing architechture is starting to fit into the centre better with the surrounding areas having had a makeover.
Although some stores have closed down, a couple due to the recession and a couple just because the stores havent been making enough money for them to be worthwhile, with more stores opening it has a much higher occupancy rate than at the opening.
For entertainment inside the centre there are all of the restraunts, the cinema de lux and a newly opened adventure golf course. The adventure gold opened summer this year and is a great way to pass an hour or 2 whilst in town, personally i have been 3 times and always have a blast. Its quite a surreal experience to think you're playing mini golf inside a shopping centre but great fun.
The cinema de lux has to be one of the nicest cinemas i've been to in the uk aswell. Not only is there a decent amount of leg room in all screens, helpful staff and a nice bar/ restraunt on the entrance level, but there is also the "directors lounge" and "studio 1" the directors lounge is a great experience for a couple £ extra with high backed leather seats, a swing around table for each seat and its own personal bar area.

I wont go into too much detail on the restraunts, i have however managed to dine in nearly all of them so for further information on specific ones, please feel free to contact me. The ones that i can list off the top of my head are:
Coal - grilled food and bar
Cafe rouge
Franky and bennys
Nandos
La tasca
Carluccios
Yo sushi
Hey potato
Gourmet burger kitchen
Giraffe
Brasserie blanc
Tampopo
And also a pizzeria

The biggest shopping attractions to this centre have to be the harvey nics and house of fraser but it also boasts some shops that i rarely see anywhere else, such as hotel chocolat, patisserie valerie, urban outfitters, reiss and so many others i daren't carry on.
Opening soon will be hollister (an A&F company) and currys digital.

For full store listings i'd recommend the official cabot circus website but also become a fan on facebook as they put up some exclusive offers from stores from time to time.
If you have a day to spare then its deffinately worth a trip. The official opening times are 10-8 Monday to Saturday and 11-5 on Sundays and bank holiday Mondays for stores. The cinema, golf and restraunts tend to stay open untill at least 11pm most evenings
You will need to set aside a decent length of time tho. My first trip was on a Sunday so i only had 6 hours of shopping and apart from managing to max out 2 credit cards, I had only made it around half of the stores! So i had to make a return shopping trip the next month.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.