Best Deals in Bristol

A student ID can take up to 20% off at the beauty and fashion shops around Cabot Circus, and four of the better rates are gathered below.

Note: Proof of student status varies from shop to shop, with some asking for a UNiDAYS code and others happy with a student card at the till.

LOOKFANTASTIC

Location: Ground Floor, Brigstowe Street, BS1 3BH.

Deal: 20% off for students and Blue Light Card members, excluding Jo Malone.

Students and Blue Light Card members both get 20% off at LOOKFANTASTIC, a beauty retailer carrying skincare, haircare, make-up and fragrance from a long list of brands.

Jo Malone is excluded from the deal, meaning anything from that brand still rings up at full price.

On a basket of premium skincare, a fifth off the total is about as generous as student pricing gets in the centre.

➡️ Skincare consultations can be booked in store, useful for narrowing down a routine before the 20% comes off.

The Perfume Shop

Location: Cabot Circus, Bristol BS1 3BX.

Deal: 15% off for students and Blue Light Card members, plus Perfume Club points and 15% off on your birthday.

Whether the bottle is for you or a gift, The Perfume Shop knocks 15% off for students and Blue Light Card members.

Its free Perfume Club card collects points on each purchase and pays them back later as money off.

Club members also get 15% off on their birthday, along with free delivery.

When a fragrance isn't in stock in Bristol, staff can order it in store for delivery to your home, sometimes with a discount or a gift thrown in.

➡️ Signing up to the Perfume Club at the till means even your first bottle starts adding points to the account.

Rituals

Location: Cabot Circus, Ground floor, Brigstowe St, BS1 3BD.

Deal: 15% off full-price items with UNiDAYS, plus a birthday gift for active members.

UNiDAYS opens up 15% off at Rituals, the body care and home fragrance brand known for its calm, spa-like shops.

Reduced items are left out, with the discount applying to full-price stock only.

Loyalty members can also collect a birthday gift in store, though only active members qualify for it.

Keeping your account up to date in the weeks before your birthday is the simplest way to avoid missing out.

➡️ UNiDAYS handles the student verification, and having the app logged in on your phone saves a fumble at the counter.

Ann Summers

Location: Cabot Circus, Upper Ground floor, George White St, BS1 3BD.

Deal: 15% off for students and Blue Light Card members, or 5% off sale items.

Ann Summers sells lingerie and nightwear alongside gifts for a night in, with a base discount of 15% for students and Blue Light Card members.

Now and then that rate climbs to 20%, though 15% is the figure you can rely on.

Sale items get a smaller 5% off, and the discount won't combine with promotions or multibuy deals.

When a multibuy offer is on, a quick bit of maths shows which of the two saves you more.

➡️ Staff can tell you whether the higher 20% rate is running on the day you visit.

Student savings at Cabot Circus go well past the clothes rails, reaching the cinema, a dessert parlour, a coffee shop and two gift shops.

Rates run from 10% to 20%, and a couple of these spots have perks for non-students too.

ODEON Luxe Bristol

Location: Cabot Circus, Glass House Lane, Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3BX.

Deal: 20% off myLIMITLESS Plus through Student Beans, plus free birthday popcorn for ODEON Extras members.

ODEON Luxe Bristol is the cinema on the top floor of Cabot Circus, and its myLIMITLESS Plus membership covers as many films as you want for a monthly fee.

Students aged 18 and over can cut that fee by 20% after verifying through Student Beans.

At two or three films a month, the discounted membership can work out cheaper than paying per ticket.

Non-students aren't left out entirely, as the free ODEON Extras scheme gives members a free popcorn on their birthday.

There's a route in for Blue Light Card holders too, with discounted ODEON vouchers sold through the Blue Light Card website.

➡️ myLIMITLESS members can pick out a recliner well before a big release sells out.

Haute Dolci

Location: Cabot Circus, Upper Ground, BS1 3BA.

Deal: 10% off for students and NHS staff, plus the Dolci Duo every Tuesday.

Dessert is the whole point of Haute Dolci, where the menu runs from pastries and milkshakes to the much-photographed Matilda Cake.

Students with a valid ID take 10% off the bill, and NHS staff get the same when they show theirs.

Tuesdays bring the Dolci Duo, where a pair ordering the same item pays for just one of them.

SOHO Coffee Co

Location: Cabot Circus, Bristol BS1 3BX.

Deal: 10% off for students and Blue Light Card members.

SOHO Coffee Co pours Fairtrade coffee and serves a food menu built around jacket potatoes and flatbreads, with 10% off for students.

The discount extends to Blue Light Card members, a welcome saving if a coffee stop is part of the daily routine.

Over a term's worth of flat whites, that 10% adds up to a few free coffees without anyone having to collect stamps.

➡️ A jacket potato here hits the spot when a full sit-down lunch feels like more than the day needs.

MINISO

Location: Cabot Circus, Ground floor, Brigstowe St, BS1 3BH.

Deal: 10% off for students, excluding trading card game products.

For stationery, plushies, phone accessories and beauty bits at pocket-money prices, MINISO takes 10% off for students.

Trading card game products are excluded, keeping card packs and boosters at full price.

Everything else counts towards the discount, from desk organisers to blind-box toys.

➡️ Flatmate presents and housewarming bits are where the 10% stretches furthest.

Yankee Candle

Location: Cabot Circus, Ground floor, Brigstowe St, BS1 3AU.

Deal: 10% off full-price items for students and Blue Light Card members.

Yankee Candle is a scented candle specialist, selling jar candles in several sizes alongside wax melts.

Students and Blue Light Card members get 10% off anything at full price, though reduced stock doesn't qualify.

Larger jars show the biggest saving in pounds, and they double as dependable housewarming gifts.

➡️ Newly released scents are usually full price, so they're the natural place to spend the discount.

A birthday in Brizzle can come with a few freebies attached, provided you've joined the right loyalty schemes ahead of time.

Four shops at Cabot Circus offer them, ranging from free snacks and chocolate to vouchers worth up to £10.

Holland & Barrett

Location: Cabot Circus, Level 1, George White St, BS1 3BZ.

Deal: Free birthday treat for H&B&Me members, 15% off with UNiDAYS and 5% off in store with a Blue Light Card.

Members of Holland & Barrett's free H&B&Me loyalty programme can choose a birthday gift from a small selection of products.

Two conditions apply, as your date of birth has to be saved on your account and you need to be opted into marketing emails.

The choice changes over time, though recent options have included snack bars and lip balms.

For students, UNiDAYS unlocks 15% off, with protein products and several other ranges excluded.

Shopping in store with a Blue Light Card gets you 5% off the total.

➡️ Without a saved date of birth, the gift won't trigger, so check your account well before the big day.

Hotel Chocolat

Location: Cabot Circus, Ground floor, Brigstowe St, BS1 3BH.

Deal: Birthday reward for VIP.ME members, plus 10% off for students, Blue Light Card members and NHS staff.

Hotel Chocolat's free VIP.ME scheme gives members a birthday reward, currently a choice between a free Selector and a £5 voucher for full-price spends of £5.50 or more.

Membership also brings 20% off ice creams and full-price boxes of drinking chocolate.

Anyone with a valid student, Blue Light Card or NHS ID can take 10% off.

Chocolate nearing its best-before date is often marked down by up to 70%, a good reason to look along the shelves before paying full price.

➡️ The reduced range changes month to month, which is worth a look even if you only came in for a hot chocolate.

Levi's

Location: Cabot Circus, Ground floor, Concorde St, BS1 3BF.

Deal: £10 birthday voucher and £5 off your first purchase for Red Tab members, plus 20% off for students and Blue Light Card members.

Red Tab, the free Levi's loyalty scheme, takes £5 off your first purchase and adds a £10 voucher on your birthday if you saved your date of birth when signing up.

Members then collect 10% back in points on everything they buy, redeemable as £5, £10, £20 or £30 vouchers with no minimum spend.

Separately, students and Blue Light Card members get 20% off their shop at Levi's.

Sale stock isn't covered by that 20%, and neither are tailoring services or small sundries.

Red Tab members also see occasional extras, like added discounts in the sale and gifts with purchase.

➡️ Red Tab takes a minute to join on your phone, quick enough to do in the queue for your first pair of jeans.

The Body Shop

Location: Cabot Circus, Ground floor, BS1 3BH.

Deal: £5 birthday voucher for members, plus 10% off full-price items for students and Blue Light Card members.

A £5 birthday voucher comes with free membership at The Body Shop, the long-running body care and skincare brand.

Students verified through Student Beans get 10% off, as do Blue Light Card members.

Both discounts cover full-price products only, leaving sale lines out of the deal.

➡️ The team can confirm whether your birthday voucher and student discount will combine before anything goes through the till.

Handing over an email address won't win you a prize, but at a few Cabot Circus shops it does take 10% off the bill.

The North Face goes further than most, adding a birthday discount for members of its free scheme.

AllSaints

Location: Quakers Friars, Ground floor, BS1 3BU.

Deal: 10% off for new customers when you join the newsletter.

Joining the AllSaints newsletter gives new customers 10% off the whole range for new customers, which you can use on anything you want, from the brand's leather jackets to its pared-back knitwear.

As the welcome discount is a one-off, it makes the most sense to save it for a bigger buy.

The North Face

Location: Cabot Circus, Ground floor, BS1 3BX.

Deal: 10% off your first order over £100 and 20% off on your birthday for XPLR Pass members, plus 10% off for students, Blue Light Card members and the military.

The North Face makes outdoor gear built for proper weather, from waterproof jackets to walking boots, and its free XPLR Pass membership comes with two discounts.

New members get 10% off a first purchase over £100, then 20% off spends over £100 on their birthday, online or in store.

Free standard delivery on online orders is part of the membership as well.

Outside the membership, students, Blue Light Card members and the armed forces get 10% off with valid ID.

➡️ And if your birthday is a few weeks away, waiting for the 20% birthday discount beats the 10% welcome offer on the same spend.

H.Samuel

Location: Cabot Circus, Upper Ground floor, BS1 3BA.

Deal: 10% off when you sign up to emails, plus a Blue Light Card discount and price matching on watches.

Signing up to H.Samuel's emails gets you 10% off at the high-street jeweller, whose range runs from everyday earrings to engagement rings.

There's a Blue Light Card discount too, though wedding bands aren't included.

Watches come with a price match, letting the team match a lower price found elsewhere, subject to the terms in store.

➡️ Bring a screenshot of the lower price on your phone if you're asking for a watch price match.

Plenty of the shops above accept a Blue Light Card, but at these three it's the main route to a discount.

NHS staff can also claim 10% off at Hotel Chocolat and Haute Dolci with valid ID.

Oliver Bonas

Location: Brigstowe St, Ground floor, BS1 3BX.

Deal: 15% off full-price items for Blue Light Card members and 10% off for students.

Anyone hunting for a present with a bit of personality tends to end up at Oliver Bonas, a shop mixing colourful homeware with clothing and jewellery.

Blue Light Card members take 15% off full-price items, while students get 10%.

Sale stock is excluded from both discounts, leaving new-season pieces as the best place to use them.

➡️ Homeware makes up a good share of the shop, helpful when a gift needs to suit someone's flat more than their wardrobe.

Pret a Manger

Location: Cabot Circus, Upper Ground Floor, Bristol BS1 3BD.

Deal: 10% off for Blue Light Card members.

Freshly made sandwiches and soups are Pret's bread and butter, and Blue Light Card members get 10% off the order.

For anyone on long shifts nearby, a 10% cut on a daily coffee and lunch adds up across a working week.

➡️ Grab-and-go service makes Pret a Manger the quickest option on a short break.

Bunsik

Location: Cabot Circus, Bristol BS1 3BX.

Deal: 10% off for Blue Light Card members.

Blue Light Card holders save 10% at Bunsik, a Korean street food spot known for corn dogs rolled in toppings like crispy potato cubes.

The menu suits eating on the move, whether that's between shops or before a film.

➡️ A mozzarella-filled corn dog is the classic first order, mostly for the cheese pull.

Cabot Circus brings Bristol's big high-street names and a few local favourites together in one centre, with restaurants and a cinema in the mix.

With student rates and birthday perks spread across so many of our shops, there's usually a saving to be had whoever you're shopping with.

Do note that offers change from time to time, so double-check with each shop before making a special trip.

Our getting here page covers the routes in by car, bus, train or bike.

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