The Oracle

Fancy making an exclusive bath bomb at LUSH? Make your own for £5.95 at the following workshops:
Make the Geode - Thursday 18th April 11am - 3pm
Make Groovy Kind of Love - Saturday 20th April 11am - 3pm
... No need to book, just pop along! 🛀
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How cute are Woolliam and Elizapeck at Hotel Chocolat?! 🍫
Easter is nearly upon us, and these deliciously cute chocolates have caught our eye! Remember to enter our competition on PLUS to win a huge Hotel Chocolat bundle!
Download PLUS:... Android: bit.ly/1YbbFKw iPhone: apple.co/1YbbyOY
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This Spring sees the launch of the new menu at everyone’s favourite Latin American restaurant, Las Iguanas 🍴 There are 17 exciting new dishes cooked from scratch by the team of skilled chefs, alongside Latin classics and Las Iguanas favourites.
Find Las Iguanas on the Riverside!

Kids eat free this half term at YO! 🥢🍣 Choose a starter, main and drink from the Mini Ninja menu and get it ALL free with an adult spending £10… & if your little one has a sweet tooth, you can grab a Mini Ninja dessert for just £1.50. What are you waiting for?
Valid until 28th April.

Win a Smiggle Surprise Egg on The Oracle PLUS app! 🐣
Download PLUS: Android: bit.ly/1YbbFKw iPhone: apple.co/1YbbyOY

Hej! - Visit the IKEA pop-up on Level 1 and get your hands on a voucher, including a £1 Main Dish offer! 😀
Speak to one of the IKEA members at the promotional stand for more details!

Pop into LUSH for some of their amazing limited edition Easter products and gifts, whilst stocks last! 🧼🐥

This Easter, head to Disney Store and join the Disney Egg Hunt! 🐣
Find all ten Disney eggs in store and receive a free Tiny Big Feet poster showing all of your favourite characters!
Event takes place 16th, 17th & 18th April between 11am - 3pm, just ask in store to participate!

To celebrate Easter and Hotel Chocolat’s new VIP ME loyalty card, we are giving you the chance to win a HUGE bundle of Easter Hotel Chocolat goodies exclusively on PLUS! 🍫
Download PLUS to enter! Android: bit.ly/1YbbFKw iPhone: apple.co/1YbbyOY

Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service are in centre until Sunday raising money with a toy and book sale!
As well a books and toys like Hatchimals for sale, they will also be raffling off an amazing Chocolate Easter Egg that has been handmade by the award-winning Mark Tilling! 🍫

Win Dumbo! 🐘🎪 To celebrate the Live Action film release, Disney's special edition Dumbo Soft Toy is now available to purchase in-store at the Disney Store for £12.50 when you spend £10!
For your chance to win one for yourself, simply like this post and tag a friend below! T&C's apply: http://bit.ly/2DIasaK

More Alice in Wonderland fun, dress up, crafts, games and storytelling today at The Oracle until 4pm!
See you there! 🤩

Win a L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream on PLUS! 🤲
20% Shea Butter concentrated in a rich hand cream to nourish and soften dry skin...
Download PLUS:... Android: bit.ly/1YbbFKw iPhone: apple.co/1YbbyOY
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Once you've had your Alice in Wonderland fun, why not head to LUSH UK for some bath bomb making? Only £3.95 each! 🛀
11am-4pm 10th & 11th April!

The Alice in Wonderland fun is in full swing at The Oracle! Take a look at our fantastic FREE kids event on today and tomorrow only 11am-4pm! 🐇✨🖌
Come and take part in the free make and takes, games and more!

Today's the day for some Alice in Wonderland fun! 🥳
Pop in anytime between 11am-4pm today or tomorrow for some FREE kids activities on Level 2! We also have an interactive White Rabbit trail where you can win £30 The Real Greek vouchers, 'Simply the Nest' LUSH bath bomb's and a set of Alice in Wonderland tea's from Whittard - make sure to have The Oracle PLUS app ready!
See you there > http://bit.ly/2ForJXc

Our free Easter kids events are taking place tomorrow and Thursday, and to celebrate we are giving you the chance to WIN two main courses at Zizzi's at The Oracle! 🍕
Simply like this post and tag who you would take with you to enter! T&C's apply: http://bit.ly/2DIasaK

Join us for FREE Alice in Wonderland fun 11am - 4pm on 10th and 11th April > http://bit.ly/2ForJXc
We also have the following offers available in centre: ✨Boost - £1 kids sized drink with any most popular regular sized drink ✨Whittard - 10% off... ✨Paperchase - 10% off when you quote 'Alice' at the till ✨Claire's - 30% off WYS £30 ✨L'Occitane - Free Verbena or Cherry Blossom Easter Egg when you spend £35 or more ✨Kids Eat Free at Las Iguanas and YO! Sushi! T&C's apply. See in store for more details.
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Not so much about the shopping centre overall but very impressed with the 'family room' for changing my little one. He's recently started getting very stressed out being changed in public loos but the whole set up of your family room was lovely! The quiet music playing, plenty of space for mum's and dad's and pushchairs. I liked the quiet corner with books to read as well! Wish more places were like that...rather than just a changing table hung by the urinals...eurgh!

My wife & i drive into town on a regular basis & we think that the Oracle centre is great! With the Broad street area as well it's a good shopping experience in a relaxed atmosphere.The riverside multi story car park can get very busy,sometimes delays happen there so we park in Kings Meadow,just off the Reading bridge roundabout.A ten minute walk up into Broad street & we are in town.It's a bit cheaper as well.

My first time in Reading! The Oracle is wonderful and full of choises for a chubby italian girl who can’t find so many different things in her Country. Best experience: Victoria’s Secret!! I found a lot of courtesy and patience there. Thank so much to Connie and Annie!

Love it, so nicely situated near railway station, lovely selection of shops and entire centre not to big it's overwhelming, plenty of lovely places to eat all nicely situated by the river. Look forward to going again.

A Special town like Reading filled with so much surpries this chrismas year. A blessed town filled with the love of diversity a mixed bag to un ravel the love and hearts who share in a blessed town like Reading you are invited to share.....Happy Christmas from True Inspirations and family Count down for shopping days ££££££££££££££

I visited the baby changing room in the Oracle for the first time today. We took our baby twin granddaughters and their 4 year old sister, who was able to look at books in a clean, safe environment, while we changed the little ones nappies. An excellent facility!

I love the Oracle, the shops are great and so is the choice of food. However, I hate the extortionate costs for parking! I arrived at 2:30 left at 7:30 and I was charged £11.50!!!!! I’d rather drive the extra miles for Basingstoke or Guildford and pay £5 for all day parking! Absolute awful!

Had a pleasant morning shopping with friends and a lovely lunch in Giraffe. Good variety of shops, a nice change from Basingstoke local centre. However did nearly pass out when it came to pay for parking! Therefore wouldn't choose to come regularly.

I went to the riverside Oracle car park on Saturday and can't say I had the best experience parking wise. Firstly I had to sit and queue for at least 15 mins just after getting my ticket to start going up the ramps to the spaces. At first I put that to the sheer volume of cars entering. As I then proceeded to look for a space I started to encounter many problems- the main one being that floors 6 & 7 were closed off. One can only presume that you didn't update the ticket machines to allow for 2 floors being unable to park on and continued letting in cars. After 40 minutes of looking for an available space I decided it was useless. My husband jumped out and paid an extortionate £1.70 for parking in a car park we then drove out of and didn't park in. What a joke!! Hope it won't be like this for Christmas. What a waste of time.

What a very clever con! You put your parking ticket in the machine and it tells you that you owe £3.50. You put your card in (after trying the contactless pad which doesn’t work!). It then declines your card so you put cash in. When you get home you check your bank account because you are worried about the declined payment to find that they have indeed charged you despite declining your card so you pay for parking twice! I admire you for your gutsy attempt to steal my money but I will be claiming it back!!

The river of light switch on was awful. Waited out in the cold rain for a couple of crappy lights to turn blue. Even the kids noticed it was rubbish and didn't understand what they were meant to be looking at. Are the Oracle not embarrassed? Complete joke

Rediculous that a shopping centre this size only had one public toilets, couple trips up and down the upper floor looking (because surely there can’t be only one!) and a lift lift ride later, only just got there before my toddler weed herself. Not at all family friendly

Paid £16 to have just the outside of our car cleaned and it was left in a state! Will not be using them again

Love the Oracle however very disappointed in the car wash of the Riverside Carpark! £22 for absolutely nothing... not even sure they actually washed it! I did say it wasn't clean however they were quite rude about it! My car is literally still filthy and will have to get it washed again elsewhere!

Just found out that the Riverside amusements for the children are being forced out to make way for yet another bar! Like last year, cheap beer at expensive prices!! Now there's nowhere for the the kids to let off steam and less reason for adults to spend more time shopping after a break, seems both cynical and self-defeating. Oracle take note - there are plenty of other shopping options that do cater for families!!

Don’t go if if you work in oracle cos they won’t give you discount!! Even tho your entitled and if you get a Caesar salad you get four slices of chicken!

Disgusted with the attitude of 'security staff' following my 18 year old son around the centre - not leaving him alone when merely sitting on a chair waiting for us (his parents) - reading news on his phone and the 'manager' (Lee?) telling me this was a 'duty of care'. Good job there are plenty of other places to shop.



Yes of course 'Lee' nothing to do with being a teenage male with long hair.



We, as a family, will stick to the Broad Street Mall and Broad Street shops.



From a hugely disappointed mum of a very respectable, kind and honest teenager�

Avoid like the plague half of the car park is shut for “improvements” no improvement works taking place at present just blocked off. 30 minutes of driving round in circles to find a space and plenty of road rage from other drivers. And on top of that I have to pay for 30 minutes in an expensive car park �

Absolutely fuming! Just tried paying for my ticket on the 4 th floor but kept spitting it out. Went to the barrier and someone come down to take my ticket by the time they done it , it was an extra £2.30.

I had to pull over with my hazards on to wait for the manager to come down and eventually give my £2.30 back. I waited 30 minutes heavily pregnant in this heat and was late getting to where I needed to go. The lady at the ticket told me this happens all the time. Sort your ticket machines out!!

Not so much about the shopping centre overall but very impressed with the 'family room' for changing my little one. He's recently started getting very stressed out being changed in public loos but the whole set up of your family room was lovely! The quiet music playing, plenty of space for mum's and dad's and pushchairs. I liked the quiet corner with books to read as well! Wish more places were like that...rather than just a changing table hung by the urinals...eurgh!

My wife & i drive into town on a regular basis & we think that the Oracle centre is great! With the Broad street area as well it's a good shopping experience in a relaxed atmosphere.The riverside multi story car park can get very busy,sometimes delays happen there so we park in Kings Meadow,just off the Reading bridge roundabout.A ten minute walk up into Broad street & we are in town.It's a bit cheaper as well.

My first time in Reading! The Oracle is wonderful and full of choises for a chubby italian girl who can’t find so many different things in her Country. Best experience: Victoria’s Secret!! I found a lot of courtesy and patience there. Thank so much to Connie and Annie!

Love it, so nicely situated near railway station, lovely selection of shops and entire centre not to big it's overwhelming, plenty of lovely places to eat all nicely situated by the river. Look forward to going again.

A Special town like Reading filled with so much surpries this chrismas year. A blessed town filled with the love of diversity a mixed bag to un ravel the love and hearts who share in a blessed town like Reading you are invited to share.....Happy Christmas from True Inspirations and family Count down for shopping days ££££££££££££££

I visited the baby changing room in the Oracle for the first time today. We took our baby twin granddaughters and their 4 year old sister, who was able to look at books in a clean, safe environment, while we changed the little ones nappies. An excellent facility!

I love the Oracle, the shops are great and so is the choice of food. However, I hate the extortionate costs for parking! I arrived at 2:30 left at 7:30 and I was charged £11.50!!!!! I’d rather drive the extra miles for Basingstoke or Guildford and pay £5 for all day parking! Absolute awful!

Had a pleasant morning shopping with friends and a lovely lunch in Giraffe. Good variety of shops, a nice change from Basingstoke local centre. However did nearly pass out when it came to pay for parking! Therefore wouldn't choose to come regularly.

I went to the riverside Oracle car park on Saturday and can't say I had the best experience parking wise. Firstly I had to sit and queue for at least 15 mins just after getting my ticket to start going up the ramps to the spaces. At first I put that to the sheer volume of cars entering. As I then proceeded to look for a space I started to encounter many problems- the main one being that floors 6 & 7 were closed off. One can only presume that you didn't update the ticket machines to allow for 2 floors being unable to park on and continued letting in cars. After 40 minutes of looking for an available space I decided it was useless. My husband jumped out and paid an extortionate £1.70 for parking in a car park we then drove out of and didn't park in. What a joke!! Hope it won't be like this for Christmas. What a waste of time.

What a very clever con! You put your parking ticket in the machine and it tells you that you owe £3.50. You put your card in (after trying the contactless pad which doesn’t work!). It then declines your card so you put cash in. When you get home you check your bank account because you are worried about the declined payment to find that they have indeed charged you despite declining your card so you pay for parking twice! I admire you for your gutsy attempt to steal my money but I will be claiming it back!!

The river of light switch on was awful. Waited out in the cold rain for a couple of crappy lights to turn blue. Even the kids noticed it was rubbish and didn't understand what they were meant to be looking at. Are the Oracle not embarrassed? Complete joke

Rediculous that a shopping centre this size only had one public toilets, couple trips up and down the upper floor looking (because surely there can’t be only one!) and a lift lift ride later, only just got there before my toddler weed herself. Not at all family friendly

Paid £16 to have just the outside of our car cleaned and it was left in a state! Will not be using them again

Love the Oracle however very disappointed in the car wash of the Riverside Carpark! £22 for absolutely nothing... not even sure they actually washed it! I did say it wasn't clean however they were quite rude about it! My car is literally still filthy and will have to get it washed again elsewhere!

Just found out that the Riverside amusements for the children are being forced out to make way for yet another bar! Like last year, cheap beer at expensive prices!! Now there's nowhere for the the kids to let off steam and less reason for adults to spend more time shopping after a break, seems both cynical and self-defeating. Oracle take note - there are plenty of other shopping options that do cater for families!!

Don’t go if if you work in oracle cos they won’t give you discount!! Even tho your entitled and if you get a Caesar salad you get four slices of chicken!

Disgusted with the attitude of 'security staff' following my 18 year old son around the centre - not leaving him alone when merely sitting on a chair waiting for us (his parents) - reading news on his phone and the 'manager' (Lee?) telling me this was a 'duty of care'. Good job there are plenty of other places to shop.



Yes of course 'Lee' nothing to do with being a teenage male with long hair.



We, as a family, will stick to the Broad Street Mall and Broad Street shops.



From a hugely disappointed mum of a very respectable, kind and honest teenager�

Avoid like the plague half of the car park is shut for “improvements” no improvement works taking place at present just blocked off. 30 minutes of driving round in circles to find a space and plenty of road rage from other drivers. And on top of that I have to pay for 30 minutes in an expensive car park �

Absolutely fuming! Just tried paying for my ticket on the 4 th floor but kept spitting it out. Went to the barrier and someone come down to take my ticket by the time they done it , it was an extra £2.30.

I had to pull over with my hazards on to wait for the manager to come down and eventually give my £2.30 back. I waited 30 minutes heavily pregnant in this heat and was late getting to where I needed to go. The lady at the ticket told me this happens all the time. Sort your ticket machines out!!