Park Royal

As if in a perpetual state of construction getting used to a layout will just leave you frustrated. In the latest revamp i was surprised to find a severe lack of washrooms available. The only one on the ground floor was blocked off this morning and the other way up not he other side of the top floor.
The latest revamp pushes it more to a «high end» mall by it’s look. Thankfully it still contains some smaller stores, but of how much longer?

Food Court:
Newly named «Picnic» food court has a lot of options though a bit pricey for a food court. Seemed to nearly match a restaurant lunch special cost or even a bit higher. The best part of it was a salad/​juice/​burrito which I don’t recall the name of but was the healthiest option. Whomever re-​desgined the mall loves white everything! I was dissapointed when they removed the old foodcourt because it had nice seating around the fire place and was still like the rest of the mall newer. Food options: varied — sandwich, asian, fast food burger, tea/​coffee/​donut fast food, greek etc. Missing persian food!

We didn’t know where to go after crossing the Lion’s Gate bridge so decided to check this place out. We didn’t realize it was an outdoor style mall so to a visitor, it could be easily missed.
The parking is a bit confusing, there are stalls that are marked 30 min., 1 hour and then no time limit. There is a parking lot and angle parking along the stores and then a parkade. It was not clear whether the parking in the parkade was free or not and many cars were going in circles looking for a spot on a Friday early afternoon.
The outside had a little water fountain in front of Kate Spade and then another steel display nearby. From the parking lot view, we didn’t notice too many restaurants in this shopping centre except for Five Guys, Nando’s, McDonald’s and an Italian place called Trattoria. Some stores included Zara, Simons, Bath & Body Works, Best Buy, Shoppers Drug Mart and Michael Kors and Aritzia just to name a few.
Nothing makes me want to return to this area for food or shopping.

The mall has recently undergone a modern facelift with an airy, spacious and calm feel to it. The shops are decent and the food court has a wide variety of cuisines and wasn’t overcrowded compared to other malls on the weekend. The only disappointment is that the new mall look and feel is very sterile and dull with white floors, walls, ceilings and lighting. You could almost be anywhere in North America and it’s a shame there is no inspiration, colours or décor of the surrounding nature of the North Shore mountains and sea.

This is a review of the Simons store that opened on Oct 15, 2015.
DH & I came here on Saturday.
We were pleasantly surprised at the selection of clothing & mostly at affordable price points.
Womens wear & Home Fashions is on the main floor. The TWIK brand really captured my heart. I could buy everything here.
Menswear is on the 2^nd floor. The LE31 brand is nice here.
The EVE café is also on the 2^nd floor.
Another thing I noticed: they have 2 armchairs in front of the cash desk so you can sit while someone else is paying for their purchases.
After they bag your purchase, they walk out from behind the cash desk to hand you your purchase. Nice touch.
You should also sign up online or at the cash desk for their rewards card The Simons.
It has 3 tiers.
Also, in your birthday month; the largest purchase of that month; they give you double points.
I didn’t buy anything today but I hope to come back 2 – 3 times a year to shop here.

Ignoring the temporary renovation to the mall, I love the outdoor portion or the ‘village’. It’s a great concept and lovely place to shop at especially when the sun is shinning. Love the stores and coffee shops here but I do think the variety can improve. Would like to see Ann Taylor here besides Loft. Cannot wait for Simons to open. Also more casual places to eat please.
Always a delight exploring Anthropology. Love the Zara here as it is a large store. I especially love the mix of affordable and high end stores. It caters to a variety of demographic. Now if only the renovations would complete soon.

My husband and I were looking to purchase an anniversary/​engagement ring and had a lovely experience at the Michael Hill in Park Royal. The sales staff were knowledgeable and very pleasant, the showed us a wide variety of rings in the style I wanted. We were able to find a beautiful ring and stay on budget. The sale staff were not pushy and respected our desired ring style and price.
Follow up: when we initially purchased the ring we were told we would be able to return it — no questions asked for 60 days. The sales person then insisted that I HAD to size the ring as it was unacceptably too big for my finger. I agreed, sized it down to her recommendation only to find that the ring is so tight it is uncomfortable. I went to return the ring only to be told that since it had been resized it can’t be returned. Their solution? Size it back to the original size. Be careful, the sales staff seem to use shady practices to void their return agreement.

I like to come here and pretend I am rich… But don’t we all?
With the new renovation and still more construction of the south side of the mall they are now supporting a lot of the designer brands and shops the carry them like Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Free People so on. Also has Whole foods, Café Artigiano, Home Sense, Lululemon, so on. Also YYoga has opened up. I prefer the south side in this very interesting «mall» /​«village» concept. The north side is actually a typical mall layout and its indoors, it seems less people at the north side than across the street, but the north side has shops such as H&M, the Bay and so on. They have a great selection of shops and food. I enjoy this place. Lots of parking free parking. Happy Shopping!

My parents and aunties used to come here because it’s the closest but today coming back here is confusing. Every where you go, you’d have to walk outside! This is not Beverly Hills to have a nice weather every single day. Not convenient at all, washrooms are limited and the stores you wanna go are not in the same side of the road nor the same building. Frustration is what I got from this mall.

I don’t understand where there is some hate on for this Mall. I have been here a few times with my ant and uncle and for the location and mall, there is some decent stores. We go every year to just do some shopping and just kicking things up with my aunt. Stores are similar to what you would get at Metrotown, just in another part of town.

Ever since the open-​mall concept Village on the south side, I’ve been coming here more often. Does feel like a resort with the mountains, and ambience.
Lots of construction going on, where the old White Spot is, and everything along Park Royal South. The food court here looks and feels upscale, lots lots of seating but unfortunately, too much fast food. One would think there’d be a Freshii or a Noodlebox but I digress. But the upscale casual are here, even the White Spot looks glamours lol. Milestones, some nice pub by Home Depot…
Today, noticed for the 1^st time the North is doing some renos by the London Drugs area.
Undoubtedly, for their clientele, it’s going high-​end. As alluded to an older review, the Zara there is simply out of this world – a New York-​style, fashion-​show theme is what comes to mind.
With a gorgeous Osaka/T&T supermarket, even their food court seems high end lol, that’s a bonus to have a place to shop for groceries connected to the mall. And speaking of connections, that ramp to connect both sides of the mall, is worth every penny.
And no riff raff here either ;)

Every time I go to Vancouver I come here to catch up with friends at a restaurant and shop a bit. I absolutely love this outdoor mall. It looks chic and modern. You always hear great music and it just puts you in a great mood. Amongst my favourite stores are Lululemon, LOFT, Tommy Hilfiger and many more.

Today was the first time I had been to this mall because it’s only the second time I’ve been to West Vancouver.
This is a pretty large mall that is split in into two distinct main indoor strips as well as larger big box areas to the south and west.
The higher end stores are located in the south section such as Michael Kors, Anthropologie, Kate Spade.
The parking structures have walkways to the stores across like the Brick but if you want to go to the north side of the mall where the Bay is you have to either drive there or walk across the street since they are separate structures (Across Marine Drive).
This mall is very spread out because of it but most of the stores are on the south side of Marine Drive. There are a good variety of stores and restaurants though and we did some good shopping there today.

I would like the place, however, I have problems with the store clerks. They are mean and terrible! They need to get the old people out of the area. It’s a nice place for teens

Lot’s of great updates and construction, love the expanding outdoor mall section and improved parking garage. The food court needs some new businesses though, no variety here!

Hi… just wanted to make a comment after visiting the new Anthropologie store in the new development of Park Royal South. I live in Kerrisdale but on occasion like to visit Park Royal, in particular, the village area. One thing that has me puzzled and more importantly annoyed is the constant drone of music that is pipped out onto the street. Totally unnecessary as if there is not enough noise in our world. Each store has its own music and much of it is disturbing enough to drive customers away but somehow, someone has decided that we shoppers need music to park our cars and walk from store to store!!!
Now upon visiting the above new store I find that it too has the piped music outside… very loud and totally unnecessary. I was also not impressed with the enormity of the stores such as Zara, Browns, etc. and hope that they are able to do the business they need to be able to pay their rents. I, for one, will not be returning to shop there and will be visiting the smaller versions of their stores in less sterile and noisy retail areas. What a shame that the development wasn’t in keeping with the village which has a delightful array of small stores but without the ridiculous sound system.

Best mall in West Van…
(There’s only one mall in West Van)

This mall is just like any other typical malls out there. You got your clothing stores, electronic /​game stores, jewelry stores, grocery stores like Kin’s Market, food court, etc. So they have a variety of stores and they often times have something for everybody.
But one of their biggest problems is that they had split the mall into two different sides, leaving the big stores like Future Shop & Staples and food court at one side and leaving the rest of the other stores onto the other side across the street. The only store across the street that’s even worth visiting is maybe London Drugs, a couple of coffee shops and a few Bank Services like Royal Bank.
There’s no way to get to that other side of the mall unless you cross the street, which is fine but I always thought they should’ve built a type of bridge of some kind or something else for pedestrians to cross on their own at any time instead of having for us to wait when it’s safe to cross the street.
Also if it was raining or snowing quite heavily, then there’s no way to get to the other side of the mall without getting soaking wet from the rain or be covered in snow. So that’s part of the big problem they have at this mall.
Bottom line is, besides the weird way they had built the mall, their mall does have a lot of selections of stores and you will most likely find the type of store that sells the stuffs you want.

This mall is a bit quirky. I think one of the biggest challenges is that it is divided in two by Marine Drive. The south side of the mall has the most potential for shoppers as there is a recent addition called the Village at Park Royal which features some OK stores. There is a fun little overpass from the north to the south sides. Which is great as getting out of either lot onto the main thoroughfare is always a challenge. On a weekend parking is always scarce on the street level so don’t forget to check out the roof top parking above both the north and south malls.
The covered malls are both pretty dated. For example, I went to the ladies washroom in the north side I was really surprised to find a very small facility with only two stalls and a lengthy line up into the hallway. In one stall there was a hole in the grout between the tiles where I could see a gap in the sub floor. You know it’s time for a makeover when the floor is slowing falling apart. However, I did notice there is currently a lot of construction going on in the parking lots. So hopefully good things to come.

Here’s another mall with a dated looking interior in the Greater Vancouver district. It seemed like the people who own Park Royal wanted to preserve the heritage. Why? Well, it’s the first covered mall in Canada! West Vancouver rains a lot, you know.
Most of the interior of Park Royal looks exactly the same when it first opened in 1950 and 1978. Think of this mall as Oakridge of West Vancouver. Lots of high end expensive shops catered to West Van residents.
The Mall is divided into two sections. The original North Mall and the newer South Mall which was opened in 1978. Ironically, if you want to go inside the South Mall from the North Mall or vice versa, you’ll have to walk outside without a roof over your head.
Some of the stores even use real life human mannequins in the display windows which I found to be a little creepy. FYI: Plastic is out. Real is in for West Vancouver.