ABQ Uptown

ABQ Uptown is one of the best outdoor malls I’ve ever visited. There are lots of top quality stores and restaurants within walking distance of your parking spot. Your shopping experience will be enhanced with music and outdoor seating. There are many parking options to include the primo street parking (if you’re lucky), lot parking on the perimeter of the facility and underground parking … all free.

Beautiful, classy, and sophisticated environment. Please bring an LV store to Uptown ABQ next. I, personally think it would do great here. Also, can we think about bringing a Yard House restaurant here soon, too. That’s all!

I’m a big fan of ABQ Uptown. It has very trendy shopping and mid to higher end brands. It’s mostly affordable but also has some dreamy drool worthy shops that at my tax bracket I just window shop. There’s a great walk-​able outdoor design so you can wander around, stop for a gelato, or a drink on a patio and enjoy some fantastic people watching. I think it’s a low-​key afternoon curiosity to wander around look at people and fashions and to be inspired. Due to the location parking can be limited, try parking on the back side of the building near the hotels rather than right in the middle of the mall. There is additional underground parking as well, or it’s easy to park next door at Target and walk over.

Weird sign in the parking garage elevator telling me that my non-​sponsored 1^st amendment activity isn’t allowed.
I’m not big on turning a private outdoor shopping mall into a venue for constitutional expression, but I enjoy a place that combines a parking garage and some higher end retailers for my shopping pleasure.
In a little while when those saplings grow to be big enough for real shade, walking in the August sun from shop to shop won’t be so bad.

I reviewed ABQ Uptown a couple years ago and deleted it… I’m still giving it 3-​Stars this time. Can we give some local coffee shop a shot here? I don’t know how complicated it is to get a footprint here… but IF I were to have some part in decision making, I’d reduce the rent for a Michael Thomas, Hartford Square kind of business in addition to (or maybe instead of) the green mermaid (I still appreciate they open a store here and offer employment.)
Thank goodness Nordstrom Rack is coming in 2016!

Albuquerque is lucky to finally have a nice outdoor mall like this, even though it’s pretty small with more limited stores than similar malls in bigger markets. However, you get what you get, and I’m grateful. Great stores and restaurants, parking can be elusive.

Really nice outdoor shopping center with a good variety of retail shops. Only drawback is that there is no public restrooms.

Up town to me is meh. I’m not really in to the whole scene that is Abq UpTown. I go here for Apple and that’s really it. The parking here sucks if you drive a full size truck or suv. I guess if you like following the masses with chain stores this maybe the place for you.
Trader Joes is behind up town. That’s the best part of the area. Like I said just not my cup of tea so it gets a 3 star.

Went to ABQ Uptown tonight — been here before, so no surprises. The parking situation is hit-​or-​miss depending on what time or day you go. Saturday night? Not a great idea. You might strike parking gold on first try, or you might have to walk… not a big deal. The stores have a good selection of pricey stuff — Anthropologie, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Elephant Bar, etc.
It makes for a nice walking date night, if window shopping is your thing. I miss a bookstore or intellectual exercise from the location — after Borders Books shuttered, I don’t know what is available to make it a «great date» location. (Yes, I’m a geek… bookstores and coffee make a great date night)
Bottom Line: worth a stop, stay a while, try not to empty your wallet.

ANTHROPOLOGIE. A big one. And Ann Taylor across from an Ann Taylor loft. Outdoors with no loud cheap claustrophobic mall atmosphere. Pretty good stuff.
I must add that I really love the assortment of styles at this Anthropologie. One of my favorite things about that store is when you visit different parts of the country (Northeast, northwest, southwest, for example) there are regionally different types of stock. Makes sense, but can be frustrating when you’re looking for something specific (like a really cool artsy cardigan) but you’re in LA (land of the tiny tees and dresses). Fortunately ABQ Uptown Anthro has a nice eclectic mix of styles, including tees, dresses, and a huge area filled with sweaters!

So many different shops and restaurants to visit. I walked up and down the mall enjoying people watching and window shopping. My family and I ran into mounted police (police on horses). They let my daughters and nephew pet the top of their heads and were polite. In walking distance of the Marriott if you’re an out-​of-​towner like my family and myself.

For a simple place to venture I’m offering a simple review.
It’s an outdoor mall with some slightly pricey establishments to shop. Some retail stores that you may find here are… Lucky Brand, Michael Kors, Anthropologie, Williams and Sonoma, and so on.
A few eateries of note are the California Pizza Kitchen, Frost, and The Elephant Bar. (Personally not a fan, but some may enjoy their restaurant.)
It’s reminiscent of most outdoor malls I’ve been to, but beware of this… **Most of the stores close at 8 o’clock not nine or ten like the website and such may say.**And parking, oh yeah parking, finding a spot can be slightly shenanigans.**
So, for a simple place with not so simple stores here’s your simple review. Get there early and do what you do, because remember the website will lull you with false information.

This is a really nice place but the clothing stores are mainly towards women or aren’t really the best to shop at. It’s still a very nice spot to walk around in though.

Welcome to uptown. Where you step into the uptown universe, and you see all the stores. Then you look at the people around you. You would think you were in beverly hills, but then you realize. You’re in New Mexico.
If you are at the lower end of the socioeconomic status, are dark skinned of any race, or just not hip enough, be prepared to be looked down upon at all the stores, no matter if you have been to these stores in other locations. You have to remember, you are in New Mexico. Things are different around here.
In conclusuon, cool stores, rude shoppers, and rude employees. The end.

A new-​ish upscale outdoor concept mall. It has all the things every other mall has: retail and dining, a variety of each.
Apple store? Check. Eddie Bauer? Check. Elephant Bar? Check? This place is also the home to one of the better steak houses in the city, Marcello’s Chop House.
Parking can be kind of a bear. Since it’s outdoor style, there’s usually cars buzzing about, which can pose something of a hazard if you’re not paying attention as a walker, and can be a pain as you watch people milling around if you’re a driver. Pay attention, people, no matter which side of the windshield you’re on.

Best shopping in town — hands down. Higher end stores eliminates a lot of people! The restaurants are all tasty. I spend way too much time here. Anthro, lulu, jcrew, lucky, bebe, bcbg, north face. I’m a brand whore.

Uptown has brought some of my fave stores to ABQ: J. Crew, Anthropologie, MAC, and Williams Sonoma. Trader Joe’s is right next door and Target is right down the street. I’d say that makes for a nice day of shopping, could probably cover 5 hours for a shopaholic like me. Thank you, Uptown, for making my life in ABQ that much better!

ABQ Uptown is just a mall turned inside out with more hazards because of the vehicle traffic.
Just as in the regular indoor malls, you’ve got national chains lined up side by side, a few dining options and some sweets and candies here and there, and your jewelry and fancy home stores.
I guess there are a few positive aspects to shopping here rather than an indoor mall (if you’re going to shop at either rather than a local store which should be your first option):
–it’s not a teenage hangout, so you won’t run into mobs of kids
–you’re walking around in fresh air, rather than the stagnant germy indoor mall air
–you’re close to Trader Joe’s
–you can walk to Trader Joe’s
–you can conveniently go to Trader Joe’s after stopping here for some inane reason
Oh, and some of the upscale stores here are pretty nice, such as Eddie Bauer, North Face, MAC, and Jos A. Bank, although the majority are overpriced whenever there’s not a major sale going on.
Another thing, parking can be a bit of a headache, or maybe it’s just navigating the parking lots.

**3.5 STARS**
The BFF took us here to walk around… because we really didn’t know what else to do…
She compared it to Emeryville back home and she was right. Didn’t really have much shops that attracted us to go in but the Apple store (where they had a few flowers and cards to in memory of Steve Jobs) and other than that… mellow place.
One thing that I really liked: there’s music coming out of the light posts… pretty cool and helped add to the chill atmosphere of the place.

It is a newer strip mall in ABQ aptly called ABQ Uptown and my new favorite! Nice place to shop or walk around after dinner.
It’s newish so it’s cleaner and sorta upscale for ABQ. They don’t have Tiffanys or Louis Vuitton stores but they do have a couple of my favorite stores like True Religiion and Bebe. Borders is here too! Of course Marcellos Chophouse is here! Yay! Wait– Apple Store is so here!
ABQ Uptown is located near two nice hotels and I stayed in one where I just cross the street and I’m there!
Anything shiny pulls me in like no other! This mall has very tasteful smattering of lights everywhere and partly the reason why I’m so attracted to it, :)