Outlets At Anthem

I gave one star because you can’t pick lower than one star. I bought a stand up mixer the Saturday before the holidays, because mom’s was old and completely died. The guy I talked to was really nice, and said the one I was considering was a great mixer. 3 weeks later my brother made cookies, and the beater fell out mangling it. My mom ate a cookie, and discovered a piece of the mixer baked into the cookie… she could’ve choked on it. Today, I took it back… after telling the story to the manager, all he said was, «If all you wanted to do is make a complaint, you should’ve called Hamilton Beach.». EXCUSE ME, BUT MY MOTHER COULD’VE DIED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE UNIT!!! No apology or compassion… he barely wanted to give me a refund. He put in the computer for reasons for return…“Customer changed mind” I don’t think so, how about, «Defective mixer could’ve killed my mom, and the manager could’ve cared less.». DO NOT GO TO THIS STORE!!! THEY DON’T CARE!!!

Stopped here on our way back from Sedona. Some good shops but like Glendale outlets better. Bathroom and food court are extremely clean.

This review is mostly to give props to how clean and great the restrooms and food court are !
All malls need to take a look how beautiful the restrooms are. The cleanest I have ever seen (even my bathrooms lol)
All staff in food court are way friendly !
I was not too pleased on stores. Nothing was extra special .
But if u need a snack or a quick restroom stop — this is the place to go before you head up north !

Not the best design or best outlet center available, but there are still about 30 stores open. On the day we arrived, it must have been too hot because the power in every store kept flicking on and off. This caused delays in restarting the system and led to a frustrated crowd. I was about to swipe at one store when the power went out for good and sent the whole place heading to the exits about three hours before official closing time. Only shop here below 100 degrees.

The only good thing is you get to both outlet shop and visit a real Arizona ghost town if you come here. Half the retail space is empty, they actually removed some of it for more parking, probably so it doesn’t look as pathetic.
This place was screwed years ago, and with all the newer outlets in Phoenix that was the nail in the coffin.

This place is very nice, however, the prices suck. Nothing is any cheaper than the regular stores at regular malls. I recently went to the children’s place store and they claimed ‘everything was 50 percent off.’ There were signs everywhere and the sales clerk yelled this to me when I walked in the store. My daughter picked out a bunch of stuff and when we went to check out, none of it was 50 percent off. I asked the clerk and she said ‘oh, some stuff is not on sale.’ My daughter had picked everything so I didn’t want to have to put it back, but I was really annoyed. How does that work, ‘everything is 50 percent off’, but then out of the ten items you buy, none of them are 50 percent off? It’s a nice mall but I’ve never found any great deals here.

I usually hate outlet malls but this one isn’t too bad. I wanted to do some shopping but didn’t want to venture all the way into the valley. I found a few great deals to my surprise! I stopped at the Carter’s baby clothes store, Under Armor, Vitamin World and lastly Gap. I will definitely be back. I had an enjoyable experience.

Great trip. Super nice employees. Even had a nice meal at Charlie’s in the food court. Next time will come back when more of the stores are open.

soooo… what is going on at this place? literally 50% of the spaces at this mall are vacant! we drove in today and were shocked to see it looked like a ghost town with lots of groups of people just chilling out on the grass and dogs everywhere – it felt like i was walking around a large park! didn’t look like anyone was really shopping so it kinda reminded me of a highway rest area. apparently they have done some construction to make it look more open in front (and they advertise more parking, but why put more parking if the stores are gone?!) but all that you can see now is an ENTIRE row of empty storefronts! sad… i think the other malls in phoenix are putting this place out of business slowly and surely. also the «food court» was lacking in variety and was very dark, smelly and unappealing.
i can remember coming up to this mall about a year ago and there were many more stores here back then! not good! my family and i will definitely be sticking to the tanger outlets because there is much more variety and life there.

I live behind this mall and in those 2 years I have seen a lot more empty stores, the ones that are there seem to not understand the «outlet» idea (prices are the same as the mall!) and even w/​what was supposed to be the re-​model of the area, the place has a real need for better vendors and should have a sit down restaurant!

Several years ago as we were driving along Hwy 17 in Arizona, I saw billboards for the Outlet Mall in Anthem. It claimed that they have the Worlds cleanest restrooms! Well, at the time… I would have to say they may have been right. They were very very clean back then. Recently, we returned. No more billboards advertising that they have the World’s Cleanest Restrooms. Of course, my first stop was their restrooms. Surprisingly, they still looked pretty darn clean! Good job folks.
As for the rest of the Outlet Mall, us plus the rest of the family was pretty happy. Good selection of stores here. Almost everyone bought something from somewhere here. I think that I was the only one who did not find anything I wanted for myself. Deals were not good enough.
Their food court could use more options. Pig N’ Whistle looked interesting. Unfortunately, they were sold out of just about everything that evening we were there.
The Christmas Tree that they had on display was very impressive. It was certified as the Tallest Christmas Tree in the Nation! Very cool!
Will continue to return to this Outlet whenever we are in this part of Arizona.

This place does have the potential to be the place to shop — Heading back from Sedona, we decided to stop by. I only stopped at Banana Repubic, Ann Taylor, and Coach. It was not busy at all which is pretty sad.
I ended up not spending a dime, which is a proud moment on my part. I wish they had Lucky Brand and Nine West though.

I can’t really go into detail yet about what great deals I found (in case I have family trolling… I’ll update after Xmas), but it was definitely worth our drive. It wasn’t my first time here though. When my family visits, I bring them here. There’s something for everyone: the women, men, teens, and «youngins.» Under Armour, Nike, and the Ralph Lauren store are amongst their favorites. Great deals were available this weekend, and there was a nice selection in all of the stores that we visited. We were able to check a few gifts off of our list.
It’s an open-​air mall, like many in and around the Phoenix area. I like that although there are a decent amount of stores, it’s an easily walkable circumference.
It was decked out for the Christmas holiday, with a humongous Xmas tree and a large sleigh, in which you could sit for a free photo op. (SELFIE!) They also had the normal Santa photo ops available for a fee.
Not a fan of their food court though. There were only a handful of options: Subway, Mexican, Asian, Italian (Pizza, pasta), BBQ, and Auntie Anne’s. I ended up taking my belly elsewhere for fulfillment.
Definitely worth the drive if you’re looking for a bargain and/​or Christmas presents.

They have a decent selection of stores here, in a broad range of categories. My favorites are the Banana Republic outlet, Kitchen Collection, and BCBG. Other notable names are Coach, Puma, and Polo/​Ralph Lauren.

Headed here for their semi-​annual «side-​walk sale» that they advertised online over the long weekend. Have to say that we were pretty disappointed in what they had to offer here. Most of the storefronts were empty, and only a handful of the shops that were there seemed to be participating in the side-​walk sale.
A few of the shops had some decent deals — Banana Republic, Gap, Nike — which were the only saving graces of heading out here. Ended up only getting one shirt and we only spent about 30 minutes total going through everything this place had to offer, which was way shorter than the drive to and from this place.
Overall: B–
Not much open, some decent deals that you can probably get from other, more populated, outlets in the area. Don’t go out of your way to hit this place up.

***For extra savings, stop by the customer service desk by the food court before you do your shopping here***
I used to come here a few times a year but I had not been here for a while. Nowadays we end up here on occasion when we are coming home from Sedona or Flagstaff, when there is a mandatory ‘bio-​break’. Their restrooms have always been in excellent shape. And they have family restrooms too.
I visited a couple of stores yesterday and I was not very impressed with the sales, only the Children’s Place seemed to have good deals and an extra 20% off for purchases or $ 40 or more, and it seems we got 25% off for $ 60 or more.
This seems to be a very family friendly place, they have lots of stuff for kids to play, benches and chairs… plenty of parking as well.

I’ve been coming out to this outlet because of my wife. She just loves the Ann Taylor factory store. She always finds really good deals but she spends forever there. Right now she’s been in there for 2 hours and counting.
They have decent store I like to brows like Under Amour, Nike, Polo and Coach. They even have a Coach Men’s store. Stores are pretty good but I always judge these malls by there food. Food court is weak not anything that really jumps out to me. Very basic with subway, pizza, Chinese, Mexican, and BBQ. Nothing really to write home to.
I would say that the mall is very clean and nice little area for the kids to play. One thing I do like about this place is there is lots of benches all around to sit and relax.
Since this is such a long drive out to here, it okay but since my wife loves this place then it’s worth it. Come out and enjoy the nice weather.

When I lived in Anthem for nearly ten years this was our closest outdoor «mall» and we loved it. It’s beautiful, it has a cute play area for the kids, a splash park, a rain ride, food court with the typical food court restaurants (pizza, chinese, Subway, pretzels, etc).
The restrooms should deserve their own review! A family restroom is always a must and honestly these restrooms match the Nordstrom’s ladies room!
During Christmas they have the largest decorated tree up (in the state I think) and Santa for the kids. Lots of stores like Gymboree, Carter’s, Osh Kosh, perfect for a growing new family to shop at.
Le Crueset has a store here and I’ve purchases a few nice items here. I have a set and I love it so I always popped in to see what else they had.
Lots of stores have come and gone. Some of the newer stores (less than 5 yrs) include the Gap, Banana Republic, BCBG, Calvin Klein. A nice Arizona souvenir shop is here they sell jewelry leather goods, typical Az stuff (moccasins, boots, cowboy stuff).
I think its a nice mall for the area and for tourists that are driving thru the interstate coming in or out of town. The Ralph Lauren store was my favorite stop, they have cute kids clothes there too.
Always a stop when we are in town.

This place is dying a slow death… tons of empty stores litter this outdoor mall and the few surviving stores are empty. We drove up here on a Saturday and it should’ve been packed. I think the outlets in Chandler and Glendale have choked this one to death. I’ve spoke to several people who manage stores out here and they said they’re not going to renew when their lease is up because they’re hemorrhaging money. That’s too bad.
There aren’t any premium brands out here to make my drive back worth my while.
Return Factor — 20%

I will make the trek up to Anthem to go to these outlets instead of going to the ones near Westgate. Why? Store selection for one. The only other Stride Rite outlet is at AZ Mills. And while that store is A LOT closer for us (like a 10 minute drive tops), I’d rather not deal with a crowd or messy store. All of the stores we’ve gone into at the OaA are well kept and clean.
That and the drive up there makes it feel like we’re taking a mini road trip.

Als Reisender in den USA ist es nahezu ein Muss, irgendwann während des Urlaubes in einem Outlet einzukaufen. Nirgends wo sonst bekommt man Markenware so günstig wie dort.
Mir sind allerdings die meisten dieser Outlets zu gewaltig, wie Kraken, die einen verschlingen. Nicht so in Anthem. Diese Outlet-​Anlage ist geradezu idyllisch zu bezeichnen. Schon die ockerhelle in der Sonne leuchtende Farbe der Fassaden stimmt einen positiv. Und hier in Arizona scheint die Sonne fast das ganze Jahr.
Die einzelnen Gebäude des Outlets, das ebenerdig ist, sind durch offene Passagen miteinander verbunden. Man ist also nicht stundenlang von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten, sondern schlendert immer wieder durch das wahre Leben. Bänke laden zum Verweilen an, ein großer Spielplatz lockt die Kinder an, der insbesondere durch seine Wasserspiele die Kids begeistert. Die Eltern weniger, wenn die Kleinen klitschnass sind.
Im Zentrum des Outlets eine Food-​Mall, groß, sauber mit umfangreicher Auswahl an Essensangeboten. Alles in Selbstbedienung. Wer will, lässt sich draußen auf der Terrasse unter großen Sonnenschirmen nieder. Wem es zu heiß ist, drinnen arbeitet fleißig die Klimaanlage. Hier findet man auch die grandiosen Toiletten, die unbedingt aufgesucht werden müssen. Marmor, Glitzer, wie in einem 5-​Sterne-​plus Hotel. In einem Outlet!
Ansonsten sind alle bekannten Brands zu finden. Mich zieht es immer zu Calvin Klein, auch dieses Jahr wurde ich wieder fündig.
Wie überall in den Staaten bietet auch dieses Outlet riesige Parkflächen, so dass man auch mit RVs bequem parken kann. Nicht das Gewühle, wie bei uns z.B. bei den IKEA-​Parkplätzen.
Und letztendlich: die Großstadt Phoenix ist nicht weit. In einer halben Stunde ist man von Anthem aus dort. Ich kenne viele Outlets in den Staaten, dieses ist mein Favorit. Fünf Sterne.