Colony Square

I read over a few of the reviews and it’s mixed, but mostly low for people who visit and use parking.
If you’re local/​live nearby like me you like it, Like another reviewer mentioned «it’s a place I visit infrequently, but I’m glad its there».
It’s home to several restaurants and mainly offices. It’s not really a mall, it’s more like a food court with offices and a luxury hotel attached — W Hotel. I like it because it has free wifi, so it’s an additional place to go and do work in which I don’t feel obligated to buy a coffee or drink.
It’s also a nice place to send people who are intown visiting.
I haven’t utilized the parking but I know some places like the gym covers parking for up to 2 hours.

You know what’s absurd? Offering «event parking» for $ 20 and charging $ 40 for being responsible and taking an über home. Cheaper than a DUI but still ridiculous. Thanks Colony Square, you bunch of crooks.

Saddest, sketchiest little shopping spot. The lights were literally off in some parts. It was way weird. I guess if you don’t work in a nearby building there’s no point in coming here. Actually there’s no point coming here anyways

I have worked in midtown at the Woodruff Arts Center for years and always found Colony Sq to be a reasonable place to eat. Good variety of options, moderately priced. However, I’ve never parked there until this past weekend. VERY DISAPPOINTING. I brought some friends into town to eat a meal (Tamarind Seed) and see a show at the Alliance. I thought it would be convenient and simple to park at Colony Sq and walk over. It should have been easy.
In short one of my friends uses a wheelchair. That changed the entire experience. Handicapped parking directions are very poorly marked. Once you enter the garage it’s not clear which direction to go to get to handicapped parking. Once there. We could not find the elevator. We encountered three employees and they couldn’t direct us either! They kept steering us toward the escalator which is totally unhelpful for someone in a wheelchair.
Finally a ‘mall cop’ found the elevator and directed us toward it. Since it was the weekend they had locked down the elevator so it wouldn’t go anywhere. He took us to a 2^nd elevator. It would move, but not to the lobby. We ended up on a lower level of the parking garage. Yelled until another employee assisted us by unlocking the lobby level and we were able to get to street level. Another employee had to assist us to make it through the lobby because some of those doors were locked and with the wheel chair we couldn’t just exit anywhere, because we encountered stairs.
We spent a good 20 – 25 minutes with this silliness before we got to the restaurant. Tamarind Seed was great. Fast service, too.
Colony Square’s unintentional message seems to be ‘don’t come here on the weekend’s and definitely don’t use us if you have a wheelchair.’ Uninformed employees (though they were willing to help).

Finding a parking spot is just abysmal. I’d much rather find myself in this area on a bicycle. I was recently in the area for a few meetings and lunch and have to say that it isn’t my jam. Once you make your way into the food court-​ish area, there are some dependable, though lackluster options. I’m not really looking for a Moe’s, Starbucks, or other quick-​service places… kind of ever.
It’s busy as junk, too. People come out of the woodwork for lunch and meetings. It’s the kind of place that is subservient to the office folk around it.
Although, the hustle and bustle of this part of town can be a little intoxicating. Makes you feel like you’re in NY crossing the street with a bunch of other business-​y types. Pretty gnarly.

It’s convenient, it’s nothing special but it’s nice it’s there. I worked around here and was very happy to have choices to eat lunch and that there is a starbucks! The only thing is, that starbucks… is SLOW.(but VERY sweet staff) so if your in a rush to a. m work shifts, it’s busy and your not getting your coffee in a hurry. I was almost late on account of coffee being more important haha. plus their so nice, you don’t mind chatting with the baristas.
The chick fillet is great, there is one lady who is always smiling and happy, she always made my day.
There’s a Moe’s…but other than that, not much else. The one gift shop is nice, it has a lot, but the owner who’s always there is always on his cell, and never says hello, he rings you up while talking on that phone (annoying, I’m not on mine, get off yours).
It closes at 8 I believe… though some things close earlier (Moe’s and Chick filet are 7).
I do like you can sit outside and people watch, things are clean, it’s a convenient spot (esp if your staying at the W hotel, or work nearby)
Tip for hotel guests, you don’t need to buy soda at the lobby bar, the gift shop in colony square sells whatever you need for cheap. same goes for lunch and coffee.
The only spot I do not recommend is J. R Crickets, it’s dirty and super slow service. avoid that place. to many places around to choose that for lunch or dinner.
It doesn’t look like much from the outside, you wouldn’t expect the big space indoors w/​food options. It’s worth checking out if your in the area! Sit outside if the weather is nice. I appreciate this place very much!

Colony Square is one of those places in my neighborhood that I visit infrequently, but I’m sure glad it’s there. Within walking distance of my home, it houses a large Suntrust Bank branch — my bank of choice — along with a gym, myriad dining establishments, a convenience store, and lots of shopping kiosks peddling various wares.
During the week the joint gets packed during the lunch rush, as various offices pour into the space for a fast casual meal to be enjoyed at one of the cozy tables inside or taken to go for the al fresco experience.
Fun fact: there’s a significant piece of art hanging in the large central area of Colony Square — an Alexander Calder painting. Enjoy!

This is a cool little food court I didn’t know existed until today that’s right across the street from my office building.
Although the Colony Square doesn’t look like much from the outside, it’s hiding a bevy of decent lunch spots within its walls. My co-​workers wanted to grab lunch and we wanted to enjoy some of the spring weather that’s finally come, so they decided a trip over to Colony Square was in order.
Inside the food court (which is much larger than you’d first think) are options like: Tin Drum, Moe’s, a Mediterranean food place (appropriately run by Koreans), Goldberg’s Deli, a crêpe and salad restaurant, Chik-​fil-​A, Starbucks, a little newspaper /​snack stand, and a couple of out of place stores like a chiropractor, a tailor, etc. Plus, the ever-​present kiosks peddling sundresses, homemade jewelry, wine bottle holders and other miscellaneous tchotchkes.
There’s some indoor seating in the middle between all of the store fronts, but it’s a little dark and not particularly inviting, so we got our orders to go instead. For convenience, price and speed, though this place does well. They’ve probably got a bang-​up lunch crowd during the week and the variety of options to choose from is nice when you’ve forgotten to bring your lunch.

This place would get another star if it had extended hours for Midtown weekend street-​wanderers. I was here this past Saturday afternoon and most places inside were closed (around 3 p.m.). I have been here before early evening on a weeknight and it was a bit livelier. The surrounding restaurants are super popular and those were open when bf and I stumbled upon this mall-​like establishment. Since I have been burning through my going-​out-​to-​eat budget recently, I didn’t think that Tamarind Seed, Shout!, and South City Kitchen could be justified.
We finally found a spot to eat (find my review for GianCarlo’s Pizza & Pasta) but there were hardly anyone inside Colony Square. Maybe if this place were open on the weekends, it wouldn’t be super busy, as people probably go to Midtown to eat at the other, more expensive alternatives.
I had been here maybe last year and do not remember what the place was called, though when I checked the list of dining establishment at Colony Square, none of them seemed familiar. Was there another casual dining place here that has closed?
Anyway, probably a decent place to visit during times when there is more foot traffic in the area (i.e., morning till early evening on weekdays, most likely).

parking lot has shameful business practices… they advertised a weekend parking coupon for ‘Evenings after 5pm and weekends all day — $ 5′. I was meeting my fiancé near her midtown office with my car packed with our stuff to drive out of town. We left her car at Colony Sq after 6pm on Friday with the plan to use the coupon from Central Parking Atlanta when we returned Sunday afternoon. Our bill was over $ 20 as she said the coupon was only for ‘daytime’ during the weekends and we were charged an overnight fee. NOWHERE does it say there is an overnight charge. NOWHERE does it define what ‘weekends all day’ means… is all day until 1159? is it until sunset? is it until 5pm? WTF. I know its only $ 20, but I expected more from Colony Square. I’ve always enjoyed visiting and shopping here, and was happy to find them offering a ‘deal’ on secure parking. They should be ashamed to be associated with participating in business practices designed to bait people in with coupons to screw them over later. Got me once, shame on you…

Nice place to walk around. Lots of food choices.

Hey, I’m glad this place is here. I work just down the road and wind up eating here a LOT for lunch. After eating here once or twice a week for months on end, the food options do get sort of repetitive and boring, but that’s probably on me for going here all the time!
My usual spots in here: Blimpies, Moes, and Jaffa Café. They’ve got a JR Crickets in here if I’m there later at night, but I’m not a huge fan of their food.
Even if we’re going with a big group from work, seems like we can usually find a clean table with enough seats for everyone.

You really cannot go wrong here if you are hungry. Yes, it has some food vendors that will remind you like you are at a food court in a mall in the middle of nowhere. However, there are places like Goldberg’s, Moe’s, Tin Drum, Blimpie’s, CFA, Starbucks, and Holly’s cupcakes. Holly’s has awesome Hummingbird cupcakes and they take the midtown Alliance card.

Hey, I like the food court here. There are plenty of $ 6 lunch opportunities here for days I forget to bring mine. The pizza place is killer.

The shopping area is probably fine if you want to grab a quick, cheap bite to eat. But the retail offerings were pretty pathetic. Spend some time walking around Midtown than wasting your time indoors here.

This is prob really awesome if you work in the building. But since I don’t. it’s really not that great. everything seems to close around 4, and not open during the weekends. I haven’t ever been during the day but there are lots of restaurants and little shops there, just haven’t ever caught them open.
I do go to the gym here. It’s nice.