Bay Street Emeryville

If you shop here it is entirely possible that your property will be «lost» by Bay Street vendors and that they will refuse to compensate you for your losses. What they may provide you with instead is pornographic videos of their business partners and sensitive medical information belonging to people you do not know.
If you decide to complain to the Bay Street Emeryville Property Managers you can expect them to be horribly slow at responding to inquiries and for them not to keep scheduled appoints to be in contact. Needless to say they will also disavow any responsibility for the «challenges» you now face.
I will not be shopping here anymore and I don’t recommend you do either.

My husband, our miniture poodle and myself lived at the bay st apartments for about 1 year; first in a 2 bedroom then in a 1 bedroom. Community is very clean and the office staff in leasing office were always super helpful.
What many people don’t know is there is a 4^th inside walk walk separate from the mall, an irrigated dog park, gym with cable Tv, separate gated parking, free yoga class, jacuzzi and pool.
Highly recommended!

I like this outdoor mall. I think there could be more shoe stores for women. I like the eateries and movie theatre too. My fav stores here are Victoria Secret, Banana Republic and Express.
Oh also it’s one of the last places that had a huge book store, Barnes and Noble. On a good day, I will find myself reading a book on the floor of one of the aisle.

Don’t feel safe at night ever. Too many loud belligerent groups of kids taunting customers and acting out. Where are their parents?. My last trip at night was my last. I witnessed a young girl yelling at a grown woman who walked passed her… yelling so loudly «say excuse me when you touch me you white fat b**** and yes I’m talking about you with the yellow purse!!!» Really? I was behind that «white fat lady with the yellow purse» and didn’t see her bump anyone on purpose. It’s just too dangerous and obnoxious. I don’t see enough security either. I don’t feel safe. Shop elsewhere is my recommendation.

I took my mom to Bay Street on Christmas Day for a movie and a meal. We got the movie, but NO meal. All Bay Street restaurants and eateries were closed! There were many people walking around looking for food and asking around. It was quite comical, but not really… we were hungry!
My poor mom. There was one candy store open, so I bought her some chocolate to ease her growling tummy through the movie.
Oh, the movie theater was fine. They were open serving food, but you can’t pay me to eat that crap.

I love food. I love going to the movies. I love shopping. Bay Street Emeryville has satisfied these basic loves time and time again. AMC offers an IMAX theatre and the most current showings of new movies on the big screen. The mall has great retail shops including Apple Store, Express, H&M, Old Navy, Barnes & Nobles, AT&T, Vans, the Gap, etc. Eateries include Fuddruckers, Rubios, Cornology, etc. Parking can be a pain if you drive a big-​ass truck and if you park at one of the metered parking spots, be prepared to keep feeding it after 6PM. Still a great place to go shopping and hanging out.

Ugh… I like coming here, but I hate coming here at the same time. There are a lot of businesses for shopping, plus restaurants, and a movie theather. All that makes for a very crowded area. The area is clean, though, and very walkable. I come down here maybe twice a year, and that’s plenty for me lol

Pretty nice shopping center.
Got express and old Navy. Most places that I would shop at.
They are lacking delicious restaurants. I line California pizza kitchen and fudruckers. P. f Chung’s is good but obviously too pricey to eat if toy frequently visit this shopping center. Pizza my heart is pretty good choice.
The movie theatre is really nice. AMC has the best over priced Food of all movie theaters. Definitely.
Went to the boo bash today for Halloween. Was pretty nice. They have some cool events every once in a while.

Great location right off the I-​80 /​580 freeway, the choice of shops is great and parking is only $ 3 for the 1^st 3 hours. Although I liked it better when the 1^st hour was free but I guess all good things come to an end… and that is why it will only get 4 stars. The eateries are great. And glad the Barnes and Noble has a home here. The movies are a little pricey but it is a very nice theatre. If you are in the area it is worth a stop and look see… a great mix of local businesses and major chains… but great selection none the less.

Coming here once in a while and each time I said: «we should come here more often». I like walking around the stores, eating lunch or dinner. This mall have great stores, great restaurants, coffee shop and a big AMC theater. People are so nice and friendly.

This place was a great shopping center. We actually stumbled upon it accidentally and was amazed at the stores in this area so we decided to park and look around.
When we came here, this shopping center wasn’t packed so it was perfect. Being an outdoor shopping center, the weather could factor in your shopping experience but for us, it was favorable because it wasn’t too hot and it wasn’t too cold.
The parking garage prices weren’t bad at all. We were there for a couple of hours and only had to pay $ 3. Not to mention there’s ample parking so you don’t have to fight others for one!
Would definitely come back here again!

Next to IKEA, this outdoor mall is totally sufficient.
It mixes a few chain stores with a few local stores, with some restaurants and a 16 screen cinema.
There is a paid parking garage near to the mall, and other shopping like Trader Joe’s is walking distance away.

Great place to be and enjoy a day of shopping and dinning out. With a large selection of stores to shop at from H&M to Old Navy, from Express to Aldo From Apple to Nike we get it all then dinning from CPK to Buckhorn, from elephant bar to PF Chang’s. This is a place to enjoy a few hours of the day and get some sun at the same time. If you need a good read there’s a place for that with a Starbucks inside lol
My favorite time to go is weekends during the day and walk around they sometimes had independent live music in the stage. I enjoy the sun and the breeze coming from the bay.
And to end the night I like to go see a movie at the AMC theater. They always have the best selection on movies to enjoy a couple of hour and lose yourself in the fantaithat is the movie. Plus you can enjoy a drink or two.
Plenty of parking all around and you can always get it validated.

I have been here a few times, nice little shopping center in the middle of Emeryville, plenty of things to do, easy to get around after parking, but dang, just trying to drive in there is a giant pain in the butt, same with leaving…

I really like this shopping center. It’s clean and I enjoy the appearance and layout as well as the stores. I’d rather come here than go to an indoor mall. Bay street isn’t too big but has most of the stores that I frequent such as lush, bath and body works, h&m, sephora, etc. I came here the day after Christmas for lush and bath and body work’s sales and there was no one there! It was awesome. I did come early like when they first opened though. The bath and body works sales associates were super nice.
I hate hate hate paying for parking so I usually just check out the marshalls or starbucks in a parking lot nearby and then walk over.

This is the closest «mall «to me so I come here fairly often. Agree with most — parking is kind of a rip off — my way around that is I hold off on my coffee elsewhere and buy one here at the Starbucks, they validate on any purchase over $ 3.
Also, I avoid coming here by myself any time at night if possible because its too «hyphy», parking gets crazy, etc. Lots of good stores here and even Spirit opened up here over Halloween, so that was nice. Sephora, Lush, Banana Republic, H&M… yeah I’m here a lot.

This shopping plaza is the place to go to if you already know what store you need to go to. I don’t like to go to the mall/​shopping plaza, etc. unless I have an idea of what I want/​need to buy. With that said, Bay Street has all the basic amenities:
Barnes and Noble
AMC Theatres
plus some of your typical chain stores to shop at:
Banana Republic (work clothes)
Sephora (makeup, perfume, etc.)
Victoria’s Secret (lingerie)
H&M (casual clothes)
Bath & Body Works (scents, lotions, house aromas)
and the list goes on:

If you’re looking for food, they have:
CPK (aka California Pizza Kitchen)
Elephant Bar
Fuddruckers
P.F. Changs
Pasta Pomodoro
Pizza My Heart (in case you don’t like CPK, this is your backup)
Red Mango
Rubio’s
See’s Candies
Teacake Bake Shop
My go to spots are usually AMC and Barnes and Noble. The crowds are not too bad, in terms of waiting in line at this AMC and they have electronic pay-​on-​your-​own stations beside the escalator to avoid the lines. The Barnes and Noble, on the otherhand, can get extremely busy so don’t guarantee you can always find an unoccupied table to read/​study near their café (located on the 2^nd floor).
I feel that this place was definitely worth the drive from Hayward (where I lived a few years back) because it wasn’t ghetto (like Southland mall or Newpark mall) and it had all the accommodating amenities to keep me busy for an entire day. After making a stop to Bay Street, I wouldn’t have to go elsewhere to complete my necessary errands.
PARKING:
Weekends can get very packed, in terms of parking, so if you’re trying to catch a movie (especially on a Saturday), I HIGHLY SUGGEST you try to arrive at least 30 minutes early to find an available parking spot. You may have to circle all the floors of the parking garage, or if worse comes to worse, have to park at the IKEA location.
If you want any coupons or see what deals are available for some of the venues at Bay Street, you should visit their website:

Happy shopping! :)

I have come to the Bay Street Emeryville shopping center for years now but my visit two weeks ago was my first visit in many years.
I enjoy coming to the smallish shopping center because they have a movie theater as well as a few stores that I like shopping at; JCrew, H&M, Sephora, Victorias Secret, The Body Shop, etc.
There are also a few good food places like Buckhorn Grill, Fuddruckers, Pizza My Heart, etc. to eat at when you need a quick bite when shopping.
Parking is easy because there is a parking garage, but you have to pay to park no matter how long you are going to be there and no matter what day. This would stop me from making quick trips to the center and only go when I have to visit more than one store.
The shopping center is open air which is nice for walking around in the summer, and not too bad when it’s raining since all the stores are pretty close together.

Welcome to the land of chains… I actually love the layout and concept of this place. I used to live right down the street from it. It was definitely a nice place to be able to walk to.
However parking here is a problem to me. They do have a lot of parking as others have mentioned… however the spaces are made for smart cars, motorcycles or some other super itty bitty econobox. Literally I could barely fit either my 4Runner or my 350z into any of the spaces there as they were sooooo narrow.
It was always much easier to park at IKEA on the days that I had to drive over. But this is a very fun outdoor mall area. The one thing that does bug me a lot about it is that almost all of the businesses are chain stores or chain restaurants. Granted that sometimes is very handy, but I like supporting the little guys whenever I can and not many are in here and thus can be supported =\
The theater and Barnes & Nobles dominate the south eastern end. Where as the rest of the road has shops lining both sides with a bunch of condo’s/apartments on top. Absolutely fun place to live I would think if you like the hustle and abustle and constant activity. I know that I would have loved it but was happy to be near it and not overseeing it as well.
This is definitely a great place to come and check out for no reason at all other than to go hmmmm and take a stroll. I think that there is some great opportunities here for fun times, shopping and or a nice place to see a flick… but sometimes I would like to see a neighborhood bar or joes pancakes or moms diner or something in the midst of this kinda place as well…

I love shopping here, it was one of the highlights of living now Oakland… There are so many awesome shops to choose from, plus the weather on a nice warm day felt so good to walk around outside & shop in!
I’m obsessed with the Athleta store & the Lush store. the Sephora store is really small. The rest are cool too. And the secret to parking here, is that there’s never any Street parking, so just go into the bottom of the parking garage behind the shops & feed the meter well! They do check the meters very frequently, so don’t slack on re-​upping it if you know your time is running out!