Gurnee Mills

Haven’t been here for years, and still as great as I remembered it. Lots of variety of stores.

I like gurnee. It’s HUGE and there are so many stores for every income class lol.
My favorite part? Is that fact that they have a parking spot near the entrances for pregnant women! Woohoo!!! LA don’t do that for you! Lol
No but seriously I remember coming to this mall in 2010 with my husband who just graduated bootcamp. So Gurnee Mills will always hold a special place in my heart for that!

Not only is my business located in this mall. The mall its self is awesome and so close to six flags. Need to come back and actually shop.

I visited here from Texas and really I am pretty impressed by the size of this mall and it had some really good deals. I can’t wait to visit again when I move down to Kenosha in July

The mall as a whole is just OK. The real problem is where it’s located… Gurnee, Il. The village is very good at writing tickets for just about anything you can think of, and you also need to be aware of the RED LIGHT CAMERAS at almost every intersection surrounding the mall.
I’ve had 2 recent experiences that changed my mind about ever shopping in Gurnee again.
1^st. My 91-​year-​old father has recently come to live with me after my mother passed away. He could no longer drive so we sold his car. He had 2 handicapped window hangers in his car when we sold it. My wife and I decided to put one in each of our cars for the times when we take my father out for shopping, dining or an occasional movie. On one occasion my wife was taking him shopping to Gurnee Mills Mall and parked in the handicapped spot. He can’t walk far and uses a wheelchair when we go out. After about an hour in the mall they came back to the car to find a ticket on the windshield for an expired handicapped sticker issued by the Gurnee Police Dept. The fine was $ 250. My wife and I had never used handicapped stickers before and both of the ones my father had said 2018 Permanent with a month punched. My father thought he only had to apply for them once so we figured they must be permanent. We then found out that yes it was expired and had to be renewed yearly through 2018.
Since it was an honest mistake I thought it would be smart to request an «Administrative Hearing» at the village and explain why we mistakenly thought permanent meant it didn’t have to be renewed.
I took my father to the hearing in his wheelchair so they could see he was actually handicapped. He also had his WWII Veterans hat on so they would see he was also a vet.
After I explained everything to the administrator… in my opinion a cold heartless woman… she told me to sit down and then took a piece of paper from her assistant. She held it up and it was a picture of the handicapped sticker hanging in the window of my wife’s car. She asked me if this was the sticker that was hanging in our car. I looked at her kind of puzzled and said yes, it’s the same one your holding in your hand. I had brought it with me. I just got through explaining to you why it was in the car and the mistake we made about not realizing it was expired. She then said «Yeah I hear that all the time. It’s fairly obvious that this is an expired sticker and you should have known better. The fine stands». I tried to explain to her that it may be obvious to someone who uses handicapped stickers all the time but we just started caring for my father and just didn’t understand how they work. She responded, «well now you know».
2: Three days ago my 19 year old son was leaving the mall after seeing a movie and was pulled over by the Gurnee Police just as he pulled out of the parking lot and was given a ticket for having his high beams on. A $ 35 fine. Seriously… a warning wouldn’t suffice. They really fine you for not dimming your lights quickly enough?
That was the last straw. Never will our family shop at Gurnee Mills Mall again.

Gurnee Mills. The place is massive. Lot’s of area to get your shop on. I am a retail therapy freak and this place gets my fix on. It’s also a great place to exercise because it’s so big you’ll put a wearing on the legs if you make it through the entire place.
I personally only have a few select stores I hit and those are BR Factory Outlet, Gap Factory Outlet, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Off Broadway Shoes. I also only go here if we happen to be driving past. Pleasant Prairie is much closer and not by that much but enough. They also have many common stores.
Retail seems to be a dying breed these days, but not for me, especially at the rock bottom prices the Gurnee Outlet stores have.

Note: TJMAXX in Gurnee Mills has moved! It’s located in the plaza where Jewel and Best Buy is!
I have a love hate relationship with this mall. Recently they did some remodeling with the food court and flooring so it looks a bit more «higher end» but by all means not the clothes they sell or some of the people that go there. (im not being snobby!)
If you need some basic necessities, this is a good place to go to! They have good prices on home goods (Marshalls, Kohls). I love going to Marshalls for pet supplies, (they have a good selection of toys, shampoos, beds) snacks, and occasionally pots and pans as they wear out.
i avoid coming to the theater cuz 1, its old and seats are crappy, and 2, usually full of annoying, loud high school kids.
They recently added Portillo’s and Buffalo Wild Wings to their restaurant selection.

Always enjoy walking through this mall. Lots of different stores to shop. Two food courts. All indoors so weather is no problem. A fun day.

Gurnee Mills is a really nice mall. The layout is a bit frustrating. It is one floor, and u shaped, so you have to walk around everything to get to where you want to go. It is filled with all the basic mall stores, and has a great little mini donut place!

If you are a clothing shopper or love to window shop, this is a great mall for you. There is something for everyone, especially if you like to casually walk around. Prices today, New Year’s Day, were great at most stores whole others appeared lower until you walked in and saw the price ticket.
I did get some good jewelery ideas, though.

It was a nice mall however the kiosk flat iron salespeople are worse than cars salesmen. It was harassing and made the mall super low class. Other than that I would consider visiting again.

This mall is so much fun!!! great deals/​finds and plus such a great walk if you like walking around. it has just about everystore you can think of for an outlet mall. not a bad deal to shop here. I recommend.

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Cheap mall, has some good stores (Last Call, Saks, Nike). Deals that ANYONE I mean ANYONE can afford, and the stuff is actually decent.
However, dirty, often hot, overrun, and old-​looks, ruin the mall.
Has kinda a country feel to it on the inside (older styling).
Not all are outlets. Some already cheap stores don’t NEED an outlet (Kohl’s, TJMaxx. Sears, Burlington), so yeah.
NICE STORES HERE: Last Call, Saks, Nike, Sports Authority, a&f outlet, TJMaxx, Macy’s, and everyone’s favorite, Bass Pro.

Just not impressed anymore with Gurnee Mills. It’s no longer an outlet mall except for a few stores and it really doesn’t have stores in line with my needs anymore.
There’s Macy’s, Kohl’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, TJ Maxx, and Marshalls to anchor this mall, but I can find these stores anywhere and much closer to where I reside.
Sorry Gurnee Mills, you’re just not the mall for me…

I’ve been coming to Gurnee Mills for as long as I can remember, mainly because of it’s location in regards to where I live. I used to think it was this massive, incredible mall with everything I could ever want. As I have grown up however, I have slowly come to realize this is not the case. Don’t get me wrong — the mall is perfectly okay — and it is just that.
There is nothing very unique about the mall, in fact the only feature that stands out is that there is only one floor. This is rather annoying. The mall is laid out in a U-​shape. To get anywhere you have to walk in a straight line which takes a while.
There is a food court on either side of the mall, both of which have a rather low quality of food. Also the mall as a whole is just not very clean. As others have mentioned, the prices at Gurnee are a bit more expensive than other malls for seemingly no reason.
The store selection is varied (definitely the best part of the mall) and one can find all of the general outlet stores that malls tend to have. Aside from that there are booths everywhere in the middle of the walkways (unavoidable, due to that whole line thing) where one is consistently attacked to sign up for sweepstakes and such. Very annoying.
Gurnee Mills is an alright mall, though I generally try to go to another one even though this one is close by. It isn’t the worst idea in the world to go here, but there are better malls.

It is a very large mall has everything you could
also has a very large variety of places to eat.

I keep oscillating from a 3 to a 4 star rating but I seem to be thinking this place is a 4 rating overall and here are the reasons why. It’s a huge indoor (very key from Oct. — late May) mall that has all the stores that you like along with a variety of different types of food choices. The parking lot is immense and the mall itself is striving to improve its tenants. For example, Macy’s and New Balance were good additions. Note my only complaint: The families come in droves on Sundays (after church) and the kiosks in the halls create «choke» points/​bottlenecks so you’ll find yourself walking slowly for a quarter of a mile behind people with strollers. There’s a really good Mexican food court option — see my review for Taqueria Dona Ana and a churro booth as well! You have people from Lake county, the Northshore and Great Lakes Navy personnel all converging to shop here so it’s an interesting mix of people.

SO BIG YOU’LL GET LOST
This behemoth mall with zigzagging corridors on one level seems more of a frankenstein than a consumer friendly mall. For example, if you see that the Bed, Bath and Beyond and Marshalls Home Goods are relatively close to each other from the outside of the mall, don’t be fooled that you can as easily walk between them from the inner walkways. I’ve made that mistake more than once here. Because of the layout, you have to walk quite a bit farther on the inside than the outside. I think they used the same architect as Dr Who’s Tardis. Suppose you want to walk from one end to the other? By the time I got to the end of the mall, I dreaded walking all the way back to the other end. Hence, when I shop here, I focus on a few key places which keep me coming back. I’ll often drive between locations more readily than walk between them if they are on opposite sides.
A WORK IN PROGRESS
This mall is so big, there is always something new there. The latest upgrades on the Macy’s side include a new, upgraded facelift on the interior and a number of new shops which aren’t specifically outlet stores. The food court on that end is so new that many of the stalls are yet reoccupied.
THE GOODS
I want a deal on quality merchandise. For that reason, I love Neiman Marcus Last Call, where you can get deep discounts on real store merchandise. I like Zumiez for sports shoes and accessories with an urban edge. You can find fun t-​shirts at Hot Topic. H&M is a repeat visit shop for the incredible prices on decent styles for one season. I go back again and again to Marshalls Home Goods Stores and TJ Maxx for low prices on socks, sportswear, housewares, and luggage. I’m a fan of Ruby Tuesday for tasty, food that’s often healthy. I love that they still have a salad bar. I found my wedding rings at the Zales Outlets. I love them and I’m pretty sure I got a good deal. It’s no matter, I get lots of compliments on it.
THE MEH
Off Fifth by Saks Fifth Avenue, on the other hand, now stocks some weird mishmosh of made for Saks outlet brands labeled with colors like Blue, Black, Red, etc. I’ve never heard of these things. I don’t know what they are. And they are overpriced for an unknown commodity. However, if you search, you can still find a few decent things there. Bed, Bath and Beyond is overpriced, stocked to the gills, and has okay merchandise. I’m no Kohl’s shopper. I don’t like that everyone else there has a coupon for stuff I don’t. The Sears is mostly a disaster for everything except tools and appliances. Many of the designer name brand outlets are not my thing: Banana Republic, Nautica and Guess. It seems that the manufacturers create special lesser quality lines of their main line to distribute only through these outlet mall retail venues. I miss access to last year’s overstock. Bass Pro outlet is pretty good for camping gear, but prices aren’t alway the best compared to the big box stores across the street. At least they have a giant fish tank and lots of wacky taxidermy to spruce up the atmosphere.
THE BAD
The rest of the mall, probably 75%, is filled with overpriced crap. I avoid it. They also have many kiosks in the mall between stores. It’s kind of a landmine, because I never want to answer any trap questions by somebody trying to sell me a hair treatment or beauty product. It can also get crowded, especially on weekends. I don’t like to feel like I’m trapped in a slow lane.
THE 411
Know what you want, and go specifically for that. You can find some good deals on great stuff between a lot of overpriced junk. Finding that one pearl in a sea of oysters makes it all worthwhile.

Oh Gurnee Mills, how i’ve finally decided to review you for the general public’s eyes to gaze upon! I have quite literally been here since I was a little one and man this place has not changed a bit! I have to agree with Michelle, the feeling one gets coming here is like jumping into a futuristic spaceship… and the inside and outside were designed to look like it too!
I’m very certain that’s what the building designers were planning to do in the first place, with how the café area looks like (an odd mix of retro 1950 vehicle seats with futuristic cealing décor). Besides the fact that not much has changed in the years i’ve grown up coming here, there is ALOT of noticeable wear scattered across the mall, heck, even the taco bell (if it’s still there from the last time I visited) looks like it’s had better days.
Anyhow, the layout is kind of annoying, especially if you are trying to purchase something and find out it’s at the very end of the maze called Gurnee Mills (LOL). The vendors are quite hilarious here, because they really try to rake in customers, specifically women, to buy their useless crap. I would even dare say it’s kind of, sort of… wait for it…*whispers in your ear* ghetto…
Why you may ask? Well, if you have ever lived in the city (Chicago, Milwaukee, etc. they’re all the same, trust me) you know how it feels to be heckled by a guy trying to sell some useless piece of junk. That is exactly how it feels!
Honestly, comparing here to other malls in Wisconsin and the area, this is a bit pricey, and for no reason at all. Maybe it’s just the land of Lincoln rearing it’s bad name again, but dang it why do you have to be so expensive?
Only thing i’ve really bought here recently is food, and it was nothing spectacular either. Sucks how I used to love coming here with friends, family and dates, ha ha, and I also forgot to mention, I miss the train that used to pass overhead back in the early 2000’s (or even 90’s)! Now it has been replaced with a ton of projectors playing Nikki Minaj and whatever else is on LOL.
So much for Gurnee Mills. Oh and why I give it 3 stars rather than 2? Just for the memories. Don’t change Gurnee Mills! LOL

Huge mall, with two food courts a giant arcade for your husband and kids to hang out at when they don’t want to go shopping with you. The place wears me down with all the different stores and department stores. They have Macy’s Sears, Kohl’s and Sears. They also have a toy store, game store, kitchen store as well as my faves Forever 21 and H&M. I can be here all day walk off my lunch and do my workout sweating while walking up and down the mall.