Hanford Mall

The Hanford Mall is not terrible, but it’s not great either. The food court has a decent selection of fast food (if you’re into that). There are only a few brand name stores inside, with small novelty kiosks scattered throughout. It’s surprisingly small especially when compared to Fresno or Visalia’s counterparts. For my experience the only redeeming features of this mall are the movie theatre inside, which it in itself is subpar, and Kohls/​Ross/​Big 5 are nice considering.
If you can, make the drive to the aforementioned Fresno or Visalia malls. If not, try your luck here.

One Word… CACA. Na… jk. It’s cool for Hanford. If you really want to shop, go to Fresno or even Visalia, it’s not that far.

I really don’t see how this place is still kept open. Very sad place. This has to be the worst «mall» in America. It’s more like a strip mall with a couple of brand name stores thrown in the mix. Seriously not worth going to. I make the drive to Visalia which is only 30 min away from where my family and I are stationed in Lemoore. That mall is worth the drive and my sanity when I want to get out of boring Lemoore.

This mall has a Christian store called gifts of hope I love that store and I do have pics also love this mall

Ok I want to be clear on one thing, I don’t like malls that made me feel uncomfortable there’s too many people there, so as a general rule I try to avoid them.
While there is still too many people there for my comfort this mall is less credit and some others that I’ve been to, decent stores and my kids like coming here. One thing I do enjoy is going into the pet do some checking out all the cute animals even if I don’t get to take them home.

I like the movie theater being here along with Ross and their HUGE forever 21. But that’s about it. Would like to see a bookstore like Barnes and nobles or something.

The mall is not at all what it used to be. All their is, is a food court & little stores that always shut down within a year or two. The food court has good food, especially Charley’s. The only major stores still running is JcPenny & Forever 21. F21 is always dead with overpriced clothing. I forgot they also have Sears & Khols. Now khols is a good store, you can find really cute clothes in their clearance & sale section.

My first time coming to this mall and I like it! Not many people (which is great, I have anxiety!)
The pet adoption place was cool, too many cats though. I love animals, and I do not like when they are caged up.
Other than that, cool mall.

so much potential for this mall. Its sad. Only upside is that its never ever crowded. I never understood how they have a gamestop inside the mall and you walk right across the street and there is another gamestop which is way better by the way. Kinda like how walmart has a mcdonalds inside the store and you walk out across the parking lot and another mcdonalds dwells within the same area. Weird. Id much rather drive the extra miles to visalia mall.

When i visited my dad at the end of July to first week of August… he actually took me to browse around the Hanford Mall… I cannot believe there is still an F.Y.E. Music store left… What happened to them all… suddenly they’re all closed here in Sacramento… oh well… i went to F.Y.E. Music to browse at their selection and found a Delerium CD that I needed to add to my collection of Electronica music…
The store was just so clean and everything in order unlike other places where cd’s and dvd’s were in the wrong places making selection choices difficult to find… F.Y.E. Music is tucked inside the Hanford mall right around the corner to the movies and food court… woohoo…there is an A&W food vendor there… I remember growing up here and going to the A&W restaurant where you could order from the car and eat in the car… now sonic has that… lol…childhood memories…
Hanford Mall has some of the best places to shop for sale prices on clothes and even little trinklets like perfume… a cellular phone store… and even a sporting goods store that sells kayaks and many other things such as camping gear and hiking boots… It is smaller than Fresno’s Fashion Fair Mall… but overall a good place to unwind for the day and hang out with friends…
They need to have a dessert place… some Malls in the San Jouquin Valley still sell Orange Julius… i remember that… now a popular place is Auntie Anne’s pretzels and churro like snacks… I remember when this Mall was first opened… of course it was in another location that had a Millers’ Outpost when I was in grade school… alot of my friends wore Miller’s Outpost brands… now there isn’t a store in sight… Them overalls were my favorite to wear in 8grade P.W. Engvall… the year my family moved back from Waipahu, Hawaii…
I like this Mall cause it is hardly Busy and you could find everything and almost everything unique here… parking is not a hassle and getting to the stores to christmas shop is always a pleasure to come here during the holiday season…
If only they have a Macy’s…Aww man… my favorite store… I have to drive 30 to 45 minutes to Fashion Fair Mall in Fresno cause i do not think Visalia Mall has a Macy’s…

This mall use to have a lot of business. when i was younger I remember it was always decently populated at times. Now whenever I go its really empty, I’m guessing people just go to fresno or visalia. Most of the stores they have now don’t appeal to me. The only reason ill go to it is if I’m going to the movies or to buy something I need really quick.

This is such a sad mall. I never see crowds of people, only during the holidays does it look remotely busy. I do like the fact that they have added a Bath and Body Works so that it saves me a drive to Visalia or Fresno.

OK so heres the deal on the hanford Mall… First off im not at all hating on the city of Hanford because i actually grew up there. At first glance you think hey its a mall but as soon as you walk in you see what a sad mall really looks like, run down stores, empty places for lease and a out dated theater just to top off the already sad place. Now living in Fresno i know we got the best mall in this valley but being that i frequent all these towns just for day trips or just for a lil drive this place will be perminantly erased from my mall stops, sorry Hanford but this mall just isnt the place to shop.

Sad, very depleted. This mall is not even that old but half of it is empty spaces. It benefits from the fact that the whole area is somewhat depleted so you don’t have many choices of where to go.

Not a place I like to come. They get three stars because they have a pretty good. food court.

I hadn’t been to this mall in years and went yesterday. What a mistake. It was dirty, crowded, and at least half the stores are closed! You walk through it and there are entire areas that are just devoid of stores.
I remember when I was in high school and the mall opened in 1993. It was so exciting for us! We lived out in the middle of nowhere and now we suddenly had a mall, food court, movie theaters! I can’t believe how far downhill it’s gone.
Forever 21 is about the only reason for going, but the rest of it is just a waste of time. I wonder if they’re going to do anything about it or if Target and Walmart across the street are putting them out of business.
Anyway, this used to be one of my favorite places, but I can’t see any reason to come back.

Sad…
I used to go here when I was younger to play in the Alladin arcade. It used to be bustling with people… today? What happened? Even with Kohls, it’s not attracting that many customers.
Movies8 is still alright, but everything else is falling apart…

THIS is a mall?
I’ve seen better malls in third world countries, with a better selection of stores.
I must admit that the addition of Kohls and Forever 21 was a good decision because they both have an amazing selection of clothes/​other stuff.
Oh, and Auntie Anne’s pretzels are AWESOME.
That is all.
Edit:
Okay, I don’t want to sound too harsh.
But the Hanford Mall used to be semi-​decent.
Now it’s just… well…empty and annoying.

This mall (if that’s what you wanna call it) SUCKS!!! Two of the four main anchor stores, Mervyns and Gottschalks have gone the way of the Dodo bird. It’s like a dead zone inside the mall. Very creepy. I do believe even Amigos Mexican Cantina is now closed. The place should be razed and replaced by REAL retail shops like Amoeba Records, Barnes and Noble, World Market… Or GOOD restaurants like Tahoe Joes, Claim Jumper, Zankou Chicken, Olive Garden, BJ’s Pizza and Brewpub, etc…
But of course we know most of the residents of this speck on the map called Hanford wouldn’t spend their hard earned dollars on such places… they’d rather go to a certain Indian casino and fill up on the cheesy buffet, or dine at one of the fifty CrapDonalds that have monopolized this town.
Cheers!
This town… village…hamlet, if you will… is going down the toilet in a big way, retail-​wise!

This review is for the Hanford Mall Office:
I drove to Hanford yesterday to visit the shops, get my car washed, take in a movie, buy groceries, etc. I noticed as I was driving into the mall that if you spent $ 100, you would get a $ 15 gas card. Since I live mostly in Coalinga and it is an 82-​mile round-​trip drive, I thought I would take advantage of the offer if I purchased over $ 100.
Well, I did purchase more that $ 100 (my husband is on a 2-​week business trip to Peru so I decided to treat myself since I wasn’t able to go out of the country.) I drove away from the mall and happened to remember a few minutes later about the gas card. I obtained my receipt from the trunk of my car, walked around the mall to find the mall office, and quickly discovered that it was an useless gesture since the mall office is only open until 5 M-​F.
What a rip-​off. I definitely felt there was a bit of deceptive advertising since most people shop at malls on the weekend and the mall office isn’t open!