Queen Kaahumanu Center

Came here for less than an hour before I had to catch my flight back to NYC.
Wish I knew that this place existed so close to the airport because there were definitely some stores I wanted to spend more time in!
Overall, very clean mall with decent store selections. Great place to kill some time. They have an arcade upstairs.

Certain times and days they got a farmers market, they got events held for some family fun and for free. The food court is upstairs but in every wing, you will find food.
It’s almost everything that you need to buy you can find at QKC Except maybe a car. They used to have a huge staircase that goes straight into the food court area from the main entrance, but it’s not there anymore, I wish they still had it, it was easier sometimes.
You can park in the levels (parking garage) or in the parking lot.

Really cool indoor/​outdoor mall. It’s covered but airy.
In the middle there are fresh produce much like a mini farmers market. Bring cash. Many let u sample tropical fruits.
Lots of stores and restaurants. Victoria’s Secret isn’t open yet.
I like the Sanrio store and got some cute red envelopes for Chinese New Years

It’s the Mall of America — Maui version. As large as some shopping malls on the mainland USA can get, this covered, but open air indoor shopping hub in Kahului is one of Maui’s finest.
Imagine that the Queen Kaahumanu Shopping Center is the première shopping destination here on Maui. Plenty of stores on 2 stories of commercial free enterprise that will make your head go WOW. I’ve been here a bunch of times during my travels on Maui to do odds and ends shopping and dining at times, so it’s definitely a convenient spot, especially when the airport is about 2 miles away. I end up getting something at the Starbucks after my shopping escapades and the mall itself can be classified as pseudo upscale, but maintains local stores and shops for anyone and everyone in the community to come and shop. I would say that the Queen Kaahumanu shopping center is somewhat like Pearlridge Mall here on Oahu. Only Ala Moana shopping center is larger than the both of them combined, I think. The shopping mall doesn’t have a ton of stores from the mainland, but they serve a wide range of tastes and economical shapes, sizes, and budgets.
I do love the fact that there is a major public transit hub for the Maui bus. For those of you who take the Maui bus while on vacation being a resident here, all buses stop here at the Queen Kaahumanu Shopping center. While it can be time-​consuming, the Maui bus can be a money saver for sure. Most people do drive, but the Maui bus is an option for those of y’all who may consider it fe your next time on Maui. The Queen Kaahumanu shopping center is located at 275 W Kaahumanu Avenue in Kahului. You would know you’re there since it’s a very large building. The parking here is very ample, because there’s a lot of space for everyone to come here to shop and dine. Many stores except the major credit cards, so that’s always a good thing. There’s also a food court, which is always quite convenient for those who are really indecisive on what to eat for lunch or dinner. It’s located on the second floor.
For me, the Queen Kaahumanu shopping center is your one stop shop to everything that you need before leaving Maui, especially if you are a visitor. Specialty and local food are abound in this shopping mall, as well as a theater that shows feature films and other entertainment to see your pleasures. The shopping mall itself is quite clean and organized. The queen Kaahumanu shopping center is home to a couple of hula shows on Mondays and a farmer’s markets on Wednesdays. Whether you are here on business or pleasure or just hanging around on a lazy random weekend, you might consider coming to the Queen K shopping center to spend time away from home and just relax after a morning at the beach. You can totally have lunch and dinner here.
The overall experience here is rather Average and just okay. The Queen K Shopping center does not have much, in the way of tourist souvenirs and stuff, but they do have the regular stuff that you use in every day life: stores like Macy’s and Sears.
Wish they had air condition though…
Support local!
B–

The open-​air QKC is Maui’s largest mall with around 100 tenants. It opened in the 1970’s and was heavily renovated in the 1990’s with the addition of a partial second level, 8-​stall food court, 2 parking garages, and a new wing that brought in the area’s first multiplex movie theater, and Maui’s only JC Penney (though they’re long gone now, and the reason why there’s two separate Macy’s stores.) The 2000’s brought only cosmetic upgrades.
Come present day, the new mall management/​owners are slowly bringing in more national name brand stores, something sorely lacking on the rock. Other than that, the mall is pretty sad and lacks variety. Old stores seem to keep moving into vacated spaces in order to avoid renovating the store front, which gives the mall a dilapidated look. Sad.
EXCLUSIVE STORES:
— American Eagle
— Bath & Body Works
— Ben Franklin Crafts
— Charlotte Russe
— Famous Footwear
— Forever 21
— Hallmark
— Kay Jewelers
— Lens Crafters
— Macy’s
— Payless
— Pretzelmaker
— Sears
— Toys R Us Express
— Vans
— Victoria’s Secret/​Pink
— Wet Seal
— Zales
— Zumiez
HIGHLIGHTS:
— 6-​screen theater
— Foodland (supermarket)
RESTAURANTS:
— Fernando’s (Mexican)
— Koho (Local & American)
— Ramen Ya (Japanese & Local)
— Vidad’s (Filipino & Local)
FOOD COURT:
The Queen’s Market is an 8-​stall food court located at the front of of the mall on the second level. There are lots of protected outdoor seating and a small handful of indoor seats. Views are of the main entry and Kaahumanu Avenue. Its pretty clean overall with no bird problems. Restrooms are nearby.
— Badua’s Maui Crepes & Grill
— Hi Tea
— L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
— Maui Tacos
— Panda Express
— Pearl’s
— Subway
— vacant

due to the fact its the only shopping mall (thank god its not a paid parking lot) on the island. its slowly expanding (soon we are going to have bath & body works, victoria secrets) its just sad to see some stores closing due to the fact the rent over there is high.
its not a big mall so its an easy meet up spot.
i just hate that Macy’s is split into 2 meaning the mens/​kids/​housewares are over by the back part of the mall & the womens are on the otherside but front side of the mall.
the food court def. gotten limited.
location is perfect for me, not that far from where i live.
if you decide to take the maui bus, queen k is the main transfer point.

Great place to shop and work. Hula shows and Farmers Market make it a great place to stop in for lunch. Plenty of parking and it has a hub for all the Buses in Maui.

Even though this mall doesn’t have a ton of stores, it does have palm trees and light breezes that flow through. So it’s the same thing right? The mall is centrally located in Kahului with lots of parking. The food court is on the upper level and boasts views of Ka’ahumanu avenue and the UHMC campus. There is a toddler play area on the lower level down by the Maui bus hub. The kids always seem to be having a wonderful time.
Some of the favorites at this mall are: Macy’s, Sears, American Eagle, Foot Locker, Ben Franklin and Claire’s. There really is something for everybody.
There are elevators and escalators in the center of the mall. It’s always brightly lit thanks to the natural sun that pours in through the roof. I always see janitors working hard to keep it clean and security working hard to make it safe.
There are hula shows and farmers markets that take place in the center of the mall. If you haven’t been to Queen K mall, go check it out! You may just find that one thing you’ve been looking for!

We went for the free hula show which was great!!! We were impressed by the quality and length of the show and the fact it was free!
The mall was great, food court needs a few more choices, and the play area issssss a little old and dirty… The duct tape ain’t cutting it.

This is a nice mall very Hawaii standards. Nothing like malls on the mainland but this is a good choice if you want to do some regular mall shopping. it has a good selection of stores, nothing high end, but also has Macys and Sears. The women’s Macys had a nice selection of products and is all on one level. The food court could be better but it had a decent selection of options. They do a farmers market in Wednesdays. Nice place if you want to shop at regular stores and not tourist stuff.

From a style design point of view, this mall is gorgeous — the top floor is basically a tent as its roof, all across, quite large but not mega sized.
Just wished there were better labels here for men’s, not even a Tommy Bahamas haha. neither Zara, or Guess or men’s shoe store.
Located 5 min fr airport.

The go-​to mall on all of Maui. Not very impressive, even compared to say, Oahu’s small malls, but it’s sadly the best we’ve got.
There isn’t much here for me, personally, but with a regular Farmer’s Market, department stores like Sears and Macy’s, Gamestop, a ridiculous amount of brand name clothing stores, two shoe specialty stores, a consolidated theater, an arcade, a craft store, toy stores, and extensive food choices between restaurants and the food court, it’s not hard to see why it’s such a popular place.
Couple all that with the fact that you can walk there from two hotels across the street and you’ve got an easy tourist time kill.
All that said, this place is still really shabby looking. Sad to say that this is a norm for Maui. Radioshack and Toys’R Us Express look empty, the corner store by the escalators near the stage is always either always empty or LOOKS empty… The place is also littered with empty kiosks.
The theater is nasty, Gamestop is hot and smelly, the restrooms are gross, the elevator is gross, the hand rails are all sticky, the food court is gross as hell… Tables never feel clean and I once ordered veggies from Panda Express and there was a huge beatle cooked in it… So eat at your own risk.
Worth the trip if you’ve got a need to shop and money to burn, honestly. Especially for clothes or expensive jewelry (I would think Lahaina would be better for this), but I find there really isn’t much else besides the Farmer’s Market or food…
It’s also worth mentioning that it seems to be the hub for the Maui Bus service, so if you’ve got anywhere else on the island to be, of course you’ll want to be here.

Come on now this is Maui the mall is good enough. I had a lot of fun, especially with real locals (pacific islanders). Plus this place had Charlotte Rouse, I thought the womens clothing store shutdown! Anyway if your looking for a mall Queen Kaahumanu Center is great! I like the fact that there is kind of a market place where you can buy local fruit and veggies.

This review is only based off of the very couple times that I came here during my visitations to Maui. I think this is one of the bigger shopping centers in Maui. It’s kinda of a cross between Pearlridge/​Ala Moana/​Windward mall on O’ahu in regards to look of it goes and everything but obviously not as big. They have multiple shops and stores on the ground floor as well as the second floor. It makes for a great shopping spot where you can find a lot of different things to shop for. They have a lot of parking surrounding the whole shopping center. It could get busy during the weekends especially on a Saturday I remember I couldn’t really find parking especially close to the entrance area.

Not exactly the best of malls. The mall doesn’t have a proper roof so there are a lot of birds flying in and out. Think bird poop and birds trying to eat food off the ground. ECH.
There are only two department stores here: Macys and Sears. The rest are random stores. The food court is pretty dismal so I would not recommend eating here (yes mall food isn’t generally great but even I don’t find this very acceptable).
There is a cool used bookstore and a Jamba Juice here.

Here’s the deal: if you are in Maui for a while and need to do some shopping — non touristy — and less expensive — this place is for you.
On Wednesdays they have a Farmer’s Market and on Mondays they have culturally Hawaiian live music and dancing shows, which is quite lovely.
They have Macy’s– so if you need a department store fix this is it. Prices are higher because (are you ready for this?) it is Maui (!!) but not as high as the higher-​end places like the Shops at Wailea — and there are no luxury brand stores. Starbucks, Jamba Juice, and a small food court if you want to stay a while.
Great for stroller-​walking and a train ride for the smaller kiddos goes around the mall.
If you are staying in Wailea or Makena it is about a 25 – 30 min drive north.

Maui is not the hot spot to go shopping but if you need something to wear or to eat for most occasions this is the place.
People are nice and it’s pretty chill with little crowds to worry about.

Yeah, yeah… I know Queen Kaahumanu in small fries compared to anything called a ‘mall’ on the West Coast. But, it really is the only big deal mall on all of Maui! Only one on the entire island left with department type stores like Sears, and Macy’s. Plus, majority of folks that live on the island somehow, someway, end up here eventually during the course of their week!
There are many things to do within the mall besides shopping, you got movies (a small Consolidated Theatres 6-​plex which I used to work at many moons ago), lots of places to eat (food court and restaurants spread around), and even local events and a weekly farmers market (where I always see my Filipino relatives). Queen Kaahumanu Center is really where folks congregate on Maui, it’s like the local hangout… for nearly everyone! Yes, we are on an island after all…
This place brings back many memories of small kid time. Hell besides working in the theatres, my very first job in high school was at Sears! Damn straight! Had to save up money for UNLV somehow. I’ve seen many stores come and go from this mall (Waldenbooks, Liberty House). But my fav store in the entire place? Camellia Seed Shop! It’s still there, the lil’ itty bitty shop! Want some house-​made seeds, and probably the one place on Maui to grab an ICEE! This is it. It’s real. And it’s historic.
So you mainlanders, Queen Kaahumanu Center isn’t the biggest or the best, but take a visit anyway. The open air (and a smoothie from Jamba Juice) should soothe your sunburned Caucasian skin! Aloha Oe!

This is the only mall in Maui that has any kind of department stores, which are Macy’s and Sears (no Bloomie’s, Nordy’s, Sak’s, JCP’s…). It is open air, but well covered so you don’t have to worry about getting sunburned, but it can get muggy and/​or stuffy from the outdoor heat. They also have a Farmer’s Market and free hula shows on certain days as well (best to check their website calendar, as it seems irregular). The Farmer’s Market was there when we came on a Wednesday.
I mainly wanted to come here to check out Macy’s since I can usually get great deals on men’s HIC and Local Motion Ts (their retail stores are expensive). They also carry a selection of women’s Local Motion apparel (and surprisingly Tokidoki). I specifically came on this day because I knew there was a sale going on, and with the coupons that I brought from home (hehe), I got an awesome deal as usual.
Other than that, this is pretty much your run-​of-​the-​mill mall with some Hawaiian specialty stores. Their food court includes Filipino (Bautista Filipino Kitchen), Hawaiian (L & L), Mexican (Maui Tacos), American (McD’s), Chinese (Panda Express), and Korean (Pearl’s BBQ). There’s also casual restaurants here and there, such as Ramen Ya, Fernando’s Mexican Grill, and Ruby’s, as well as pit stop chains such as Starbucks, Yogurtland, and Jamba Juice.
The Maui Mall is nearby.

The mall is just all right. It was a Sunday at 3pm and found it odd that some of the stores were closed.
The mall is an indoor outdoor mall so there was a nice island breeze.
It’s a great place to kill time while your waiting for your flight back to the mainland.