Santa Monica Place

Simply relaxing to spend the day here especially when the sun is out and the heat is mild. As expected because of the beautiful day, it was busy with a mix of families, friends, and tourists. Though, it’s not crowded by any means as this is a large area that is pedestrian friendly. Lots to see and shop around this area.

Love how they converted the indoor mall to an outdoor mall.
Pros:
Nice design and great ambiance
Good stores (LV, Tiffany’s, etc.)
Restaurants and movie theater on the 3^rd floor
Great experience, right next to 3^rd street promenade
Integrated parking structures
Cons:
None

I miss when this mall was an indoor mall. The lovely thing about it was that it had all kinds of stores, even affordable one’s. Remember the Everything’s $ 1 store? Believe it or not, back in the day this mall had it. *sigh* Not any more…
Now it’s just for rich people. Nike, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s etc… can’t shop here unless you’re filthy rich lol. Not really welcoming for the less fortunate. Food court is pretty over priced as well and not clean. For the prices they are charging you’d expect great service. Nope high prices with no high quality or service.
Damn people are stupid these days. No idea what quality even is. As you walk in this outdoor hell of an excuse of a mall you are greeted with smells of second hand smoke, weed, and burnt food, not to mention the smelly BO of the homeless. The advantage of it being indoor was a safe haven from all these smells.
This place just price gouges you, leaves you out in the cold, and puts you in danger from all the street crazies just roaming around randomly.
HUGE mistake to make this outdoor. Very cold and unwelcoming mall now…

Great out door shopping mall with a lot of upscale stores to shop and window shop.
Parking structure available here or there’s plenty of municipal buses that stop and drop off nearby.
Plenty of comfortable seating located throughout the mall as well. Newly opened Arclight theatre here now.
The food court is located on the third floor and there’s also a farmers market type area that also has little shops and eateries too.
There’s also free wifi available here.

Really fun outdoor shopping area! It’s pretty much iconic, especially if you are a tourist and visiting Los Angeles for the first time… then Santa Monica Pier/​Place are the recommended areas that you should visit. Since UCLA was nearby, I used to make multiple trips to Santa Monica Pier/​Place just to get away from my college bubble during my college years. I love it. There’s so many people from all sorts of places coming to this place and it’s simply the experience that makes Santa Monica Place truly enjoyable unique. There’s even street performers here and there grabbing your attention and it’s pretty entertaining. I have so many stories and memories of Santa Monica Place that I will never forget :)
Parking especially during on Fridays/​weekends can be super crazy and bad. Just be prepared when you come here on a Friday or the weekend… expect heavy traffic jam and lots of anxiety (especially when you are trying to find parking) LOLOL.

Beautiful outdoor mall that leads right into third street promenade. 90min free parking provided but there’s also plenty of pubic parking around the area that provides the same.

parking structure 8 is the worst!!! no way to exit — it’s just a joke. don’t come here.

I haven’t been here in years. I love the new design of it, much better than it was before. Much more pleasant if the weather is nice, because it’s an outdoor mall, and because it’s an outdoor mall, it seems less crowded. Then after you are done shopping you can walk to the beach.

Parking is a shitshow. Two hours of waiting from the top floor of the parking structure to get out on a Sunday night. Never coming here again.

Santa Monica love… always had a great time there, I usually eat fillet mignon there and it’s so good… not much to say this place is awesome;) have fun

When I’m in the area it’s a must to stop here. Great shopping and dining in one plaza. Love kitson, Michael kors, swaroski, and Sonoma wine garden. Great place to take the family or friends out of town. Adjacent to the promenade so tons to do all day. They also have nordstroms here! I can spend all day in this store. Picked up a pair of killer boots here and decided to wear them then and there.

It’s a great mall! The central area is very open and they definitely have performances here occasionally. You just need to check the schedule. The stores are around this courtyard, and they are more high end than on the Promenade. It’s not the biggest mall, but there are multiple floors. Restaurants and food on the 2^nd and 3^rd floor are great. Food court is very stylish, but they have great sit-​down restaurants on the top floor with nice ambience.
A parking garage is attached, which is usually crazy busy. Park in the large one on 2^nd.

Hello everyone! So I love Santa Monica it’s one of my favorite places that my girlfriend and I love to visit. Its got a lot of great places to visit such as the pier and the promenade. Santa Monica place being one of them. It’s a good sized outdoor mall that has a lot of great shops to visit such as the Disney store or swarovski crystals.
But what’s also great is that it pretty much connected 3^rd promenade so you can walk around and see even more shops! And just a few blocks away is the Santa Monica Pier! So you can really enjoy a good amount of your day with just these three locations. It’s especially beautiful during the winter time when all of the lights are up!
Have fun everyone and hope to see you there!

Parking is from Colorado. There are plenty of parking spaces. There’s even a kiosk that locates your car.
Santa Monica Place is bustling with tourists-​pour over from the Promenade. The food court is located on the top floor with gorgeous views. The selection of restaurants in the food court and in the Santa Monica Place are mediocre.
The retail stores are forgettable. Still… It’s a much better version of what it used to be.

Gorgeous outdoor mall, such an improvement from when it used to be an outdated, indoor mall way back in the days. Very upscale shopping from Tiffanys, LV to Nike. I love the food court and restaurants on the top floor. The Sonoma Wine Garden is very nice to grab some delicious wine and food. I saw that they are also working on an Arclight and Cheesecake Factory on the top floor, which will be exciting, but will definitely add even more traffic to this busy plaza.
I love that Third Street Promenade is across the street, and the Santa Monica Beach and Pier is on the other side of the street. So much to do around here, but also very crowded and tons of traffic!
Parking is generally pretty easy in the structure, but definitely write a note to yourself or take a pic of where you parked, because it can get confusing. I’ve gotten lost in this parking lot before, and it was no fun!

Nice outdoor mall. The parking here is my favorite parking throughout the 3^rd Street Promenade. Parking is not that expensive and you can even park here for free for a good amount of time just in case you’re not planning on making a day here. I also like to park here because it’s kind of the beginning of the promenade, so you can start here, walk all the way down, and then walk back and get a full experience of shopping and food! It’s also good to park here if you’re looking to walk down to the beach, honestly.
They have both a Nordstroms and Bloomingdales here which is great, because some people like one, some people like the other, and some people like both!
They always have promotions happening here. Sometimes it’s Nike, sometimes it’s Santa, and sometimes they’re giving out free ice cream cones to everyone.

This is a good outdoor open air mall.
I almost forgot how the original mall was.
This is very aesthetic in design.
It’s conveniently located near the famous 3^rd Street Promenade the outdoor non-​transit corridor filled with additional shopping and dining options.
The area is great, as there’s lots to do and many options.
The mall itself is okay, no one store that’s unique per se, but I do like CB2 (Crate & Barrel); Kitson; Tiffany’s; Bloomingdales; and a few of the other less often seen retailers.
The food court is okay, nothing spectacular nor are the restaurants in the area, ‘tho the Sonoma Wine Garden up top has a nice outdoor area, and adjacent are public seating areas around the food court to lounge and enjoy conversation, the scenic California atmosphere and usually nice weather.
Parking is easy to the degree you go into the covered lot parking structure, and it’s FREE for I think 2 hrs and then you’re charged after that, and if you stay too long, it does get expensive, so read the signs first, you may be better off moving your car out of the garage within the 1^st 2 hours and back in if you have time and don’t mind the hustle and hassle to save a few bucks too, if you plan to spend longer time in the area.

Shopping que não parece shopping simplesmente, afinal fica bem na ponta da 3^rd Street Promenade que já é toda aberta. Considerei mais como um anexo de luxo, afinal marcas como a Tiffany & Co, Bloomingdales (desculpa, acho eles extremamente caros) e Louis Vuitton estão ali.
O lugar só abre mesmo pontualmente às 10 da manhã, o que dá tempo de uma caminhada pela praia e píer de Santa Monica.
Nada de especial, uma praça de alimentação bem ok porém ainda sem nada demais.
Estacionamento parece ser bom pois tem vários e há uma promessa de cinema por lá em breve. Quem sabe deve ser bom, afinal ali perto já tem um AMC.

I love this mall. It doesn’t even feel like a mall because of the open air design; it feels more like an extension of the Promenade.
In addition to a great selection of stores, Santa Monica Place offers quite a few good restaurants of various cuisines. Whether you’re in the mood for a rooftop wine bar, a cheese plate, health food, or a swearing taco restaurant (Pinches Tacos — hee hee), this mall has it. And while you’re planning your culinary excursion, you can use the mall’s free wi-​fi to look up Unilocal restaurant reviews. Not looking to shop or dine? There’s still plenty to do. Every Tuesday night of the summer there was a free Nike fitness workshop held in the middle of the mall where nearly a hundred people participated. Bands have been known to play as well and currently there is a large Christmas tree with gigantic mock packages. You can also find comfortable seating from which to people-​watch or read a book.
In short, I really enjoy this mall and go there often with no particular store or restaurant in mind. I recommend checking it out during the day and then again at night to see how pretty it is all lit up.

Santa Monica Place (or «SMP» to keep things snappy) is a fantastic shopping area that anchors Santa Monica’s 3^rd Street Promenade.
This entire area is one of the very best places to shop, eat, hang out and people watch in Southern California. There are street performers, lots of stores and fine dining, great atmosphere and beautiful weather.
SMP is directly to the south of 3^rd Street and is a great mall. There is a huge Nike store, a Disney Store and a Nordstrom. Modern, clean and safe it’s a great location for date nights or family outings. You’re only blocks away from the ocean and the Santa Monica Pier.
Overall, SMP is fantastic. Highly recommended!

I love mole and happened to come here when they had a mole festival! So delicious!
The beach breeze in my hair and yummy food all around… it’s always a fun time :)