Governor’s Square

Lots of parking, clean area, not too crowded. Overall good feel and family friendly environment.

As of now, this is really the only mall in Tallahassee. It’s not horrible, but not great either. I’m just glad they have a play area for the kiddos (on 1^st floor next to Macy’s) and a Chick-​fil-​a in the food court. When the weather is bad my 2-​year old and I can spend a couple hours in here. They have plenty of seating in the food court with a variety of options, including a Starbucks. The mall is not big and they have an okay variety of stores. If my son didn’t hate shopping, maybe I could even go in the stores once in a while, hehe.

This is a pretty wholly average mall. I honestly wouldn’t go there by choice, but I pretty much have to if I want to go to any stores where I sometimes purchase clothes for work like The Limited. I could buy things online, of course, but sometimes it’s best to try on items in store.
The mall itself isn’t really large. It’s also not new. There are pretty much no happening stores or virtually any upscale ones like Saks or Nordstrom. Sigh. I feel like a total snob for saying that but it would be nice to have better options around the area.
This is like the mall in Port Saint Lucie which is… lame. That’s pretty much the closest equivalent I can think of off the top of my head.
I do like the Sephora and the JC Penney Sephora here. The food court is always packed but I can never understand why because mall food is objectively terrible.
Ultimately, I’m only coming here out of sheer desperation. This is not a mall to write home about.

Last of a dying breed. This mall is all Tallahassee has left, which is pretty sad considering that Tallahassee is the state capitol. Terrible. However, it is convenient and you’ll sorta find what you need.
I have visited this mall many, many times years ago. I wasn’t surprised when I visited again recently that nothing much had changed. Crazy. I only stopped by two stores on this particular visit, J.C. Penny and Kid’s Footlocker.
J.C. Penny’s cash registers were not working and thus the lines were extraordinary long on an early Saturday morning. Ridiculous. And Kid’s Footlocker had the «normal», weird-​looking characters in the store. I got in and out, STAT!
I’m glad I don’t stay anywhere close to the area. Good riddance.

When I first moved to Tallahassee, I was very excited to explore a née mall and was very much let down. The only things keeping me going back are Sephora and Banana Republic.

This has been the only consistent mall in Tallahassee for the last 10 years. The anchor stores are good and they have some great smaller retail stores. The food court is not as big as I would like nor does it have a variety of foods. Overall it’s a good mall.

Ok mall for Tallahassee decent anchor stores (jcpenney, Sears, Dillard’s, Macy) tend to get crowded during back to school and holidays due to it being the only mall for surrounding cities.

This is the only mall in Tallahassee at the moment. It will probably win, «worst mall in America» not because of the unimpressive size or the amount of lack luster stores or because of its run down interior either but because the amount of thugs, and uneducated people that litter the mall with their presence. You will find gang bangers roaming the mall, inexplicably trying to hit on women and sexualize them. No wonder their are so many security guards and undercover police. To protect the few people that are actually shopping from the thugs and low class loitering scum that roam the mall. I have high hopes for the centre at Tallahassee but I’m hoping that you actually have to have a job before being allowed to enter the mall. The solution to this problem would be to charge for parking, or to drive 2 hours out of town to a place with a nice mall.

This used to be the only good mall in town, but now there is no good mall in town. Because they are renovating the «old mall» that will be the new spot to go to… Eventually. Yes, the mall recently added an H&M and are redoing a few of the stores, but it has also added a convenience store* (seriously?) on the second story, a barbershop, at least 4 different foot locker options, a discount FSU apparel store and a ton of other less expensive stores that continue to cheapen the entire mall.

The best thing Governor’s Square has going for it these days is the fire that «The Centre» is lighting underneath its posterior. Clearly, any sprucing up and updating in general is occurring because the good folks tinkering with the heretofore nightmarish Tallahassee Mall are dumping some serious dollars into making their mall the destination (The «Centre») of choice.
Governor’s Square is at the precipice of relevance in many respects, given the increasing number of no-​name outlets propping up both upstairs and downstairs. Just one look at the directory (
) reveals that the glory-​days of mallhood are behind us. Perhaps they will be ahead as well.
All this said, I like the Governor’s Square mall. the lighting is perfect. Replacing the water pond/​fountain with additional usable square footage was sensible. Having charging stations with USB is great. The food court has a fair selection.
I’m pulling for Governor’s Square. I want it to succeed. One obstacle it will have is dealing with its sprawl. «The Centre» has the AMC20 RIGHT THERE. that means that when folks are coming from all over to go see a movie, they can witness first-​hand a thriving mall. The same cannot be said when folks come check out the Governor’s 12.

For years now, the only true mall to get your shopping done in Tallahassee (if you live here you know what I’m talking about). Hence, this is where you can find all of the major department stores, i.e. Macy’s, Dillard’s, etc. and a mix of more affordable options like H&M and Gap. For FSU fanatics, visit the Garnet and Gold store for all your Seminole gear essentials.
There’s a large food court, equipped with a Starbucks, and even a Regal Cinemas movie theater located at the northwest end of the mall. There’s actually an abundance of parking, including a garage for Dillard’s shoppers. However, the main reason why I’m sealing four stars for Governor’s Square comes down to the refined updates the mall is currently receiving. Looking forward to see what else they have in store for TLH’s last resort.

Used to be a decent mall before retroage got there

It’s ok. I really have to be fair, because I shop online. It does have plenty of stores. If you don’t really like a crowded mall. Avoid it during college football season. However on «Black Thursday» this year wasn’t that crowded.

Its a mall. Parking was easy, (but it wasn’t a busy time) the mall was clean, bathrooms were decent. Good selection of stores.

Governors square mall = basically the only mall in town=you have no choice but to shop here. This mall is okay, just the bare minimum basic stores for all ages. But I am from Miami so that might be why I find this place a bare minimum basic mall.

This mall is okay. It has a mixture of high-​end stores (Coach, etc.) and stores for people who aren’t millionaires (Macys, etc.). The mall itself is ok-​looking, but could use an update. Also, the food court does not have enough seating, but there are lots of options to choose from for eating.

As far as a mall goes in Tallahassee, unless you’re trying to go to the Burlington Coat Factory, this is the mall you are going to be shopping in. All the major chain stores are here and in the surrounding area like Old navy, Bed bath and Beyond, Marshalls.
Inside the mall there is clothes for all tastes and prices. Payless to Aldo to Dillards for shoes, Forever 21 to Express to things like Ann Taylor and Banan Republic. All the department stores and things like that are here, good food court with healthy options.
If you’re not going to be shopping locally, this is where you are coming for clothes.

Well for this being the only REAL mall in Tallahassee it is pretty good. The stores are average, which means it is hard to find anything unique in Tally…
Fav stores Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, Wet Seal. Traffic, etc
Bad Stores Toy Store, Shoe store in the upper level, Dollar store?
Most of the people that work for the mall like the attendants and security guards are all super nice and helpful!
It is kept pretty clean. It just gets a little messy and crowded in the food court. But the places in the food court are all good. There is a Tropical Smoothie, McAllisters, a spanish/​chinese place, a Taco place, DQ, Cookie place, Chik Fil A, 2 Chinese places, Sbarro, and Buffalo Wings and CO. All of the food is good and workers are usually pretty nice!
There are a lot of kiosks in the mall for cell phone accessories, sandals, jewelry, phones, hair products, pictures, etc.
Overall, it is a good mall. Simple with your average depart stores and shopping needs but a good place for Tallahassee shopping!

This is the only real mall in Tallahassee. Typical retail stores that you see in most malls. It is very clean, bright with natural sunlight flowing through.
Water fountains, food court, easy to find stores, two levels. They do a great job with the cleanliness of the mall areas. Most of the stores are also very nice. Great to walk around and enjoy an afternoon for some shopping. If you are visiting the area, this is a must stop shopping destination.
Macy’s, Dillards, major big box wing stores. Would like to see more boutique’s one day, instead of your typical chain stores.