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Category: Shopping Centers
Neighborhood: Union SquareMon-Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Lov lov Westfield!
It's convenient to reach to, shop at, eat at and catch up on movies. I could create a daily routine aorund the Westfield mall for the conveniences it provides :)
PS:minus a star as it can get crowded during the weekends and also cause there was a panic alarm a few weeks ago where we were asked to vacate the mall..
This is a 7 story mall located downtown with Nordstrom's as it's flagship. Large amount of shops with something for everyone, all price ranges.
The escalators in here are floating out in the air, all the way up to the 7th floor. I'm afraid of heights, and it was quite a feat that I rode them all the way up, but I did ride the elevator down.
please note:you MUST wear comfortable shoes and be ok with lots of people and be a shopper
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this mall is amazing i love the selection and the wide verity of stuff BTW the Bristol farms market FAVORITE!!! store in the mall looooovvvveee it!
i recommended to people who love to shop
This place is pretty impressive. It's enormous and it's nice and it's totally pretentious. But I am going to a mall, not to the Lourve. I know this is San Francisco, but isn't there enough hoity-toity shit at Union Square? Can't we just have a normal mall with normal stores?
I hate to sound country, but where I come from, a girl could go to the mall and come away with purchasing a simple dress shirt without selling a kidney. Not even ONE store with some simple, inexpensive shit? I know your anchors are Nordstom and Bloomingdales, but you have 7 floors and plenty of locals on non-tourist budgets, so would it kill you to throw us a frickin' bone?
And seriously, the kiosk people with their samples are far too aggressive: I'm not at a midway, and I don't care to win your giant stuffed monkey (read: makeup/beauty product/coupon/whatever). I already am not a fan of shopping, and after 7 floors of this fatuous shrine to conspicuous consumption and being bombarded with free samples and makeovers and trials and on and on, I felt like sitting in the corner and rocking.
Minus another star for their ridiculous food court. This is a MALL. They have a market down there that rivals Gelson's in LA for high price/snotty points. Their eateries remind me of an amalgamation of what you would find in a remodeled airport terminal and a museum cafe. It is overpriced, obnoxious, and takes itself far too seriously. I wandered down there thinking I would get some $6 burrito, since that is something I can kinda count on when I shop. Try again. Expect to pay airport/museum prices for shitty mall food. What a joke.
This place is just super for shopping for overpriced anything. I hear Target is coming to the Metreon. As much as I hate big-box stores, I'll be happy if the dollars I may potentially spend there on a reasonable work shirt are in direct competition with the snobby, bloated bullshit of this place.
This place is gigantic. Ton's of people usually but never feels crowded. There are sooo many stores I still have not seen them all. The decor is pretty cool and the couches that are around are pretty comfortable. You will know what I mean after walking around this place forever. Kinda confusing trying to find stuff due to it's size, but it's a fun place to spend time at shopping. BART is right there to so really easy to get here.
This place used to be called San Francisco Shopping Center. They have few high end stores which I enjoy. Very large mall with multiple floors and just in the recent years, they added a movie theater. Having food court is a plus too.
They have all the good stuff. J-crew, Martin + Osa, True Religion, Kiehl's, Aritzia, Huge Abercrombie and everything preppy with cool sales. I'm not blown away with the merchandise, but they do have varieties. Also, all the salespeople were so sweet and helpful. That's about it - it's a big mall, so walk around and grab a bite at the fabulous food court if you're starving. Just be careful of the salesgirls offering you free samples in front of the escalator. They will ask for your two minutes and that pretty much turns into twenty minutes until you buy something from them. There, I warned you!
The grocery store and the food court is lovely, though. Go get the gigantic deep dish pizza from the Bristol Farms Grocery store; then you can have yummy cold pizza for breakfast!
I really like the food court there because there are many choice if you are stuck and trying to think what you want for lunch you can browse around or just sit there to wait for your stomach to tell you!
As for shopping, most people window shops until there is a big sale then everyone will be so happy to part with their money. The cheap and cheerful H&M is there, the popular Mango and Zara are also affordable. There are plenty of stores to explore and it caters for all age group. I am just trying to remember the name of this very nice coffee shop I went to.... argh can't remember lol... I'll find out soon I promise. In the meantime, let's go catch a movie at Centre 9 lol..!!
OK, Socal and specifically OC folks. Time to do a C and C (compare and contrast). But this is for anyone who's reading this, of course.
This time, we will use the (in)famous South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa (for readers that never watched the OC) as our basis of comparison.
This leviathan of a mall, and I'm lost on the concept if there's even a difference between a shopping center and a mall. I always thought the word "mall" had something to do with shape. A cube came to mind. Whatever, I know that's not right but it stuck to this day.
This place is a landmark on Market Street and Powell. Right across is the boarding dock/long line for the cable cars headed to Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf. Next to that is the Visitor's Info Center, for all you tourists out there.
The same in:
Both Large and seemingly endless
Both elegant and affluent
Both are well-lighted
Differences:
There is a Bristol Farms in here. Yes, a supermarket, for all your grocery needs. Sure, you pay a premium for shopping at a Bristol Farms, but one pair beats no pair, yeah?
This place connects to the Powell Station for both the BART and the MUNI. How cool is that?
A central food court exists in this one, plus a spattering of food places located all over. In South coast, I don't recall a food court, unless they placed one there recently. This one also has a theater within. Can't recall how many screens it has.
This one is larger (at least 5 floors), and, dare I say it, more majestic. Larger space, more stores, yeah?
This mall has people handing you free samples, and you can't help but avoid them. I don't recall free sample folks at the Plaza. These people do their job, and you do yours, and that equates to saying no.
Conclusion:
It's hard to put apples and oranges (pun intended) together and then compare them. I think of the bigger brighter SF Shopping Center as the more buff and less pretentious cousin of the South Coast Plaza.
Interesting Note:
I saw 3 separate Abercrombie and Fitch stores in this place. Does this place really need 3, even one of this size? I understand we're in Cali, and the store endorses a certain look and lifestyle befitting Cali folk but I think 3 stores is overkill, yeah?
I like this shopping center, it's a beautiful place to hang out, but so many of the stores aren't places that I shop at. I don't know anyone who has bought anything at Bloomingdale's, I'm surprised they haven't gone out of business. There supermarket that's located on the bottom floor is so expensive as well. I bought a breakfast once at their buffet, and it came out to $16. All I had were 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, and fruit. You can usually find what's at this shopping mall somewhere else, for much cheaper.
Woah this place is designed beautifully. Winding escalaters and numerous floors, it makes you feel like you are in some sort of unrealistic world. The stores they have are perfect for those that have money and they have a varied selection to choose from. The food court offers healthy options and restaurants you have never heard of before and the mall is large enough so you aren't breathing down everyones necks. A cool experience if you take a trip to the city!
Oh, Westfield Shopping Centers, how I hate you.
I hate your high-end shops, I hate your expensive mall eateries, I hate the pretentious, superficial people I always see at you.
To be fair, were I rich, 5'11 and a size 2, I would most likely love Westfield. But I'm not, not and not, so I just end up feeling poor, fat and frumpy amongst all the people with their stupid Nordstrom bags and their $10 lattes.
Yeah, no thanks.
I had been to San Francisco quite a few times before I accidentally discovered this amazing shopping centre. I got off at my usual Powell St stop and took a wrong turning at the BART station and thought I had gone through the looking glass or down the rabbit hole!
I had walked into the wonderful food court on the lower level and perhaps it's the highest praise to say that I didn't realise it was a mall food court. Full of original and different dining options to the usual cheap and pile 'em high food outlets.
Then it dawned on me that it was a shopping mall and I was amazed that I never even knew this place existed even though I get off at Powell and head to Union Sq often.
I love the main restaurants, the shops, the big dome, cinema but especially the curved escalators - unique in my experience. I even took my sister and parents specially on them on our recent visit to the USA.
A great place to shop, dine and be entertained and right next to the BART station.
This mall is awesome to hang under the dome and read / people watch. You basically have everything you can ever want here.
I thought our local retail emporium, Lakewood Mall, in sunny Southern California, was the end-all, be-all of shopping when they opened a Costco in their location. "Holy fuck", I thought to myself. "I can scarf down two chicken bakes and shop for jeans at the same time!" Imagine my surprise when I discovered this location has a Bristol Farms.
iSanta Madre En Los Cielos!
That's right, you bougie motherfucker. You can purchase blocks of pâté the size of bricks and cave-aged Italian cheeses while you shop for clothes. I mean, who doesn't want a BFs bag that smells like banyard sex dangling dangerously close to a swanky peacoat?
Not only does this motherfucker have a four-level Bloomies, but it also has an H&M, several other haute couture shops and boutique-y stores. It's in a beautiful location and has a ton of other cool shit. The only thing I don't like is that fucking Rite Aid located just outside this mall. It's like a hairy mole on a pricey hooker. No, Gracias.
I come to the Westfield all the friggin time! Why?
1) easy access from work
2) Rubios!
3) people watching - there are some amazing freaks and hot fellas here!
4) Bloomies - I cannot afford even a pair of socks here - but it's fun to touch everything.
5) the movies upstairs
6) Beard Papa!
Some of it's downfalls?
a) too crowded
b) the homeless guys "bathing" in the men's room
c) gangs of giggling pre-teens
d) Beard Papa - oh my waistline!
This is one of the most beautiful malls I've ever seen! Elegant and clean, from it's decorative ceiling to it's ornamental floor, this place is like the Taj Mahal of shopping centers.
They have a plethora of high-end shops and eateries, interspersed with inviting lounges full of cool chairs (really! they're pretty awesome, and colorful, too!). They also have a massive movie theater on the 5th floor where I saw UP in 3D. Cool!
All and all, this is really just a cool place to meander around if you're feeling bored + eager to spend excessive $$$ in the financial district.
This is right in front of the BART terminal which is awesome! This place is big and they even have a little lounge/rotunda area on the top floor with an awesome skylight! There is an open piano free to the public.
The best thing about this mall is the foodcourt! The selection was amazing! I've never even heard of half the food vendors here! There is also an asian fusion restaurant just off to the side of the court which I thought was part of it.
Price is a little high.. this is the city after all.
I still remember the old Emporium and all its glory back in the days. Fast forward...I'm very happy that they kept the dome and brought its glory back. It's the heart of the mall and they captured it beautifully with the open seating area directly under the dome with the natural sun light streaming in...it's so calming and serene, imagine that in a shopping mall.
Excellent mall with the best damned food court I have EVER seen in a shopping center - they have Beard Papa, Catch, and let us not forget Bristol Farms!
Nice Cinemark theaters and plenty of really top notch stores.
Pretty, elegant, not too crowded, and great BART access.
Hell, I was rain-soaked and probably not looking too sexy and the people in Bloomingdales were still friendly - the dicks in at the Bloomies in New York weren't even friendly when I was dressed in Armani!
A good choice of shops, this is how malls should be!
It can get a little confusing and u might get lost because the way the escalatos and the stores are positioned.
I love the hello kitty store, it has a bigger selection than the other ones I have been to =)
This place has a lot of great shops, but the escalator situation in the rounded part of the mall is ridiculous. I realize that you want us to walk around the mall a bit more to see the shops and trick us into buying more, but there's a much cleaner way to go up a floor, and you're definitely not doing it.
Right when you get off BART at Powell Station, to your left and there's Westfield Mall. When I first saw this mall, I was like, "HOLY S***!!! This mall is 7 stories high!!"
If anyone shops for a passion, this is a MUST COME mall! With no doubt can this place satisfy all your needs of clothes, clothes and MORE clothes.
Btw, I LOVE the restaurant call Nordstrom at the top floor. You get to look down and see ant size cars. haha
This damn mall is like 8 flrs and it goes in circles!!!! WTF!!!! so i was goin up the escalators and i would look up and get dizzy. I could only take it to the 3rd flr, then i was like F*CK THIS Sh!t!!!!! Especially with my @ss bein afraid of heights!!!! That was a damn death wish for me!!!! i walked out this place and headed to Forever 21.
I loved window shopping at the Westfield. It's probably a good thing I had misplaced my wallet in the hotel room, because I really didn't have the discretionary income to spend here.
The five story Nordstrom's was impressive. I hate to admit, but I wasn't impressed by the Kenneth Cole; it was a smaller outpost with mainly shoes and accessories. Not that I don't like his shoes, but I was hoping to try on some clothes.
Just when I thought I was done walking the floors, what did I see? A path that led to a second half. We didn't spend much time in the second half, but we did stroll through the food court and I was in awe.
With rare, difficult to find stores (such as Zara), pretty much any kind of shopping you could imagine, endless upstairs escalators to more and more stores, locals mingling with tourists, and great places to eat, how could you not love this place? One of the best malls out there to power-shop all day. And this is coming from someone who doesn't normally like shopping that much.
This is a gorgeous mall! Very nice and pristine..Marble floors and it looks like a mall i've been to in Dubai but located in the heart of San Francisco. if you are shopping in Town Square this Shopping Centre is a MUST!
I don't get to the city too often, and if I do it's to eat and not shop. I ran into this place by accident when I recently took BART and got off at the Powell St, station.. Wow! This place goes on and on! So many floors and each one I would find a favorite store of mine..
I mean seriously...what more could a person want out of a mall? I grew up in Modesto where the shopping was abysmal to say the least. Its idea of a great store was Abercrombie & Fitch (wretch).
Sure this mall is too crowded on the weekend and is swarming with out-of-towners, but that's what makes living here in SF so fabulous; you can pop over anytime on Monday through Friday and avoid a lot of that.
I will definitely be making it over before the holiday season comes to a close.
Although I visited Union Square & the SF Shopping Centre many times during my undergrad years at Cal, it wasn't till senior year that I realized that there are 2 halves to this place! Coming out of the Powell BART station, I only ever went to the stores in the Nordstrom half of the mall -- Victoria's Secret, PacSun, American Eagle, food court, etc.
Imagine my surprise & delight to find all that the other side had to offer -- especially the GORGEOUS rotunda with the cushy couches & shiny tables.
I only wish I'd found it sooner... though my bank account is probably glad for it.
Took my niece here this weekend and it was Fabulous, you have to be in the mindset to shop because this mall..oops "Shopping Centre" is very big..maybe a little too big...you can take Bart right to the front door (exit Powell Street)which is a huge plus. I ate for the first time at the food court and felt very good about my choice (there are a lot) and my dining experience was nice. I have been here many many many times and did not realize that there is a Big Movie Complex in the "centre"... It is a great place I wish I could shop here all the time...I did have to leave the Centre to (1) get some fresh air and (2) to visit Macy's and the Nike store..
Frankly, I'm too lazy to review one store in this place, so I'm just going to do the whole mall, because it certainly was an interesting experience yesterday.
So I was looking for something to wear to a V.I.P. thing, and had something very clear in mind. Clearly, I wanted to look hot without looking like a hooker. Clearly, I came to the wrong place.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very, very lucky to be tall and sorta skinny and WORK MY TUSHY OFF to stay that way. That way meaning in shape. Do you know how hard it is to find a LBD that isn't frumpy and will show off some of my hard work? I know it's not the holiday season, or the Black & White Ball, but seriously?
My first stop was Bloomie's. While I love this store and how cool it makes me feel to carry around my Medium Brown Bag, but it seriously almost gave me an epileptic fit on the design. Other than the cosmetics and the denim, I can't find anything in this place. Mostly because I really DO have A.D.D. and get overwhelmed. And I'm looking for one specific thing, not just to browse. And I don't have a billion dollars, either. All my money goes to shoes and cookies, sadly.
Next stop is Express. I know I'm too old for this place, but sometimes I find cute things. Sadly, this was not one of those times, and there were a bunch of lame ass kids getting in my way, and a woman trying on a leopard print fuzzy jacket. She looked like a taller, uglier, fatter assed Charo, and the salesperson told her she looked FABULOUS. Oh he's going straight to hell for that one, because she was in her mid-40's and had even less business being there than I did. I also wondered when this store went down the toilet, because their fabrics are crap.
Moving on to Bebe. Again, probably too old, but I have had some luck here in the past. The silky red top in my pic? Bebe...5 years ago. ANYHOW, little side story- there was this high roller guy who used to come in to the casino where I worked with his "friends" Bambi and Candi or whatever their names were, and they were CLEARLY bought. Nice girls, but not an ounce of style. The dresses here reminded me of them. Next time I'm down on my luck, I'm going to spend the rest of my hard earned dollars here and hoof it to Polk Street. My goal was to look hot slutty, not slutty slutty.
On to Nordstroms...ugh. I hate tourists.
What I like about this mall- the light, open space feel of it.
What I hate about this mall- everything else.
Do NOT accost me, kiosk guy. If I want to be practically molested by a douchebag, I'll go on a date.
Recalibrate those touch screens. I want "B," not "P." What is it with places I go to and their electronics?
Bonuses- homeless lady on the 4th (I think) floor near Zazil shouting at people.
Although after this excursion, I felt like shouting at people and wielding a sharp object. And I still found nothing in this giant hole of consumerism. I must have looked extremely angry (or maybe homeless as well), because not ONE salesperson offered to help me. Which is usually a good thing, but today I needed help.
Clearly.
Another place to take your friends if you are playing "tour guide." Park at the parking lot at Mission and 5th St. They charge about $3 per hour so don't stay too long. Enter in from Bloomingdale's and use their bathrooms before you enter the mall because they have the nicest and cleanest bathrooms in the whole place.
So there is basically the Bloomingdale's side of the mall and the Nordstrom's side of the mall. The Bloomingdale's side is the more "pricey" stores so be warned.
After all the walking you have wasted in this wonderful mall go down the the food court on the Bloomingdale's side and enjoy one of the best food courts you'll ever find in a mall. Do not get lost and go to the food court at the Nordstrom's side.
Tons of stores! Having a little one I love the "family lounge" complete w/ private nursing suites, a single-person restroom, comfy couches, changing tables and even a microwave! Other malls need to pick up on this.
The elevators could be a bit larger, although it would help if people saw an elevator full of strollers and WAITED for the next one rather than jamming themselves in!
This might possibly be the hardest mall to locate the restroom.
This might be on purpose given the mall's location in the epicenter of the tourist shopping district.
ok so here goes.
I still can't get over the fact that Westfield has their name on this.
I mean we've all experienced some shitty Westfields so I was pretty surprised when I walked in.
I agree with most, its totally a tourist hot spot, they must of printed new SF travel books with this as a bullet point, tooonnnsss of people walking around with no idea where they are.
I remember when I randomly stepped inside and realized it was their grand opening, tons of people lined up at Bloomies to add #198349389 credit card to their wallet, oh and they threw in a free umbrella, mmmmm
anyway, if your in the area with no purpose (and like people) it would be good exercise.
It does have some pretty good restaurants for a Westfield mall.
most stores are above average and some are just plain crap (ie a SOCK STORE??!)
You have to go at least once.
All of my friends are really into the Urban Outfitters up the street, so I'm usually chilling up on the fourth floor under the dome while I wait for them. What can I say? These days I'm more into hanging out on the white couch next to some grimey old man who's probably been sleeping there for the past 4 hours than buying cute outfits. No wonder I dress like a 15 year old boy these days.
Minus one star because I went to the bathroom and one of the stalls (of course the one I choose) had a huge brown shitstain on the wall. NASTAY.
not the biggest mall, but it has all the shops/ stores you'll need.
Not super crowded, except on a Saturday afternoon.
good restaurants/ eateries, including Out the Door, Straits, Bristol Farms and a really good food court
This mall rocks!
First of all you can take BART here.
Then you got SF Soup Co., which is the shit. I truly could eat here every day. The balsamic dressing that comes with the spinach salad is by far the greatest dressing I have ever had in my entire life.
Bloomies. I'm a girl...enough said. And they sell J Brand which makes little girls like me look pretty damn good.
And the Borders in this mall carries the book Hot Chicks with Douche Bags. It was worth the long trip to the top floor to be able to chuckle for a good 15 mins. What can make me happy? Laughing at Douche bags in a glorious mall.
Respect the Westfield.
This place is pretty cool!! Very convenient and easy to get to if you take BART, put a pain if you drive into the city as it is hard to find parking. Before it became a Westfield, the mall was already cool with the original Nordstrom wing and the curving escalators. But the mall became 100 times better once they opened the Bloomingdales side. Yes the mall does cater to those with money, which works out for me so I don't have to worry about spending the little cash that I have. But I do like coming here just for the scenery. Love the seating area under the skylight. I can sit for a couple hours and enjoy the whole scene. The food court is also pretty good as it has a different kind of selection than the typical food court staples you find at other malls. I remember getting some Tri-Tip one time which you usually can't find at a mall food court.
As far as Bloomies, cool store even though I can't afford shit in it. I usually just go there to use the restrooms if I have to go #2, as they are clean and way nicer than my own bathroom at home.
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