10/28/08

Better choices in Los Angeles....Here's my list:

by melinda100

I am a native of LA and this is my least favorite place to go to. They recently "upgraded" parking with automated tickets and no attendants make things worse.

I recommend:

The Westside Pavillion (off Pico & Westwood)~beautiful atmosphere, elegant, great stores

OR, if you want to be outdoors: Century City Mall or THE GROVE in Los Angeles. CC mall is huge and you can easily get lost if you are new.

The Grove is by far many local's favorite with great restaurants, easy parking and a great atmosphere! Also, there are plenty of children's stores, a lawn where kids love to dance & play (they often have musicians perform) and fantastic restaurants.

Hope this helps! : )

• Pros: Close to home, usually can find what you need, convenient
• Cons: Parking is a pain, no atmosphere, nothing outdoors

08/31/08

Go to THE GROVE instead!!!!!!!

by lanasmommy

HORRIBLE, CONFUSING PARKING. You can only park on certain floors and the elevators do not access all of the floors ... you have to go to certain elevators to access certain floors. It's is a horrible, horrible mess. I have shopped there three times now and have hated it every time. I will NOT be going back and can NOT recommend this to anyone. The shops are pedestrian, there are NO children's stores, no toys any where, no play areas and the food court ... the food HORRIBLE. Even the Panda Express had hard, over-cooked entrees with under-cooked veggies ... the sodas were flat and little syrup. I threw that meal away and went to another vendor and the food was worse. I pitched those two meals and headed for Starbucks. Even the Starbucks was a 4 on a scale of 1 - 10, with the line long, the staff curt, my order wrong. The stores are beyond average, NOTHING special. The facility was nothing special, drawn out, 3 or 4 floors of boring, uninspired stores with little to offer ... and nothing new and exciting. There were hard benches to sit on with no atmosphere anywhere. With a location like this, the mall could have been .... SHOULD HAVE BEEN fabulous. Instead ... it was a huge disappointment. What a grim excuse for a mall. Nothing to see, no where to go, nothing for families, terrible food (and a dirty food court in desperate need to cleaning and wiping down) and simply the worst parking in all of LA county. If you want a great shopping experience ... go to THE GROVE. NOW THAT is nice shopping!

• Pros: ABSOLTELY NONE, NOTHING, NADA, ZILTCH
• Cons: What a grim excuse for a mall.

07/16/08

poor customer service

by 1Marina

I was at the Beverly Center yesterday with a few friends. The stores are large and the place is spacious; so although it was crowded, it did not feel crowded. My friends wanted to go into the Louis Vuitton store; I don't care for the bland style (lacking versatility and creativity) but decided to engage their interest by keeping them company since they are likely to buy something. The store was crowded but it did not excuse the salesman's rude horrible energy; his job requires very little in order to be done correctly. He could not be professional enough to get into a case without being unprofessional, rushed, and obviously stressed. I enjoy art and quality but LV is the McDonalds or art and fashion. ..As if it is not bad enough that the store hardly contributes to the betterment of anything but materialism..