I go to Colonie Center regularly, as I get my nails done at Angeleah Nails. It is well maintained and dog friendly with a nice food court on the upper level. Also, with some good snack options. I am a creature of habit and always stop in at Starbucks for my drink inside of the Barnes and Nobles bookstore. I oftentimes go to Macys as well as Sephora for my beauty products. Colonie Center in my opinion is just the right size and not too overcrowded. Love it! read more

I like this mall. Clean, sufficient and not too crowded. Can eat at Cheesecake Factory afterwards or PF Chang... My reason for visiting this mall, they have a J. Crew factory store and I was looking for blazers and T-Shirts, I knew they definitely have sales going on, end of Summer deals and J Crew offers great selections and I like their material. Zara and Eddie Bauer stores also inside. Somehow spent $300 on Tees and a Blazer... lol read more

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Our favorite mall in the area. It is clean the rest rooms are plentiful and there is a nice size family rest room with breastfeeding stations! There are new play rooms available and soon to come an adventure park. The movie theater is the best in the area. There are little car carts to rent that kids can sit in to be occupied while someone pushes. Parking is always tight by the movie theater side but plentiful elsewhere around the mall. read more

Colonie Center mall to my surprise is still very bright and vibrant. It was very packed and lively with all kinds of people on a Saturday night. All the restaurants seem to be just as packed and lively with people. This mall is kept very clean and well kept throughout. read more

Colonie Center - Shopping Centers Near Me - Albany, New York

Five Below - 131 Colonie Center, Albany, NY Shoutout to Kristina - a Rockstar Training Manager! I want to share my unexpectedly awesome experience at this location, thanks to an incredible employee named Kristina, who was visiting from Massachusetts. She is a training manager, and honestly, Five Below is lucky to have her. Here's what happened: By mistake, I accepted a 19-item DoorDash shop for Five Below--thinking it was Five Guys. I dreaded it. My last three Five Below shops at other locations were awful. I'm a professional shopper, and in those stores, items were scattered with no clear layout. It was stressful and time-consuming. But this time, I called ahead to the Colonie Center location to ask if someone could assist me. To my surprise, Kristina herself answered the phone. She was kind, calm, and immediately understood my dilemma. When I arrived, she personally guided me through the shop--something she absolutely didn't have to do. She was beyond helpful and made the experience seamless. Since DoorDash gave me 30 minutes to complete the shop, Kristina used that time to walk me through the store layout and explain how everything was organized. In just that short window, she gave me more clarity and support than I've ever had at any Five Below store. Five Below corporate: Kristina is a gem. If your company plans to keep partnering with shopping platforms like DoorDash or Shipt, consider putting her in charge of store layout strategy or shopper training resources--because she gets it. And she deserves a raise, too. -- A grateful DoorDash shopper ~Katrina read more

Great mall overall. Plenty of things, inside and outside. In the heart of the strip and service is most places was good. Selection was variety and quality. Value was typical. read more

Sadly, disappointing. Not a ton of stores I want to shop in & the open hours online don't match store open hours. And no holiday hours?! Feels like they expect people to shop elsewhere online? read more

Colonie center is located close to interstate 87 and 90 on wolf road which is the place to be for shopping. Colonie Center was recently renovated which included a family lounge facility to provide nursing rooms, changing stations, and a television lounge for shoppers with young children, while food court, and seating areas received modern updates. Colonie Center has been ranked as the Capital Region's 'Best Of' Shopping Center for 12 years in a row, based on a Times Union readers' poll. Colonie Center has over 100 specialty stores which include Boscov's, Macy's, L.L. Bean, P.F. Chang's, Cheesecake factory and Wholefoods to name a few. The mall includes a Regaal cinema theater and is close to the Albany international Airport with a lot of hotels nearby. read more

Colonie Center - Shopping Centers Near Me - Albany, New York

Nice mall. Just the right amount of stores. In a great area. Fine food court. I'm not going to give it under five stars for being a typical mall. read more

Used to thoroughly enjoy Colonie Center versus the other big guy across the way. But after the past two experiences there with a Kiosk business trying to lie and cheat their way into you purchasing a generic flat iron. They are aggressive and theives. They lied about every single thing that came out of their mouths. Sat my daughter down, curled her hair and when they realized we just were not interested in spending $200 on a flat iron, they straightened half of her hair and left the other curly so she looked like an ass. That is just mean. They were foreigners and I just did not appreciate the lying. "The mall is closed so it's time to buy" "You can only buy this today" "It doesn't use heat (yet you can see the steam coming off of it)" " I am a famous hair dresser and this is my tool" wow. Just wow read more

Colonie Center is a good mall to have near by. They have a decent array of shops, department stores, food options, movie theater etc. There is ample parking, assuming you are willing to walk a little, so it is easy to get in and out. This mall is small and easy to navigate, easy to walk from end to end, but you may not find everything you need. There is no longer any type of electronics store, and there are no high-end stores, if that is what you are looking for. I often pop in to go to Torrid, or the post office, get some deals at the Christmas Tree Shop, there is also a defensive driving class that is held here. The movie theater is also nice to have. I do think they need to do some things to keep up with the ever growing Crossgates near by. Add some new stores to replace the large abandoned Sears, add entertainment perhaps, and add more that just a couple chain restaurants. Until then, Colonie Center is a quick in-and-out type of mall. Crossgates would be a better choice for a large variety of shops, food, entertainment, and a fun night out. read more

Great Place, Very Clean, Wide Variety of stores, Pet Friendly seen many Customers bring their dogs with them. All the staff was very helpful & friendly. read more

So much can change in a decade. The last time I reviewed Colonie Center, the movies hadn't arrived, the kids play space was still a feature, and Friendly's occupied a space on the first floor. Now, I find myself at Colonie Center on an almost weekly basis, but it's not to shop in the mall. No, it's to pick up groceries at the Whole Foods which occupies a corner of what once was the Sear's. Periodically, I'll pop in to take care of an errand at the US Post Office. Once I even visited the Spectrum Cable office upstairs, and that's when I signed up for phone service over the cable internet lines running into my house. That was a pretty cool stop at the mall. Less cool are some of the renovations and improvements to the food court. The design was beautiful, but some of the finishes weren't terribly well considered. I noticed within the first week that the upholstery of the banquets was stained from food spills. Overall, I think it's a good thing that the Capital Region has two large malls within a few minutes drive of each other. It keeps competition high, and that's key to making sure neither palace of gross consumerism ends up falling back on its laurels. But Colonie Center remains more of a traditional mall. Beyond the movies, there's not much to do besides eat and shop. Every now and again, there's some kind of event in the atrium. There was some huge Pokemon thing a while back. I've seen a yoga day. There was one unfortunate afternoon when that space was filled with some kind of cute flying rodents being sold to wide eyed kids, who couldn't possibly predict what an awful idea it might be to bring one of those creatures home. More than anything else, I want Colonie Center to continue to thrive so that Whole Foods continues to have a place at the corner of Central Avenue and Wolf Road. It's super convenient, and I would hate to see it move. read more

Went to this mall to go to Macys to buy Estée Lauder customer service was good but buying this product for over 30 years this was the first time I never received a gift after spending over 300$ I'll buy directly from the company or go to Ulta Beauty from now on at least you'll get points very disappointed in Albany NY Macys never again read more

Great giant mall with all new stores. Multiple door entrances. During Co19 the entrances are left open. Nice food court. Friendly sales staff! Review: 5 read more

Colonie Center is a nice alternative to Crossgates. This mall has been updated over the years and now feels more modern. CC features a nice selection of shopping, plus a large multi-floor Macy's. The movie theater above the food court is great, it's hard to imagine a time when this mall was without a cinema. Food court has been updated over the last decade and there are many options to please all palettes. The mall also features Cheesecake Factory, PF Chang's and a couple of other restaurants. There are many comfy seating areas spread throughout the mall with televisions, the perfect spot to leave your shopping companion if he needs a break. The mall is clean and well kept up. read more

It was a wide place to shopping. I liked the professional attitude of the employees. You can find things you need.

Conveniently located near our hotel up in Albany. It was clean, had a good selection of stores and food options. It was the perfect place to kill a couple of hours before our event for the night. We even found a few clothing gems to bring home with us. I can see this being a spot to hang out for the locals. read more

Can you clean the garbage your customers throw by the cemetery fence? My sons there and this is disgusting! read more

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Fun place to shop and for a family to go. They have a play area for younger kids (read kindergartners and belowish) which is nice for parents to sit around in. Very few original stores are still here, the only three I can think of are Sears, Macy's, and Hallmark. It's nice to walk around and not be pushed or feel like I am crowded by other people/kids. Parking can be tricky in the main area(s) but if you are willing to walk a little going towards the outer side of Macy's or any of the other anchor stores is helpful. Food court is typical mall food court, mostly chain restaurants. Nothing spectacular but decent seating and even has some near the window to look out onto Wolf Road. There are some sit down restaurants (Five Guys, Moe's just came in within the last year.) One nice feature that is here is the bathrooms have just been redone in the middle of the mall. There was a family room this area, last I remember, for families to bring in kids that need to be changed or children who are with their parent's and the parent can't take them to the respectable bathroom (parent's understand this roundabout thinking). There is supposedly free wi-fi but it is difficult to connect to. read more

Colonie Center is a very good mall, though not NJ style. But then we live in Upstate, and NJ and NYC have elements we thankfully don't have. It has LL Bean, a nice Macy's, and a Boscov's, plus smaller stores catering mostly to teenie boppers. The Christmas Tree Shop is a great store for a variety of less expensive items. There's also a movie theater. Overall, the mall holds its own. read more

Whoever does the landscaping and maintenance is taking them for a ride, trash in the roads, mulch out of order, twice now no salt in the handicap areas. That landscape guy is laughing to the bank with his big mall check I bet. piss poor job read more

Nice and big mall, I was impressed. It's so different from the central Jersey malls. I would come back for lunch ate at Moe 's to hungry to check in, my bad. read more

I like this mall a lot. And it has certainly changed in the past 12 years. I remember coming here in the afternoon on a weekday in 2005 and visiting jewelry stores (I was looking for an engagement ring) and the place with deserted. There were also little pawn shops and other such things that frequently are found in dying malls. Not anymore! It is vibrant and full of interesting stores... especially for people who don't go to malls for clothes. There are lots of video game and electronic stores, a large bookstore, a pet store, a budget instrument store, the Christmas Tree store (love it), and a food court that seems to always have a diverse choice of food options. The two floors still confuse me at times, but that's okay. read more

Although I'm still not thrilled with this mall, seems this mall is taking some of the feedback and putting some time in bringing in more-trusted brands to their food court. I trust the name Dunkin Donuts, but while my stop in at this Dunkin Donuts in January 2017 (this year) wasn't my absolute favorite (https://www.yelp.com/biz/dunkin-donuts-albany-33?hrid=7QQTFNNL4AdYe0cUOxR1aQ&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) ), I see this mall is trying. I love the fact that there's a Cheesecake Factory here now (https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-cheesecake-factory-albany?hrid=6flfrQlJs3B06Hf-QlS9nQ&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) ). Since I began eating there with some of my dessert cravings, I have really been thanking you for bringing that location in. Now I actually have some place to call a dessert stop at times. Some of your shops still draw me in as a repeat customer to this day. Although the last time I used your L.L.Bean was on a cold and windy February morning of 2016, I still routinely come in and look. I actually had some time to myself over the last few months to actually visit the Christmas Tree Shops by myself (https://www.yelp.com/biz/christmas-tree-shops-albany?hrid=UyYREZg9b5ZWDMKhsqNSUQ&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) ) and had actually seen that this is still cool. (Still wishing my mom wouldn't spend so much of her time and money in there, but it's okay with me now.) The Barnes and Noble seems to always impress me, though their sporadicness with books I'm actually looking for can be sparing. Great stop-in Still not liking that there's still no parking structure here. I don't believe there will ever be a day that this will ever be possible and that I will ever be thoroughly impressed with a two-story mall without one here. However, when I head up there's never much snow or rain in the vicinity, so for now, we'll just have to wait and see what become of this. read more

Colonie Center - Shopping Centers Near Me - Albany, New York

What a great turnaround story! It went from being a second class mall to the one we go to! The movie theater is better, there's Tesla chargers, LL Bean, and Whole Foods. The Macy's also seems nicer here. Ample parking now that Sears is gone. I even enjoy what they've done with the mall itself. The hallways, stairways, and food court all appear cleaner and nicer. read more

Colonie Center is an solid mall. It isn't very big, but it is clean and has some good stores. The security guards here are ridiculous. They are rude and terrible at their jobs. They threatened to kick me out of the mall because I was talking too loud, I'm not joking. Later that day these two groups of kids got into a fight and nothing happened to them. The movie theater here is nice, but the workers are insufferable. The food court is now terrible they replaced Taco Bell with Super Taco and they got rid of Nathan's. The highlights of the mall is Five Guys, Barnes and Nobles, Boscov's, and the movie theater. Overall, Colonie is solid, but it's getting worse. read more

This is my go-to mall when I need a large shopping center. I find that the people tend to be less rude, the shops are rarely overrun (I do try to avoid going during the holiday season) and the movie theater is the best mainstream option in the area. My primary complaints about Colonie Center are the food options (I don't expect much, which is exactly what they offer - not much) and the bizarre layout and escalator/stair/elevator placement. I don't understand why they've laid it out the way they have. They have all the stores I want to shop at and they are convenient to get to, whether by bus or by car. For anyone who complains about the lack of parking, there is *always* parking available on the Macy's side of the store. I know that people are vying for the close spaces, but I just don't understand the mentality of not wanting to walk into the mall, when you'll be walking the entire time you're inside the mall. They claim to offer free wifi, but I have never been able to get connected. I can find the connection, but the login screen doesn't work. I'm not sure why they need me to log in, since it's mall-wide and free for everyone, but... meh... I don't go to the mall to browse the internet. Even though Colonie Center is the mall without a curfew on teenagers, teens are not their primary demographic. With the exception of the movies, you're unlikely to encounter a gang of teenagers and, if you do, they tend to be respectful and minding their own business. I don't find this to be the case at the other mall. The lounge areas are cool, but I've found that they're almost always populated by (old?) men, waiting for their wives. The televisions placed in most of them make it difficult to sit and have a conversation or even just to pull your things together. I tend to opt for the benches scattered around rather than the "watch sports until wifey is done shopping" areas. All in all, they have a bookstore, my stylist, the clothing store I prefer, the best mainstream theater in the area, a post office that's open on the weekends, a decent coffee shop, two game stores and a Radio Shack AND they're on an easy busline. What more could a nerdy girl ask for? read more

This is the better of the two "big" malls in the Albany/Colonie area in terms of stores and accessibility. The parking lot area in front of the more recent additions - Cheesecake Factory and Barnes & Noble - is a bit of a nuisance. I like the face lift that the inside got, particularly the food court. As for the stores - separate reviews. read more

1. No trashy kids on skate boards 2. Quieter 3. Family friendly, great for couples! 4. lovely view 5.no annoying mall rent a cops that badger adults to card them regardless, YEA CROSSGATES..IM HINTING YOU! 6. Superb food court located strategically near the cinema I dont shop for clothes,I shop online for clothes. I only come for the food,SEPHORA,MAC cosmetics and to walk around..pssibly purchase some things here and there. But I dont do clothes shopping here,only high end makeup shopping. I recommend this. read more

Great plaza to get shopping, reading, coffee, and dinner! This place is extraordinarily clean and can get busy especially on weekends and during the holidays. Stay beautiful Colonie! read more

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Albany takes its malls seriously. On a rainy Saturday these places are packed. Come the snow season - fugetaboutit... While not as pleasurable as the larger and more easily assessable Crossgates Mall a decent shopping experience can be had here - once you get in. The traffic is busy - very busy - in the surrounding area. Parking on rainy weekends can be a nightmare as you are challenged for spots. Anchor stores include Macy's & Sears. A nice sized Barnes and Noble provides a much needed relaxed browsing area if a shopping break is required. Regal Cinemas are on-site as well. The Food Court is boringly predictable. Restaurants include the overrated Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang's. Again - once you enter - Colonie Center is fine however larger and more interesting / comfortable shopping experiences can be found elsewhere. read more

It's a decent mall located on Wolf Road. It had quite a few stores. I wish there were more to shop. I don't like the food choices at the Food Court. The prices in the stores were decent. There's a movie theater inside of the mall, I really enjoyed the movie. I would recommend this mall. read more

Middle aged women in minivans are crazy this time of year (Christmas 2008). Cut you off in the parking lot, glare at you, hoover around parking spots and pounce like a cat on prey. I'm making dipping and seasoning oils as Christmas Gifts this year and I wanted to see if I could find some bottles at the Christmas Tree Shop. The worst thing about the Christmas Tree Shop is having to go there. Then, the people that shop there, followed by the low quality garbage the sell there followed by the horrifying fake cinnamon the is currently giving my diarrhea. The mall itself is lovely inside. Beautiful tile and fireplaces. They have all the standard stores and shops. I think this is the best mall in the area if you like that kind of thing. read more

I rarely go to Crossgates anymore, unless I need to go to Best Buy or the Apple store. Otherwise, the Macy's at Colonie Center has more in stock (at least in the women's and home departments, where I shop) and the Barnes and Noble blows away the Borders competition at Crossgates -- open until 11pm: that's my kind of bookstore. The biggest problem with Colonie Center is the parking -- the entrances on Wolf Rd. funnel you to the areas with the least amount of spaces. And, that section of Wolf Rd. is awful during the holidays because Toys R Us plugs up the traffic. I just learned that the Colonie Center post office is open until 8pm on Saturday night. That alone gives the mall another star! read more

I'm not a fan of malls. But they are what they are, and this one fills the gap nicely. Always compared to it's larger sibling down the road, after the renovation a few years ago it's not a bad place to walk around. Plus, the Macy's here is pretty good. read more

This was my favorite of the two major malls in the Captial Area. The Macy's was more "fancy", the theater was awesome with decent concessions. Love the L.L. Bean store. Go my bed from the Sears there. Sephora is there. Too bad traffic is a nightmare. This mall gets crowded fast. read more

In the interest of full-disclosure: I don't much care for malls. I'm an in-and-out sort of girl and crowds make me nauseous. That said: given the choice between Colonie Center and Crossgates, Colonie is a clear winner. The stores I enjoy most are all here: Barnes & Noble, Sephora, GameStop, Jay St., Victoria's Secret, Macy's, fye and Charming Charlie's. The movie theatre is also newer and has roomier, more comfortable seats to enjoy. Only the lackluster food court keeps it from 5 stars. Until Crossgates puts in a bookstore or fixes their schizophrenic fire alarms, I'm sticking with Colonie. Less hustle and bustle, a lot more peace of mind. read more

I love Colonie Center. This is also the only mall that my mom (who really hates malls) will venture into. It is usually far less crowded than Crossgates and has a lighter, airier feel to it, with more natural sunlight and open space. My favorites here include Macys, Express, NY & Co. and Christmas Tree Shops. read more

There are two major malls in Albany, NY and out of those two Colonie center is much better place. It has a nice selection of stores. My favorites are L. L. Bean, Bose store and Boscov's. There are plenty of other options to choose from. The place is large and does not feel very congested most of the time. There is a nice place for children to play in the middle, a plus for parents who want to keep them busy. Restaurants are okay. Movie theater is nice and the cafeteria now has five guys burgers. read more