We've been coming to the Village since it opened one Winter many many years ago. At that time,…read morethere were not a lot of shop but look today. Holy Moly! Whether to relax, dine, or shop, there's something for everyone at the Village

I've been in Idaho for a week now and decided to check out one of the popular malls recommended by…read morethe locals. This place was really nice. With a ton of shops, restaurants, and entertainment to choose from, it was hard to make a selection. A lot of them had great sales going on too. Service was great at each of the stores I shopped in. I thought the value was great too cause tax % is much lower here than Cali.

I remember vividly my first time at the Boise Spectrum. It was the late 90's. I watched the…read moreTitanic. It was packed with so many people. I had a Pronto Pup with a prickly pear lemonade. My friends and I were checking out all the boys. It will forever be one of my favorite core memories. You came here on the weekends to watch the latest movies. You hung out at Game World and played video games for hours, wasting your money for tickets to get cheap prizes. You drank hot chocolate at Moxie Jave whole you were waiting for your ride to show up. It was the ultimate hot spot! But, with time and the direction of growth heading towards Meridian, this venue has really slowed down. It was sad at one point, seeing how many businesses left this venue and moved on. Movie Java ended up turning into another coffee shop. That space is now taken over but completely different business now. CK Hawaiian is gone. It truly is sad to see a part of my youth slowly disappear. I did attend hair school in this complex in 2015. That was the first time I was in this area again. They remodeled the venue. Added umbrellas and more seating. A lot of upgrades were made and it was looking really fresh. Thursday thunder was introduced on Thursdays which was a great way to get people here. Live music, restaurants selling food and vendors to check out. It was a fun way to hang out and be in the sun. I hope that the local businesses in this venue stay put. The pizza joint is so good! I survived hair school eating pizza for lunch. The Creperie has the best Nutella and banana crepes. Be Thai pushes out such good Thai food. I have seen too many local businesses leave this venue and we need to support them so that they can stay. I hope more adventures bring me into this area so I have a reason to be here. I want to be able to create more core memories at this venue now and in the future.

Great mall/area with lots of lodging and food options. There's a small, outdoor bouncy-floored…read moreplay area for the kids and a nice fountain. There used to be a small video arcade here, but I was disappointed to find that it had closed last time I was here. The movie theater and Imax are still going strong though. Legends is always a must-stop.

This is for Bill, on the maintenance crew at Boise Town Square: On a Wednesday afternoon, I was…read morewalking through the mall, looking for a store and trying to get my bearings. A maintenance guy ( pushing a trash can/cart with tools--clearly on his way somewhere) stopped, very politely said, "May I help you ma'am?" And then gave me perfect directions. I was SUPER IMPRESSED, on so many levels. First, that he even noticed me AND second, paid enough attention to see I was obviously looking for something. NEXT, that he stopped to help. And of course, he was polite, courteous, and just....went above and beyond. I was so blown away I asked his name: Bill. Thin, white, a bit of grayish facial hair? Ball cap. Perhaps anywhere between 45-60? Bill is awesome, and an excellent representative of the facility and company.

Macys, JCPenney and Dillards are the anchor stores in this Ball with a big H&M as well. It didn't…read morelook too busy there weren't many cars here because they're all at In-N-Out Burger.

This shopping center is beautiful and has SO much potential! I prefer this theater to all the…read moreothers in the area. It is clean and never crowded...but that's also why it's sad. This shopping center is a ghost town. The theater and JC Penny's are the only anchors. There is a Bronco shop, a Shoe Carnival, and a kids playdate center, but other than that it is all vacant. If you open, they will come! People around here are eager for more shopping! I'm not sure if the rent is extreme and that is what is keeping retailers out, or what, but it could easily be the next Village at Meridian! I hope to see it grow.

The Ross isn't my favorite one (see the Ross reviews) but it's more reasonably-priced for the name…read morebrand stuff my one teen wants and it's open late. I rarely go to or in the mall otherwise except when my older disabled friend wants a ride to the Jo-Ann Fabric store. The Northern Lights cinema closed at least a year ago so there's not even that draw, but I can barely afford to buy a few new things for my kids occasionally (so they don't feel neglected), and one way I afford it is by very rarely going to movies or eating out, and usually to Reel on $1 Tuesday. The Dollar Tree isn't actually in the mall and it's a good thing because I'm rarely there when the other stores are open. The Big 5 entrance is outside and I go there only occasionally if the children need a pair of basketball shoes, etc., but I like the store and it's not packed with people when I've gone.

Literally the worst Starbucks I've ever been to. It's the closest to my house and I will drive…read morefurther to Northside to get a good coffee. EVERY TIME I go here instead to save time, they make my drink wrong! EVERY SINGLE TIME! If you want to be disappointed consistently, go here.

We are new to the Kuna area and my wife stumbled across Bi Mart and now we are complete regulars…read more The only quirky thing is their membership card which 1/2 the time no one checks for. It's not like Costco where you need it ti checkout and kinda pointless. Outside of that this place is a one stop shop for just about anything. From camping, fishing, guns, ammo, TV/electronics, food and tons of name brands, clothes, wine, beer, pharmacy, lawn and garden equipment, cleaning essentials and the list goes on and on...the employees are also super friendly and helpful especially in the fishing/sporting goods section. I find myself coming here at least once a week to look at their weekly specials and just exploring....great place!

The staff are soooo nice and helpful. Even the customers are friendly and don't seem stressed out…read more Nice selection of various products. Nice clean store

The cafe on the second floor of this three floor building has been open in "soft" mode for a couple…read moreof weeks. But it and the entire building will have GRAND OPENING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, with ribbon cutting about 4:30. So heads up, if you haven't yet been to the TechMall to check it out, that would be a very good time to go. My husband and I had a chance for personal tour of all three floors of the building and while it may be too early to say "five stars" given this butterfly is just starting to emerge, it sure is hard to say anything but "woohoo" for the chutzpah that led to this vision and the tenacity of three men, including the principal in the mix who owns a Boise computer buisness, that made this happen. THE CONCEPT: The basic idea is to cluster smaller tech businesses and those with a vision for same under the same roof to nurture those in early stages and beyond. I guess that is in the theory of a rising tide raising all boats. Even for we whose working days in technology businesses are now in our rear view mirror, like my husband and me, this was a pretty fun place to tour and wish we were thirty years younger to participate. THE CAFE: It was also a darned good place to share a good pizza and enjoy an excellent Americano in the second floor cafe while using their 1000mb free wifi to get some work done in between vendor meetings for a home building project. (Not a typo...one thousand.) They have seating in two areas; in the dining area and in a bar that will have a beer 'vending machine' wall as well as wine and, no kidding, Oxygen service. (For the latter, just emerging as 'cool' when I was still working a million years ago, is it still?) THE BUILDING SET UP: 1st floor - a showroom that will highlight vendors if exisiting products and new inventions 2nd floor - cafe with good food (sandwiches, wraps, salads, pizza), excellent coffee, top notch service (order at counter it is delivered to your table) and lightening fast wifi. (The fastest in the Treasure Valley outside of Micron's building we hear.) 3rd floor - Includes a conference room (which I hear will be free to use) and offices for up and running businesses (like a web site development company) as well as marketing, legal and financial experts who are available as resource for fledging busineses. Butterfly emerged from crysalis, it will be good to see how it can fly. There is good karma in this. We wish them all the best. THIS N THAT: 1) PARKING: In lot. 2) ACCESSIBILITY: Accessible parking outside door. Level in and throughout. Elevators between floors. Cafe has standard height seating as well as high seating. 3) BUSINESS CARDS: There is a big display in the lobby where one can, after checking in with the TechMall's marketing director on the third floor, put cards for one's business. Similarly, one can pick up the cards here for other companies. It made me smile to realize business cards survive through every level of advancing technology! 4) NETWORKING MEETINGS: Take place on Wednesday evenings, either once a month or weekly. Check in with the info desk on the first floor or the marketing office on the third for more information.

I was fortunate enough to be afforded a private tour of Boise TechMall prior to their grand…read moreopening. I found myself thinking: I can't believe this is in Boise! I found myself saying: That's so cool! A lot. (I really need to find more phrases to express awe and fascination. Seriously.) That said, Boise TechMall is really just so very...cool. The first floor is designed to be a sort of high-tech trade show experience. The highlights for me were: 3D printer. While I was there, it was printing intricate chess pieces. The detail was astounding. Serious whoa factor. Evengreen Technology has an interactive display. It wasn't in place while I was there, but was under construction and the vision was explained to me. The coolest part of the display is that there will be a way to use their solar calculator tool. If you haven't done this, you need to. I was astounded at how affordable solar technology is today. Basically, by providing your address and current monthly power costs--they will estimate how much solar installation will cost you. For my home, the cost of the payment to finance solar wasn't any more than our current power costs! Serious wow factor. The second floor is their Innovative Design Center (website creation, graphic design, app development, SEO implementation) and is home to the Boise TechCafe and The HotSpot. The TechCafe has a full coffee bar in addition to cafe food. It would be easy to overlook the cafe by assuming the usual coffee house ho-hum eats. I don't think that is the case here. Word on the street is that the chef at the TechCafe is seriously legit. The coffee bar slings Caffe D'arte coffee (nice!). And, there's plenty of space for you to work with outlets situated where you sit. No crawling under tables, over feet, and and around table legs in search of an outlet. This is a TECH cafe. It caters to the laptop toting among you. You know who you are. This, my friends, is your oasis of productivity. The HotSpot is home to Boise's first ever automated beer wall. I feel as though no other words are necessary here. Automated. Beer. Wall. Also on the 2nd floor is The Viewfinder which offers professional photography and videography They have a great little studio with walls and door lined with sound proofing foam in order to do videography onsite. The third floor is their Business Solution Center. They have everything an entrepreneur would possibly need to turn the vision for their business into a reality. They have business planning services, certified accountants, attorney services, financial services, and marketing development. Plus, a pretty sweet training/conference center. I could go on and on--but, really, you just need to go check it out! Did I mention the automated beer wall? Get to it!

This is, by far, one of my favorite stores. Prices are outrageously low and the owner/manager is…read morevery courteous and polite. Also animal friendly

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This may sound simplistic but it's a Dollar Tree. :-) There's nothing in here over a dollar and…read moresome things that are a little less. Candy bars typically. What I appreciate about this store is they have been great about getting balloons filled quickly - some of the other Dollar Trees I've been to have you pay for it and then you have to wait until somebody is available to have your balloons filled. This can take a long time. Yeah it might be a little silly but when you're used to doing a lot of birthday parties and balloons are part of those parties it's important! Downside to this store is their size. It's definitely smaller than most of the other Dollar Trees in the area.

Why do you have a cashier blowing their nose in the middle of transactions and proceeding without…read moreany hygiene? Cynthia at the front register on 1/2/25 at 4:32pm blew her nose and handled our things without sanitizing. That was disgusting. It is literally flu season Not only that, but if it was a time thing, maybe she shouldn't be the only cashier with over 10 people in line