Upon approaching from Lansdowne I felt a sense of happiness, to see planet fitness gone, only to walk in and see they now occupy a small portion of what remains in the anterior portion of this mall. As someone who grew up frequenting this mall I will miss the clothing stores in the back, I remember buying a lot of my clothing there( in my Gino days) and my first chain that I ever had. But I'm getting away from the point, what Is left isn't really all that nostalgic. Aside from the floor which is the only authentic thing left this place feels like overly gentrified garbage, however looking at it objectively for just a second this will be a good value for those who are buying the condos taking over most of this Landmark. Groceries, pharmaceutical, & pet food at their doorstep. But at a cost to Toronto's cultural landscape. read more

Ok guys, I have to add my two cents about this mall. If you were to go to The Galleria Shopping Centre today for the first time, you would think the mall sucks. You would think that it's dated, dingy, and sometimes smells funny. However, if you have some past connection to this mall, like I do, you will find it strangely endearing. In a time when so many malls are owned by Cadillac-Fairview, and so many malls look exactly the same, it's kind of refreshing to see good old Galleria, still stuck in the 1970s and unapologetically so. I remember going to this mall as a child. I remember when the FreshCo was a Food City, and the Rexall was a Boots (yep, the drugstore chain from the UK, they actually had them in Canada, once upon a time). There was a Towers in this mall (not the record store, but a discount store similar to Target and Kmart). The mall area (not inside the stores, but the common area) looked exactly the same! I remember people would go there and hang out, but not in a sketchy-what-are-they-up-to kind of way, but in a building community and making friends kind of way. They were mostly older men. They wore slacks with their shirts tucked in. They'd drink coffee and talk about life. There was a discount store there (like a dollar store, but prices were more than a dollar) that sold the most unusual things. I saw a Jesus night light there. Twenty years later, I'm pretty sure I saw the same night light. I think it was in a different store, but definitely still in the same mall. Once in a while the parking lot would be closed off and there would be a carnival/fair. With games, rides, and cotton candy. They still do this occasionally. So I heard the mall is set for demolition and the place is going to be redone. I have very mixed feelings about this. I realize that revitalization will likely attract more customers and make the place more money (this kind of nostalgia does not pay bills), but I will really miss the old time charm. So even if you have no sentimental feelings for the mall, it's not that bad, it's a functional mall that's not too crowded, with a grocery store (FreshCo) and a drug store (Rexall). read more

Going through a major change/renovation, obviously it looks more like an ABANDONED MALL today... It would be easy to RIP it, give it 1 star. I'll tell you this much; I loved the open space and photographic options! Plus, I'd take it over YORKDALE or EATON CENTRE anyday!!!! read more

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The Galleria Mall is easy enough to make fun of. God knows that I have: in the six years and several months since I have moved to Dufferin and Dupont, the low-end shops and depressing lighting have regularly featured. The recent closure of the Galleria's Zellers, and the failure of Target to set up a shop in the space vacated, seems to underline a grim fate. (A dollar store next to the Zellers was offering its goods at 10% off.) And yet, the Galleria celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. The Price Chopper has been expensively and impressively remodeled, the LCBO and drug store remain useful, the new Dollarama nice, the smaller stores inside the mall proper and attached outside remain open and apparently still attract consumers, the old Portuguese and Italian immigrants continue to sit on the benches and at the mall's restaurant, treating the place like a community haunt. The place still could stand to be refurbished, but it has a lot of potential and is still a good first place to stop. read more

Its everything I need in a 5 min walk from my place. LCBO Rexal Frescho Planet Fitness Hair cut ( salon G&A) Fabricland Dollorama TD bank The mall look old in the inside but again ... its all about the necessity of what you need. I just wish there would be a juice bar of something a little bit more trendy but I guess it will be coming with time. read more

It's an okay place, not much to do here. Some cheap boutiques selling mostly junk. A rexall and grocery store. read more

This place is sketchy, but that's kind of why I like it. I've seen people drinking directly out of bottles INSIDE the LCBO. I've seen people stealing meat from the Price Chopper. Sometimes the Scientologists offer free stress tests and last week someone was stabbed (as far as I know this was unrelated to Scientology). However, the positives are about on par with the negatives: McDonald's, LCBO, TD Bank, the Pet Valu and the not-yet-built Dollarama. So even though it's half-scary and generally dingy, there are a lot of convenient shopping options in one dilapidated place. read more

It depends on how you feel about ghetto malls. I love them. You know what you can buy at the Galleria? 3D Virgin Mary clocks! There is an almost permanent sports memorabilia booth set up on the weekends. There is also an off-track betting parlour attached to the mall. There are all sorts of useful stores, such as the LCBO, Zellers and Price Chopper. You can buy goldfish too. My only warning to you is to avoid the beauty salon with the bargain eyebrow waxing. They tore off a piece of my eyelid. read more

When I was 7 years old I asked my dad for navy blue jogging pants. We got on our bikes and made our way to Towers at Galleria Mall. He found me some pants and bought them. When we got home we realized they weren't navy blue at all but were in fact dark purple. The Towers is long gone but the lighting hasn't changed so be careful or you may make a similar mistake. I'm intrigued by the "restaurant" in the middle of the mall - it seems to be consistently busy ... but the photos of the food are so discoloured that I feel the food might be equally old. There's also a hair salon that smells like a bad perm I got in 1990 - it's always busy so they must be doing something right. That being said it feels like the more recent changes have been very positive. FreshCo has replaced the old Price Chopper - a nice update with fresher food and a better selection all around. I'm still a little wary of the fresh meats though. The new Dollarama is also a convenient addition. The Zellers was running on economy mode for so long (they didn't even bother turning on half the lights) that it's a good thing it's gone. Other pluses: - LCBO - PetValu - TD Bank The Rexall Pharma Plus is a bit of a mess... I always have trouble finding things in there. Considering how small this mall is it's actually quite busy with people from the community. It's really not that bad a place once you get used to the very dated decor - it's really convenient if you live in the neighbourhood and has the basics - including inexpensive t-shirts, leggings and old school arcade machines. read more

Nothing a good "electrical fire" won't cure. The 2 stars are for the Pet Valu and the LCBO (both of which, it should be noted, don't actually require you to enter the mall. This is a good thing.) The LCBO looks horrible at first glance, but actually has a good selection of Italian and Portuguese wines and Port. Just don't come in looking for French or Californian wine. The Pet Value isn't my favourite pet supply store (there are a few independents in the Junction that I like better), but they're well-stocked and friendly. The inside of the mall itself is dark and dingy. There are a couple of marginally useful dollar/electronics/miscellaneous stuff stores. The place where you can get both a stainless-steel off-brand toaster oven AND a plaster statue of Jesus covered in blood is a special favourite. I wouldn't buy clothes in this mall; they all look flammable. The PharmaPlus is a decent drugstore for its size. The Price Chopper is dismal; dirty, wilted produce, and stocking is apparently done by poorly trained members of one of the lower orders of primates. They are constantly out of staples, especially if they go on sale.Good luck finding what they do have. The Zellers is just awful. Stock is hard to find, the prices are often MUCH higher than Canadian Tire or WalMart, and they will make things extremely difficult if you try to get them to honour their price match policy. The parking lot is huge, virtually empty, and if you are walking through it at night, kind of terrifying. Basically, it's a handy place to pick up wine or cat litter if you live in the neighbourhood. For almost anything else, you're likely better off walking south to Dufferin Mall or West to the Junction. It will be interesting to see what happens once Target takes over Zellers. That could make the mall a place worth going. read more

Unfortunately, this is where shopping malls go to die. Hopefully things will change now with Zellers clearing out their stock and making way for Target to open early next year. Outside of Zellers, Price Chopper, Rexall, and the LCBO there isn't really much here. There's a Royal Le Page which I can never tell if it's supposed to be a storefront where you can meet with a realtor or just advertising for places for sale. Either way, they're not doing a good job. There's a handful of other independent stores that cover the electronics, clothing, and dollar categories among a few others. read more

Dismal. Ugly interior primarily inhabited by worn looking old people and shady looking characters. The Zellers is quite small. Parking set-up is inconvenient. The center area of the mall has a large empty space which looks like a good setting for a Romero zombie movie - I can picture them all hanging out in there munching. The non-anchors are tawdry cheap looking junk stores. I only went here because I needed to go to the PetValu since my local one did not have what I was looking for. Since I now know it has a separate outside entrance, I don't need to darken the doors of this creepy place again. read more

When your eye falls on it for the first time, Galleria feels like the Castle that Sleeping Beauty was hidden in: unapproachable and quite scary. There's a moat of vicious sea gulls in the parking lot as well as some questionable characters keeping aforementioned vicious seagulls company. Once you've taken a gander inside, it feels like a pre-fairy-godmother-approved-makeover Cinderella: not very comely ( or in Galleria's case, not comely at all) but very utilitarian! There's a pharmacy with a CANADA POST COUNTER! The folks at this Canada Post Counter should be the poster boys for how informative, helpful and nice public service employees can and should be! Moving on, there's a TD Bank as well: I've had bad experiences with incompetent, though personable, staff at this location. There are two lovely sisters who are great seamstresses and will take the stress out of all of your clothes at very reasonable prices. Price Chopper is a last ditch place to do groceries. I have got some good deals here! Zellers is a bad window dressing. Lots of other tacky, knick-knacky shops: want to buy a Virgin Mary statue and then drape her in Estonia's flag? You'll get both items here! Feeling depressed about your life after spending time in Galleria? There's a 24 hr McDonald's to fill your void, once you've waded through the moat of squawking, angry seagulls again! Fervently hoping that Galleria gets its Disneyesque makeover soon. read more

I know alot of people here have slagged the Galleria but in the two years that I've lived in the neighborhood the place has grown on me. The old Portuguese dude's hanging out on the benches, the special events for Valentines Day and March Break. The Prices at the FreshCo and the Dollarama also can't be beat. This is definitely not the most depressing mall in the city (That honour goes to Lawrence Square) read more

This place seems lost in that rare space a few levels below rock bottom. Makes Dufferin mall look like the Mall of America by comparision. LCBO is reasonable enough and the price chopper is reasonable enough as well. Everything else is god awful at best. Words cannot express how overdue this place is for an upgrade. read more

But then sometimes they add a small fair, complete with Tilt-A-Whirl and massive slide, to the parking lot, and people like me get excited and give them an extra star on Yelp... read more

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Oh Galleria, for a time you were my secret lover as it were, the place I could escape to in the lonely, semi-industrial Dupont/Dufferin area. What other mall in the city boasts a Zellers, Toronto's oldest sports bar (P.M. Toronto), an LCBO and an off-track betting establishment? No one, that's who! The main reason I used to venture out to the Galleria with my housemates was to hit up the Price Chopper for a regrettable afternoon of grocery shopping. Occasionally the pharmacy there would do in a pinch to grab some cough syrup or bandaids, and of course the LCBO so close by was a plus as well. The cast of characters who inhabit this mall seem like they could be Canadian versions of the cast of Little Britain - colorful and nearly impossibly real. At one point my housemates and I thought it would be clever to stop into the "mall bar", PM Toronto, and lo and behold we discovered cheap, cheap drinks and a half decent menu! Plus? Hot nut machine. Not bad for a trip to the mall. Overall though I'd avoid this place if ever possible - there are too many scammy seeming booths, wig sellers, collectible card vendors, soccer jersey shops and other weird merchants which come as quickly as they disappear. This place is due a makeover as of maybe 5 years ago, although I guess they are sort of the downmarket noncompetitor to Dufferin mall, so maybe their patrons like it just the way it is...but probably not. read more

I love this place, it always changes! and sorry Giselle they stopped selling goldfish months ago i was there a few days ago and even before that they replaced that store (middle of the mall hallways) as a store selling soccer fan shirts and accessories. The salon is OK they did my eyebrows before and it was way too thin but i liked it. they also have threading if u want. I put the price range as pricey, because of that new male clothing store that sells REAL Parasuco jeans and other fancy shmancy stuff. thats the only store there thats expensive, 45$ for a printed shirt! Jeans around 75$-100. What real gets me is that this mall should open at 9am not 10am. ppl wanna shop early!! when u go there 15mins before 9 the mall is opened and ppl are waiting in benches for the stores to open, they should all open 9am in my honest opinion! so does dufferin mall! open early and u get better business!! read more

Very convenient with FreshCO, lcbo, pharmacy, dollarama and a TD bank. That's all it really is though for us living close to it. The mall itself feels like it hasn't been cared for in years. I mean the fact that Zellers is gone and is just an empty space adds nothing to the estethic of the mall. But like I wrote from the start, you're there for the convenience and not to stroll around. read more

This Place Sucks!!!! Truthfully the only reason this mall seems to be around if because of freshco lcbo and dollarama. The smaller stores feel like they wanna hustle you out of money. As soon as you walk in you feel like you have to watch out for your self. Not very well light up. This isn't even a mall its more like tiny stores struggling to stay afloat. read more

OK, this is going to disgrace me I am sure. After posting this none of you will think I have a half wit about me. Perhaps your assessment of me will be accurate BUT I dare to challenge you to look beyond the surface for a deeper appreciation of the GM. Yes the Galleria Mall is unappealing to the eye. Yes there are some odd trinket stores and kiosks here and I have no beef with the description of some of the shady characters hanging around this quiet unpretentious mall. I grew up in Kingston and the more I think about it the more this mall reminds me of the Frontenac Mall in my hometown 30 years ago. It had a Zellers in the same end of it's mall; it's decor was similar to the Galleria and you felt the same odd / sad feeling as I notice here. When we first moved into the hood 4 years ago our Realtor said the Galleria was supposed to be knocked down. I remember thinking it couldn't happen soon enough. Just looking at that place made me want to take a shower. Well, time and my situation has allowed me to go beyond what I may see as unfortunate design and lack of care to being able to hold this mall in great appreciation. Here is my case FOR the Galleria... It has a Zellers, YAY Zellers! I love saving on kid clothes and finding all sorts of things I forgot I needed like soap and underwear and sewing supplies. I can go to Price Chopper, YAY Price Chopper! I used to think PC was so skid. With a tight budget now-a-days I forced myself to shop there (sometimes). You want to know what the difference is? Less brands to choose from. Big deal, I can save $20 - $40 per shop, I can get down with that! A pharmacy - like the time my son was 2 years old, I was very pregers and had to walk to a pharmacy that would likely have the electrolyte for kids so he could gain strength after puking all nite - GM's Pharmaplus had it! We didn't have a car then so I had to walk in the blowing cold snow. It was a life saver. Did I mention the post office? Did you know as big and popular as the Duff is there is no post office!? And where else can I go in my neighborhood for a TD Bank? No where else I tell you. When the Dufferin Mall's S&H Health Food store was often out of the crucial herbs I needed to produce milk for my daughter's first year of life, GM's supplement store ALWAYS had it. Need I go on? Oh yeah and the liquor store and pet store are there too. My only concern with the GM is feeling a little out of place and more likely to get unwanted attention by the crowd that generally hangs around this place. Nothing bad just stares at my red boots and glances cast from guys hanging around in the evening when I am walking alone with my Zellers scores to the car in the parking lot. In conclusion if you fancy yourself a deeper person than someone who needs surface pleasures to complete their existence I say give this place another chance. I think of it as a hidden gem and sometimes even a lifesaver. read more

take heed, haters: something amazing happens to you in the Galleria. you dominate the arcade games. and your date (of course you're on a date) can't help but notice your skill with that joystick. you show off your knowledge of beepers and pagers at the deserted kiosk. you intend to make out in the photo booth, but forget because you're dazzled by the halting selection of belt buckles. the framing store artwork makes you feel like fucking picasso. you take a romantic drive across the parking lot for some mc d's drive-thru. that beer from the LCBO will be dessert. you're both swooning by now. the Galleria Mall will make your confidence soar. how could it not? you're the best looking thing in there. it is absolutely impossible to have a bad time here because you'd be an idiot to have any expectations. #1 date place in TO. you're welcome. read more

Here's the deal with Galleria Mall. Would I go, for fun? No. Do I go ALL THE TIME? You betcha. Listen, Galleria Mall is the shit. When you party all weekend and forget to do your market grocery shop, Price Chopper is right there. When it's late and beer is running low and it's almost 9, the LCBO is right there. Sure, you won't find an aged brie in the cheese section. Any boots you see will be synthetic. And I probably wouldn't eat from the 'food court' (one stall in the middle of the mall). But I love Galleria Mall. So here's to convenience. And location. And florescent lighting. read more

I really enjoyed reading the reviews for the GM. It seems to have the same effect on most of us who visit, sadness tinged with despair. I couldn't wait to flee the place. But wait, most of us seem to have a choice of where to shop, perhaps the GM is intended to meet the needs of people who don't, poor folk. One day it will be razed and in its place a new gleaming tower of glass will rise from the rubble. Then we will all regret losing the GM and all its dismal unique seediness! Every city has to have some underbelly! read more

Galleria Mall's a bit on the grubby side. Unlike Dufferin Mall farther south, it hasn't had a makeover and looks pretty dated (early 1970s would be my best guess). The halls feel a bit claustrophobic, even with few people around, thanks to the low vaulted ceilings. Don't expect anything high-end at this mid-sized mall; the main stores are Zellers and Price Chopper (not that I'm not a fan of them). There are some bargain/kitschy knick-knack stores here too, so if you're in the market for, say, a big plastic crucified Jesus, you can get it here. read more

Everything that has been said so far in the reviews is pretty much true. It can be a weird and depressing experience, but there is something appealing about it too. I have found great things in the Zeller's sales, the Pet Valu staff are great, the Rexall/Pharmasave drug store has great prices and the dollar store is handy. There is nothing upscale about the place but that's one of the good things because you can just be yourself there. Just don't go in if your are feeling really down. read more

Galleria Mall gets 2 stars because it's a quintessential example of those ugly 1970s malls that litter all of Toronto. If you are in desperate need of a dollar store, a no-name electronics shop where you can get no-name knock off electronics, phone cards, cheap polyester clothing, and things in this vein, the Galleria is the place to be. It's also worth a trip to watch degenerates try and by liqueur at the LCBO. (This has happened everytime I've been -- though I may have bad luck.) read more

I shouldn't be laughing so much at all of the other reviews, but they're so true. Still, I don't own a mall, so I can't laugh at people who own one even if they don't know what it is. This may be the only mall that actually developed feelings of neglect or problems of self-esteem. I really feel sorry for it. Kind of like a sad Dr. Seuss elephant. I'm pretty sure most of the male patrons type their emails in all-caps. When they finally prop it up, that is, as Target 's boner rises high above the mall roof, I hope smug young parents don't show up in there, fear-smiling as their kids do flying martial arts moves into my new fireproof kneecaps. read more

I felt sorry about myself and galleria shopping center after I read these reviews. I have myself worked in this mall for 8 years. On some points, I totally agree some of your words. After 50 years served this neighborhood, this mall is deteriorating inside out. more and more good tenants has left this place. More and more people brought junk merchandise in here due to customer demand. This is just one side of galleria shopping center. Also, this mall is really have everything what we need. department store, liquor store, grocery store, bank, pharmacy and large size parking space, and even sears pick-up store. Some of tenants are still trying to keep quality customers return to this mall. they bring good name brands stuff and served customer in good manner. also, this mall belong to this community. to rebuilt this mall is in effort of everybody. hopefully, I wish people in charge of this mall can hear what our words. read more

gross but they have a lcbo and freshco one star each! its a tear down!