So...i was so excited about this gran opening mall until i stepped in :(. yeap, it is like you've being teletransported to another dimension tho. the first time i went there, my first impression was "oh i'm in China". i mean, seriously once you get your ass in there. you will no longer be a new yorker! chinese people all over you. i guess the name of the mall itself couldn't go wrong: "New World Mall". the J mart supermaket is another roosevelt field mall. As i said in my previous review about the Roo-F mall, it gives you the feeling you are at the airport, there are more walkthroughs+signs to the point you get lost. compared to J mart. is not a passage problem but the latest innovative pulling shop-cart luggage style. that'st right!. one day i was shopping for some groceries with this "luggage-cart" that at the end after dragging it all around and paying, couldn't believe i showed my passport to the cashier by accident! the second floor is descently cool. mostly are ladys shop! maybe maybe there is one or two store openly for guys, such as shoes, accessories and another shop one as for t-shirts i don;t remember tho :( but i guarantiee it is 1 up to 2 for guys!...oh yeah, the electric bicycle shop, is situated same floor at the center. i've noticed that these motorcycles are mostly on demand by chinese restaurant delivery purposes. the third floor, well i haven't gone up yet, but my mom told me that there is a big restaurant up there such as the "east buffet". .. last but not least, let's drop down to the food court basement. i think this is what makes the mall so spicy and attractive tho. omg, there is a wide variety of different Asian food choices to go for. my favorite is the chicken teriyaki spot. idk if is the correct name...but i like! besides food, why not mention the great variety of asian girls in there. they are also our reason of sticking around that place ;) i came down to order some food to go but end up staying just to snitch for some cute ones ;) read more

An amazing wonderland of East Asian cuisines!! The basement floor is filled with magical goodness that will feed your soul! It can be busy and bustling at times, but it is truly worth a visit! read more

Food court is amazing downstairs. Variety of Asian food all over. Hard to find seats on weekend, you basically have to fight for it. Other than food there are bubble tea options too. Not much of a fan of the shopping part. read more

Stores are terrible, but this place gets 3 stars for having an amazing food court. Anything Asian that you could ever think of to eat is here - hand-pulled noodles, hot pots (!), Korean plates, Japanese plates, giant plates of veggies, flat noodles, ramen, bubble tea. Such an amazing array of Asian foods has never been placed together in one delicious court. read more

I enjoyed exploring this mall. It's basically 3 part - 1. stores that sell clothing, jewelry, shoes, sunglasses, gifts as well as nail salons upstairs, 2. a giant food court downstairs, and 3. a grocery store. I didn't scope out the grocery store but I'd imagine it's similar to most Asian grocery stores. The food court is HUGE and presents a large selection of vendors. The stores were fun to explore but I was surprised at how expensive the stuff was. Essentially boutique prices. Dresses for 75+. Very cute stuff, colorful, lots of loud patterns, cute designs - if you are somewhat of a conservative dresser, this may not be your scene. Oh and shoes galore. And there are a lot of little stores. It's basically all girl stores so guys won't appreciate the shopping element of this mall whatsoever. High prices aside, there are sale racks for 10-20 so that's what I went for. Ended up buying a cute flower shirt for 10 dollars. I don't know if it was a cultural barrier or what, but I hesitated to buy the shirt due to the saleswoman's obnoxious behavior. As soon as I entered the store, she walked right up to me and started telling me how cute the shirt I was currently viewing was. Then I walked away and she followed, standing literally a few steps away. She continued to follow me as I moved across the store and stood right behind me until I got very annoyed and walked out. I had to recover from this uncomfortable episode to return and buy the shirt I liked. Insane! This only happened in one store and I went into a dozen but just be prepared that annoying sales behavior may occur. And these are tiny stores so it gets crowded if there are 3-5 people in there. read more

In no way am I biased to an Asian food court as a fellow Asian. With that being said there is a lot to like about this mall. DECOR : It has everything you expect in a food court but MORE. Large televisions playing American movies, Asian pop songs, talk shows, and whatever seems to be hot to watch during that day. It is a clusterf--k of entertainment. Though, you would have to have the ears of an owl, the focus of hungry dog, and the patience of a turtle. The space for dining is quite LARGE yet the tables are always occupied so you really have to hustle and throw a couple Halo elbows (Reference : Halo for XBOX 360) to nab a seat. They just opened a bar namely the IQ Cafe. I'm not sure if it is a wine bar or a full bar but it definitely sparked my curiosity. You won't see a bar in another food court around here. PATRON : The typical crowd is your friendly Asians. However, recently I've noticed a trend of foreigners (as we call you Non-Asians) tagged along with ONE Asian (may it be a male or female) as the guide. And even more of a amazement is just a bunch of non-Asians coming by THEMSELVES, ordering by THEMSELVES, and seemingly to THEMSELVES. Oh you BRAVE souls I applaud you! FOOD : There are OODLES upon OODLES of food varieties that you can treat your taste buds to. One of the more attractive options is the hand drawn noodles that is ironically located perpendicular to IQ CAFE. There are also many dessert options (I will list them as I can get their names accurately) as well as bubble tea shops. PRICE : C'mon are you expect anything less than CHEAP PRICES and GOOD FOOD? Eat HERE! Even if you don't like Asians there is a lot to LOVE about this food court. Hmm, I notice a repetitive theme here. Don't you? read more

I've been here twice, maybe three times so far. The first time I came was when it pretty much first opened. It may have been a weekend or maybe a Friday afternoon, it was ridiculously congested on the ground floor. Because of that, I've yet to gp to the food court or the supermarket. I figured that maybe it was a typical food court but now seeing all the raving reviews, I might need to take a visit if I ever go back to queens... I like the bedroom place in the right corner of the entrance; they have some cute printed bed sets at typical bedstuff prices, sometimes nice deals too. I kind of like it the most because the staff arent following me at my heels.. Upstairs on the 2nd floor was always pretty mediocre. Some nice fashionable stuff, but as a non-asian who knows how to shop on taobao and sites like aliexpress, I know I can get most of these clothes at like 10% the prices they try to change here. I really hate seeing tops going for 50-60 when I know they are 10 or less, or those rilakkuma/korilakkuma pajama shorts I got for $2 go for $20. The beauty shops are meh. Like someone said previously, a good portion of BB creams & brand stuff you can get half off on ebay or sasa. They also tend to have the $1-2 10-pair ladh packs for 15-20 which isnt too uncommon.. I do have appreciation for the beauty store (to yourleft coming up the escalator), that sells dolly wink lashes for 15 compared too the typical 20+. The circle lens stores have to bye the most laughable thing about this place. $35 for a pair of basic designed lenses? Gurl byeee. Not when theyre usually 15-20 on all the online shops. When they first opened there was a shop that had a purikura machine inside (a 小悪魔Ageha model Sakurina one, in fact) and that shit was NEVER running. My friends and I were fucking thirsty to take pics in it but it was either always out of paper, or broke. And now the shop is gone.. /sob.. if anyone knows who owned that machine, if the owner reads this review, I HAVE A SERIOUS INTEREST IN BUYING THAT MACHINE OFF OF YOU. Please contact me if you havent gotten rid of it yet and want to let it go. Please contact me! Anywho, there are other shops, salons, etc, bur of course im not too interested so I never bpther to look. I do want to check out the candy store though. . Theres also the dim sum restaurant on the thirs floor that looks absolutely BEAUTIFUL, with glittering ceilings and massive space, yes lord! I only went up there out of curiosity, and I gor the general pricing and it seems pretty promising so im definitely planning to take my friend out there one of these days. I havent seen an actual review on it on this page soooo. .I guess I gotta take that risk lol Will definitely update when i've actually had some grub in this place! read more

Although New World Mall doesn't have such large recognizable chain brands - it is a great shopping center for the local Asian community. There are plenty of 'import' Asia fashion stores that sell the newest trends from China, Korean, Japan and etc. There are also a few nail salons and beauty shops that I regularly visit. What my absolute favorite part about New World Mall however is, the food selections. From a Haagen-Dasz store in the main level, to the ginormous food court with every possible food selectino possible in the basement - you'll never leave hungry. There is also a very fancy Chinese restaurant that takes up the entire top floor. A lot of Asian families reserve here for large gatherings and celebrations. A little tip if you are visiting, try and find the sausage stand upstairs by the escalators and the grocery store. They offer free samples and their sausages are seriously worth purchasing to take home. I will always return to New World for many reasons :), I was hesitant when they first introduced such a modern mall a few years back. Now, I am used to New World being in Flushing and love every visit. read more

This mall has pretty much everything you need... My favorite is the cheap nail salons who are very detailed so you're definitely getting a good value. It's also very convenient for grocery shopping and provides free parking - you can park for free by leaving your car downstairs and spending $30+ at the supermarket on the ground floor. Don't forget to get your stamp on the ticket when you're checking out so you can show it to the guy watching the gate in the lot! Also don't lose your ticket... You will get fined about $15. Be sure to check out the food court downstairs that also has very cheap and good food - definitely a great place to bring some friends since there are a couple of places that sell large platters at low prices to share. While you're getting food, have one of your friends start looking for seating because this basement fills up QUICK. Took off one star only because it gets so insanely crowded on the weekends when I go. read more

This review is for the Missha and Tony Moly cosmetic stores inside New World Mall. I've bought the Missha BB Boomer primer (~$12) because the sales lady said it was for oily skin, but I haven't really noticed a difference. My mom got the M Signature Real Complete Blending primer (~$15) because the sales lady said it was for dry skin, she said it made her skin drier. Even when I tried it, it was dry. I got a black eyebrow pencil ($7) and the DR. Tony Ac Control Acne cleansing foam ($18). I really like the spoolie on the eyebrow pencil and the angle of the pencil but it doesn't last long and smudges easily. I got the cleansing foam because the sales lady recommended it to me (after pointing out my acne). It's not too bad, it smells nice, and my skin feels soft after a couple of weeks, but I haven't noticed much of a change in my acne:( I got a sample version of their Tomatox brightening mask online and it was really good, you see results instantly, but this store doesn't have it in stock:( read more

My friends and I had gone to the New World Mall because my friend was talking about how they had a really big food court. So our plan was to go in ate some yummies and head out. We end up spending about 5-6 hrs here XD. First it took us forever to find parking, the parking lot was small and packed...we were stuck in the first level of the parking lot for about 30 mins... and then were finally able to go to the lower floor and found parking, there were load of parking spaces on the lower floor!!! However it was confusing for us to find the food court. We didn't know that we had to walk up to the first level of the parking and then take the elevator up to the food court. Once we figure that out it was great, aside from the food court being pack and it took us a while to find some seats! The food were cheap and good! We had gotten some tea, ramen, dumplings and to top it all off shave ice! The portion we great!!! After pigging out we decided to walk around the mall. There were some cute shops but I felt that most of the clothes that the sold were only meant for ppl size 0 and smaller : /. It was disappointing since I'm not even close to a size 0. While we were there we happen to walked by a nail salon...I think it's Coco's Nail and got ourselves pampered. The staffs we nice and the price were really reasonable. However, they staff didn't speak english (for the most part alot of the staff at the mall didn;t speak englishg) so it was hard to communicate with them. Overall I would Totally come if not for the shopping then for the food court!!! read more

The food court has many different food options. Love the Korean restaurants here. Seating is limited at night. If you plan on grabbing a seat to eat you will end up waiting with your food in hand. I suggest grabbing seats first then getting your food. Not a lot of American food options and go prepared to try lots of sweet treats. read more

It's a good place to kill time. Lots of mom and pop store in one place. But beware it's a counterfeit haven. They wanted $160 for a fake Chanel blouse. Of course, I didn't buy it. read more

Dim sum, grocery, cell phone, massage chair, fake lashes...whatever you need, they've got (except for clean bathrooms- beggars can't be choosers!). Nothing fancy as expected, but the key is convenience, variety and accessibility and that's where they win. Be prepared to hold your ground against little aggressive grannies at the fruit/seafood/everywhere aisle and you'll get out well-stocked and in one piece. Knowing how to speak Chinese will definitely help, but just like anywhere in Ctown, you can get by with English. Located right off of the 7 line- it's a long ride from the city, but just a few actual walking steps from the train. **GO TO THE BASEMENT: It's a food mecca down there...so many options and so cheap, your heart will skip a beat. My inner fat girl heaven. read more

Some of the things in the stores are okay. But they're way too expensive and I would never buy anything from here. Phone cases and stickers are way overpriced. $20 for a phone case that I could get off Amazon/Ebay for $4 and that's including free shipping. Stickers for $5 which I can get for $1. Umm... just NO to these ridiculous prices. Bathrooms are a mess and just plain disgusting. Worse than Flushing library and I thought those were beyond disgusting. I'd rather hold it in and walk to Target. Or just hold it in. Or maybe even let my bladder explode. The supermarket is ridiculous. Too many people and everything is just way too messy. Don't even know where lines end and where they begin. Maybe I would understand all the huge fuss if the stuff here was cheaper than most supermarkets, but it's not... (Although they do have some things that other supermarkets don't... but I can live without those things) Parking is the absolute worse. It's like a nightmare. Except worse. read more

My friend in NYC was telling me about New World Mall and I decided to check it out. Nothing too grand here, but it's clean and neat, like one of the reviewers said. The thing I love about this place is that they have a Asian Supermarket where I was able to buy sweet rice cake () although they are not cheap. Still, I bought 2 packets of that for $5.99 each and brought it all the way back with me to Indiana. The food court was pretty crowded and there are a lot of Asian food, or should I say Taiwanese food that I was pretty tempted to try if not for the full stomach I went in with. The only thing that I bought there was a jasmine green tea with boba at Kung Fu Tea and I was delighted to find out it only cost me $2.50 for a medium one! Not to mention, the bubble tea lived up to my expectations. Too bad I don't have them in Indiana! read more

Come here if you want to go shopping for grocerys, want fake eyelashes/ make up and cheap mani's and pedi's. The clothes are fobbish and over priced. Went through the whole mall and every single store and found ONE thing which was this coat for 100 bucks but then i asked her if the fur on it was real or fake and she said REAL FUR... no thanks, I don't like wearing my furry friends. So i left with Ziippppp nadaaaa! :( Btw when you first enter in there it smells really nasty.... Didn't eat there, was too scared... lol read more

Calling this place a "mall" is a stretch. I take the subway to Manhattan from Flushing and have passed this place quite often, but never thought of venturing in -- until this Friday. It looks somewhat impressive when u first enter, but it is all downhill after that. I walked around upstairs and it's filled with a bunch of small no name stores -- I didn't recognize anything. I felt like this was the updated, modern version of Busy Bee (oh old school Flushing memories) us kids used to go to growing up in Bayside when we would venture to downtown Flushing for an adventure. I then walked downstairs to the Asian food court. Took a gander and quickly surmised that if you only like Chinese food, you have many many choices. If you don't, you're bleep out of luck (I know I know this is Chinatown). In terms of Asian food, I only like dumplings and some noodle soups, and wasn't in the mood to try to figure out what was what or play sign language to order something (as English was not very prevelant in this fine Chinatown establishment). So I headed back up the magic escalators and high tide it out of there! I proceeded to stop into Macy's and the fancy Duane Reade on the corner, which were thoroughly more entertaining and interesting than this "mall." read more

What can I say about this place. I felt like I was back in China while walking around the shops. Although the prices weren't the same as in Asia. The Dim Sum up top, was a tad pricey. Some of the food choices were cheapen and costly. Although we got a table with ease. The food was not at it's best. As for the shopping areas. Mostly feminine products. A place to bring your girlfriend to shop for out of country clothing and misc. things. As for the supermarket. It has it's ups & downs. Nothing of any speciality. You would have to dodge crowds. But, if your bored or just needing some of that AC time on a summers day. Come hangout at the New World Mall! Oh, only up side. Game Shop. YES, GAMESHOP! not GAME STOP! is actually cheaper then Game Stop. So for all you gamers out there. I recommend you to pay a visit. read more

I came here mainly for the food court. While I think this mall is great, there's not much to offer. Unless you're really there to shop, you can waste an hour just walking around the mall. My friend and I were only window shopping. The market on the first floor is great though. Reasonable prices. But gets crowded during rush hour. The food court is tricky to find. Definitely ask someone because my friend and I walked back and forth, up and down trying to find it. But definitely worth it once you find it. read more

Its a big mall with cleaner, brighter versions of mom and pop shops. The top floor has a very nice looking restaurant. Haven't eaten there yet but the menu is very tempting. Lower level has a food court with tons of different types of Asian food. Comparable to whats in the flushing mall right down the street. Jmart is a huge and clean Asian supermarket. Great prices and big selection of what you need. I'm glad the mall is here but I hope it doesn't hurt small local businesses. read more

I call this mall the FOB mall. In case you don't know what FOB stands for, it stands for fresh off the boat; It's full of clothes, make up, accessories you would find in China. No American stores. If you're a guy, don't even bother going here. You are NOT going to like the stores here. You would think that things here would be cheap because they're mostly from china, but they're not. Don't be surprised if you find this mall expensive; I was interested in a pair of silver colored flats. I asked the lady how much it cost. They were $120. A t-shirt or a skirt would normally cost $25 - $30. But overall, for teenagers and young girls, the stores here are JUST OKAY. FOOD COURT: They have many different restaurants to choose from; one can eat Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Vietnamese food. The cold soba with a side of sauce was delicious, but from what I heard, the Yakisoba isn't real Yakisoba. It's really different compared to what most people are familiar with. I ate the crepes here and I find them terrible. The crepe is too thick, isn't sweet enough and is not crispy at all. They give customers a stamp card where if you buy 10 crepes you get one free. WOOOOW!!!!!!! Like that's going to motivate me. J MART: It's a big supermarket, but it's not great. It's not bad either. A big downside to it is that they don't accept food stamps. So if you have food stamps, do your grocery shopping some place else. BEAUTY STORES: A lot of the products sold are A LOT more expensive than Ebay's prices. For example, Skin79 VIP gold BB cream is no less than $15 + free shipping, while new world mall stores sells it for $35. Dolly Wink Long mascara is $18.95 + $3.00 shipping, while new world mall stores sells it for $30. They do have a few items that are decent or good priced. My Beauty Diary masks are only $10 each, and Koji Spring Heart eyelashes are $5 a pair. I still haven't tried the dim sum upstairs, so I can't say anything about that. My aunt did like the food there though. I don't plan on going here again. read more

Food court is a 4 star Supermarket is a 3 The rest? 1 The food court is great. You get a whole lot of variety for decent prices. Plus, it's a food court. No tip yayyy! The grocery is very big and filled with many Korean and Japanese snacks and drinks too. The prices are a little high to me but not everything is that bad. However I do not appreciate this one worker hitting on my friend. He was non asian and that's about all I can remember...oh and he was obnoxious too. The so called "mall" is garbage. Everything you find here is overpriced. How the heck do they even manage to survive? Whenever I walk by there's usually no one. Anything you can find here, you can find outside. Plus they're not good material anyway. And oh yeah, pretty much every store owner here speaks mandarin only. Poor English and of course no Cantonese. Come for the food but if you're bored during the winter, it's nice to walk in here even if there's nothing to your liking. read more

With a plethora of new stores i was kinda underwhelmed. Nothing especially nice, even a few knock off stores ('Apple Story' selling Apple cheap accessories?) This is certainly an improvement over the aging Flushing Mall, with more shops, and being new it certainly looks nicer but even with all the new clothes shops nothing looked appealing for me. There was a cool wall to wall gaming store but it was so cramped i felt like there could only be one customer at a time and face-to-face with the employee. The standout (besides the foodcourt) was J Mart - supermarket was competitively priced and fully stocked. I especially thank them for having the stickers and names of products in english, often times i dont know if im looking at crab flavored snacks or crab filled riceballs. I was kinda shocked that J Mart had a minimum charge for use of my credit card but I'll get over it. I'd come back for J Mart and the food stalls, nothing else tho. read more

Meh, I mean if you're looking for cheap things then this would be good. New world mall has a Asian supermarket, stores, and a food court. Everyone here is a Chinese speaker. Rarely English speakers are here, since it is located in China town. The place is always crowded with people. Loud. I would not recommend. read more

Not a fan of getting gawked at in some stores because I'm white but that's alright. Most of the products are shipped from Asia so they're extremely overpriced. Love the phone case shop on the second floor - friendly and helpful employees! Food court is often crowded and noisy but that's expected, it's a food court. :) The teriyaki place you see in front of you when you get off the escalator - delicious food, amazing, sweet and funny workers. read more

Lovely and busy spot for lunch. So many shops and food stands to choose from. Wish I knew about this place years ago.

I frequent this place whenever I am in Flushing, usually just to eat at the food court. The stores at New World Mall are very run-of-the-mill and not really worth your time tbh. The food court in the basement has a large selection of choices (i.e. hot pot, soups, noodles, bubble tea, etc.) Unfortunately they closed down the dessert place though so I don't think there are any options for desserts currently. Nothing spectacular but worth a try if you want some fast food that is affordable and taste decent. read more

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One of the biggest piece of sh*t malls I have ever been to! Whoever was the architect of this structure is a huge failure! The escalators at the Main Street entrance goes directly into a Chinese supermarket. There are bummy homeless looking guys that act as security guards. Another set of escalators takes you to the 3rd floor. The 3rd floor consist of a whole bunch of nail salons, crappy clothing stores, and cell phone stores. The design of this mall reminds me of small shopping centers in Ximending, Taipei Taiwan. The only difference is that this one is just larger. The layout of each storefront is pretty much the same as what you see in Taipei. Verdict - I was in this mall for less than 10 minutes. The supermarket reeked of old spoiled seafood. None of the stores on the 3rd floor appealed to us. There's another entrance to the food court on Roosevelt Ave. Long story short. I hate coming to Flushing. We came in here to kill some time because we were waiting for someone and it was a huge disappointment. This building use to be Caldor. It was closed for at least 15 years to my knowledge. I was hoping for something better but as it turns out, it's just another sh*t mall catered to a Chinese crowd. I wouldn't be surprised to find this review flagged and removed by some Flushing lover. read more

Let me start off by saying the low average rating of the mall was astonishing. When I read the comments, however, I realized what was wrong. Many people walked into New World Mall expecting something polished-- squeaky clean floors and western brands in the shops--while the one thing you need to realize when you walk in is that you have NOT left Flushing. If anyone has gone to the supermarkets around Flushing-- and they are aplenty-- they will know that they 1) smell of fish, meat, and slightly rotted fruit 2) have stained floors and 3) are full of people. Now that we have that clear, what the HECK were people expecting from Jmart? A freaking Key Food? If you wanted a Key Food, GO TO THE KEY FOOD. In my opinion, Jmart was a hell of a lot cleaner than most places in Flushing and well stocked with a wide variety of goods, which are reasonably priced as well. Sparkling clean floors and odorlessness would be dandy, but the integrity of an asian supermarket would be ruined with these features, since it would mean that the essential goods of an asian supermarket (the ones that smell strange and have names you can't pronounce) wouldn't be present. Meanwhile, the shops on the second floor may be considered tacky and sub-par compared to many "American" run malls, but this also has to do with the fact that many people are expecting a Queens Crossing twin. Queens Crossing, while it is very clean and full of well known brands, is a major rip off and competely useless if you're looking for anything special. You are much better off driving ten minutes to Queens Center. The shops are very China-esque, but also not in the way manny people expected it to be, mostly because the places that most Americans visit in China are full of shiny, snobby little boutiques for foreigners with money. If you walk down the street of Shanghai, however, these are exactly the type of stores you will encounter. The salespeople are extremely kind and resourceful, and bilingual as well. So while the shops may seem atrocious to much of the general public (no brands!), they provide a sense of nostalgia and happiness for the asian community, and have some novelties that you can't find elsewhere. I feel that I don't even have to talk about the food court, because it is generally acknowledged to be DA BOMB. Once again, some aspects, such as the horrible price for some beverages and the weird "American" food, may be disappointing, but once again, WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING WHEN YOU CAME TO A CHINESE MALL? Seriously, if something looks good, order it, and it will DEFINITELY taste as good as it looks. New World Mall is absolutely horrendous if you're looking for something high-end and Soho-esque, but if you want the full feel of shopping in Asia, then you're in the right place. read more

This garage is straight up criminal. The garage closes at 11PM. You would think that you would be able to pay a machine yourself in order to exit the garage. But that is not the case. There is no machine that you can pay, and they actually lock the gate. So you are actually stuck. Surprisingly, some guy happened to show up around 1AM. He'll only let you out if you pay a bribe. If you don't have enough money for a bribe, you're stuck until the next morning. Fortunately, we had enough to pay the bribe. Another car had some tourists that didn't have USD on them. We were nice enough to pay their bribe as well. Stay away from this place. This place is criminal in more ways than one. This illegitimate operation deserves negative stars. read more

If you ever find yourself in a zombie apocalypse and have to pick a mall to hole up in, be clever enough to run to one with a huge supermarket and a huge food court like New World Mall. I didn't have much interest in the small clothing and accessory stores so I didn't look at them to comment.The four star rating is mainly for the food court and for being smart enough to have New Flushing Bakery at the top of the escalator. What a food court this place has, with countless stalls selling noodles and hot pots and casseroles. I had a hard time choosing what to eat and wished I had that portable stomach pump I am sure Peter D. carries with him(there is no way that man could have been a judge at that Smith St. soup festival, sample all those little soup cups, and not explode). Unlike other food courts in malls, this is definitely serving an ethnic nabe...some of the stalls don't even have translations in English. I can't even remember many of the names. The smart ones do have pictures so at least you can point to what you want to eat. I was enthralled, enchanted and just bedazzled by the sheer variety and number of vendors here serving what seemed to look like quality, well priced food. Noodles and shabu shabu or hot pots seemed to be popular with the crowds. If I lived in Flushing, I'd try a different vendor a day, though because I don't eat meat, I could tell my options were more limited. My only gripe about the place was that the seating didn't seem adequate for the sheer masses that seem to frequent this place. I went during the Lunar New Year Parade so I expected frenetic but my sis said that seating at the food court was difficult to secure at most times. I believed her; patrons swooped on empty chairs like kamikaze seagulls, however polite they were. I left with my order from Li's Handpulled Noodles secure in the knowledge that if you didn't survive a zombie raid, you'd at least have so many delectable last meals. read more

This rating is strictly for the food court. A couple of yelpers came here after an event to grab some dessert. This place reminded me of the food court at SM Mega Mall in the Philippines, but way smaller. All the stalls looked like they served the same food and some stall didn't have a word of english. I had to base my judgement on photos and what food I can see. read more

You know I get the idea that New World Mall is trying to replicate other malls in Asia, Toronto, and Vancouver...having the beauty shops, the food court, game place, and all the Sanrio stuff galore. Alright, having said that...it's an ok place. The food court is almost always crowded with the communal seating and I've yet to try the food but I do like the Haagen Dazs there. JMart is alright. It's just like any other supermarket in Flushing. I've eaten at the restaurant at the top for Father's Day dinner with the entire family this year and it left a lot to be desired. There was a wedding reception going on at the same time and we were ONLY allowed to order off the same menu as the wedding reception. Well, what if we didn't want any of that??? What would we do? We considered leaving because that's just ludicrous! What Chinese restaurant tries to limit their banquet menu due to another event going on at the same time? That's the first time I've ever heard of anything like that happening but because Grandpa wanted to eat there, we decided to stick it out and just enjoy dinner. If you've been to Chinese style banquet dinners, you'd know that the food comes out in a certain order. The soup comes first, with the fried rice or noodles coming last, etc. But all of the food came in a really chaotic and random order. Halfway through the dinner, the waiters tell us that they ran out of steak for a certain dish they're making. Ok, so they ran out of steak but they still expected the family to pay the same amount of money for a full banquet menu? That's questionable and they finally agreed to put replace it with some other type of protein after much arguing. This particular experience left the family a little weary and skeptical... The other part of this review has to do with one of the beauty shops called IBeauty. I walked into this place with my friend in search of Japanese hair dye. I'm happily minding my own business, slurping bubble tea, while my friend is conversing with the salesperson about the colors/brand. The lady behind the counter points to me and says to me in broken English, asking whether or not I wanted to buy green tea for weight loss. That is SUCH an Asian tactic for attempting to sell more products to customers; pointing out someone's flaws and then selling a targeted product to them. Unfortunately, this is AMERICA and people actually get insulted when you try to insinuate they're fat and should buy some green tea weight loss supplements. Thanks but no thanks, bitch. I don't think so. As my friend is paying for her hair dye, the lady tells her that she has blackheads and proceeds to squirt a liquid all over the back of her hand to demonstrate the blackhead removing magic. That's kinda rude, don't you think? Hey, I never said these salespeople had manners. But those are some pretty aggressive sales techniques. I won't be giving this particular beauty store my business, they'd have to pry it from my cold, dead (and fat) hands. read more

I've never been to the food court. I mostly come here just to go to J-Mart to pick up items that they don't sell in my neighborhood when I am preparing something out of the ordinary for dinner. I do occassional stop by a few of the other vendors inside mostly just to browse. I've never really found any of the merchandise interesting enough to purchase. The one time I saw a nice jade ring that I was considering they did not have it in my size. Oh well. It's always busy here. Busier than the Time Square train station and just as fast paced. People moving around quickly in all different directions with very little regard to bumping into you. When I am not really in the mood to deal with the crowds at the front entrance I come in from the side Supermarket entrance which is slightly less crowded. read more

I came in on Wednesday to witness the hype for myself. I brought my daughter with me in a stroller. My wife would join me later. We get in through the main entrance on Roosevelt and it was quite spacious. However, one store front was already closed with half opened cardboard boxes and some umbrellas on the side. Not classy. We push our way to the Supermarket named JMart. Quite spacious. I like to be able to maneuver around without having to bump into many things. I reach the main street side and want to take the elevator. Holy Cow. As the elevator door opens, two guys with handtrucks come out with full loads of vegetables and meat. The floor became wet from the moisture coming out of the boxes. Not classy at all for a pedestrian elevator. I avoid this elevator and go to the elevator bay back on the Roosevelt side. We get off on the 2nd floor and we see shops at 11:30am. 50% of them were closed and they look similar to the ones in Flushing Mall. Ack Ack Ack. Tacky little shops and 2-3 hair salons fully opened.... fully empty except for employees texting on their phones (I actually came back up at 2pm and it was still empty). So.. my daughter and I take a stroll around the 2nd floor where we saw a statue of a cow behind a chained enclosure. Little did it help. Multiple families ignored the chains and brought their kids inside to ride the cow/bull and take pictures. Classy, right? We saw all we needed to see and decided to take a visit to the basement where the infamous food court was. As the elevator opened, we saw multiple shops and the setting reminded me of the basement in the 34th St complex. Little shops/storefronts serving everything you could think of... Asian. My wife joins us now. I got my daughter some Sweet Potato Fries at the Burger Shack and it was good. My wife got me the $13.50 lobster meal and she had it fried. Okay... bad choice on her part but I ate it anyway along with the nasty salad and crummy fried rice. Would I eat it again? No way. There are better things to be eaten here. My wife had the clay pot thing and it was tasty and done with perfection. Afterwards, the 3 of us went to the crepe place. Awesome service, awesome prep, awesome taste. It was huge, fed the 3 of us and all for $4.95. Time for a diaper change. We went back to the 2nd floor to use the restroom. That's when we walked past two of the salons again and like I said earlier, nobody inside except for employees texting. My wife took the toddler and went to the bathroom. 3-4 stalls but absolutely no changing pad. In all honesty, there isn't a single changing pad for babies/toddlers to be found anywhere in Flushing with the exception of MACYs. You know Flushing is full of babies and strollers and not one person thought to add that to the amenities. I was told it was the "Chinese way" and not to expect that. I wasn't expecting a family room but just a pull down board where you can place a mat and your baby for a change. Apparently too much to ask for. I never made it to the 3rd floor to try the dim sum place since I was so irrate. This place sucks. It deserves 0 stars but the saving grace is the food court. Add 2 stars for that. read more

I just came back for a visit recently. The mall is clean but check out the bathroom; it is dirty and smelly. Like people say dirty bathrooms, dirty foods. People dont realize it but may be it makes the food taste good. Notice the floor on the first entrance on Main street is already cracked due to poor construction and poor maintenance. Soon this mall will go down the drain. I rather go to Sky View Center mall. It is much better and more sanitized. read more

Maybe I like the novelty factor, but I thought New World was pretty damn good. J-mart is amazing, although it is beyond crowded and the checkout line might require an advanced degree to navigate, but my heart sang when I came across an entire row of tofu products for cheap. The rest of the mall is definitely strange (there's a store called "Apple Storey") considering more than half of the shops are lingerie stores, but J-mart is worth the trip. We didn't use the parking garage, since driving in Flushing I'm pretty sure would give me a heart attack. Next time I'd try the food court as most other Yelpers gave high marks to. read more

This is not my first time in here. Last time was back in July 2018 I brought a Asian friend to shop at the market here. Back then we had no problem using the restroom. Today I stopped by to buy some vegetables. I had to use the restroom on the upper floor. Would you believe there is a sign on the door stating "for customers only." Never in my life have I seen a restroom locked inside a mall. Not like someone is sitting there to check to see who's a customer. The people who operate that mall ought to know that in the midst of a global pandemic it would be wise to open your restrooms so people can at least wash their hands, or worse not pee on themselves while trying to get someone to open the door to the restroom. When you operate a big mall you need to open your restrooms regardless if you think someone is not a customer. It's common sense. The city dept, of health should issue a summons for keeping your restrooms locked. read more

This mall was a failure because they never had a mall directory showing the store in which floor and where is the bathroom. You get the idea here They never had a bathroom sign or written BATHROOM SOMEWHERE IN THE WALL i swear I WILL PEE MY PANT LIKE OH GOD WHERE IS THE BATHROOM GOSH there is no sign in the food court either and it said EXIT OK but is this a bathroom on the opposite size they also written exit SO REALLY IS THIS BATHROOM TOO NOW i am mad at this mall , so lack of organization read more