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Oakwood Center

2.8 (46 reviews)
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Marielle S.

Ugh. First of all, has anyone ever given a mall a gleaming review? "I love fighting wayward teens with nothing better to do than wander around a mall on a Wednesday afternoon and angry moms wrangling their screaming brood in order to buy an overpriced pair of Nikes." These are the same folks who obviously haven't heard of the new fangled thing called the internet and zappos. But I digress. Yes, every now and then I find myself with the need to go to the mall. First of all, Oakwood was once pretty good. It had some nice restaurants and great stores and kiosks. Those days are gone. The stores in this mall are "low budge". What I mean by that is; little rinky dink no name shoe stores, a weird purse store full of cheap trash (go to Dillard's and get something good), pathetic kiosks dedicated to wigs, "blinged" out chains, cell phone covers and lash (yes, eyelash) decorations. Oh, and I almost forgot the tooth whitening station and massage "nook", because if I want white teeth and a rub down, I head to Oakwood. Look, I grew up on Oakwood. I loved what it was before the storm. Sure, it was a little "Westbank", but I was a teenager and didn't know any better. And the Neon Pretzel that they used to have was the BOMB! I will say this...the saving graces of this mall are the Victoria's Secret (I think I'm gonna review that place separately because I can't make it from entrance to register without being asked if I wear the right size bra at least once), the Cafe du Monde (because I loves my frozen Cafe au Lait), and the Bath and Body works. All the rest of the stores are geared towards younguns (Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, etc.). If you MUST go to a mall, go to Lakeside...but have fun parking! You know what? Don't even go there. Just shop online. Seriously. Ebay it. Gently used is better than "mallin" it.

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Was an mall that does not count with the capacity's of. Having a lot of people on clients sales deman

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14 years ago

This mall would be the clutch purse of a Texas mall!

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Nice Mall great Variety of stores and they have a Smoothie King and Chick Fil'a that's makes anything better

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Not bad of a mall. Is an average size mall. Basic selection of stores. Good to pass the time.

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This mall was once neck and neck with Lakeside, but that thing in 2005 put them into a downward spiral.

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