Westfield Chodov is the largest shopping centre in the Czech Republic, it is located in the Chodov…read moredistrict of Prague and isn't too far away from the city centre.
The mall is fairly modern, it opened in 2005 and was renovated in 2017, but there are still parts of the mall that feel outdated - especially in terms of the layout.
I found it really hard to navigate the centre, especially between floors, given the fact that only certain lifts go to certain floors, and it was never clear before getting into the lift, which one goes where. The same could be said for the escalators which were not continuous, I must have spent around 10 minutes trying to get through the mall, just to find the Food Court. It was even difficult to navigate on the same floor, with so many turn-offs, it felt like they made it to be unnecessarily difficult.
The staff inside the mall were unhelpful, even at the Information Desk, they did not seem like they cared to speak to patrons.
Stores you could find here include C&A, H&M, Lego, Levi's, Nespresso, Next, Pandora, Zara and many others including the three major mobile phone operators in Czechia (O2, Vodafone and T-Mobile). For food and drink, you have a limited offering including the usual fast food names such as McDonald's.
It is one of the largest shopping centres in the country and is mostly clean and relatively modern and has a good selection of stores, but the confusing layout and rude and unhelpful staff really mean they fall short of Westfield's usual high standards.
