We came for the first time. So, we explored the food shops and drinks…read more Advantage: Easy to get to, variety, kids are ok, spacious dining area. Disadvantage: less parking, only opens at night (dinner onwards). I love Opa's Cucumber Lemon Tea! OMG

Huge mall in the area, gotta love it. Has regular PI stores and a few of the staples from other…read moreparts of the world. Uniqlo, Guess, for food Pizza Hut, Shakeys, Mikey D's. Enjoy the food stay for the AirCon, there is a cinema on the second floor so take in a movie while your here. It is one of the noisiest malls I have ever been in. Despite a moderate crowd.

So, I came through twice during my recent PI visit…read more THE FIRST TIME: We should have checked first. The crowd was annoyingly (and unusually) huge, especially in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week. It got to the point we couldn't walk a few stops without bumping onto complete strangers every second or so. Big Bro and I along with a couple other family members checked out a couple of stores, and we would have wanted to check out more, but with this crazy crowd, we decided to just bounce to the hypermarket (for groceries) and SM store (for basic necessities.) Then we learned some famous artist named Coco Martin made an appearance and was clearly the reason for all that chaos. I really wish they found a better way to control the flow of the crowd. I did not enjoy that visit AT ALL. THE SECOND TIME: Much MUCH better. Still crowded, but nothing like the madness we experienced the first time. I finally got the opportunity to see the mall for what it really is. They had good selections in the food court. They also had good selections of eateries. Same with shops. They maintain cleanliness overall. Except for the horrendous traffic you'd have to go through just to get inside, it hasn't changed much since my last visit a couple of years ago.

So many stores in here! I'd say it's less walking space compared to SM Clark, which makes it easier…read moreto find stores. There's AC. Some bathrooms have a P10 fee. Those usually include toilet paper. The free one didn't have toilet paper.

If public transportation (I don't have a car) was easier and cheaper to get to this mall, you'd…read morefind me here more often than SM. Prices are cheaper especially at the kiosks; you can find separates for P100 and shoes for P200. My favorite discount stores are American Bazaar and Japan Home Centre. You can find THE BEST money exchange here: no id required nor paperwork to fill out. It's located on the second floor at the back of the mall. They have a Little Free Library near the concierge desk, just look for the red phone booth (like the kind you find in the UK). There's paid parking and a transportation terminal that's across the street which is accessible by a foot bridge. Don't forget to check out all the restaurants outside at the back of the mall.

After visiting Mall of Asia and SM City Baguio, I've learned that mall culture is big in the…read morePhilippines. Having a third place is important and being in an air conditioned, cool space is a life saver too. We decided not to hire a driver for this trip plus our fam member who usually drives was unavailable. We took rideshare here from our hotel. We got dropped off at the load/unload area on Luneta Hill Drive. SM City Baguio has a nice variety of restaurants and retail. I'm envious of their variety of brick and mortar shops and restaurants. Our malls back home are lacking so it's refreshing to see everyone gathering at the mall and enjoying themselves. The Sky Terrace view of the city was really nice. The sheer volume of visitors at SM Baguio was shocking. At least at Mall of Asia there was space to walk around. It was crowded here. The age demographic of teens-20s was evident because of the close proximity to the universities. A couple of my family members attended the University of Baguio and they told me they used to spend their free time at this mall. I just wasn't prepared to walk around with so many people. Even getting on the escalators and elevators was a challenge. The line was crazy long for taxis but the rideshare pick up area was empty. We got our ride in less than 5 minutes. It was time efficient and convenient. While waiting for our rideshare driver I saw the LEED Gold Certification right outside the drop off/pick up area. It's nice to know they've considered sustainability and the environment in their design process.

Always love visiting a good SM when we're visiting the Philippines, and this one was no exception…read more I will say that this location was bigger than I expected. Plenty of stores and restaurants to explore as well as terrace areas on the higher floors to look out over Baguio. I was pleasantly surprised by how nice the view over Baguio was from here, especially since we were here for sunset. Parking looked like it would be a bit difficult, but we were able to walk here without any issues. Great stop to spend a few hours while in Baguio.

For those of you who don't know what SM stands for, it stands for Shoemart. That's right folks,…read morethis chain of malls started out as a humble shoe store. Now they have grown into the most well known, well loved, and popular malls in the country. I've even read that they are also found in China. What makes SM Telabastagan stand out among the other SMs? There are restaurants on every floor, a food court and multiple kiosks selling snacks/desserts/drinks: it seems like there are just as many restaurants as stores for shopping! This is definitely a mall that caters to foodies. Not very big which makes it easy to maneuver. It's got all the essentials: department store, supermarket, movie theater, food court, clean and well stocked bathrooms, polite and helpful staff (the janitor even greeted us), and a transportation terminal that's clean and protected from the elements. I appreciate that it's not busy during the week as other SMs, so hubby and I can shop and dine in peace. MY FAVORITE STORES/EATERIES: ACE Hardware Jollibee (spicy chicken & fried peach mango pie) Minisio Red Ribbon Starbucks Surplus Shop Watson's Pharmacy (for health & Beauty BOGO deals) U-RACK Zarks NEGATIVE - seating throughout the mall is greatly lacking.

Viva Filipinas Big known chain of malls in the place where i…read morewas born,one of the best mall in the Philippines known for "everything in one roof" Usually crowded place because it is fully aircondition and considering the weather in my motherland,its hot and humid,aside from that reason inside the famous mall are line-up of restaurants and foodcourt,Huge cinemas,grocery store that usually includes meat,poultry,seafoods and local and imported fruits and veggies. Killing time inside the mall is one of the common hobby of my fellow Filipinos. Parking is free and theres wifi in everycorner so this attracts young crowd to stay inside for longertimes.Countless coffeeshops,snack bars and enless shopping stalls inside. This mall is located on a busy highway accessible by transit,jeepneys ,tricycle,pedicabs and by foot. I love this place actually all shoemart in the Philippines is part of being me.

Finally another mall in Cabanatuan aside from NE Pacific! Stores are decent and the grocery store…read moreis great! Too bad there's only one elevator because it gets extremely busy.