Rockaway Townsquare is a great mall to stop at, located directly off Interstate 80, and can't be missed. The mall is fairly big, with two floors, carrying a lot of familiar brand stores, and even ones that I'm sure some have never heard of. The interior has a modern look, which I'm sure had its renovation done a couple or several years back, but adds up looking clean and nice. It's in no condition of being a dead mall, despite there being a couple of closed stores, specifically anchor stores that don't exist anymore (pretty much all malls these days). The food court has a number to offer, with some of its usual eateries and a couple of ones that will blow your mind. Plenty of tables are provided to fit many people. For restaurants, there are Red Robin, The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang's, Muldoon's Steakhouse & Pub, and Chipotle Mexican Grill. I wouldn't mind coming back to this mall, but won't be anytime soon due to how far I am. read more

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Rockaway Townsquare is a pretty average mall with the exception of the cool section of gachapon machines we unexpectedly came across while walking around the mall. We were so excited to see these machines as they had genuine limited gachapon straight from Japan! The price to play each machine ranges from 4 to 5 tokens and each token is $1. This is quite expensive but for the experience I'd say it's worth trying once or twice! If you're an anime fan, they had quite a bit of gachapon from popular animes like demon slayer, spy x family and dragon ball z. There is a machine that accepts cash or card which will give you the tokens to play. We also found a cool cotton candy maker vending machine near the food court but it was super expensive, I believe $10 or so for one and the machine itself didn't look very well kept. All in all, had a fun experience here! read more

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I LOVE ROCKAWAY TOWNSQUARE very fun to come here with friends i love how the target is near the mall you get a lot of steps as you walk around ulta,target,starbucks and so many more stores what more could you want!!! people are friendly many things to do here and many options on where to go i love coming on the weekends as I make a lot of memories with my friends here :)) read more

This is a fairly nice mall with a good mix of stores and amenities. This is the suburbs, which means a lot of families. Why there are still suburban malls in 2023 that don't have kids play areas is beyond me. This place has a pretty good one. A nice space to run around with some interactive games. There's also a cool Japanese toy capsule kiosk right there next to it which is very cool. Would recommend a visit if you're looking for a solid mall in northern NJ. read more

Summary: Great mall with a lot of variety in their shops! A good amount if food places and seating/lounging areas throughout the mall. Has been renovated in the last few years and looks nicer. Many empty stores as an aftermath of the pandemic which is sad to see. Hoping for new businesses to come in soon! I've grown up in Rockaway most of my life and going to the Rockaway Mall was definitely a favorite pastime. There have been so many stores that have come and gone and especially due to the pandemic! Some of my favorite stores/restaurants that are still alive are Forever 21, Victoria's secret, Macy's, JCPenny, Build a Bear, Guess, Michael Kors, Zales, Chipotle, Red Robin, Nori Sushi, Sarku Japan, and Auntie Anne's pretzels. As mentioned above, the mall has been renovated in recent years and looks great! The new lounging areas throughout the mall make it very welcoming. The restrooms are always very clean and kept up. read more

I don't come to Rockaway Townsquare often, but when I do I haven't had an issue. It's a solid mall and you can get what you need from here. To me, it's not a window shopping/browsing mall, but has the basic staple stores. The nearby Target is a good one also. The food options are fine; there are restaurants like Red Robin and PF Chang's, too. For movies, the AMC is nice with comfy seating. read more

Nice mall. 1) The food court is amazing. Has most of my favorite mall items. 2) Nice enough area to walk around and chill with friends. 3) Lots of parking and lots of other retailers around. read more

Rockaway Townsqare Mall is the closest to my house which makes it the most convenient for me. I think most of the stores at this mall are very reasonable and affordable with prices whether through rewards programs or holiday season discounts. The layout of the mall is pretty much like most every other in that the main chain stores are located on the outter parts and all corridors lead to the center of the mall. Smaller shops and stores of all kinds line the two floored corridors and there's also plenty of places to grab a bite to eat. The outter stores that are surrounding the mall are technically considered to be part of the Townsqare Mall and these are your Best Buy, Target, Dick's, Christmas Tree Store, Toys R Us, and an AMC movie theater that's the largest around. read more

Rockaway Townsquare - Oh Yeah ! - Shopping Centers Near Me - Rockaway, New Jersey

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This is a decent Simon mall and has some of my favorite stores here such as Eddie Bauer, Victoria Secret, Francesca, etc. Its not a big mall so don't count on coming here unless you know exactly what you want at a particular store. There's two floors. I suggest going on Simon website and check out the stores that are listed on the directory. Also, just like any other businesses, their hours may be affected with the national holiday schedule so check online accordingly. It's not the type of mall where one can say I'm going to browse around for gift ideas or window shop. On the plus note, it's not a busy mall so there's plenty of parking. These are the types of mall where I'd like to go for xmas shopping as it's not as busy especially in the parking lot. read more

I love going to large and busy malls, most have different and interesting experiences. I've visited Rockaway Townsquare several times over the years, but with the renovations going on, something became clear: This mall is painfully generic. It feels like they are trying to make the interior of Rockaway look like King of Prussia, but it's not. Rockaway is a large two-story mall with a long central hallway and four anchors. Has several prominent stores and restaurants including The Cheesecake Factory, Modell's, Apple, Forever 21, and H&M among others. Rockaway also has various local businesses that feel out of place including a escape room and several for home decor. The Sears is oddly laid out due to Raymour & Flanigan subleasing part of the building. The food court, while having many options, is a little generic. It's split between national chains and local businesses, with four Asian options alone. Has a very rare Arthur Treacher's, paired with a Nathan's. The area around the mall has also been heavily built up and offers many shopping options including Walmart, Target, and Costco. Would I love to have Rockaway near my home? Yes, no question, but right now I'm better off taking the drive to Lehigh Valley Mall. It's got more personality and better shopping options. read more

New to the area and have incorporated this mall into the routine. They have a Cheesecake Factory which is reason enough to go, also they are open on Sunday which is great. Also the kid play area is really nice and I usually make some time for the kids to hang out. This visit was 11/1/2019 and it was for the arrival of Santa ! it was a nice and free to do for the kids. We lined up outside of the Cheesecake factory area and here comes Santa escorted by police and in a fire truck, they crowd was super excited ! Santa greeted the kids and gave hugs and proceeded to his winter wonderland, photo shop set up. Great little after work to do ! read more

Rockaway Townsquare - Santa has arrived 2019 - Shopping Centers Near Me - Rockaway, New Jersey

Well, you can't really count on stores being in this mall for very long. I went there as teenager and loved it. But, now it's horrible. Half of store don't even have anything in them. The Christmas store isn't upstairs across from Victoria secret anymore. Instead they decided to take Arden out and put it there. It was a very interesting mall to go to with plenty of store and not get bored of. Now, it's just a shit hole and there is nothing to do for teenagers. No more Wendy's or metal shop. EVERYTHING is expensive. I see many teenagers go in and after 15 minutes walk out with nothing. This mall has gotten very boring very quick! read more

Stopped at this mall over the Thanksgiving holiday on our way to NYC, was pleasantly surprised. It has anchor stores still open, and it's not all empty store fronts I am used to seeing in Malls so hopefully business is doing well. I liked the variety, and selection, there seemed to be a little bit of everything for everyone, the food court selections was good, and there's a Cheesecake Factory! Maybe I am biased as I grew up with Malls being a shopping destination and place to eat, but I really liked this Mall. read more

Rockaway Townsquare - Cool Christmas decorations, love them! - Shopping Centers Near Me - Rockaway, New Jersey

This is a nice super regional mall catering Morris County. Brands here range from affordable (GAP, PACSUN, AMERICAN EAGLE) to mid casual (J. CREW, EDDIE BAUER, MICHAEL KORS) and there's something for every need. Red Robin, Chipotle and The Cheesecake Factory provide nice sit down meals while the food court (CHARLEY'S GRILLED SUBS, WENDY'S, MASTER WOK) does a decent job providing quick service meals. Hummus Grill proved to be a good spot for some delicious boba tea and falafels. CUPS is a great place to get frozen yogurt. Some of the storefronts do appear to be outdated. There's even a shop that sells nothing but CDs. I mean who buys those anymore lol. read more

Rockaway Townsquare - Food court entrance - Shopping Centers Near Me - Rockaway, New Jersey

Pretty standard mall with all of the essential stores. Not much high end store selection going on here, but just about every average priced retail stores are what you'll find here. Macys, Gap, Apple, Brookstone, Finishline, Express, Forever21, J Crew, Pacsun, Sears, etc. Part of the mall looks much newer than the rest. And they have a new Cheesecake Factory on the way. Some positives about this one... ample parking, not very crowded at all, and a good selection of stores. Also a food court up on the second level if you need somewhere quick to go for a meal. Not much else I got on this one! 'Til next time, cheers! 314/365 read more

Stores have changed a lot over the years. Most of the really good ones are long gone. Not much of a shopper and I hate the crowds. Most people are rude and walk right into you without saying excuse me. Two cops walked past me and my wife. One was 6'5" the other was about 5'. Walking next to each other it looked like bring you son to work day. Lol read more

An Air Conditioned Place to Play As a parent I like to know where I can find places for my little one to play when the weather is not ideal for an outdoor activity. The Rockaway Townsquare is a "Simon Mall" and comes complete with a Simon Kidget Play Area on the first floor in front of JC Penney. The conveniences of this play area are many. There is a changing table at the entrance, a changing station further in, there are also drinking fountains, vending machines, and restrooms nearby. For gamers on the Poke Go, this play area location is a "gym" for Pokemon Go and there is a charging station for your small electric devices upstairs if they get unacceptably low from all of your dueling. The charging station location also happens to offer a complete view of the entire play area where you can keep an eye on your little one(s) while they have a good time below. This play area is great for overly hot, rainy, cold, snowy days for children 10 and under. The restrooms are well marked and located between JC Penney and Go!Games!. On the way to the restrooms you'll find the drink and snack vending machines. Between the men's and women's restroom entrances you'll find the drinking fountains. With the opportunity to play, eat, and shop this is just an all around great destination if you have little ones who need to get out of the house and burn up some time and energy. read more

Surprisingly nice mall with all the essential mainstream stores and nice interior. There's a few smaller shops which is nice as well. It's set up essentially like a X with 2 floors. Reminded me of Woodbridge Mall in Woodbridge NJ. There's plenty of outdoor parking and there's alot of other shops outside of the mall as well. I'd come back if I'm local but otherwise I'd go to my local mall. read more

Lots of parking space. In every lot that you would decide to park in, you will be close to some sort of entrance so dont worry about parking. This mall has a lot of stores. Macy's, Jc Penny, H&M, etc. It's clean for the most part. Not the biggest mall I have ever been too, but it's decent. read more

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This mall reminds me of the Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas. The only difference is that Rockaway has two floors & the Hulen Mall does not. I came here specifically to troubleshoot my iPad 3 & also to fix the screen. Although I had an appointment with Apple I grew impatient waiting to be looked at. It seemed to me that regardless of an appointment the Apple techs will get to you when they do. Well, what's the point in having customers: 1) schedule an appointment 2) check in when they get to the store & 3) wait insanely long to receive some attention. When I was finally seen by Diana she took her time with me. She walked me through each step. Overall my experience at Apple was redeemed because of her effort, personality & thoroughness. Here's where the 3/5 stars come into play. Prior to going to Apple we stopped at Cellaris which is a kiosk that repairs electronics & sells cases. We were told it'll be $100+tax to fix the screen. We told Ralph we'll look around first. As we were walking away he said he can make it $90+tax. Mommy & I said ok. We asked will it be in pristine condition upon completion? Will it look brand new? Ralph eased away our fears by saying yes. It'll be a brand new screen on the iPad. He took down my dad's number & said once it's ready we'll give you a call. There was a 45 min to a 1.5 hour wait until pick up time. Ok, cool. We walked around, shopped, talked & rested for a good 30 mins. We were in the mall well over 2.5 hours & still no call. Dad decided we should take a walk back down to see what was going on with the repair. *insert elevator music here* I can go on for hours, days, weeks & months about how unsatisfactory the outcome of the repair was. There was a black stain all around the screen. It looked dirty, worn & used! Not only did I voice my opinion but everyone I was with did as well. I explained to the manager that the product was brought in one way but was received back with a lot of crap on it. I also made sure to tell him he never called so we wasted valuable time sitting here when we could've been well on our way home. He lied & said he just finished the iPad 3 when we came up to the kiosk. Due to the inconvenience of waiting around for no reason & the bang up job we asked for him to give us a break on the price. He grew irritated maybe because he didn't understand or didn't want to entertain the idea of satisfying a customer. After going back & forth about why we weren't happy he stormed off with my product in hand & spoke to the mall security. BRUH, you cannot be serious! He walked back over to us as if everything was fine. My dad walked over to the security desk & spoke to a lady, he was beyond upset. Although angry we all kept out composure when two security guards walked over & approached us asking what happened? The manager really barked up the wrong tree. My dad is a C.O., showed his badge & the manager decided to retract his statement. The manager waved off the security as if to say there's no longer any issues. I watched in awe as he perpetrated what he lied about versus what actually took place. Do not bring your merchandise to Cellaris which is just outside the Bath & Body Works. The manager is a short Ukrainian man. He does not understand the first thing about business or satisfying his customers. read more

I only come here because there's not much else to do with kids in the area in the winter. The only positives about this mall is that it has lush and red cars for kids to drive around in. Other than that, all the other stores are low end and most of them are closing or empty. Wish this mall had Zara, aritzia and a Starbucks that was more efficient. Waiting 20 minutes for coffee each time is absurd. read more

A mall is a mall is a mall is a mall. This one is clearly trying to keep things fresh by adding new and/or renovating stores. It has some unique spots and looked like it was kept clean. I was excited to see a Books-A-Million, as most bookstores are out of malls now. read more

I enjoy this mall because it isn't as crowded. I can walk, browse, shop in peace. They have many great stores. Shi, hot topic, Spencer's, Macy's, JC penny's and more that I love to shop in. The food court is great. Many to select from. There are other things outside of the mall. They have red robin, qudobia, parnera bread, cold stone etc. The whole strip is a wide selected area. You can last a few hours in the mall and outside of the strip. Great location. Great to shop. read more

Rockaway Townsquare - My favorite place in the mall! - Shopping Centers Near Me - Rockaway, New Jersey

I grew up at this mall! I worked at Yankee candle, piercing pagoda, and a shoe store back in the day about 25 years ago. I'm so,sad to see this mall now !! It does not have a family feel anymore ! It's all high end stores ! I miss the McDonald's, the Disney store, Zales and many more! I do like the Victoria secrets, paper store and children's place! But how cam,you get rid of the Gap? There was a time there was no sit down food options but now they finally have the Cheesecake Factory ! I'm so happy they have this and red robin. But of course it has bad stars but it's nice to have a place to sit and eat. I only go to this mall for a quick in and out. read more

I went in this past Saturday and this place depressed me. Broken escalators, abandoned eateries (inside Macys) and empty storefronts. The food court had a lot of decent options and was pretty busy, as was the Bath and Body Works. I'm hoping that things pick up for this place. Will still come back, though. read more

Easily my favorite mall in the area. Lots of great stores, it's clean and they do a good job of keeping things 'modern'. They have a great food court that includes a great sushi bar...yep, I said it, mall sushi that is really great (Nori Sushi). What I really love about this mall is that it isn't a dumpy hangout for high school kids like Willowbrook and it isn't the high end pretentious Short Hills Mall...it's right in the middle. Plus you also have the Areas outside the mall with places like Dicks and Target...or Best Buy and Toys R Us...or Cold Stone and La Salsa... read more

This is a cool mall. There are usually a lot of teenagers here. However, nowadays the malls have become a popular hangout spot for teenagers. It's actually the only mall I've been to that doesn't have a gap and/or old navy. This mall has fewer stores than Short Hills, Paramus, Willowbrook, etc. It's still a nice mall to go. Parking also isn't as big of a hassle as the aforementioned malls either which is great for someone like me. If you are looking for high end stores (Gucci, LV, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Saks, Neiman's, etc) this is not the place for you. If you are looking for stores like H&M, Torrid, Children's place, JC Penny, Macy's, Sears, Forever 21, Godiva, Gertrude Hawk, Coach, etc, Bath and Body, etc this is definitely the place for you. read more

Rockaway Townsquare - Shopping Centers Near Me - Rockaway, New Jersey

I enjoy this mall because it's less busy than others and you don't have to contend with a boat load of rift raft. Also the floors throughout the mall are carpeted. Parking almost is never an issue for me. They have the nicest movie theater just outside the mall as well (AMC Rockaway). read more

This mall has gone severely downhill in ways that other NJ malls haven't. Half the stores are gone now, only the few that have been there forever seem to have stayed. I feel like this mall does nothing to bring in new tenants or see what stores shoppers would be interested in. I feel like I go into the same 5 stores every time. Bridgewater is much bigger and with many more stores. And with far fewer vacant stores. I prefer the low key atmosphere of this mall much more, but just wish it could be more of a one stop shop with interesting stores. read more

Yay! This is a pretty decent mall. Though lacking in many shops and department stores, there's a pretty good selection of vendors here, in a mixed range of affordability. Plus, there's a Target, movie theater, and lots of restaurants in the plazas surrounding the main mall area. There's plenty of parking everywhere. read more

This was my mall growing up. So much so that I worked here for 6 years in various stores. This is your average mall. They seem to be making improvements and adding more "up-scale" stores and restaurants whether it is actually in the mall or surrounding the mall itself. This mall is clean for the most part and has a store for just about every age, gender, and size. read more

Absolutely LOVE Aerie, always such a friendly environment-- the workers welcome you with a smile. Marissa, I believe her name is, was extremely helpful and I think she deserves a raise. I recommend! read more

I've rarely come across a 'crappy' mall, so this review is going to be pretty standard (since it's not crappy). It's a pretty large mall, with a wide variety of stores. On top of the mall stores, there are also small stores and restaurants surrounding it. They also have an AMC Theater, which is a plus! It's never ridiculously crowded, so parking is usually always easy to find. They have a great selection of stores. It's always clean and the bathrooms I've used have always been clean and tidy. No drama, good stores, and easy parking. What more can you ask for? read more

This mall isn't very close to where I live but it's worth the drive. Good size and selection of stores, good food court, and a great indoor playground for kids (up to age 4 or 5). If you need more food options there are some additional places outside the main mall building, as well as a movie theater and some big stores (Target, Toys R Us, Dick's, etc). read more

This mall has exploded size-wise from when it first went up in 1977 and took business away from downtown Dover. The anchor stores are Sears, Lord & Taylor (great shoe department), Macys, and JC Pennys. Sandwiched inside are lots of the usual brand names to be found all over America, such as Justice for Girls, the Apple Store, Victoria's Secret, Auntie Annies, Hollister, A & F, in other words, what you would expect at most malls. The outside, however, is a city unto itself. There is a very large movie palace on one acre, and Dicks, Target, Walmart (down the road a bit), an outside strip mall with various restaurants, craft stores, Carters, and an Olive Garden which is always always crowded with people. This mall is very popular for western Morris County and if it were closer, I would go more often. read more

This mall has nothing especially if you're a size 10 or bigger! Plus sizes good luck! I'm an average size women with curves and the clothes are for thin women. I'm always disappointed to come shop here but my daughter begs me. Wish more options we around but sadly no. read more

This as far as I can tell at any distance is a garbage heap in Rockaway. Don't bother, this mall is a joke. Cheese Cake Factory thought they could revive it, that didn't work out so well because it's still a giant pile of brick and vomit. You can come early in the morning and see the 90 year olds shuffle through the halls drooling on their walkers , or later in the afternoon and count how many stores are empty, or any time of the day and watch the Apple Store fill up with mouth breeding morons getting their juice fix (the only store that seemingly does any business). The food court is a disaster. The food in in the general in the entire mall is disgusting, save for Gio's pizza which is excellent. A bull dozer with a start over button in the rockaway malls best bet. read more

It's not the biggest mall but we like the area it's nice. Good stores and decent food on the outside of mall . We usually head to the Ort farms orchards afterwards . read more

Rockaway Townsquare is a decent-sized mall. It has your typical anchors (Lord & Taylor, Macy's, JCPenney, & Sears). The Lord & Taylor is nice, and has great staff, in my opinion it's the nicest department store of the 4. Macy's is also nice, it has a Muldoon's Restaurant, and a Macy's Backstage nestled in it. Selection there is good. JCPenney is your typical JCPenney, it has a salon and Sephora in it. The selection there is decent. Sears is the weakest department store of them all, it feels empty and quiet. No one really goes on it's second floor. The place has gotten smaller by leasing part of it's first floor to Raymour & Flanigan. I feel as if Sears is going to close this location in the near future. The mall itself is pretty nice. It's updated, and has the trendy stores like Love Culture, Hot Topic, Abercrombie & Fitch, and more. The food court is decent. There's always a vacant place there. Picante Mexican Grill closed, Stewart's is taking it's place, and than Subway closed and now it lays vacant. There's an abundance of seating, and has basically any food place you can desire. Women's and Men's variety in clothing are decent. For women there's White House|Black Market, New York & Company, Austin 5, and more. Men's Variety include Men's Warehouse, Abercrombie & Fitch, Express Men, & more. Variety for kids is lacking. I'll say why later, but variety include The Children's Place, Gymboree, & Jimmy Jazz. Junior anchor stores include Modell's Sporting Goods, Raymour & Flanigan, H&M, and Forever 21. New stores include Love Culture, Stewart's, Candyland, Sunnies Optical, and Sol Specs. Although new stores are opening there's still quite a few vacancies. The mall in the past had some really good stores but through the years I think the mall's selection's gone dull. There used to be a TON of kids stores like GapKids, Crazy 8, Abercrombie Kids, The Limited Too, In The Spotlight Dancewear, The Disney Store, Discovery Channel Store, LEGO Store, and more. But they all have closed since 2005. Other stores that have closed in the last 12 years include Aerosoles, Arden B., Bebe, Cache, Cohen's Fashion Optical, Deb, Easy Spirit, EB Games, Fossil, Friendly's Restaurant, Gap, Hallmark, Kipling, Lady Foot Locker, Le Gourmet Chef, Mandee, McDonald's, Motherhood Maternity, Nine West, Perfumania, RadioShack, SaladWorks, Saturday Matinee, Sharper Image, Stride Rite, Subway, The Body Shop, The Limited, Uniqlo, Wilsons Leather, & more. I know I listed a ton of stores but it's true. Anyways Store coming soon are Spirit Halloween, and A Christmas to Remember. There's a few strip malls around the perimeter of the mall which actually have very good selection. The first one includes Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, ULTA Beauty, Starbucks, Pier 1 Imports, PetSmart, AMC Theaters, and more. The second includes DSW, Kirkland's, Torrid, Nordstrom Rack, Best Buy, & more! The third one includes Olive Garden, Carter's, Verizon Wireless, Tiff's Burgers, Dunkin' Donuts, Remax (COMING SOON), and more. The fourth one includes Christmas Tree Shops, Michael's, & Buy Buy Baby. Other stand-alone places around the mall include PNC Bank, Buffalo Wild Wings, Hilton Garden Inn, & Toys R Us/Babies R Us. Although the mall has seen better days, I appreciate it being very close by. It has the amazing Eleventh Hour Rescue shelter inside of Annie's Pooch Pops which I love. I would recommend this Mall for you! read more

If you're looking for something not as high-end as the Short Hills mall but not as schkeevy as Livingston, this is your best bet.. however, be warned of all the hip teenagers that crowd around this place as a hang out. The one bonus to this mall is that there is a ridiculous amount of parking. Even over the holidays we were able to get a spot no problem. read more