This place really hasn't changed too much over the years. I went when it first opened, then didn't…read morego back for about twenty years, and over the last few years I've used it a fair bit for shopping on my way home from work or for family barbecues and that sort of thing. Most of everything you could ever reasonably need can be found here. It's pretty good in that regard. There's plenty of parking, you don't have to walk an awfully long way from the car to the shops and back, and it's usually not stupidly busy like some other shopping centres. Really, it's just a good sized suburban shopping centre. Don't expect Chadstone, but something much smaller and in many ways much better.

Walking into this shopping center feels like I'm walking into the past. Though this center isn't…read morevisibly old or worn out, it just feels aged and out of fashion. Waverley Gardens is the local small shopping center for the suburb of Mulgrave, they offer a few essential stores but lack popular fashion brands. Waverley Gardens is really just a place you would go to get groceries, visit the bank and maybe pick up a few household items. If I were looking for an outfit, I would definitely not be thinking of this place. Being a small center, this place does offer quite a lot. There is a Coles, Woolworth, Aldi, Target and Big W. There is also quite a good fruit and veg market here located just next to the Coles. Overall I think Waverley Gardens is a good shopping center for what it is- a small suburban center to pick up household essentials. I have no problems with coming here when I'm in the area.

Look, I'm not a huge fan of shopping centres, namely because they lack the authenticity of your…read moretypical main street, and the shops inside tend to be part of larger chains, so there also seems to be somewhat of a lack of personality to many of the shops as well. They do have their uses in part, and some of them are trying to create a bit of a main street feel, but unfortunately it tends to fail more often than not. As for this one, well, I have to admit that it is pretty fancy, though like a lot of them it is easy to get pretty lost inside as well. I liked it, and they do have a number of good coffee shops as well, so I'll certainly give it marks for that.

The Ugly Duckling that once was Westfield Doncaster has recently received the ultimate makeover and…read moreflourished as a stylish swan. Luxurious lounge area's to rest after intensive shopping are glittered throughout the centre and the brightly lit malls lead to over 400 shopping outlets. This shopping mall is a mix of chain stores from high street to designer fashion stores, home wares and electronics. Home to department stores Myer and David Jones, Village Cinema, Big W , Target, Safeway and Coles and countless food outlets. If your after high end designers then Chadstone is your best bet but for designers such as Alannah Hill and Max Mara then Doncaster is a more manageable option.This centre looks bigger then it feels so if your up for a shopping marathon you may feel let down by the size. But for my shopping and entertainment needs Doncaster is fantastic! The new personal shopper suite is perfect for individuals and groups who need a little fashion help, which may be useful in the upcoming party season! While not my speed I can totally appreciate its merits. The main obstacle to shopping bliss is car parking during peak periods, especially December and weekends its every car for itself. To ad insult to injury parking will cost you if you spend more then three hours in the centre. To remedy this you can pay $10 for valet parking and have your car sheltered for you. Doncaster Westfield is my pick for shopping in the Northeastern suburbs.

Went today for the first time in ages and it was too hot. Hubby had to sit down and then left to…read morecar. I couldnt even visit the stores I wanted to. I felt like I was going to pass out and then one escalator was out and I had to walk even further. Never again

I have to say that this shopping centre is a bit of a maze. In fact it is a lot of a maze, meaning…read morethat it can be quite easy to end up getting lost in it. I guess this is what happens when shopping centres start off small and they just keep on adding more and more to it, until such a time as it is an absolute monstrosity, and you need a GPS to be able to wander around. Still, as a shopping centre it isn't too bad, and it has quite a good range of services, including a half decent pub.

Vicinity Centres finest asset. Chadstone Shopping Centre affectionately known as Chaddy represents…read morea pinnacle in retail shopping experiences With a significant range of stores from departmental to niche covering all ages and budgets, this amazing shopping centre was at one point the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere!! For any interstate or international visitors this is a must visit :) Parking is a bit hard to find sometimes though the public transport is decent enough

I love the vast selection of shops and there are lots of parking spaces in the garage. The best…read morepart is the free parking. There are many restaurants in this huge shopping center so one can spend all day in this beautiful mall.

Greensborough Plaza is the poor cousin to it's relative neighbours Northland and Doncaster Shopping…read moreCentres. It bills itself as a major shopping centre for one. Wrong. Chadstone is major, unfortunately you GP are not. It is significantly smaller then nearby centres, so if you are after a bunch of chain stores with some department stores thrown in (you get either Kmart or Target) your shopping marathon would be better sated in one of the larger neighbours. However that said GP does well as a large local shopping centre. The Plaza can meet all your grocery needs and chain store requirements. The multilevel mall houses over 190 retailers yet the range is limited. This is not the place to head for anything with the word designer in it. The Plaza is best suited to local families and teenagers. The Hoyts Cinema's are small, dark and dingy and not all the major banks have a branch inside. As a teenager I spent hours after school and weekends scouring the Plaza for chain store bargains and just generally killing time. Greensborough Plaza lost me after I left high school and could drive. So my history pretty much sums the Plaza up. It is convenient and family friendly but does little to appeal to shoppers that have learnt to expect more.

Greensborough Plaza is smaller than your major shopping complexes, so really it's perfect for those…read moretimes when you don't want to have to walk kilometers around the complex to find what you need (number one reason as to why I hate Chadstone..) GP has all the neccessary stores, and it's a good central place for my friends from Melb's northern suburbs and I to catch up. It doesn't have all the major department stores, but it more than meets most peoples requirements.

QV is the place Id want to be locked down in if there was a zombie apocalypse, as this place has…read moreeverything you need. Grocery Shop, Big W, Gym, Doctors, Pharmacy, and even a Harvey Norman. Your one stop shopping centre :) Good food choices and coffee places.

Apparently this place used to be a hospital, but that was long before my time. These days it is…read morebasically a huge, post-modern style, shopping centre, and a very confusing one at that. In fact it is very easy to get lost inside, and I have found myself wandering around it numerous times either trying to find a way out, or trying to locate a specific shop. Okay, it does have a Dan Murphy's but the way out can be a challenge to find even at the best of times.

This really isn't one of the best shopping centres that I have visited, not that I tend to rate…read morethem all that highly anyway. The annoying thing about it is that you have to walk across a ton of carpark from the tram stop to actually get to the shopping centre, and there really isn't all that much here, other than a cinema and a couple of cafes. Well, the do have an Ikea, which is sort of unique where shopping centres are concerned.

Victoria gardens is personally my favourite shopping Centre! Unlike northland it is not so big that…read moreyou get lost and can't find your way around. And unlike northcote plaza it actually has useful shops. Victoria gardens has lots of clothes shops for example cotton on, kmart, tempt, jeans west etc it also has a very big food court and food for all your fussy family members. It has a cinema which always comes in handy when you have nothing to do. One of my favourite things about Victoria gardens is of course ikea, what would you do with out ikea oh yeah NOTHING!! The ikea in vic gardens is very big and it has a childcare program where you just say "take my kids while I shop at ikea" and then POOF kid free. Vic Gardens includes boost, pet shop, various 2 dollar shops, sushi, Coles, dimmocks, dick smith, bakers delight etc I believe that this shopping centre couldn't get any better

This is a HUGE shopping mall with what feels like too many stores (LOL!), mostly high end/expensive…read morebut there are some not so high end ones as well. This feels like a great place to people watch. We saw quite a few characters while we were in here and I'm glad I got to take a gander. We shopped in some of the stores but the items here aren't really for us. We're not high fashion, spend a lot on unique clothes type of people but if you are, this is the place for you! The layout is a bit confusing with escalators that don't keep going and up and down, being in different places but for the most part this place was easy to navigate. We ended up wanting to sit for a bit with a snack and, again, the food court is MASSIVE. From what I saw, you could probably get any kind of world cuisine in this place. There was so much to choose from.

I was in a nearby Southland Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, Austalia shopping mall at Bras N…read moreThings, and Forever New! :)