Although it's a small mall it has what I need. With Aldi, Target, JC Penney, Ross, Burlington, Old Navy and IKEA I get the majority of my weekly/monthly shopping done. I can always find a bargain at one of the stores to fit my budget. I love that they added JD Sports in the place of Big 5. I get all my hubby's Vapormax shoes from JD. Great choice mall management. I appreciate that the mall grounds inside and out are kept clean. It's so convenient when you need an item asap and can't wait for delivery. The lots are pretty well lit and mall security is visible. I even saw mall security give a citation to someone who was double parked. I didn't know that could happen. Overall I give our little mall an A+! In a time when malls are closing I'm glad we still have ours! #southbaypavillion aka Carson Mall read more

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- Contains the slowest service In-N-Out I've ever seen. + Ample free parking. + Various types of stores here. Eat and shop to your heart's content. + Conveniently located right by the 405. read more

This place is creepy! Lots of empty stores and the ones that are there you don't even know if they are open or not!! I was uncomfortable walking around the mall. read more

Southbay Pavilion is Carson Mall to me forever. It will always be Carson Mall to me. This is where I grew up in Carson, my stomping ground. I am so happy that this place is still around. A place I can come eat, shop & watch a movie. This place is still standing but I hope more stores will be added to this location. I love coming to the Thursdays Farmers Market. I love how there is still activities going on in this mall. Zumba, and many celebrations: Halloween, Easter, and more. read more

I came here primarily for food. I went to Hog dog on a stick and Sensai. There was even a small outdoor swap meet. They had tamales and were playing good hip hop. There was parking available. A lot of good dining choices. An Olive Garden and a Tony Romas! read more

The good: This is a small mall with JCPenny, Burlington coat factory, Ross dress for less and a theater as their anchor stores. There is a small food court area inside and some other service shops like a nail salon and lash studio. My daughter enjoyed sitting on all of the coin operated rides (there are 2 areas with these). There was plenty of parking. There are several kids kiosks inside that sell cheap plastic toys. The bad: It's very small and is like a micro mall. It's only one straight hall and one story. The interesting: They have a balloon setup outside of JCPenny right now that says "dad" with two baseball bats and baseballs made of balloons that makes for a nice Father's Day photo opportunity (though you'll have to crop out the JCPenny sign in the back). They're located next to IKEA. read more

SouthBay Pavilion located in Carson and small house a lot of the stuff to see plenty of parking Chuck E. Cheese Pieology five guys had a good stuff here lotta restaurants lotta good venues check out shop here if you something you want good place to shop for Father's Day. I have big five here in McDonald's Dammm kind of stuff here at the mall at the pavilion so also movie theater check out the latest movies. They have all kind of stuff here in and out can come see him. Plenty of parking open early close late. Great stuff facilities, really good freeway close check them out. read more

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Bad management. It's Sunday and there's only two cashiers while I saw at least 3 other employees walking around. They need to prioritize customers more. There's like 20+ customers in-front of me, and easily about 30+ behind me. I was going to walk-out and leave the product on the side - but my wife insisted they would probably add another cashier while we wait. Nope. It did not happen. Wasted 30 minutes waiting to pay and make them business. Last time. The management is bad. Not like they don't have customers. Many in line waiting to pay. Just poor management. Headquarters needs to come in and change things including managers before this place sinks. I love Burlington, but won't be coming back to this location, ever. 1/10. read more

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The Southbay Pavilion just isn't what it used to be when I was growing up. I lived right around the corner so I would always walk here with friends to take pictures and or just hang for the day. That's when Newberry's was around. Does anyone remember Newberry's? Throwback from the 90's LOL. Or, maybe it is exactly the sam and I'm just older so my mall expectations have changed? I know a lot of what it is now is due to COVID-19. Forever 21 was a huge deal coming to this mall and now with it closed, how will they attract the younger crowds? There are other additions but it will not attract the Gen Z crowd. Does a mall even attract this group? LOL You can find this mall off the 405 and Avalon Blvd. You can't miss Ikea! oh and Target...Those are pavilion staple stores :) COVID-19 - the entrance to the pavilion is closed off for door handle access. You can only access through the automatic doors. Directly when you walk in there's a hand sanitizing station for your use. They removed all the tables and chairs that used to line the foyer for dining. Masks are required for entry and they have a sign at the entrance requiring those who feel sick to stay home. My go-to stores at the Pavilion are: JC Penny (Sephora) - I mean why else would anyone shop here LOL J/k Claires - My daughter loves this store Old Navy Bath and Body Works - Fairly new to this mall and a great addition. Footlocker Metro Fusion - My husbands favorite store The Children's Place Ross - New Burlington Coat Factory - New Shiek - For my Adidas fix Carson Vision - They accept VSP What they aren't short on is food...I mean the eats at and around this mall are endless... Olive Garden Five Guys Panera Bread Buffalo Wild Wings - I wouldn't recommend. I have a review on this location Chili's Chipotle Smash Burger - my favorite! Norms - see my review Hot Dog on a Stick - Old School favorite with new additions Mrs. Fields Wingstop Panda Express Anyways, you get it...I love to eat. read more

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Celebrating Black History Month... Stumbling across this by accident...Great way to end Black History Month read more

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I went to to pickup dinner real quick at this location last week. I walked in at 7:48pm and the doors were open, the salsa was out etc. I told the young lady (who was texting on her phobe) at the register that I'd like to make an order to go. She said "We are not accepting any more orders" I said, "Are you closed?" "No we close at 8." I said, " I'm confused it's 7:48." She replies, " We don't take orders after 7:45 p.m." What happened to customer service? I don't understand how you can be standing in front of a paying customer and refuse to put in a to-go order just because you don't feel like working. If you don't take orders after 7:45 p.m. then close your doors. This is stupidity at its finest. I often pass up this location which is right by my office to go to the Chile Verde on Figueroa because of stuff like this. I will not be going back there again. read more

Clean, modern, and convenient. Easily accessible with lots of free parking! There are familiar stores and restaurants that we have in Hawaii like Panda Express, Jamba Juice, Subway, Chili's, Target, 24 hour Fitness, and Sears. Things we don't have: IKEA, Five Guys, Panera Bread, Olive Garden, Pieology, and JCPenney. For sure, I will return to this mall! Maybe I will do some Mall Walking since it's air conditioned!! read more

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No matter how good or crappy this mall gets, I will always love CARSON MALL. I remember the TIME OUT! arcade where I took a Pepsi Challenge and got a customer card, shopping at Newberry's with my grandma when she was still alive, hitting up the Chuck E. Cheese (that is STILL THERE to this day!!! WOW!), Mc Donald's, and the freakin' ONCE EPIC Toys R' Us store that used to be there when I was a kid growing up. So many freakin' memories....damn, I feel old!!! Hot Dog on a Stick and Mrs. Fields are STILL THERE, same with the Foot Locker and Pizza Place, etc. I remember when I was little tweenager doing a cultural scavenger hunt around that mall to be entered into some raffles for the most random prizes. I ended up winning a Ninja Gaiden 2 and Tecmo Pro Wrestling video games, plus an awesome, one-of-a-kind trip for 2 ticket to ride the Good Year Blimp!!!! "Carson Mall" has always been epic to me, despite its competition: Del Amo Mall in Torrance. I remember rumors about Magic Johnson putting a movie theater at Carson Mall when I was a kid, but the rumors were shot down when they made a 2-story IKEA instead. 2-story IKEA, 1 story mall??? C'mon now!!! Nowadays, it's "The Southbay Pavillion"...filled with a bunch of mostly 90's babies/A.D.D./ADHD generation kids, teens and tweens giving up their virginities wayyy before the age of16 and the males wearing skinny jeans (DISCLAIMER: NOT ALL!!!!). *smh* DAMN, I FEEL OLD!!! LOL! This mall is still great to me though. If you're lucky, you can possibly bump into past/present Westcoast rappers like Ab Soul, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock and/or Kendrick Lamar (Once known as the group: Black Hippy), Bishop Lamont, Dr. Dre, Crooked-I, etc. Carson's my home....Carson Mall will forever be a nostalgic time machine to me. I hope to bring my future kids here someday soon! :) Much love to ALL of my Carson peoples! read more

I remember the golden age of this mall back in the 90s and early 2000s. We had everything you could ever want here! These days its more of a hall than a mall, but it gets the job done I suppose. The food court needs more options and it definitely needs more attractive stores. The movie theater was probably the most updated thing that has happened here so far. The Ikea has always been an anchor, but the Target, Burlington, and Ross are all wonderful additions. Its sad that we lost the Sears which had been there for decades, but nothing lasts forever. I rated it high because of the nostalgia. read more

I have been to this mall many times. Its a nice mall not far from the Delamo one. We were here during the holidays and i was happy with the mall. They the carrousel and all for the children.I purchased a bunch of stuff. Good place, Mall could use more tender love and caring. read more

There is nothing wrong with the mall. It gets good foot traffic for the area and serves the purpose for the people who use it. Sure it doesn't have much in the way of store selection. It's book-ends are Sears and JC Penny's. It also has an Old Navy. It's on the small size, but what it does have seems to get used. It's not dirty or crime ridden, so I wouldn't call it ghetto. You'll find more punks hanging out at Del Amo Mall than you will here. Sure the reason is; there isn't anything interesting for them here, but that's a good thing. read more

This mall needs serious security before things get out of hand. You now see people bring their dogs in and allowing them to soil the floors. They put the dogs on the rides that are meant for children, and then there are the individuals running around on skates. To top it off there are reports of cars being stolen from the parking lot! SMH! read more

I haven't been in this little mall in maybe 20 years and it figures that the stores located in here would be sad, because the whole place is just pathetic. They really need to revamp this place for the local community. They could really use some better stores inside of here. Outside, it looks great. There are all kinds of restaurants like Panera, Olive Garden, and Five Guys and there's also a Forever 21, Target 24 hour Fitness, and IKEA. I stopped in here to pass a little time, because I thought it had been remodeled, but apparently it's still the same. In all my years, they have never had great stores, here. There is one exception and that the new movie theater. That's probably the best thing that they have going, there. For the life of me, I can't understand why there's hardly any parking outside, because not too many souls were in here. It seemed like people were there to eat at the outside dining choices or inside at the food court, in the shoe stores or getting their nails or eyebrows done. Those seemed to be the only locations that appeared to be busy. Otherwise, cue the Wild West song and watch the tumbleweeds blow across your path... read more

If I could I rate them zero the property manager hung up in my face when I asked about my deposit and they don't answer no calls I would not recommend living here at all read more

Went during the day on a Thursday and it wasn't crowded but it wasn't empty either. The place is clean and there's a lot of options for eating and shopping. It's a diverse crowd here. There's plenty of free parking and 4 Chargepoint EV charging stations that are a cheap rate. read more

I really want to give this place four stars.   REALLY DO.....but there is such a thing called integrity and believability.  Not unlike the much better known Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, the Pavillion has been undergoing a renovation  A recently opened Target now connects Ikea with the rest of the mall.  There's a Jamba Juice.  Sometime this month the new 24 Hour Fitness opens.  And a Coffee Bean Tea and Leaf is one of the new additions to the changing food court.   But then there's the rest of the mall.  Both the JC Penny and Sears are one of the smallest in their respective categories. I have not purchased any items in the stores in the mall.  At times, it reminds me of a forgotten wing in the Del Amo.  The numerous security guards make me nervous at times.   Given all this, I do remain hopeful for the future changes.  Now if only Trader Joes ever comes here.  Okay.....keep dreaming.Useful 3Funny 1Cool 3 read more

I actually enjoyed our visit this weekend! The mall was just an easy 30-minute plus drive from Studio City and was off the 110 freeway and was quite easy to find. We had a booth at the Asian Trade Show and we were situated in the main hallway close to JC Penny and the food court. Parking was so easy and found 2 ATM and vending machines in both ends of this hallway which was really convenient. The anchor stores are Target, JC Penny, and Ikea and they had the usual staple stores of Forever 21, Old Navy, Sephora. Food stalls included Subway, Panda Express, Hotdog on a Stick, Jamba Juice and Yogurt Land. I particularly loved that the bathroom had a lounge too. The mall had ample seating areas all over too if wanted to take a break from shopping! read more

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Very beautiful mall. I love how spacious it is. Plenty of parking and every store that's popular to public opinion.

I think this place, much like the Fox Hills Mall in the Culver City / Mar Vista area, has gone through some valiant attempts for a facelift to update the look and feel of the mall, as well as try to rid itself of the reputation of some of the clientele it has traditionally drawn. It used to feel like a neglected 'hood mall, but the addition of a nice Target department store, support of a well kept Ikea furniture store and the plethora of restaurants like Pieology, Chili's, Five Guys, Olive Garden, Wing Stop, Tony Roma's, Panera, etc. makes this a more appealing place to shop than it used to be. What they don't need here is a movie theater, as those tend to attract a bit of a crowd that distracts from an enjoyable shopping center experience at times. You'll notice most of the higher end malls don't have cineplexes within them. I've always been a speculative supporter of the City of Carson that has all of the potential to become a gentrified suburb that continues to improve. I hope the Southbay Pavilion becomes it's cornerstone shopping mecca representative of how wonderful and beautiful the area can be as a geographically desirable place for business owners to set up at. read more

YELP 100 CHALLENGE 2018 - 40/100. I came through primarily to catch a movie at Cinemark. Being it my first time, I decided to walk around hoping for some kinda bargain (although I didn't really have plans to shop, but you never know!) Typical mall of some sorts. There are some semi-interesting eateries and stores. My only issue here is that not only were they scattered, they aren't all within walking distance of each other. Gotta go outside for some (Pieology, Panera Bread, Sansai, etc...) and some aren't that close (Harbor Freight, Tony Roma's, Olive Garden, Smash Burger, Chipotle, etc...) So, if you plan on watching a movie and then grubbing, plan exactly where it is most convenient to park. My visit was during non-peak hours, so it's not like there was a crowd, but there were a few patrons nonetheless. For now, the theater is the sole reason I'd come back. Unless I get bit by the mood bug to eat at one of its nearby eateries... read more

They have really upgraded this mall. I remember walking in this place daily when I was a teenager, I grew up in Carson but it's definitely been upgraded since I last visited. They put the Wing Stop inside the mall. The added some good stores like bath and body works, old navy, Forever 21 and Fanzz. They also have a movie theater (Cinemark) now and it looked pretty nice. Looks like they are adding other things. I mean it's still small but more quality stores makes it worth the stop and shop. Also, the restrooms have a waiting area and it was super clean. Go Carson! read more

They have mostly food. My son had a smoothie and we were walking around before any stores opened he pulled his mask of to take a sip and immediately we were approached by security that he needed to go be seated somewhere else they have only about 5 tables we just went home this is why online will get sales and Amazon will kill your old brick and mortar stores. Hope she is unemployed by the end of year. If it's such a scare don't leave the house or get vaccines or both let people who aren't afraid be free at the store especially vaccines individuals it's everyone's own personal choice to be out with risks in mind read more

I love this Southbay Pavilion Mall. I find find it "All in One Place" Panda Express, Mrs Fields, Vitamin World, Ross, Target, Burlington, Youghurt, coffee, Cinemark, etc... Loveeettt!!! read more

I enjoyed a good visit to Southbay Pavilion, formerly known as Carson Mall. I went there for a meeting (they have meeting rooms on the second floor). When I couldn't find the meeting room, the woman I spoke to at the Guest services desk was very helpful. Every mall employee I encountered was courteous. The mall offerings are diverse, ranging from beauty salons to a $1 bookstore, Old Navy, JC Penney, and Jollibee. I had a good time browsing around the stores. There are also mall kiosks offering various products. There's even a Cash for Gold kiosk. Outside of the main mall are a Target, 24 Hour Fitness and many other shops. read more

This review is for the food places went to Chili Verde inside the mall for lunch today. I got the 3 beef taquitos (sp?) combo it was ok nothing to write home about lol i've pretty much have eaten at every place in the mall such as Panda Express, Jollibee, Hawaiian Food place, the Pizza place, Hot Dog on a stick, Great Steak, The hamburger place and of course Cinnabon, 31 flavors and Mrs Fields, my favorites are the pizza place, Panda, Jollibee and the burger place. Of course the sweets Cinnabon sticks are awesome and can't resist Mrs. Fields too lol. read more

This strip mall as I would call it needs more stores. Only good thing about this plaza/mall is the resturants and fast food to grab. Besides that I like the Target next door but PLEASE ADD MORE STORES! read more

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They have a lot of places that give horrible customer service and chili Verde gave me some nasty food with no meat just disgusted with this boring place and the old movie seats wow upgrade those seats or give a discount how is that even right. I can say a million things about this place such as not having enough to do or places to shop or how that Spectrum gave me a huge problem but that would just take forever this mall sucks that's just the bottom line. read more

Variety of stores and restaurants, Mini mall indoor and outdoor, clean, facilities somewhat clean.

Parking lot has the smallest spaces. Drive a compact and still it's tight. Always getting my doors scratched. In a space that normally could hold 25 cars they have it marked for 35. Too tight Lucky I was waiting in my car when my door Was hit this time. Getting new stores & restaurants is a plus. read more

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This mall is good. It's a reasonable size and they have a good selection of stores. They have IKEA and Target. There's also Jamba Juice and Yogurtland. It's good if you need to stretch your legs. It's not really a place to go out of your way, but it's good if you're nearby.? read more

Southbay Pavilion At Carson - Shopping Centers Near Me - Carson, California

Mall?? Yeah, no! Lol. This has always been a little strip mall with very limited stores. There are no high-end department stores. I'd guess more people come here to hang out or eat in the food court than shop. Better yet, seems like people think it's a hang out and use it as a playground for their kids. Not sure whose idea it was to put a play area and train in the mall, but thanks. You probably ran off the few customers you did have! read more

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I'm very pleased with this sites progress through the years. They have really brought it back to life. It is still in the process of going through construction and changes, which is great! The sears went away, it was huge! So I'm excited to see what they will replace it with. read more

This mall sucks tbh, not a lot of stores, and the ones they have...are wack af. Enjoyed their massage chairs tho

Love this mall! Can't wait to see the new things to come to our wonderful City of Carson! They have a bath and body works which I love. Saves the trip that I used to take to Torrance it also has an old navy,Jc penny, forever 21, movie spot and many food places to choose from. read more

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What more can I say? This place is super convenient for me because it's local. Target and JCPenney are my go to stores because they always have new stuff for me to purchase and they have the Cinemark movie theater which is awesome. read more