Kmart's okay - i'm not much of a massive fan. A lot of their stock is really generic and basic…read more Nothing really stands out. However, for us cheap or poor folk out there, Kmart is a great alternative to a lot of the more high-end stores. This particular branch of Kmart isn't that bad either. Pros: ~ Helpful service. ~ Spacious. ~ Cheap prices. ~ Convenient location. If you can't find what you need here, you'll probably find it elsewhere in Victoria Gardens. You can't really go wrong with Kmart. Looking for something basic? It's worth coming here for a browse - maybe you can get a better deal.

This review is more for Snapfish, the photo department at Kmart. They're very easy to use and order…read moreonline, have a huge range of photo gifts, albums and options for prints. It's $2.98 to have your order mailed to you and they usually come within 2 days! If you're a new customer, they offer you 30 free 4x6 prints, how nice! The quality is good and they're very quick. A+

In a suburb that's generally considered to be one of the 'classier' ones, it's nice to see a cheap…read more$2 shop to bring us all back down to earth. Yes, it's just a cheap tacky store filled with cheap tacky crap but I have still managed to be incredibly disappointed by Lucky Star. I recently bought a set of fairy lights from here for around $15, headed home and hung them up in the backyard... Less than a minute later all of the power in my house switched off and wouldn't come back on until we called an electrician. The next day I returned the lights and asked for a refund which I was rudely refused despite the efforts of the previous night. Yes, perhaps I shouldn't have bought something electric from a pound shop but still, come on! You can get some great two buck shops, but Lucky Star is not one.

Just went to DJ's Malvern Central. Served by an older lady in light blue jumper. Very abrupt, not…read moreat all friendly and acted a little entitled. Basically threw crumpled up pants purchase in the bag, no folding or placing items. Needs to learn a little bit of customer service. Not what I would expect from DJ's normally.

David Jones has been open at Malvern Central for a year and I can't believe that no one has posted…read morea review? DJs is a well known, very up market department store chain, and this branch is no different. Brands, designers, brands, more designers. Lots of helpful staff but not many bargains. If you are looking for a shopping experience, and prepared to pay for it, then this is the store.

Something seems to have changed at Dobsons and I didn't get the memo. Granted, I haven't needed a…read moreschool uniform for a few years but I thought that uniforms were the premier product that Dobsons stocked. Inside the Hawthorn store you'll find school uniforms, ones for the select few that surround the Glenferrie Road strip, but they are up the back and confined to a small area when compared with what else is stocked in here. The whole front of the store is devoted to young fashion labels like Wrangler and One Teaspoon, and the target is definitely the teens who come in once or twice a year to get their uniforms. The store is split down the middle - right is girls, left is boys. Last time I was there the service was pretty bad. I was in the store for a good 15 minutes and I wasn't greeted at all or even acknowledged.

Quick, efficient and friendly service. The shop assistant…read morewas courteous and was able to help my son get the right size jumper.

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

Paid a visit to my old stomping ground today. I like the Well, its in a great location and I do…read morelike having a few shops centralised within the building. I used to do all my grocery shopping and this place has everything I needed with Coles, the butcher and fruit shop all on the same level. Upstairs has a few shops but I'd much rather be on Burke road, parricularly if I'm looking for a gift or knick knacks for the house. Parking is a bit of a pain (and the pain increases on weekends), however given the location you can always find a different area to park and just walk.

The Well is a shopping centre tucked behind the Camberwell Shopping Precinct on Burke Road. It is a…read moremultilevel complex filled with a range of banks, chain stores and other outlets, 33 stores in all. It lacks personality and appears at odds with the surrounding shops. It is not large enough to be a really draw card in a suburb nestled between both Chadstone and Doncaster. I imagine many locals would find it a useful place to do all the shopping in one hit, especially if it's raining and they don't want to wander up and down Burke Street. The ground level is home to a fresh food a large Coles, butchers, bakeries, greengrocer, deli, liquor store and juice and sushi points. The first level houses a cafe, Dymocks and a range of retailers and services. The top level is home to Geneses Fitness and JB Hifi. I drop by The Well if I'n in the area and need a particular store, however I would much rather browse the Burke Road shops with friends before a movie. I find the parking garage poky and really it's just another local shopping centre suffering from a bit of an identity crisis.

You know that moment when you're just tiring of shopping for cool clothes and realise that what you…read moreactually REALLY need is a bucket and then you find yourself enjoying bucket shopping more than you ever enjoyed shopping for said cool clothes? It is at this very moment that I head to Best Mart, a store selling a bit of everything - buckets, bins, kitchen accessories, mirrors, art supplies - at great prices from a decidedly unglamorous shop on the Collingwood side of Smith Street. Kind of like Ikea in miniature - but without the Scandinavian design sensibility and on sale - Best Mart is definitely the place to go for all things practical and prosaic. And the buckets? Brilliant. Lots of colours, lots of sizes and providing one of the most satisfying buying experiences I've had in ages. I love Best Mart.