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    Mariam R.

    Nice shopping center in Carlsbad. You can find a variety of stores here. Happened to catch a beautiful sunset while leaving.

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    Cindy P.

    The Spring Art & Wine Walk was the reason I found myself here at this small, upscale mall. Loved strolling & perusing the creative jewelry and crafts of the local artists and the "free"wine tasting & charcuterie boards were a bonus. But, honestly, the event was a little underwhelming. It felt like attending a neighbor's backyard garden party hosted by farmer market merchants in a tiny strip mall. Good thing the mall had an Urban Plates, which made for a great dinner spot after the skip pickings of the wine garden.

    Ann V.

    I love shopping, eating, people watching and attending events at this outdoor shopping mall, or plaza...whatever it is. The vibe at the Forum always feels right. I found a favorite brand of mine at Sedera, a unique specialty store...Stephanie was super sweet and helpful. My other favorites in no particular ranking are Lululemon, Sur La Table, Urban Plates, Ulta, Anthropologie, Pressed, and Bluemercury.

    Little mall park with ping pong, corn hole, and foosball.
    Mark E.

    The Forum is a great outdoor mall with an ever changing selection of shops and restaurants.

    Cerena P.

    I love the forum! Such a great mall. There's so many different shops. Anything like makeup, home, clothes, apple, and many restaurants. The clothes stores are definitely high end, in fact all of the shops here are. This mall is definitely very classy and elegant. Sur la table and bed bath and beyond are great store for those kitchen and home accessories. Mac and ulta will fill your makeup needs. Clothing stores range from Tillys and h&m to your high end designer clothes. There's also a spa here along with a nail and hair salon. You can easily spend an afternoon here; there's so much to do. Not to mention the food! Casa de Bandini is definitely one of the best Mexican restaurants around. There's also casual eateries like which wich and cold stone. There's a beautiful koi pond that runs threw part of the mall and a dog water fountain with complimentary treats! The only downside here is parking, it can sometimes be very difficult to find a spot. Overall really great mall, definitely recommend to come check it out. It's almost impossible to leave here empty handed!

    Winny H.

    Nice outdoor mall located border of Carlsbad and Encinitas. Lots of shops to visit. Coffee Bean, Apple, Anthropologie, Soma, Victoria's Secret, Sur La Table etc. close to freeway and to other stores (Target, Walmart, Home Depot). What I like about shopping here is that it reminds me of a smaller version of Fashion Island. Nice shopping plaza with a lot to see. Only negative is the lack of parking. You have to drive around for awhile until you find a spot. Surprisingly the Apple store here is not crowded so I had time to browse all the new techs. Lots of places for kids to play and eat at. There's also a puppet store with lots of interesting and delicate looking puppets. Worth checking out when you visit here.

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    Arnel D.

    Been coming here for years. There are a few retail stores and eateries not too far from the beach and freeway. The mall itself is well maintained. There's ample parking and it's very easy to get in and out of. Just don't visit during the heavy shopping seasons like Black Friday or Christmas!

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    Best mall with all the hip stores, chain and otherwise! Not completely high end but not cheap as well!

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    Nice selection of stores in one center with a few restaurants, outdoor patios. Enough parking.

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    Like the selection of stores they have. Parking is easy a d free although it gets full around the holidays

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    Clean friendly shopping center. Plenty of parking and a good variety of stores. I love coming here for Panera and Lululemon.

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    Small shopping center next to the flower field, I mean directly next to it!…read more Found a cute purse at Coach that wasn't sold online anymore n was sold out everywhere else! Workers were very attentive and helpful. Actually had to go back and buy it bc I couldn't stop thinking about it lol Went to the toy store and found rare stuff my son was hunting for so that was a treat. The staff there were also very helpful and gave my son few free sleeves for his one piece cards. The place is very small, very clean and all the stores were organized. It wasn't very packed on a Saturday, it didn't feel that way but the parking was a hot mess. Lol maybe bc they share parking with the flower field. My favorite is the view of the flower field next door. Really is heaven on earth when you see such colors surrounding you.

    Very strange that majority of the sales being advertised at the outlet stores here are "Buy 1 Get 1…read more50% off".. which to me, isn't much of a deal. Where's the 60, 70% off? Lol. I guess not too common nowadays. These outlets in general is pretty standard with pretty empty crowds so it's not hard to find a parking spot. The vibes here feel like more of a casual mall with the food and iced tea shops having more people in line for than any of the retail stores. However.. I was able to find a great deal at one of the stores! Still worth walking around to look and browse through some stores. Children activities.. they have a fun life-sized checkers board to play with and even a train ride.

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    Plaza Paseo Real is one of my favorite shopping malls in Carlsbad. I love the Spanish-style…read morearchitecture. It's easy to get to (on El Camino Real) with easy parking. There are a great mix of businesses/services for whatever your need is...banks, cleaners, coffee shops, a variety of fitness/wellness places, all types of food to eat, grocery store to buy food, entertainment, library, post office, etc. It's awesome that they collaborate with each other for community events. I got to witness this collaboration in action at this year's Health & Wellness Expo. Nice opportunity to interact with staff!! All very friendly :-)

    Located right on the corner of El Camino Real and Aviara, it's one of the better strip malls in…read moreCarlsbad. Nice selection of restaurants including Tin Leaf, Tuscany, Beach Plum Kitchen, Allen's NY Pizza, and La Costa Roasting Co. to name a few. It also has great entertainment like Cineopolis, the upscale movie theater. It does have all the retail services that local residents need, like a Vons for those who need to do grocery shopping, UPS for mail and printing services, nail salon, hair cutting, etc. And the newly renovated Carlsbad Library is just across the parking lot, so you can take advantage of all the free services there. On my last visit, I noticed a fairly new set of electric charging stations for electric cars-- nice that green-friendly shoppers can be supported.

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