The Well is so lively during the summer. Dropped by the weekend and they even have dance lessons…read moreout in the open! Check their calendar of events. The only issue is with our Canadian weather, an open concept mall like this is tough during the colder months. Really quiet during the colder months and who really wants to hang outside for too long. However, during the summer it's a great gathering place with a decent food court, fitness centre activities like Arcadia Earth and National. You can even get some fresh produce and flowers too from Little Harvest Market.

Acting as tour guide for some friends visiting from out of town, we made our way downtown to The…read moreWell to meet up with some other friends. It was my first time going there and I couldn't help seeing some architectural similarities to Hay's Galleria in the UK. Maybe it was the open spaces, the indoor-outdoor feel of the place, architectural features. Look it up... After exploring for a bit, we had lunch in the food court. With lots of choices, we had a Roast Beef meal and a Roast Pork meal from The Carvery. Both were very good, and at decent prices. Others decided on Fish Tacos from Hooky's, along with items from other vendors. We were all happy with our choices. After lunch, a couple from our group went to see Arcadia Earth, an artsy exhibit/show, while the rest of us wandered around, exploring The Well. Nice place. I'll have to come back another day. 4.5/5.0

This review is from a professional planners perspective. For the very first time, I walked through…read morethe entire area of Liberty Village. I was looking for something to eat there. Although I just passed through, I could not help but notice the adaptive reuse of the building, the cobblestone walkway and the maintenance of a piece of railroad track through the covered portion of the area. The only bad part about this complex I'd say are the number of vacancies within the walkway. I would imagine the reason is that it is kind of hidden away and there is a possibility it would not attract a lot of people in the area. Because there are three restaurants on the outer parts of the complex, the walkway is just that. It is just a slight distraction from the parking lot. The developers could have visualized the retail stretch a little better. But overall I was taken aback by the level of detail and architecture of the buildings themselves.

Booked a last minute massage here and the staff were very accommodating. Price is fair staff are…read morefriendly, will be returning. Parking is right out front but its with green p. Not too difficult to find

Dragon City has changed over the years. I dropped by in mid-July to fetch dinner from Juicy…read moreDumpling, which is on the first floor of this mall. You can enter and exit this eatery to get to the mall. I used to take Cantonese classes as a teen a block away. Afterwards, I had the option of hanging around this mall and then heading home by streetcars, or I'd go nuts and walk all the way down to Eaton Centre, hang around, and then go home. I loved malls back then. I can't say that I feel the same way these days. This mall is a shadow of itself, which is a shame. It used to be cool seeing vendors in the lobby. I got a sterling silver ring here when I was in grade 11. I still have it. Excellent quality. It still fits, too! Back then, bubble tea wasn't as popular as it is now. I did love getting iced pineapple drinks from a vendor in the basement. Sadly, it's gone, along with most of the food court down there. I saw two eateries in the basement that were left standing. The eateries are scattered on the ground, second, and fourth floors. Frankly, I don't know why the designers skipped naming the fourth floor the third floor. Chinese culture doesn't like the number four because it sounds like death when you say it out loud. Weird. The ground floor is the most interesting because it has the most stores. Sun Wah Bookstore has been kicking around for decades. It was nice seeing it again. Tung Tung Dan Quen King has bubble waffles and more. Sugar Marmalade is next to Juicy Dumpling, so you can stuff yourself with carbs and then go on a dessert high next door. There were a couple of Chinese herb stores, a pharmacy, a gift store, an optical store and more on the ground floor. It's such an eclectic, odd mix of stores. The second floor had six or seven businesses that were open. It was sad seeing half this floor vacant. There's a claw machine place called PaliPali Claw. I suck at claw games, so I didn't go in. Owl of Minerva, Clay Pot Rice, and Canteen are you eateries. I've never been to the fourth floor, There was a sign saying that Sky Dragon Chinese Restaurant is there. It's interesting that it's the only business up there. I hope that there's a rooftop patio or something up there, too. Forget hitting the washrooms here. They are gross. You're better off hitting the washrooms at Chinatown Centre where they are passable. It was nice to return, but the Dragon City that I loved as a teen is long gone. Instead, I embrace ice cream, bubble waffles, and dumplings. Here's to new memories! (341)

DO NOT GO TO THIS STORE. The lady who runs this gift shop (there is no name) is VERY VERY RUDE. I…read moretold her I wanted to buy a pack of hongbao and she raised her voice at me saying 'you put your $4 there (pointing at the shelf)! I am BUSY!" -- and i was the only customer there.

The first time I visited Skycity Shopping Centre must have been in 2018. I was a huge fan of Happy…read moreLemon and the closest one to my home was here. Since then, this bubble tea franchise has shut down in the GTA. Chung Chun Rice Dog has taken over this spot. This change explains Skycity in a nutshell. There is a high concentration of bubble tea shops at Skycity. Competition is fierce. I was recently here, thinking that I should get some bubble tea. I actually couldn't decide because the selection was insane and proceeded with my errands instead... haha! I tend to visit Chatime the most here to get my bubble tea fix. Apart from an oversaturation of bubble tea stores, this place has a ton of food. I feel like it'll take me years to eat my way through this place. I recently visited Chung Chun and had an excellent experience. I love their Korean rice dogs and I'm thrilled that this location is a lot closer to me than heading over to North York to satisfy my cravings. My local Cheese Garden is here. I like that I can order online and drop by to pick up my goods. There are benches scattered around the plaza in case you are in a food coma after stuffing yourself to rest or take a nap. There is plenty of parking, although it does getting busy at night. Many eateries and bubble tea places open till 11:30 pm or midnight. There are other businesses, such as electronic stores, nail salons, and more. I have yet to make a dent in these categories here. The catch is that when you exit onto Midland, you can only turn right. Although it's convenient for me to turn left and head home, I don't mind cycling around the block to get home. It's safer considering how weird drivers can be around this area. One of these days, I will visit every bubble tea place here. The problem is that I have my usual places in Markham that it's tough to break decent habits. (342)

This is a huge Chinese outdoor mall. There are many restaurants (Chinese and Vietnamese), desserts,…read moredrinks, travel agencies, nail salons, electronic, health, pet, fashion, spas, dental, housewares, courier service, etc. There are so many bubble tea places: Chatime, Happy Lemon, Snow Tea, Boba Boy, Chaplus, Feng Cha, Xing Fu Tang, Hey Sugar. There is lots of outdoor parking (could get crowded), and a few benches to sit outdoors. During pandemic times, all food restaurants are takeout. Recently restaurants are allowed to serve food on an outdoor patio but not all restaurants made a patio. There is no general WiFi for the mall.

It's a nice plaza with a convenience store, Dollarama, McDonald's (with a DriveThru), few hair…read moresalons and barbershops and a TD bank with ATM. There's adequate parking spaces, but during rush hours (specially in the afternoon when the schools close), McDonald's is packed with families and their kids and finding a parking spot could be challenging.

The main attraction here is the cineplex which is fun at any time but there is also iFly indoor…read moreskydiving, the Putting Edge mini putt, Dave & Busters, and plenty of restaurants... including Subway and Mucho Burrito to Trattoria Timone and Baton Rouge. It is definitely a great place to find something to entertain you.

Clean, spacious mall with fast wifi and nice washrooms. There are mostly high end stores here…read more There are always art exhibits on the lower floor. It's not very big but has interesting/unique anchors such as tnt clothing and Whole foods. The food court has decent variety and comfortable seating.

I recall this smallish mall from way back when they were called Hazelton Lanes. They used to have…read moreat that time the only location for the beloved (or hated) Whole Foods in Canada. Throw in a mix bag of designer stores for clothing, furniture etc. and you got yourself a place that was visited by the moi once in a while. Fast forward a few years the name has changed and now you have what I think a much brighter space, a decent food hall, a high end gym and an event and pop up space. Living in this area I enjoy my visits here to get last min stuff and now a post office in the Rexall. The designer stores are more of the same IMO (I think there are mostly owned by the same company) as alas the Jacadi location has closed. I luv the pop up spots (laduree' at the time of this review) and the event space up front complete with Jacked up coffee van. The Whole Foods is still here and now I feel somewhat more reasonable what they sell. I think this is decent spots to visit to run your errands or stores that are found here.

The Beach Mall has been a fixture of my childhood. This isn't your typical mall. It's a small,…read moretwo-storey building that was previously the Allen Beach Theatre decades ago. I passed by this mall walking to and from my elementary school. I remember these orange-red ball-shaped lights dangling from the ceiling. It had that 70's look for years and I hope that they are gone now. Before Shoppers Drug Mart set up shop on Queen Street East, Beach Mall had a Guardian Drugs with a post office. My mom would ask me to go to the post office and send letters to Hong Kong through registered mail. She gave me money. I look back and that was a huge responsibility for a kid. I was good and never spent the money on candy at the variety store a couple of businesses down from the mall. Perhaps that's one reason why I ended up liking numbers. I was good making sure that I had returned the remaining change to my mom. I was such a good, weird kid. The drug store is long gone. Many of the stores here have turned over. Lido's in the Beach used to be a restaurant and bar at this mall. In my last year of high school, the provincial government decided to scrap giving $100 to each graduating student who made the honour roll. I was not pleased, as were many of my friends. Lido's was so nice to shell out $70 for each honour roll student that year. It meant a lot. Sadly, this restaurant is gone. Pizzaville has taken over from where it used to be. The mall still has a walk-in clinic. There's a martial arts studio, daycare, and a few other businesses. It's more of a community-based mall than a large retail conglomerate that you associate a mall to be these days. I'm glad that Beach Mall is still alive and kicking. I believe that there used to be parking at the back of this place. Otherwise, you can park on Queen Street East, or along Waverley or Kenilworth Avenue. I'm not sure if this stretch of Queen Street East is metered parking these days. You can definitely park for free along the other two side streets. (69)