Beverly Center

08/31/2008 Posted by lanasmommy

HORRIBLE, CONFUSING PARKING. You can only park on certain floors and the elevators do not access all of the floors ... you have to go to certain elevators to access certain floors. It's is a horrible, horrible mess. I have shopped there three times now and have hated it every time. I will NOT be going back and can NOT recommend this to anyone. The shops are pedestrian, there are NO children's stores, no toys any where, no play areas and the food court ... the food HORRIBLE. Even the Panda Express had hard, over-cooked entrees with under-cooked veggies ... the sodas were flat and little syrup. I threw that meal away and went to another vendor and the food was worse. I pitched those two meals and headed for Starbucks. Even the Starbucks was a 4 on a scale of 1 - 10, with the line long, the staff curt, my order wrong. The stores are beyond average, NOTHING special. The facility was nothing special, drawn out, 3 or 4 floors of boring, uninspired stores with little to offer ... and nothing new and exciting. There were hard benches to sit on with no atmosphere anywhere. With a location like this, the mall could have been .... SHOULD HAVE BEEN fabulous. Instead ... it was a huge disappointment. What a grim excuse for a mall. Nothing to see, no where to go, nothing for families, terrible food (and a dirty food court in desperate need to cleaning and wiping down) and simply the worst parking in all of LA county. If you want a great shopping experience ... go to THE GROVE. NOW THAT is nice shopping!

Pros: ABSOLTELY NONE, NOTHING, NADA, ZILTCH

Cons: What a grim excuse for a mall.

07/16/2008 Posted by 1Marina

I was at the Beverly Center yesterday with a few friends. The stores are large and the place is spacious; so although it was crowded, it did not feel crowded. My friends wanted to go into the Louis Vuitton store; I don't care for the bland style (lacking versatility and creativity) but decided to engage their interest by keeping them company since they are likely to buy something. The store was crowded but it did not excuse the salesman's rude horrible energy; his job requires very little in order to be done correctly. He could not be professional enough to get into a case without being unprofessional, rushed, and obviously stressed. I enjoy art and quality but LV is the McDonalds or art and fashion. ..As if it is not bad enough that the store hardly contributes to the betterment of anything but materialism..

07/08/2008 Posted by jenheidir

Beverly Center has a great location, bordering Beverly Hills and WeHo. Plus, it has a solid variety of stores, from cheaper clothing options like H&M to couture like D&G. Plenty of shoe, make-up and accessories shops are also present, along with a movie theater. However, I hate having to pay on average $2 for an hour and change or shopping. And since stores don’t begin until the fifth level, you’re forced up several flights of escalators or stuck waiting for the elevator (I’ve always have had to wait at least 5 minutes). Another downer: There’s not a lot of food options besides the food court itself. There’s only one sit-down restaurant that I know of at the mall.

Pros: variety of stores, movie theater

Cons: parking, lack of sit-down restaurants

11/23/2007 Posted by gychii

The Beverly Center mall in West Hollywood (or is it Beverly Hills) is a great mall. It's convenient (for this West Hollywood resident) and has the main stores I love, like Macy's and D&G. The food court, thankfully, is hidden way in back, way upstairs, cuz it's hideous. Otherwise, I like the Beverly Center quite a bit. Parking tip...go up to the 5th floor and pay attention to where the escalators are. You want to avoid the elevators at all costs!

Pros: Godiva! Mmmmmm

Cons: Food court (blah)

03/12/2007 Posted by tyneshad

Although this mall does an excellent job of mixing up big name stores with smaller boutiques, the atmosphere feels more like a museum than a place to shop and have fun, which is what fashion is really all about. The hugeness of the mall intimidated me and I just didn't want to touch anything for fear I would break something.

11/21/2006 Posted by chiario

Something for everyone....from H & M to Louis Vuitton. Easy parking and loved the sports bar.....a great place to relax while hauling shopping bags. This place has everything....for everybody.

Pros: Variety of stores

Cons: $$$

11/15/2006 Posted by digdoug2001

There is something for everyone here. From the ridiculously expensive to the more down-to-earth affordable places. The Macy's Men Store is seperated from the rest of Macy's...kind of cool if you want to get away from your girlfriend and pick something out for yourself for once! Uh, anyway...they have a really cool shoe store but I can't remember the name of it. The parking is easy and they have decent food there as well. Pretty good for a mall.

Pros: Location, Variety, Parking

07/21/2006 Posted by rachel1215

The Center has tons of parking, is spacious, and has not only unique stores but the larger department stores here always carry the most merchanise than most other locations-new items and sale items. Great place for people watching--sometimes a celeb or two. The only mall that I don't go to in my work-out clothes--dress to impress. Also--they tend to have really cheap movies that have already been playing for awhile. I went on a Friday night and it was dead so we snuck into a couple of films and made a night of it. They sometimes play double features too.

Pros: huge chain stores (forever 21--it has everything at this location), easy in-n-out parking thats also cheap, people watching

02/17/2005 Posted by chains007

I dread going to the Beverly Center - it's my least favorite mall on the West Side. The parking garage is a mess - and the inside of the mall is depressing - a relic of the 1970's which they've attempted to update with modern furniture - all together it makes for a pretty tacky interior. Oh, and the people in the mall - think of your typical LA stereotype poser.

11/06/2004 Posted by oohlalahana

This is THE place to shop. I was so impressed by the size of the mall, we don't have malls that huge in Paris. Retail people are very friendly, always up to help you. So many good stores are there.Pretty view from the roof.Over packed in the elevator.

Pros: good stores, a view from the roof

Cons: , sometimes expensive